The wrestling team crushed UW-Platteville 42-6 on senior night Thursday, which was the last meet on the Warhawks’ schedule before the WIAC Conference Tournament.
The ’Hawks will take to the mat Sunday to attempt to qualify for nationals by winning the WIAC Tournament. UW-Whitewater will be hosting the tournament at 9 a.m. Sunday.
It takes a physically strong athlete to become a wrestler, but it takes a mentally strong athlete to remain one. Both physically and mentally taxing, the journey of a wrestler is not for the faint of heart.
Lee Kemp, a former three-time wrestling world champion, has been welcomed by the Warhawk staff as a complementary coach.
Kemp, 54, has been inducted into both the Wisconsin and American wrestling halls of fame and is widely regarded as one of the best wrestlers of his generation.
The wrestling season is under way and the Warhawks are facing quality competition immediately.
They faced the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in Wartburg College and UW-La Crosse.
One tournament remains to separate the best from the rest.
Five wrestlers will attempt to notch their name in the UW-Whitewater record books at the national tournament in La Crosse over the weekend.
