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Two of my favorite games in recent memory have come out almost exactly a year apart. Looking at the games, I think it is interesting to see how they will impact the future of game development companies. To start, both games mirror each other in meaningful ways. They have pretty similar combat system and both…

Second trimester is always the hardest for me. Between wrestling and my class load I always feel burnt out and tired. With a disappointing end to my wrestling career adding to my feelings of malcontent, I think I need to look back and address some behaviors that need to change.  Firstly, I need to stop…

As anyone with ears knows, the world cup finished a while ago. Seemingly unbeknownst to most of the world though, the club world cup finished only last week. Despite being the literal world cup for club soccer teams, nobody cares. Why?  The reasons for the lack of interest are very interesting in my opinion. The…

We recently had a presentation to eighth graders on what we would tell ourselves from 4 years ago, and I liked the idea. These are my thoughts. Find what you are passionate about. I spent so much time worrying about other people and what they thought of me. It was so freeing when I realized…

Welp, I’m done. I’ve been a wrestler since I was 3 years old. It is so deeply part of who I am. I have had a lifelong dream of being a state champion, and I came up short. Now there are a lot of ways I can move forward from this experience, but I want…

The state finals were a very exciting session. The first interesting weight was 106, where a kid from my club won a state championship. It was very cool to see, and I was proud of him for it. Next at 113 was a nationally ranked match up. It was a very close match that went…

This match was also very frustrating. Going into the match I knew he had a hurt shoulder just like mine. We had matching shoulder braces and had very similar styles. Off the whistle neither of us moved. We both were hoping the other one would initiate action so we could counter. This put me in…

This match was probably the most frustrated I have ever been with myself. I started off the match fine. The opponent was reaching a lot. I was able to get to a 2 on 1, and he took a bad shot. I got into a murkle position and got a take down, but couldn’t get…

This match was exciting for me. This was the first time I was wrestling a ranked opponent all year. I knew going into the match that he was going to be very strong, but not as technical as I am. At the start of the match I felt just how strong he was. It was…

Given the new format this year, If I won this match I would go to state. My opponent wasn’t great, but I knew he was good upper body. Recognizing that I am very bad upper body, I decided to stay away from those ties. Off the whistle I got to my two on one. I…