Claymont
High Schools isn’t known for the most appropriate things. However, our
wrestling program is something our community is always proud to be a part of.
Sure, we get supporters at other sporting events. But the turnouts are nothing
like that of a wrestling match. Of course, the main goal is to get our boys to
the state tournaments level. Every year we get quite a few, and have made
plenty of traditions out of it.
In order to celebrate the boys’
achievements of making it to state, many activities are held and performed.
When it comes to state time, no one is in town. It’s like everyone just packed
up and left. Leading up to that though, we start by decorating cars and rooms,
making sure the boys know we are all proud of them.
When the boys pack up onto the bus
and leave for state, the town hosts a send off. In recent years, not many other
sports have participated in something big. So this has mostly become a
community tradition among the wrestling program. What happens is, parents,
students, friends, and family, line the roads to which the buses are routed.
They hold signs and banners as a form of good luck, sometimes airhorns. We
watch the boys head for state, screaming and cheering. Then, the whole town
packs up and heads off with them. And when they come home, we’re all still
lined on the streets celebrating their achievements (and the fact they can
finally eat now).
By Olivia
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