This has been on my heart for a couple of days. When I heard about the situation of S.T. having to forfeit to the Shawnee Heights wrestler it really did not impact me originally.

However,I watched this young man have to walk up to the mat and watch someone else get their hand raised and it was 100% out of his control. This was followed up by this young man who I know is a "FULL TIME WRESTLER" break emotionally with tears flowing uncontrollably.

As he walked by, I could only feel 100% pain for this young man but more, I was proud of him. He does not wrestle for me. He has no clue who I am if I walked up to him in the street. We have never had a conversation. However, I could only take a second and #1 pray for him and then wait to see how he responded.

A lot lesser young man would have just folded up shop. However, this young man rolled off 5 straight wins without surrender a single point the rest of the tournament. Now, not only does he have a great testimony of his faith and the extent he will go to glorify his father in heaven, but he also had enough character to finish strong.

I am not posting this to be a salesman for SJA or its team. I'm the Wichita Heights Head Coach. I am only posting this b/c I wanted this young man, his family and the wrestling community to know that this is truly a young man who faced an obstacle and defeated it with class on the mat!

Nice tournament buddy and good luck to you in the future.

Please don't hijack this thread by bashing the girl, either team or the situation. Just let it be or do it somewhere else. This is about the kid.