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Nick Flynn at the Metro Classic March 12, 2008
Lansing High senior Nick Flynn was the recipient of one of two $750 scholarships as a runner-up for the Jeffrey C. Wicina Scholarship at the Metro Classic.
Lansing High senior Nick Flynn, right, prepares to score an early takedown during his match at the Metro Classic.
Lansing High senior Nick Flynn, left, tangles with Richmond (Mo.) senior Wes Gorham during their match at the Metro Classic.
Lansing High senior Nick Flynn scores a three-point near-fall during his match at the Metro Classic.
Lansing High senior Nick Flynn tries to roll Richmond (Mo.) senior Wes Gorham to his back for a near-fall during their match at the Metro Classic. Flynn won by a 15-0 tech-fall.
The Metro Classic committee recognized some of the local soldiers serving both the military and the wrestling community on March 5 at the Metro Classic. Among those recognized were, from left: Lt. Col. Mike Flynn, a youth wrestling coach and father of Lansing High wrestlers; Lt. Col. Shawn Budke, a former wrestler for the United States Military Academy at West Point and head coach of the Leavenworth County Spartans Wrestling Team; Master Sgt. John Witt, a long-time local youth wrestling coach; Col. Duane Brucker, a former wrestler at Northeast Missouri State; Col. Mike Cabrey, a former wrestler at West Point; and Maj. Erik Hinckley, a two-time Army Freestyle champion wrestler, a coach with the Spartans and the father of two LHS wrestlers.
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Lansing voices
What are you looking forward to most with the warming weather this spring?
Just getting out of the house and playing with the kids.
