Wrestling season is now in full swing. This year Tyler is wrestling 171 lbs. Right now there are three freshman all wrestling for that same weight. I think he is going to try to drop down to 160 after Christmas - there is no one else on the team at that weight right now which could mean a lot more matches for Tyler. We'll see how that goes.
He wrestled his first match at Colby and lost 10-3, but looked pretty good. The next day we went to the Jr. Varsity tournament in Goodland, KS. He started out the day with a kid from Wray that was really good. He beat Tyler 15-0. (It wasn't pretty.) His second match was against Riley O'Hara from Goodland. Riley is a beast. He pinned Tyler in about :58 seconds. It was at about this point in the day that Ryan asked me if he could go out to the car and get his basketball. Being frustrated with wrestling - I said "YES!! - Please get your basketball!!" Tyler was feeling a little discouraged after those first two matches so I told him that I had a new strategy for him. I told him to just pretend that whoever he is wrestling - is his brother! Well, it must have worked because Tyler pinned his 3rd opponent (a guy from Sterling) in the 2nd period. He felt a lot better after that.
This last weekend Tyler wrestled in the Ray Rhoades Classic here in Burlington. He had two matches. He pinned his first guy - and lost by points to one of his teammates in an exhibition match. Tyler looked so good that day! It is amazing to me how far he has come with his wrestling. Where he was when he started 7th grade to where he is now is pretty amazing.
There are a couple of varsity matches this weekend, but I don't think Tyler will see any action. (Gives mama a little time to rest!)
These last few weeks have been full of Christmas concerts for our family. On the 9th, we went to the High School for Tyler's concert. On the 11th, we went to Kately, McKenna, and Kyron's elementary school concert, and last night was the middle school concert. Those concerts are so much fun! Tyler and Ryan have the most amazing music teacher! It is just unbelievable what he can get those kids to do. Ryan is part of the 6th grade drumline. They performed "Axel F" at the concert last night and did a really good job. Tyler's drumline - which consists of all of the drummers from 7th-12th grade performed at halftime of a basketball game at the Topside Tipoff in Goodland last Saturday night. It was amazing! I imagine it will be on YouTube before long. They got a standing ovation!
Things should start slowing down for us for a couple of weeks anyway. The boys will be out of school from the 19th of Dec until January 6th. Unfortunately, this is a really busy time at my office so we don't have plans to go anywhere or do anything really exciting. We will spend Christmas here with family which is always nice.
I hope you all have a wonderful, warm, and safe Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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