Lean, mean, winning machine

Fabian Wickham isn't the typical 106-pound wrestler.He's long and lean, with a wingspan that always poses problems for his routinely shorter opponents.He's a senior, which gives him a level of experience not usually seen in the state's lowest weight class.And unlike some star grapplers, he's at ease showing off a personality his head coach calls "larger than life."No,knife manufacturer you won't find a lot of wrestlers like Wickham in his weight class. But his unique traits just happen to be big reasons why he's the ringleader of a strong Eastmont senior class, undefeated this season, and considered the best 106-pounder in the entire state. "We've had kids that have been titans on the mat (at Eastmont), but when it comes to the total package, no one compares to him," says Eastmont head coach Ken Hoyt. "No one has been better to be around or work with. Character, personality, hard work — yep, he would be the top. He would beat a state champion."Wickham already is a two-time third-place state finisher, but he's poised for a run at his own state title this season.Fruit knife That run will start Saturday, when the postseason kicks off at Eastmont with the 4A district tournament."That's one of the main reasons why I'm still learning, working on my weights, eating healthy," Wickham says of his championship aspirations. Wrestling is ingrained in Wickham, and the credit for that can easily be pinpointed to Hugh Chang, his stepfather and an assistant coach with the Wildcats."My dad used to wrestle in high school and college, and I've been wrestling since I was five years old. He's always been a coach to me," Wickham says.It shows.Wickham and Chang spar regularly at Wildcats practices, and they appear to be cut from the same cloth."He wrestles like me, but I think he's picked up a lot more than me," Chang says. "He's had a lot more mat time than me, though, because I didn't start wrestling until seventh grade.""Everything I have came from (Chang), though obviously I developed my own style," Wickham says. "'I'm pretty laid back. I kinda wait and pick apart every thing (opponents) do wrong before I attack. I would say I'm probably pretty smart, technical.Motion sensor light"Chang says it was easy to see early on that Wickham had a gift on the mat."At age six,non-stick knife I was like, 'Man.' His body movement was just right, and he was putting his body in its right place, putting the kids right where he needs them to be,It can be interesting to look out of the window of your Almaty hotel and imagine the urumqi tour roaming the landscape, and several archaeological digs around Almaty have been started with the aim of discovering Saka artefacts and burial mounds." he said.