Borja Stays on the Move

By Rick Mink

January 27th, 2008

Wrestling2.jpgThe Washington Post

Hayfield High's Raymond Borja wrestles his father nearly every day in their Fort Belvoir living room, which is carpeted by a red wrestling mat and furnished with only a china cabinet and stationary bike.

He attends a wrestling tournament every weekend, year round, no matter where it's located. Borja wrestles so much that his coach, Roy Hill, forced him to take a month off from competition this past September so the junior wouldn't get burned out.

"I just want to make progress as fast as I possibly can," said the 119-pound Borja, who didn't start wrestling until the end of his eighth-grade year.

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