Jeanine is attending a conference this weekend and I am juggling the kids. Nicolai had an all day (6am-6pm) wrestling tournament at Belmont. He won his first match with a pin in the first period and dropped the second in a well fought battle against the number two seed. Nico took him down in the first period for an early 2-0 lead but during the second and third periods it became clear why his opponent was ranked so high. Nico looked strong for the entire 6 minutes and had some very nice moves. His finally match was a very dissappointing 6-8 loss. Nicolai led for most of the match, nearly pinned his opponent twice but failed to pursue a winning strategy in the third period. Rather than protect a two point lead he went for a risky pin, got reversed and gave up two back points. This loss put him out of the running but I am guessing a valuable lesson was learned.