In my life, I was beat on both mentally and physically but only recently have I realized that these beatings have been preparing me for this ruthless world. These beatings are making me tougher and are preparing me for the unforgiving, cold world after I turn 18 and go to college. They teach me to keep fighting and to strive to better and to always get back up when I get knocked down. I started wrestling when I was 5 years old. I used to wrestle Greco-Roman, which is upper-body only. I used to be pretty good but when I turned 7, my family moved from Toledo to Sylvania, and I quit wrestling for the time being. I was not used to the environment because Toledo was way more urban to the semi rural and close-knit community that is Sylvania. I soon …show more content…
My first two matches were at Northview vs Perrysburg and Napoleon. During my first match, I got pinned in 13 seconds, and during my second match I was tech falled 26-11. During the upcoming practices I was told that I put up a good fight against the senior from Napoleon, but then I was told both the Perrysburg and Napoleon Senior’s names and after further research I had found out that I had no chance of winning those matches. Perrysburg senior was Mario Guillen, 2016 OHSAA D1 126 lbs State Champion, and Napoleon senior, Seth Beard, 2016 OHSAA D2 126 lbs State Champion, and both committed to Division 1 college programs. Many people told me that I was bad and sucked at this sport because I would constantly place 7th-10th at Jv tournaments, but during postseason, I was offered the 126 lbs varsity position for Sectionals, where I qualified as an alternate to districts. After the season was over people still told me that I sucked and that I was only given varsity because I was the last ditch effort. They told me that I had a 0% chance of being varsity again next …show more content…
Towards the end of the preseason I dropped to 126 lbs where I still was varsity but had tougher competition during the multiple upcoming tournaments. The first tournament I had at 126 lbs, I was not the scorer and Wisam was. We wrestled many same opponents but by noon, he was out of contention for the Gold but I was still in. I beat Ian Kress 10-5, who defeated Wisam 3-2 TB. I completed my run with a 4th place plaque. I competed at PITT where I got out after the first 2 rounds because of extremely tough competition but 2 people in general. Drew Mattin, soon to be 3-time state Champion, and Bruce Hrynciw, soon to be State runner up. I did not compete at the Maumee Bay Classic because of knee pain. Many people had doubts that I would even beat Wisam for the Varsity Position, but then he dropped to 120 lbs and Ryan Morgan went up. I beat Ryan for the right to compete at the NLL tournament and then beat him again to solidify my Varsity position for the rest of the season. Many people doubted that I would beat Ryan nevertheless twice and then qualify for Districts as an Alternate again, because we had added 3 teams for the Cleveland area (which is stacked) to our Section. I got 5th and went to Districts as an Alternate. Many people still believe I still am bad and that I suck at wrestling and that I won’t even break the Varsity lineup next