Caleb joined the Reagan Middle school wrestling team, and he has been enjoying the season so far and is wrestling in the 75lb weight class. The season is about 7 weeks long and they wrestle the other middle schools around western Prince William County. Here is the singlet they wear for the meets.
The first match was against Nokesville Middle school. Here is his team warming up before the meet.
Waiting for the match to begin.
There are a several exhibition matches before the meet starts. They go lowest to highest weight class so Caleb’s weight class goes first. Unfortunately there was not a wrestler in the same weight class on the other team, so Caleb was the default winner.
He was ready to wrestle and bummed to not have an opponent, but he enjoyed cheering on his team for the meet. The weight classes go from 75lb to 265 lbs and there was a match in just about every class except for one other. Their team unfortunately lost the meet, but it was an exciting first meet for everyone. Our entire family is learning a lot about the sport of wrestling!
The following week, Caleb’s school had their second meet against Unity Braxton Middle school, and this week Caleb wrestled. The meets start with several exhibition matches, then Caleb’s weight class was the first match. Each match consists of (3) 1:30 second rounds, unless one of the wrestlers gets pinned then the match is over. Caleb wrestled hard, but unfortunately he got pinned with 1 second remaining in the first round. He did a great job for his first match and is looking forward to learning from this match. He was excited that his school won the meet, and he is looking forward to competing in next week’s meet.
1 comment:
Caleb, how exciting - How cool to watch your match. Can’t wait to see how you progress this year, We know
you will keep training and learning. Keep up the good work - we love you…. Grandma Sue and Grandpa Art
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