Evanston Elite Wrestling shines at WAWA State

Asked how it felt to be a Triple Crown winner at last weekend’s WAWA State Championship in Casper, Gunnar Small — champion of the Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco categories in the 8U division — was succinct in his response.

“It felt super-dooper good,” Small said.

Indeed it did.

In fact, it was a super-dooper good weekend all around for Small and his teammates of Evanston Elite Wrestling, 20 of whom descended on the Ford Wyoming Center for three days of intense competition against teams from around the state. Over 2,000 wrestlers from around the state — boys and girls — competed in three different styles over six different age divisions for the right to call themselves WAWA State Champions.