Here are some photos of the first tournament at Carroll College. This tournament had over 500 wrestlers and is "small" by USAW standards. The next tournament will have 900 wrestlers. Marx has been practicing for over 3 months and did great at this tournament. I had another parent film for me and you can still hear me cheering quite loudly. This was the only match that I managed to get still photos of Marx. I am working on improving that! This is Marx wrestling Sammie, a friend--it stinks driving 2 hours to wrestle one of your practice partners. This was by far the best match ever as Marx and Sammie really went at it until Marx finally pulled out the pin. From a parent (and Club president) prospective, the tournament was great as we had 16 wrestlers from 3 Missoula area clubs that went over as a group. On film, you can hear other parents cheering for all of the other wrestlers that were with us. It was a great support network for the wrestlers! Marx T. also finally dubbed me an official Wrestling Mom as I woke up at 1:30 in the morning before we left for Helena to doublecheck Marx's bag for his gear!
