Milton Wrestling Tournament

Carter wrestled in the Milton Monster Wrestling Tournament. It was another 8 Man Bracket with Wrestle Backs to 3rd Place. This was the first "Bull's Den" tournament that we've been to. Each wrestler in a bracket is called to the Bull's Den, where they all walk out to the wrestling mat together and stay with each other until everyone finishes wrestling for that round.



Carter's 1st opponent was from Kenosha. It was a tough one for him, as he was wrestling the coaches son. He gave it his all, but couldn't get up and away from him, losing with a score of 15-0.


Carter's 2nd opponent was from Muskego. Carter wrestled very well and won this round with a score of 8-0.

This tournament was the best I've ever seen Carter wrestle. You could see him using many of the wrestling moves that he's learned over the season. The one that he practiced the most was the "Half Nelson". You can see in this picture he is putting the Half Nelson on the Muskego wrestler.

Carter's 3rd opponent was from Fond Du Lac. He again wrestled very well and won this match with a final score of 15-0. He almost had the wrestler pinned many times, but just couldn't hold her down (yes, I said "her"). Anna was a sweet little wrestler (a good little wrestler) :-)

Since Carter won his last two matches, he had a 4th round to where he was wrestling for 3rd place. His 4th opponent was the Kenosha wrestler, the one he lost to in the first round. He was a little bummed out when he found out who he had to wrestle back in the Bull's Den, but I told Carter that he had the same chance of winning as this boy. They both had lost one match and won two matches.

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Trophies went up to 3rd place and medals went from 4th to 8th place. He really wanted that 3rd place trophy!! :-)

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I've never seen Carter get so prepared for a wrestling match.....stretching his muscles, running in place, etc. He was getting completely "psyched" for this round. Carter wrestled so well in the last round. He lost to the Kenosha boy 12-2, but gave it his all. He came off the mat upset that he couldn't beat him, but I was really proud of him.

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He was so upset that he wouldn't let me get a picture of him with his 4th place medal. He didn't want the medal, but I had to remind him that I am sure the other wrestlers who placed 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th would have loved his 4th place medal. He did his very best and that's all that matters!! :-)