Mesa City Championship

Skyler wrestled this year for Poston. He eats breaths and lives for this sport. He has without a doubt been the most disciplined kid ever. He had to lose or should I say wanted to lose 10lbs. He wanted to wrestle at the 103 lb weight class, he and his friend Logan are about the same weight and they did not want to wrestle each other like the last 2 years. So Skyler was cleared by the Doctor to lose the weight. He was only over weight 1 time and that was after Thanksgiving and all of 2oz. Yes I said 2 OZ's. He was so mad that that is all it took to never be over weight again. As a mom I was worried about him not eating but he was so good and eat well with good healthy foods that he never went hungry or starved himself.

This is from the Mesa Schools Spots Athletic page

This year Skyler wrestled and won all his matches but one. He had a great record. He worked really hard and wanted to do his best. Most of all he wanted to win. And win he did. On a Saturday they had a match (the first one that we missed due to Hunters 1st Bowling tournament). He ended up winning 2 and that's where he had his 1st loss. He came home and was sore but suck it up and get over it. It's the sport as we say in our house. This time it didn't seem to get any better. So on Sunday we had our Friend Larry Smith take a look at him. He had some muscle spasms and had hurt his side. He recommended he sit out for the next week and then see. Nice time to get sick he was already going to miss his match that week. He was totally bummed by that , but he knew CITY was where he wanted to be. So the next week came and he was still pretty sore so the coach made him sit out.

Thursday night came with a text from Karen about Skylar is seeded #1 for city. I replied oh the boy from Smith. Her response no" YOUR BOY". See we just had this discussion on how no one spells his name right. We all had a good laugh. Then I told Skyler and he was so excited and thrilled. That was something that we never thought of. What a honor for him.

Then comes the pressure of that #1 seeding.

Skyler had his first match and he pinned his opponent in the second period.

His second match was against a Taylor kid. He was ready for a tough match. To his or our surprise he pinned him in under 48 seconds. That was a huge relief for him and now its on to the final championship round. He is going for either 1st or 2nd. We all know what we are hoping for.

This is Austin he was wrestling and his opponent was taking him to the ground. He braced his fall with his left arm and it broke. It looked like an upside "U". He was a real sportsman and came back from the ER and watched his team take 2nd overall.

The final championship round came and all the boys came out and lined up on each side of the mat. They were introduced and each came forward and shook hand with their opponent.

This match started out strong and Skyler scored 2 point. We went into the second round and he was up. Then he locked hands and gave away a point. He goes in to the third round up by 1. He loses his balance and gets called for locking hands again. it is now tied. They both scored a point for an escape. We are now in overtime. They end up in triple overtime. The coach yelled at the ref for some bad calls and even for calling out of bounds when they were in and that would have been 2pts for Skyler. The coach was warned and knowing he had other boys to coach that night let it go. He could not be tossed out in the first match. For this final overtime, Skyler was down and and his opponent had top. If he didn't get out then he would lose. He just ran out of time and didn't break loose. So 2nd place was where he placed. Not to bad considering that match was the longest match I have ever seen. It lasted almost 25 minuets. He did his very best and that's all one could ask for. He said he is ready to take that kid on again anytime.

Once the match was over Tom directly asked that ref, how he came up with that score. Not once, not twice but three time. The ref said no, and then came the warning then "YOUR EJECTED". Yes my mild mannered husband was ejected. He then proceeded to tell him he was a horrible officiator. Out the door he went. We all just laughed and were so surprised that he got tossed. Everyone was even more surprised it was him and not ME. I knew better I wanted to watch the rest of the boys wrestle and cheer for our school. However he not only got tossed once but twice as he came back in and after a few matches the "ref" scanned the stands and pointed him out. Out he goes again. Then he came back into the lobby to watch thru the door. As the security guy came back and asked what part of ejected do you not understand. So he left for the night. As I was getting all the stuff for him and Hunter to take home, someone says don't forget his priesthood manual, he had to teach a lesson on Sunday. I stayed with Skyler and Sharon to watch the remaining matches and cheer for Poston. Once the meet was over and Poston took overall 2nd for the schools. We hitched a ride home from Karen. As we were being dropped off Karen's brother said tell Tom good luck with his lesson he had to teach also. It was going to be on agency. We just laughed and said boy did he use his free agency today.

This has been by far the best season yet. I am grateful to his sisters for their support to him. Jewel and Hunter made every match and even ones that he sat out of. They were the best cheering section he had. Sharon thanks for always going and loving this sport as much as I have come to love it. Not just because he did so well this year, but because it is a great sport with boys that are really talented and love what they do also.