In doing so, the brothers continue a family tradition. He wrote a book about wrestling, too. So that inspired me. Last year Fauquier High School wrestling Coach Bryan Hurst and Mike Chapman, whose son wrestles for FHS, resurrected a club that had folded two years earlier because it had no coach. The revived team, which drew approximately 20 boys in its first year, has more than doubled in size, with 48 participants ages 5 to 15.
Younger wrestlers have the mat during the first half before giving way to the older ones.
But, Chapman said he foresees the club having to expand to four practices a week if it continues to grow. We're getting a lot of kids from the southern end of the county, too, so it's good. Hurst and Chapman hope the club will serve as a feeder program and strengthen the county's high school wrestling teams. Because Fauquier's middle schools do not offer wrestling, as do many neighboring counties, high school grapplers start behind their counterparts. Since students from the northern and southern ends of the county participate in the club, both Fauquier and Liberty will benefit from the program.