Goetz gets back to work after medal-winning campaign
Lilly Goetz isn’t resting long after her medal-winning season of high school girls wrestling.The Excelsior Springs sophomore, who placed sixth at Class 1 state competition, plans to prepare for the 202627 campaign by wrestling in offseason tournaments. She also plans to do offseason workouts, including those at Excelsior Springs’ open-mat sessions, she said.Excelsior Springs girls coach Scott Schwab expects Goetz to participate in the school’s freestyle program, too. Set to kick off March 16, the program is open to girls and boys.“Lilly’s very, very much involved in our freestyle program,” Schwab said March 6 in the Excelsior Springs High School gym.Goetz also is involved with freestyle wrestling outside the high school.“I’ve been doing freestyle since I was little, and I started competing in the seventh grade,” she said. “My first year competing, I was on the national dual team for placing at f...