Easy WSEWC,

Reagans was a state champ his junior year and granted, he was hurt and didn't finish the season his senior year, it doesn't mean he would have been a state champ.

When Laurice was a junior, he wrestled a tough tourney. Everyone that he wrestled had beaten him that year. We went into the tourney with the mindset that you only have to beat a person once to be a state champ.

That strategy, along with believing it and peaking at the right time was the essential ingredients. He came into the tourney under the radar and when it was all said and done, most people left wondering, "where'd he come from?" No one prepared for him because they had already beaten him. A few multiple times.

When he came off the mat, he smiled and said, "you're right coach, you only have to beat 'em once to be a champ."

That whole strategy would have had to of changed his senior year. I don't know what the strategy was, but it didn't matter - he got hurt.

It's a whole different mindset to repeat. I don't know if all the ingredients needed to repeat were in place. It's much tougher coming in with everyone shooting to upset you.