This year the SCHS girls varsity wrestling team has a total of 19 girls, 16 are underclassmen and three are seniors. Most of the new wrestlers have no experience and participate in varsity and JV events.
“Some have had a little experience from the wrestling camps we host in the summer and they have had other family members wrestle before, but no actual wrestling experience from the new wrestlers,” Coach Ryan Hanmore said.
Despite the lack of experience competing freshman Lamia Linson is a freshman and participates mostly in varsity events.
“I’ve done a lot of camps and I was kind of raised around wrestling because my dad used to be a coach. It’s not my first time ever wrestling, but it’s my first time competing,” Linson added.
While Lamia’s goal is to get stronger, others have the goal of going to state.
“State would probably definitely be my goal, but last year I didn’t have a successful year, so I’m just trying to win matches this year,” sophomore Muryn Wallace said.
Getting to state is very difficult because of all the teams and players in a district.
“We hope to qualify as many as we can for state. To qualify, the wrestler has to finish in the top 4 at their weight class in our district. There are 34 teams in our district, so it makes it very difficult to qualify, but I think we will be able to qualify a handful of wrestlers,” Hanmore added.
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Lamia Linson tackles opponent
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Lamia Linson dominates the match
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Lamia Linson wrestles opponent
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