Wrestling: Loudoun County's "Duals for the Warriors" to Raise Funds for Wounded Warrior Project; Sgt. Anthony Rico to be Honored

Leesburg (Dec. 14, 2012) - Loudoun County High School will host the inaugural "Duals for the Warriors" Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 with all the money raised from t-shirt sales at the wrestling meet going to the Wounded Warrior Project. Wrestling starts at 9 a.m. and goes all day.

The Raiders will also honor a veteran who was wounded while serving. The first honoree is Sgt Anthony Rico, who served with Loudoun County wrestling coach Joel Caruso.

"I had the honor to serve with Sgt Rico in the US Army. Fresh out of basic training he came to my squad," said Caruso. "At first I thought he was very cocky and as his squad leader Rico was doing a lot of push-ups ... his cockiness was really his confidence and quickly, Rico became my Team Leader."

Caruso continued: " He showed great leadership and always pushed to soldiers to be better."

Caruso wanted to share a story on Rico and a video that features Rico:



Sgt Anthony Rico's Story

I was your average kid, a bit rebellious coming out of High School, not real sure what I was going to do with my life. In Jun-2000 an Army recruiter came to my door and asked if I wanted to see the world. At the time I had nothing better going on in my life and no real plans on which college I would attend. In Oct-2000 I departed in my first airplane ride over to Fort Benning, Ga, home of the Infantry, Boy was I in for a surprise.