Grapplers prepare to hit the mat

Coach Dan Clayson believes the Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestling team is shaping up well for the upcoming season.

“I think it’s going to be an exciting year,” he said. “We got some experience back from last year. We have four returning state-placers, so we’ll be OK. Some of our kids have put in the work over the past few years, and they’re starting to see the results of that hard work.”

Clayson added experience will be the core of the team’s performance for 2015-16.

“We’ve got a good nucleus, and then we have a bunch of young guys who are going to do good this year.”

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