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Wrestlers find ways to stay in shape

When the wrestling season ended this year, the wrestlers didn’t fade with it.


With high hopes of state next season, the team has taken its potential to new heights by joining a free-style wrestling team called Team St. Louis.

“It’s one of [the] styles of wrestling done in the Olympics and other international competitions,” Harold Ritchie, Varsity Wrestling Coach, said. “It’s similar to what you see in high school and college but the scoring is totally different.”

For most wrestlers, mat time is hard to come by in the off season.

“It gets them much needed mat time and experience,” Coach Ritchie said. “It forces wrestlers to improve on their takedowns, both offensive and defensive.”

Varsity wrestler Harold Ritchie III loves free-style wrestling, and is called Do by his teammates.

“My favorite part of free-style is throwing people,” Harold III said. “It keeps you active during the off season, and any mat time is good.”
Practice is twice a week at Whitfield High School, where wrestlers from many different high schools attend practice to improve.

Many wrestlers, such as Ian Fortier, Jeff Shell, Jared Glose, Alex and Valery Casetta, Zach Smith, and Kyle O’Rourke are doing more than just weight lifting to prepare for the upcoming season. “It helps us to stay out of trouble,” sophomore Ian Fortier, a two-year wrestler, said.

Aside from free-style practice, the team also spends time in the weight room with high hopes of seizing more state titles next season.

“My hope for next year is that we just don’t get last.” Shell said.

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