Among the last on the practice mat is senior Ava Bourne, the lone girl on the Fountain Hills wrestling team.
Rolling and twisting with senior Tyler Trapani, sophomore Cash Broetsky – or any of the other 11 members of the team – it doesn’t make one difference. Since joining the program her junior year, Bourne has brought a new dynamic to the Falcons’ program.
Bourne was first introduced to wrestling her freshman year at Skyline High School after her cousin brought her to practice, she said, and despite playing other sports growing up, she ultimately fell in love with the individuality of wrestling.
