I spent ten years as a volunteer coach for the Kids' circuit, three while in college and seven with my son's teams. I got to know quite a few wrestlers during all of those seasons, some of them up close and personal, others because they competed against our wrestlers or my son.

As many of these wrestlers are now Juniors and Seniors, I still talk with them at tournaments and duals, wish them luck and tell them they did great after matches. It is a pretty neat deal for me and I hope that some of them think it is neat that an old fart like me still enjoys watching them compete and follows their high school careers.