Wrestling season is here!

And I don't have just 1 wrestler this year, I have 2!

He-man lost about 30 to 35 lbs from last year, so he is now wrestling the 215s. It's a good thing. The heavyweights are anywhere from 216 and beyond!! He's about 208 right now, I think.

Then, I have my George Porge. He's at 135. That's what his daddy wrestled too. Sometimes he would have to wrestle 145 if they needed someone in that division. George is just new to the sport, so there is still a lot of things he has to learn, but the boy pinned 3 people at yesterday's scrimmage tournament!

One thing I never had to experience with He-man is him wrestling a girl. Not a whole lot of 230 pound girls who wrestle. 135 is another story. He-man was done after 2 matches yesterday, and George still had people going in his division. I wanted him to get a little bit of experience, so I told him to go one more time. I cringed when he came back and said he was wrestling a girl. Not only was she up a weight class, but she had wrestled before.

I have to say, I got nervous and thought, man, why did I make him stay. I even thought about leaving. He didn't seem to have a problem with it, so I just hoped for the best.

The girl was good. She knew a bit more than him and outweighed him, but he was stronger. He had her close to being pinned a couple times, and today he said, MAN, it was like she could bench press me! She would just throw me off! He had her with points, 8-0, but late in the 3rd period, he finally pinned her.

I don't have a problem with girls wrestling, but I just wish it was girls wrestling girls. I can't imagine what it does to a boy if they get beaten by a girl. I really second guessed myself for making him stay when he walked back and said he was wrestling her. I thought, man, if she beats him, he will never go back!!

I honestly think that it made him more determined. The thing that put him over the top, his brother and a couple fellow wrestlers came into the gym. They were hollering out to him which direction to go. They said, go to the side....go to the side. He squeezed tighter, looked up at them and hollered back..... WHICH SIDE?!

Mr. George, who wants six pack abs was very proud of his top 2 ab muscles today that were bulging out :) There is an upside to wrestling! I might have to take it up myself!