On December 17th, The Wayne Trace varsity wrestling team traveled to Lakota High School for the annual dual meet tournament.
Due to inclement weather, The event was changed to a Super Quad. The Raiders defeated Liberty Benton 41-24, before falling to the Host Lakota 50-15. Going 2-0 on the Day was 106 Daniel Ruiz, 120 Tyler Bauer and 132 Ruger Goeltzenleuchter. Goeltzenleuchter was also named the most valuable wrestler of the tournament. He defeated Noah Caudill of Liberty Benton 28-11, then Logan Bloom of Lakota 28-13. In both matches, Goeltzenleuchter won via takedown after takedown. In doing so, He earned his place in Ohio Wrestling History, by scoring his 600th career takedown, thus earning the right to have his name placed in the Ohio High School State Record book. He already owns the Wayne Trace Season, and career takedown record. One of his goals for this season, is to break the Ohio State Record of 425 takedowns in a season. He currently sets at 153 takedowns and has a record of 13-0.
