I am Andre's Dad. Anyone who is a Dad is lucky. I am deeply wounded by his death and appreciate all of your comments about my son. While I was not always a patient father, I tried my best. I was lucky to have had him as long as I did. He has a great Mom, and six other brothers and sisters who loved him. We argued, laughed and lived life together as families do. He loved wrestling and football. He loved football slightly more, but I think we could have worked that out of him with enough time! I often saw him hug his opponents after he beat them, because he didn't want to hurt their feelings. We teased him about it, but it was good.
I placed in wrestled for Bishop Carroll in high school and love the sport. I have 4 sons who wrestle for Halstead, and one who wrestles for the high school. Luke wrestled at 135 this year as a junior and broke his arm at the Halstead Invitational a couple weeks ago.
I want to thank our coaches, especially John Werner and Matt Bean.
As you might guess, I could go on at further length. I appreciate you reading this.