(Audubon) Audubon begins their 2022-23 wrestling season on Thursday, December 1st with a quadrangular against AHSTW, Woodbine, and Logan-Magnolia.
Wheeler wrestling coach Tyler Christensen provides a run down of the team’s returning wrestlers. “We have Alex Hansen. He’s a tough, hard-nosed kid. I’m excited to see what he can accomplish this year. We have Jack Stanerson as a light weight for us. He was a freshman for us last year, so we’ll see what kind of a year he can put together as a sophomore. Then we have Colin Hartl coming back for us as well. Second year wrestlers as a sophomore. He’s pretty excited to actually have some background knowledge when it comes technique and moves. We’ll look to see some exciting things out of him as well.
The rest of the lineup will be fairly inexperienced. “We have Lane Elmquist, he’s a pretty solid little guy for us, a 106 pounder. Then we have Carson Perdew. He’s a pretty tough kid from IKM-Manning. He’ll be in the 160 range. Then we have a bunch of new faces which is really exciting. Some new guys want to try wrestling see what it’s all about, so I’m sure they’ll fit nicely in our lineup.”
Their main focus is on attitude and effort. “We talk about that a lot with the guys. Those are the two things you can control.” Christensen says, “Once you realize that it makes the decision really easy about how hard you want to work. Right now in the first week we are really getting down to the basics with stance. Everyone can work at the basics.”
Both Exira-EHK and IKM-Manning are sharing with Audubon this season. The Wheelers will compete in Class 2A.
Audubon coach Tyler Christensen:
