It is not uncommon for brothers and sisters to quarrel and fight with each other. But in the case of Dusty and Jeanne Morris, such behavior is considered customary.

Dusty and Jeanne are eight-year-old twins and wrestle in the Lawrence Coyotes Wrestling Club.

Wrestling is a family affair at the Morris household. Their father Jeff is a coach and their older sister Amanda also wrestles.

While Dusty and Jeanne wrestle for the same team, their approach to the sport is quite different.

“I get to have fun and meet new friends,” Jeanne said.

Jeanne has been wrestling for a couple years and finished in third place in her division at the state championship last year.

But unlike her brother, she wrestles more for the fun of the sport rather than the challenge of battling some fierce competition.

Jeanne does, however, get her share of matches with tough competitors. In fact, she doesn’t have to go very far to find one. She can often be seen wrestling Dusty and Amanda around the house.

“Sometimes I practice wrestling with my brother and sister,” Jeanne said. “It helps me get tougher.”

Whether it is at a match or around the house, the twins usually do push ups and sit ups to prepare before they begin wrestling.

Dusty is in his fourth year of wrestling, and in that time he has already achieved a level of success. He took an undefeated record into the state tournament last year, and though he did not win, he came away with a fifth-place finish.

Dusty is eager for the wrestling season to start up again. And this year he has one particular goal in mind.

“To try not to get pinned,” he said.

To avoid this, Dusty will look to defeat his opponents by using his favorite wrestling move: the headlock.

While Dusty can use the headlock on his opponents during matches, thankfully his father will not allow him to do so to his sisters.

While headlocks are outlawed at the Morris’ household, the kids are encouraged to help their teammates get better whenever they can.

“Dusty is a good teacher,” his father Jeff said. “He wants to go in and work with the young kids. He’s a natural-born coach.”

While coaching may or may not be in Dusty’s future plans down, he and his sisters’ accomplishments so far have made their father happy.

“I’m immensely proud of them,” Jeff said. “The fact that they go out and do it and not quit. But the thing I’m most proud of them is their willingness to help other kids.”