Regionals

Well, this weekend was a rough one. It was regionals so only Garrett wrestled. He had very high hopes. He worked very hard to drop 5 lbs to get in the bracket he wanted.

His 1st match-He has wrestled this boy twice before and has pinned him both times, Apparently this boy had learned his mistakes with Garrett and how to counter him. Garrett lost 2-5

His 2nd match- Here they go by birth years which is a disadvantage to Garrett. He is 11 and in the 5th grade. This boy was in the 7th grade. He was a very good wrestler. The other boy pinned his other matches but Garrett held his own and lost 0-4.


His 3rd match was his hardest- It was a 7th grade girl. Why parents allow their daughters to wrestle young men is beyond my understanding!?!?! (Especially at this age.) We strongly believe this kind of physical contact is wrong. Garrett agrees that God would not approve if he wrestled her. At first it was very rough on him. He lost his first match and knew he had to forfeit this one. So he knew there was no way he was going to state this year. I did not post a picture of her because she was not even dress modestly and was quite embarrassed to even look at her.

After all was done, he knew he glorified God in his decision and that mattered more than going to state. He saw that being a good, consistent, testimony was more important than being a good wrestler. After-all that is why we are here!