Story of a Champion blog part one and two
On a cool October morning Jane and Jeff had their second child; a little baby boy. They decided to name the child Jared. They decided on Jared because they liked the name and also now everyone in the family had the initials JD. The whole family was so happy to have a second blessing in their lives.
Jane couldn’t believe it had been five years already. The time was upon them for little Jared to start school. The first few days went slow but he started to make new friends and have fun. Plus if he ever had any questions his brother Jim could answer them. Jim was two years older and had a lot of experience. Besides tee ball Jared had not started playing sports yet but he was ready. One of the older kids on the bus that Jared and Jim looked up to told them about the sport of wrestling. They were both excited and though it would be lots of fun. Wrestling was tuff for both of them at first but they caught on fast. They started going to meets where they finished third and fourth; therefore it wasn’t too bad for just starting out. As elementary school went bye they both became some of the best in their age and weight class. Also as elementary school moved on as the competition became harder so did the classes. Third grade was finally here for Jared and he was really excited for school but also he was now old enough to start football. As practices went on Jared realized how much fun it was and because he was a little big for his age so he had to play offensive and defensive line. Also as practices went along he became the kicker. As the season went along it went pretty good and it became Jared new favorite sport. Wrestling and baseball season went by really fast as he was so excited for the next football season to start. This year went even better for Jared; he was doing great in the class room and making more and more friends. In football, wrestling and baseball he started to become better and stronger. This was his last year in elementary school and now it was time for Middle School.
Jared was really excited but so nervous at the same time. School work became al to harder in middle school and he had to work harder and spend more time on it. This meant that it took more time away from his athletics. Fifth and sixth grade were great years for Jared in sports. In Fifth grade his team won the championship this was the first time in Hounds history. Wrestling season was just as successful for Jared. He ended up going to the Show Me State games in Columbia, Missouri. He made it all the way the finals but ended up losing and bringing home silver. Baseball Season flew bye and it was time for football again. This year the Hounds won the championship. This back to back championship was the first in Hound’s history. Then in wrestling Jared was at the Show Me Games again and in the finals. He was determined to win it this year. He ended up losing in a close match and bringing home silver again. With that second place finish it qualified him to go to nationals in St. Louis Missouri. Again even on this national stage he made it the finals match, but yet again he brought home the silver. Even though he didn’t win it still is a great accomplishment. Next for Jared was seventh and eighth grade, which with the more freedom of growing up came more responsibility. With the next grades came hard work and more homework. With this he had to develop even more time management skills so he could get all his work done and still have time for sports. Now sports were affiliated with the schools. Now Jared was a Spoofhound. Seventh grade went by with a blink of an eye. Now it was time for eight grades. Football season was here and the games seamed to last forever because he never got to come off the field. He played both offence and defense and also being the kicker and long snapper. The season went by really fast and the Spoofhounds won all five of their games which crowned them conference champs. Wrestling was a lot of the same story for Jared. Though the regular season Jared went 34 and 0, now he decided to wrestle at USA Wrestling were he would wrestling the best HWT in the state. Four matches later Jared was standing in the tunnel of Mizzou Arena waiting to run out for the interdictions of the finalist. This match would be for the state title and be wrestled in front of 4,000 people. He was feeling really confident going into the match because he had already beaten the state champ from last year. Again like every other finals match he had been in he came home with the silver.
The next challenge for Jared was not on the gridiron or on the mat it was High School. This was going to be a lot different for him. In middle school all his classes were in the same area. Now it high school he had to walk clear across the school for some of his classes, and he only had five minutes to do it. Besides sports going into his first year of high school something that took up a lot of Jared’s was riding and training horses. This was not only fun it was a great stress reliever, and also it was a something they could do as a family. Horse training was kind of like sports it gave him a lot of life lesions like passion, compassion, trust, and hard work. All of these attributes helped Jared not only in life but sports.
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