Rising out of his chair in the corner of the mat at the Division I sectional wrestling tournament at Austintown-Fitch, Mayfield wrestling coach Dwight Fritz did everything he could to hide the tears his eyes. It wasn’t working. As he watched the hand of his team’s 144-pound entry be raised as a sectional champion, Fritz’s […]
Ryan Looman didn’t know how big his support network really was until he was at the most challenging part of his life. Looman, a resident of Concord Township, was involved in a car crash on Jan. 27 on Route 608 in Hambden Township, a wreck his 9-year-old son Koby did not survive. Since then, the […]
It is now officially go-time. That’s the mindset of Lake Catholic wrestling coach Nate Skonieczny and his team as the Cougars put the finishing touches on a challenging regular season at the Crown Conference tournament on Feb. 17 at Padua. The Cougars went 2-1 at the four-team league tournament, which was wrestled in a dual-match […]
ROOTSTOWN Perry wrestling coach Dave Rowan didn’t sleep well Friday night. He tossed. He turned. He paced. He went through scenarios that his team might face on Feb. 3 in the Division III regional duals at Rootstown High School. He probably drove his wife nuts. He was worrying. He shouldn’t have. The third-seeded Pirates, […]