No one has documented more Caldwell County wrestling matches over the last seven years than Hannah Teutsch.
The senior walked out of Alltech Arena and her final KHSAA State Tournament on Friday after seven years of keeping a video record and stats of every match.
Equipped with a pop stool and an iPad, Hannah not only videoed every match, but she kept real-time stats and scoring through the Takedown app.
Being around wrestling came naturally to Hannah, whose brother Colin was a state tournament medal winner with the Tigers.
“I’ve been around it my whole life, so you just kind of pick some things up, whether you want to or not, and so knowing it really helps when you’re keeping track of what’s happening,” she said.
It takes someone with an extensive knowledge of wrestling to accurately score the sport. Unlike football, where the referee signals a penalty with an arm motion, a wrestling official holds up fingers, and it’s up to the scorers to decipher which scoring move just happened and how to accurately label it.
“You don’t really know what’s going on unless you know what they’re holding up (the fingers) for and you know what’s going on,” she said. “Sometimes they will have a little hand motion, and sometimes you’ll hear them yell it, but then sometimes it’s all on me to figure it out.”
Hannah, who also plays for the Lady Tiger soccer team, has never been interested in stepping on the mat to compete. But the wrestlers she has scored have treated her like a sister.
“I’ve been doing this for seven years, so whether it’s them screwing around or cracking jokes, I’ll take those memories with me,” she said.
With her wrestling scoring and video days behind her now, Hannah, who also serves as the student council vice-president, plans to attend the University of Kentucky, major in nursing, and then head to medical school.
And she will leave big shoes to fill for next year’s squad.
