Short Story It was November 12th and I was at Eagle Grove for my first wrestling tournament of the season. It was the first time wrestling in competition of the year, I was insanely excited and a little nervous. I was warming up and stretching, waiting for my bracket to be put on the wall. Then it happened, I saw my bracket and there was only three people in it. Me and two other people that I wanted to beat. One was from Team Valley which is in Clarion and the other was from Viking Wrestling Club, I don’t know where that is. So, I started to warm up and wait for my bracket to be called up to the head table. I waited there warming up and stretching, I could hardly wait. Then, my bracket got called, I ran to the front desk and they called…show more content… We went into the center of the mat, and then referee started the match. He went in on a shot and took me down. He tried to do a cradle on me, but I reversed it and I was on top. I tried doing tilts and other things that would get me points, I only got two. The period ended and he got to choose what position we went in. He picked down and the ref started the period. I wore him down and did more tilts, which were all unsuccessful, and ended up pinning him in the end of the second period. The ref ended the match and told us to shake hands and he raised my hand. I officially won the…show more content… I ran to the middle of the mat and so did the other kid. The ref started the match and we hand fought for a little bit. After that, he went in for a shot, it was a low single, and he got in. I went for his ankle so I had a better position. We went out of bounds before anything happened. We ran back to the middle and the ref started the match again. He went for the same shot as before and I went for his ankle again. I ended up getting two points for a takedown. Then, the ref stopped the match because the first period was over. I got the first choice for the second period. I picked down, and the ref started the second period. I felt the other guy move his leg up so I did a switch. I went around him and got two points for a reversal. I tried doing tilts, but none of them worked out. I broke him down a couple times and almost pinned him. I got a couple back points off of that. Then, before I knew it, the second period was over. It was his choice for the second period, he picked neutral. I knew he was going to do the same shot, and he did. He got to my leg again and I did the same thing as all the other times. I elevated his leg and he went to his back. He tried turning over, but my leg caught his arm. He was stuck. I pinned him in the middle of the third period. We both got up, shook hands, and the ref raised my hand. I won the first
