Gage wrestled with some Junior Varsity wrestlers on February 11, 2012 at the Lakeville South High School in Lakeville, MN.
Here is match one which was a close loss.
Match two had Gage pitted against a fellow Lightening wrestler and although the score was lopsided, the match was fantastic to watch. Here is the second match.
Gage attended the district wrestling tournament at Armstrong High School in Plymouth, MN today. He had three matches and left the tournament with one win and two loses.
Here is video of match one.
According to Gage, the opponent in the video is a senior (no way to verify). Gage had a few missed opportunities in the match, but made it exciting. In the second period he almost pinned his opponent, but was later pinned himself after ending up in a bad position that he just couldn’t get out of.
His second match was very good as well. Gage said this opponent was a junior that wrestled some on Junior Varsity. Gage made the most of the match, getting himself out of some bad spots. He was aggressive through out the match and gave his opponent a good run, but ended up getting pinned in the second period.
Pauline and I had to leave for the final match, so we did not see it, but we had seen his opponent before and knew that after watching the previous matches, Gage should come away with the win, which he did.
Gage had a wrestling match in Hastings on Tuesday and during the first match was injured. We were not present at the match, but second hand accounts described the event as horrific.
Gage was being taken down and was attempting to take a defensive position. During the take down the opponent lifted Gage’s leg and began to drive Gage across the mat. Gage had his shoulder and head catch the mat and the opponent continued to drive Gage’s leg causing Gage to get twisted backwards.
His team mates cringed and after a loud audible groan, the match was stopped. Gage was able to move around, but was in a lot of pain. As a precaution, he was taken by “Amber Lamps”[Ambulance] to the emergency room in Hastings. He was looked at by the doctors and after reviewing the MRI and other X-Ray films, they decided there was no damage to his spine or shoulder. Gage however was in a lot of pain.
The doctors confirmed that he had a strained lumbar and although he had no restrictions, he would probably need a few days to let the pain subside. The doctor admitted that from the pain Gage was describing, it he had to have been twisted up pretty good.
We were able to get Gage out of the emergency room and into the truck one tiny step at a time. Knowing that the morning would be an even tougher time for him, he ended up staying home from school as he was unable to get up easily and walk.
It wasn’t until late this evening that we were able to get him off the couch and up and walking. The hope is to get him back to school in the morning and hopefully wrestling early next week.
Anyone wanting to send him “Get Well” wishes can do so by dropping him a line on facebook [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000976403941]
Been trying to find time to publish this, but been a busy few days.
Gage made weight easily thanks to two days with a stomach bug. He said he came in at just over 135 pounds (wrestles at 138 and gets two pounds now, so really is 5 pounds under).
Unfortunately for him, there was no one on the other two teams that was in his weight class. He wanted a match though, so the coach was able to arrange for him to get an exhibition match with a another wrestler at 132 pounds.
Enjoy!
