Wrestling season is underway, with wrestlers stepping up following the graduation of 2024 state champion Kevin Boston.  

Head Coach Matt Storm is relying on Kylonn Haynie to step up and take over the leading role on the team. Storm hopes one or two wrestlers can consistently bring in points to win matches.  

Before matches, Haynie can be seen warming up by running sprints, wrestling on the mat and completing pushups to get warm. Haynie, who is also a star football player, faces the difficulty of being a multisport student athlete. However, it doesn’t hamper his athletic ability. 

 “It’s normal to me, I’ve been doing it a long time it’s just adapted to me,” Haynie said. His goal this season is to win state.  

Haynie was 29-8 with 19 pins headed to state last season and finished fifth in the 190-pound bracket with a win over Tyler Zwingman of Columbus. 

“It’s not just how you perform on the mat,” Storm said. Storm looks for players who are good both in and out of the classroom and on the mat.  

During practice is where Coach Storm is looking for promising freshmen and sophomores, to eventually take over the role of bringing in points. Some of which are Isiah Tuttle and Aiden Rodiguez. When looking at these freshmen, both look for excellence in the activities in practice. This includes conditioning individual technique and practicing live wrestling to improve.