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Wrestling: a passion of an individual named Jerry Ho. Jerry Ho is a seventeen year old, whose birthday passed a week ago. Instead of going out and celebrating his birthday, Jerry spends his time in places where he is needed. That place or group is called his wrestling team.This is Jerry's third year of wrestling in the high school level.
This year, Jerry has become extremely dedicated to his team. He is the 152 pound varsity wrestler for the Glen Cove Wrestling team.
(That is the background to my current topic of discussion)

GLEN COVE TOURNAMENT

COVE CUP 2012!!! January 14, 2012

This year, Jerry was the varsity wrestler at the weight class of 152. He was allowed to weigh in at 155. There were three other varsity teams coming to this tournament. The teams included, Lawrence High School, a team we beat the Wednesday that week. The tall black kid, Jerry pinned on Wednesday with a Headlock came back and wanted revenge and a rematch against me. Valley Stream Central, and Great Neck South also came to the tournament. The Wrestling teams began coming in at 730am. The weigh ins were from 8-9 am. Wrestling began around 10.

The Tournament was round robin style, that means each weight class wrestles everyone in their weight class that day. It would go three rounds of varsity and two rounds of Junior Varsity, but thats not important :). 

Round 1: FIGHT!! A regular match consists of 3 periods, 2 minutes each.

I versed a scrub from great neck south. I pinned him first period with a reverse headlock. I made the kid squeal a little bit. 

Record at around 10:45 am that day, was 1-0, 

Round 2: FIGHT!!

This was against the tall black kid from Lawrence High School that wanted revenge. This match was the toughest match ever! He was so angry after i beat him the first time. This time, i couldnt catch him in a head lock, he used his greco roman style wrestling and kept tossing me over his shoulder. He was beating me by a lot of points.. the score was about 12-5, him. we kept wrestling, and i got a take down, and the score became 12-7. I was still losing. by the last period, the score was 12-8, i was still loosing by a lot of points. with 40 seconds left on the clock, i use a turk,and almost pinned the kid, i received 5 points, the final score came out to be 13-12, ME! Sorry to mention, second period, i had a tiny bloody nose.

Record 2-0! 

Round 3: FIGHT!

By this time of day, i was pretty exhausted after sweating and resting and sweating and resting. I took a fifteen minute nap prior to this last match again Valley Stream Central. I got called, and all i had going through my head was, "damn i dont want to lose" "If i win this one, im gonna be a tournament champion" " Im going to be 3-0" "Oh My Gosh im tired" 

Then i began to block off those thoughts, it was just "Time to win this thing" it was me talking to myself in my head saying my favorite quotes "try a little harder to be a little better" by Gordon B. Hinckley. "time to ruin another persons life"

I got onto the mat, relatively tired, but well warmed up. Shook the opponents hand like a gentleman. and began to wrestle. i didnt waste anytime. i went for an arm drag, missed it. I took a double leg take down, and drove him across the mat. I went for a turk, the kid was tough enough to resist it, but opened up another opportunity to pin him. I stabbed in a cross face, and ran his head to his knee. and got a cross face cradle. I put my knee in his side, head to his temple, when he struggled, a laced my leg over the other. The kid couldnt move, and early in the first period, the ref slammed the mat and blew the whistle. (That means "PIN")

that concludes my record for the day, 3-0!! FIRST PLACE in the GLEN COVE, COVE CUP TOURNAMENT!!

So the end of the tournament: GLEN COVE WINS FIRST PLACE!!. THE Cove Cup remains in GCHS. 

Our team all receives medals. But WAIT :)

A special reward... a reward i never thought to have received. The specs of this reward include a plaque, with a gold plating in front. The contents are stated below. Along with that reward, i was interviewed on TV called MSG Varsity. It was a great day!

 

I dont regret at all giving all my passion into wrestling during this season. I know my position, i am i a 152 pounder that wrestles for my team. We wrestle together, have each other's back, attack the opponent like an army front. and We ARE IN THE PLAY OFFS!!. if we win the first round of the playoffs, we are in the top 8 teams all of long island! Excited!!