Quotes by Pat Whitcomb

“He is real likeable, and has the leadership skills that you hope to see. Personally, I see Josh as a magnet. When we do our (first-grade) reading program, youll always see six or eight kids sitting right around him. That speaks a lot of him, aside from his ability to place in a national tournament for us. And you can tell the team really likes him, and that is partially why he is one of the teams captains.”

“Theyve got five guys ranked 1 or 2. If they place where theyre ranked, theyll be awful tough to catch.”

“Jake dominated his weight class. And Josh was just consistent and did what he had to do.”

“We did a tremendous job today. Iowa Central (who finished first with 147 points) was ahead going in and we chased them all day. Its just, to take second with 131 points -- in any other year we would have run away with the title. Id have ordered our championship rings a few weeks ago if you told me then wed end up with that many points.”