Wrestling Champion!!

Gabriel’s wrestling season here in Germany has been quite an exciting adventure for the Gates family. Daddy coached the team as an assistant coach and had many opportunities to build into Gabriel’s development as a wrestler. Still, from practice one, Gabriel showed that he had natural abilities that just cannot be taught. A 2 time New York State champion and CW4 in the army served as our head coach. He constantly commented on Gabriel’s natural talent, and really loved watching him wrestle.

Gabriel finished off the season with 19 wins and 2 losses. He pinned just about every opponent and never lost by more than 3 points.

If you ask him what his favorite move is, he would say the double-leg takedown, and he executes it well. We look forward to many more successful seasons.