I guess it wouldn’t be Fargo time without having to overcome a significant injury…
Last year at about this time, one of the top Junior wrestlers in the country rammed his head into Big A’s sternum during a Mo-West practice. He was in pain right up to and through the tournament.
This year, that same wrestler, now an All American in college, came back for the club’s last workout before departing for North Dakota. Since Big A has been pretty much whipping everyone else they have put him up against, in the last 15 minutes of his last full Mo-West practice ever, the coaches paired them up again.
The guy bear hugged him from behind, arched backward and threw him to the mat. Big A’s legs followed his torso and whipped his feet into the mat very hard. He went from flat feet to fat feet in one smooth move!
He was limping pretty bad almost immediately so we went to see the doctor.
Thankfully, the X-rays came back negative. However, he has very painful soft tissue damage called “turf toe”. The doctor, who was a top level wrestler in his day, prescribed a new anti-inflammatory ointment, told him to keep it iced. The recovery time should be about 3-5 days.
He leaves for the Kansas team training camp on Monday.
