Tyrone head wresting Coach Blair Packer enters the 2013-2014 season with high hopes but many questions remain about this year’s squad.

“Preseason could have been better, we lost a key [wrestler], Nick Getz, due to a football injury and another due to a dislocated elbow,” said Packer. “A few others have given up on us and quit.”

As a result, the team will begin the season down a few wrestlers, which will be a challenge.

However, the two key returning seniors, Jared Beckwith and Jason Schopp, should provide a lot of senior leadership for the team and help them to be successful.

Two other key returning wrestlers are juniors Ty Snyder and Dakota Walk.

“Originally winning districts was our main goal,” said Coach Packer. But with the preseason injuries and losses to the starting lineup, his current goals are to move as many wrestlers on to regionals and states.