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Show i BAND SCHOOL ,J ' By DR. DARYL McCARTY Wrestling may require more of a youth than any other , , sport. 1 : MANY HIGH school wrestlers fast for days to maintain : tar weight at the correct level. They endure weeks of y : ireary weightlifting, running and wrestling, wrestling, -i : urestling. Unusual is the wrestler who makes it through I 1 : aseason without some serious or painful injury. One big V I reason they do it is that someday they may win or place i high in the state wrestling tournament. f. Recently, during the state tournament, a wrestler in a , -, Hue uniform consulted the scorekeeper in a closely-con-i I ied match. They talked for more than a minute. The li aaches of both wrestlers approached the scoring table; fj . and discussed the matter. J j: HE WRESTLER wearing red knelt on the mat wait-f wait-f "E lor the match to resume, unaware of the matter ; r discussion. : The scoreboard changed several times during the dis- ): "ssion. Now it showed 5-4, in favor of the kid wearing I W. His opponent walked over to him, pointed to the : Mreboard, and asked if the score were correct. : THE YOUTH in red thought through the events of the match. k7tlal 5core's wrong," he said. He agreed that it uld be 4-3 in his opponent's favor, and told his coach. WON THE scoreboard was changed to 4-3, in favor of wrestler in blue. match ended a few seconds later, with the wrestler lue winning, 5-3. A superb wrestler, he went on to win slate championship in his weight division. ' J?E RED-Clad wrestler, asked what he was thinking spoke up for his opponent, said: "I was thinking V?"'1 waW lo steal two points from him." , e desire to be honest won out over a four-year goal of - M."'"8 3 State wrestli"8 championship. Such an atti-l" atti-l" 18 developed over many years of observing and be-j5"n be-j5"n People-parents, friends, relatives, neighbors teachers. All are part of such development. " "NGRATULATIONS to those who helped this r learn what winning is really about. |