IGHLIGHT
WINTER SPORTS 38
SPRING 2021 ||| KnightTimes
VA R S I T Y WRESTLING Coached by DEVIN BILLINGS, DUKE SHERRELL and GRADY STEVENS Wrestling—like swimming and diving, gymnastics, golf and crosscountry—is both an individual and a team sport, and while Pace has sent individual wrestlers to the state tournament for decades, this year, for the first time in program history, the Knights qualified as a team. They entered state competition following a successful outing at the area tournament in which juniors BEN SCHIFFER, THOMAS WELLS, ALEX MATHIAS and XAVIER AGOSTINO claimed individual championships in their respective weight classes. The team of 10 then traveled
to Macon, Ga., and concluded the season as the 13th-place squad in the state. Four Knights placed individually in their weight classes: junior SAM HOWE was third; Mathias finished fourth; Schiffer was fifth; and junior HENRY LEUSINK tied for seventh. This year’s wrestling roster did not include seniors, so the Knights hope to add to their ranks and build on this year’s success in the 2021– 2022 season. Photography by NICOLE SEITZ
