Podcast: James Joplin, Heath Gonyer, and Jaxon Maroney

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James Joplin

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QYl59abWn3upKftiGvtJt?si=cv-MTzXEQUqUwC011cre_g

James Joplin is a student athlete at Northwest Guilford high school in Greensboro North Carolina. He’s been wrestling basically his whole Life and this year he captured the North Carolina high school athletic association 4A state championship wrestling title at 120 pounds. James is a longtime member of Combat Athletics in Mocksville North Carolina a team that is Coached by current Lake Norman High School Coach Josh Stanley and assisted by Shelton Sales. On this episode James will give good insight into his career as a wrestler as well as his future goals and expectations.

Heath Gonyer

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wJBHxpVl5iSTg10MNZasu?si=zU6UUDNkS0eLSgu1fYbU0g

Won the NCHSAA Class 3-A title at 138 pounds with a pin. • Finished 64-0 in his senior year with the Nighthawks and 179-9 overall, setting school records for single-season and career victories. • Helped lead Northern to its first NCHSAA Class 3-A duals team regional and state championships, earning MVP honors in both events. Also won the Sportsmanship Award at state duals. • Placed fourth as a freshman and second as a sophomore and junior at states.

Jaxon Maroney

https://open.spotify.com/episode/45zOtnCkc6PmwYvSje1KvD?si=vMNwsjIOSXuQk4cq1zr4XQ

Jaxon Maroney is a three-time state champion from Cardinal Gibbons high school in Raleigh North Carolina. Out of those three state titles, one of them he won while wrestling at Holly Springs high school. He transferred his junior year to Cardinal Gibbons high school. Jaxon spoke briefly on this podcast episode about quitting wrestling as a ninth grader due to outside pressure and loss of desire to participate in the sport. His motivation to return to the sport came after having a private conversation with Nick Kee another NC state champion and former Appalachian State and UNC Pembrook Wrestler. He’s never discussed this publicly before until this podcast. What he has to say on this episode will be truly inspiring. Maroney is also a Drexel commit.