Turner caught on quickly in wrestling
Xavier High School senior Cole Turner is ranked No.7 at heavyweight in Class 3A with a sparkling 14-1 record this season, stamping him as somebody to watch at the state meet in February.
That's pretty lofty stuff for a guy who did not start wrestling until a year ago.
Turner was a mainstay on the offensive line for the Xavier football team the last two seasons as the Saints made two straight trips to the state finals, but he played basketball when he was younger and never donned a singlet until last year.
Xavier wrestling coach Ryan Chambers can only wonder how good Turner would be now if he had tried the sport as a freshman.
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