But the price for prominence is the highlighted last match of the evening to culminate a flurry of matches involving state champions at every turn.
He’s mentioned in the same sentence as current Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson, who turned heads when he competed at Wasatch High then Iowa State.
“He’s pretty good,” Box Elder coach Mike Ripplinger said in very understated terms. “Yeah, he’s pretty good. He’s got national championships, placed five or six times cadet junior on the freestyle scene. But now I think he’s currently ranked No. 3 in the country in FloWrestling.