High School Wrestling Research Paper

Through life I have learned that worthwhile things cannot be learned in a day; however, bits and pieces of the puzzle can be. I started wrestling in elementary school at Virginia Military Institute and had no clue what impact it would have on my life. I was never passionate about the sport and often tried to find a way to quit but my dad and coaches pushed me to continue. I lost a lot of matches and felt that I would never see much success. I continued wrestling through middle school and still felt like I did not have what it took to be a competitive wrestler. My eighth grade year of middle school I saw my first glimpse of success at the middle school state championships where I wrestled my way to third place and learn what it felt like to be one the few to stand on the podium. It was my junior year in high school, and I had doubts about the up-coming wrestling season. The coach that I had trained with from elementary school through high school would not be in my corner this year and my drill partner had transferred to wrestle at another school. I felt that with-out the two of them pushing me I …show more content…
Things were looking tough for me from the get go. My first match would be against the number one seed from the other region, and he was no push over. Knowing this was the best chance I had to place highly in the state tournament, I gave him all I had, and came out with a big win. I pinned the next kid in the semi-finals which would advance me to the state finals. Just two weeks ago I was planning to through an easy district match so that I could be done with the long days, stress and pain that I had become accustomed to throughout the grueling season. Now I am standing in front of thousands of people during the finals ceremonies. I wrestled Chase McDaniel again in the finals where I lost and became the 152 pound state runner