It was the kind of injury that typically brings athletic careers to a grinding halt. Steven Wentz bounced back after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament playing lacrosse, but when he finally returned to the wrestling mat at the start of his junior year, it happened again. Same leg, same injury. St. John'scoaches silently assumed he was done.
Even when Wentz returned to action yet again four weeks ago, the 160-pound senior immediately endured another gruesome injury, this time fracturing his nose in a match against Good Counsel.
But after everything he'd been through, nothing was going to slow his march toward Saturday's Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships at Good Counsel.
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