The Washington Post, January 26th, 2000
Josh Walker has plenty of reasons to be happy this season. The Stonewall Jackson junior is 28-1, winning 18 of those matches by pin. Among 171-pounders, Walker is ranked fourth in the state of Virginia. But what perhaps has Walker the happiest is the ability to do this season what he was unable to do a year ago: eat whatever he wants whenever he feels like it. A year ago, Walker wrestled at 145 pounds--nearly 30 pounds under his normal 176-pound frame--to make the Raiders' starting lineup. The result, Walker said, was a disappointing season on the mat-- his year ended with a knee injury--and a...
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