Parkland coach Fran Volpe brought a tremendous amount of wrestling experience with him when he took over as the program’s next head coach this offseason. The 1995 state runner-up also brought along quite the freshman talent, his daughter Laura Volpe. All she’s done in the first few months of her career is defeat every local opponent, including a handful at Saturday’s 2026 EPC Girls Wrestling Championships at Easton Middle School, all by first period fall. “My dad always says it’s a step in the direction to districts,” Volpe said. “This is just another step that I took.” The freshman sensation is enjoying wrestling for her father as a coach just the same as her dad did the same in his high...
