By the time Riley's lead had shrunk to 8-7, his tank was empty. Riley jumped to an 8-0 lead against the wrestler from Brebeuf, then started to run out of gas. I was there for his 15th match, against Brebeuf. By the time I heard about this kid at Speedway, he had wrestled 14 matches. This was three years ago, his first year on the varsity, and he was just learning the sport. Last time I saw Riley Walker, he was a Speedway freshman who weighed 145 pounds. View Gallery: Catching up with Speedway wrestler Riley Walker No, this season, when kids on his team need discipline, Sparkplugs coach Jacob Beyer does something else. It’s called wrestling.Īnd like I said, that’s what used to happen when a kid at Speedway screwed up. And so it goes, Beyer sending one fresh body after another, until the kid in the middle can’t continue. The rest of the team keeps doing that slow jog – until Beyer blows his whistle again and someone else emerges from the circle to wrestle the kid in the middle. Beyer blows his whistle, and someone leaves the circle to wrestle the kid in the middle. The shark tank: The kid in question stands in the middle of the mat while the rest of the team jogs a slow circle around him. Get Prepped: Get our high school sports coverage in an email newsletter “Most of a practice,” Beyer tells me, and I swear he’s smiling. How long does that something like that take, anyway? And on and on until the kid has done 12 different exercises, with 12 sets of 12 reps each. In other words: a dozen push-ups … 12 times. The dirty dozen: 12 sets of 12 exercises, done 12 times. Used to be, Speedway coach Jacob Beyer would discipline the kid by putting him through something called the dirty dozen, or something that sounds worse, the shark tank. Well, it’s what used to happen when a kid screwed up, mouthing off to a coach or teacher, being late to practice, skipping a class. This is what happens at Speedway High when a kid on the wrestling team screws up. Billboard.Watch Video: Amputee wrestler Riley Walker considers himself 'pretty lucky.' Watch him in action. ![]()
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