Throughout this season, Matt Henrich had a target on his back as a defending state champion. It didn’t matter. The Southern Regional senior was on a mission to go out on top.
He is doing exactly what he intended to do once the Rams were back in the wrestling room inside the high school back in November.
“It feels like this one was harder to win compared to the championship I won last year because everybody was chasing to beat me,” said Henrich, whose 41-3 season culminated in defeating…
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