Ofallon Tournament Dec 12 2009

So this last Saturday, the boys went to the ofallon beginners tournament. This was much smaller, about half as many kids as the last tournament. It was kind of bad, since there were less boys, they had to wrestle kids a little bit bigger than they were. This kid had a 7 pound advantage over Britton, and was much taller. You can see they are the same height here, and look how bent over the boy is! Britton wasnt sure what to think.

This boy was kind of hard for him to handle, but he quickly found out Britton was too!! Britton doing the "barbed wire" to get him over to his back. Britton won by points, 8-4

Jalan's first round he had no problem with his boy. He had pinned this kid in the first period in the last tournament. They werent calling pins in the first round, and Jalan had him pinned in a few seconds. Since they didnt call it, he let him up, and did it again, and again and again.

and again..

This was the score at the end of the 3rd quarter....technical fall.

Britton had to wrestle a girl his second round. All the boys were giving him a hard time. We had watched her wrestle and knew she was tough! She was undefeated, like Britton. Britton took right to working her over.

She was a cute little girl with red hair and a ponytail! Britton beat her! She was pretty tough to beat, but he did beat her 11-6.

Jalan had to wrestle his teammate this round, Chip. They neither really knew what to do, it was serious, but kind of playing around. But, Jalan did beat him by points 7-4.

Britton's last round was a boy he pinned in the last tournament. He was pretty confident about it. He went in and kicked butt.

Britton worked this kid over and beat him. He wanted to get the cradle on him so bad, he spent the whole time trying to get him in it! He didnt get the pin, but beat him pretty bad. And the winner is...Britton!

Our little champ!! now his record is 6-0!! great job!

Jalan's last match was with this kid who was much bigger than he was. He was about 10 lbs heavier and about 6 inches taller. They usually try to keep the kids in a similar weight bracket, but there were only 2 boys in jalans range. So, rather than having the 2 boys just keep wrestling each other over and over, they added them to a bracket with boys much bigger than them. It was good experience for him to do this. Jalan did hold his own with this kid, and fought really hard! Jalan had him on his back some, and was pretty tough.

The boy did get the better of jalan, and ended up pinning him in the 3rd period. Jalan was just worn out physically and mentally after 3 long periods of fighting this boy! We were still really proud of him how hard he fought and how good he did do. 2nd place was a great job!! Better than the easy first place he could have gotten if they didnt switch it up.

Jalan doing the trademark wrestler pose with his second place medal!! Our awesome wrestling brothers! I LOVE this picture!

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