Emmett Wolfe Takes sixth at State Wrestling Tournament

By Colt henricks

Photo Courtesy of Paul Bonner

Sports have been unpredictable this school year, and this has caused anxiety and disappointment for many student athletes; but for Emmett Wolfe, a senior here at Manitou Springs High School, wrestling has been a successful piece of his senior year. There was never a doubt in Wolfe’s mind that wrestling would become an issue this year. This demonstrates the positive mindset that he has towards wrestling. Wolfe made his team, his coach, his family and his classmates proud as he placed sixth as a pound wrestler at State this school year.

Emmett Wolfe has been wrestling for eight years now and has loved every moment of it. The path towards reaching State was quite different with Covid this year, but this simply did not stop Wolfe from achieving great things on the mat. “Every morning I made sure to go on runs and go to the gym to stay in shape during Covid,” Wolfe said. Going into the season he was ready to go; and especially as a senior, he was incredibly dedicated towards making it to State. State. This meant that Wolfe was one of eight wrestlers in his weight class. Wolfe placed sixth place. “I knew I could have placed better losing two close matches, but I was happy to have gotten where I got.”

During the course of Wolfe’s wrestling career at Manitou, he formed a great relationship with head coach, Mr. Bonner. Mr. Bonner, who has been the wrestling coach since Wolfe was in middle school, is incredibly proud of him. “I am honored to have been his coach, and I will miss his leadership and dedication”, Bonner said. He will also miss having Wolfe as a team captain. “Emmett makes everyone around him better and is a great voice to the rest of the guys,” Mr. Bonner said. The relationship goes two ways. “Mr. Bonner has been what made wrestling so great for me. He is the main reason I love wrestling so much and helped me get to where I am today,” Wolfe said. Next year, Wolfe plans on pursuing a college wrestling career. Wrestling has been such a successful part of his life that hopefully, he will be able to maintain his level of success in the future. Even with a shortened season caused by Covid, Emmett Wolfe’s dedication and continuous hard work for the past eight years paid off. Hopefully, that will lead to many doors opening up for him in the future. So many people around Emmett Wolfe are so incredibly proud of what he has been able to accomplish not only as a wrestler but as a kindhearted person in the world.

Emmett Wolfe Takes sixth at State

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