Craig Cooper later beat Ryle's Jeremy Lovell 4-3 in the consolation bracket and has a chance to finish third. There's lots of pressure. Unger watched his brother, senior Tony Unger, suffer a dislocated right knee in the opening round at 215 pounds against Central Hardin's John Rainey. I'm just trying to wrestle my hardest. Being in the semifinals is the only thing Brad Cooper and Jake Unger have in common.
Cooper is the more experienced of the two.
He and Craig began wrestling in first grade. Unger is in just his third season. Cooper also is trying to erase the memory of a loss to Scott's Jason Daviaux in last year's 112-pound final. Daviaux also beat Cooper 5-2 at 125 pounds in a dual meet earlier this season, and Cooper had to listen to critics accuse him of dodging Daviaux by moving back to 119. I just tell them the truth.