Tag: ‘making weight’


On Evan’s 115 Percent

Michele Weldon | March 22, 2010

Evan was born to wrestle. According to his mom, Amy, this North Florida 119 pound champion gave the sport his all and she discovered that yes, there is some crying in wrestling.


Brother, brother, brother

Michele Weldon | December 31, 2009

So we sat and watched, cheered, screamed for every Oak Park-River Forest wrestler and passed the time, ate the sandwiches we packed; I drank the Diet Coke, Brendan drank the Gatorade. Colin drank a lot of Gatorade. (This will become important later.)


Coach Mike Powell on Wrestling Myths

Michele Weldon | November 23, 2009