FEATURE: Will Fetterolf be Batavia’s second wrestling state champion?
Kaden Fetterolf, a junior that wrestles in the 138-pound weight class from Batavia High School and has already made some of the most notable achievements in the school’s history, will be looking to secure his first state title and become the schools first ever IHSA state place winner. Fetterolf has been involved in the Batavia […]
NEWS: Bayer steps down, replaced by Farwell
By Emma Stoodley, Paige Blasi, and Faith Borre Boys’ head wrestling coach, Scott Bayer, stepped down from the program on March 22 and will be replaced by longtime assistant Ryan Farwell. Bayer will be taking over the girls’ program as head coach and no longer splitting himself between the two teams. Bayer said he stepped […]
Long strives for greatness as one of wrestling program’s first females
By Grace Summers and Selena Lanham Every day the wrestlers walk in to see the following words painted on the walls of the wrestling room: “You walk into this room only a boy… with hard work and dedication, you WILL become a man.” These words have the intentions of inspiring young boys; what BHS didn’t […]
Leave it all on the mat
By Grace Summers The wrestling season started Nov. 5 with a group of new wrestlers, now including girls. Coach Scott Bayer and Coach Ryan Farwell have been coaching the team throughout the summer and through preseason training. All eyes are on the team as BHS has just now created a girls’ wrestling team. “I work […]
Wrestling clinches UEC title at hands of rival, Geneva
By Matt Cuartero The BFAC is normally reserved for plays, musicals, and theatrical shows. Seldom, or rather, never has the BFAC been used for an athletic event. The BFAC Fine Arts stage was altered into a battlefield for Batavia’s wrestling match against Geneva on Thurs., Jan. 15. Almost 1,000 spectators entered the theater and were […]