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Baseball was among several sports Marmion senior Nicholas Garcia tried growing up. Always an industrious type, he was game for any sport that appealed to his brash, exuberant personality.

How did he end up in wrestling?

That turning point in his athletic life came in — of all places — Oklahoma.

“I was probably around fifth grade when I quit baseball and the other sports I was playing,” Garcia said. “I was starting to do well at the national level in wrestling. I went to a tournament in Tulsa and made the championship against Dom Munaretto .

“I just thought to myself, ‘Man, I’m pretty good at this and I should stick with it.’ I wasn’t truly serious about wanting to get better until freshman year and I had my brother pushing me.”

That pu

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