Hampshire ’s Knox Homola painted a picture of his team’s mentality as the Whip-Purs prepared to wrestle Prairie Ridge on Thursday.

“We went into the match intensely,” Homola said. “It showed out there on the mat... We just want to go out there and win. If the fastest way to do that is pinning them, then that’s what we’ll do.”

Homola was one of eight Whips to record pins and one of 12 Whips to win a bout during their dominant 67-11 victory over the Wolves in the team’s Fox Valley Conference opener. Hampshire (3-1, 1-0 FVC) set the tone right away, with 106-pounder Luthor Rajcevich snagging two crucial takedowns in a 6-1 win over Tymen Robinson.

“We want to see improvement out of our lighter weights,” Homola said. “We have a lot of young freshmen coming in and we want to practice them

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