thevet Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 a poor officiating call sends a senior #1 seed at 135 home so a #4 seed freshman can forfeit his next to matches and advance to semi-state. meanwhile between rounds the freshman gets high fives in the stands. i saw the call and didn't believe it, and when the wrestler was given a victory i felt ashamed for the coaches. they should have done what was right for the senior, because one day they were seniors and they lost theres on there own, they didn't have theres taken away from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 What happened to injure the other wrestler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevet Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 the hurt wrestler spit in a bucket for about a half an hour and took baby steps when he got up. he landed on his shoulder. the senior wrestler has never slammed a single wrestler and only has two losses prior one being an injury default where he was hurt and he lost. it wouldn't pay to be an official i know it isn't easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevet Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 a questionable slam was called and given the opportunity to advance a freshman, took an injury default victory. it looked to me from my view he landed on his right shoulder. i watched him for a while to see if he was faking. he spit in a bucket for about half an hour and took baby steps when he got up. the freshman if supposedly hurt that badly should have gotten x-rays on something and nothing is going to heal quick enough if he is hurt that bad that he will have a chance with a regional champion at new castle first round. the senior is one of the most personally liked wrestlers as far a sportsmanship. he had two prior losses one being an injury loss of his own. the freshman had 10 losses on the year. records don't say everything until the one loss eliminates you from the state tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooke Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Geeze vet read your own response. "the hurt wrestler spit in a bucket for about a half an hour and took baby steps when he got up" Yeah it really sounds like he was milking it. Would you have rathered the kid be knocked out cold and need emergency med. attention. I remember the same thing being said about mack reiter's slam on chris fleeger at the 2006 div 1 nationals. Everyone thought that fleeger was sandbagging it. Pretty much what you are insinuating. If a wrestler doesn't feel like they can continue at 100% after an act that is completely out of there control happens......they should NOT wrestle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevet Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 if the official wouldn't have stopped the match both wrestlers would have kept on wrestling. but you give a kid a cop out why shouldn't he take it, to me that is where his coaches should step in and evaluate the situation better than what was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooke Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I could go on so many tangents right now but I'm not gonna. I'm just gonna say this...........the "1# seed" should have never of done anything to put the match in the officials hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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