ECC CHAMP BUDDY!!! lol ITS FRIGGEN AWESOME!! kyle kelly had just won his 119lb final match 2-1 only 5 matches before and it was time for me to go out there in the brand new finals singlets, similar to last years grey ones, just white instead, with different lettering on the front that said
FITCH...... i just barely won with the score tied
8-8 in the final seconds of the 3rd period. all i had to do was ride Gladue from
GRISWOLD out until the time ran out...
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. now we were to go into
0v3rTim3, and all i had to do was take him down or not get taken down. the whistle blew for the start of the 1 minute period. we both tied up, and i could tell that he was more tired than i was, which gave me the advantage. when ur tired, u get sloppy, and sloppy he got. he held onto my head and he tried to go for an ankle pick, but i down blocked and shucked his hand off my head and got behind him and took him to the mat for the 2... i looked at the ref with my eyes and mouth wide open and my heart pounding... the ref held 2 fingers up and shouted "2!! thats 2!!" i got up and pumped my fist and jumped around the mat!
I DID IT! i continued to shout from the excitement and got on the line, bent down and took off the
red anklets on both of my ankles that symbolized which side of the scoreboard i was. we shook hands and the referee raised my hand signaling my victory and his defeat. i ran to his coaches and shook their hands and ran back to coach joel and kos, tears in my eyes, trying to fight them back. i hugged the both of them and the whole team came around me and hugged me. "good job adrian! way to go! u did it! ECC CHAMP!!" it felt so good, it was almost too good to be true. as i walked to the bleachers and gave my grandmother, who i call nani, and my mom a kiss and slapped everybody's hands, i remembered the first thing kos told me the first day of the tournament, "ADRIAN! if u win this, u get to GO to McDonalds!" man, it felt good knowing i could do that being a champ and all, then kos comes to me in the bleachers and says the thing that made me feel like a king, "ur the jonathan wenderoth of this year!!" just last year in 2005 jon wenderoth had won in double overtime at 145 against james chapman, also from griswold. he was a respectable person and almost everyone idled him, even i, being one of the better guys on the team. although i didnt go into double overtime, overtime is just as good... it meant a lot... after i got my medal we all took pix, and then, instead of going to McDonalds, we went to wendy's... it was a great moment in my life............
SACRIFICE is TOTALLY worth it!
