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Fiction Book Excerpt: Watching video of loss is as bad as suffering a loss Editor’s Note: TO BE THE BEST: PREQUEL is a series chronicling the


wrestling exploits and journey of the Castle brothers, Ron and Nick, the year before TO %( 7+( %(67 WKH À UVW ERRN LQ WKH QDWLRQ·V WRS KLJK VFKRRO ZUHVWOLQJ À FWLRQ QRYHO VHULHV See www.ToBeTheBestWrestling.com for book information, reviews and free downloads. This portion of this month’s excerpt “Nick’s Dual” picks up where last month’s WIN excerpt “Riverside Dual” left off. Subscribe to WIN at www.WIN-magazine.com to read the next excerpt “English Class.”


R leg. “Your leg is in the air? Why are you kicking your leg out? You need it


XQGHU \RX WR EULGJH QRW Á DLOLQJ OLNH VRPH NLQG RI FRFNURDFK µ The coach pressed play, the video continued, the ref slapped the mat,


and it was over ... DEAD. Nick’s thoughts went back to the day before as they were about to


aid kills bugs dead the coach joked as the team watched the end of Nick’s match. The reference to the classic insecticide slogan was clear to anyone watching the video.


Nick winced. It was embarrassing enough he had lost so decisively.


+DYLQJ WR ZDWFK KLPVHOI DQG DOO RI KLV Á DZV ZLWK WKH UHVW RI WKH WHDP ZDV painful.


“Let’s back it up and see that again,” the coach continued. “Let’s not ...” was all that came to Nick’s mind. “Look, at this.” The coach stopped the video and pointed to Nick’s


ZUHVWOH WKDW PDWFK :HLJK LQ ZDV WKH À UVW WLPH he had gotten to see his opponent. Nick had scanned the locker room, looking for someone VLJQLÀ FDQWO\ ELJJHU WKDQ KLPVHOI +LV JHQHUDO rule of thumb was that if he saw someone who looked like he must weigh at least 170, that kid would step on the scale and it would somehow read 134. He was not disappointed this time. Andre


Pedersen must have been a good inch taller than Nick and seemed to carry a lot more muscle as well. “I must have dense bones,” Nick lamented as the two weighed in and


the scale proclaimed them to both be on weight. “He must have moved in from out of state,” Nick thought. He didn’t


remember ever having seen Pedersen before. Given that the two teams had competed in at least two of the same tournaments this season, it was the only logical explanation. While facing the unknown foe would be daunting, the unrest that


Nick felt in his belly was multiplied when the Lewis and Clark Junior High team emerged from the locker room. Nick instinctively searched the stands for his family but immediately found Heather Lapier. Why did she have to be here for this dual? Why couldn’t she have


FRPH WR D FRQWHVW LQ ZKLFK 1LFN ZDV ZUHVWOLQJ D NQRZQ À VK" The dual moved quickly with Hamilton Junior High racking up pins in


À YH RI WKH À UVW HLJKW PDWFKHV 3DWURQ·V FRPPHQWV WKH SULRU GD\ WKDW /HZLV and Clark would come out with a win seemed to be in deep jeopardy as his team was down by a score of 15 to 36 going into Nick’s match. If there were to be a turnaround, it would need to start with Nick. The boy walked onto the mat, shook hands and the contest was on …Q


38 USA WRESTLER/WIN MAGAZINE


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