By Jeff Bro Olsen
He’s never been small!
Well, maybe as a baby.
Still, his old friends who haven’t seen him for a few years don’t initially recognize him.
“Say it ain’t you, Jinksie?” they are thinking after they bump into retired Grand Rapids wrestling coach Dan Jinks – some as recently as his induction into the Dave Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame in Benson on Saturday, October 3.
Kellen Schauer of Grand Rapids has committed to wrestling for Concordia in 2019-20.
As the 2017-18 wrestling regular season wound down, Grand Rapids’ Kellen Schauer couldn’t have asked for better circumstances. Ranked as high as third among 138-pounders, he had won 50 matches without a single loss.
Then, near the end of the Thunderhawks’ first postseason practice, Schauer was grappling with a teammate when he “landed funny.” Only it wasn’t the “ha ha” kind of funny, but rather the “uh oh” kind.
A junior at the time, Schauer would learn he had a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow. Compounding the ill-timed injury: Schauer is left-handed. Meaning that arm is a biggie. And while things could have been worse — initial fears centered on a broken arm or dislocated elbow — Schauer wasn’t anywhere close to 100 percent when it mattered most, including the state tournament.
For all intents and purposes, his promise-filled fifth year as a Grand Rapids varsity wrestler was sabotaged by an awkward spill. Continue reading at www.duluthnewstribune.com
The January 25, 2013 issue of The Guillotine has arrived! Featured content in this issue includes: Putting Something Back - Grand Rapids | A Wrestling Coach's Wife - Beth Vos | Good Advice, Great Results - Forest Lake | One-on-One with Cole VonOhlen | One Brave Coach - Travis Vold.
More content in this issue: Clash Action Photos | Lace ‘Em Up | Open Tournament Calendar | MWCA Report | Milestones | High School Rankings | Huskies win National Duals | St. Michael-Albertville wins The Clash XI | Fastest Falls | Minnesota College Connection | Section Tournament Calendar | Upcoming Camps, Clinics, and Training | The View From The Matbird Seat | Officially Speaking | Ask The Doc | Minnesota Finishes Southern Scuffle in Fourth | College Results.
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