Jax Forrest hasn’t allowed himself to think about what it would be like to win a title next week at the United World Wrestling Senior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
It’s not that the Bishop McCort Catholic senior has doubts about his ability to compete against elite freestyle wrestlers – some of whom have been competing on the world stage since he was in grade school. The Oklahoma State recruit just wants the moment, if it happens, to be pure.
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