freshmen wrestlers understand how tough college wrestling can be partly because of their more experienced teammates. After Friday the freshmen will have their own college wrestling experience to fall back on in preparation for future events. With over 60 NCAA D-1 wrestlers registered to participate, the LU Open is undoubtedly one of the toughest tournaments in the nation that we could use to open up the season. Some people might think we are crazy for taking a team of mostly freshmen to this tournament, but we want our freshmen to see what they are up against at our level of national competition. The freshmen will have more opportunities to shine at future tournaments this season. In future tournaments they will be able to compete with more wrestlers with their same level of experience, but the LU Open will give them a vision of what it will take to be successful on the national stage! I believe we have some talent in the room which could surprise some people at the LU Open. Only time will tell if my opinion is accurate. We have had some minor injuries as I’m sure any other team has seen at this time in the year. We will have two wrestlers not wrestling this Friday, because of injury. We will have some wrestlers who are ineligible this semester who will be wrestling unattached in the LU Open and will also be traveling on their own to other open tournaments throughout the semester. Hopefully, we will see those wrestlers join us next semester. My goal is to post some results Friday night. By the way, the championship singlets are packed for any of our wrestlers who will be in any of the finals or consolation finals. I wonder who will be the first HLG wrestler to earn one!Written by Coach Scott Hawes
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