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Varsity

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~ey at Lincoln mJtter!" However, for the vJrsity Jnd JV Jnd running . Although there WJS little time to
wrestling teJms, mJintJinrng J certJin size drd
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1st importJnt. tlers. jun ior Nick Edmo nds
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M,chae l Hellman
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Lexington Invite SJme weigh t due to the growth spurts thJt teJm to bond, Jnd not
just the vJrsity Jnd
teen s Jre known to hJve durrng Jdolescence .
mrfolk Invite Therefore, wrestlers used numerous methods. JV sepJrJtely. After
1st
¥nfo Duals much less thJn I would the rest of the yeJr. I prJctrce, we went out
"Dur ing the seJscm I would JlwJys eJt
to pizzJ which brought
~ru Jte heJithy foods, Jnd when I worked out I us together," senior DJn

wore sweJts," senior Joe Irwin SJid .
Synowi ck i said.
l~rd However, wrestling was not all about V/ith a third

being in the right weight ciJss . Much prJctice place finish Jt state, and two overall champi-
and team bonding were essentrJI to keeping J ons (seniors CJsey Freyer Jnd Chris KrnseiiJ) .
winning teJm. It wJs routine to wrestle from The wrestling teJm proved thJt size does
4-8 p.m. Jfter school, working on wrestlrng mJtter.

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A%ngton invite P Knight. Knight placed 2nd at been really close. We've done
evue East Invite Metros , which were held at UNO. photo by a lot of thing; together, and
M,chael He ll man had a few slip up u · as
evue Wen Invite etting points for the take-down is
4 · ard South 9th G also been a ton f
junior Phil Belk. Wrestlers could
t:e win a match by either pinning their -senior Chris Kinsella

opponent or getting more points within
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