Friday, May 7, 2010
yerp part 2
Monday, April 26, 2010
yerp
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
stressssssssssssss
Monday, April 5, 2010
so yeah 0-2 record and concordia on wednesday
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Starting to become worried about the praxis
Thursday, March 25, 2010
. . . Im sick . . . . ?!
Monday, March 8, 2010
Wrestling 2009-2010 come to an end and make me think about the song "In The End" by Linkin Park
As a wrestler I thought it was the greatest pump up song of all time; now that I heard it as a coach I interpret it differently. As I see great wrestling careers coming to an end the song doesn’t seem so nice. North Plainfield’s most winning wrestler of all time , Mario Herrera, and a long time friend rapped up his wrestling career with a career record of 105-25. The song,"In the End", perfectly describes all the emotions that as a senior one feel. "I tried so hard, and got so far but in the end it doesn’t even matter", last year as a junior he finished 3rd in district 12 and in region 3. This earned him a trip to Atlantic City for the NJ State Wrestling Tournament. This year, his goals were to once again go to States and place in this very prestigious tournament. Going in to District 12 he was 26-0 , which earned him a seconded seed, he finished 3 which meant he could move on to the region 3 tournament however he finished 6th this year. This meant he would not go to States this year. Earlier in the season he asked me if I could help coach because he wasn’t really getting a good work out with his teammate (basically unless he practice with the head coach he wasn’t getting any better). After filling the proper paper work I starting practicing with his during practice and making him work. A few minutes after he lost he goes up to me and said; "I did all that hard work and it ended up not being enough". The song in the end pretty much predicts any athletes’ future unless of course you win the state championship lol. And any wrestler who I ask in they know the song they all respond similarly, "I hate it but I like it", it’s a great song but it brings bad memories of all the blood and sweat one sheds for the sport they love and yet the sport is so cruel [:)] Mario Herrera will most likely be wrestling in college he hasn’t yet decided where he want to go.