Wrestling Their Way to College - a podcast by WNYC Studios

The documentary "Wrestle" is set at a failing high school in Huntsville, Alabama, where Coach Chris Scribner mentors students to get scholarships for wrestling. Filmmakers Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer follow four students who variously cope with absent parents, teenage pregnancy and run-ins with the law while trying to compete for the state championship.

— Raphaela Neihausen and Thom Powers

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