Nathan Furches made it to the finals to wrestle a 3x trinity award winner from Illinois. He lost a close match 3-1. He was challenged by Zeke Hofer. Unfortunately, he broke his thumb the first period, but continued to wrestle all 3 periods. Obviously he couldn't grip the kid very well, but gave it everything he had. The final score was 4-1. He worked so hard all year to obtain the All-Star title. The Derby Wrestling Club is VERY proud of Nathan. Not many kids display the discipline and heart that he has.

Congratulations Nathan, The Derby Club is EXTREMELY Proud of You! We know you and the Champions heart that beats inside you. Most people that have seen you perform on the mat know that you are in the elite class and top 1% of wrestlers for your age/weight.

But better than that, we know that you are Champion in life.

You represented us well, be proud of yourself!

Spartacus

Thanks for the post. We just returned from the Dr's office and fortunately his thumb/hand is not broken but there is some pretty serious ligament damage in the general tissue around his left thumb. He will be out of Free-style and Greco for at least 3 weeks now and possibly the season. He will be in a soft cast for a little while but wow, am I proud of his heart! The nurse on site, one of our old Oklahoma Coaches Rob Rogers, and Steve Herman from here in Kansas were great. Steve was there helping Nathan before I knew the seriousness of his injury which we didn't know until later in the tournament.

As a Coach/Dad it was a reminder as to how to coach. Myself and Rob were getting on to Nathan for not wrestling well the last two periods of his challenge match, it was a 0-0 score at the end of 1, even after injuring his thumb, but later on we found out why. No one there could hardly believe that with that injury that he continued at all. All of Kansas was represented well at The Reno World Championships, including both our kids and our high school wrestlers. Nathan chose to go up a weight class and take a chance at loosing his Cliff Keen All Star All World Team Award. We really wanted to see how good he was. He likely ended up loosing the award by 1 point but will still receive the Cliff Keen All-Star Honorable Mention with some consideration for a possible co All-Star Award considering the circumstances. I still believe he deserved the All Star Award but then I know I'm partial. I am more pleased with the fact that Nate has learned to give thanks to God and respect his opponent. I tell him 3 things, #1 Have fun, #2 Walk on the mat like a Champion, #3 Walk off the mat like a Champion. He did all three this last weekend while at the same time giving credit to his club(s) both Derby and his old Oklahoma Club, Owasso, and our state, Kansas.

I would also like to especially thank those from across the state that helped make the trip possible for us, without your support we couldn’t have made it and at least now there is a multiple triple crown winner and multi national wrestler of the year winner who knows who Nathan Furches from Derby/Wichita Kansas is.

Did Furches go to Nationals or what is this that your guys are talking about? If he went to Nationals What Class and Weight was he at?

Thanks

Sorry about that message but Nathan is a strong kid because my boy had him in the finals at State.Nathan beat him in over time.

Nate was at Reno. Must be Aaron with the last post, it was a great match at state and a great competitor. Hope to see him again next year. By the way he went up a weight class to U15 82 pounds. He had a great tourney.