The 2012-2013 wrestling team opened their season with a meet in Cozad, Nebraska, on December 1, a dual against Scottsbluff on Thursday, December 6 and a meet in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on December 8.

Sophomore Walker Johnson, junior Devin Ushio, and senior Dawson Johnson have dubbed “The Triple Threat,” and they are. Sophomore Walker Johnson took first in the 126 weight class in Cozad, pinned his opponent from Scottsbluff in the dual in Alliance, and took fourth in Cheyenne. Senior Dawson Johnson took first in the 160 weight class in Cozad also, he pinned his Scottsbluff opponent, and tookfirst in Cheyenne. Also taking first in Cozad was junior Devin Ushio in the 120 weight class; Ushio pinned his Scottsbluff opponent in 40 seconds and in Cheyenne he also took first.

Walker Johnson said that he is extremely excited for this upcoming season because he put in a lot of work during the off season. Head wrestling coach Travis Peak said he is also excited for the new season, “Because I love wrestling and I’m always excited for wrestling season! Every year since I was 6 years old!! I guess especially this year because we have reached a point where Alliance is a team to fear again.  When I got here we were pretty down and it took a couple years to get it back up.  Now we are back to being a strong team, especially in the panhandle area, and it doesn’t look like we should be falling off anytime real soon.  We have a lot of tough kids on varsity as well as on JV.”

The wrestlers continue their season with a dual in Gordon Rushville on Thursday night, December 13 and with a meet in Valentine on Saturday, December 15.