Apollo High School

Apollo's two man wrestling team led by Joey Stone has done pretty well this season. Joey has been wrestling for five years. Joey got interested in wrestling while in middle school." I was not much of a basketball player" Joey admits.

Joey is in the 171 lb. weight class where he has excelled with 36 wins. The wrestling team is limited to how many events they can compete in because they only have two people, so the maxium points they can get at an event as a team is two.

Joey's dad Kenneth Stone is the coach. It is hard for the team to practice together but they practice every chance they get Monday through Friday.

The regional tournament starts February 21st. At the regional tournament Apollo will compete against many different schools in Kentucky. The top four in the Region will go to state. At state the top eight will go to nationals will compete against the top in the nation. At region, state, and nationals the top wrestlers also win awards for being the top in region, state, and in the nation.

The other member on the team is Chip Gossett this is his first year on the wrestling team. Chip is a three year lettermen on the varsity football team.

The wrestling team does not have enough members to compete in all the events so themost points they can get as a team is twelve. The wrestling team competes in mainly single events.

Students come out to support the wrestling team at region next week saturday February the 21st.