Soddy-Daisy’s Jacob Stevens, right, controls Cleveland’s Austin Stevison toward the mat and won the match 8-4 Thursday at Soddy-Daisy.Jacob Stevens mops mats, coaches from the bench during junior varsity matches and washes towels.
And he wins state championships.
The Soddy-Daisy High School senior wrestler will be gunning for his third state title three weeks from now, and no one is more deserving, according to Trojans coach Jim Higgins.
“He’s the consummate teammate,” Higgins said. “There’s an unspoken guarantee that you’re going to get every single bit of him for however long he’s out there wrestling. But it doesn’t end there. He’s a mentor, and the pride he has taken in passing the torch has made us proud.
“He puts a lot into developing his practice partners, and he loves the team and the program.”