spond to the big stage, ….

spond to the big stage, and how they handle the nerves. The more tournaments like these, the more comfortable they’ll get, so that once they get to high school the big tournaments and big stage is no longer a concern.”

Jakel is hoping next year things will return to normal. He’s also hoping to have as many as 15-20 wrestlers to work with. He feels he can send at least half of them past regionals and to state.

“What we have seen out of the short youth season is that we have a great deal of potential. Hopefully other wrestlers see someone like Griffin have that success. It shows they can too.”