Wrestling Season Has Begun

Yep....it is here.  This weekend was the big tournament our small town host's.  Anthony didn't make it to the finals but he did really well.  His knee and shoulder held out great, but he is having issues with his elbow.   This is a very intense sport, and injury's like this are all part of it.

Right now he weight's 153 and is wrestling in the 160 class.  Wednesday night they had him move up into the 170.  As you can imagine that match didn't go well for him.  The school has a new policy regarding weight cutting.  According to his weight and body index he is not allowed to drop down in weight until after Christmas.  So he has been slowly down his weight until he can wrestle in the 152 class.  He weighed 158 during football, so the weight loss hasn't been to drastic.  He has just made some minor cuts in what he is eating.  He still does his favorite lunch of Kentucky Fried Chicken with Hayden.  Both of these kids could stand some weight gain.

He is very bummed that he will still be in the 160 class for a Washington tournament next week.  He has really been looking forward to this one.  It is a really tough tournament.  This weekend is a smaller tournament not to far out of town.  We like it because it is smaller and close to home.  Anthony usually places in this one.

Here are a couple of pictures from this last weekend.