By Sam Goodykoontz

Since last year, a lot has changed about the wrestling team. We have many newcomers to the team, including sixth grader Cash Clayton, seventh grader Domonick Ruiz, freshmen Gabe Ross, Cole Montei, and Texas Perez, sophomore Michael Louton, and junior Michael DeGeer. We also have additional coaching staff, the head coach’s own son Owen DeSilva.

When asked about his expectations for this year, Coach Dave DeSilva answered, “Since our numbers are much larger this year than they were last year, I really hope that we can raise our productivity this year since we have more people for practicing moves and for more live wrestling. We also now have more opportunities to score more points during matches.”

When asked about the wrestlers’ progress so far, Coach DeSilva responded, “I think that the team has already improved so much in only two meets. A lot of people just need more mat time.”

When newcomer Gabe Ross was asked about his impression of wrestling so far, he responded, “So far I think that we are doing well. There is still room for improvement but overall we did really well for our first two meets. Overall I think wrestling is very fun and it has challenged me to think quickly. However, I did not expect to have to go up against upperclassmen. I first expected for it to be crazy hard, but I was able to fit right in. Wrestling is a great sport to get people ready for other sports and for getting into good shape.”

The achievements and efforts the wrestling team made seem great so far, so hopefully the morale continues for later into the season.