Alaska Frontier: Wrestling in Bethel

2 weekends ago I went to Bethel (another city-bigger-it actually has cars and paved roads!) with the wrestlers. These kids are amazing. I had so much fun. I was the high school wrestling coach...yeah...I didn't exactly sign up for that...or know what I was doing. They did their best, and did well. I had 3 high schoolers with me. When they were done with everything, we walked over to the elementary and watched the 4-8th graders wrestle. They did great! We had our littlest wrestlers get 2nd and 3rd, another 3rd place, a 4th, and a 6th. Great job to my wrestlers! And, they came in 6th place overall as a team out of 19 teams.

Half of the team as we're waiting for our plane.

Yeah, this is where I slept. See that there are actually 2 red sleeping bags? I slept there... I love the girls but I really wanted space!!! :)

I thought this was a cool picture to show the difference out here. Guess which one I am...

Cute little wrestlers.

2nd, 3rd, and 4th places

On our way to Bethel, in the plane, I was sitting co-pilot again. The pilot turned up the heat and with the altitude he promised me they would be asleep in no time. :) It took about 10 minutes. Before they fell asleep, the sun came out over the clouds. As soon as it hit, a bunch of them started sneezing. That was when I decided that Eskimos are allergic to the sun:)

Yes, there's a kid under those coats...

Good night kids! :)

I bought the kids Subway on the 2nd night. They were so excited! Most of them have never had Subway before. One of the kids brought his Play Station, so the kids stayed up and had fun playing that.

Eatin some Subway.

After we ate, the kids decided they wanted to play "King of the Mat." Basically they wrestle each other until one person has beaten everyone. This was after the kids decided to bring mats back from the gym to sleep on...oh dear.