Medical Lake wrestlers impress new coach in opener

Considering Medical Lake’s first dual wrestling match of the 2015-16 season was against defending State 1A champion Freeman, and the Cardinals are young, relatively inexperienced and debuting a rookie head coach, there were a lot of things that could go really wrong.

Instead, the Cardinals 45-21 loss to the Scotties was a successful display of where Medical Lake is headed in the sport, head coach Josh Edmondson said.

“It would’ve been easy for my boys to look at their first league dual against that team and decide not to show up,” Edmondson said. “However, my wrestlers rose to the challenge an...