Wrestling not really MY cup of tea, but

it was Alex's, and so I supported him by going to watch his meets.  However, this morning's comic really hit home with me - pun intended!   :-)

 I will say I admired Alex's dedication to not going over his wrestling weight of 135- it's no small thing for a teenage boy with hollow legs to forgo eating!

Before he even started training he was in great condition, but naturally before he could wrestle he had to have a physical from our doctor.  However when he was checked at school and found to have only 3% body fat (we can only dream, right ladies?) we had to go back to the doctor "just to make sure he was actually healthy" and get an additional release form signed.
Here we are at the final match of the season, where the seniors were formally recognized.

(In honor of the school's colors I appropriately wore the sweatshirt I decorated with a penguin block)

Despite missing much of the season because he dislocated his knee during a match early on (after training really hard - it was very discouraging for him)

Alex (in new white singlet just for seniors) did very well that night:

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And The Winner Is

Here we are at the end-of-the-year Wrestling Banquet -
our table certainly ended up with quite the collection of trophies and awards!

Aurelio, Andrew, Austen and Alex - definitely the A table!  :-)