Panthers partcipiate at Luther camp

DECORAH-The Mt. Pleasant High School wrestling team participated in the 2019 Luther College Team Wrestling Camp in Decorah last month.

More than 800 wrestlers from 8-plus states attended the 2019 Luther College Wrestling Camps throughout July, making the series of camps some of the biggest camps in the country.

Trent Hillger, All-American wrestler from the University of Wisconsin, and Lee Fullhart, NCAA champion and four-time All-American from the University of Iowa, served as clinicians for Team Camp III.

Campers at the 2019 camps wrestled 10-plus matches and also participated in team building activities, and intensive 'Train Like a Norseman” sessions. The camp closed with an individual tournament, where tournament champions who went undefeated throughout camp were given a ‘Luther Wrestling Camp Outstanding Wrestler' singlet.

Carson Coleman earned Wrestler of the Day honors after being nominated by Luther camp coach Korby Keehner.

Keehner served as the Mt. Pleasant Camp Coach, providing guidance and coaching for campers throughout camp giving campers quality feedback.

The Mt. Pleasant wrestling team is coached by Anthony Blint, Mike Beason and Colton Martin. The team has been attending Luther wrestling camps for 11 years.

13 national championships, 12 NCAA runner-up honors and 98 All-American honors have been earned by Luther student-wrestlers. For more information about the Luther wrestling program, visit http://sports.luther.edu/men/wrestling/index.html. For information on upcoming camps visit http://www.luther.edu/sports/camps/.