Coach pleased with LRS wrestling's start to season

The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wrestling season is just two competitions old, but head coach Jason Hilzer is liking what he’s seen out of his team so far.

Not only was it the opening matches of the season for LRS, but it was also the first matches at the high school level for several of the wrestlers.

“I thought there were times we wrestled really tough,” said Hilzer. “I thought the newer kids wrestled as well as they could have.”

The season opened with the Ephrata JV Mix & Match on Dec. 10. Hilzer sent seven wrestlers to participate in the mix & match, going up against schools such as Eastmont (4...