January 2008 Archive

Andrew’s first wrestling tournament was great. I was not sure how he would do because he plays a lot at practices and his weight and age class is one of the largest. However he really impressed me for his first tournament.

This Tournament was at Walton High School in Marietta and Scott and I were divided because Nicholas and Drew were in different gymnasiums so Scott stayed with Nicholas until Drew’s Dad got there, he was a little late, seems he could not drive in the correct lane he was so excited to see Drew wrestle for the first time!

Drew impressed me he won his very first match by intimidation without any suggestion from the adults. While the referee was at the table Drew started making these scrunched up mean faces at his opponent. It was hilarious to Scott and I as adults but I bet the little boy wrestling him thought he was just a little bit nuts thus successfully intimidating him and breaking his confidence…For the WIN!

The next match he won he screamed a war cry the whole time and pinned the boy in less that thirty seconds! GO DREW!

He did not place however. What more does anyone want from a first match! He did Awesome!

Nicholas did not place this go around but he has a new motto, he will not be pinned, and that is wonderful because he wasn’t. In fact he almost one one match that had to go into over time to determine the winner! He did really great.

Nick is a little hefty for his size which makes him have to be in a higher weight class that he really does not belong in however he has been making and effort to make healthier choices in his eating habits and has been steadily losing about a pound and a half a week. I do not encourage him to diet but in the digital age all it took was for him to get out there and move more to make a difference in his weight.

I am very proud of him and happy Mrs. Chase-Wegener got our family involved in wrestling. It has made a big difference in out kid’s confidence and health which makes for a much happier family!

Scott got a reality check in Nicholas’s gymnasium. Apparently there was this woman, a parent of a wrestler, who went up and got down on the mat with the coaches and was beating on it screaming like a mad woman, “If you get pinned don’t you come home!” Over and over again. Where exactly is a ten year old going to go if not home? Scott he though that woman had lost her marbles and that is saying a lot if he thinks it!

I will never become that woman and am proud to say we have none of those parents on our team!

Sadly I forgot my camera this go round so I do not have any pictures of this match.

This post was written one month after the fact due to illness

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