Wrestling in Summer Games

Josh got the opportunity to wrestle in the summer games this year. He wrestled freestyle the first day, but didn't have anyone in his weight divison, so they let him wrestle the weight class above. In that category there were two guys that he got to wrestle. He ended up losing all of his matches, but he still got the bronze and gold that day. The bronze for coming in third and the gold for being the only one in his weight class. He wrestled a guy who was the coach at Brighton and a kid from Enterprise. The next day, he wrestled folkstyle which is the style they wrestle in highschool. There was another kid in his weight class who signed up that day so they wrestled best of three. Josh lost, but put up a really good fight. The kid he wrestled this time was from Cedar and was a Canyon View kid who was coached by a guy in our ward. He got a silver that day. I am so proud of him having the courage to wrestle after eleven years. I wish I had gotten pictures of his bruises, because he looked like he had been beat up, which he kind of did. He had a black eye and bruises under his arms and bruises on his legs.

The kid from Enterprise

The kid from Enterprise again.

Brielle giving Josh a congratulatory hug.

Brielle and Josh sitting on the mats

Brielle getting in on the action

Josh and the kid from Enterprise again

Josh just after one of his matches, (wanting water)

Josh receiving his silver award.

We had such a good experience with him doing these events and hope that we can do it again next year. Josh made some good friends, and we had a good time visiting with Virginia and my parents.