Junior Wrestling Research Paper

Growing up most kids participate in basketball, football, and baseball. But growing up with a father who was a wrestler, I chose to wrestle. My dad got me started in wrestling when I was about three years old; I instantly loved it. I fell in love with the sport and by the time I was in high school, wrestling was about the only sport I participated in. My freshman and sophomore years were a bit rough, as I wasn’t big enough to field the lightest weight class. By the time I was a junior I was big enough to strap on a varsity singlet. As most wrestlers do, I cut an insane amount of weight. I started the season weighing around 130 pounds and wrestled in the 106 pound weight class. I struggled to keep my weight down and even missed a meet because I was overweight. …show more content…
I spent countless hours in a sauna with a plastic suit, ran so many miles on my treadmill, not even to mention all the hours we spend in practice. At the end of the year I got second place at my district and qualified for the state tournament. I went into the state tournament not expecting to place, but had dreamed of placing at this tournament since I started wrestling. I lost my first match, then wrestled back and strung together two consecutive wins to place 8th. Although, I wasn’t a state champ, I accomplished one of my lifetime goals. After all the hard work, and everything I finally was able to call myself a state placewinner. My name is now hung in my high school’s wrestling room and will be there forever. Placing at state took a whole lot of effort, but looking back it was all worth