TAKE IT TO THE MAT!

On Dec. 4, Porter Hamm throws a wrestler from Junction City “I do wrestling because wrestling is super cool and wrestling is good conditioning.”Hamm said.

On Nov. 18, 7th grader Dominik Burns poses while pinning his opponent to celebrate the win at Washburn Rural Middle School to win the match.

On Dec. 6th, Officer Mccarter teaches 8th grader Cieran Chedzoy to keep his head up on bottom so his opponent can’t do a move on him at the Seaman Middle School meet.

On Dec. 6th, at Seaman Middle school, Taber McBurney(7) grader grapples with his opponent to attempt to bring him to the ground. “The best part of wrestling is being able to hangout with your friends everyday and going to meets and winning.”McBurney said.

On Dec. 6th, Braxton Harvey throws a wrestler from Seaman Middle School onto the ground at the wrestling meet at Seaman Middle School.

On Dec. 6th, at Seaman Middle School, 7th grader Doak Parker sprawls on his opponent to get the take down ”my favorite part about wrestling is hanging out with the wrestling team everyday.”Parker said

On Dec. 6th, 8th grader Evan Tiller attempts to throw his opponent out of bounds at the Seaman invitational meet.

On Dec. 4th, at WRMS, 8th grader Andrew Peterson is shaking his opponents hand before the match,”I like wrestling because I like to wrestle with my friends and it’s a great interactive sport.”Peterson said

Coach Short gives a speech before the matches start on Nov. 18th, Short said“I started coaching wrestling to share my passion and knowledge for the sport with others. It allows me to impact people’s lives in a positive way. As a coach, there’s no better feeling than seeing your guys hand raised at the end of a match.”

On Dec. 6th, at Seaman Middle School 7th grader Liam Mitchell sprawls on a student from Shawnee Heights to stop him from shooting his legs.

On Dec. 4th, at the WRMS wrestling meet Dalton Rezac starts his match against an Emporia Middle School wrestler.

On Dec. 4th, Kain Reilly kneels down to put on his ankle band to show his color for his match. Reilly plans on doing wrestling in 8th grade “I want to get better at wrestling.” “ The hardest part of wrestling is getting off your back if your opponent is putting weight on you to pin you down.”