Asher Turner, Junior, Spring Valley/Elmwood - 40-5 at 165 lbs., D3 No. 6 seed at State
What does it mean to represent yourself and your school at State?
It means a lot, I'm honored to …
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What does it mean to represent yourself and your school at State?
It means a lot, I'm honored to represent my town and the people who supported me and I'm going to work my butt off at State.
How would you sum up your individual season?
It was a grind. There was a lot of hard work put in and some hard times during the season, but it's all starting to pay off.
Favorite memory this season?
Coming off the mat after winning Sectionals seeing all the hard work pay off and [feeling] super thankful for the opportunity.
What can your teammates who want to get to State in the future take from your journey?
I want them to learn to never give up, especially when it gets hard. I was 16-18 as a freshman, I was not very good. I worked hard in the off season and came back with a 35-5 record as a sophomore: now this year going to State with a 39-5 record as a junior. So don't quit when it gets hard, get better.
What does it mean to represent yourself and your school at State?
It is a big deal to represent my school, but it is an even bigger deal for me. I have been a wrestler for two years and fell in love with the sport from the start, and the idea that I get to be a little more like my dad.
How would you sum up your individual season?
I feel like overall my season has been amazing. My coaches are very supportive, and my teammates are very helpful.
Favorite memory this season?
My favorite memory from this season is when I got my first loss. I know that might seem weird, but I had the first realization that it's ok if you have a loss, as long as you learn from it.
What can your teammates who want to get to State in the future take from your journey?
If there was anything my teammates could take from my journey is to get ready for the running and cardio, it is a killer.
What does it mean to represent yourself and your school at State?
Representing myself and my school at State means that even though I go to a small school, I can still accomplish great things if I am willing to put in the work.
How would you sum up your individual season?
At the beginning of the year, I started off pretty slow, losing a few matches I shouldn’t have. I sat down and had a conversation with my coach, Ryan Turner, about what I needed to change and how to improve; things turned around quickly. After I changed what I needed to, and continued to work hard in the wrestling room, I began to win some important matches.
Favorite memory this season?
One of my favorite memories from this year was making it to Team Sectionals and being able to wrestle with my team for another week. As well as winning Sectionals against a kid I lost to earlier in the season to punch my ticket to State, along with getting my 100th career win after being hurt my freshman and sophomore years.
What can your teammates that want to get to State in the future take from your journey?
Something I think my teammates should take from my journey is that no matter what happens to you, or what injuries you face, never give up and continue to push and get better any way you can.
What does it mean to represent yourself and your school at State?
It means a lot. It’s just something I feel like I have to do.
How would you sum up your individual season?
I’ve had a lot of tough competition this season, and a lot of hard losses and matches. It really helped me to be battle-tested for Sectionals and then State coming up too. I think it’s been a really good season.
Favorite memory this season?
Either making it to the Northern Badger finals or I had a comeback win my first match of the season against a really good kid. I think that was pretty awesome.
What can your teammates who want to get to State in the future take from your journey?
You’ve just got to keep working hard. Things aren’t always going to go your way. There’s going to be ups and downs, but you’ve just got to keep coming with the same effort every time.
What does it mean to represent yourself and your school at State?
It’s awesome because we work really hard, the coaches give a lot to us. Kind of giving it back to them and the city.
How would you sum up your individual season?
There’s been a couple matches that have been close. I was up 16-2, only one point away, and all I needed was an escape, and that was in the semifinals to make it to the finals. I got pinned, and that was a really low, and then a high was beating people that I lost to last year.
Favorite memory this season?
Just hanging out with the team. I like the memory of meeting with coach with [teammate and fellow State qualifier Oliver Larson]. That was pretty fun; we went to a dinner.
What can your teammates who want to get to State in the future take from your journey?
Working out, getting strong and reflexes.
What does it mean to represent yourself and your school at State?
It means a lot to represent mostly my wrestling team and club to show coming from Prescott, which has not been very successful for the last handful of years, and also representing my wrestling club Victory School of Wrestling. I would not want to be doing anything else than go and wrestle in Madison and show my skills and my work ethic. It means a lot to me that I get to represent all the people that have helped me this year whether it be my coaches, my parents, my teachers, my teammates or God. They all have made this journey possible.
How would you sum up your individual season?
It has been a crazy season this year, especially since changing into high school. There have definitely been some ups and downs, but I took them as learning opportunities and went back into the practice room more hungry. But the things that have gotten me out of my slopes have been my teammates, and coaches and all the people who built me today. Without them I would have no idea where I would be today.
Favorite memory this season?
My favorite memory so far has been all the dual tournaments our team has been in this year that shows the growth from being a team that has not won a dual in the past couple years, then to having an over .500 record.
What can your teammates who want to get to State in the future take from your journey?
I would say for my teammates who want to do something like this in the future, mindset is probably the most important thing from going to multiple hard practices in the days and staying consistent and wanting to come back and do the same thing all year. But, I would say the second biggest thing is to surround yourself with the right people, so you have a great mindset, have a great work ethic and strive to be your best, because who you surround yourself with is who you are. Lastly, I am very grateful for this opportunity to be able to show off my skills and [for] all the people that have surrounded me this year and show my glory to God.
What does it mean to represent yourself and your school at State?
For me, the opportunity to represent myself and my school at State is a big deal because it is the realization of a major goal I set at the beginning of the season. Also, going to State means a lot to me because it gives me the opportunity to further build the girls wrestling program at PHS, which is something that I am very passionate about.
How would you sum up your individual season?
I would sum up my individual season as a bit of a rollercoaster. There were wins, losses and many lessons learned.
Favorite memory this season?
My favorite memory this season has been bonding with my teammates during long car rides home over booming music, fun conversations and sugar cookies.
What can your teammates that want to get to State in the future take from your journey?
Never give up, even when the odds are stacked against you.
What does it mean to represent yourself and your school at State?
To be able to represent my school in State is a dream come true. I have been looking up to the kids going to State and competing for Ellsworth since 2021. It has been awesome to represent them so far, and I can’t wait to show off at State.
How would you sum up your individual season?
I definitely had some ups and downs this season by going 5-1 to start the season before losing a few matches I shouldn’t have lost and experiencing the winter lull where we didn’t have tournaments for a while. However, I put in the work with my partner Parker Lampman and was able to start winning big matches.
Favorite memory this season?
My favorite memory this season was either qualifying for State or getting the chance to win the [Kirby Symes Golden Shoe] and getting a huge momentum swing for us with a last second pin.
What can your teammates who want to get to State in the future take from your journey?
I went to a lot of camps this summer, and I feel like I made a huge jump because of that. I went from being a JV wrestler to being State bound in one summer and I think just putting in the work when you don’t want to makes a huge impact.
