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Sandwich junior Cooper Corder is the Record Newspapers Boys Wrestler of the Year · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Sandwich junior, Cooper Quarter is the Record Newspaper's Boys Wrestler
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  Speaker 1: of the Year. Written by Joshua Welch and this article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett Cooper. Quorter contemplated the prospect of winning a
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  Speaker 1: state championship since he first walked into Sandwich High School's
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  Speaker 1: doors as a freshman. He's got it now, and yet
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  Speaker 1: Quarter remains far from content. The Sandwich junior, already a
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  Speaker 1: two time medalist, took the next step last month, beating
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  Speaker 1: Unity Christians Clinton Verhiki in a ten to nine decision.
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  Speaker 1: In the class won a one to fifty pound title
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  Speaker 1: match at Champagne State Farm Center. Last month, Quorter won
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  Speaker 1: his first state championship. It's awesome, he said. I have
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  Speaker 1: had this thought in my head since freshman year. Freshman year,
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  Speaker 1: I had injuries, sophomore years, sickness. To finally get it done,
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  Speaker 1: it sure feels good. It's nice. I am definitely happy,
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  Speaker 1: but not satisfied yet. Super happy to have the opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: The state title is a stepping stone to bigger and
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  Speaker 1: better things I want to do. Super excited about my
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  Speaker 1: off season, and I still have my senior year still
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  Speaker 1: got one more to get or Quarter, who capped off
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  Speaker 1: a forty three one season with Sandwich Wrestling's first state
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  Speaker 1: championship since twenty twelve, and also one is thee hundredth
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  Speaker 1: career match this season, is the Record Newspaper's Wrestler of
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  Speaker 1: the Year, and the victory over Verhiki Quarter avenged his
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  Speaker 1: only loss of the season. That previous match at the
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  Speaker 1: Prairie Central Invite in January, Quarter led in the third
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  Speaker 1: period but was pinned with fifty five seconds left. Not
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  Speaker 1: only that he lost, but how he wrestled stuck with
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  Speaker 1: Quarter that first match. I was super reserved. I was
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  Speaker 1: not wrestling like my true self. Quarter said. After a
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  Speaker 1: couple weeks getting in the room and talking to people,
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  Speaker 1: my realization was I am going to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and wrestle like myself. For me, I like to go
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  Speaker 1: out there and put on a show, wrestling my style.
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  Speaker 1: The biggest switch up was trusting my training and trusting
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  Speaker 1: what I do dictating the match. Quarter in the moments
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  Speaker 1: after the ten nine victory showed the kind of respect
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  Speaker 1: he holds for a fellow competitor and also his character.
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  Speaker 1: Before getting his hand raised as a state champion, Quarter
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  Speaker 1: took time to embrace his opponent and share a spiritual moment.
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  Speaker 1: I am so deeply rooted in my faith. I constantly
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  Speaker 1: pray and just appreciate the moments that I got. Not
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  Speaker 1: every day is promised called. Corter said, it's awesome to
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  Speaker 1: go out and compete. Not only cool to win a
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  Speaker 1: state title, but to put on a show for the
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  Speaker 1: people in the stands. For him to go out and
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  Speaker 1: give a good match, it really is a blessing to
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  Speaker 1: be able to compete. I wanted to pray with him,
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  Speaker 1: wish him a good college career. It's not the end
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  Speaker 1: of the road for him. Korter appreciated the opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: win a state championship not only for himself, but the community.
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  Speaker 1: Is that which in general, there is a strong foundation
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  Speaker 1: for kids growing up. Super happy that I'm able to
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  Speaker 1: do things. Quarter said. In this town, everybody knows everybody,
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  Speaker 1: and celebrations are things we try our best to do.
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  Speaker 1: It's super fun to compete and represent the town I
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  Speaker 1: grew up on. Thankful that me doing this can get
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  Speaker 1: a good path for kids growing up. Corter, who took
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  Speaker 1: fourth in the state as a freshman, in fifth as
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  Speaker 1: a sophomore said his biggest growth was just the training,
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  Speaker 1: keeping his routine going. I think a lot of kids
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  Speaker 1: struggled to stay focused during the off season and struggled
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  Speaker 1: to keep going during the summer and fall, he said.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's where I shine the most and get
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  Speaker 1: the most out of what I do, and it opens
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  Speaker 1: up opportunities. It's going to be a lifestyle going forward.
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to live it out and really get after it.
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  Speaker 1: Quarter just remains focused on getting one percent better every day.
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  Speaker 1: It's a mindset that made him the state champion that
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  Speaker 1: he is today. I have never thought that I couldn't
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  Speaker 1: do it. Ever since I started, I had a belief
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  Speaker 1: in myself that I can constantly get better, he said.
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  Speaker 1: Eventually the goals will come and play. I never had
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  Speaker 1: a thought that I couldn't accomplish it. I'm constantly working
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  Speaker 1: the fight, and I feel this isn't the end of it.
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  Speaker 1: This state title has given me some good reassurance that
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  Speaker 1: my training is everything.