He's a bit biased, of course, but Steve Howcroft loves wrestling.

"There's something about wrestling as a sport itself," says the coach who has guided Midlakes to the last three Finger Lakes East titles. "It's a tough sport.

"It takes something special, a special type of kid."

And yet, that type of kid has emerged twice this generation from the Raes family: and Will (a senior) and Hammond (a junior).