This has been a rollercoaster of a season. Ben's stitches meant that he was out for a couple of weeks. He got a chin cup headgear and has been back at it, but has taken a bunch of forfeits.
Since I last blogged we had 2 big girls tournaments, Girls Gut Check and Kelso and a big boys tournament called Gut Check (The boys also had NW Duals, where Ben didn't wrestle due to the stitches). We also had the Woodinville Girls Wrecking Ball Tournament. (You can see why I haven't had time to blog obviously.)
Summary. For Sarah, Gut Check was barfing in a trash can during both her matches and a medical forfeit. Ugh. Trying to figure out what's happening here. We've made two med adjustments. Kelso was better. She went 2 and 2--and ALMOST had that 3rd win. Very happy she made it to day 2.
Then this week the barfing started again. She only wrestled one match at our dual on Wed due to barfing (and didn't win). But she got a good win on Monday (37 second pin) (and took a forfeit.)
Yesterday in Woodinville, we tried out dramamine and she was able to wrestle--sort of. She still felt nausea and was slow/tired. (They only have "less drowsy" dramamine.) I can't even. So we're working on connecting with her doctor again ASAP and seeing what else we can do. We are battling opponents on and off the mat!
For Ben: He went 2 and 2 at Gut Check (super proud of that!), took a forfeit for Edmonds Woodway match and for the Shorecrest match. He then also won an exhibition against a Shorecrest 113.
We have 3 weeks left until districts. I am exhausted. Deeply. But, also excited to try to wrap this season up strong. With less vomiting. Ugh.
We had a great turnout for the SW v. SC match. It was a "Blackout" night--where you wear black. People really got into it! I've put a lot of energy into making matches fun this year as a way to *hopefully* get more girls to turn out next year. We'll see.
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| Kelso weigh in on day 1. Before we knew that one of these kids was going to fail skin checks. We haven't successfully had the whole team wrestle at a single event yet. |
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| Kelso in in a SUPER hot cafeteria. |
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| This match was SO close. She almost had it. |
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| Rhinos at Kelso. 3 of them won championships. Maybe next year? Haha. Look at those huge brackets. We were super proud of Finley, the first ever SW Kelso champ. |
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| Ben getting a FF at Edway |
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| Love this pic of Ben pinning the SC kid. |
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| Winning the SPARTAN CUP! |
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| Sarah with a Woodinville win! |
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| I think also at Woodinville |
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| And a bloody nose too! |
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| Libby also got to take a FF for her team this week, and wrestle in a tough tournament where she went 1-2. Then she coached her littles at a club tournament today. |
