WRESTLING: Wrestling is a sport in which two competitors face each other and use strength, technique, and strategy to control or pin their opponent. The goal is usually to score points by performing moves like takedowns, holds, and escapes, or to win by pinning the opponent’s shoulders to the mat. Wrestling has many styles, such as folkstyle (common in U.S. schools), freestyle, and Greco-Roman, and it is one of the oldest sports in the world, dating back to ancient civilizations.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF WRESTLERS’ THOUGHTS ON THEIR SEASON SO FAR:
Journey Garcia: I would say as a whole team we are doing fantastic. We work together, and practice goes smoothly. My season is going alright. I feel like there are some matches I could have won, but lost. But it happens. A goal I have is to make it to sectionals because I got eliminated last year early in regionals. My thoughts on the wrestling coach is fantastic. He likes to have fun during practice, but gets serious when it needs to be. Also the conditioning is hard.
Jaxon Thornhill: I think we’re doing good as a team, and I think I’m doing fine as a first-year wrestler. My big goal is to at least make it to state. Our coaches are good!
Haydin Gillette: It’s going really well as a whole team so far with plenty of wins. I have 4 pins, 2 tech falls, and 2 wins by points so far. So good. Since it’s my first year, I’m just trying to get better. My thoughts on my coaches are good. They both help us with moves really well, so my thoughts are all good.
Dierks Dingledine: The whole team is doing really well, we have won a decent amount of duels. I’m doing really good, my record is 8–4. My goal this year is to get my full sleeve filled with pins. I really like our coaches, they push us and make us do great at practices.
Henry Blunier: I think as a team we are doing good at remembering our stuff. As an individual person, I am getting pins/wins and overall doing pretty good. I like my coach because he is only 26 years old, so he knows a lot about what we are like. Another reason I like him is that we can be jerks to him, kinda.
Cole Smith: Our team is doing good for the size of the team. I am doing good for a first-year wrestler. My goal is to have fifteen pins by the end of the season, and I already have 9. The coaches are nice and good at teaching me skills.
Cameron Bjork: The wrestling season is going very good for the team. Last Saturday, we got 36 pins, and we only got pinned 21 times, for an example. I am doing very good for my first year of wrestling and have already got 2 pins, but I still have to keep at it and do my best. My big goal for this year is to become better than I was at the start of the season and also get at least a total of 5 pins this year. I love the wrestling coaches; they are the best coaches I’ve had in all the sports I have played and are very encouraging!
