{"id":68199,"date":"2016-12-01T19:10:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T02:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dchs-wrestling-embraces-coaching-change\/"},"modified":"2016-12-02T02:10:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T02:10:55","slug":"dchs-wrestling-embraces-coaching-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dchs-wrestling-embraces-coaching-change\/","title":{"rendered":"DCHS wrestling embraces coaching change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Shane Baughman gets animated while coaching at the 2014 State Championships. After 23 seasons as head coach, Baughman has turned things over to Eric Stiasny.<\/span>Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Dove Creek High School wrestling program is entering the 2016-17 season with a new head coach for the first time in over two decades.<\/p>\n

After leading the Bulldogs for 23 seasons, Shane Baughman has stepped down from his coaching position, citing his workload as athletic director and head football coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a lot of years,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd taking over as athletic director, I\u2019ve been spending a lot of time doing that, and being the head football coach as well and trying to do wrestling, I was just spread so thin.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the change is significant, Baughman feels good turning things over to two former Dove Creek wrestlers in Eric Stiasny, the new head man, and Colten Huskey, his assistant.<\/p>\n

Stiasny was a two-time state placer at DCHS, Huskey was a four-time state placer and two-time state champ, and both were a part of the Bulldogs\u2019 2007 state championship team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of cool to turn the reins over and give that program to those guys that came up through and have been such a valued part of our wrestling program and tradition here in Dove Creek,\u201d Baughman said.<\/p>\n

After three years as an assistant under Baughman, Stiasy now steps in as the head coach. And while his team consists of just two wrestlers, in Derek Kibel and Cade Curtis, he\u2019s excited about their potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re extremely hard workers,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s nice in some ways having only two in the room because we get to work on a lot of individual stuff. So, we\u2019re really just approaching it by coaching to their style and trying to get them in the best shape possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stiasny said that he expects Curtis, a freshman, to wrestle at 113 pounds, and for Kibel, a junior, to start at 145 before dropping to 138 after the Christmas break. And when asked what his goals for each of his grapplers were, Stiasny didn\u2019t hold back.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlace at state,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

He noted that a handful former Class 2A schools moving up to Class 3A should help open things up for Curtis and Kibel.<\/p>\n

And the pair will also gain valuable experience competing at large tournaments against top-level opponents, such as the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah and Doc Wright Invitational in Winslow, Arizona.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got some tough tournaments and the kids will see tougher competition at Vernal and Winslow than what we\u2019ll see any other time through the year,\u201d Stiasny explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, they\u2019ll know what to expect coming into regionals and they shouldn\u2019t be surprised by any gaps in talent or anything like that. They\u2019re going to take their licks early on, but hopefully it\u2019ll pay off later in the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs open the 2016-17 season this weekend at the Moab Invitational in Moab, Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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