Honoring the best high school athletes of the winter sports season continues with boys wrestling. Bartram Trail's Ethan Vugman had a big decision to make between sports. It's clear he made the right one.
at 106 pounds. There was no question about it this year. Vugman beat Steinbrenner’s Colin Bradshaw by a 2-1 decision for the crown.
His wrestling pedigree and background is exceptional. Before Vugman had to make that decision on focusing on a single sport, his brother and father made the same one as well. His brother, Nicholas, also wrestled for Bartram Trail and was a state placer and even a county wrestler of the year. Vugman’s father, Alex, and grandfather, Peter, both wrestled and competed internationally in various disciplines for Ukraine. All of them liked soccer, too, but chose the path of wrestling.
“I think the final thing that changed it for me was that my whole family wrestled and I wanted have a mentor,” he said. “So, I could follow my dad and my brother in wrestling. Because in soccer they both played soccer, but not as seriously. And I just knew that wrestling, I could have everyone around me they knew what they were doing, in a closer environment. So that’s why I chose it.”
When Vugman made the decision to focus on wrestling full time in eighth grade, it came after four years of watching his brother wrestle in high school. Vugman had a background in jiu jitsu, a discipline that laid a good foundation for wrestling. While he still dabbled in soccer, Vugman went headfirst into wrestling. He’d train with his brother and father and build up towards a title.“That was the greatest moment. Because at that moment, I knew there’s no one can take that from me,” Vugman said.
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