NOKESVILLE — The Region 3B wrestling tournament figured to be a close three-team race between host Brentsville, four-time defending champ Skyline and Warren County.
With any opportunity for a normal season well past, Warren Countyâs wrestling team is taking a different approach in 2020-21.
Wildcat teams of the past would enter a season with aspirations of winning district and region titles, earning a top-five spot in the state tournament and preparing wrestlers for shots at state gold. But in a year when COVID-19 has hurled speed bump after speed bump at sports across all levels of competition, the Wildcats of 2020 are just eager for the chance to compete.
Longtime head coach Matt Wadas said last week that because of the circumstances, which include a condensed wrestling season that could at any moment be brought to a halt and practices that require social distancing when practicable and frequent sanitizing, the first week of practice was hardly business as usual at Warren County. Instead, heâs been preaching to his wrestlers a simple message: enjoy the time on the mat.