This is my son's first year of wrestling. This is also his first experience in an individual sport. In football, his team in the last two years has only lost 4 times, with two of those being in tournament play. He had a hard time at his first lost this year at the Topeka Tournament. But he also got up and shook the winner's hand and the coach's hand then went off and cried and even got sick. I was real disappointed in him for doing that, but after this weekend and seeing what some of these kids do, I think my son's behavior is normal. He has told me that when he loses he feels like he lets his coach down and he won't want to coach him anymore. I think many kids feel that way and that is what the emotion is about.

Thanks for a great tournament this weekend. I was real impressed with how well the tournament was ran. Congratulations to all the wrestlers for just being there and giving it your all.