High School Wrestling Career

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Sitting in the cold doctor's office after continuous knee pain, waiting for answers. Thoughts of if I could step foot back on the wrestling mat again fulling my mind. My mom and I waiting for the doctor to come out with results from the x-ray, cold and anxious. I was diagnosed with Chondromalacia patella and arthritis discontinuing my wrestling career. Little did I know, it would change my life tremendously in many ways. At that time, I didn’t let an injury hold back my potential but stepped up to a leadership role as the Moanalua High School wrestling team manager. I didn’t think not being able to wrestle would affect my friendship with my best friends. So being around the same weight, we all were each other’s wrestling partners continuously helping one another maintain our weights. But after I wasn’t able to be …show more content…
Knowing there would be alcohol and drugs involved, I denied the invitation. From that day forward, I was mistreated by the girls I once called my sisters. Their popularity grew as there were more and more rumors spread about me. Besides all that Junior year came along as I attended Waipahu high school the opportunities were endless early college, preparation for the ACT and SAT, Academy of Health and Science, and mock interviews.

Although in the beginning knowing that I don’t know anyone at Waipahu it would be a challenge to fit in but it turned out to be the total opposite I began building relationships with people who were just as academically driven as me. My true identity was unraveling in front my eyes, it taught me a lot about the person that I am. These experiences brought out the leader I am because although my friends wanted to make bad decisions I didn’t follow

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