The road through the past few years hasn’t always been paved with a smooth surface for Southern Regional wrestler Dan Lynch. When he signed up to be a part of head coach John Stout’s program as a sophomore, he did so only as a favor to Josh Bento, so that his friend had a workout partner in the practice room.
At the time, Lynch was some 290 pounds and didn’t know a thing about wrestling. Essentially, he started wrestling to be a big body for Bento to move around as he practiced.
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