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Yorkville’s Lauryn Trotter did MMA, and went to Fargo Nationals, now she’s set for IHSA state wrestling meet · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville's Lauren Trotter did MMA and went to Fargo nationals
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  Speaker 1: now She's set for IHSA State wrestling Meet. Written by
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  Speaker 1: Joshua Wells, this article is being read by an automated
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  Speaker 1: voice brought to you by Everlett. Lauren Trotter likes getting
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  Speaker 1: beat up on the wrestling mat, but the Yorkville sophomore
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  Speaker 1: has not always enjoyed how she beats herself up. Her
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  Speaker 1: biggest critic, Trotter would beat herself up if she did
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  Speaker 1: not have a good match. A nervous wrestler, before matches,
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  Speaker 1: Trotter was susceptible to panic attacks her heart raced. That
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  Speaker 1: changed when a coach shared with Trotter that just talking
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  Speaker 1: to someone is the best outlet to distract before a
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  Speaker 1: big match. This season, I've had a lot more fun.
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  Speaker 1: I've learned to enjoy the sport, Trotter said. Last year,
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  Speaker 1: I did not like wrestling. I treated it like a chore.
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  Speaker 1: Now I enjoy it. That joy has helped Trotter perhaps
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  Speaker 1: exceed expectations this season. After her freshman season was cut
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  Speaker 1: short because of injury. Trotter has posted a thirty eight
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  Speaker 1: to nine record this year, top three in every tournament
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  Speaker 1: she has competed in before Sectionals. A regional champion, Trotter
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  Speaker 1: has qualified for the IHSA Girls State Tournament that will
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  Speaker 1: be held at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Trotter opens in the fifty five pound bracket against lane
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  Speaker 1: sophomore Layla Morland, also thirty eight to nine. The winner
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  Speaker 1: likelihood face defending champion Cali Carr of Hinsdale South. Fantastic season,
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville coach Kevin Roth said, got shortened a bit last year,
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  Speaker 1: came back this year overcoming some earlier season losses. She's
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  Speaker 1: peaking at the right time. Trotter dislocated her shoulder in
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  Speaker 1: her second match at Sectionals and forfeited the third place
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  Speaker 1: match because of it, but has a brace on the
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  Speaker 1: shoulder and is doing what she can to be ready
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  Speaker 1: for State. I proud of myself, even if Sectionals wasn't
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  Speaker 1: the outcome I wanted, Trotter said. Trotter is joined at
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  Speaker 1: State by Oswego East junior Ella Cooper thirty one to nine,
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  Speaker 1: who is in the one U forty five pound bracket.
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  Speaker 1: Trotter has continued Yorkville strong tradition in the relatively young
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  Speaker 1: IHSA Sport. Natasha Markoutzis was a state champion in the
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  Speaker 1: first IHSA sanctioned state tournament in twenty twenty two, and
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  Speaker 1: yamalit Aguire was a three time medallist and twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: three runner up. Last year was the first time Yorkville
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  Speaker 1: did not have a state qualifier. It speaks to the
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville wrestling program as a whole. We have a really
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  Speaker 1: strong feeder program and kids in clubs they know the
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  Speaker 1: expectations of the Yorkville program. End quote. Roth said, It's
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  Speaker 1: cool to see us back down there. It speaks volumes
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  Speaker 1: to the wrestling community and the value it places on wrestling.
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  Speaker 1: Trotter's athletic background started when she took up mixed martial
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  Speaker 1: arts in jiu jitsu at nine or ten years old.
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  Speaker 1: After three years of those disciplines, she tried wrestling in
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  Speaker 1: the seventh grade. I enjoyed not getting punched in the face,
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  Speaker 1: Trotter said, I fell in love with it. The MMA
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  Speaker 1: and jiu jitsu experience did help with wrestling. Especially with
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  Speaker 1: jiu jitsu, you're rolling on a mat with someone else,
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  Speaker 1: scrambling and getting in a bunch of positions. Trotter said.
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  Speaker 1: Wrestling co ed in middle school, Trotter made sectionals in
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  Speaker 1: seventh grade and in eighth grade lost to her own
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  Speaker 1: teammate at the placing match in regionals. After that, she
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  Speaker 1: went to spar with freestyle, got third at freestyle State
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  Speaker 1: and qualified for Fargo Nationals the summer of twenty twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: First match there got the Fargo champ didn't go how
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  Speaker 1: I wanted it to go, but it was a fun experience.
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  Speaker 1: Trotter said She's grown to love the sport, whether it's
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  Speaker 1: competition or a good sweaty practice with her practice partner.
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  Speaker 1: Wrestling has helped me do things. Everybody is trying to grow.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody is above anybody else. Trotter said. It's a humbling sport.
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  Speaker 1: You get what you put into it. I've made so
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  Speaker 1: many relationships with people and coaches. Everything has helped me
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  Speaker 1: grow and who I am. Trotter is not putting too
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  Speaker 1: much pressure on herself ahead of her first state meet.
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  Speaker 1: It is a tough bracket with Carr, who had a
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  Speaker 1: seventy two match winning streak snapped last week on her side.
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  Speaker 1: I've always tried not to look at brackets, Trotter said,
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  Speaker 1: even if I do lose to the state champ from
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  Speaker 1: last year. I just want to have fun. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: too worried, proud of myself that I made it this far.