Sherburne-Earlville wrestlers honor fallen veterans
SHERBURNE – For the past several years, the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) has honored the soldiers who willingly gave the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War in a unique way – by doing push-ups. Sherburne-Earlville’s wrestling team will join JROTC in paying tribute to the fallen, attempting to do one push-up for all 58,320 soldiers who lost their lives in Vietnam.
“We became involved because the JROTC aren’t interested in keeping this to themselves,” said Assistant Wrestling Coach Brian Hicks. “They didn’t want to deny anyone the opportunity to pay tribute to all the soldiers that died in the Vietnam War.”
Head Coach Bim Palmer stressed the fact that he and his coaches are constantly reminding their wrestlers why they are doing this.
“It’s important for them to remember exactly what each and every push-up signifies,” said Hicks. “I believe it helps the kids to better understand the concepts of honor and sacrifice.”
Hicks added that the team has now performed over 21,000 push-ups, nearing the half-way point of their 58,230 push-up goal.
“It’s really not even about the actual amount that we can accomplish,” commented Hicks. “It’s more about the reasoning behind it.”
Hicks said that his wrestlers are averaging approximately 2,200 push-ups a night, and is confident that they will succeed.
“Last night we did 2,480 push-ups as a team,” stated Hicks. “I really think we’re going to do it.”
Hicks and Palmer said that they plan to continue the Vietnam Challenge in the future, and hoped that other schools in the county will get involved.
“We became involved because the JROTC aren’t interested in keeping this to themselves,” said Assistant Wrestling Coach Brian Hicks. “They didn’t want to deny anyone the opportunity to pay tribute to all the soldiers that died in the Vietnam War.”
Head Coach Bim Palmer stressed the fact that he and his coaches are constantly reminding their wrestlers why they are doing this.
“It’s important for them to remember exactly what each and every push-up signifies,” said Hicks. “I believe it helps the kids to better understand the concepts of honor and sacrifice.”
Hicks added that the team has now performed over 21,000 push-ups, nearing the half-way point of their 58,230 push-up goal.
“It’s really not even about the actual amount that we can accomplish,” commented Hicks. “It’s more about the reasoning behind it.”
Hicks said that his wrestlers are averaging approximately 2,200 push-ups a night, and is confident that they will succeed.
“Last night we did 2,480 push-ups as a team,” stated Hicks. “I really think we’re going to do it.”
Hicks and Palmer said that they plan to continue the Vietnam Challenge in the future, and hoped that other schools in the county will get involved.
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