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Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week: Van Rosauer, Yorkville, wrestling, junior · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week Van Rosauer, Yorkville Wrestling,
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  Speaker 1: Junior Written by Joshua Weljes. This article is being read
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  Speaker 1: by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Name
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  Speaker 1: Van Rossauer, School, Yorkville Junior Sport Wrestling. Why he was selected.
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  Speaker 1: Rosauer won the one hundred and fifty pounds sectional championship
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  Speaker 1: at the Class three A Edwardsville Sectional with an overtime
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  Speaker 1: decision to qualify for State. He was selected the Athlete
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  Speaker 1: of the Week in an online vote. Other nominees were
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  Speaker 1: Sandwich Wrestlings Cooper Carter, Oswego East Wrestlings Ella Cooper, and
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  Speaker 1: Oswego Wrestling's Aiden Ortiz. Here is Rosauer's interview with sports
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  Speaker 1: editor Joshua welje that championship match at sectionals. How did
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  Speaker 1: you pull it off? Did you anticipate it being a
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  Speaker 1: tight match like that given your history with him? What
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  Speaker 1: kind of boost does it give you going into State? Rossauer?
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  Speaker 1: I stayed confident in my offense and made sure to
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  Speaker 1: hand fight hard. I knew it was going to be
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  Speaker 1: a good match going into it, but expected more offense
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  Speaker 1: from myself and not ending up going to overtime. Winning
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  Speaker 1: that match lets me keep the momentum I've been building
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  Speaker 1: leading up to State. How do you feel about your
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  Speaker 1: season otherwise any big wins stand out? Uh ros Hour.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I have a solid season. Definitely a
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  Speaker 1: major improvement from last year. I think my best tournament
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  Speaker 1: of the year so far was Cheeshead in Wisconsin, where
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  Speaker 1: I took second and had a record of six'. One
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  Speaker 1: how are you a different wrestler than you were going
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  Speaker 1: Into state last? Year rossauer decides the improvement in technique
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  Speaker 1: from last year this, YEAR i know what to expect
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  Speaker 1: going into the state. TOURNAMENT i know How i'll feel
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  Speaker 1: and what it's like to wrestle at The State Farm.
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  Speaker 1: Center what did you take out of The state experience
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  Speaker 1: last year that you can apply this? Weekend Ross? Hour last,
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  Speaker 1: YEAR i didn't really know what to expect and was
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  Speaker 1: super nervous going into. It this, Year i'm a little
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  Speaker 1: more relaxed and exited to go and. Wrestle what's your
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  Speaker 1: thoughts on your draw At? State Rose SOUR i THINK
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  Speaker 1: i have a really good draw and winning sectionals and
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  Speaker 1: getting the two seed puts me in a good. Spot
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  Speaker 1: what's the prep week for this like Rose, hour this
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  Speaker 1: week is all about feeling good and knowing What i'm
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  Speaker 1: good at SO i can use. It most of the
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  Speaker 1: super hard work is out of the way now it's
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  Speaker 1: just time to feel good and. Execute when did you
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  Speaker 1: start wrestling and how did you get into? It did
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  Speaker 1: you have a lot of success before high? School Ros?
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  Speaker 1: HOUR i first start to started wrestling WHEN i was
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  Speaker 1: five because all of my friends and my brother did.
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  Speaker 1: IT i never really took it serious until my eighth grade, year,
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  Speaker 1: though and that's WHEN i noticed the most. SUCCESS i
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  Speaker 1: took second AT Ikwf state that, year and since Then
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  Speaker 1: i've been focused on. Wrestling