The Milford High School Wrestling team has been doing extremely well in recent matches. Brandon Krol, a Junior at Milford High School, has captured the Association title at the KLAA Individual meet to win the title. He placed first in the entire tournament, and is at his high school career peak, and only rising. Other wrestlers placed high in the meet included David Joyner at fourth, and Trevor Bageris at fifth. An interview with David Joyner (Senior) was very interesting. It showed what wrestlers deal with for every match they go into. David is looking forward to the State Finals coming up in mid-March. “I look forward to surprising all of the people who don’t believe in me.” Joyner says, “Michigan Grappler rated me 16 out of 16 wrestlers, and I continue to prove them wrong.” Before each match, Joyner has many pre-game strategies to get into the right mindset. A lesson comes from each match, win or loss, for Joyner. “I focus on what I did right when I win, and what I did wrong when I lose. I work harder to improve the things I did wrong.” Joyner has plenty of time to recover after each of his matches. Some of Joyner’s major supporters include his family and friends. “My Uncle Chuck really likes to come see me wrestle.” Joyner says. Wrestling has not only helped David improve his physical health, but his mental health as well. He maintains a high GPA as a senior at MHS. “Wrestling has prepared me for my upcoming life in many ways. It has taught me to have a good work ethic. I learn from both my failures and my successes as well.” Joyner explains. Joyner’s Coach, Mr. Rebb, has had a large impact on Joyner’s wrestling throughout his time here at Milford High School. He explains his favorite thing about coaching wrestling is “watching the kids succeed after all of their hard work.” Rebb has over 20 years of wrestling experience, and 10 of those years have been coaching. Rebb tries to get others to join the wrestling team as it is a smaller group of kids. He tries to teach the wrestlers that while it is an individual sport, they can work as a team to accomplish their goals, therefore, it is a team sport.
