Other times he’d think better of it and decide to wrestle. He was in the sixth grade. He didn’t start enjoying wrestling until a little bit later on, maybe around his freshman or sophomore year in high school, but he was in deep when I’d come calling. He had his head on the swivel, and he was always on the lookout for my takedowns. That year I made the high school state finals, which was a roller coaster of emotion. I got there but lost in overtime to a kid named Joe Henning from Chippewa Falls, 9–7, which was really discouraging. I can recall every detail to this day. I got down 7–2 and
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