Now I can go the whole three periods and feel like I’m in better shape than a kid that might wrestle 106.” Back then, I used to get out of breath just walking the hallway. "It took me about a year to lose enough to be able to wrestle (at 285). And with wrestling, I knew I could lose weight and get my life together. “I went out for wrestling because I needed to do a sport. “Losing that weight, it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” said Tait, who tipped the scales at 360 pounds as a 16-year-old sophomore. Shedding over 80 pounds just to be able to step foot on the mat for an official bout was the much bigger accomplishment. However, taking over for Region 8 runner-up John Stone in the starting varsity lineup turned out to be the easy part for the senior heavyweight on the Washington Township High School wrestling team. PAULSBORO – Shane Tait knew he had some big wrestling shoes to fill.
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