Thomas Harrison Middle School students joined the Newsstreak to interview some of the members of the wrestling team about the upcoming season.

Cristian Mariscal– 11th

Q: “What are your goals for this season and how do you plan to do that?”

A: “Go undefeated… [I’ll have to] train harder than all my opponents.”

Q: “How are you going to train harder?”

A: “Probably just be stronger, work on my stamina.”

Q: “How do you think your team is this year?”

A: “Pretty good, very athletic and all very fast.”

Q: “How does [having a fast team] help in wrestling?”

A: “The quicker you are, you have the time to make smarter and faster decisions… Like if you’re quicker you’ll have an advantage on your opponents if they’re slower.”

Q: “How do you think having a new coach will affect your team?”

A: “I think we’ll still be good, because the coach is more of a hard working coach and he always gives us a hard, challenging practice.”

Josh Soto–10th

Q: “Have you been on the HHS team before?”

A: “I mean this is my first time on the HHS team but in middle school I played some. So, yes, this is the first time [on the HHS team].”

Q: “What are your goals for this season?”

A: “Be undefeated.”

Q: “How do you plan to do this?”

A: “Gotta get stronger, quicker and beat everyone I can.”

Q: “How do you think you will do as a team this year and why?”

A: “I feel like we’re gonna do great this year… I don’t know, I’ve seen the talent of others and I think they’ll do really well this season.”

Q: “How do you think having a new coach will affect your team?”

A: “He seems like a really good coach so he’ll probably improve us.”

Sophomore Jake Urbanski

Q: “How would you describe your team?”  

A: “[We are] hard workers and we all want to win.”

Q: “What is your favorite thing about wrestling?”

A: “It’s fun. It’s kind of like fighting, but you’re allowed to do it.”

Q: “How do you prepare for the season?”

A: “You get strong and go to practices.”

Q: Have you been on this team before?

A: Yeah, last year.