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So my Sophomore brother at 138 has been on an absolute tear lately and I am real excited about that. He pinned a real tough kid from Washington in the finals at Sectionals yesterday (if the kid would have gotten off his back, he would have ended up with a 21-6 tech fall), so he is on to districts and it is looking as if it should be him and the Washington kid will be the ones to advance to state.
Things are pretty dang dramatic for the Senior brother at 132 pounds. The #2 ranked kid from 126 (and runner-up from last season) unexpectedly bumped up to 132 in the other Sectional we face. Not sure why he did this, but if he would have stayed at 126, he would have had Brock Rathbun...the 2 time state champ that my Sophomore brother had that crazy semifinal match with at state last year (I posted the youtube vid to that match a few months ago...the commentary from Gable and Ironside made that match very entertaining as well as the match itself). I mean, so if he would have lost to Rathbun, at least he would have been on the opposite side of the bracket as him at state.
Anyways... My brother is ranked #3 at 132. He beat the #8 ranked kid from Washington (a kid who placed 8th last year and the year before) 6-4 in OT yesterday... He has ALWAYS struggled with that kid. The kid has such strong hips and uses them well. He has a deadly neck wrench-trip. He is the type of kid that you can be up 14-0 against with 20 seconds left and still feel uneasy. Anyways, that kid will have the #2 ranked 126 lb guy first round at districts... A good kid will not qualify at that weight...and I hope that's not my brother.
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