Wrestling

Tyler had a good season in wrestling this year. He really improved over his record last year (13 wins, 17 losses), ending this season with 24 wins and 9 losses. He wrestled the entire season at 130 lbs and he placed in every tournament the Wendell wrestling team went to. He took 4th at the Bear-Cat (Twin Falls), 4th at Buhl Invitational, 1st at Magic Valley Classic (Wendell), 3rd at Challis tournament, 4th at Parma tournament and 2nd at districts (Gooding). Tyler qualified (the top 3 wrestlers qualified in each weight class) and went to the state wrestling tournament. He pinned the first wrestler, then lost, then won, then lost and was out of tournament, 1 match shy of the medal matches. Our family stayed and watched Derek Gines (took 4th) & Alan Benson (took 6th) wrestle on Saturday. At the wrestling banquet last night, Tyler was honored as the "Most Inspirational" wrestler, along with Derek Gines. Tyler is now planning on continuing with wrestling and learning some free-style wrestling. He is hoping this will help with take downs and make him a better wrestler during his senior year.