matches a season ago after ad- vancing to state as a freshman in 2023, and four others — Mor- gan Beardsley, Kate Melody, Cece Wagner, and Dzhesika Okumahba — posted winning records last winter. Add in a few more girls with varsity experience and you
quickly understand why Graves has high hopes for the Tigers. “We’re always going to have 12 to 18 points to make up (in duals due to open weights), but we have some really tough girls,” he said. “Multiple girls on the team have put in a lot of off- season work. For wrestling, mat
time is the most important thing to get better and the high school season is not enough if you want to get to the top of the sport. You have to put in the time in the offseason.” Springer, a sophomore who along with Wagner are Roland- Story students who wrestle for
Gilbert through a sharing agree- ment, will be a hammer at either 125 or 130 pounds. She posted 27 victories a season ago and reached the regional semifinals before a knee injury forced her to withdraw. Britcher, a junior, was the Tigers highest regional place
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