2011 Fargo Blog: Part 5

Today, our last full day at SDSU, is Thursday the 14th. Team Missouri is supposed to arrive tonight. They were supposed to arrive yesterday, but as I understand it, flooding prevented them from making the bus ride up.

We started the day with the usual morning practice. A lot of people (especially the girls, who are weighing in on Saturday) are starting to worry about their weight, well, worry about their weight more than they were before. This means that after practice, some people ran on SDSU’s indoor track, jumped on the elliptical, pedaled on the bike, or just wrestled a little more. Some girls, like Precious Jaramillo and Kiana Yamat, are now on the “liquid diet.”

The liquid diet is an eating plan consisting of, as the name implies, only liquids. For meals, one would only eat a protein shake, and maybe a little fruit. I’ve done this before, and honestly, it’s not that bad if you have a good tasting protein shake, but unfortunately for the girls, they were given a shake that resembles baby formula.

We had an especially long break today between morning and afternoon practices. Most people spent the time sleeping, some people went exploring, and others just sat around, like me. Overall, it was a pretty uneventful period. The common room which is usually full, was empty.

The afternoon practice kinda snuck up on most of the boys. We all knew that the girls had practice at 2:30, but I think most of us boys just thought that we were going to wait for Team Missouri to arrive. When 2:00 came, all of us started panicking because someone found out that we had practice at the same time as the girls.

The afternoon practice was one of our lightest so far, because I think Coach Robinson realized that a lot of the boys were really sore and worn out. A lot of us had been complaining about our ribs being sore from all the gut wrenches we had been drilling.

We started with some drilling, and then a little bit of only hand-fighting live. After about only 40 minutes of practice, Coach Rob pulled us all in, and asked us how we were feeling, at first, everybody let out a defeated sounding, “good, coach,” to which Coach Rob replied, “no, don’t tell me what I want to hear, how do you really feel?” At that point, most of us agreed that we were really quite tired. After hearing this, Coach ended practice.

After practice, we were told that only the juniors had to go to the night practice, at 8:00. For me, being a cadet, this was a somewhat of a conflict, as the cadets were also given the option of going. On one hand, I was really tired and my weight was where it needed to be, but on the other, more practice is probably always good. I decided to just stay in the dorms. I really did enjoy the rest in the end.

At the 8:00 practice, the Juniors were joined by team Missouri. The team Missouri coach, Coach Mayhab, is an incredibly good Greco coach, one of the best in the world, I’m told. The Juniors all said he runs practices at a very brisk pace. For the first few drills, the coach pulled everyone in, explained the move in about 20 seconds, and then broke us to drill. He gives the wrestlers about a minute to drill the move. For those of you not familiar with wrestling practices, this is a very short period of time, especially when learning a new move.

While the Juniors were practicing, a few of us went to Walmart. It was almost painful. Walmart has every type of junk food known to man. Around every corner there’s something sweet, salty or fatty, and all of them look really good. And we cant eat any of them.

On the way back from Walmart, Coaches Daren and Kevin Sr. decided it was an opportune moment to make a McDonald’s run. That was also very painful, as the smell of burgers and fries travels very well in a minivan.

That’s basically what happened today. Check again soon for more info.

Aloha,
Tyler Egami

2011 Fargo Blog: Part 4

Today is Wednesday, July 13, 2011, the fourth official day of the Fargo trip.

Our practices are getting harder, and all of us are feeling more and more tired. I think that the combination of weight cutting and three-a-days is beginning to take its toll on many of us. At the same time I think that the group as a whole is becoming closer.

Our day started with the usual early morning run and light practice. Many of us are starting to develop rashes on our torsos due to all of the gut wrenches and lifts that we are drilling. Personally, I haven’t had any rashes, but my ribs are really sore.

After we all showered and ate, Braydon Akeo, Christian Carbajal, Chaeden Grace Reyes, Andrew Kahalewai, Bobby Kim, Treylan Kobayashi, Jonah Ramirez, Joshue Rivera, Chase Tantog, and a few others decided to go hunting. All over the campus there are these wild rabbits that are running around. The guys decided to try to catch some, although as far as I understand, they didn’t have any success.

One annoyance I have personally encountered is that it’s inconvenient to get internet up here. WiFi service isn’t provided in the dorms, so in order to access the internet (and post these blogs), I need to walk over to another building during our breaks in order to access the campus’ free WiFi network. Again, this is really just an annoyance, but I wish the dorms had WiFi.

Today, lucky for us, the boys and the girls were allowed to take one practice off each. The boys were allowed to skip the afternoon practice, and the rest time was much appreciated. Many of us used the time to catch up on some sleep (Coach Daren Reyes slept for at least four hours, but that’s understandable because the coaches might be working harder than us), play some cards (acey-deucy with quarters), or just simply hang out.

The girls skipped the evening practice.

We’ve also figured out that we can walk/run to Walmart and Subway. LJ Remillard and Bryant Fukushima used the break from practice to get a run in during a trip to Walmart. A few of the guys ran to Subway, but it turned out to be a net gain. Word is they weighed out heavier after the night practice than they were after the first.

For today’s evening practice, we were joined by the South Dakota Fargo team. Team South Dakota is made up of mostly 152 pounders and above while Team Hawaii has more lighter weights, so not many of us could actually partner with them. The practice consisted of drilling to warm up, and then about half an hour of intense live.

After our showers, there were a few more attempts at trapping. This time, ninety percent of the boys team joined the hunt. We were able to capture ONE rabbit. Yes, that’s right, ONE rabbit. At least thirty boys, were able to catch ONE rabbit. Joshue Rivera got the honors as our Great Hunter.

Both the boys and the girls were talking about going to see a movie at a theatre, but for some reason, the plans never came to fruition. Instead, we all just sat around, just like yesterday. I think we were all just too tired to get motivated.

Luckily (I thought initially) some of the girls bought DVD movies from Walmart. A guy named Coach Billy (a referee from Idaho) is also staying with us in the dorms. He hooked up his computer to the lounge TV so we could watch.

Right now, we’re all watching the “Daddy’s Little Girls”, which Jessie Gandauli, Quinn Nagatani, Chloe Nagasawa, Janae Oliver and Shayna Oliver absolutely insisted on watching. And when I say insisted, I mean there was no chance that we were going to watch anything else. None. No way. Majority rule means nothing here.

Being somewhat of a movie buff, it is my opinion that this movie just isn’t that great, but then again, the other movie they got was “The Sandlot”.

Wrestling, rabbits and G rated movies. that’s life in South Dakota.

Aloha,
Tyler Egami

2011 Fargo Blog: Part 3

Today is Tuesday, July 12th, the third day of our trip. Today was the first day of two-a-days, and surprisingly, I don’t feel absolutely exhausted.

We had three practices today.

Our day started with a seven AM run around SDSU’s indoor track. I personally didn’t run due to a previous injury, but as I understand it, the team did about 20 laps on a standard 400 meter track. This was followed by a light drilling practice.

The practices on the boys’ side have all been Greco-Roman while the girls have been concentrating only on freestyle. Our practices have been split into two with the coaches alternating between the girls and boys groups. Cassidy Oshiro, who spent about a week at the Olympic Training Center, has become somewhat of a coach. He teaches the boys a lot of the Greco techniques he learned from the Olympic athletes and coaches.

After practice, we ate a breakfast consisting of sandwiches, bagels, and fruit. Meals are picked up by the coaches while practice is running, and prepared in an empty dormitory room. Its amazing how quickly the room fills up come meal time.

After breakfast, we had time for socializing, a Walmart run, and LAUNDRY. I’ve already gone through 12 practice shirts. For almost all of us, doing laundry was a necessity. Unfortunately, there’re only two washers and two dryers available to us, so the process is slow. But luckily the University has provided us with cards that allow us to do our laundry for free.

Our second practice was by far my best practice of this trip. I had a surprising amount of energy and I felt really good. I think the entire team is feeling good because practice was very upbeat and everybody seemed to be moving at a higher tempo. Well, everybody except for Bryan Peralta, who had an interesting episode involving too much Icy Hot.

So far, we’ve been spending a lot of time in the dormitory common area, which consists of vending machines, couches, and a few coffee tables. We spend most of the time just talking, with a few card games here and there. The biggest problem with the common area is that one of the vending machines is filled with chips, candy, and pastries, all of which we can’t eat. Some people just stand there staring at it. I try not to look at it because it makes me too emotional.

We started our third practice of the day with a game of “wrestling soccer.” There weren’t any tackling or takedowns as the name might make you thing. It was just regular soccer, with the added rule that you must be moving at all times, or you’ll have to do push-ups.

After the game, the boys and the girls split up into separate groups. While one group worked out, the coaches met and talked with the other. The talk for that session was about mat strategy and attitude. According to Coach Kevin Corbett, when we walk on the mat, we have to walk on with, “swagger.”

The wrestling part of practice lasted only 40 minutes, but it was the most intense practice that we’ve had so far. After only 40 minutes, people who had been overweight for most of the trip were one to two pounds under their target weights.

I think by now, none of us are feeling jet lagged anymore, but rather homesick. Treylan Kobayashi says he misses the beach, a sentiment echoed by almost everybody. Even Bryan Peralta and I miss the beach, and we don’t even go to the beach. Personally, I really miss Hawaii food. Sandwiches and fruit can only be so satisfying.

Check out Matside for pictures of the trip so far, courtesy of Coaches Mike Chang and Kevin Corbett, Sr.

Aloha,

Tyler Egami

2011 Fargo Blog: Part 2

Today is Monday, July 11th, our first day in Fargo. The trip so far can be summed up in one single word: tiring.

The first leg of the journey was the five hour flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles. Many of us didn’t sleep on that flight because of its mid day departure. During the three hour lay-over at LAX, we wandered off to find food and hung out at the terminal.

On the flight from LAX to Minneapolis, many of us slept but I personally along with a few others, found it hard to fall asleep on the plane and only napped for about an hour.

When we touched down in Minneapolis, it was about 5:30 in the morning. During another three hour layover, many of us played cards or found a light snack (lots of us didn’t want to eat a full meal because of our weight cutting situations).

From Minneapolis, we took a short, 40 minute flight to Fargo, North Dakota. The end of 14.5 hours of planes and airports.

After retrieving our baggage we took a bus to North Dakota State University and the Fargo Dome. While we didn’t get to see the inside of the dome, we did get to see the NDSU training facility and wrestling room.

The training facilities are top notch compared to anything I’ve seen in Hawaii. The weight room consists of free-weight platforms and apparatuses, and there are at least six of each type of machines.

The wrestling room is a specially designated area that is “just for wrestling.” The walls are lined with wrestling mats and there’s even a specially designated weight cutting room. The most striking feature of the room though is its temperature. As soon as we walked in, many of the heavier boys started sweating immediately. When we got the chance to practice in the room, I myself sweated completely through four shirts before the conclusion of our one and a half hour practice.

Once we were finished with practice, we all showered up in the NDSU locker rooms and ate a lunch of Subway and bottled water.

After picking up the second wave of Team Hawaii Wrestlers and Coaches (who had just landed in Fargo), we took a three hour bus ride to South Dakota State University. We will stay here for about a week before we head up to Fargo for the start of competition.

We are staying in the campus dorms which I might add are also very warm. After settling in we all headed over to the SDSU training facility for a short practice consisting mostly of drilling.

This is basically entirety of the trip so far. We’re all very tired from traveling and practicing, but everyone seems to be in good health.

My one thought right now is that the three-a-days are going to be difficult because of the hotness of the wrestling rooms up here. But, I suppose we’ll get used to it.

Sorry about the lateness of getting this post to Matside. Since our priority was getting here and practice, we had some trouble figuring out the internet situation.

Check back regularly for some pictures and possibly video.

Aloha,
Tyler Egami

2011 Fargo Blog: Part 1

To the Esteemed Readers of MatsideHawaii:

This is the first official entry in the MatsideHawaii Fargo Nationals Blog, or Fargo Blog for short, by me, Tyler Egami.

The purpose of this blog is to give the Hawaii wrestling community an inside perspective on the experiences of Team Hawaii as it competes at the USA Wrestling Asics/Vaughan Junior & Cadet National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. This blog will be posted once daily at the end of each day. Readers can expect updates pertaining to wrestling of course, but I will also try to cover what happens off the mat.

While our intense focus is on wrestling, a large part of the Fargo experience is how wrestlers spend time off the mat. We hope this blog will allow you to follow us to Fargo and share in the experience.

Now, enough of the background information…

Today is Saturday, July 9, 2011, the day before we leave for North Dakota.

Team Hawaii is made up of High School wrestlers from across the State of Hawaii. We have been training since May for this tournament and I think that tomorrow is that first step ‘into the rabbit hole’ for many of us. Most of Team Hawaii will be departing between one and two o’clock on Sunday, July 10, while those of us in a second group will be leaving on a later flight at about 10 at night.

The first group will fly to Los Angeles, then to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and finally to Fargo, North Dakota. Our second group will stop first in Seattle, move on to Minneapolis and meet the first group in Fargo.

From Fargo, we will take a bus to South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, where we’ll be practicing with Team Missouri up to three times a day, and staying in the SDSU dorms. On the July 15, we’ll return to Fargo and check into the North Dakota State University dorms, where we’ll stay throughout the Tournament.

On July 16, Girls Cadet Freestyle wrestling starts. On July 17, Boys Cadet Greco Roman begins (the Girls divisions don’t have Greco Roman). Junior Boys Greco starts on July 18, Women Freestyle begins on July 19, Boys Cadet Freestyle begins on July 20, and Boys Junior Freestyle begins on July 21.

Each wrestling style and age division will be completed in two days. The Tournament will finish on July 23.

This looks to be a very long voyage. It will take 16 ½ hours to go from Honolulu to Fargo. I feel like the first true test of the trip will be finding a way to pass the time.

As I said before, most of us have been training for this since May and the anticipation is building. Everyone has worked hard at practices, weightlifting, running, and the cutting weight. In just one more week, we’ll put all that work on the line.

We’re all very excited, but also sore and hungry. This is it. To me, tomorrow will be like the first day of Columbus’s great exploration. We’re heading to the middle of nowhere to wrestle in the largest wrestling tournament in the world. Had it not been for wrestling, I might not have ever heard of Fargo, North Dakota. But, it’s all very exciting and I think that the anticipation is very high for all of us.

On a lighter note, I think the biggest challenge I’ve faced so far has definitely been packing for the trip!

I hope you enjoy reading these little update segments, and I hope that it will give you a better feel for the Fargo experience.

Check back everyday at about 9:00 p.m. HST for the latest updates on what’s happening up in Brooking and later Fargo. Posts will cover topics such as our daily schedule, any interesting info about our training, and last but not least, a little bit about what’s going on ‘behind the scenes’ amongst us wrestlers.

I hope you enjoy reading the blog as much as I will enjoy writing about it.

Aloha,
Tyler Egami

Below is a roster with all members of Team Hawaii listed in alphabetical order, along with a list of all our great coaches.

TEAM HAWAII

Braydon Akeo
Michael Bates
Kaelynn Canyete
Christian Carbajal
Brendan Chang
Kevin Corbett, Jr.
Josh Coston
Isaac Diamond
Tyler Egami
Bryant Fukushima
Jessie Gandauli
Chaeden Grace Reyes
Kristine Haga
Phairin Hicks
Samantha Higa
Precious Jaramillo
Andrew Kahalewai
Robert Kim
Treylan Kobayashi
Kuuleilani Lankford
Stephany-Sarara Mix
Chloe Nagasawa
Quinn Nagatani
Janae Lynn Oliver
Shayna Marie Oliver
Cassidy Oshiro
Mikayla Pico
Dane Pestano
Bryan Peralta
Libby Petrie
Jonah Ramirez
Laurent Remillard
Bree Repoza
Joshue Rivera
Kelly Rivera
Mikaela Sakamoto Matsumoto
Thai Ha Sloan
Chase Tantog
Thomas Tawata
Justin Taylor
David Terao
Shayden Terukina
Kahikina Tihada
Rick Viveiros
Kiana Yamat

TEAM HAWAII COACHES

John Robinson – Head Coach
Head Coach Mililani High School
USA Wrestling Hawaii State Director

Matt Oney – Coach
Head Coach, Punahou School
USA Wrestling Apprentice National Coach

John Schmidtke – Coach
Head Coach, Pac-5 Wrestling
USA Wrestling Apprentice National Coach

Darren Reyes – Coach
Head Coach, Farrington High School

Ku’u’i’ini Robinson
Assistant Coach, Mililani High School

Kevin Corbett, Sr. – Coach
Head Coach, Radford High School

Keith Matsumoto – Coach
Hawaii High School Athletic Association Wrestling Coordinator

Danielle Hedin – Coach
Assistant Coach, Punahou School

Michael Chang – Coach
Assistant Coach, Millilani, Radford, and Castle High Schools
Menlo College Wrestling

Lucas Misaki – Coach
Assistant Coach, Kamehameha Schools, Kapalama Campus

Leland Foster – Coach
Assistant Coach, Newman Catholic School (Mason City, Iowa)

Jansen Fukuda – Coach
Coach, Grapplers HI

Daniel Agao – Coach
Assistant Coach, Moanalua High Schoool
Yakima Valley CC Wrestling Team

Chrissy Chow – Coach
2010 Asics/Vaughan Junior National Freestyle Champion

Michael Nakagawa – Coach
University of California at Davis Wrestling Team

Brandon Oshiro – Coach
Coach, Grapplers HI

Coaches John and Ku’u’i’ini Robinson, John Schmidtke, Darren Reyes, Kevin Corbett Sr., Danny Hedin and Michael Chang will be traveling to South Dakota and then to Fargo with Team Hawaii. Coach Matt Oney will be meeting the Team in Fargo after coaching at wrestling clinics put on by Gene Mills.

2011 Fargo Nationals – Team Hawaii Blog

Matside Hawaii is very privileged and appreciative to have Team Hawaii wrestler Tyler Egami provide daily blogs of Team Hawaii’s experiences at the 2011 USA Wrestling Asics/Vaughan Junior & Cadet National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota.

Thank you to Tyler in advance for your efforts and passion, and go Team Hawaii!

Click here to view the Fargo Blogs

Quinn Nagatani – Freestyling in Fargo

Freestyling in Fargo

PBA junior Quinn Nagatani takes 2nd in national wrestling tournament

From the Pacific Buddhist Academy Newsletter

While her Pacific Buddhist Academy (PBA) classmates were beach hopping from Makapu‘u to Sandy’s or hanging out in the mall food court, PBA junior Quinn Nagatani spent her summer training on the wrestling mat.  

Between her Pac-5 training and her participation in Team Hawai’i, a team made up of both private and public high school wrestlers from across the state, this summer Quinn attended as many as three practices in a day. “My schedule was: wake up, eat, go running, and then head over to Team Hawai’i practice,” said Quinn.  “After that I would train at Grapplers HI, which is a club that focuses on wrestling, judo and weight lifting. I had practice seven days a week.”

Last year this soft spoken 102-pound sixteen year old was distinguished as a second team all-conference ILH wrestler, a league-wide recognition awarded by ILH coaches for the quality of play.  She compiled a 22-6 record and finished second in her weight class in the state wrestling tournament.  This year she will lead the Pac-5 varsity girls wrestling team as its captain. 

According to PBA humanities instructor and Pac-5 coach Flynn Corson, “Quinn is perhaps the most committed and diligent young person I have ever had the pleasure to coach, teach, or know. She throws herself whole-heartedly into every endeavor and her involvement is always reflective of her unwavering moral character and natural leadership ability.”

In July, Quinn and several other Pac-5 wrestlers were selected to as members of Team Hawai’i to represent the state in the 2010 Junior Nationals Freestyle Tournament in Fargo, North Dakota.  Freestyle wrestling is a more creative and theatrical form of wrestling than the collegiate style that is practiced at the high school level.  “You get points for how high you lift a person when you slam them,” explained Quinn.  “And how nice a throw looks.” 

Quinn said she initially was unsure whether her style and skills were up to par but once she committed to going, decided she would “train as hard as I could and just leave it on the mat.”

The week before the tournament in Fargo, Quinn and her teammates underwent a regimen of three 2-3 hour practices daily.  In the tournament, Quinn competed among twenty girls in her weight class and won all five of her matches in her  bracket the first day of the tournament.  She lost only once that weekend, in the championship match, and took a solid but disappointing second place in her weight class.

That loss was difficult for Quinn.  “When I lost, I felt crushed,” she recalled.  “I didn’t want to call my dad or Coach Flynn to tell them I’d taken second when I was so close to getting first.”  It was not, however, pride or embarrassment that momentarily weighed heavily on her, but rather, her sense of genuine gratitude and the humility that it brings.  She said she thought about her parents constantly as she trained and during the competition in Fargo.  “When I was super tired and felt like giving up, I’d tell myself, ‘Your mom and dad gave up so much just so you could get here for this tournament. Don’t let them down!’”

Quinn remains undeterred.  She says she will return to Fargo next summer and this wrestling season, will “train smarter,” working on the weakness that she’s identified.  “There is always room for improvement so I can always keep practicing and perfecting.”

(Matside Hawaii) – Quinn made many wrestling fans take notice of her and her improvement when she wrestled Macy Yonamine in the 2010 ILH Championships 103 lb. final. Quinn proved a tough draw for the defending State champion and Quinn only trailed 4-2 into the 3rd period before being caught for a pin.

(Matside Hawaii) – Quinn continued her momentum into the 2010 HHSAA State Championships by having a great run and upsetting 2nd seeded BIIF Champion Alexandra Aoki of Konawaena 6-4. Quinn made it all the way to the finals before falling to Macy Yonamine and taking 2nd in the state.

Interviews with Hawaii National Champs

Post-match interviews with our National Champions:

Chow Sisters Share National Title

From the Fargo-Moorhead newspaper:

Given a choice, sisters Mindy and Chrissy Chow would have stood toe-to-toe in the center of the mat and wrestled for the 124-pound title of the USA Wrestling Junior Nationals Women’s Freestyle title.

You can read the complete article here.

Fargo 2010 – Day 13

From Coach John Schmitdke:

The New Jersey state chairman walked up to Archie Randall, women’s head wrestling coach at Oklahoma City College (national power) during the introductions of the finalists for the women’s freestyle competition.  As the girls in each weight class ran up the steps to the raised mat to shake hands with their opponents, the announcer called out their names, states, and weights.

“Alena Somera from Hawai’i – finalist at 98 pounds.”

(The announcer never did seem able to say “Allene”.)

“Quinn Nagatani from Hawai’i – finalist at 102 pounds.”

“Megan Yamaguchi from Hawai’i – finalist at 109 pounds.”

“Mindy Chow from Hawai’i – finalist at 124 pounds.”

“And her younger sister, Chrissy Chow from Hawai’i – finalist at 124 pounds.”

(The announcer got the birth order wrong.)

“Archie,” the New Jersey guy said in his wise guy, East-coast accent, “You’d betta start recruitin’ in Hawai’i, Archie.”

“I know.  I know.” Coach Randall said.  “I’m there in December.  It’s the place to be.”

“You’d betta, Archie.  You’d betta.”

Here’s why: Seven out of eight All Americans.  Three National Champs – Megan, Mindy, and Chrissy.  Two Second Place finishers – Allie and Quinn.  One Bronze medalist – Nikki Taniguchi.  One Fourth Place – Bree Repoza.  And there’s more where those ladies came from.  When Hawai’i ladies compete against mainland girls, their superior athleticism, technique, and commitment are apparent.  More ladies from Hawaii need to make the trip to Fargo to prove to mainland coaches what we already know.

Mindy and Chrissy were declared co-champions without having to wrestle each other.  USAW crowns both siblings if they reach the finals rather than force a family feud.  It has happened several times on the boys’ side.  This was the first time on the girls’ side.  We think that not wrestling in the finals cost one of them the Outstanding Wrestler award; between the two of them they beat 4 Asics All Americans to reach the finals.  Beat them in a dominating fashion.  Not enough of the coaches got to see them wrestle (mostly the chow sisters pinned their opponents so the coaches would have had to be fast in any case) so not enough of the coaches voted for them to be OW.

The celebration of the girls’ successes may have started hours before the competition.  Last night, at close to midnight, the sky over Newman Outdoor Field erupted for almost 15 minutes with spectacular aerial pyrotechnics immediately following a rain-delayed RedHawks’ game (the RedHawks play baseball in the Northern League and the fireworks were courtesy of the Auto Owners).

After the morning celebration at the Fargo Dorm following the competition, we hurried back to the dorms, finished packing, cleaned the rooms and halls, loaded onto the bus, and 4 hours later piled out at the La Quinta Inn on Nicollette Avenue in Bloomington, Minnesota.  After checking in, we reboarded the bus for the short ride to Mall of America where we spent 3 hours wandering, shopping, eating, gawking, and playing followed by 90 minutes of waiting around for the hotel shuttle to get us all back to our rooms.

Tomorrow we eat here, get shuttled to the airport by noon, board Delta 2477 at 2:20 p.m., and fly to Honolulu via LAX where we change to Delta 1149, arriving home at 8:58 p.m.

We come home from the largest wrestling tournament in the world with 9 All Americans!

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