A Suffolk native and wrestling coaching has helped guide a high school athlete to not only walk again, but wrestle.

“The kids would help him,” Smith said of Cristian Penland. “The kids really got it. He’s part of our team. He always had a partner in the wrestling room, someone was always on the mat with him, always helping him to learn, showing him how to do stuff.”

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