My son placed 5th in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association wrestling tournament.
The video of his last bout is here.
Thomas' 5th place finish.
The big story of the evening was the loss of the Division 2 title to Holy Cross by Archbishop Shaw. Here is the story.
There are two lessons here. The first is that the Shaw wrestler used an illegal move against his opponent. Unlike the way it is portrayed in the story, the decision to award the bout to the Tuerling's wrestler was not quick or easy. The Tuerlings wrestler was injured by the move; the injury clock (5 minutes) was started and ticked down through less than 2 minutes remaining. At this point, the referee brought the injured wrestler to the center of the mat and awarded him the bout.
This loss hurt Shaw, but they would have ultimately still clenched the Division title, except for the second lesson. The Shaw wrestler could not comprehend that he lost his bout to DQ. He wigged out and put on a display of what can only be called 'unsportsman-like' conduct. He was ejected from the tournament. Not only did he have to leave, but his entire tournament results were erased from his team score. Shaw went from being ahead by 4 points to being down by 16 points at the end.
The two lessons.
1. If you perform an illegal move, you may lose the bout. Accept it.
2. Unsportsman-like conduct can have tremendous consequences - don't engage in it.
The video of his last bout is here.
Thomas' 5th place finish.
The big story of the evening was the loss of the Division 2 title to Holy Cross by Archbishop Shaw. Here is the story.
There are two lessons here. The first is that the Shaw wrestler used an illegal move against his opponent. Unlike the way it is portrayed in the story, the decision to award the bout to the Tuerling's wrestler was not quick or easy. The Tuerlings wrestler was injured by the move; the injury clock (5 minutes) was started and ticked down through less than 2 minutes remaining. At this point, the referee brought the injured wrestler to the center of the mat and awarded him the bout.
This loss hurt Shaw, but they would have ultimately still clenched the Division title, except for the second lesson. The Shaw wrestler could not comprehend that he lost his bout to DQ. He wigged out and put on a display of what can only be called 'unsportsman-like' conduct. He was ejected from the tournament. Not only did he have to leave, but his entire tournament results were erased from his team score. Shaw went from being ahead by 4 points to being down by 16 points at the end.
The two lessons.
1. If you perform an illegal move, you may lose the bout. Accept it.
2. Unsportsman-like conduct can have tremendous consequences - don't engage in it.
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