Nemesis Update

Free Advice contributor and NCAA collegiate wrestler dsterner has a new nemesis in the person of Wade Ginter - a junior 133 lb wrestler for Albright College.

Our contributor is currently a freshmen 133 lb'er at York College. During our man's high school career, his nemesis was one Lance Roycroft from neighboring Kennard Dale High School. In 5 contests spanning 2 seasons, dsterner failed to record a victory over Roycroft. The fifth and final contest was engaged during dsterner's junior year in high school (Roycroft's senior year). Our hero suffered a heart breaking overtime defeat.

dsterner gained a small measure of satisfaction during his senior year in high school when the Kennard Dale squad sent one Kirk Roycroft (younger brother of Lance) onto the mat to take on dsterner. The KD brain trust may have reasonably suspected that dsterner wouldn't know the difference. Nevertheless, dsterner was onto their scheme and recorded a 3rd period fall over the imitation nemesis.

And now the saga is rejoined. On Saturday, January 22 dsterner dropped a hard fought 7-5 decision to Ginter bringing his career mark to 0-3 against his new nemesis. The first encounter occurred during dsterner's sophomore year in high school (Ginter's senior year). In a physical mismatch, Ginter dispatched our hero like a dishrag, scoring a Technical Fall at 4 minutes by score of 16-0.

The 2nd encounter occurred in December, 2004 in a wrestling tournament hosted by Ursinus College. Our hero, being a freshmen, was unknown and unseeded in the 133 lb. field. He fought his way from the preliminary rounds to the semi-finals w/3 surprising victories to earn his shot at redemption. Ginter had enjoyed byes into the quarterfinal round where he had dispatched his opponent in less than a minute. Alas, trailing 3-2 midway through the 2nd stanza, our hero made a fatal error which did not go unobserved by his opponent. Ginter took full advantage and recorded a 2nd period fall.

In this most recent enounter, Ginter jumped to an early 5-0 lead on dsterner. Undaunted, our hero fought back viciously, but fell short in the end.

dsterner may get one or two more chances to slay his nemesis, although it's unlikely to happen again this season. The clock is ticking.