Ethan's first match had to be against a varsity kid. The other team didn't have enough guys, so some of their guys wrestled both varsity and junior varsity. The person Ethan wrestled against was pretty brutal. He liked to push Ethan's head against the mat and was choking him for a bit. Ethan said he was locking his arms too, which is illegal, but the referee didn't call any of it. Anyway, the other kid technically was more skilled than Ethan and Ethan was spending almost all of his time on defense. But Ethan did not let the other kid pin him - which says a lot since the other kid did pin the varsity opponent from Ethan's school. Afterward, a grandma from one of the other kids on Ethan's team came over too us and told us how impressed she was with Ethan and how he never gave up. She said she comes from a wrestling family and she thinks Ethan could go really far in wrestling because of that. He just needs to learn some more of the technical aspects.
I am not sure though. I am really proud of him for trying so hard, but I think it is a sport that I will just have to get used to.
Here are some pictures of his match. He looks so small, but also grown-up in his singlet!
Rebecca, Ethan, Christian and I spent some time doing a scavenger hunt at the ISU library this weekend. It followed a Clue format where we had to find cards scattered through the library to figure out the person, place, and weapon of the murder. It was a lot of fun. It was tricky and we had to think a lot, but I think that is what made it so much fun. I think we spent 6 hours on it over the weekend, but I do think we finally solved it. And we may have even been the first ones to do that. The deadline is October 31st, at which point we will find out how we did.
Here are the rules and some example clues for it.
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