“He’s very dedicated and that has
rubbed off on me. He always pushes
me to do more and I credit him for
me being where I am now,” said junior
wrestler Brian Mullett. Mullett was the
other wrestler to make it to semi-state
as a sophomore. Lewton has taken him
under his wing and has taught him
many things.
Head coach, Joel Pippenger, known
for his tenacious personality, has really
pushed the team to the next level this
year according to Lewton and Mullett.
“This years practices are pretty intense
and I want to keep it that way and then
hopefully we will have a successful
year,” said Lewton. “Coach Pippenger
has added different stuff to make
practice a little more fun and as long as
we work hard we get rewarded with a
shortened practice usually making it a
lot more intense,” said Lewton.
The team has a lack of wrestlers in
the upper weight classes. This causes
the team to lose many dual meets even
though they have the better talent.
However, this does not decrease moral
for the team. “We have a lot of guys
that are working hard in practice and
if they keep improving at the rate they
are, there is going to be a handful of
kids wrestling in the post-season.
We will give up a lot of forfeits at the
heavier weights so we’re going to have
to suffer in team duals, but I have
confidence we can win a lot of meets if
we wrestle with all that we have,” said
Mullett.
The team’s strengths this season
will be the intensity they have been
practicing under. Other strengths they
have is the few wrestlers who got postseason experience last season, and how
many light weights they have. Their
weakness will be the strength level of
their younger wrestlers. Lewton said
that many wrestlers aren’t stretched
out enough when it comes to weight
lifting and this may hurt them in team
duals.
The team will have to play to its
strengths and rack up points during
their lighter weight class matches. This
means that junior Tony Steglich will
have to step up this season according
to Lewton. Steglich has a lot of talent
but doesn’t always have the motivation
to be the best he can be. Lewton, half
jokingly, said he will be “keeping a real
close eye on him” this season.
The Warriors will not have a
problem practicing hard under the
leadership of Pippenger, Lewton, and
Mullett, but they have a tough road
ahead of them in team duals due to the
lack of heavier weight wrestlers.
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