All the way to Braidwood

The JH wrestlers had a meet at Reed Custer field house this afternoon, which is all the way in Braidwood.  It was a long way there!  

The field house is an amazing facility!!!  While we were there for the meet, baseball was practicing hitting into nets, kids were walking the track around the perimeter, cheerleaders were practicing in 2 corners, and basketball was practicing on the other side of the partition behind the wrestlers in these pictures.  And that was just one "room!"  NICE place!

Getting warmed up...

Big pep talks...these 2 teams tonight are very tough.

Caeden's first match was against a wrestler who won a tournament last weekend and is 3rd in the state in his weight class.

 It was not a win for Caeden, but he frustrated the kid by not letting him pin him!

 It was a tough meet for most all the Ridgeview kids.

 Regrouping for the meet against Reed Custer...

All of the RC wrestlers were very muscular and strong.

This match was not a win for Caeden either.

 Caeden has had a rough week with trying to keep his weight around his weight class.  As Jeremy says, he "gassed" during his second match and was just too exhausted to do what he needed to do. We're going to help him make better food choices for the rest of the season to help him have enough energy.  He is a teenage boy, so he has a high metabolism and doesn't need to worry so much about his body burning off what he eats!

Getting notes from Coach...

G'ma Sandi drove all the way up from Bloomington!  Caeden gave her a big hug and told her how much it means to him to have her there.

Although most of the wrestlers had very tough matches, and a lot of them were losses, it was a good evening, and they learned a lot by wrestling these schools!

For those kids who returned to school on the bus (because their parents didn't make the long trip up!), Jeremy had the bus driver stop at McDonald's, and he bought everyone supper.