GC school board hires assistant wrestling coach

GRUNDY CENTER – For more than a year now, the Grundy Center School Board has discussed the potential of creating an independent, Grundy Center Spartan wrestling team.
At last week’s meeting, the board took the next step towards building that program when they created a position for an assistant wrestling coach, and hired Colby Grothoff to fill it.
Grothoff – who teaches social studies at the high school – has two years of previous varsity coaching experience with the wrestling team at Hudson High School.
Currently, Grundy Center shares a wrestling program with Aplington-Parkersburg, and the plan is to continue that sharing agreement for now, while having Grothoff work as an assistant coach to AP’s Head Wrestling Coach Brian Benning. As assistant coach, Grothoff will work with wrestlers, while learning the in’s and out’s of running a wrestling program. He will also drive the shuttle bus to and from Parkersburg and provide transportation to away meets.
Activities Director Dan Breyfogle said the hope is that the presence of a Grundy Center coach will help drive and build the potential independent wrestling program.
“This is the logical next step to developing a quality wrestling program at Grundy Center,” Breyfogle said. “The hope is that this person would transition into the head coaching role here and lead our program back onto its own two feet.”
For the full story, see this week's Grundy Register.