Beginning their conditioning before the season started and now practicing every day, the wrestling team is looking forward to a new year full of wins. The wrestling team has been preparing for weeks for the upcoming season. Every day, you can find members in the weight room after school. The team even works out and trains on the weekends to improve as a whole. With so much practice, there has to be some fun involved, too. “Every day before practice, we carpool together and go to Pine Run [Market]. Most of us don’t have money, but it’s still fun to just hang out together,” Junior Lane Ward said. Although the team is anticipating a successful season, there may be some obstacles it will have to face. “We’ll probably be outnumbered by the other schools this year,” Ward said. While other schools usually have as many as twenty wrestlers, Freedom has around ten to fifteen. On top of that, head coach Mr. Jim Covert could be out due to the fact he and his wife are expecting a baby. The wrestlers have come a long way in practices. “The underclassmen are a lot more dedicated now, and we hope to do well this season,” Senior Boe Bonzo said. There is a lot to look forward to this year for the wrestlers. The goal for Bonzo is to place top five in the state. Ward said he would like to “finish the season without another knee surgery and win at least 25 matches.”