What place did Manion take at state last year? Oh yeah, that's right, he didn't place. I was at the regional and I watched him wrestle. He's pretty good at throwing elbows when he starts losing, I noticed. I also saw him get tech'd in the first period against Manhattan at Ottawa earlier this year. I'm sure he's a good kid, and I don't have anything against him, but he's got a lot to prove.

By the way, the Manhattan kid who's "not that good" has beaten Essex every time they've wrestled this year. And if you knew how wrestlers are seeded at tournaments, you'd know that a state placer like Johnson gets seeded higher than non-placers. It's called criteria.