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Wrestling As A Freshman's Argumentative Essay

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Have you ever competed in the state tournament in any sport? Not many high school athletes get to experience the feeling of competing in the state tournament, but I am very fortunate to have experienced the hard work, gained some life long friends, and all the memories. Going into the season I had did not know if I was going to play basketball or wrestle. I thankfully made the right choice in deciding to wrestle in high school.
Coming into the season I had no intentions to wrestle heavyweight as a freshman because I had only wrestled for a year and I didn’t have a lot of experience with wrestling. As the season went on, the starting heavyweight at the time hurt his shoulder then I got bumped up from JV to varsity. Right before Christmas break

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