First Tournament of Wrestling

This weekend the boys wrestled at the Little Dawgs Tournament. They has two different options for weight-ins. Wrestlers could weight in that day or the night before. I chose that day which in hind sight was not the best. We had to get up a little before six in the morning to be there early to do them. This made for a very long day. They were suppose to start at 8:30 but started an hour late or better. Then they had the brackets all screwed up so you really had to pay attention. In Shermie's they had a kid who got two bys straight to the final until Sherman Peter pointed it out. But what can you do. It was still worth it. The boys did Awesome!!!! They each wrestled their hardest. This is how it ended, Shermie took 2nd (missed 1st by only one take down), Tuffer took 4th (he fought and worked hard), Matthew took 2nd (the coach for the other boy was heard to mumble, "Man! he's aggressive" about Matt, my thought was "no duh!"), and Nicholas took 2nd (having taken down a kid a whole head taller). They really did EXCELLENT!

Part II Tournament Video

Here are a few of their matches. Shermie's is the one he lost but it was so close and he did so good I just had to share it. Tuffer also lost his but it was still a great effort. The other two won theirs and are fun to watch. You probably want to turn the sound down though or you will hear a lot of yelling from me, oops.

I'ts that Time of year Again...

Here are some pictures from last night. Top Rt. to Lt. Shermie, Tuffer, Matthew, Nicholas. Shermie and Tuffer practicing take downs. Bottom Rt. to Lt. Nicholas pining his opponent. Matthew the Intimidater.

...Can you smell the sweat in the air.

The boys started wrestling practice last night. Some needed a little convincing while others were rearing to go. They all did great though and worked hard. If they keep up the attitude from last night we should have a great year. With three practices in a row a week, for 45 minutes and an option extra 45minutes, it's a long first half of the week. It's especially fun to take them all by myself when Sherman works. Oh, the things we do for our kids. I really get a kick out of watching them and am amazed at how quickly they improve. They have a great coach who we appreciate a lot. He is wonderful with the kids and they all look up to him which makes it easy for them to learn.