12/14/22 Connally Dual?

     Wrestling is trying to be like basketball with all these mid-week meets, and I just feel wrestlers, much like football players take too much of a beating to do their thing twice a week.  Again, Mijo is choosing to sit this meet out, this time he has a bruised wrist and his right knee, which is not the one he injured during football season, but he is still not feeling 100%.  Luckily, his friend is more than up to the task to handle the heavyweight role.

    Connally also uses the Cougar as their mascot, so it was battle of the Cougars, on a Wednesday night.  They were deceptive, I thought, as they came out in shorts and a T-shirt as their wrestling gear.  I don't know if this is intentional to appear less than, or maybe they only wear their singlets on the weekend in tournaments but seeing them in gear that wasn't a singlet made me think of rookies and inexperienced wrestlers, but then again, a lot of those kids were decent and took the majority of wins.  It was a frustrating night, I thought.

    Still, we did manage to win the battles I thought we would win, the ones where we have experience.  The new kid from Akins got his win, the new little brother of Mijo's close friend also took a hard-fought win (this kid is a freshman but fights like a pitbull, with experience, he will be very good).  We also took the heavyweight win, but looking at their big boy, it was easy to see he was new or a lower classman, still Mijo's replacement handled him for a pin in about a minute.

    The beauty of a dual is that they are over in about an hour, so it might have started around 7:00pm, we were on our way back to Crockett by 8:00pm.  We then picked up the usual gang and went to eat some Mexican food, which was what they voted for.  I love all the celebrating and camaraderie, but we didn't get home until after 11:00pm.

     The season is moving fast, for sure.  I hate that Mijo keeps missing wrestling opportunities, last Saturday was a dud, he just was not feeling well, with his injured wrist and a slight cold.  We are about halfway through the season, so I am hoping Mijo drops the nagging little injuries and starts digging in.  Going against the big beasts is no easy task, he is usually the smaller fighter, but that doesn't slow him down when he is in his normal health.