After being inducted into the Maryland Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum last weekend in Annapolis, Linganore High graduate Ben Arneson, a former state-championship coach for the Lancers and Urbana High School, is this week's guest on The Final Score podcast.
Arneson chats with host Greg Swatek about the induction ceremony and what it meant to him to be selected for the Hall of Fame. They talk about how and why he wanted to become a wrestling coach and how awkward it was for him initially to be coaching at the chief rival of his alma mater, Urbana.
They talk about his fondest memories and what his future plans are not that he has stepped away entirely from coaching wrestling. They also discuss the Linganore football team and its prospects of winning another state title this season, as Arneson is an assistant coach for the Lancers.
Prior to that conversation, FNP sports reporter Alexander Dacy joins Greg to recap a momentous weekend for Frederick County teams in the state playoffs.
They discuss state championships for Linganore field hockey — which ended a 32-year drought for county teams — Linganore girls flag football, a first for the county, and the Urbana High boys cross country team — which won one for the first time in 22 years. They also look ahead to state soccer finals for the Brunswick boys and Oakdale girls, a state volleyball final for Urbana and preview the second round of the high school football playoffs for six county teams.