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Oswego East junior Ella Cooper is the Record Newspapers Girls Wrestler of the Year · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: I sweeg Go East Junior Ella Cooper is the Record
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  Speaker 1: Newspapers Girls Wrestler of the Year. Written by Joshua wel Ollitt,
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  Speaker 1: this article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. Ella Cooper dabbled in many sports
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  Speaker 1: growing up, soccer, gymnastics, and swimming. She did judo and
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  Speaker 1: jiu jitsu. By happenstance, she discovered wrestling. It's proven to
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  Speaker 1: be a perfect fit for the Oswego East Junior. This season,
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  Speaker 1: Cooper posted a thirty three to eleven record and won
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  Speaker 1: a conference championship at one hundred and forty five pounds.
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  Speaker 1: She reached the semifinals at the regional meet and took
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  Speaker 1: second at sectionals. Cooper capped if off by winning two
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  Speaker 1: matches at State to finish in the top eight. For
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  Speaker 1: those achievements, Ella Cooper is the Record Newspaper's Girl Wrestler
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  Speaker 1: of the Year. Here is Cooper's Q and amp A
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  Speaker 1: with Sports editor Joshua welche What accomplishment are you most
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  Speaker 1: proud of this year? Cooper making it to state and
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  Speaker 1: going to two That is probably my biggest accomplishment that
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  Speaker 1: I have probably ever done in the sport and also
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  Speaker 1: making a lot of connections with people from other teams.
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  Speaker 1: That is one of my favorite things to do. It
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  Speaker 1: keeps me busy in between matches. What was the State
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  Speaker 1: experience like Cooper? It was really fun. It was like
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  Speaker 1: a wrestling vacation hotel. Got to hang out with another team,
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  Speaker 1: Plainfield East. We hung out, played at the pool for
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  Speaker 1: a bit, went to the mall. It was fun, laid back.
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  Speaker 1: When it was time to go wrestle, we would focus
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  Speaker 1: on wrestling. How did you feel you wrestled at State Cooper?
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  Speaker 1: I would say I was very pleased with my third match.
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  Speaker 1: With the last few seconds on the clock, I managed
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  Speaker 1: to get a takedown and ended up winning the match.
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  Speaker 1: I was very close to losing, and we have lots
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  Speaker 1: of people a bit of a scare. What were other
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  Speaker 1: highlights of the season, Cooper, I would say break the
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  Speaker 1: silence that meet at my home school. I got first place.
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  Speaker 1: That was a really good representation of mental health. I
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  Speaker 1: feel I have overcome a lot in the past. Putting
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  Speaker 1: that into wrestling, I want to show others that they
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  Speaker 1: can overcome what they are going through. How did you
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  Speaker 1: get into wrestling, Cooper? I started off doing jiu jitsu
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  Speaker 1: and judo, and one day my dad saw an advertisement
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  Speaker 1: for an all girls wrestling club when I was in
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  Speaker 1: seventh grade and he was like, hey, you should join this.
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  Speaker 1: I joined the team, got hooked on it. Have continued
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  Speaker 1: on it from seventh grade until now. Have you played
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  Speaker 1: any other sports? Cooper? Judo, jiu jitsu, soccer, swimming, gymnastics
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  Speaker 1: At one point, I've done a lot. Have any family
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  Speaker 1: members wrestled, Cooper? My dad used to wrestle, so that's
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  Speaker 1: another reason I tried it. What do you like about it, Cooper?
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  Speaker 1: Making life? Lots of friends. There are lots of people
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  Speaker 1: who have the same interests as me in the sport,
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  Speaker 1: the same mentality pushing through what they are going through.
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  Speaker 1: Just getting better is one of the best things about it.
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  Speaker 1: When did you realize you were good at it? Cooper?
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  Speaker 1: Last year during regionals was when I realized, oh, I'm
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  Speaker 1: getting really good. During regionals, I was going for first
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  Speaker 1: sophomore year until I had an injury and had to
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  Speaker 1: be sent to the hospital. I recovered, thankfully well. The
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  Speaker 1: injury was the elbow. It is intact, thank god. I
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  Speaker 1: dislocated it, but luckily it was a clean dislocation, no cracks,
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  Speaker 1: a pop and it popped back in. How do you
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  Speaker 1: feel you've grown as a wrestler this year, Cooper? I
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  Speaker 1: would say just drilling my same moves, just being consistent.
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  Speaker 1: What is a dream job, Cooper. Funny thing is it
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  Speaker 1: has nothing to do with sports. It is fashion. I
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  Speaker 1: want to be a fashion designer. What are some hobbies
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  Speaker 1: outside wrestling, Cooper. I like to make costumes, stuffed animals, props,
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  Speaker 1: that type of stuff. What is a TV show or
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  Speaker 1: movie you could watch repeatedly? Cooper? The show is called Psych.
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  Speaker 1: It's a detective comedy on Peacock. Me and my mom
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  Speaker 1: love to watch it. What is a place in the
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  Speaker 1: country or world you've never been to but would like
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  Speaker 1: to visit. I really want to visit Japan or London
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  Speaker 1: or France. I would love to see all the architecture
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  Speaker 1: and that stuff.