Aidan Gillings studied Andy Lucinski when he was in seventh grade. Now Gillings is repaying the wisdom with Newfane upstart seventh-grader Brayden Kellison-Neglia.https://t.co/hs6RAYfi61
— Nick Sabato (@NickSabatoGNN) January 13, 2022
NEWFANE - Aidan Gillings remembers what it was like to wrestle varsity as a seventh-grader. The wins came easy, but acclimating to wrestling teenagers on the verge of adulthood is hard when you are only on the verge of being a teenager.
Gillings also remembers how a four-time Section VI champion made him and classmate Ayden Buttery feel welcome, like one of the guys. Andy Lucinski didn't have to reach out to a seventh-grader, but he was once in the same position.