By Zack Sulkis – Staff Reporter 

Jonathan Law’s wrestling team finished their regular season February 3, and looking back, this season was huge for senior Gary Schulte.

In only his second season wrestling, Schulte managed to have a record of 5-1 in the SCC and earned the #2 seed at SCCs for the 170 pound weight class. 

At SCCs, Schulte unfortunately didn’t place; however he get a decision win over another 170 from #1 Xavier.

“Coming out of the regular season, I felt great, and while I didn’t get the results I hoped for in the SCC meet, I learned a lot”, Schulte said. “And I’m going to use that knowledge to my advantage in the state tournament.”

Schulte is a member of the football team, wrestling team, and is a thrower for the outdoor track team at Law. Schulte is a true varsity athlete in his conditioning, leadership, and work ethic. 

“He’s a good role model for everyone on the team, when we are all tired and want to give up we just look at Gary giving 100% and we feel empowered to push ourselves,” sophomore Benjamin Girandola said. 

Schulte joined the wrestling team his sophomore year. With the 2020-2021 season (his junior year) being canceled due to COVID-19, Schulte thought it might set his skills back compared to other seniors in the state. 

“COVID-19 definitely set me back in my skill compared to other seniors, but I didn’t let that discourage me,” Schulte said. “I kept my head up and worked hard at practice to make up for the lost time, and it has definitely paid off.”

The re-roll is definitely one of Schulte’s most dominant moves on the mat. It seems no matter what is being thrown at him while he’s on bottom he can just re-roll himself out of any scenario. In his match vs Xavier, Gary re-rolled his opponent six times during the six minute match.

“Gary’s re-roll is great; it gets everyone on the bench hyped because it is such a difficult move to hit sometimes and Gary just makes it look so simple,” sophomore Alexander Ciarleglio. “I need him to teach me how to hit it better before he graduates.”