COLUMBIA - For three days during the state wrestling championships, the ground floor at Mizzou Arena here is a madhouse.
And
that's before any of the nearly 900 wrestlers who are here drag their
hopes and dreams in front of the packed house of friends, family and
wrestling crazies. At the sound of the first referee's whistle, the
roof almost comes off the place. Emotion and energy bubble over.
Some
wrestlers, maybe most wrestlers, can't stand still as they await their
matches. They pace, they fidget, they stretch, they bounce around.
Saturday,
with hardly an hour to go before the biggest match of his career, Matt
Kraus dozed. He leaned back, closed his eyes and drifted off.
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And
that's before any of the nearly 900 wrestlers who are here drag their
hopes and dreams in front of the packed house of friends, family and
wrestling crazies. At the sound of the first referee's whistle, the
roof almost comes off the place. Emotion and energy bubble over.
Some
wrestlers, maybe most wrestlers, can't stand still as they await their
matches. They pace, they fidget, they stretch, they bounce around.
Saturday,
with hardly an hour to go before the biggest match of his career, Matt
Kraus dozed. He leaned back, closed his eyes and drifted off.
Read More