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Show | A cen ees NOVEMBER 8, 2000 season. _ “With the older Bide sometimes you don’ t realize the improvements, but with the younger kids it makes a big dif- RUSS RIGGS badd | lb 4 SPORTS ast year, him in the past. Luke Francis, a state champion last year as a. junior, is back for more glory. | “He’s a fighter, and he has to ioe? -Discher said. “He'll bea: to go a : a a good kid.” Senior J udd— |. a EDITOR... the Wasatch High | wrestling team had quite a season. They went undefeated, won a state championship, and were ranked _as the number two team in the nation. ae Sweat will make —Ee state champito begin, expectations around Wasatch onship, having — County have been raised to a new level. But is coach Wade Discher feeling = placed © ‘second — ~ three. JERS: in a fe pressure? Not exactly. “I guess there’s not really : any pres- : ‘row. “He’ S proba- ; sure when you expect excellence. The — kids expect it and work hard for itid bly the ‘most talented” guy that don’t really feel it,” he said. Easing this pressure is a group: cn tal- | ~ we have on the ented youngsters team—and he’s | returning to recap-— ture the state title, and a history of suc- got a mean for college md wrestle,” Discher said. Will Webster, who took second in state, is possibly the team’s best athlete ference. Some kids don’t want to be as dedicated as the others, but they reap the rewards, ” he said. “Hard work is the equalizer in wrestling. We work harder than anybody else.” : In pre-season polls, Wasatch has bee picked to finish in the top five. Not bad for most schools, but the Wasps have set and will help in the upper-weight division. “He’s a good kid with heart. He'll be — their goals much higher, nothing less than a state championship will do. one o oe aes around. Who knows how Wasatch has a very young team, far he can go,” however, and must gain experience as - Discher said. the season moves along, especially with O t h:er Freturning teams like Layton, Box Elder, Delta, and Uintah expected to be very competitive.. — wrestlers who “There is some other tough teams in — placed at state the state,” Discher said. “We'll be a lot a include «David better at the end of the season than we Gertsch, Brett will at the start. We have a lot of shoes Smith, Kelly Hortin, Ryan. to fill, but we have people to fill them,” Bonner, ’ Skylar Discher said. So is another state Cisiasiniae Destefano, <.ud Cody Bigelow. -— waiting in the wings? Maybe. The . “We have a - Wasps certainly have the talent, work cessful wrestling teams in Heber City. Streaks to him. | The Wasps have come to expect win- He .. dislocated lot of talented ethic, tradition, and coaching staff to get DT it done. If anything, the 2000 version of : * returning -let“—< Wasatch High will be very competitive his arm as aIvan Bigney sets in a bagh last season. ' terman.. and ning, and now it’s just second nature, a _ and make fans in wrestlingville, USA younger kids dynasty of sorts in high school athletics. freshman and proud to say they live in Heber City. that are going to as up,” Discher said. “It’s been part of the community for still almost beat a senior in fae? “Potentially, we have a great team. | Besides. being. extremely. talented, such a jong time, since the 50s. It’s tra- - Discher said. “Nothings going to stop | We lost a tremendous group, but we the Wasps have an unbelievable work dition,” Discher said, _ | him this year, he’s going to be a leader.” -Discher, now in his fourth. year as John Carlisle, who last year got an _ ethic. During the summer, Wasatch have a lot coming up. These kids can compete against the best-we have high held its annual summer camp with the early start on his professional wees the skipper of a very successful ship, expectaions,” Discher said. “We have — Sanderson brothers and sponsored a has plenty of talented wrestlers to work career, also returns. some gems, it’s just a matter of polishwrestling club that practiced and.com“Last year he was disqualified from with this year. Danny Laneri, who peted all summer long. According to. . ing them.” the state tournament for head-butting, he placed fourth in state as a sophomore, Wasatch’s. first match iss the pnt Discher, it’s this extra work that really. would have been. a state champion. He returns for his junior yearif he can invitational on ipRceniber ‘A pays off during the grueling regular overcome injuries that have plagued dominated all year. 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