Showing posts with label wrestling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wrestling. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The wounds of a warrior


So like Edward Norton in Fight Club, I got punched in the ear.

My right ear is hard as a rock from all of the wrestling I have done in my life but my left ear has been left, mostly unharmed, until now.

This is what my ear looked like this morning.


Notice the huge bubble inside my ear.  My headphones couldn't even fit in my ear.

So I went to my family and team Doctor, Dr. Tom Lyons, this afternoon and he shot it full of pain killer, and it looked like this.
Then he sliced my ear, squeezed and sucked all the blood out, and stitched a piece of cotton in the front to a piece of cotton in the back.  It hurt like a mother scratcher!  And now it looks like this.

To all my wrestlers out there!  Cauliflower ear is not fun, is hurts like a Bees-natch!

But yeah, I know, it still kind of looks tough.  It's like a trophy among wrestlers and fighters. 

The problem is, I've got a hot wife and she don't really dig ears that look like a dog's chew toy.

What do you think?  Is Cauliflower ear cool, nasty, tough, or just gross?  What are you thoughts?

And now a week later, it looks like this.

Not 100% back to normal but it looks a whole lot better.

Monday, February 18, 2008

State Champion

We had One State Champion, two guys get third, and one fourth.

Overall, it was a great week.  The finals were amazing!

Adam Perrin our 103 pounder finished his year off 32-0, undefeated!  He is the little Big Man!





Saturday, February 16, 2008

Second and Third round action from state







Things got crazy yesterday.


We had some really tough match ups.

Brooks (152) and Walt (160) had the #1 guys in state.  They both lost really close matches but then came back in the wrestle backs and won two more, so this afternoon they will be wrestling for third.

To tell you how tough the 152 lb. bracket is, the kid who got second last year isn't even placing this year.  It is stacked!

Our little Big Man, 103 lb. Adam Perrin had the best match of the day.  He was down 7-2 and battled back to win the match in the last seconds 10-9.  It was amazing.  Adam will be wrestling tonight on television in the finals.

Garrett (215) lost a close match against the #1 guy and then won in his wrestle back so He is also going for third.

The finals will be on T.V. tonight so look for me at the 103 lb. weight class. I will be in a black suit and probably screaming like a wild man!

Thursday, February 14, 2008

The first round...





The first day and the first round of 3a competition is over.  Overall, my guys wrestled great we went 5 for 5, all advancing to tomorrows second round.  If we were to do the same thing tomorrow we would all be guaranteed place winners.  Here are some pictures of today's action.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

So what's the big deal about state?

This is the #1 high school event in the nation. This pic is from 2a.
3a starts tomorrow morning and this place will be packed! I love this
stuff!

Sunday, February 10, 2008

District Wrestling yesterday...



Yesterday was an exciting day!


I had 5 wrestlers qualify for the state wrestling tournament and two others come really close.

Our team is now ranked fourth in the state and moves on to Dual Team state as well.

Here are a few action shots of my boy's.

I will be in Des Moines Wed. through Sunday.

Thursday, December 27, 2007

God in a headlock

Jacob put God in a headlock.  


God played along.  

God was tired of all the talk.  

God decided to put hands on Jacob.

Jacob wanted a new life.

Jacob was tired of all the talk.

Jacob decided to put hands on God.

No angelic chorus, No blinding light from heaven.

When God wanted to get man's attention and Man wanted to get God's blessing, they fought for it.

It wasn't pretty.  It wasn't a cute little prayer.  It was God and Man in a cage, to the tapout.

My favorite part of this story is how God played along.  I believe that God loves to teach us "hands on."  Sure he could of choked Jacob out in less than a second, but He chose to wrestle.  If I was God I probably would have delivered a swift punch to the throat and ended the discussion, But God chose to wrestle.

This Blog is going to be about wrestling with God...

                              ...Finding God's blessing's in life, love, and leadership.

I hope this helps.  I hope you can wrestle.