Personal Narrative: The Tournament

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I never thought that I would miss a tournament but I did. It was a cold winter day, showing up to the school getting on the scale. Figuring out I was overweight made me mad at myself. Anyways, I ended up going to the tournament with them. I was the only one overweight which I knew there was a big possibility of me not wrestling.
As everyone showed up to check their weight, I was the only one that didn’t make it. I figured I would still go with just in case there would be somewhere I could wrestle. So we all gather up get on the bus and head to the tournament. We now show up to the tournament, just moments away for weigh-ins. I figured out I was not going to wrestle do to me being overweight. Although, I would still cheer on my team.
Now that

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