Cade's First Year of Wrestling

Anyone who knows Lucas very well, knows that his passion in life is wrestling.  He has spent much of his time since he was a young boy on a wrestling mat.  From the minute we found out the baby I was carrying was a boy, I've imagined what it would be like for my husband to watch his son wrestle.  Now that Cade is five years old, he's ready.

Cade's first wrestling practice was Nov 1st.  He's now been wrestling a little over a month with the Matrix Grappling Club of Mustang.  Lucas wanted to wrestle with Matrix because he knew a couple of the coaches and because Bodie planned to put Carter and Grady in wrestling there.  Lucas signed up to coach the boys too.

Cade's first tournament was an Open Tournament in Newcastle on Nov. 12th.  He'd been wrestling all of 12 days (4 practices).  His first match wasn't much of a match.  The kid he wrestled had clearly done this before.  His second match was more exciting.  He didn't win, but he did well enough to learn something and get some experience under his belt.  I must say even though he didn't win, I was proud of him beyond belief.  He went out there fought and worked hard.



Our next tournament was a week later in Tuttle at the Battle for the Buckle. He didn't do as well in this tournament, but he did learn some more and got some more experience.

We skipped the next weekend because it was Thanksgiving and the only tournament around was an Open Tournament (we'd decided we wanted to do more Novice).

Last weekend we went to Midwest City for the Lil Bomber Tournament.  Cade got his first win!!  In his first match he pinned his opponent in the third period.  When you watch the video you'll hear the excitement in my voice.  It was so thrilling to see my kid get a victory that he worked so hard for and deserved!  You must watch the video below all the way to the very end.  Watching Lucas' and Cade's reactions and watching them hug and soak in the victory is a moment I was always be grateful to have recorded.



Here is a video of Carter's very first wrestling match.



Here is a video of one of Grady's matches from the same tournament.



Yesterday Cade wrestled in Del City's Novice Tournament.  He did well in his first match.  I actually thought he won the match.  However, as you'll see on the video, the girls at the table did a poor job of notifying the ref that time had expired.  Cade pinned the opponent, but it didn't count because time expired.  :(