Personal Narrative: My Freshman Year In Wrestling

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A challenge that i’ve experienced and i thought i wouldn’t accomplish is my freshman year in wrestling. I was always a good athlete in every sport i played. I was damn near unstoppable. We just started the season for wrestling and i was the only person in the 135 weight class so i automatically was on varsity. When i figured out that i was on varsity i started lifting and practicing a lot more because i wanted to be the best. As the season progressed, i started winning a lot more matches at wrestling meets. At our last tournament meet, i had a 8-2 record. All i had to do at the tournament was place top 5 and i was going to districts. Districts was always my dream in wrestling so i was determined. But as the meet was going i noticed that all

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