Lakota West Wrestling Firebird

Tucker is a freshman this year~Yikes! He is wrestling for the Lakota West Firebirds http://www.westfirebirds.com/ . We were thrilled when the high school coach moved Tucker up from the Freshman wrestling team to wrestling JV at the high school. Our freshman school is separate from the high school. Every attempt is made to integrate the freshman with the upperclassman, but it's very difficult since the schools are so far apart. So, it was a big deal when he got moved up. He missed his buddies at the freshman school, but he got some great experience wrestling this year! His record was 24-7, not bad at all!

Wrestling season is over, but Tucker did win his very first tournament this year. It was one of those moments that a parent will never forget. I've added a video of the final match as well as photos of him on the "Winner's Podium"

Link to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai7cnKJ3IZA

First Place, Deer Park Invitational 103 lb. weight class

Tucker was also selected as "Hammer of the Week" by his coaches. You can check out his picture here....

http://www.westfirebirds.com/sport.php?sport=w&page=hammers

It's been a very challenging year for Tucker. He's staying active by participating in some tournaments and by doing Free Style Wrestling at the high school. I'm not sure what he'll do this summer, but I'm sure a wrestling camp will be on the agenda!