While Kewaunee's Sam Kraynik will certainly get his fair of matches at this weekend's Willard Schmidt Invitational at Green Bay Preble High School, it is not always a gurantee that making weight will get you a match.

 

Kraynik is no stranger to the sport, working his way up the ladder since he joined Kewaunee's youth wrestling program as a kindergartener. He said he had a lot of energy as a kid growing up and wrestling was his parents' way of helping him burn it off.  

 

As he's gotten older, matches are a little harder to come by compared to some of his other teammates. At 17-7, Kraynik is productive when he can compete with bonus points coming in 13 of those victories. At duals, Kraynik has either had to accept a forfeit (which he has done seven times this season) or wrestle up a weight class to get a match. Whenever his opportunity comes, Kraynik says he tries to make the most of it.

 

 

Kraynik and his Kewaunee teammates travel to Green Bay to face Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Denmark, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Green Bay Preble, Green Bay West, Luxemburg-Casco, Manitowoc Lincoln, Marathon, Menasha, Peshtigo, Pulaski, Seymour, Shawano Community, Sheboygan North, Sheboygan South, Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol, and Xavier. The first matches are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. You can listen to the entire interview as a part of the Kewaunee County Wrestling Podcast sponsored by Total Dairy Service.