{"product_id":"lower-dauphin-wrestling-an-uncommon-heritage-1960-2024-9780997795660","title":"Lower Dauphin Wrestling: An Uncommon Heritage 1960-2024","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLower Dauphin Wrestling: An Uncommon Heritage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy a book about wrestling in a high school? Why a book about a sport that at the varsity level lasts only six minutes-or less, if there is a pin?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e This\u003c\/strong\u003e is that book, and six minutes into it you will see why\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Written by one who was intrigued by the quiet intensity of the young wrestlers in her English class-boys from a wide spectrum, some with heavy home burdens, this author (who had never seen a wrestling match) soon learned a lot about wrestling, as will the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1960 Lower Dauphin High School, seated in quiet farmland only twenty minutes from the state's capital city, was composed of students from one small town and four surrounding townships-all rural. Very few of the new students yet knew any of the other students who would become their teammates. And the former home town high school would be losing its sports players to the new jointure. This was a potential nightmare-your \u003cem\u003esenior year and you are surrounded by mainly strangers\u003c\/em\u003e-some from a power house in football and the other with many years' experience as \"a wrestling school.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sixty years later, Lower Dauphin High School is the proof of such success. And with that has come \u003cem\u003eAn Uncommon Heritage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLower Dauphin Wrestling: An Uncommon Heritage \u003c\/strong\u003edoes not provide a list, guide, or an instruction book on \"how to be a wrestler.\" What we do have, however, are adults who \u003cstrong\u003eencouraged \u003c\/strong\u003eyoung men to \u003cstrong\u003efind\u003c\/strong\u003e something in the sport of wrestling that they had not found elsewhere and to \u003cstrong\u003eguide \u003c\/strong\u003ethem to use the skills that wrestling provides, including the opportunity for positive changes and for opening many doors, beginning in competition and ending in lifelong friendships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e More particularly, the human stories not widely known deserve to be seen in retrospective daylight. The triumphs and defeats of the wrestling mat are, in many cases, not even the most compelling part of the story. The athletes of these pages climbed a mountain of effort, emotion, and sacrifice before ever stepping onto the mat or hearing a referee's whistle. And excelled! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yesteryear Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50913945616658,"sku":"9780997795660","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ecf9939-fe08-4593-a20a-9b0d829eb318.jpg?v=1738801436","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lower-dauphin-wrestling-an-uncommon-heritage-1960-2024-9780997795660","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}