Freestyle Week #4

Update on Freestyle week #2
102 wins! Eastern Maine State Champion for weight class 171! What an accomplishment for such a dedicated kid. It couldn’t have been a more perfect day; we were all in the stands on Saturday watching Eric, my friend’s nephew, while he won all three of his matches and made his dreams come true.

We left the house on Saturday morning around 6:30 am to head towards Medomak Valley High. The meet didn’t start until 9:00 am, but the roads were a little slick and we didn’t want to take the chance on missing a thing; since his first match was going to be his 100th win. The day was full of events. Eric’s first match he pinned his opponent in 11 seconds and in his second match he pinned his opponent in under a minute. When it came to the third and final match we all had anxiety. His opponent had been running his mouth all day about how he was going to whoop him and all the stuff that young punk kids have to say in order to make themselves feel better. Since they had never wrestled we were all a little anxious and nervous; we were unsure of this kid’s ability against Eric since he had one all his matches as well.

They went through the first and second periods battling it out but Eric had the obvious advantage, but still you never count your chickens before they hatch. In the third and final period with a minute remaining Eric pinned him!!!! We all jumped up screaming and yelling….it was absolutely awesome! We were and still are so happy for him. All of his hard work finally paid off!