Players focus on individual goals, team pushes for win

Wrestling

Isabela Diaz | Staff Writer

The Scottsburg Warriors have yet to tackle the wrestling season. Unfortunately, the team only won one match, which was by Jayden Criswell, during the first meet and none the second meet. Now, this doesn’t include forfeits which go to their total number as a whole.

“Our first meet didn’t go as well as we hoped, but all that just means there is room for improvement,” Chance Uebel (12) said.

Though their matches won may be down in number, they are simply focusing on improvements they can make to better themselves for matches and as individuals.

“Our first meet really woke us up in that we need to focus and try not to go out there being shocked. We can improve on the fact that we lose our train of thought when wrestling, and we need to, as individuals and as a team, self motivate ourselves before the match begins,” Hunter Richart (9) said.

Not only is it a start of a new season, there are new faces and a new head coach (who has previously been the head, but not for last year) on the team as well, including Coach Mendez.

“[Coach Mendez] focuses on never giving up, work ethics, trusting the process, fundamentals and being consistent,” Jake Graham (10) said.

“I think he reallypushes us to our limits, which is a good thing. He makes sure we’re doing and trying our absolute best,” Avery Lytle (10) said.

Though the matches didn’t turn out as hoped and only one was won, they keep looking forward and pushing themselves to their full potential.

“The wrestlers on my team are my family so I think I know potential when I see it. If we can just get to work and stay on track, we will be good wrestlers,” Richart said.

The wrestling team is indeed a family, but they really try to focus on their own, individual dreams, priorities and goals. While many of the wrestlers try to focus on staying in shape and staying focused, others have a little different priorities. For example, Uebel’s goal is to go to semistate. Lytle has a similar goal.

“My goal is to at least advance to regionals this year. I didn’t do that well in sectionals last year, so it’s a big goal for me,” Lytle said.