Triacoff

David and Dad R. decided to go and support Tyler for the day at Calumet High School for the Triacoff Invitational. That one is always rough and is sure to bring LOTS of ranked wrestlers for competition. Tyler did good...he got a bit beat up and burned out by the last two matches but the two that we missed Tyler did very well. The first match Tyler sat out for his back up to wrestle. The next match was against Westfield in which he pinned his opponent. The next match was against Franklin. David said this wrestler was a much better competition and Tyler won a very good match against him 9-4. We arrived at the Triacoff when Mishawaka was going against Portage. I saw Tyler and noticed he had definitely been wrestling that day with the scratches and bumps and bruises he had on his face. Tyler was solid through the first two periods against his Portage opponent but ended up losing in the last few seconds 5-8. The last match was against Crown Point...the 2009 Team State Champs and Mishawaka put a hurtin on them. Unfortunately, Tyler had Eric Roach, a name we are familiar with. Tyler was already disappointed from losing the prior match which he should have won, so I knew he was not mentally focused on this match against Roach. I know from previous experience watching his matches, that Roach is very aggressive and he went after Tyler with a vengeance. Much to our dismay Roach may have done some damage at this point and will probably be making a trip to the doctor very soon. Let's just hope for the best. We pretty much felt like the bad luck considering Tyler had won the matches we were not witness to, but we were glad that we made the Triacoff. Our team looks very solid and I really think a Team State Title is within reach for us again this year.