By Layla Corona – Staff Reporter

Senior captain Dan Ouellette is looking to come out on top in his final season as a Law wrestler.

Ouellette has been wrestling for the past seven years. Ouellette wrestles outside of school at Team Tugman Wrestling Club and continues to practice throughout the summer at the gym and at occasional camps.

“My responsibilities are to lead the team in spirit and to set an example,” said Ouellette. “I lead the team in setting up and warming up, but more importantly I set the example on how to be sportsmanly and cheer on our teammates and show the effort that goes into the sport.”

Even with all this responsibility on his shoulders, Ouellette still manages to be a great role model as captain and maintains good grades.

Ouellette does his best to keep a clear, steady mind when preparing for a meet.

“We warm up and stretch as a team, but before my match I listen to music and move around and try to clear my mind because I cannot wrestle well with things on my mind,” Ouellette said.

Ouellette and his coaches share some similar expectations for the team this season.

“We have over 32 dual meets and our goal is to win 20 of those,” assistant coach Mr. Ruzbarsky said. “We have a young team, but they seem capable of achieving these goals.”

Junior Matt Grace agrees with Ouellette and Ruzbarsky.

“Some goals I definitely think are good are getting 20 wins and hopefully winning the B division,” Grace said.

Ouellette has many goals for the season and plans to accomplish all of them.

“My personal goals are to reach 25 wins, never get pinned, and to make states,” Ouellette said.

Grace sees great potential in Ouellette and is expecting great things from him this season as well.

“He’s a great wrestler and captain, and I think he’ll help our team excel this year,” Grace said.

Even though the team is very young, Ouellette still sees much potential and expects great things from the team this season.

“As a team I want us to overall improve, we are a very young team and we should have a winning record and hopefully reach 20 wins,” Ouellette said. “I feel that even though we have a younger team, by the end of the year we can all improve with a winning record and have an overall good season, despite us losing a lot of talent.”