Seniors 2020: This Gainesville senior was falling through the cracks. Wrestling helped him graduate. - Gainesville Times

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Seniors 2020: This Gainesville senior was falling through the cracks. Wrestling helped him graduate.

Gainesville's Leandro Chavez, right, wrestles during a 2020 match. Photo courtesy Roberto Rivera.

Chavez — Gainesville's Leandro Chavez, right, wrestles during a 2020 match. Photo courtesy Roberto Rivera.

Leandro Chavez is very candid about his troubled past. It’s made him the young man he is today.

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