Owen began wrestling and today was his first match. He wrestled in the Edgewood First/Second Year Wrestling Tournament.
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He weighed-in at a whopping 37 lbs. He was the lightest kid in his bracket.
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He carbo-loaded before he wrestled on his favorite food from Taco Bell.
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Rory also did some carbo=loading of her own.
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Here's Owen at the start of his first match...
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He got the hang of it pretty quickly...
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Owen's first takedown. He won his first match 14-2.
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Here's Owen taking down his second opponent...
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He almost pinned him. He won 15-7.
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He wrestled in a 16 wrestler bracket and he made the finals! He wrestled his friend and teammate Colton for the championship. Ox wrestled hard, but he came up a bit short. He wrestled so hard he lost his shoe a couple of times!
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Here's Colton & Owen showing off their medals. The future looks bright for Talawanda Wrestling!
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Owen had a great cheering section!
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Coach dad was quite proud of his little guy.