My edit of Joselyn’s Castillowrestling article

My final edit of Joselyn Garcia’s Miguel Castillo Article

For the second straight year, Beach High senior, Miguel Castillo has been named a wrestling district champion and with a solid run at the Regional Competition almost made it to Nationals. “(Placing first in the district) Was a rewarding feeling,” Castillo declared.” ” In a sports like wrestling you have to really work hard. I had to do a lot of practice and drilling; dedication.”

Castillo, who is also a member of the Beach High football team, joined the wrestling team his junior year. “Last year I started from scratch not knowing… this year I had better basics therefore I was able to improve on more complex, intricate moves and find out how beat my opponents,” Castillo said. What attracted Castillo to the mat was the fact that he could fight without the consequences of getting into trouble. “I like the discipline, I like getting to beat people up.” This makes Castillo the perfect prototype of a motivated wrestler.

Preparing for both the matches and tournaments in February, Castillo had to improve his Cardio and personal training. “We did a lot of running, jump rope, drilling…climbing stairs, wheel barrows, walking on your hands doing that up the stairs doing that down the stairs, buddy carries having someone jump on your back and going with them up the stairs on your back.” His conditioning after school lasts around four hours a day and even ran through Winter Break. This hard training has obviously paid of for Castillo. Assistant coach Robby stated, “Besides Miguel’s dedication, I have seen that he is a quick learner. You can show Miguel one move and the next day he is hitting the move. He has definitely improved in his cardio and now he is nonstop at the match.”

Castillo placed 7^th in Regional’s and was one win away from national competition. Through all of his successes he has never forgotten who brought him to where he is today. To his coaches Juan Camarotti and Eric Rodriguez, he attributed “I owe a lot of gratitude and thanks (to them) for getting me so far.”

Given the fact that the ‘09 season is Castillo’s last, his last stand was one bringing much pride to the Hi-Tides. He leaves Beach High a champion and will serve as a model for current and future Beach High wrestlers to follow.