Season preview: Gifford looks for growth from young BC wrestling team

Veteran Banner County wrestling coach Bill Gifford looks for growth from his young squad as the 2014-15 season gets underway Friday.

The youthful Wildcats sport a team of just three, and only one of those is a returning wrestler from a season ago.

"We will go through some growing pains again with only one returner and a small team," Gifford said. "If we can stick to the basics and improve each time out, this will give us the foundation to make the proper adjustments late in the season to give us the opportunity to meet our goals."

Banner County's lone returning wrestler this season is Gar...