Tommy Morrill
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Tommy Morrill // Columbus East junior wrestler
Morrill won his first three matches before falling in the 220-pound final to finish second at the Evansville Semistate.
His performance last week: “I feel like I definitely could have won my finals match. I needed a takedown in the last period. I felt like I could have got it and kind of messed that up. In my other matches, I was able to maintain a good steady pace the whole time.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “A lot of the game for me is mental, so I need to get into a mindset of, ‘You’ve got this. You’re better than this guy. You know how to beat this guy. You’ve beaten this guy before.’ I like to hype myself up in my head to make sure that I will end up winning the match in the end.”
Favorite drink: “Arnold Palmer.”
Favorite food: “Mac and Cheese”
Favorite class: “Advanced Physics”
Favorite sports team: “Indiana or Purdue wrestling”
Favorite athlete: “My brother (UIndy wrestler Sam Morrill)”
Role model: “My dad (Matt Morrill).”
Best advice: “If you lose, learn from it and just keep being persistent with what you do.”
Athletics goal: “Win state next year.”
If you could travel anywhere: “I’ve seen New Zealand in videos and pictures, and it looks like a pretty landscape.”
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Albany Speer // Columbus East senior basketball player
Albany Speer
Speer scored 10 points in the Olympians’ 72-67 loss to East Central in the Bloomington North Sectional final.
Her performance last week: “It was last time ever playing, which is sad, but I think I did fine.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “I talk to my dad about what I can do better.”
Favorite drink: “Water”
Favorite food: “Pizza”
Favorite class: “Math”
Favorite sports team: “Indiana University women’s basketball”
Favorite athlete: “(Junior teammate) Leah Bachmann”
Role model: “My parents (Andy and Sarah Speer)”
Best advice: “Never give up, and always do what you want.”
Athletics goal: “I think I’m done with basketball.”
If you could travel anywhere: “Probably Australia, because I’ve never been there before, and the weather is amazing.”
