Wrestling: Princeton grapplers to open season on home mats

November 29, 2022 at 11:20 am CST

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The 2022-23 wrestling season gets under way for the Princeton Tigers on the blue mats at Prouty Gym tonight.

The Tigers will welcome Morris to kick off the season with the JV taking the mats first at 5:30 p.m. Braidwood Reed-Custer was scheduled to compete, but now is not making the trip.

Princeton returns seven starters, including BCR Wrestler of the Year Augie Christiansen.

Other returning mat men in blue include state qualifier Ace Christiansen (132), a junior, and sectional qualifiers Carlos Benavidez (138), a junior, and Carson Etheridge (170), a senior.

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals magazine. He is a 2021 inductee into the IBCA Hall of Fame (Media) and a 2023 inductee into the Illinois Valley Hall of Fame as "Distinguished Media"