Coach molds young wrestlers at Naperville training facility.(Neighbor)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September, 2004 | by Welge, Joshua

Byline: Joshua Welge Daily Herald staff writer Sean Bormet can walk around the 12,500-square-foot facility that houses his Overtime School of Wrestling, watch the 100 or so kids weight training or working on techniques, and smile. Funny how far the love for the sport has taken him. Bormet has wrestled in the NCAA Tournament and in the Espoir World Championships.

He has coached at the University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin, and has led Illinois freestyle national teams. And for the last four years, he has headed a school in Naperville that he could only dream about when he was a kid weight training in his basement during the wrestling off-season. "None of us had these opportunities when we were younger," Bormet said. Bormet, who moved...