Over the summer, head wrestling coach Travis Keal won the Kansas State High School Athletics Association Coach of the Year award.
“I felt humbled that my fellow coaches would vote for me to be the [KSHAA] coach of the year,” Keal said.
Recently Keal has led the team to be Kaw Valley League champions in 2009.
“I just want the team to work hard every day on and off the mat. I would like to make the program better and someday be top in the state,” Keal said.
Keal has six wrestlers in the 100-win club and eight wrestlers who went on to compete in college.
“I have had a lot of proudest moments, but seeing the kids work hard daily and get rewarded, whether that be winning a state championship, being on the junior varsity team, or going to state, these are the things we’re most proud of,” Keal said.
