WHO KNEW my little man Jaxson could be such a tough little one! Today he wrestled for the first time ever at his first ever tournament. ;) His age group was kiddos born in the year 2004 & 2005 - we was put in the 87# weight class (he weighed in at 69# today). He got to wrestle three matches today. In his first match, he learned that wrestling is not easy. He got a well experienced opponent that knew what was going on, but he looked pretty fearless. I'm pretty sure my Mom cried as he was slammed on the mat multiple times, yelling out in pain, before getting pinned in the 2nd round. Ouch. He came off the mat, upset and obvoiusly yanked out of his fantasy of how it was going to happen! After a few minutes, he was calm and ready to try again!
Match 2 - this was much better. As I mentioned before, his class was up to 87# and he was 69#... I'm pretty sure opponent #2 was one of the kiddos at the height of this class - and you could think being a bit bigger would be an advantage BUT his weight was mostly around his little love handles... To Jaxson's favor, he was a bit slow and Jaxson managed to get a pin in the 1st round, YAY! A WIN!
Match 3 - This round Jaxson wrestled a teammate that he had practiced against earlier in the week. ;) After some coaching by Kiel (his dad) on how to do a half-nelson to roll your opponent to his back - he was able to get this one with a pin in round 2! ;) yay!
By the end of it all he was 2-1 with two pins and 12 points total, he got a 2nd place medal and was super excited! Looks like we might have years of wrestling ahead of us! ;)
Also, WHO KNEW... my kids would never stop growing. They both gained over 1" since July - no wonder their pants keep looking like capris ... these kiddos are going to break the bank!! ;)
Yay Jax! Wrestling brings many tears and much joy. Pretty sure it is harder on the moms than the wrestlers ;) Still, it was an experience that bonded the 'rents and I more than almost any other. Thanks for the encouragement on my blog.
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