--- title: Undefeated Wrestler Loses to Opponent with Down Syndrome description: Senior wrestler Deven Schuko stepped out onto the mat against Andy Howland with a 27-0 record. canonical: https://time.com/4196755/undefeated-wrestler-loses-opponent-down-syndrome/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-27T22:11:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:22.914Z og:title: Undefeated High School Wrestler Allows Opponent with Down Syndrome to Beat Him og:description: "For someone like Andy to wrestle and stick with it, I wanted to make his day" og:url: https://time.com/4196755/undefeated-wrestler-loses-opponent-down-syndrome/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Undefeated High School Wrestler Allows Opponent with Down Syndrome to Beat Him twitter:description: "For someone like Andy to wrestle and stick with it, I wanted to make his day" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Undefeated High School Wrestler Allows Opponent with Down Syndrome to Beat Him  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 27, 2016 10:11 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 27, 2016 10:11 PM UTC Senior wrestler Deven Schuko stepped out onto the mat against Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School’s Andy Howland with a 27-0 record, and even though he walked away with the first loss of his career, there was [no sense of defeat](http://time.com/3742927/middle-school-basketball-bullied-cheerleader/). The Norton High School team captain was not only the number one ranked Division 3 wrestler in his weight class, but was also undefeated in his wrestling career when he offered a match to Howland, [who has down syndrome](http://time.com/4072089/garrett-holeve-mma/). Schuko then proceeded to allow Howland to take him down. “We shook hands and we locked up and he was a tough kid and he bulldogged me over to my back. I couldn’t stop the power,” Schuko [told CBS Boston](http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/01/26/norton-wrestling-deven-schuko-video/). “I’ve been in sports all my life and wrestling I believe is most demanding and for someone like Andy to wrestle and stick with it, I wanted to [make his day](http://time.com/3852764/down-syndrome-girl-cheer-squad/).” **Read More:** [Model With Down Syndrome Treads the Catwalk in New York](http://time.com/4033572/down-syndrome-model-new-york-fashion-week-madeline-stuart/) Footage of the match was posted on Facebook by [Anthony Pucino](https://www.facebook.com/anthony.pucino.9?fref=photo) on Jan. 24 and has since been viewed over 73,000 times and shared nearly 1,000 times. Watch the full video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4196755/undefeated-wrestler-loses-opponent-down-syndrome/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4196755/undefeated-wrestler-loses-opponent-down-syndrome/"},"headline":"Undefeated High School Wrestler Allows Opponent with Down Syndrome to Beat Him","datePublished":"2016-01-27T22:11:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:22.914Z","description":"\"For someone like Andy to wrestle and stick with it, I wanted to make his day\"","url":"https://time.com/4196755/undefeated-wrestler-loses-opponent-down-syndrome/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Athletes","High School","viral","wrestling"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4196755/undefeated-wrestler-loses-opponent-down-syndrome/","name":"Undefeated High School Wrestler Allows Opponent with Down Syndrome to Beat Him"}}]}] ```