For the first time in several years the Juab Wrestling clud decided to participate in the Spring Freestyle wrestling instead of the Bantam Folkstyle league. This made it to where the boys would have a chance to wrestle all three styles, Greco, Freestyle and Folkstyle plus the competition is tough and Cael would average about 8-9 matches in just a couple of hours. The rules are different for each style and it keeps the boys thinking while making them smarter wrestlers. There were also a few boys from our club that decided to join Champions Wrestling Club out of Mapleton. Between the two clubs they would practice Tues-Thurs and then have tournament Fri night (Greco) and then Saturday morning Freestyle/Folkstyle. Cael was nervous(of coarse) about learning the new styles especially Greco which is all upper body and throws. We went to 4 Saturday tournaments and 1 Greco during the month. During the Juab tournament Cael had a bad day and left in tears. He had stopped by the snack shack to tell me he was done and didn't want to wrestle anymore. That's when one of his friends from Champions, Josh Beisinger, that he had also wrestled that day came up and told him he would see him at practice. Cael's attitude completely changed and decided he would keep wrestling. Him and Josh have become good friends and we also had a chance to get to know his family. We really have met some amazing people through wrestling. The next weekend we went to Orem and Cael was a completely different wrestlers. He didn't get pinned once and gave all his opponent a run and ended the tournament placing 3rd and 2nd and most of all left with a smile. We had things going on the next two weekend and then the last two tourney were in Layton and Bountiful. With baseball starting we decided it would be a good time to end the season especially since Cael was feeling pretty good about it. He is becoming a great wrestler and I can't wait to see him continue to progress.
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| Cael and Josh at Orem |
