[Magdalen] Wrestling

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, Jim, Ryan is a most determined kid. You may remember that he weighed 1-1/2 lbs. at birth and is legally blind and has mild cerebral palsy. Also extremely bright!
He's thrilled to have found a sport he likes, and one of the varsity players made a point of telling my daughter a couple of weeks ago how hard Ryan works during practice.
Last week, after I heard that he had lost all three matches, I asked if he was getting discouraged, my daughter said no--that, in fact, when he got home that night, he asked his dad if he could try a couple of moves (half of their garage is now occupied by a wrestling mat.). Apparently he took his dad down immediately!
At a meet last week he finally won a match, and Michelle said the whole place exploded in cheers!

> On Dec 15, 2016, at 1:57 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> He lost three out of three?  That sucks.  If he stays with it, my hat is
> off to the young man. I hope he does.
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> 
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Well, I have constant neck pain, and just watching wrestling is painful; I
>> keep imagining what those holds feel like! I told my daughter I'm going to
>> have to take ibuprofen before I go again! Ryan lost all three of his
>> matches this evening.
>> 
>>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 8:24 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I had 3 sons who wrestled in high school.  After a while I learned to
>>> appreciate the contests.  My kids were really small in high school.  Son,
>>> John wrestled 98 lbs as a sophomore.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ryan has decided wrestling is going to be his sport...  I'm at a match
>>>> right now. It's really boring, and just watching makes my neck hurt!
>> He's
>>>> gone twice and has one more time--then I can go home!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
>>> Western Michigan
>>