Katie Weiler ’13
Sports Editor
He started wrestling when he was four years old. His favorite NFL team is the Atlanta Falcons. His favorite band is ACDC. His biggest role model is his brother. His favorite candy is Twix. Zach Wamser ’15 now wrestles on the varsity squad and holds high aspirations for the upcoming season.
“I want to make it to state,” explains Wamser.
In order to qualify for state in wrestling, he will need to place top four at districts and top four at regionals to advance. He prepares in the off-season for this by participating baseball and football as well.
Before a match, he listens to music and thinks about what he is going to do. This motivates him to go into the match with the attitude that he is always going to win.
In order to come away with a victory, Wamser goes through vigorous workouts in practice. He has learned to never give up and always try his hardest through wrestling. Wamser’s focus is getting the win for the team because he does not plan on pursuing wrestling after high school.
“The team is young; we have a lot of freshman,” comments Wamser. “I think we will be better than we were last year.”
His senior teammates agree and have big expectations for him.
“He’s a good wrestler [and] only a sophomore,” says Allen Slagter ’13. “I think he’ll go far.”
They expect Wamser to win his matches during tournament and believe he has improved his strength and cardio from last year.
“I think he is a skilled wrestler and will get us the team points we need,” expresses Cody Oehme ’13.
Wamser advises younger wrestlers to stick with it because it will pay off in the long run.
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