A wrestling coach is the smartest person in the room, until his wife walks in. So before Cutter Garrison floated an idea to his boss, he ran it by Terrica, his better half, at the dinner table.

What if we just gave the money to Central?

The headline — At least 15 injured in Lakewood crash involving school bus — plunged like a rusty dagger. Each sentence they read twisted the blade.

More than a dozen student athletes from Grand Junction and two coaches were injured Saturday in a Lakewood crash involving their bus, according to the school district … All 13 students were members of the Central High School wrestling team in Grand Junction, traveling back from a tournament in the Denver area …

“We kind of kept hearing the severity of it,” Garrison recalled.

After talking to Central wres

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