Athletics

Rebel Wrestling

Wrestling is an extremely physical sport. It requires your whole body and all of your focus. Have you ever wondered what the wrestlers and coaches think and why they are doing the sport in the first place? Well if those thoughts ever crossed your mind or if you just want a fun read, this is the article for you.

Due to not knowing wrestlers, with the help of my friend Mikey Austin I was able to ask one of the wrestlers some questions. The first one was what is the most difficult and challenging part about wrestling? His response was, “The challenging part is adversity. The difficult part is that it requires your whole body, and it is physically demanding.”

That answer got me wondering if everyone can be a wrestler, “No, because not everyone can handle the pressure of this sport.”

My final question was, what got you into this sport? And his response was that it ran in his family.

We now know the wrestlers side of things, I believe it’s time time to know the coach’s point of view.

I asked one of the coaches, Mr. Wagner, some questions to get his view on wrestling.

My first question was, what do you do to motivate the wrestlers? He said “By positive encouragement, showing examples, playing music, and verbal communication.” That’s pretty interesting because it just comes to show that the atmosphere when training is really important.

My second question to him was what is the current challenges you’re facing when coaching? “Definitely the amount of wrestlers. There isn’t enough and we need more.” Well you have it here, the Rebel wrestling team needs more wrestlers so if you’re interested I think you should give it a try.

I then wondered what got him into being a coach? He told me that he’s been wrestling pretty much his entire life so, he thought it’d be a good idea to coach.

My final question to him was what type of student is fit to be a wrestler? “Hard workers, people who can discipline and motivate them selves. People with strong mental toughness, emotional composer, and a positive attitude drive.”

Wrestling may not be everyone’s thing, but if you have even the smallest interest, or if you want to develop some mental toughness wrestling is a sport for you.

By: Sunshine Nelson

Lady Rebels

Girls’ Basketball for the Wabeno High School has mostly gone well. As was noted, they almost actually managed to be undefeated for the entire season, with members like Kiara, Trista, and Alexz all working incredibly hard, with much toil, wear, and tear, they ended up finding themselves losing to Wausaukee. Trista, who watched the game, specifically noted, when told “Details are necessary”, that Wabeno managed to endure 10 fouls in the first ten minutes of the game. There was much criticism of the referees by Wabeno players, but Wabeno conclusively lost the game.

Alexz, when asked “What do you think you could have done better to keep your undefeated streak?”, responded “I don’t know, man. I think some of us were benched that needed to be in.” Kiara agreed with that statement, stating “Alexz played, I watched.” However, despite the loss to Wausaukee, the team remains incredibly hopeful. Alexz stated “We’re still one of the best teams in the area, even if we screwed up.”

Kiara, however, stated she firmly did not believe that it was entirely their fault, noting, when asked the same question, that she believed the game could have been handled better by officials. “I think the referees were letting too many of their fouls slide.” Trista and Alexz seemed to agree to an extent, with Trista noting, “It was almost absurd how few fouls they dealt with compared to us.”

Trista, when asked “What do you plan to do moving on?”, responded “We plan to focus on getting more players out in the field and making sure we haven’t just broken this undefeated streak. We want to ensure we don’t lose again.” We will see how things play out from this point on.

By: Conor Lowery

Cross Country: A Year of Achievements

Now that the Rebels Cross-Country Team has finally ceased their actions, it’s time the Roller Report covered them. Whilst we have most definitely had our glory days this year, our ups and downs, this last race was an eventful one. With notable statements from racers after the race such as “It was cold,” and “it snowed” from racer Dylan Cloud, which perfectly describe the environment. Indeed, on that day, it was quite cold. Similarly, Matthew Seeber, our best male racer, says “While I was running the race, I nearly fell over thanks to the wind”. Another runner, Grace Novak, says “When I get to the two miles, I wanna stop. But then, I remember how much work I’ve put in, and I realize that I’ve gotta keep going.”

The students specifically noted the weather a lot in responses, due to the dismal conditions outdoors. However, many of them ran to the finish line and made good time. Matthew Seeber even came in a solid 7th place for the state. Many students broke their speed records, getting to the finish line with great speed and many accomplishments.

Athletics.net states that Matthew Seeber managed to reach a highly-impressive 18:40.0 on his last day. He started the year with a total time of 19:28.7. He demonstrates substantial improvement with his best score this year being an estimate of 18 minutes. Similarly, Grace Novak, a major female runner, started the year around 25:00.0 minutes to completion and ended with 21:41.0 minutes to completion.

Other runners include Aidan Lowery at 24:06.0 minutes, Grace Warrner at 31:31.5 minutes, Dylan Cloud at 21:56.0, Alex Kaster at 24:12.0 and Evan Thomas at 26:10.0 minutes. This represents massive improvements by multiple students.

It’s an accomplishment for the Laona-Wabeno team that we have such vast improvements among our team. Our cross-country season may have ended, but the accomplishments of our teams never will.

By: Conor Lowery

Homecoming Loss

The Football game last Friday night ended with the Rebels losing 6-14 against Northern Pines. As witnesses have noted, the Rebels played quite well and were generally good until halftime, at which point the game went off the rails. As noted by many, most Seniors were suspended from the game, causing an absolute, firm loss in the end. While the younger players did well, according to two athletic spectators, they apparently went on a massive downhill slide in the second half and lost harshly to Northern Pines.

By: Conor Lowery