I Was A Wrestler

Well, quit the team today. I fucking quit the team today. I had to, after talking with people who’d had herpes and with experts and getting an in-depth risk talk, I couldn’t take the chance. The fact that there’s a confirmed case of herpes in the league means that my chances of getting it would [...]

Brandon has Herpes

Brandon, our Heavyweight and Team Captain, got herpes this weekend at the Mt. SAC tournament. He came in today with red splotches of warts and sores all over his face. He was the guy that held the team together, the guy that threw parties and let guys stay at his house before matches, and now [...]

I Broke A Rule

I broke a rule
its a major social rule amongst athletes, but its much worse among guys.
I, a scrub, a walk-on, first year wrestler, told a State qualifier “good job.”
You just don’t do that. Its condecsending. When you tell someone better than you who is not your friend “good job,” it makes it seem like you [...]

Mt. SAC Tournament

First tournament was today, I didn’t sleep a wink last night, even though I wasn’t wrestling…
Only like 8 guys on the team could wrestle because we could only find like 8 singlets! NONE of our stuff that we ordered came on time, no warmups, no headgear, no shoes, and 8 singlets from like 10 years [...]

LOL, Wrestlers!

Oh gosh now that I’m officially on the team roster with my goofy team picture and everything, check out what Coach wrote about me as my self-description:

NIKKOL PEPAJ

YEAR: FRESHMAN

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LOL, Swimmers

I was on the swim team in the spring. The girls were funny and the guys were weirdo’s. I change in the swimmer’s locker aisle, they have big comfy couches (!!).
Usually after practice I come into the locker room right as the swimmer’s (waterpolo season) get out of practice, and I’m as soaked as they [...]

By the way, his name is Jareth

And he elbowed me in the face! All in play of course.
My partner, the guy who said he doesn’t go easy and doesn’t care that I’m a girl, finally has a name. Dunno why I didn’t just listen to the roll call earlier to hear it. His name is Jareth.
He usually partner’s up with Sean [...]

You’re not going to do it, it’s just not going to happen

Why is anything that goes against the status quo automatically wrong? It’s strange how people have the right to be wrong as long as they are wrong in numbers. Greater numbers defines what is right and wrong I guess, and one person doesn’t count as a minority.
So today I had a good practice. I hit [...]

The Only Person Who Can Beat You Is You

And oh how good at that I am.
Match day again. I got pinned twice, once in the first period and the other 18 seconds into the second period after spending half of the first period on my back.
It’s not like I don’t know why though. It wasn’t even all of my fault. I’ve beaten the [...]

No Politics, Just Wrestling

*note about post-dates, most of the dates are a day ahead seeing as the posts themselves were most likely written after midnight.
Yesterday’s practice was pretty tough. We drilled leg-turks and wrestled 3 rounds live. In a way its easier than high school seeing as we don’t have a heater and we don’t just pair up [...]

“Kick His Ass Nicole!”

I go to school in my wrestling clothes. Athletes should always be in athletic attire, but its not that I’m taking to a jock, it’s that I literally have no reason to wear anything else. I get up, go to class, go wrestle, go to sleep, the rest is just details. Today I wore my [...]

1-1 at Mock Tournament (That Means I Won A Match!)

I went 1-1 at today’s mock wrestling tournament. That means I won one match and lost one. Every Friday the team has a mock wrestling tournament where they simulate an actual wrestling meet. We bring our singlets and headgear and everything like we’re going to a meet and we have a wrestling tournament against our [...]