awood1

You throw some Habaneros on that puppy and you have Thanksgiving at the Wood house!! HHHHHHHAAAAA

You guys got State already!?!? Hell we are still finishing up the regular season!?! But then again we take every Friday off for wrestling from here on out!! WOOHOO Her is hoping for a lot of Friday's off in my future!! HAHA

ORRRR ...You have an official that is happy to allow the match to "linger" and see's no reason to call a stalemate or stalling? I watched the shocked look on a lot of kids faces last weekend when a ref started awarding pts. in the 2nd. pd. to a kid on bottom as he was being ridden...they can only shout so much "action!"...just sayin' ;D ;D ;D

We don't have any. The "youngest" coach in the room is graduated in '93.

I agree...BUT, I can tell you that the world is no longer guided by common sense. If there were ever any doubt, it was all removed when a women spilled her Mickey D's coffee in her lap and it was someone else's fault. Fact is "we" (and especially shool districts) are motivated by CYA more than common sense.

It's sad, but I am all over the place with this one BECAUSE the media manipulates the public viewpoint. Case in point, a local kid is suing a school because his concerns of feeling pressure from other students was not recognized or followed up on to his satisfaction. He was being picked on, and the school didn't come to a resolution that was satisfactory to him. Now the interviews on the local news say, "Well the teachers should be looking out for this kid. They should monitor his treatment and punish the kids that make him feel uncomfortable!" HUH!? WHAT!?! So this kid wins the case and is awarded a large settlement (essentially sitting him up for life)...because the school didn't react strongly enough to protect him from feeling uncomfortable in class. Could it have had something to do with the fact that he was flaunting his homosexuality? Maybe, but the courts say that is his civil right and it has to be protected!! That's tough for anyone to deal with. Now you take a recent HS grad and put him in a room full of kids (increasingly there is a chance that includes females also!) and expect him to not only be "mature" but also able to navigate the mine field that protection of civil rights and the resulting litigation has all District's in fear of. Parents operate under the belief (right or wrong) that District's bare the sole responsibility for the child's health and welfare once they get on the bus or set foot on campus. When was the last time ANYTHING went south on a school campus and the news story interviewed people that said, "Well the kid was a bonehead /jack-off /slut /pot head /tramp /tease /skank /trouble maker/social deviant WHATEVER and there really wasn't much more the school could have done to stop him/her. The kid is definitely the one at fault here!" Just imagine the interviews on campus when the scorned Sr. girlfriend of the recent grad or the puppy love stricken soph. girl tells the news how she was "molested" by the COACH! Trust me the lead news story would not be "Skank gets her panties in a bunch when rejected." But rather, "HS Wrestling coach accused of raping student..details at 11!" How many folks want to step in front of the firestorm of litigation that follows that one! Or something as simple as the kid that claims he isn't wrestling varsity because the "coach" is giving preferential treatment to his old buddies!! A HC's job is filled with far more drama and politics than anyone should ever have to deal with. I am sure that if he felt the risk/reward was worth it, he would have fought hard(er) to get the kid in to the room. But if ANYTHING goes south, it's his a$$ in the grinder and he decided to let it go....my guess is that he had good reasons and legitimate concerns. IF he truly wants to give back and stay involved (and make a little pizza $ along the way) he should take the test, get a whistle and start reffing.

OH DON'T THINK YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW DOESN'T READ THE BOARD!! ;D BTW, that nephew that wanted to play baseball is 9-0 2 weeks after his last football game and was named All Tnmt. at 189 today....the younger nephew wrestled his 1st tnmt. ever today and went 0-3, but has all been his choice and if he didn't want to do it, he would be done...after his last match he bought a pair of shoes from a kid that quit after his 1st loss...AWESOME!! Nowhere to go but up baby!! HAHA P.S.S. That baseball thing is still working out for him too mid 80's fastball got him pitcher of the year last year as a freshmen (after starting a month late while he finished the wrestling season)

Somebody pi$$ed on Y2's corn flakes!! ;D

ME TOO!! ;D

Sort of. I keep buying it, and it keeps coming up missing. I'll have to try again. Thats because you keep wrapping it up and giving it as a "last minute" gift!! ;D

I hate the phrase, but it has never been more appropriate to say, "It's all good!" ;D To say that adjoining communities, rival HS's, peer coaches, etc. are actually both thriving and succeeding to the level that they are competitive with each other is the exception, not the rule. Every good wrestling coach in the US would love to have someone right next door that forced them to raise the level of their own program to remain on top. Steel hardens steel and the last I had heard, the objects in the area just keep getting sharper!

Cuz' they come from good kin folk! (EMHS '84!! HAHA ;D)

Celebrated my 18th wedding anniversary today!! WOOHOO So the waitress asks, "Any advice?" Best I can come up with? Be best friends. Not in the romantic way, but literally, treat them like you would any best friend. Realize that we are both imperfect, but always know that you have each others back. Looking back at every male best friend I ever had, I realize at some point I punched them for some reason!?! ;D Skip that part where girls are concerned!!!!

Y2 gets props for keeping us in line on a board....somehow Mom and Pops took 3 mutts and got 3 college grads out of it! HAHA I believe Awood2 has more years in school then both our parents combined!! HAHA

Eli's team won 35-0 yesterday....the team I coach followed his game and he was our ball boy...we proceeded to win 38-0!! HAHA Eli is getting better every week, but he is still a differant kid then Awood4 and we have to keep reminding ourselves of that. Lauri watched him stand next to a kid that was wrapped up and Eli pushes the pile down....she couldn't understand why he didn't BLOW THAT KID UP!! HAHA That's not Eli. http://folsomtelegraph.com/detail/130607.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=&user_id=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&event_ts_to=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=1&sub_type=&town_id=

BTW...this weeks score? 69-28! 27-0 after the 1st Qtr. Highlight of the night? Your nephew loses his helmet on a kick-off and proceeds another 20 yds. up field to make the tackle w/o a lid on (and a broken finger)!

Shame is....he HAS to!

EVERY TIME YOU GUYS PLAY WITH STUFF YOU BREAK IT!!! I AM PUTTING A LOCK ON THE DOOR!!

I turn my back for a minute and you two are mucking things up!! Very nice.....IF I HAVE TO PULL THIS VAN OVER YOU ARE BOTH GONNA BE SORRY!!

awood1= The first of 3 brothers with the initials A(nthony) Wood.

You had a valid question, then you went south....Quality wrestling begins with headlocks. Just about every youth coach I ever met started with single legs, then headlocks. I laughed when I moved West and everyone here calls it a "head and arm"...may actually be more accurate then what I was used to, but a headlock nonetheless. To say that is what "the sport has come to" is a bit of ignorance. Jerry Jones was hitting headlocks for state titles 25+ years ago. It is one of the first rudimentery moves most kids learn and will always be a part of wrestling. There used to be a good post in the "ask the official" section re: potentially dangerous, headlocks, chokes, MMA etc. that did a very good job of outlining legal and illegal and basically said that anything that impedes breathing should be stopped as soon as it is noticed...but thats always tough for a ref to call as a headlock is (should not be) about stopping someone from breathing..it's about things you here from coaches all the time all wrapped in to one...control the hands / lift the head / get perpendicular / etc. We are not talking about a quality headlock or a front head lock. It is a headlock totally out of position with no set up. Are we watching the same thing. Oh thats right you are in California? Stupid me !! Are you another one of those macho talking jackaasses. I believe this is the first time you made a distinction between a "headlock totally out of position with no set up" and a "quality headlock or a front head lock". Also, I am not watching anything and yes I am in California. If you are watching anything, it is differant then all of us in that you are the only one watching it. There has been no video posted yet and the topic was "Junk-Artists". If it were referencing a particular match that others had seen, then no I would not have probably seen it. But in this case you began the post as "I was just curious" with no reference to any particular event. Kind of like that missing bit describing the "quality headlock" in your earlier post. To date, the smartest thing you have said was that you were stupid and I am another one of those macho talking jackaasses (whatever that is). Spot on with both. Good luck in your search to satisfy your curiosity.

HAHAHA dil-ooo-shin-ul 3x IN State finalist vs. Any 4.0 student in a match for financial assistance is like Warren Sapp vs. Fred Astaire in Dancing with the Stars. You could combine every dollar of wrestling scholarship $ available in the US and not equal 1/10th of 1% of the academic $.

You had a valid question, then you went south....Quality wrestling begins with headlocks. Just about every youth coach I ever met started with single legs, then headlocks. I laughed when I moved West and everyone here calls it a "head and arm"...may actually be more accurate then what I was used to, but a headlock nonetheless. To say that is what "the sport has come to" is a bit of ignorance. Jerry Jones was hitting headlocks for state titles 25+ years ago. It is one of the first rudimentery moves most kids learn and will always be a part of wrestling. There used to be a good post in the "ask the official" section re: potentially dangerous, headlocks, chokes, MMA etc. that did a very good job of outlining legal and illegal and basically said that anything that impedes breathing should be stopped as soon as it is noticed...but thats always tough for a ref to call as a headlock is (should not be) about stopping someone from breathing..it's about things you here from coaches all the time all wrapped in to one...control the hands / lift the head / get perpendicular / etc.

yes, seeing potentially dangerous after potentially dangerous for a whole period is extremely exciting. The match was not overly exciting, and there was not a ton of action in that match. Infact, I would be willing to say there was more action in the 285 match than their match Something should be done about that rule. Not say the potentially dangerous is wrong, but every kid in the state knows if a leg rider is working their offense and they stand up then it stops. Not really fair to the top wrestler. I didn't like that Eppert gets called for stalling because Wright stands up. If the top wrestler jumps on top of a guy it understandable but if the top man has his legs in before the other guy stands up, it shouldn't be stalling on the top man. Just my thought "Not really fair to the top wrestler." WHAO WHAO WHAO WHAT!?! Here is a clue..you have to have a match between stretch armstrong versus plastic man to secure a fall with the legs in. If the top wrestler is not advancing his position beyond that of a kid on a penny pony at Wal Mart...it is most certainly stalling. The absolute best thing they could do (which they won't) would be to allow the match to continue once they are on their feet and now the bottom wrestler can drop his hip in the the tick on his back and they can get back to wrestling. At least when a guy os stalling on his feet, he is always at risk of being taken down despite how fast he runs. But allowing a guy to sink in the legs and ride is the best way to absolutley kill any chance of anything happening. At any point the top man has the option to release the legs and advance his postion (standing or not)....by insisting to keep the legs in, he is stalling...and the rules encourage it by putting the bottom man back on the mat!! Best suggestion I heard was give the 1 pt. escape and go back to neutral if a guy refuses to pull the leg out once the bottom man has gotten to his feet. At least that encourages the monkey on his back to attempt to keep him on the mat. Just my opinion. ;D

A win is a win is a win is a win......ah but a win by any other name shall smell just as sweet!! ;D I don't care if you lose 1-0 or fall on your back trying to tie your shoelaces....if you lose, you lose. Man up and don't call it anything other than a loss. And if I was the frosh that "caught" Andrew Howe?...I would have it sewn in to the back of my letter jacket "I CAUGHT ANDREW HOWE!" 8)