March 1, 2024 • 11 mins
Join us as we talk to Lexi and Coach Gobel about winning the first state wrestling championship for Circle High School and "The Program."
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(00:00):
Hello everyone, welcome to episode 4 of T-Bird Talk.
(00:07):
Join us as we explore the world of Circle Public Schools,
sharing inspiring stories,
delving into the inner workings of our district,
exploring innovative education,
and celebrating the achievements of our students and educator.
Whether you're a student, parent, educator,
or just passionate about education,
T-Bird Talk is your go-to source for
community conversations and behind the scenes insights.
(00:28):
Get ready for a journey into the heart of Circle Public Schools,
where excellence meets innovation.
I'm Superintendent Don Potter.
I'm Sarah Potter, Director of Community Relations and Development.
Today, we're here with freshmen Alexis Wall and Coach Casey Goble.
Do you prefer Alexis or Lexi?
Lexi.
Okay.
Okay, Lexi and Coach.
(00:52):
You guys had a very exciting weekend at state wrestling and with Lexi bringing home
the first ever girls state championship here at Circle.
Very proud of both of you for that feat.
So congratulations.
Was it the first girls or the first state championship for the program?
(01:12):
The first ever state champion wrestler period.
Hey, congratulations.
That's something that will never change.
That record cannot be broken.
You understand that, right Lexi?
That's so awesome.
So speaking of that, give us an inside of when you knew you won the state title.
(01:36):
What was your initial reaction and what was your thoughts?
I won it in overtime so I was like scared and then whenever they raised my hand I
just started like crying and I walked over there and I shook their hand crying
and I came over and then we did the wave.
I saw the video of the wave.
So had you ever wrestled the girl that you were wrestling?
Yeah, I wrestled her in club a lot.
(01:58):
I took state from her once.
She took state from me and then I just took state from her.
Oh, so you're going back and forth quite a bit.
Yeah, that's awesome.
And the regional finals the week before they wrestled and she got the best of us.
She pinned me in the first period.
So that felt pretty good, right?
Yeah.
Well and I think it sounds like a good rivalry in the making as you guys go
(02:19):
throughout your high school career but certainly we're happy for you
and getting the state championship as a freshman.
Lexi, talk about the support that your coach and your teammates and how that
contributed to your success during this season and also state championship day.
(02:41):
I think that our whole like wrestling, we're just like all a big family and I
love everybody on the team and I love my coaches obviously because they –
whenever it was time for state we went and worked on stuff that we needed to
work on and at my other club we didn't really do that because there were so
(03:04):
many kids.
But I felt like I got a lot of one-on-one time with just my coaches.
So I think that helped.
Coach, share your insights in how you felt when that happened.
I don't know.
I can't – I don't know if I can put it into words.
You know, the joy of seeing her reach her goal and seeing the emotions that she
(03:29):
had, the struggles throughout the year and just watching it all work out for her
and it doesn't happen very often and just seeing the hard work that she's put
in, her positive attitude, her mindset, you know, her leadership as a freshman
with the team, just seeing all of it work out for her and end up positive.
(03:54):
Not very many kids end a season on a win and just watching that and watching her,
my heart was full Saturday night for sure.
That's great.
You know, and I kind of turned back a little bit and know, you know, that you're
wrestling the girl which – the girl that beat you in regional which I'm sure
(04:16):
she's awesome.
And to kind of overcome that after being pinned as you said in the first whatever
time it was, to have the mental capacity to go back to practice and work and
achieve the goal of winning the state title.
So we congratulate her as runner-up as well but – so Coach, you've adopted the
(04:38):
program this year, the slogan or the theme, the program.
What does that mean to your team?
What are we trying to accomplish there with that?
So I don't look at each level as its own thing.
(05:00):
The program is all of circle wrestling from a six-year-old kid that has never
wrestled before, that's never been to a tournament, all the way to a state
champion in high school.
Even alumni, if you are a circle wrestler, you are a part of the program and that is
(05:24):
a novice coach, that's a middle school coach, that's a high school coach.
Any part of this program, you're a part of it and you're important.
You're just as important as I am, you're just as important as Alexis is.
At one point or another, hopefully you will be in the high school and I would be
(05:46):
stupid not to involve everyone that's a feeder to me.
Well, I love the program and I love the thought of the program.
It seems very intense.
I don't know if intense is the right word but it's very strong.
(06:06):
I'm just a spectator and I'm a member of circle community but when I see you up on
the stand, like on Facebook and I'll see you up on the riser and on that number one spot
and I hear the program, it evokes a certain emotion.
Goosebumps.
Yeah, it really does.
It's very strong and I'm just really proud of what circle is building right now.
(06:31):
Lexi, how long have you wrestled in club wrestling?
This is my eighth year.
I've wrestled for a while.
I'm not real mathy.
Mr. Potter will tell you this.
How old were you when you first started wrestling?
I started in first grade so I did a year because I lost all my matches and then I skipped a
(06:51):
year because I was like, I don't want to do this, I'm losing.
So then I went and I just never stopped after that.
Do you have any brothers or sisters that wrestled too?
Yeah, I have two.
So I have a brother and a sister but they're both in club and they're real little.
Yeah, but they'll come up through the program, right?
They are in the program.
(07:12):
So tell us about what advice you would have for those little ones, your brother, your
sister, all of the others, what advice would you have for them?
Because you've been there, you've went through and now you've, I wouldn't say you've reached
the pinnacle of your career obviously, but you've reached a major milestone.
(07:34):
Talk to them, to me, what your advice would be.
Just go in there with an open mind I guess because anything is possible.
Everybody can be beat.
Well wrestling's hard.
It is a hard sport mentally, right?
And knowing that you're going to go up against that girl who has beat you and you've beat
(07:56):
and it is such a mind game but also physically, it's a hard sport, right?
Well I've been involved in a lot of sports, football, basketball, track, all of these
other things.
And maybe, I think cross country and wrestling are the two toughest sports.
(08:17):
I really believe that and I played college basketball and those kind of things and so
I applaud those people who do that.
And you know, when I was coaching college basketball, I was in the same gym as when
the wrestlers practice and I used to point out to the wrestlers when I was telling, when
(08:38):
our kids were having to run, I'm like, do you want to be in that practice?
And they were like, no.
So the wrestling practice is much more difficult than a lot of other sports.
So I commend you for your effort on that.
So what are some of your goals with wrestling, Lexi?
I want to win state more.
I want to win state a couple more times.
(09:00):
Three more times.
Three more times.
Right?
Yeah.
Have you thought about after high school, do you want to wrestle in college or are you
just kind of taking it as it comes?
Yeah.
I want to get a full ride scholarship to a college and wrestle there.
Do you have any, are there any big wrestling colleges you have?
What would be your, if you could go anywhere?
OSU.
(09:20):
Oklahoma State University.
Coach, what are your goals for the program?
I want to be competitive at the state tournament every year.
I want to be in that top five team race every single year and I want individuals to reach
their goals no matter what they are, whether it's to qualify, whether it's to be the champ.
(09:43):
I want to see kids reach their goals.
And you know, as a coach that's done it for a few years, you see kids that don't reach
the things that they want to reach and it's heartbreaking.
You know, selfishly the team race, you know, team trophies and stuff like that.
(10:05):
But most importantly, I just want to see the kids reach their goals.
Well, we're really excited to watch both the program and you, Lexi.
It's just, just know that people are following your journey, both the program and you and
we are just extremely proud of you and how you represent Circle.
Absolutely.
(10:26):
Once again, congratulations from the whole community of Circle and you know, we talk
about Thrive and 375.
You've done that and that's important and you specifically have done that.
So congratulations to you and appreciate both of you joining us today and look forward to
(10:46):
the future success of the program all the way up from the youngsters all the way up
to high school.
As Mrs. Potter said, we have enjoyed seeing that and seeing things going.
Circle Wrestling Club, our kids club also has a big tournament this Saturday at the
casino in Mulbane.
(11:08):
It's their district and I just want to tell them good luck and I hope that we have some
success this weekend.
I'm excited for you guys and rooting for you.
To stay up to date on what's going on with Circle Public Schools, make sure to follow
us on Facebook and Circle USD 375 and visit USD 375.org if you're a parent or guardian.
(11:30):
Make sure to check out information sent to you through Parent Square.
If you have a question or a suggestion for an episode, we would love for you to email
us at media at USD 375.org.
Thanks for joining us for the fourth episode of T-Bird Talk.
See you later and thrive in 375.
Hello everyone, welcome to episode 4 of T-Bird Talk.
(00:07):
Join us as we explore the world of Circle Public Schools,
sharing inspiring stories,
delving into the inner workings of our district,
exploring innovative education,
and celebrating the achievements of our students and educator.
Whether you're a student, parent, educator,
or just passionate about education,
T-Bird Talk is your go-to source for
community conversations and behind the scenes insights.
(00:28):
Get ready for a journey into the heart of Circle Public Schools,
where excellence meets innovation.
I'm Superintendent Don Potter.
I'm Sarah Potter, Director of Community Relations and Development.
Today, we're here with freshmen Alexis Wall and Coach Casey Goble.
Do you prefer Alexis or Lexi?
Lexi.
Okay.
Okay, Lexi and Coach.
(00:52):
You guys had a very exciting weekend at state wrestling and with Lexi bringing home
the first ever girls state championship here at Circle.
Very proud of both of you for that feat.
So congratulations.
Was it the first girls or the first state championship for the program?
(01:12):
The first ever state champion wrestler period.
Hey, congratulations.
That's something that will never change.
That record cannot be broken.
You understand that, right Lexi?
That's so awesome.
So speaking of that, give us an inside of when you knew you won the state title.
(01:36):
What was your initial reaction and what was your thoughts?
I won it in overtime so I was like scared and then whenever they raised my hand I
just started like crying and I walked over there and I shook their hand crying
and I came over and then we did the wave.
I saw the video of the wave.
So had you ever wrestled the girl that you were wrestling?
Yeah, I wrestled her in club a lot.
(01:58):
I took state from her once.
She took state from me and then I just took state from her.
Oh, so you're going back and forth quite a bit.
Yeah, that's awesome.
And the regional finals the week before they wrestled and she got the best of us.
She pinned me in the first period.
So that felt pretty good, right?
Yeah.
Well and I think it sounds like a good rivalry in the making as you guys go
(02:19):
throughout your high school career but certainly we're happy for you
and getting the state championship as a freshman.
Lexi, talk about the support that your coach and your teammates and how that
contributed to your success during this season and also state championship day.
(02:41):
I think that our whole like wrestling, we're just like all a big family and I
love everybody on the team and I love my coaches obviously because they –
whenever it was time for state we went and worked on stuff that we needed to
work on and at my other club we didn't really do that because there were so
(03:04):
many kids.
But I felt like I got a lot of one-on-one time with just my coaches.
So I think that helped.
Coach, share your insights in how you felt when that happened.
I don't know.
I can't – I don't know if I can put it into words.
You know, the joy of seeing her reach her goal and seeing the emotions that she
(03:29):
had, the struggles throughout the year and just watching it all work out for her
and it doesn't happen very often and just seeing the hard work that she's put
in, her positive attitude, her mindset, you know, her leadership as a freshman
with the team, just seeing all of it work out for her and end up positive.
(03:54):
Not very many kids end a season on a win and just watching that and watching her,
my heart was full Saturday night for sure.
That's great.
You know, and I kind of turned back a little bit and know, you know, that you're
wrestling the girl which – the girl that beat you in regional which I'm sure
(04:16):
she's awesome.
And to kind of overcome that after being pinned as you said in the first whatever
time it was, to have the mental capacity to go back to practice and work and
achieve the goal of winning the state title.
So we congratulate her as runner-up as well but – so Coach, you've adopted the
(04:38):
program this year, the slogan or the theme, the program.
What does that mean to your team?
What are we trying to accomplish there with that?
So I don't look at each level as its own thing.
(05:00):
The program is all of circle wrestling from a six-year-old kid that has never
wrestled before, that's never been to a tournament, all the way to a state
champion in high school.
Even alumni, if you are a circle wrestler, you are a part of the program and that is
(05:24):
a novice coach, that's a middle school coach, that's a high school coach.
Any part of this program, you're a part of it and you're important.
You're just as important as I am, you're just as important as Alexis is.
At one point or another, hopefully you will be in the high school and I would be
(05:46):
stupid not to involve everyone that's a feeder to me.
Well, I love the program and I love the thought of the program.
It seems very intense.
I don't know if intense is the right word but it's very strong.
(06:06):
I'm just a spectator and I'm a member of circle community but when I see you up on
the stand, like on Facebook and I'll see you up on the riser and on that number one spot
and I hear the program, it evokes a certain emotion.
Goosebumps.
Yeah, it really does.
It's very strong and I'm just really proud of what circle is building right now.
(06:31):
Lexi, how long have you wrestled in club wrestling?
This is my eighth year.
I've wrestled for a while.
I'm not real mathy.
Mr. Potter will tell you this.
How old were you when you first started wrestling?
I started in first grade so I did a year because I lost all my matches and then I skipped a
(06:51):
year because I was like, I don't want to do this, I'm losing.
So then I went and I just never stopped after that.
Do you have any brothers or sisters that wrestled too?
Yeah, I have two.
So I have a brother and a sister but they're both in club and they're real little.
Yeah, but they'll come up through the program, right?
They are in the program.
(07:12):
So tell us about what advice you would have for those little ones, your brother, your
sister, all of the others, what advice would you have for them?
Because you've been there, you've went through and now you've, I wouldn't say you've reached
the pinnacle of your career obviously, but you've reached a major milestone.
(07:34):
Talk to them, to me, what your advice would be.
Just go in there with an open mind I guess because anything is possible.
Everybody can be beat.
Well wrestling's hard.
It is a hard sport mentally, right?
And knowing that you're going to go up against that girl who has beat you and you've beat
(07:56):
and it is such a mind game but also physically, it's a hard sport, right?
Well I've been involved in a lot of sports, football, basketball, track, all of these
other things.
And maybe, I think cross country and wrestling are the two toughest sports.
(08:17):
I really believe that and I played college basketball and those kind of things and so
I applaud those people who do that.
And you know, when I was coaching college basketball, I was in the same gym as when
the wrestlers practice and I used to point out to the wrestlers when I was telling, when
(08:38):
our kids were having to run, I'm like, do you want to be in that practice?
And they were like, no.
So the wrestling practice is much more difficult than a lot of other sports.
So I commend you for your effort on that.
So what are some of your goals with wrestling, Lexi?
I want to win state more.
I want to win state a couple more times.
(09:00):
Three more times.
Three more times.
Right?
Yeah.
Have you thought about after high school, do you want to wrestle in college or are you
just kind of taking it as it comes?
Yeah.
I want to get a full ride scholarship to a college and wrestle there.
Do you have any, are there any big wrestling colleges you have?
What would be your, if you could go anywhere?
OSU.
(09:20):
Oklahoma State University.
Coach, what are your goals for the program?
I want to be competitive at the state tournament every year.
I want to be in that top five team race every single year and I want individuals to reach
their goals no matter what they are, whether it's to qualify, whether it's to be the champ.
(09:43):
I want to see kids reach their goals.
And you know, as a coach that's done it for a few years, you see kids that don't reach
the things that they want to reach and it's heartbreaking.
You know, selfishly the team race, you know, team trophies and stuff like that.
(10:05):
But most importantly, I just want to see the kids reach their goals.
Well, we're really excited to watch both the program and you, Lexi.
It's just, just know that people are following your journey, both the program and you and
we are just extremely proud of you and how you represent Circle.
Absolutely.
(10:26):
Once again, congratulations from the whole community of Circle and you know, we talk
about Thrive and 375.
You've done that and that's important and you specifically have done that.
So congratulations to you and appreciate both of you joining us today and look forward to
(10:46):
the future success of the program all the way up from the youngsters all the way up
to high school.
As Mrs. Potter said, we have enjoyed seeing that and seeing things going.
Circle Wrestling Club, our kids club also has a big tournament this Saturday at the
casino in Mulbane.
(11:08):
It's their district and I just want to tell them good luck and I hope that we have some
success this weekend.
I'm excited for you guys and rooting for you.
To stay up to date on what's going on with Circle Public Schools, make sure to follow
us on Facebook and Circle USD 375 and visit USD 375.org if you're a parent or guardian.
(11:30):
Make sure to check out information sent to you through Parent Square.
If you have a question or a suggestion for an episode, we would love for you to email
us at media at USD 375.org.
Thanks for joining us for the fourth episode of T-Bird Talk.
See you later and thrive in 375.
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