Jefferson High wrestlers eye ‘a special season’

Wrestling is a sport that has mostly operated out of the spotlight at Jefferson High. Its athletes practice each afternoon in a windowless second-floor room above the north gym—just above, but somehow still in the shadow of, the Panther basketball squads. Over the last three years, the Panther wrestlers have enjoyed increasing success, but not much fanfare.

Until now.

“I think we’re looking at a special season,” says Troy Humphrey, who, entering his 24th year as coach, has some perspective on such things. “We’re better than where we left off.”