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THB photo illustration / Don KnightElwood's Victor Cruz wrestles Blackford's Ryan Holsten in the 130-pound championship match of the Central Indiana Conference Tournament in Elwood on Saturday. Cruz and his twin brother, Patrick, 125 pounds, both won conference titles.brothersmothermemoryBy RICHARD TORRES ♦ richard.torres@heraldbulletin.comELWOOD — Victor Cruz’s heart isn’t concealed. Rather, it’s in plain sight, pinned directly over the Elwood senior’s own beating heart on his wrestling T-shirt. It’s unobscured and unmista able, a picture of his mother that he wears to every meet.A quiet tribute.“Victor wears his mom’s picture on his shirt... for her,” Elwood’s 160-pound senior, Darren Jones, remarked on his teammate’s homage to his mother, Erma Guadalupe Jaramillo, who tragically passed awaylast July.“I know (he and his twin brother, Patrick) give a lot out there, and I’m sure a lot of it’s for her.”According to Victor and Patrick, 18, it’s all for her, their biggest fan, every meet, every match, every minute.It’s been really emotional,” Victor explained while fighting back tears. “This season’s been all right for me, but I know I don’t come out here to do it for me. I come out here and do it for my mom. My brother and I support each other a lot.”Born two minutes apart, with 130pound Victor the elder, the brothers have found solace during this difficult period in “familia,” both atSee Hearts / B3know I don’t come out here to do it for me. I come out here and do it for my momVictor Cruz, Elwood
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Anderson Herald Bulletin
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Wed, Jan 23, 2008
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