Though his high school coach tends to disagree, Bronson Steuber sides with observers who say the Jackson County Central senior wrestles with an unorthodox style.
"I just kind of put things together as it goes," Steuber said. "Whatever works, I'll try it. I've done lots of wrestling and that kind of style works for me."
In fact, it's Steuber's full-throttle ways -- and his lanky frame -- that caught the eye of South Dakota State coach Jason Liles.
"He's a very dangerous wrestler because he can score in any position at any time," Liles said.
But before he puts those skills on display for the Jackrabbits next fall, Steuber comes into this week's Class 1A wrestling meet with two goals: to help the Huskies defend their team title and to wrap up a dynamite high school career for himself.
Steuber is participating in his fifth state tournament. He is a two-time defending state champion, having won at 119 pounds as a sophomore and 125 a year ago. He jumped up to 135 this season and is 29-3 at that weight.
Wrestling has been Steuber's main, year-round sport since he was in sixth grade.
"It's the thing that I liked the most," he said. "I just knew I wanted to hopefully make varsity as a seventh-grader, so if that was going to happen, I was going to have to work hard to get that spot."
