[Magdalen] Wrestling

[Jay Weigel]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:35 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was surprised to see two girls on wrestling teams--one on ours and one
> from another school. I didn't realize there was co-ed wrestling, and that
> just seems very strange to me.
>
> "Making weight" is serious business when a kid is wrestling below his
> normal weight. The boy who was wrestling at what was then Adam's normal
> weight could easily have gone up a class but didn't want to and his coach
> didn't want him to because of the competition in the conference, so Adam,
> being an underclassman, had to wrestle "down". It was miserable, he was
> always hungry, and as a result, always cranky. Cross country season was
> much better, when he could eat what he wanted and run it off, likewise
> track season.
>
>
> > On Dec 14, 2016, at 10:32 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >
>
> > I don't really know anything about the whole weight deal, except my
> daughter said something to the effect that they weren't going to get into
> the whole eating/diet/weight thing. Ryan is wiry, but he eats like a horse
> and always seems to be hungry.
>
> >
>
> >> On Dec 14, 2016, at 10:01 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 9:52 PM Charles Wohlers <
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
>
> >> wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>> Wrestling was The Big Sport where I went to college (Lehigh), and I
> saw a
>
> >>>
>
> >>> lot of matches, especially my freshman year. I found it a good sport to
>
> >>>
>
> >>> watch, especially in the lower weight classes. Those are exciting,
> with a
>
> >>>
>
> >>> lot of quick action. In the upper weight classes the contestants often
> just
>
> >>>
>
> >>> seem to push each other out of the ring and not so much happens.
>
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
>
> >>> That's my recollection, anyway.
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
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> >>>
>
> >>> Chad Wohlers
>
> >>>
>
> >>> now back in
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> >>>
>
> >>> East Bridgewater, MA USA  for a couple of days
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> >>>
>
> >>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
>
> >>> Adam wrestled in middle school, where he was really good. Then he
> wrestled
>
> >>> for a couple of years in high school and it wasn't fun at all because
> his
>
> >>> coach wouldn't let him wrestle at his normal weight and he couldn't eat
>
> >>> like he normally did. He did well, but he was miserable the whole
> season
>
> >>> and quit after the second year. Hopefully Ryan's coach doesn't do that
> to
>
> >>> him.
>
>