“Once you’ve
wrestled, everything else in life is easier.” – Dan Gable
I
woke up to the sound of slamming doors, people talking, and the knocking of
hands on doors on this bright Friday morning. I rolled out of bed and walked to
the bathroom to get ready for the long day ahead of me. Lilly, Briaunna, and I
all walked over to the Century Link on the skywalk before our session was about
to start. We hurriedly got to our seats and sat down before anyone had the
chance to steal them.
I
wasn’t in English class today, but I was down in Omaha cheering on our O’Neill
wrestlers. I was very anxious for the second day of non-stop action of
wrestling. The team scores were updated, and we still weren’t on that
scoreboard. We all sat, watched, and cheered at the top of our lungs when one
of our wrestlers would win a match that day. Everyone got quiet, as Jason
Hahlbeck had to put back on his red ankle bands, as the match was not over yet.
They had the scoreboard wrong, so Jason had to wrestle for thirty seconds, and
he got two points winning the match for the second time. We all rose to our
feet, screamed, and hugged each other for yet another O’Neill victory.
As
we rolled into Saturday, we didn’t know if we were going to be coming home with
a state title. We were in third, and we knew it was going to be a battle to get
to number one. Pin after pin we battled to second then first by two points. By
the end of Saturday we came home with O’Neill Public High Schools first ever
state championship title.
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