Senior Kyle Haas will be competing tomorrow in a national wrestling competition put on by FloWrestling.

FloWrestling is a national organization that hosts different tournaments every year. One of their most popular is the “Who’s #1” tournament. This event calls on the best high school wrestlers from across the country to come and compete against each other for the title of the No. 1 high school wrestler in their class. 

¨I’m going into my match pretty confident,¨ Haas said. ¨I’ve been putting in the time and effort needed for a match like this, and I know I will be able to go six minutes start to finish at my very best wrestling¨

Wrestling coach and PE teacher Mike Schauer has been coaching Haas for 3 years now, and is excited to see him wrestle.

¨Kyle is fun to watch,¨ Schauer said. ¨He really is one of the best wrestlers in the country. He’s been wrestling at this level for a while now so this isn’t something new to him.¨

Due to this big match, Haas has been getting in more workout sessions and focusing on his health to help him be at his best.

¨I’ve just been trying to go with the best guys around,¨ he said. ¨Making trips to Oklahoma every other weekend to wrestle some of the best kids in the country.¨

Haas has also had to find extra time during the week to get in his workouts.

¨A lot of times,” Haas said, “I will wake up before school and go on a couple mile run just to get that extra cardio in.”

After coming off of his junior season, Haas found extra goals for this year, and this match will be a good insight into seeing how those goals will be reached.

¨I think that last year’s wrestling season was a big eye opener,¨ he said. ¨And something to build off of. Fell short of a goal but it just gave me more motivation to be better, and learn from mistakes made.¨

Schauer is also looking forward to seeing how their team will look next season.

¨We will have another great wrestling team this year with a lot of returning starters and state placers,¨ he said. ¨There are also some really good freshmen coming in. It’s going to be exciting.¨

On such a big stage, it would be understandable for any athlete to be nervous, but Haas is no stranger to high level competition.

¨I’m not necessarily nervous,¨ he said. ¨But I am excited. I know what I have to do during this match, and know what I’ve worked for. All that needs to be done now is go out, have some fun, and hopefully come out with a victory.¨

If you want to watch Haas wrestle, you can tune into FloWrestling tomorrow if you have an account.