Gage's First Win

So there are many mile stones in a child life that are important, first tooth, first steps, first words, and so on. In our family a first wrestling win ranks right up there with first day of school. We wrestled at state this past weekend and all of the boys did their very best. Most of the kids are grouped into brackets by age and weight but Gage is in a special category called Peewees which is made up of 4 & 5 year olds. They pair these guys into groups of 4 by weight and they all wrestle each other once which gives them 3 matches. The Peewee group is probably the cutest, funniest, wrestling you will ever see. Gage's winning match started with a handshake as usual and the referee blew the whistle and Gage grabbed the other boy's leg and took him down, put in the 'half,' and rolled the kid to his back... he held on as tight as he could while the other boy wiggled and wiggled trying to get free... he then took a quick look at us to make sure we were watching all of the action... and then it was back to work... it seemed like an eternity to me as mom and I am sure it did to Gage but finally the ref slapped the mat giving Gager the pin! Gage jumped up to his feet and giggled profusely as he realized that he had just won his very first match. We were tickled! After all of this action we looked at the clock and saw that Gage's very first winning match lasted all of 16 seconds. Gage spent the rest of the day stopping everyone he came into contact with and letting them know that he had won a match. So technically since Gage lost 2 and won 1 in a group of 4 he takes the title of 3rd in state! No matter the outcome of the tournament the most important thing to us was the smile on Gage's face. We are so proud of you. Go Gager!