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Dec. 5, 2012 10:39am Erica Ritz

7th Grade Wrestling Match With Disabled Boy Goes Viral | Justin Kievit, Jared Stevens

(Photo: Facebook)

A heartwarming video of a 7th grade wrestling match in Tennessee has gone viral on the Internet, with more than 100,000 “shares” on Facebook since being uploaded roughly one week ago.

The video shows Jared Stevens, described by the Tennessean as “an extrovert with cerebral palsy,” and his opponent Justin Kievit, in an usual pairing.

Stevens, who reportedly has the physical abilities of a 6-month-old but an intellectual ability close to his age level, is laid on the ground, unable to stand on his own. Kievit bends down to shake his outstretched hand, and begins fake wrestling with Stevens as the match begins. As the crowd cheers, Kievit pulls Stevens’ arm over himself, struggling all the while, and allows a beaming Stevens to win the match.

The Huffington Post has more on how it all happened:

“Jared just likes to do stuff like everybody else,” [his father] told the Franklin Home Page. “There’s a limit to what he can do, but something like wrestling, he can do that as much as he can do. He just enjoys being out there participating. He doesn’t mind trying anything.”

Clay Mayes, Jared’s wrestling coach, said that the 13-year-old practices with his school’s wrestling team every day.

When Jared expressed that he wanted to participate in a wrestling match, Mayes said he called his friend Randy Stevens (no relation), a coach at another middle school.

“It wasn’t about weight class,” Mayes told the Tennessean. “I told him to point me toward the kid who has the kindest heart.”

Here’s the video:

The Tennessean interviewed other boys from the team, who said that Stevens cheers them on at every match. Kievit is the team’s captain– a rare accomplishment for a 7th grader.

The Tennessean continues:

“I was a little nervous,” says Justin [Kievit], who had no idea how many shares the video had until a Tennessean reporter told him. “Then I kind of figured out what to do.”

“It’s a little overwhelming to say the least,” says Craig Kievit, who thought just friends and family might look at the video.

“I watched it over and over again,” he says.

Stevens’ father is an engineer, and says he always tries to fashion ways for his son to try new things. He’s even gone ziplining with the Boy Scouts.

“Made me tear up,” one commenter wrote. “Can you imagine what that meant to the boy and his family?!” Others wrote how proud they were of both young men.

Here’s the Tennessean’s insider look at the wrestling team, and Stevens’ role:

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Geowchap
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:54pm
looks like good parenting

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- hayesstephen
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:37pm
  I have been handicapped all my life, I never was able to play, football, baseball, soccer, ect. If someone had given me a ‘win’ or award for what I could not do I would have been fighting mad!! This is from someone who lives the life.I never asked nor expected to receive any freebies and would have rejected them is they had been. For you who think this is so heart warming good for you. But to those of us who have had to fight for everything we have, this is not a feel good thing. Keep you pity to yourself. I do appreciate people who hold the door for me, to me that is heart warming, to those who do not screw you.
- churchlady
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:08pm
  @Hayes, this isn’t about giving him a win, it’s about giving two boys a chance to show what they are made of. It’s not as if this boy will now be getting scholarships he did not earn. I for one need these kinds of stories to stay in the news…it’s so bad out there right now and hope in humanity (especially from our youth) is what we need.
  
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- Palter
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 4:32pm
  I think beck is becoming commie socialist! This kind of obamaneque equality, rigging the outcome, will never be reported in breitbart!
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 4:56pm
  What one kid did for the other shows hope, love and kindness. If you got offended grow up. I thought it was pretty cool.
  
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- Truthbeliever2
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:18pm
  Ridiculous! NUFF SAID.
  
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- Feemobetta
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:24pm
  This is as ridiculous as it gets seriously I’m 6 foot one over 240 pounds I’m never going to be a good Horse jockey yet I found my strengths to be in other areas God made this kid so you can bet he has strengths in one area or another So don’t take an obvious weakness for the kid and act as if its some kind of strength and making a mockery of the hard working kids for whom it is a strength its embarrassing sham on everyone including the well intentioned. Reminded me of an episode of Jerry Springer were they brought these kids with a rare disease called phlegaria caused them to age prematurely and as special gift to them for being on the show they went and gavethem Glamour shots to try and give them an image of beuty that was obviously not their strength and it did the opposite and just highlighted there weekness in the beauty department and took the dignity away from what might be a real strength of theres
  
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- db321
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:19pm
  Some how God always find the right Parents for Children that need special care. Great Story.
  
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- @leftfighter
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:36pm
  Wow. Just… wow.
  
  On one hand, yes, it’s heart warming that one boy is willing to do this for another boy.
  
  On the other, (and maybe I’m bad or rude or whatever for calling this particular spade a spade, but…) I’m with Hayes on this one. I’d be pissed if I were a parent on either team, to have every boy hitting that mat that day work his arse off for hours a day to get to be the best in his weight class on that team and then have one kid get on the mat and literally lay down and allow himself to be pinned by someone who can barely move. Forgive the bluntness, but this is a kid getting into a wrestlig match with a throwing dummy and letting the dummy get the pin. How is this not as bad or worse than a participation trophy?
  
  It would have been much more heartwarming if the kid with the Palsy actually got the pin without it having been given to him.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:42pm
  Hats off to Justin Kievit for going above and beyond the call of duty.
  
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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 1:54am
  I completely understand the young boy wanting to help the less fortunate child hear the cheers of the crowd even if the win was a fake. What I don’t understand is the father who orchestrated this all. Why? The child would never have asked for this since he knows he is not physically superior. The sport of wrestling is about being physically superior with some mental advantages. Why would the father interject himself into getting this “theatre” win for his son. He could easily have staged a quiet win at home that likely would have pleased his son just as much. But he wanted the “big theatre”. Perhaps for himself. The feel good story doesn’t feel so good for me.
  
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- brett@springfieldfightclub
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 3:01pm
  I have a particularly close view to this subject, as I am the proud father of a 2 yr old son with Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (a very rare syndrome that physically resembles CP), and I co-own an MMA gym, with a heavy emphasis on wrestling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. My youngest son has practically grown up in the gym, he watches his dad and his older brother and all his “big” friends train, and he is practically the mascot to our pro fighters, even to one in the UFC. Although only God knows what Nino may eventually do, it is unlikely that he will ever “really” compete in a grappling event. But I know that his ability to get on the mat and simply participate will give him endless joy.
  
  And I think that is the point of this video. Not a real or fake win, not an outcome at all, but simply a glimpse of the “normal” things that healthy kids get to do, and that kids like this young man and my son wish to do. Many of these disabled kids are fully capable cognitively, so they become very sad and/or frustrated that their bodies will not allow them to do that which they may always observe. So anybody like the teenage wrestler who gives the gift of participation has given a great gift indeed. And if the young man with CP is anything like my son, he probably would have had just as much fun if he would have “fought” only to eventually be pinned.
  
  God bless both of those kids!
  
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- ronin_6
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 3:06pm
  Its not about you people. Its about a kid named Jared Stevens. We are all motivated differently. This was good for him. Maybe you would have got nothing out of it.
  
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- jadams1214
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 4:41pm
  I dont see why you people are so mad about this. I personnally believe that the only opinions that matter are those of the wrestlers on the teams. My son wrestled for 7 years in school and i would be damn proud of him if he did this for a less fortunate kid. I think the kids on those teams have a higher IQ than the people posting on this story.
  
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- FormerLEAcademyInstructor
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:44am
  The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and this “affirmative action pin” is equivalent to a participation trophy that encouages and rewards mediocrity and disminishes merit. @HAYESSTEPHEN expressed what most of my colleagues with disabilities, who are also rehabilitation counseling grad students, would express: this “pin” was patronizing rather than accommodating. But if no one knows the difference then well-intentioned mistakes were come by honestly, with no malice.
  
  If you’re interested in a great example of inclusiveness and accommodation check out TeamHoyt:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF7Bv9Rjl0E
  
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WTFHappenedToTheUSA
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:51pm
Very sad to see people turning this into a bad thing, very sad indeed. Some things are above winning, some things mean more to people than winning.

Watching this video, it is nice too see that there are still some quality parents out there raising their kids with good morals and character.

I needed to have my faith in humanity restored, thank you.

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- zorro
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:06pm
  I’m one of those people. I just don’t see the point in carrying players accross the finish line or pretending they can score touchdowns. But you’re absolutely correct. Because my cynic brain can’t grasp that, it doesn’t mean it’s not important to others. I watched and as it turns out, was moved by the gesture.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:22pm
  Like a runner who is way ahead going back to help a runner who pulled up short…walk across the finish line, I think things like this teach everyone involved HOWEVER there is competition; there are winners and losers. NOT all opportunities are opened for all people. IF these parents wanted to allow their child to experience wrestling, they could have arranged this on private time, not in competition.
  THIS outrageous effort to try to make ALL PEOPLE EQUAL is a disease that will destroy all of humanity. This SOUL who is burdened with this disability is here for GOD’S purpose for this very short life but the father is trying to play GOD, it seems…it’s okay to let child participate in as much as possible but to GERRY-RIG a situation shows more about this father’s need than this child’s. What’s the child going to do when Daddy is no longer there. I don’t like this.
  
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- DenverKitty
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:32pm
  Me too.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:39pm
  PS THE DIFFERENCE in the Runner going back to help fellow runner and this DAD orchestrating a faux win is enormous. ONE shows the humanity of the runner (a fellow participant) – great character building. The other shows the manipulation of the father. Not so great.
  
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- zorro
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:42pm
  “THIS outrageous effort to try to make ALL PEOPLE EQUAL is a disease that will destroy all of humanity.”
  
  You’re absolutely correct, Patty Henry. This is why I have mixed emotions about stuff like this. In this case, the child is disabled but there have been others where people are just not good enough to compete and we cut them some slack. This warning goes all the way back to Alexis de Tocqueville. People don’t realize how dangerous our obsession with equality is. It’s not different than demanding our “fair share.”
  
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- Cibolo
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:38pm
  I agree 100%, I have a daughter with cerebral palsy, although she is mobile, there are many things she cannot do and may never be able to do (drive a car or ride a bike comes to mind) She does not see herself as any different than anyone else and it would crush her if we did not encourage her (or let her win) every once in a while… I will tell you one thing, that 7th grader that gave up the win, is a child only by age, he is officially a man of great character in my book! Kudos to his parents as well, we need more parents like them!!!!
  
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- Palter
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 4:27pm
  Totaly agree with patty. This s so un-american. So obamanesque. It’s simply not right to rig the outcome. Real capitalist will let the stronger wins. I built this remember, not you, not gov, not anybody else. If i succeed it’s because of me and mine alone!
  
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- forthepeople
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:07pm
  Pretending is just as bad ( lying in my mind )
  I no ‘meanie’ , but lets get real and play the hand you are dealt by Mother Nature !
  Next we will se Football Quarterback in wheelchairs .
  
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- rickbob
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:42pm
  I guess I must be an idiot or something. I DON”T see this as giving something to someone who didn’t earn it. This “match” won’t go into any record books. It won’t count as a “loss” for this kid’s opponent. Everyone involved gave that young man whose body doesn’t work a chance to experience something MOST in his situation will never have. It also shows the compassion and caring of so many others.
  
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- Chet Hempstead
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:07pm
  I’m one of those heartless cynics who is not impressed. I f this kid really has “an intellectual ability close to his age level” then he must know that this isn’t a wrestling match and he didn’t win and that pity and charity aren’t the same thing even if you put somebody else in a position where either one would force him to behave in the same manner.
  
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- chloemasters
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:07pm
  I agree with you, WTF… , it IS nice to see there are still decent parents and coaches in this world. God knows we have too many that aren’t. To all of the Zorros, PattyHenrys, and Palters out there – your inability to see and/or appreciate all of the people involved in this event put aside everything to give Jared a moment … HIS moment – I do not feel sorry or pity for Jared. I feel sorry for you.
  
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corchem
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:46pm
Sorry, This angers me.

Help the young man in any way you can, with getting through life, but DON’T make lies, like he won this match.

I would cry if I saw people spontaneously help the young man, or raise money to help support him, but his is garbage.

Sorry I found this to be disgusting. If I or my child were incapable of COMPETING, then we would NOT participate!

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- ISIT2016YET
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:01pm
  Wow… the world must be just a horrible place for you to live in. You’ve honestly invested the energy into finding some kind of negativity here? You talk like this sort of thing will ruin the kid’s life or give him some obfuscated perception on what he can or cannot do. So what if it’s not a genuine victory? He just wanted to participate…. and these people opened up their hearts and allowed him to; would you have rather the other kid just drill him? Sometimes you just have to accept a kind act for exactly what it is, and stop this culture, no, this plague of hate and division. They did a good thing, and I applaud them.
  
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- ICSPADES
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:22pm
  Wow, trophy’s given to those that don’t deserve them. A president voted in that don’t have a clue. Food stamps and welfare given to those that don’t deserve a dime but you have a problem with making a handicap child realize a dream he could never imagine. You my friend are the one that is handicapped
  
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- JamesT1979
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:46pm
  I have a six year old son with CP so I think I’m qualified to say that you have no idea what you are talking about. All these kids want is a taste..just a taste of what it’s like to participate in the activities that they see their family and peers enjoying. This is just like the kid with CP who rode his wheelchair into the end zone during a HS football game…neither of them really believes they accomplished the goals like the other kids but they are happy just being able to participate and..oh my goodness, maybe even dream that they are champions too.
  
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- rp454
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:12pm
  Everyone, including the kid, knows he didn’t win the match. (He has normal IQ) This was simply an act of kindness that seems pretty rare in our society anymore. That is why most people are touched by the video.
  
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- Mapache
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:24pm
  Yup. He might include it on his resume and you never know. Nothing wrong with bringing some joy to somebody’s life who may have been dealt a difficult hand…..you know what its like. Its’ when other people tell you that you are smart, good-looking, athletic and a great person…they want you to feel good about yourself.
  
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- Mr.Nick
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:27pm
  @ISIT2016YET
  
  Yes, it was a nice gesture, however it wasn’t “fair” to say the least.
  
  They may as well be mocking the kid, even if that was not their intention.
  
  The only thing that matters to me is that both kids got enjoyment out of the match, and that did put a smile on my face..
  
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- garbagecanlogic
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:34pm
  Corchem: I have to agree with you. I have a grandson with Downs Syndrome and I don’t think I would want him subjected to this. I applause the young man wrestling with him for his deed. I just don’t think the other young man hardly knew what was happening. Kinda smacks of everybody winning a trophy for showing up. However, if it made a lot of folks happy and to feel good, then I guess it was a good thing for them.
  
  Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8
  
  The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
  The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:36pm
  @ CORCHIM: That’s because you can THINK for yourself, and you know a faux win is NO win…worse than a win. Amazing to me is the number of sheeple who can be so easily led by emotions only.
  
  I concur with you ! There are a zillion things people can do to encourage this child, but the Dad seems to be the one who needs a reality pill …what pressure he must put on that child!
  
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- Witness1974
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:42pm
  Corchem–While I understand your point of view and won’t be critical of it, I think the thing to see here is the character, self-sacrifice, love, and humility shown by the other boy. That is so rare that when I see it exhibited in someone toward another humanbeing it never fails to bring tears to my eyes. The fact is that his actions were not a lie but an example of how we should all treat one another. We need not always show our strength; the “best” man need not always win. It s really ok to show mercy rather than to live like a shark.
  
  It seems to me that what you are quarreling with is the liberal approach to competition in which there are never any winners allowed, and in that I agree with you.
  
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- Ravenheart77
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:24pm
  My thoughts exactly.
  
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- eacobb
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:12pm
  Nice. I guess you’re the kind of parent that never let your kid beat you at tic-tac-toe. I can just see you with your four-year-old: Ha, beat you again…Ha, beat you again…Ha, beat you again.
  
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- grayling646
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:45pm
  @ Garbage: You need to read the article again. The kids intellectual ability is near normal. He knew what was going on.
  @ Patty: You also need to read the article again (or maybe for the first time). His father didn’t force this on him. The kid told his coach he wanted to have a real wrestling match.
  
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- Margaret Thatcher
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:38pm
  I am SO glad I’m not you.
  
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- corchem
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 7:28am
  @ GRAYLING
  
  “The kid told his coach he wanted to have a real wrestling match.”
  
  And you think that was a real wrestling match?
  
  Folks above, I have four children, one of them is ostensibly blind, and two of them are disabled. Two of them are very healthy, but we all live in reality. I would never have other children pretend to lose so that my blind daughter can think she won at something. I find it disgusting.
  
  My children have REAL victories, they might be small victories, but they are real and cherished. My children know love and reality, thanks for the hate filled assumptions, sorry if I believe in reality…
  
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- corchem
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 8:34am
  Another thought:
  
  The wrestler that “LOST” was placed into a situation in which he had two choices.
  
  Lose on purpose or win and look like a jerk. I don’t think that is fair…
  
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hi
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:40pm
That made me cry and smile. That was so awesome!!

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DarthMims
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:38pm
I was told a long time ago that the true measure of a man is how many noble acts he did in his life. This Justin kid is well on his way to being a man.

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JoeE71
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:37pm
Awesome kids! Both of them.

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urrybr
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:35pm
A great young man! And a pretty tough little contender. I love to see this kind of thing, restores some faith in mankind.

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BACKUPOFFMYLIBERTY
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:33pm
This is like a blind person playing baseball, or a soccer player with no legs. Please forgive me, I know that I’m an insensitive jerk that’s had little exposure to this that’s missing the point. I just don’t know what to think when I see these videos. Like the paralyzed boy on the football team that drove his electric wheelchair down the field for a touchdown while the opposing team was obligated to step aside. To me, it seems cruel giving these kids something that’s fake. It’s an extremely awkward predicament for the opponents, and everyone watching. I KNOW that’s taboo for me to say… Forgive me, I’m just thinking it over and trying to not be consumed by the emotion. It’s such an emotional subject. I guess in the end if it brightened Jared’s day, then that was the purpose and I’m happy for it.

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- ChipBuffalo
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:46pm
  I agree.
  
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- ICSPADES
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:24pm
  He says as he fondles his wife’s fake breast while at the drive through ordering some fake chicken while listening to some fake pop star that can’t carry a tune with electronic help.
Baddoggy
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:29pm
I hope they didnt tell him EVERYONE got a trophy too.

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conservredneck
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:28pm
I love this story….thanks to all involved!!!

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Laymen
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:21pm
Good Stuff!

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MGrilla
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:03pm
Now that’s the America I believe in.

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- mikem1969
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:21pm
  Amen with tears in my eyes.
  
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- JUSTANOTHEROPINION
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:27pm
  Absolutely!!!
  
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- Palter
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:29pm
  Nope. This is so un-american! The america that i know, compete to win. The capitalist way, is where the stronger wins. You should win without anybody help (remember, I built this! chant). Nobody should rigged the outcome. That’s so obama way, so socialist, marxist, comunist!
  
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:49am
I was a “grappler” all through Middle-School and High School. Even tried out for the “All Army Wrestling Team.”

Wrestling is a very “individual” team sport. It’s always nice to see an “individual” take one for the “Team”… and the “other Team.”

We’re all in this life together folks… very inspiring !

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- Johnny Cocheroo
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:42pm
  Yeah, I was a “matman” too from age 9 until the end of highschool. Its a team sport until your out there alone on the mat. I’ve been both a state champ and taken my fair share of being on my back for whole periods with my teammates just watching.
  
  The kid has class, acts like this make society better.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:08pm
  JOHNNY. Agreed.
  
  Made it to the “States” myself at Syracuse, NY in my Senior year (got my @ss whooped but good, lol, by the tallest / skinniest 163 lb’r I’ve ever seen). Nice to read another “matman” who knows some class when he sees it.
  
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Sam R
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:38am
I got to be part of a feel good story like this when I was growing up. My soccer team played a team that had a boy with down syndrome. He tried hard but obviously was never going to score a goal. We as a team decided that the second time we played them that he was going to score no matter what. We set it all up and he scored (their only goal that day I might add). We would occasionally run into the boy and his family in the community after that and they were also so very grateful for what we had done for their son. Nice to see good people are still out there with this story.

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Lincolnator
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:38am
I wrestled for many years all the way through college and some on the international level. There are many good people throughout this sport. We don’t get a lot of publicity like football, basketball and baseball but this sport is filled with many honorable hard working individuals. We are a tight knit group and we support each other no matter what team we compete for. I can still walk into a room spot someone with cauliflower ear and spark up a conversation with this random person like we are old friends. God bless this kid for doing something that many others would not do.

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:41pm
  Well said…… {;-)
  
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:24am
Lel2007 & Happy

You guys are like my brother-in-law. He would complain about golf falling out of the sky because it was hitting him in the head.

Just enjoy a nice story. If you don’t take time for goodness, you will end up embittered and unable to recognize goodness at all.

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- LuvsSparks
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:31am
  Don’t you just love this young man and his family? It had to have been nerve-wracking to go out on the floor and be “pinned” without making it look overly staged. We all know the situation, know what happened and we have to applaud the whole situation. That’s all what it’s about.
  
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grimmster
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:23am
It’s nice to know there is still good in some people.As for you Erica Ritz, do you have to use the huffinton post as a crutch to to post articles under your name, are you unbale to wirte them yourself,thats what “real” journalists do……….Please Glenn, rid this site of the huffpo cancer……..

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jawgee
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:17am
Would this kid have been so much happier if the CRPD treaty passed, though??

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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:57pm
  If this child had been born in Britain…he wouldn’t have even made it out of the hospital before he was put on a “death pathway” and made to sit alone in an ICU and be starved and dehydrated to death….
  
  he would have never even made it to middle school to attempt wrestling…much less experienced the greatness of God’s LOVE expressed through his father and this Hero of a young man that he wrestled…
  
  “Greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his brother”…. Justin did just that…not through dying but through a sacrifice of his pride in his own abilities simply for the joy of another whom he didn’t even know….
  
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Lordchamp
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:00am
That’s who we as Americans are and are supposed to be.

No one had to tell these people to do this? No one had to dictate to them. No one had to issue regulations to them. They weren’t being “politically correct” when they did this. They were just being loving, caring, and supportive of a young man trying to do his best. Bravo!!

Compare this story to the story of the terrorist who forced another school to not send their children to see A Charlie Brown Christmas.

We’ve got to stop lettings others stop us where we’re doing good things for others. It’s who we are as Americans. It’s our heritage.

God bless the coaches and others who set this up for this young man.

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- AlBundy
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:11am
  You could not be more correct! What an extraordinary act of kindness, charity and humility. God Bless the young man who lost fore he won in the eyes of God.
  
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- decendentof56
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:01pm
  I have to agree with the idea of trying to make someone feel special. This was a nice gesture. I only hope he felt he had actually won the match. It didn’t seem he was capable of understanding it. If I’m wrong, I apologize. If he did, then I get it. Otherwise, I ‘m not sure what the point was other than to make some adults feel good. It would be like giving a fourth-place trophy to members of a little league team. Striving to be the best is really the goal in a society like ours. It is what gives us the freedom we have enjoyed. Being second or third best is ok. If you played hard, you can still walk away with your head held high.
  
  Now…before any of you get mad at me, consider this….
  My br-in-law (with CP) has lived with me and his sister for 27+ years. He has a job, showers himself, brushes his teeth, can make a sandwich, packs his lunchbox, and generally has a wonderful life. I help him with things like shaving, picking out clothes when we go out, but he can care for himself to a large extent with some supervision thrown in. He is NOT capable of living alone, however.
  I’ve been around handicapped people for 46 years, and many think they are a burden. We do not! I admit, my br-in-law has prevented us from doing some things we would have enjoyed if he were not with us. That’s not an option for us, however. This is where he needs to be,. His sister and I are all the family he has left.
  My point: don’t do things to make you feel good that do not benefit others.
  
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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:01pm
  Isn’t there a bumper stick that say “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty”… You typically see them on the econo-boxes and hybrids of Progressives right next to the Darwin fish and the “Coexist” bumper sticker equating all faiths as equal or a “Bush lied, People died” bumper sticker….
  THIS is the truest expression of that bumper sticker mentality that so many that have NEVER practice unless you Goose-Step to the same tune that they do….
  
  You are correct…THIS is what Americans do….We don’t need no Stinkin’ Guberment to tell us what to do…..
  
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- Exidor
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:14pm
  Well said. I agree completely.
  
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OniKaze
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:59am
Always nice to see someones day brightened… We all know how dark the “real world” can be, so to see un-necesary kindness is always uplifting…

Kid was dealt a poor hand, and I am glad there are people around him that can bring a smile to his face… Hang in there kid….

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kindling
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:58am
My 10 year old son suffered from CP. He was able to walk but could not run well. He wanted to play soccer and I was reluctant to put him in such a fast paced game. He was bullied mercilessly because he was also the smallest boy. He was knocked down and run over but he would just get up and keep trying. I watched this not knowing how to make things better so I took the biggest bully aside and told him how my son looked up to him and wished to be able to play as good as him but because he had been brain injured I feared this would probably he his only year to play. The boy had never questioned why my son was such a poor player and from that day he would yell at others that ran him down, he would give him special attention to teach my son how to kick the ball and he would protect him. My son’s one and only season was great fun for him.

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- Fed up in Bama
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:23am
  Great Story. Bless him.
  
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lel2007
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:54am
God bless Jared Stevens, but I fail to see how this stagged wrestling victory would contribute anything to Jared’s happiness.

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- kindling
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:01am
  Yes, it would be hard for someone that has never been in his shoes to see it. Kids that can’t do all the things other kids can appreciste the little things the rest of us take for granted.
  
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- kindling
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:02am
  Have you ever gone to a Special Olympics event? It is all in perspective.
  
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- BetterInformed
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:11am
  So Moses, why do you and folks like “faithfulfriend” show such cynicism while espousing religion?
  
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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:19pm
  Do you have a beating heart? If you do, you would know how gut-wrenching little successes can be with a child living with CP.
  
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- Johnny Cocheroo
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:19pm
  @Lel,
  
  It’d be like you playing a game of one-on-one with SHAQ in front of a crowd & him letting you win. I’m sure both kids new what could’ve happened.
  
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biohazard23
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:49am
That’s awesome!! My screen is a bit blurry now, though…

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- Daithi
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:43am
  Yeah, my screen is a little blurry now too.
  
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- tnman65
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 4:12pm
  It made my eyes water a little to. How anyone can see anything wrong with this is a miserable human being. It’s not about you, it’s about the kid and apparently it meant a great deal to him. Please share your dismal opinion somewhere else and not with good heartfelt stories.
  
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FaithfulFriend
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:47am
Don’t be fooled. The Tennessean is a liberal rag that loves all things leftist.

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- BetterInformed
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:58am
  Can we all assume that the Christmas season is the worst time of the year for you. All those happy people and so little ink.
  
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- BlazingPatriot
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:26pm
  Stop hiding behind the cross, you cynical hypocrite !!
  
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HappyHaloHousewife
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:44am
I love good-hearted people.

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