Winners and Losers

I was able to attend the wrestling nationals this year. I had to miss last year, but I think I have gone every other year we have had young men entered. We had seven qualifiers this year. We didn't do as well as we wished, but were able to gain a ranking of 16th in the nation when it was all over.
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Coach Diaz asked me to notice the reaction of our wrestlers compared to other teams. Wrestling is highly personal and emotional, as you can imagine. I watched other wrestlers as they lost matches throw their headgear, refuse or neglect shaking the hands of the opposing coaches, etc.

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