Rohn prepares for second FHS wrestling season
When Charlie Rohn was named the wrestling coach at Farragut High School just before last season, he had to build a program nearly from scratch.
He worked the halls at FHS and visited the cafeteria at lunchtime to
find athletes to represent the Admirals on the wrestling mat.
Rohn’s work paid off as he found enough wrestlers to not only field
a team, but many of Farragut’s athletes developed enough to compete at the state’s highest level.
The coach soon will begin his second season at Farragut and this year, the Admirals will have 10 returners in the boys program, including state qualifier Jonathan Laney, a senior, who competes in the 138-pound weight class.
“I didn’t have to recruit this year and I think I only went (to the school) twice,” Rohn said. “Jonathan Laney is a returning state qualifier for us.”
Other returners for the Admirals include: Luke Evans (sophomore, 132 pounds); Luke Brown (junior, 144); Carter Collier (sophomore, 157); Declan Crecy (sophomore, 165); Jaucetin Wiverely (junior, 175); Izzac Koga (junior, 190); Isaac Maine (sophomore, 215); Zachary Posey (junior, 285) and Luca Hofer (senior, 285).
Farragut also has a group of talented newcomers, including senior Fletcher Haddad (a senior football player, who looks to compete in the 157-pound division.
“We have some talented new guys,” Rohn said. “We have seven or eight football players out and they’ll really help us. We didn’t have them last year.
“A lot of them are linemen and those are some of the most successful wrestlers because both sports are about leverage.”
Farragut has 48 wrestlers in the boys program this season after Rohn inherited a team that was basically dormant in the years prior to his arrival.
“Wrestling here had a bad name. Now, we have 48 boys and a lot of
them are good athletes,” Rohn said. “Most of my guys are freshmen and sophomores, so we’ll look to be good this year and we’ll be even better next year and the following year.
In addition to its boys
program, Farragut will have a quartet of girls on a
team. All of the girls are returning sophomores.
They include Anjali Devarakonda, Raianne Ellsworth, Camila Garza and Morgan Ogelsby.
The weight classes are not set for the girls but each athlete had success last season.
