Smith, Ratzlaff sign at Pittsburg High School – KOAM

Matt Smith indicators to Labette CC wrestling.

PITTSBURG, Kan. – Pittsburg Excessive College student-athletes Matt Smith and Caleigh Ratzlaff signed on Wednesday afternoon to proceed their careers in faculty.

Ratzlaff indicators to play softball at Neosho CC in Chanute, Kansas. Smith indicators to wrestle at Labette CC.

“It’s fairly near residence and the coach is fairly chill and looks as if he’ll get me proper for what I must do,” Smith says of selecting Labette, “They appear real and so they’re good guys. They by no means lied and so they advised the reality and so they know what they’re doing. My purpose for my first yr can be to begin for certain. As soon as I try this, I need to place at nationals after which go to a four-year faculty to wrestle.”

“Neosho County was a lot completely different from the opposite colleges that I visited, simply due to how their gamers and coaches approached me,” Ratzlaff says, “I felt prefer it was a really open-hearted strategy. What I used to be searching for in teaching is principally what I had in my journey crew coaches, which is lovingness and encouragement. I actually discovered that with Neosho. I’ve been taking part in softball since I used to be 4,” Ratzlaff provides, “I used to be going to be actually unhappy if it simply ended this yr. I’m so glad that I acquired reached out to and I made the connections and I acquired one other likelihood.”

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