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By Hayden E. This wrestling season was awesome for our team with 10 wins and 6 losses. The development was extremely special. From the beginning of the season to the end, every single one of the Roland Story wrestlers improved a tremendous amount. A big part about wrestling is "showing up," Coach Johnson said, "All of our kids showed up to early morning practices, weights, and after-school practices, which is why we improved so much." A few wrestlers that stand out to me are Chance Georgius and Caiden Latch. Chance at the beginning of the season was not as technically good but as he kept showing up he improved a tremendous amount on his technical wrestling skills. Caiden Latch improved on the more mind set part of the sport. Caiden thought it was going to be easy and win a lot but then as he showed up and wrestled at more tournaments he realized this is not going to be as easy and I need to keep working hard and striving for excellence in practice or he will not imp...

By Justin S. It was a normal winter morning on January 11, 2025. The Wrestlers are ready for the tournament, though some are tired. They had a great meet on January 9th at South Hamilton. Head Coach Heston Johnson readied the Varsity the day before. They all boarded the vans at 5:30 A.m., and some vans headed to Forest City. Before The Wrestlers left, Caden Latch a wrestler gave a pep talk.  "Let's kick some people. We got it." When we arrived at Forest City, some of the Wrestlers were overweight. We arrived 15 minutes before weigh-in.  7:30 A.m. All the wrestlers make weight. They had a nice breakfast thanks to parents who volunteered to bring food. Only one manager came. The start of the tournament was slow, then it quickly went when they now used three mats. Some wrestlers lost. Some had no losses. Some had only one loss. Caden Latch got 2nd, Isaac Hall got 4th,  Konor Blume got 6th, Gracien Lenin 6th, Roman Scotts got 4th, Noah Nealy got 6th, and Wes Hansen got 2nd. S...

By Wes H. On December 16th, 2023, Roland-Story Wrestling held the 51st annual Jim Kinyon Wrestling Invitational. Jim Kinyon was the head wrestling coach at Roland-Story for many years, as well as a middle school teacher, husband, and father. After retiring, he spent many years supporting Roland-Story wrestling in many ways.  Jim Kinyon passed away in May of 2022, but his memory and contributions to the wrestling program live on through this tournament each year.  Nineteen teams and over 200 wrestlers from around the state attended, with schools from three different classes. Roland-Story competed very well and had seven kids place in the top 6. In the 106-pound weight class, Konnor Blume placed 6th with a great showing as a freshman. Caiden Latch won at the 113 weight class,  beating two wrestlers who were ranked in the state. Kade Blume won the 138 weight class, and also got his 100th career win during the tournament, a huge milestone for high school wrestling. Logan Powe...