A high school wrestling champion is undefeated no more after answering the call to make another wrestler’s wish come true.

“He wanted a match, and I wanted to tangle with him,” Deven Schuko said.

Norton High School wrestler Deven Schuko is undefeated — or at least he was — until he took on Andy Howland, a Dighton-Rehoboth High School legend over the weekend.

“When you get a story like this, and a fine young man like Deven can step up and wrestle our Andy Howland, you know, he’s in for a tussle,” Dighton-Rehoboth High School Athletic Director Doug Kelley said.

“Deven Schuko, he’s a class act,” Norton wrestling coach Pat Coleman said.

A top-ranked wrestler, Schuko is also a Lancer co-captain and is known for his leadership skills, so when Andy Howland came looking to compete, Schuko never hesitated.

“He threw in a good move,” Schuko said. “He was strong. He’s a tough kid.”

It was actually one of those quiet moments. It came on without fanfare, but an alert parent began to record the match, knowing it was a matchup worth remembering.

“Deven has a natural respect for any wrestler, such as Andy, and I think Deven just proved there that it’s never wrong to do the right thing,” Coleman said.

“If I had to lose to someone, I’d like to lose to Andy,” Schuko said. “It was a win-win in my book. He won, I won.”

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