When West Niagara wrestling coach Emily Schaefer went looking to build the school’s first-ever wrestling team, she turned to the school’s junior football coach.
“I asked who on his team would be a good fit for the wrestling team and I told him that I wanted all shapes and sizes,” she said. “I told him I needed everybody because wrestling is unique in that it can be a lot of different sizes, body types and abilities.”
The coach told Schaefer Kiran Ramburn would be a good fit because he was athletic and had good awareness athletically.
“I was excited about it and when he came out with some of his friends as well, immediately I could see he was on fire,” Schaefer said. “He was excited to be there, learn new things and he was a good athlete.”
Ramburn, who recently exceeded all expectations by winning a gold medal in the 38-kilogram division at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships, was a bit confused when he was first approached by Schaefer.
“I had never heard of it before but it was something I wanted to try to keep myself active after school,” the 14-year-old Grimsby resident said.
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