Jayden Wood (’25) is something special this year; he has created history for Amador in two sports, with football winning NCS and wrestling for the first time ever winning EBALs.
“Jayden is a good kid. I met him his sophomore year when I was coaching football, and I could tell instantly he was a hard worker. He was head and shoulders above a lot of the kids, just with the natural athlete, but it was his charisma, his persona, and his respect and integrity that really made me know he was something special,” said Coach Travis Chubbs.
Wood has pushed himself to achieve each and every goal he has reached through the years both in wrestling and football.
“They’re both hard, like, that’s a big part of it. Both sports are just really hard. And I think that’s something that’s really important because the successes are super high and the lows are low, like, it’s just pushing through everything. It really just shows like how hard I can work” said Wood.
Wood hopes that in the future, this goal will continue to be achievable for Amador football and wrestling.
“I think there’s a lot of talent in both sports. I think there are a lot of younger guys that are coming into the program, especially with wrestling that sort of know how the program’s supposed to work and, like, know the level of expectation and what it means to succeed, and especially after this year, like, bank it to the state finals and um winning EBALs and placing at NCS for the team, like they know how good it feels to be successful, and I’m sure they’re gonna wanna keep that rolling, so I have faith in them,” said Wood.
Although Wood is graduating this year, he hopes that his legacy can carry on through the younger generations.
“Calvin Albertson or Jason Larson. I think those two are two really hard workers and I have faith in them to keep going. And then for wrestling, I’d say probably Nate Ouellette. I think he has a lot of potential and I think he could do really good,” said Wood.
