Double Champion!!

This last weekend we took Ian to the Snake River Wrestling Tournament. We had hoped that he would enjoy himself with the sport, and do well so that he would have a good experience and have the desire to continue with wrestling. Well so far he has surpassed our expectations. In his short career he has now won 9 of 10 matches. At Snake River he wrestled in two different styles of tournaments, there were kids from Bonneville, Blackfoot, Teton, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and other schools in Eastern Idaho. In both tournaments he wrestled his way to the top to earn 1st place.



Here is Ian in action. We are so proud of his hard work that he has put into wrestling. Its been kinda funny to watch him sometimes because he is usually smiling, in fact, his coach has already named him "Smiley". Check out this video to see what I mean about "Smiley". Click here for Ian Pins Video

Match #2

Here is Ian's second match from the other night, sorry I didn't get them all posted together. I wish I would have got the first match because he pinned the kid, and this match he won by points. I apologize for footage, but you could understand how difficult it is to try to watch, cheer, and record all at the same time, when it is your kid wrestling. Enjoy!!

Wrestle Mania!!

Thursday night in Declo, Ian had his very first wrestling tournament. It was so much fun to watch him wrestle and see him gain more confidence with each match. He came away from the tournament with a SILVER medal and boy is he proud of it. They had it set up that each kid (girl or boy) would have four matches. He had 3 wins and 1 loss but took it very well even though it was to a girl. She was a feisty one and before the match David told Ian that she was going to be pretty tough. It was funny cuz after the match was done he told David, "You were right dad, she was tough".

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We are so proud of Ian for wrestling hard and doing the best he could. My hesitation at first has now turned into competitiveness and I find myself down on the edge of the mat cheering him on and moving my body in the way he needs to move his. What can I say...it's in my blood. This wrestling experience, I think, is going to be GREAT!!