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Senior and captain Geoffrey Wrenn tri es to hold his opponent durin g
districts at Papio South. Wrenn ( I 30 lbs) pinn ed Ryan Berrigan at
Omaha Westside in 2 mi nutes and 29 seconds.
photo by Rebecca Smedlund
Sophomores Ti m Snow ( I 25 lbs) breaks down competitor Stephen
Wa nning ( I 03 Jbs) during a practi ce. Wann ing received thi rd place at
the state tournament, and Snow placed first at the Bryan In vite.
photo by Allie Jones
The team also placed fifth .
photo by
Rebecca Smedlund
Three wrestlers place in the top
n four at the state tournament.
the
pages by Bethany Fischer & opponent
Rachel Guthrie
Th e wrestling tea m was dynamic with having something concrete in my life.
twelve of the fourteen wrestl ers making it No matter what, I always have practice
to state. Senior Dirk Verplank and after school. It gets ri d of a lot of stress,"
so phomores Stephen Wanning and M att junior Devon Rimington sa id.
Jeffries all pl ace d fourth or higher at th e Juni or Todd Muckey agree d that
state wrestling tournament to complete a winning was not the only benefit of the
disciplined seaso n. sport.
Each member had to condition for "Having fun and hanging out with
hours eve ry single week to be rea dy for the team, not only on the mat, but off
tough competition. and making all of your hard work count
"I condition about 13 hours a week, for something was better than winning,"
about 2 hours a day for six days and Muckey sa id.
so metimes a li ttle more," se nior Tony Wrestling also had its downs just like
Cimino sa id. its ups.
Would you rather gain or lose Although physica lly preparing was "Th e worst thing is losing. I hate that
necessa ry, not all of th e members fee ling. Th ere is nothing worse,"
weight, concerning wrestling? enjoyed it. Rimington sa id.
"Th e worst thing about wrestling is Yet, whether an individual won or
conditioning. It is ve ry hard ," se nior jack lost, his victory or defeat was fe lt by th e
G ain ---llil II (7) Riley sa id. whole team.
"It's the individual match that you
However, the hard work paid off in
oth er areas. prepare for, bu t you win or lose as a
Lose Ill (3) "Th e best thing about wrestling is tea m," Cimino sa id.
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