By: Jordan Hansen, Opinion editor

Hearts pounding, muscles tensing, sweat pouring. He steps on to the mat and faces his competitor. Walking out toward him, he feels confident. Not overly so, but enough to know that he can win the match. Crouching down, he gets ready to go.

Mitch Ross, sophomore, loves wrestling, and enjoys every second of it. The best part of the sport, at least for him anyways is, “The guys that are out and the bond that we got.” The wrestlers are a close group, as their team is not all that big this year.

The team this year is doing, “Pretty good, decent compared to other seasons, not as many wrestlers out,” said Mitch. Recently, despite placing 12th out of 16 teams in the WaMaC tournament, Alex Hunter still won his weight class.

Along with wrestling, Mitch also likes football. Starting on varsity this year, Mitch hopes to do the same next year. Despite whatever sport he enjoys more, one thing is for certain, Mitch will be involved with both of them next year.

The match starts. Springing forward, he slams into the other wrestler with an extreme amount of force. The two wrestlers grapple for a bit, but he finds an advantage over the other, and manages to pin him. Another win for the mighty, mighty Indians.