Yesterday was our last wrestling tournament of the season! It was time, it's been a long season and I think we all started to get burned out. Last weekend, the boys wrestled their first open tournament. They both wrestled 50 lbs and ended up in the same bracket. It was a huge tournament with fierce competition. Booker ended up taking 4th place and Bodey ended up in 6th or 7th. But they both did really well and we were so proud of them. Booker wasn't having it though. He was very disappointed in himself and nothing we could say would change his mind. He said he hates wrestling and just wants to do soccer. It boiled down to the fact that Booker really wanted a gold medal, and didn't believe he could ever do it.
Fast forward to this weekend. It was their second open tournament. Booker pinned his first kid in 51 seconds. He gave us a small little smile, and was pretty excited. Then he pinned his second kid in 13 seconds. His smile was a little bigger. Then he pinned his third kid in 36 seconds. Smile - a tiny bit bigger... but not huge. I cried I was so excited for him. After 2 years of wrestling, he finally got his first gold medal! And he earned it. He was just so humble about it though. He did admit he was proud of himself and he had a lot of fun. And he decided he doesn't want to quit wrestling after all. :)
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| Booker and his first GOLD! |
Bodey had a really tough bracket and ended up losing all of his matches, but really gave his all and wrestled tough. I was so proud of him. That kid is going to be unstoppable when his maturity level catches up with his strength. A short 8 hours after the season had ended, he asked me how many more sports there are until wrestling again. I told him soccer, swimming, baseball and football. He's also ready for next season.
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| My little wrestlers. |
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