As a fourth grader, John Duvall ’14 began to wrestle for the first time. He joined the clubs at Happy Hollow when his current head coach Mr. Roseman suggested he go out for wrestling. At the time Mr. Roseman was Duvall’s fourth grade teacher.

“He told me to join [wrestling] because I was big and at the time they needed more heavyweights,” said Duvall.

Since then Duvall as only gotten better. This season, as a junior, he posted a near spotless 26-1 record and earned himself a spot in semi-state.

Duvall, one of the team’s three captains, has been able to achieve such great heights through hard work and determination. “He is one of the hardest working kids in our room,” said Coach Rick Roseman. “Most heavyweights aren’t hard workers.”

Not only does his hard work help himself, but it also rubs off onto his teammates.

“He beats me down everyday, which sucks,” said teammate Casey Crosser ’15. “But it makes me better.” As one of the more quite members of the team, Duvall is known to lead more by example rather than through words. “Being the biggest guy on the team and still working as hard he does shows to the team that they can do it too,” described Crosser.

As he is only a junior, Duvall hopes to have many more memorable moments. But for now winning conference and sectionals are what really standout in his career.

After this wrestling season Duvall will return to the gridion for his senior football season. But as of now he is uncertain on his future plans.

John’s Favoirtes

Movie: 21 Jumpstreet

College Team: Ohio State

Food: Spaghetti

Sport other than wreslting: Football

Holiday: Christmas