Weekend Chit-Chat with Batavia wrestling coach Scott Bayer

Scott Bayer is new as Batavia wrestling’s head coach but is a veteran of the program, having served as an assistant under former Bulldogs coaches Tom Arlis and Ben Morris. Bayer, a graduate of Hoffman Estates High School and Monmouth College, touched base with Chronicle sports editor Jay Schwab for this week’s Weekend Chit-chat, in which Bayer discusses wrestling nutrition, his role as an assistant for Batavia’s sophomore football team and the potential drawback of Batavia’s recently upgraded weightroom, from a wrestling perspective. The following is an edited transcript: