DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio 160-pound junior Caiden Hooks is not your typical high school wrestler.
He was diagnosed with eye cancer, bilateral retinoblastoma, at 19 months old and had both eyes removed before the age of four.
He wrestles by feel after being exposed to the sport at six. The tables have turned, Hooks told ABC-6. Now I m the stud people are afraid to face on the mat. Hooks has put together a 25-7 record this season inspired by his alter ego, the Copper Hammer.
Hooks also deals with autism. Sometimes I have issues with social interaction. I m rigid in my thinking and I get flustered sometimes, added Hooks.