Wrestling

Spencer- Finished up his first year of ARL wrestling on December 4th. We were going to be in contention for a team trophy, so Spencer said he would wrestle up a weight class to help the team since we didn't have anyone in the weight class above. The other kid in his weight class didn't want to move up. When I asked Spencer he said, "No Problem Coach." I was impressed because he didn't even think about it, even though he only weighed 78lbs and would be wrestling kids that weighed 85lbs. Spencer probably had his best tournament ever! The kid never stopped wrestling even if he was down and time was almost out. He was down by one with 40 seconds left in his first match and got a take down to win with 8 seconds left in the match. The Second match with a kid that was a lot bigger, the match was tied with 15 seconds left and he got another take down with 2 seconds left, to win it. The championship match was tough. He was wrestling a kid that pinned him quickly at the first of the year. Spencer didn't seem to care, he went right after the kid and got a take down. The two of them scrapped all match! Spencer made one mistake and got put on his back, but he didn't let the kid pin him. He even came back and made it a close match. In the end the kid beat Spencer, however the kid looked like he had all he could take from Spencer. Second place at heavier weight class wasn't a bad way to end the year.

Jayden- While his younger brother was wrestling in Cortez, CO, he was wrestling in Panguitch, Ut. Earlier in the week Jayden dislodged one of his ribs. (ouch) This caused him to miss around three practices, however Jayden still wanted to go wrestle over the weekend. Missing almost the whole week seemed to affect his wrestling on Friday. He lost both of his matches that day. Tammy said he looked a lot better on Saturday. On the 11th he wrestled in Dove Creek and took 3rd at 130lbs. He looked pretty good, especially since he missed another two practices at the end of the week because he was ill.