By LuAnn Schindler
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Building fundamentals key for young Bobcat wrestlers
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December 5, 2019
LuAnn Schindler
Bobcat grapplers • Members of the 2019-2020 Summerland wrestling team include (front row, l-r): Tyler Bellar, Alex Arroyo, Eli Thiele, Alex Thiele, Rafe Grebin, Spencer Kester, Morgan Erhardt; (back row l-r): David Arroyo, Kendrick Schroeder, Logan Mueller, Wyatt Chipps, Ty Rix, Colton Thiele, Eli Macke and James Kester.
The Summerland wrestling squad will rely on senior leadership when the season begins Thursday, Dec. 5, in Wayne.
Head Coach Dan Roeber said Eli Macke and James Kester are "eager to start the Bobcat tradition and end their high school careers on a high note."
Five letter winners return from last year's OC squad: Macke, Kester, Rafe Grebin, Spencer Kester and Alex Arroyo.
Roeber said after graduating seven seniors from last year's team, youth will prevail.
"As a younger team, we are looking to build on the fundamentals of being student-athletes; what it takes to excel both on and off the mat."
The inaugural season for the grapplers will include another first, as Morgan Erhardt joins the team.
Roeber said he has coached a handful of female wrestlers at the youth and junior levels.
Kaitlyn Hoffman competed for OC.
Wrestlers in each weight class include: Anthony Ferris, 106; Alex Thiele, 113; Eli Thiele, 120; Erhardt, 120; Grebin, 126; S. Kester, 132; Ty Rix, 138; J. Kester, 145; A. Arroyo, 152; Kendrick Schroeder, 152; Tyler Bellar, 160; David Arroyo, 160; Macke, 170; Colton Thiele, 195; Wyatt Chipps, 220 and Logan Mueller, HWT.
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