Our neighbor is a High School wrestling coach, and he has mentioned that Drew and Tyler would be great wrestlers, and that they should do this wrestling clinic he puts on. I thought that would be fun for them to do, nothing major, not a lot of commitment, just a couple of months of getting to know about the sport. Well then came the tournaments, and it was a whole different feeling! The boys wanted to do it so bad, so we took them and when we walked in the gym we saw all these boys in their singlets and headgear and special shoes, they all looked like they had been born and bread for this sport and nothing else. Then there was Drew and Tyler and a few other boys that were in their group "The Stingers", with their long shorts and T-shirts and tennis shoes, and I felt a little like the mother of Nacho Libre! So we wait for a couple hours for the thing to even start and the boys are just sitting there watching all of these "professionals" practice and I know their nerves were going crazy! Once the tournament started, Andrew did great on his first go round, he didn't win, but he felt so much more confident after he had one under his belt. Tyler kinda froze and forgot all the moves he had been learning, so he was just trying to stay off his back the whole time. Andrew did so much better the second time, but lost by two points. Tyler, after a little coaching in between rounds, ended up taking second place in his weight group. I ended up really getting into it, but wow were we all physically and mentally exhausted by the time we got home!
Tyler on the winners stand! He said next time he will be on top!!!
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