Bright spot in Wind River

“I saw some of the brightest moments of our wrestling team this season at Don Runner,” said Saratoga High School Wrestling Head Coach Zach Schmidt.

Panther wrestlers went to the Don Runner tournament in Wind River where they faced 16 different teams on Jan. 11-12.

“John Powell would be, hands down, my wrestler of the week,” Schmidt said. “For a kid who only two weeks ago had his first high school win, went to being only one round away from placing in one of the, historically, toughest weight classes (145).”

Schmidt said the week before, Powell faced the wrestler who beat him out...