PHOTO GALLERY: Young wrestlers compete in the Show-Me State Games

Jake Justice, 12, right, puts his head gear on before he steps onto the mat for his first match of the day Saturday morning at the Show-Me State Games at the Hearnes Center. Jake has been wrestling since he was 7.   |  Pinar Istek

Jake Justice tries to avoid getting pinned by his competitor, Jack Lennox, during Jake's second match of the day Saturday afternoon at the Show-Me State Games. Jake ended up losing the match against Jack.   |  Pinar Istek

Kerri Justice, 12, left, plays "finger games," as she and her twin brother, Jake, name it, after the siblings' first matches ended Saturday morning at the Show-Me State Games. Kerri is about to finish her first year in wrestling.   |  Pinar Istek

Steve Justice, right, tells his son Jake to take control of the mat before his second match of the day. Before his first match, Jake said he was "a little nervous but you just go out and wrestle hard. You have to think of what you are gonna do."   |  Pinar Istek

Kerri Justice's second competitor, Davin Winston, tries to score a takedown during the second match of the day for Kerri. She lost against Davin. Before her matches started, Kerri said, "Before I have a match, I don't usually get butterflies until I actually get in the room and see the people that I'm actually going to wrestle with."   |  Pinar Istek

Jake Justice, 12, left, and his twin sister, Kerri, listen to their father, Steve Justice, as he gives them strategies about how to handle their competitors before the Show-Me State Games wrestling matches started Saturday morning. Jake and Kerri wrestle for the Oakville Junior Tigers, and their father is the assistant head coach of the club.   |  Pinar Istek