COLUMBUS >> His arm around his son, Perry wrestling coach Dave Rowan held back some tears as he pondered the realization in front of him. He had just coached his last wrestling match as the Pirates’ head coach. “It’s been a good ride,” Rowan said, his voice cracking with emotion. In storybook fashion, his final […]
COLUMBUS >> Many wrestlers would be disappointed, perhaps heartbroken, with finishing as a state runner-up in back-to-back years to finish their high school career. Lake Catholic’s Parker Pikor chose to have a heart of gratitude for the journey he took to get to the second step in the state podium two years in a row. […]
COLUMBUS >> There were a lot of silver linings for the three area wrestlers who wrestled for state championships on March 10 at Jerome Schottenstein Center. They match the silver medals that Lake Catholic’s Parker Pikor, Riverside’s Antonio Bottiggi and Hawken’s Will Greenberg garnered with state runner-up finishes in their respective weight classes. Pikor lost […]
COLUMBUS >> The early arriving crowd at the Jerome Schottenstein Center gasped when Lake Catholic freshman Chance Wuhr put Brookville’s Hayden Jones to his back for nearfall points in the opening match of the state wrestling tournament on March 8. Wuhr’s teammates Joey Romano and Parker Pikor? They shrugged. Wuhr, a No. 4 seed coming […]