Wrestling brought me halfway across the country and away from home to Fargo North Dakota several years in a row.
One of those years, I remember distinctly wearing the red and gold Team NJ singlet. I was wrestling in one of the opening rounds. The score was tied 2-2, and I was wrestling an opponent clearly wearing a blue singlet. I executed a throw and took my opponent from his feet to his back, and we went out of bounds. At that time, this would have been a 3 point move for me. (Freestyle wrestling rules change so much that as of writing this it is a 4 point move)
I looked over at the scoreboard fully expecting the score to be 5 (red) – 2 (blue), but it was the opposite. I looked at the scoreboard again, double checked my singlet color, and perplexed made my way back to the center of the mat.…