IWCOA FroshSoph Shepard Sectional – Girls and Boys

By Chris Walker for the IWCOA

Host Shepard is sending eight girls and seven boys to the IWCOA state finals at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield on March 14-15.

The Astros had the most qualifiers at Sunday’s Shepard sectional with 15.

Sandburg is sending 13 boys wrestlers to Springfield, including a pair of sectional champions.

Oak Lawn has 12 (eight girls and four boys), Oak Forest has 10 (five girls and five boys) and St. Laurence also has 10 (eight girls and two boys).

Marist had nine (two girls and seven boys) qualify, and Mt. Carmel, which had seven boys wrestlers in the finals and produced four champions, had eight boys qualify in total to state.

GIRLS

95 – Felix Morales, Oak Lawn

Morales won by fall over someone she knows quite well in her own room, as she defeated teammate Elizabeth Bisonaya in 34 seconds.

Noble ITW Speer’s Adali Cruz won by  6-4 decision over Oak Forest’s Alyssa Lewis for third place and Shepard’s Daniella Almazon won by fall over Oak Forest’s Samantha Lewis (2:12) to take fifth and advance to state as the top five placers in all weight classes moved on.

100 – Sofie Perez, Shepard

There were three wrestlers competing in the 100-pound weight class and Perez pinned the two others, St. Francis de Sales’ Elizabeth Avila (1:51) and Marist’s Claire Stokes (2:23)

Stokes placed second and Avila took third.

Fighting back tears on Sunday, Perez said she thought she had wrestled her last match during the IHSA post-season.

“I didn’t want to do it anymore, I gave up,” she said. “My mom pushed me to keep going and so did Coach Tyler, and here I am, and I took first. I wrestled great with two pins and I’m really hoping to place at IWCOA state. It was hard putting it past me, but you have got to learn to put things past you. I’m happy I made the decision to keep going.”

Finding her mom’s eyes in the stands after her sectional championship victory, Stokes saw they were wet.

“She was in tears, she’s very proud of me,” Perez said. “She said that she was very happy that I decided to keep wrestling.”

Perez has wrestled all four years at Shepard, getting introduced to the sport as a freshman who also had four years of experience in jujitsu. 

“I’ve really learned that we can bounce back after being put down,” she said. “I like not being able to be broken down by somebody else. I can get pinned or beaten pretty bad, but I can still get up and win my next match and finish strong every time. I think wrestling has taught me some very important lessons. If you get broken you can come back 10 times stronger.”

Professionally, Perez hopes to someday help others stay strong during tough times. Perhaps these experiences on the mat will help her make an impact in the community.

“I want to go into an EMT program,” she said. “My uncle used to be a firefighter. I for sure sure want to go into the medical field and just want to help people. This interests me a lot.”

105 – Sophia Orcasitas, Oak Forest

Orcasitas pinned her three opponents to capture the 105 title. After receiving a bye to begin, Orcasitas won by fall over De La Salle’s Destiny Hameed (0:35), Ag Science’s Rainie Mack (2:15) and then St. Ignatius’ Lila Vazquez (0:18) in her title match.

Mack rebounded to pin Kelly’s Destiny Hills (1:38) to claim third place and Shepard’s Ariel Sanchez punched her state ticket, winning fifth place after pinning Noble ITW Speer’s Imani Deyoung (1:32).

110 – Alyshae Martinez, Shepard

A year ago at this time, Martinez had never wrestled. 

That changed when the freshman entered the halls of Shepard last fall.

“My sister (who doesn’t wrestle) got me involved,” Martinez said,. “She’s a (born in) 2008 and I’m a 2009, but I have a late birthday. She told me I should join wrestling because I have a lot of upper body strength so figured I’d try it. I didn’t think I was going to like it because I’m not good at remembering things, so I didn’t think I’d remember the moves. So ended up really liking it and I think my first match was against Argo and I won. I’ve just been really focused on it ever since. I just really like wrestling a lot.”

She’s liking it so much that she’s not pursuing high school soccer this spring

“I would’ve never thought high school would end up like this,” she said. “I was going to do soccer because I do play soccer. That is the sport I usually go play, but I didn’t end up going to tryouts because I was so busy with wrestling so my main focus is now wrestling so I didn’t try out for soccer. I didn’t do flag football (in the fall). I couldn’t find the sign-ups, but in summer I did do flag football so next year going to try it for sure.”

Martinez pinned all three of her opponents, beginning with a fall at 1:49 over Oak Lawn’s Yanichel Lopez. She proceeded to win by ball in 29 seconds over St. Laurence’s Amelia Pazmino in the semifinal before taking down Oak Lawn’s Allison Nava at 4:57 in the third period in the final.

Practicing with senior Sofie Perez certainly has been a nice benefit for the newcomer.

“For our live matches in the wrestling room we practice a lot,” she said. “She goes hard on me and I go hard back on her. Everyday we go live against each other so she’s kind of my partner. And it’s gone good. I was getting first place in conference and I’ve just been really proud of my coaches. They are the ones who have been helping me in my first year wrestling. I get to prove to myself that I can do stuff by myself instead of going as a team or something. I just like winning.”

Lopez took third with a 4-2 win over St. Laurence’s Amelia Pazmino and Andrew’s Nora Guisinger took fifth after pinning Marist’s Katelyn Drzayich at 4:33.

115 – Piper Booe, Andrew

Booe dominated her four opponents, pinning them all, including the first three in less than a half minute each.

She pinned Solorio’s Nohemi Nuñez (0:24), Tinley Park’s Natalie Hammad (0:19) and Marist’s Meghan Ciukaj (0:29) to advance to the final where she registered a first round pin with 16 seconds to spare to defeat Noble Golder’s Tamya Gates. 

Ciukaj rebounded and pinned Hubbard’s Alianna Cobb (2:19) to place third and Westinghouse’s Tatiana Haggard won by fall over Evalin Campos-Cuellar (2:27) to take fifth.

120 – Victoria Serment, De La Salle

As one of four girls to compete from De La Salle, and its lone champion, Serment wore out her three opponents, registering pins in the second period in the quarterfinals over Shepard’s Alexa Valentin (2:32) and in the finals over Andrew’s Makayla Miller (3:30) and in the third period in her semifinal win by fall over Shepard’s Abril Catalan (4:44).

Valentin won by fall over South Shore’s Sydni Sargent (1:28) to take third and Shepard’s Martina Drab earned a 6-0 decision over fellow Astro, Catalan, to take fifth.

125 – Claire McKeon, St. Laurence

A multi-sport athlete, McKeon found herself with not many multiples in her weight class with only three wrestlers total on Sunday. Guaranteed a third-place finish, McKeon went out and won the whole thing, earning a 16-0 tech fall win over Noble ITW Speer’s Sherlin Aguilar and a 10-5 decision against Oak Lawn’s Sophia Goulos.

Goulos took second and Aguilar was third after Goulos pinned her at 4:39.

135 – Amelia Quinlan, Bremen

Quinlan was Bremen’s only wrestler in action and she most definitely represented her program well, winning the 135 title after pinning Tinley Park’s Abigail Harris (2:35) in the final.

Her road to the title match began with a bye. She took down St. Laurence’s Magdalena Roa by fall (1:41) in her quarterfinals match and then won by a 9-3 decision over Westinghouse’s Daniyah Rogers in the semis.

Roa beat Rogers, 8-3, to take third and Reavis’ Katherine Ramirez received a bye to take fifth.

140 – Marlen Morelos, Eisenhower

Morelos and Kelly’s Liliana Vinas had a unique version of one-on-one as the two were the lone wrestlers at 140 in the sectional.

Vinas was able to battle Morelos longer in the final, but the outcome was the same as their first meeting as Morelos pinned her twice. She too her down in 3:17 in what was the semifinal and 4:38 in the final.

145 – Rylee Hernandez, Tinley Park

Hernandez received byes in the opening championship round as well as the quarterfinal before pinning a pair of opponents to punch her ticket to state.

In the semis, Hernandez pinned Curie’s Joselyn Flores (2:59) before making quick work in the finals, winning by fall again over St. Laurence’s Jocelyn Gonzalez-Ruiz (0:33)

Ag Science’s Madison Cruz won by injury default over Noble ITW Speer’s Azucena Luz (1:25) to take third and Flores received a bye to take fifth.

155 – Nataly Romero, Oak Lawn

Romero was one of three champions from Oak Lawn and among eight from her school to advance to state.

Her longest match was in her opener as she pinned Morgan Park’s Ja`leyah Erving (3:23) a little more than midway through the second period. She proceeded to win in similar fashion over teammate Nathalia Vega (1:34) in the semis and over Shepard’s Jocelyn Gabriel-Velazquez (2:10) in the finals. There were four wrestlers competing in the 155 division so Romero pinned the other three.

Erving placed second, Vega was third and Gabriel-Velazquez was fourth.

170 – Phoebe Heyboer, Eisenhower

“I’ve been wrestling for three years now,” Heyboer explained. “I started off the year really strong and then there are tough opponents, and there are good opponents, and I am the team captain of my team and so it’s really nice seeing some of our girls come out and just like enjoy it.”

Heyboer dropped from 190 to 170 early on in the season.

“It was a big change in the middle of it,” she said. “But I think it was a little easier for me to start getting more wins and stuff after the change.”

After opening her day with a bye and then a pin in 47 seconds over St. Francis de Sales’ Annabella Alvarez in the quarterfinals, Heyboer pinned Ag Science’s Eleana Haugh (2:16) to advance to the finals where she earned a 17-5 major decision over St. Laurence’s Delia Humphrey.

“It’s really nice to just have another opportunity, especially because all the really, really good people are really good and  they all go to state and stuff so it’s really nice to have kind of a different level over here,” she said. “It’s still tough competition and stuff but it’s around the same level that you are, especially the people who are just trying out and having this opportunity to see what it’s all about and stuff.”

Heyboer role is a captain is like a dream come true, a second family, if you will.

“I think I got really lucky with my team,” she said. “We’re all really friendly people but when we’re on the mat we’re really tough but can also see that everyone is going for everyone’s neck half the time then afterwards it’s ok to be nice to each other, right? And I find it a lot nicer than just if someone like beats you and is all in your face, hahaha, I beat you, it’s nice winning against someone who said you did a great job.”

Swimming is Heyboer’s other sport at Eisenhower, but a post-season tournament after the IHSA series runs its course isn’t a part of the high school swimming schedule. With wrestling, the IWCOA offers something truly unique and special for these kids with the FroshSoph state tournament.

“I enjoy swimming, too, but we don’t have anything like this for our swim season,” she said. “It’s nice that we do it for wrestling so even if I don’t make it to state, I can try again the same year.”

Haugh won by medical forfeit over Noble Golder’s Jasleene Ramos to take third and Oak Forest’s Nihad Abushalbak won by fall over Alvarez (0:54) to take fifth.

190 – Bianca O’Campo, Oak Lawn

Oh what a day it was for O’Campo who pinned her three opponents to take the title at 190.

O’Campo beat Shepard’s Paulina Delgado (2:16), Noble Golder’s Yolianie Hernandez (3:51) and St. Laurence’s Ell Tagler (1:24).

Delgado won by fall over Oak Forest’s Melany Coria (2:11) to take third and Reavis’ Natalie Wilke won by medical forfeit over Hernandez to take fifth.

235 – Hailey Canvin, Reavis

Canvin, a sectional qualifier earlier this season during the IHSA state series, pinned St. Laurence’s Elise Brown (2:40) and dropped a 1-0 tiebreaker to Hope Academy’s Amariah Thomas, but still earned the 235 title amongst a field of just three wrestlers.

Brown won by a 7-4 decision to beat Thomas and place second. Thomas was awarded third place. All three wrestlers advanced to state.

BOYS

101 – Crue Hatchell, Marist

Before defeating fellow RedHawk Rocco Maheras, 6-0, in the final, Hatchell won by a 17-2 tech fall over Shepard’s Christopher Hernandez and a 7-1 decision over Mt. Carmel’s Fran Blake.

Blake won by fall over Juan Ospina (0:37) to take third and Shepard’s Clark Nordwall won by medical forfeit over Ag Science’s Jesse Green for fifth.

106 – Kevin Bisonaya, Mt. Carmel

Bisonaya won by a 17-2 tech fall over Sandburg’s Lucas Vajarsky in the 106 final. 

It was the third straight tech fall win for Bisonaya, who didn’t surrender a point in his victories over St. Laurence’s Armani Diaz (15-0) and Stagg’s Daniel Torres (17-0).

Diaz won in sudden victory, 4-1, over Richards’ Ethan Haro to to take third.

King’s Alpha Kamate won by fall over Torres (2:24) for fifth.

113 – Daniel Macatangay, Mt. Carmel

Macatangay won by fall over Brandon Kalman (2:06) to win at 113.

Macatangay also won by fall over Oak Forest’s Jacob Simon (2:17) and earned an 8-1 decision over St. Laurence’s Liam Kissane.

Kissane won by fall over Jacob Simon (2:59) to take third and Shepard’s Matt Ruiz won by fall over St. Rita’s Shamar Jones (1:44) for fifth.

120 – Leonardo Ortiz, Sandburg

Ortiz didn’t allow a point in a 13-0 major decision over Hope Academy’s Indigo Berg in the 120 final.

En rout to the final, Ortiz won by fall over St. Rita’s Brendan Foster (0:26) and Shepard’s Reginald McMillian (2:26).

Marist’s Aiden Weber won 3-0 over McMillian to place third, and St. Ignatius’ Frank Valle won 6-4 over St. Rita’s Zach Brost to take fifth.

126 – Robert Nickson, Leo

Leo’s lone wrestler at the sectional will continue his season at state next weekend after winning at 126.

Nickson followed a bye with a pin of Evergreen Park’s Papa Diallo (1:47) in the quarterfinals. He kept his momentum going with a 17-2 tech fall over Kelly’s Armando Rodriguez in the semis before he pinned Mt. Carmel’s Vincent Richko (2:44) in the final.

“I’m honestly very excited, the tournament was very great and I’m very happy, but I’m not satisfied just yet,” Nickson said. “The key to winning was just the mentality of not letting a single person take me down and having fun. I couldn’t have done it without my coaches (Malik Taylor and Mo).

Nickson expects success. He’s put in the work and believes he’s right smack dab in the middle of the proper path to continuing that success.

“I learned to have fun on the mat and just flow instead of stressing and overthinking on the mat,” he said. “Relaxing on the mat leads to success and that’s the path I want to take. I definitely expected myself to make it down state my first year.  I put in those hours of work and extra practice so my spot was well deserved to make it down state. Doesn’t end here though, there’s more to come.”

Sandburg’s Ameer Mohammed won by decision, outscoring Corliss’ Lorenzo Flowers, 12-9, for third, and Rodriguez took fifth with a pin of of Diallo (4:48).

132 – Luke Erwinski, Mt. Carmel

Back-to-back sudden victories in the semifinals and finals allowed Erwinski to become the sectional champ at 132 and earn a trip to state.

He finished with a 7-4 sudden victory win over Sandburg’s Jaylon Coleman. One of the 4-1 variety preceded it against Marist’s William Leen in the semifinals. Erwinski went the distance in all of three of his matches, opening with a 13-2 major decision over De La Salle’s Jayden Carrasco.

Leen won by a 12-3 major decision over Carrasco for third and Oak Forest’s Dion Moreno won by medical forfeit over Curie’s Leland Pulido for fifth.

138 – Vincent Miceli, Brother Rice

Miceli was one of four kids from Brother Rice to compete, and one of three champions. The other took third so they’ll all move on to state.

He pinned Oak Forest’s James Stadtler (4:43) and Oak Lawn’s Carter Shane (4:52) to advance to the title match where he earned an 18-1 tech fall over Chicago Christian’s Isaac Liu.

Stadtler won by 16-0 tech fall over Shane for third and St. Rita’s Joseph Franklin pinned Ag Science’s Jelani Wells (0:54) for fifth.

144 – Khalid Eid, Oak Lawn

One of four state qualifiers on the boys side from Oak Lawn, but the team’s only sectional champion, Eid earned an 18-2 tech fall over Mt. Carmel’s Jaxon Gineris to take the title at 144.

He had tech fall wins before the title match, beating Kenwood’s Dion Cashaw, 17-1, and Sandburg’s Joe Vela, 18-2.

Eid said he stayed in the face of his opponents throughout his matches on Sunday while pushing the pace. Last year he placed fifth while also fasting.

“I did it through the love of the game and through the support from my parents and Allah always,” he said. “They’ve always stood with me through the thick and thin and allowed me to shine to the best of my abilities.”

There were highs and lows throughout the regular season for Eid and they shared the commonality of being teachable moments, and ultimately drivers for the kind of success he’s seeing today through his continued hard work and dedication to the sport.

“The regular season was filled with ups and downs from upsets to injuries but I never let the adversity get to me, but I think coaches and teammates prepared me for the post-season,” he said. “I look at myself as a very humble person but I do think I worked harder then all my opponents this year from start to finish.”

He’s optimistic that he’ll finish strong at state.

“I can say that I am fully ready to shock the rankings,” he said. “And to put myself on the maps hopefully pin/teching my way through the bracket.”

St. Ignatius’ Lucas Sanchez won by a 9-5 decision over Shepard’s Aiden Garces for third and Vela won by fall over Cashaw (0:41) for fifth.

150 – Arturo Balderas, Brother Rice

Balderas won by fall over Argo’s Skylar Arellano-Phipps (2:23) in the title match at 150 after he opened with a pin of St. Ignatius’ Hudson Schupp (1:33) and a 7-2 decision over Shepard’s Brandon Leech. 

Leech won by an 18-2 tech fall over Sandburg’s Cruz Arroyo for third and Corliss’ Amaje Long won by fall over Noble UIC’s Kendrian Walker (1:39) for fifth.

Just a freshman, Leech spent the winter on the varsity squad and leaned heavily upon senior Aiden Hill for insight.

“Aiden Hill really helped me this year,” he said. “He taught me a lot of stuff and helped me develop. Overall, my freshman year, everything has been good. People have been nice. Seniors are good, everything is good. Wrestling is my whole thing. I have to go in full. You have to go in full if you want to be real good and to place at state or something. While some people are resting, others are training harder. Some are doing five practices a day. It’s crazy.”

Leech had beaten Arroyo earlier this season.

“Coming back in the third place match I wasn’t really worried about it because I beat the kid last week so it was no sweat,” he said. “I had a little knowledge of (this tournament). I had a really good season. I got all-conference, took second place and won a tournament.”

And now he’s off to state to finish off his freshman year.

“I listened to my coach and was doing clean moves,” he said. “I was not wrestling sloppy and that’s what helped me.”

157 – Jonathan Fields, Marist

Fields wasn’t on the mats for long on Sunday, rolling past his opponents in quick order to earn a trip to state at 157.

Curie’s Santiago Valadez (0:44), Corliss’ Damarion Ambrose (0:41) and Shepard’s John Leech (0:17) all dropped matches to Fields by fall in the opening minute of their respective matches.

Sandburg’s Shafik Yasin won 2-1 over Oak Forest’s Michael Rowe for third and Corliss’ Damarion Ambrose won by fall over Valadez (2:43) for fifth.

165 – Melsyon Vrapi, Sandburg

Wrestling isn’t Vrapi’s thing, but it’s one of many things he’s doing these days as he continues to evolve as a young athlete

“It has been me and my little brother’s dream to get in MMA and my older brother told me to get your name out so you need to do wrestling,” Vrapi, a sophomore, said. “So he forced me to do it so I could get my name out and ever since then I’ve been trying to get good at every marital art to get better and MMA so that’s been a push to get good.

“I’ll probably do MMA after wrestling. I already have had some jujitsu matches. I haven’t had a boxing match yet, because the guy I was supposed to fight dropped out. I’m pretty sure I’m going to want to get into UFC after college and stuff. Jujitsu people say jujitsu and wrestling are cousins, not exactly the same but if you’re decent at jujitsu you’ll be decent at wrestling.”

Last year, Vrapi also advanced to state, dropping his two matches.

“He is just a dog,” Sandburg teammate Ahmad Abdullah said. “He doesn’t give up. He’s only in his second year wrestling and he’ll fight until the end.”

Vrapi opened with a pair of byes before taking down Curie’s Andy Cuevas (1:30) by fall in the semifinals. In the final, Shepard’s Liam Thompson worked into the second period before Vrapi won in similar fashion at 2:28.

Marist’s Ethan Pettis won by fall over Cuevas (2:30) for third and Noble UIC’s Vince Chiorlu received a bye in the fifth-place match and advanced to state in the process.

175 – Mike Starzyk, Argo

Starzyk pinned Mt. Carmel’s Kellan Breen (4:38) early in the third period of the championship match at 175 to become a sectional champ.

After opening with a pin over Ag Science’s David Montes (2:04), Starzyk defeated Sandburg’s Andrew Gutierrez by an 11-3 major in the semifinal.

“I can say winning sectionals was a fun experience but I have my sights on winning state,” Starzyk said. “I did not compete last year, I went to a different tournament.”

Spending the high school regular season mostly battling against upperclassmen, helped prepare Starzyk for a deep run in the IWCOA FroshSoph tournament. 

“During my high school season I wrestled mostly with juniors and seniors,” he said. “”I feel like wrestling with older kids helped me get better then if I had wrestled JV. I feel wrestling with older kids helped me the most with this post-season tournament.”

Gutierrez won by fall over Payton/Jones’ Micah Ruiz (2:35) for third and Oak Forest’s Nicholas Pell won by fall over Payton/Jones’ Adam Pietraszek (3:18) for fifth.

190 – Brendan Kalchbrenner, Brother Rice

Pins over Sandburg’s Nimer Alamawi (1:51), Sandburg’s Zayd Hamideh (1:56) and Ag Science’s Sylvester Staples (2:21) pushed Kalchbrenner to the top of the podium as a sectional champion.

Hamideh rebounded to win by fall over Alamawi (1:46) to place third, and Evergreen Park’s Nathan Diaz won by a 9-0 major decision over Payton/Jones’ Hudson Latino for fifth.

215 – Aaron Gallacher, Tinley Park.

After battling into the second and third periods before pinning his opponents in the quarterfinal and semifinal, Gallacher took care of matters in just 41 seconds in the final, pinning Oak Lawn’s Nathan Hernandez (0:41) to win the 215 sectional crown.

Gallacher also won by fall over St. Francis de Sales’ Frank Villella (3:34) and Brother Rice’s Harold Pfeiffer (4:40).

Pfeiffer won by fall over Villella (0:56) to place third and Oak Lawn’s Fahd Lutfi won by a 9-2 decision over St. Rita’s Emilio Lara for fifth.

285 – Timothy Harrison, Mt. Carmel

The fourth and final sectional champion for Mt. Carmel is this freshman, multi-sport athlete, who will look to be an impact performer in football and wrestling for the next few years.

“Since November I’ve kept going to practice and staying consistent and applying pressure every single day no matter if it was stretching or even like taking the trash out,” Harrison said. “It’s about discipline everyday and today I realized what our team really stands for. We stand for supportive brotherhood of family and we go out and do our best in every single position.

Harrison won by fall over Noble UIC’s Isaiah Oviedo (1:40) in the quarterfinals, earned a 5-1 decision to get past Golden’s Zerik Hernandez in the semifinals and pinned Marist’s Luke Malburg (1:58) in the final.

“I was just staying focused and not letting my mind wander into any other nonsense because there is a lot in this world,” he said. “Just staying locked in. I beat (Malburg) in regionals for first place and I can say he’s a good wrestler.”

Rematches can devour an athlete who thinks repeat success comes naturally, especially when a fiery-eyed opponent is looking for redemption. While Harrison is a big kid, he’s still just a freshman, climbing the ranks as a high school athlete.

“That’s mistake a lot of people do after they beat some dude,” Harrison said. “I know a dude who did that. He was like into his own head and he lost to the same dude.” 

Like a lot of heavyweights, Harrison is a dual performer. Football is his favorite sport, but he’s digging his time on the mats, too. There’s no doubt, wrestling has improved his football playing abilities.

“This teaches me to use my hands better when I’m blocking or tackling,” he said. “And it makes me be comfortable and establishing dominance and getting into the back as fast as I possibly can.”

Solorio’s Angel Regalado won by fall over Tinley Park’s Alejandro Covarrubias (4:43) to place third and Sandburg’s Ahmad Abdullah won by a 7-1 decision over Hernandez to take fifth.

Abdullah was the 13th kid from Sandburg to advance to state. He needed to dig deep against Hernandez, who he had lost to early in the day. Last year an injury denied Abdullah from advancing.

“I just told myself I had to come back and I had to beat him,” he said. “I couldn’t lose to the same person two times in a row on the same day. I wasn’t going to let that happen. I worked so hard and made it happen to advance.”

The Eagles are a hardworking and successful program, finishing ranked no. 14 in the state.

“We’re always practicing, we’re one of the top programs and we just want to keep it that way,” Abdullah said. “We’re one of the top programs because of how we train and the coaches we have. We have a good structure around us and we’re all confident.