![]() ![]() Mike didn’t know how to get out of a pin just yet. The savvy senior responded and pinned Mike with seconds remaining in the match. But Mike was facing a senior who had been wrestling since junior high. This opponent wasn’t too big, and Mike wasn’t intimidated. He called Mike’s takedown a slam, which cost him one point. Mike’s mother Theresa and father Barry were there, waiting to see if their son’s newest pursuit would be a successful one.Įveryone in that gymnasium knew who Mike Martin the football player was, but now he was trying his hand at wrestling - a sport completely different from football, which he had played since fifth grade. And the heavyweight was the first match drawn, so Mike was up first. The whole school was let out an hour and a half early from class to watch this, the first match of the season. Mike’s friends, family, teachers and mentors were there, everyone was excited to see what he would do in his first wrestling match. Right there in the middle of the packed gymnasium stood a massive man, cloaked in his wrestling singlet. Opposing teams hated wrestling at Detroit Catholic Central, mostly because of that crowd. Mike went through his opponent, picked him way up in the air and slammed him right there on the blue mat in the center of the gymnasium - a tackle of sorts.
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