Scholastic wrestling

Upper Iowa wrestling team. From that day forward I could not wait to get to college and experience the college life. Many colleges wanted me to join their school. I chose Upper Iowa over two other colleges the two main reasons were: First, the way they do their scheduling is very nice, you only have to take 3 classes, at most, per term and there is only two terms in a semester. I felt this college was best to get me a degree in the career that I am pursuing. Second, was the wrestling program and…

accomplishments. I almost always tell people about them. I love the sport of wrestling, and I spend every day doing it. It has given me quite a few characteristics that make me unique and that definitely set me apart from others; these include perseverance, boldness, and humbleness. These traits are very good to know when dealing with my everyday life. Perseverance is one of the most important qualities that I have learned from wrestling. In this sport, it is a necessity. During practice, in…

brothers wrestling for the High School. His head coach was close with my brother so he also knew me. He was and still is an social studies teacher at Heritage Middle school which is connected in the School district of 197. Every morning at Heritage he would see me and always call me by my brothers name and always bug me about wrestling and trying out for it. Over time of always bugging me about wrestling, I ended up taking his advice and decided to wrestle. When i tried out for wrestling at the…

This week on WWE Raw in Brooklyn 'New York' Bubba Ray and D-Von returned and were welcomed with a huge crowd pop. We witnessed the shocking return of "The Dudley Boyz" who haven't been seen as a team back in WWE in over 10 years. The crowd went crazy, The New Day was in for A Bad Day, crowd chants of "Get The Tables" " ECW" and "3D" echoed around the arena. The Dudley's quickly destroyed The New Day one by one to the crowds delight. Fortunately, the Dudley Boyz return was not leaked online and…

It was freshman year of high school I was 16 my first year wrestling it was my first jv tournament we were at pacific high school in there gym at 8:30am and it was hot it felt like desert my match was about to start as sweat ran down my face I started to get nervous because i'm always nervous before a match it feels like there's a pit in my stomach but I was to focused on winning a medal and excited because wrestling is fun and it got a fire going in me I was ready to become a beast and fight…

This year is expected to be a huge year for the WBU Novice World Champion Rock Blackwell. Blackwell was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His heritage is of African Hebrew and Yahudah Isreal descent. Blackwell began boxing at just seven years old and holds an amateur record of 156-28. It hasn't been a cake walk for Blackwell. He lost his first professional fight in 2009, due to a broken right hand and life threatening levels of dehydration. Not to mention, he was forced to jump up a class to super…

There are three types of movements that I know only too well. The first is the sweep: the initial take down of the opponent’s body by knocking his legs out from under him until he falls to the ground. Each bone pulsates in its own unique way as it braces for the impact while being crushed to the floor. The second movement is watching the Sensei urging the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor to regain his stance. All of this eventually leads to the “tapping out” when you tap the floor to indicate…

I played the sport with a passion, even though it wasn’t my favorite. There were tons of stories and memoires that I made over the years, however there is one that would go down in my schools history. One of my favorite memories of high school wrestling, that would be the moment when I saved the team by winning the last match and beating one of our rivals, Timberland. The event was held at my school Francis Howell Central. I wrestled in the heavy weight class, even though I was under weight…

names for attendance. This was Sebastian’s first wrestling tournament, Randy’s third. They are both eighth graders. Sebastian has no clue what he is doing. “What seed are you anyway? I’m 2nd” Randy Asked Excitedly. “6th. I’m not that good at wrestling anyway.” Sebastian never really cared about sports, he just did it to be with Randy and his other friends. Randy, on the other hand, had been training since he was 6. He knew so many moves in wrestling, and a lot of them were advanced. He was…

Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, and many more from around the nation travel to one location to face off and battle for the crown, however; only ten wrestlers can win it all. Personally, I enjoy this time because ever since I was little, wrestling is by far my favorite sport. Another thing is that whenever you watch the NCAA’s, you will always be entertained without a doubt. Sometimes, there is the annual number one seed vs. the number sixteen seed matchup, however; there have been…