I saw the match Peck is talking about with Jeremy Motl & I agree 100%! I was supposed to wrestle Motl in the Sectional Finals, but lost my first round sectional match the EXACT SAME WAY! My opponent was from Cambridge City and I put a hard elbow in the back of his head working to sink a half (I was a Sophomore at the time). The kid literally laid on the mat until his injury time expired, then told the Ref he couldn't go on. It was that simply, I was eliminated 1st round of sectionals.
This kid that flopped on me had to wrestle Motl for the Sectional Championship and the ENTIRE SHS GYM BOOED him! Motl smoked the kid, but the boos broke him!
The story doesn't end there though.... My dad finds the phone number for this kids house and called his parents on the following Monday. I wasn't home when it happened, but my mom said he called the kid a fish and a faker! The kid's dad said he had enough of wrestling and was dropping out of Regionals. I ended up getting to wrestle in his place. I lost first round and never got to wrestle Motl, but I did attend state that year and watched the match that Peck is talking about.
I couldn't tell what was going on from the stands, but I fully expected Motl to flop!!! However, he went on and fought to the end. For the 1st time, I had a good deal of respect for the Trojans & Motl! I didn't expect him to get up!.
