One Shot Away

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Author: T. Glen Coughlin
you guys can keep doing what you’ve been doing. The rest of you, learn your new weight class. I posted them in the locker room. You got it?”
    A few guys say, “We got it.”
    â€œWhat? I didn’t hear you!”
    â€œWe got it!” they roar.
    â€œAnd another thing—this year, on the line is in-bounds. So you guys have more room to wrestle. Got it?”
    â€œGot it!”
    â€œGood. Now today, we’re going to work on penetration,” says Greco.
    â€œWorked on it last night,” says Bones with a grin.
    Everyone laughs.
    Greco ignores him. “Let’s get a definition of penetration.”
    The gym is quiet.
    â€œYou mean the kind at wrestling?” cracks Bones.
    More chuckles. Even Greco’s smiling.
    â€œThat’s easy,” says Jimmy. “It’s when you get in close enough to a wrestler to take a guy down.”
    Greco pats Jimmy’s crew cut. “Right, forward motion through your opponent, directed at his hips, will result in penetration. Good penetration will put you completely past your opponent before he can react.” Greco looks into the faces of the wrestlers. “I need a victim.”
    Trevor Crow raises his hand.
    â€œTrevor,” says Greco. “Up here for a demo.”
    Diggy mouths the words “Kiss-ass.”
    Trevor takes a ready position and pushes his hair from his eyes. The only wrestler with hair past his shoulders. The only Indian not from India in the school. In an instant, Greco, in his chinos and Minute Men shirt, shoots in and is holding one of Trevor’s legs in the air. “The trick is to anticipate where your opponent is going to be and then shoot in that direction,” says Greco.
    They pair off for live wrestling. Greco sticks Diggy with Trevor Crow. Diggy knows that Trevor would rather be wrestling anyone else. Not that Diggy could give a fat fart. Last year, Trevor was cut from the varsity squad. So Trevor has no right to pick and choose anyone or anything. Trevor was an eleventh grader on the JV team, which equals total humiliation, no varsity letter, no jacket, and no girls.
    Diggy shoots in and slams his shoulder against Trevor’s knee.
    â€œHey, watch it,” says Trevor. “I wasn’t ready.”
    â€œWhy don’t you cut your hair or wear a hair net?” Diggy doesn’t wait for a response. He shoots for Trevor’s legs and wonders how Trevor got so big over the summer.
    Trevor holds him off. Diggy falls forward on his hands and knees.
    â€œHey Tonto, how much do you weigh?” Diggy wants to tick him off. Guys make mistakes when they get angry.
    â€œOne-fifty-one.” Trevor wipes his forehead with his palm.
    Diggy stares across the wrestling room at the Wall of Champions. “You realize I’m wrestling one-fifty-two,” he says. “You got that, Chief?”
    Trevor holds his ground and swallows. “I told you about that. You call me that again, I’ll report you.”
    â€œTo who?”
    â€œTo Coach Greco.”
    Diggy sighs. “Look, Trevor, the team can’t have two guys at one-fifty-two. Only one can start. I’m not splitting the weight class with you.”
    â€œI know how it works.” Trevor winces and glances toward the clock. “Let’s wrestle.”
    â€œWhy don’t you start eating and go all the way to one-seventy?” Greco sounds the whistle. The wrestlers begin to grapple. “Answer me, or are you too stupid to understand?” Diggy gets right into Trevor’s ugly mug. “I own one-fifty-two,” he says. “So you might as well go home and eat a frickin’ buffalo, because you’re not taking my spot.” Trevor takes a step back. Without warning, Diggy springs forward and into Trevor’s knees, knocking him over. Trevor’s head thumps the padded wall.
    Trevor rubs his head. “What’s with you?” he asks. “You keep it up and
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