2016 Lacrosse

This spring Kurt played Lacrosse.  This is a fun game to watch with action all the time.  Kurt is #77.

He opt'ed to play recreational league only, but received a pleasant surprise when his coach stopped by to ask if he would like to join the select team.  Big honor for his coach to appreciate his effort and extend the invite.  Kurt joined the team and held his own.  Below is video of him playing on the select team.

2016 Luke's Baseball season

Playing catch-up posting here about the boys.

Luke played baseball again this summer.  Here is some video of him batting and playing catcher.

He also made an all-star team and played some tournament baseball.  Below is video from his all-star games. 

2016 First Freestyle and Greco Roman Wrestling tournament

USA wrestling hosted a Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling tournament today.  Kurt has been wanting to try freestyle, so we made the 2 1/2 hour trip to Delta High School.

Kurt was entered in only the Freestyle tournament.  His freestyle coach encouraged him to enter the Greco Roman tournament too to get more mat time.  So, with 5 minutes of instruction on rules and some technique, Kurt was all set to tackle Olympic style of wrestling.  You have to love his character, trying two new styles of wrestling that he barely practices, had fun doing it, and never lost his smile.

Kurt did not win a match today, but he had fun trying something new.  He wrestled 4 matches in one hour, and then we were on our way home.  Luke sat this one out.

On the way home, we stopped by Ford Street in Perrysburg on the Maumee river to check out the world famous walleye run.  We saw lots of fishermen with limits of walleye, and Kurt was mad that we did not bring a fishing pole. 

Next stop was Fort Meigs in Perrysburg to take in a history lesson that dovetailed with Kurt's class work.  This was the first time I had walked through the fort and took in the history of this fort and its significance of the War of 1812.

Totally could not have asked for a better day.  Tomorrow, Kurt has a double header in lacrosse, so look for another post soon. 

Here is video from today. 

Kurt and Luke Wrestling at my almamater

Kurt and Luke wrestled in the Shadyside Pee Wee Wrestling tournament this weekend.  Lots of familiar faces where it all started for me many years ago.  Luke took 2nd; Kurt took 1st.

Luke's Matches 

Kurt's Matches

2016 League Championship

Kurt and Luke wrestled in the Russ Hellickson League Championship.  Both wrestled really well and brought home top honors.  They are building strong bonds with their teammates and many of their teammates had similar success. 

Luke's matches 

Kurt's Matches

2016-01-31 Little Braves wrestling at Marysville - League Meet #4

Kurt and Luke both wrestled good matches this weekend at our last regular league meet #4 at Marysville.

Luke's Matches

Luke is a step ahead of competition at his age and weight, and he would benefit from more competitive matches.  Luke is executing some new skills riding with legs and turning with tilts.   He also ducked under a couple of head and arm attacks which is spectacular.  Luke also makes his opponent earn every point, and this is very important.

Kurt's Matches

Kurt had really competitive matches again this weekend.  You can tell from teh length of his videos.  Kurt is learning the details necessary to win close matches by scoring at the end of a period and doing mat returns instead of letting his opponent have easy points.  These lessons will pay dividends in tight matches down the road.

2016-01-24 Wrestling at Olentangy Braves

Olentangy Braves hosted the league meet this weekend at our high school.  Both Kurt and Luke wrestled competitive matches.  Luke won the two matches that he wrestled and Kurt went 2-1. 

Luke's matches 

Kurt's matches