Had a JV tournament today that Tyler wrestled in, but it didn't turn out so great...or at least as good as we would have liked. He wrestled his first match against a Penn team (they had 2-Doc Graham's son) and pinned him in 2:21. The next match came against Elkhart Memorial and Tyler's knee got twisted and immediately started to swell and discolor. I was sitting on the edge of the mat and could see it all very well. At one point, Tyler was almost in tears telling his coach it really hurt. Tyler didn't want to injury default because it would give the other team 6 points and instead tried to finish out the match. He was on bottom for the third period and down 4-6. The Elkhart Memorial kid went straight for the knee that was hurt thus making it very hard for Tyler to do anything. He lost after Elkhart rode him out. Tyler literally crawled off the mat and had to be carried to the trainer. She took a look and said there were probably no tears in the ligaments...it was more than likely a bruised tendon. She suggested ice it and no more wrestling for the day. Luckily, Doc Graham was there and came over to Tyler to check it out. Same suggestion. The coaches decided that Tyler was too important to the team and didn't want to chance any more injury since this was a JV tournament. Mishawaka JV team took first in the tournament though. Happy to report that!
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