Mar 252009

These 4 videos are one wrestling match from March 14th.
He has placed second in both tournaments he has participated in this year.

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Mar 232009
Wrestling Season is Upon Us Once More

Let the chaos ensue! Youth wrestling tournaments have got to be the most chaotic sporting events ever. Take 300 + or – kids and there parents, siblings, and other fans, pack them all into a high school gym and have 6 matches going at once. RIDICULOUS! So ridiculous in fact that I [...]

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Apr 102008
Wrestling State Championships

Skylar’s last tournament of the season was this past weekend. The Vermont Youth Wrestling State Championships. Usually the tournaments bring in about 300 kids, from age Kindergarten to 6th grade. This particular tournament brought in about 600 youth. Luckily the school had not one, but two gyms! Our gym, was [...]

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Mar 152008
Youth Wrestling 3-15

Another long Saturday. This is a picture where he happened to look up at me. He won this particular match. He placed second again. For his second ever tournament, I’d say he’s doing quite well! This medal wasn’t quite as well received. He truly expected to place first and [...]

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Mar 092008
Unschooling Wrestling?

As promised, photos from the wrestling tournament!
My younger brother wrestled in high school, and my youngest brother is wrestling in school now. I suppose its only natural that Skylar decided to give it a go too. In my town they start in 3rd grade, so Skylar is the youngest and the smallest on [...]

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