Aidan Gillings lost his first match, but the @newfanewrestlin freshman came within a point of beating a state champ. @StarpointWrest2's Coen Freundschuh had a tough start, but won a dual-winning pin. Both bring home valuable lessons from state duals. https://t.co/yWJJiYFsj8
— Nick Sabato (@NickSabatoGNN) February 1, 2022
SYRACUSE - Aidan Gillings has swagger that can light up a gym and the talent to match. He's a showman until stepping face-to-face with an opponent. Then he's all business.
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Freundschuh turns disaster into triumph
Putting the weight of the team on the shoulders of an eighth-grader in a win-or-go-home match is difficult to ask. Especially after wrestlers with more experience and success came up short in three previous bouts.