The Winter Sports Season

I was so excited when football season was over!  Because that meant that I did not have to spend my evenings driving to and from the Middle School, High School, and home.  I did like going to the games and I am extremely proud of Tyler.  He is becoming a great athlete.  He has become more and more focused on school and even earned a 3.8 on his first quarter report card. But, I silently gave a cheer when the last game of the season was played and equipment was turned in!  Tyler had no intentions of competing in a winter sport.  His goal was to prep for Spring Track and learn how to throw the Javelin.  Until one day he came home and informed me that he needed 85 dollars, wrestling shoes, and a head something or other.  And, he needed it the next day!  REALLY TYLER????  As it turns out he just wanted to use wrestling as a fitness regime. He wanted to wrestle to keep in shape.  But, I was not going to fork out all that money to encourage his physic.  (Secretly I was hoping he would think about thing and choose not to wrestle for ANY reason) The next day, two weeks into the season, Tyler was competing in his first match.

Tyler in the Red

I forgot to mention that in his two week hiatus from sport he was driving me, his brothers, and his dad CRAZY!  At one point I even thought to myself, "I wish you could spend two hours on the football field just so you can burn off some of energy."

Cleaning up blood.

He lost his first match due to the fact that he got a bloody nose.  Not just any ole bloody nose, this was a fountain of blood and he was disqualified.  He says he is glad he got disqualified because it is better than loosing.

We are now a few more weeks into the season and Tyler is enjoying the wrestling season.  He has lost many matches and that just encourages him to work harder and practice longer.  But, I am happy to report that he did win one match!  He called me minutes after to report the good news.  He sounded as if he had just won the State Championship wrestling title.

As for me, because this blog is really all about me after all, I'm back in the swing of things....either waiting in town for wrestling to be over or driving back and forth to pick up my boy.  I still am not a huge fan of the sport.  I actually do not enjoy it one bit.  But, it is perfect for my 15 year old.  He has returned to being a great son and brother because he has an outlet for his energy.  He is focused on his grades because his coach encourages academics.  Most importantly he is learning how to be a team player, an individual athlete, a good sport when he looses and all those other life long skills that Jessica keeps telling me wrestling teaches.