Wrestling

We are officially done with our wrestling season. We ended the season last weekend in Des Moines with Jasper participating in Corn Cob Nationals. They were held at the Jacobsen Center at the Iowa Sate Fair Grounds. There over 700 wrestlers there from young to 19 years or older. Ben could have wrestled too! Jasper only had a three man bracket in the 75 pound weight group. He placed third and was excited to be getting a medal. First place got a golden corn cob that weighed three pounds and everyone else up to sixth place got medals.

Not many teammates were able to go to the tournament as it can be costly for some. The state tournament was this weekend in Des Moines for those who qualified. Five older boys are were there this weekend. A teammate Jasper's age went to nationals along with three high school wrestlers. Two of them were the one's that qualified and placed seventh at the High School State Tournament. Jasper was pretty excited to have their support down on the mat.

We didn't let Mason wrestle as we didn't really know what to expect since we had never been there before. He really likes wrestling and is excited for next year already.

We also made singlets for both of them for the occassion.

While we were in the area, we wanted to stop and see Grandma and Grandpa Peterson and show them our medal! We had a late breakfast, played a few games, and let them watch some wrestling videos and look at pictures from the season. We didn't want to leave too late in the day as we wanted to get home and get things ready for the week. It was good to see them again!

It was a busy, but fun weekend! I'm sure we will do that again next year!