Hungry for Competition

The high school season is two weeks old and we are getting ready for our first
competition this Thursday at Riceville. Our first two weeks of practice have gone very well,
the guys are working hard and I think a lot of people are going to be pleasantly surprised at
how far many of the wrestlers have come in a year. Even though we don’t have a lot of
wrestlers out, we will have almost every weight filled. Even though practices have been
going well, I think the guys are ready to start competing against someone other than their
teammates!

I want to extend a big thank you to everyone that helped make the Black Friday Sailor
Classic a great success last Friday. We had 193 wrestlers competing and everything went very
smoothly. It’s nice to know that when you need help, people will always step up and I’ve found
that to be true about the Columbus wrestling program from top to bottom! I would like to
especially thank Curt Hildebrand, Denny Boleyn, Tim Klein, and Aaron McClelland for all of
their hard work preparing for the tournament and getting everything organized. Our program
would not be what it is today without people unselfishly giving back to the program. I look
forward to watching the club duals we have coming up and the home middle school dual on
Monday at Columbus High School. Hopefully we can get as many people as possible to cheer on
our future Sailors! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Until next week……..

Coach Rea