at regionals last year..taplin might have slammed the kid...but the ref should have called it before it even got that far..and the booing is ridiculous...(we actually like it when people boo him because it just makes him want to go out there and dominate even more, so your makin it worse on yourself to boo him) and taplin did not slam him again..he did the same move..but gently set him down on the mat so he wouldnt get the slam call..ross is a really nice kid..you guys should give him some credit..just becuz he wrestles like a badass and is a true badass doesnt mean you need to talk crap and boo him. good luck to ross and all the abilene wrestlers.

I'm scared of that guy.

Some of the people on this forum need to know this is contact sport. You get slamed ,you bleed, you break bones. That is way Taplin is going to the next level of this great sport. And most of you that are talking crap and booing aren't.

Wrestling is a rough sport there is no doubt about that. But there is a responsibility for the wrestlers to make sure they wrestler clean and prevent others from injury. I don't get to watch Ross much so I can't comment on him personnal. Wrestling is a tough sport with tough kids but respect is something that is earned. I have won many matches without being the badperson that you speak of. I respected all my fellow competitors and would never hurt them on purpose. I have seen many kids so after someone with the intent to injury and that is what hurts our sport.

The Good wreslters don't have to hurt their competetion- just pin them. If you are a good or if you even think you are a great wrestler then respect your competetion and handle yourself like one of the best in the sport. If you want to fight then find the boxing ring. Slamming someone down is just flat wrong. If the kids gets up and continues it shows he is a true competitor and doesn't want the easy win. For you to use the same move and slam him twice is just uncalled for. My opinion of course

First of all I just want to say to all you clay center tigers, Abilene wrestled a lot tougher than any of your guys. And the match between Riffel and Lund well if Lund would have wrestled and just not have laid there the whole match none of that would have happened. (but I guess that is what your 103 - 135 pretty much did) To talk about sportmanship Mrs. Grater I don't think Danny showed good sportmanship what he said to Dylan Jenne during the match so don't try to put it on Taplin and Riffel. Oh yea what about all the crap that they wrote about Riffel on the chalk board before the match thats real sportsmanship there. Oh yea Palmer's the **** at 275.

Maybe this is the wrong post to put it on, but why do I keep seeing Clay Center and Abilene as the top teams in the state in 4a? SFT scored much higher than Clay Center at the Rossville tourny and Goodland scored higher than Abilene and SFT at Basehor. I think it is going to be a heckuva state tournament but I wouldn't count out SFT and Goodland.

Straightshooter, I think you might want to get your statistics in order or at least check the results before you post. But to save you time I'll help you out

Top 5 scores at the Bashor Bobcat

Turner (Turn) 171.5
Glenwood (Glen) 166
Abilene (Abil) 153.5
Goodland (Good) 143.5
Santa Fe Trail (SFT) 138

Not withstanding the fact the some of Abilene's best wrestlers lost matches that day they shoudln't have. We are talking about total tournament teams here, and both Abilene and Clay are very tough tournament teams this year. Both of these teams will have the good fortune of being at what I perceive to be the easiest regional in 4a this year (similar to Scott City last year) which is the first time its happened to Abilene in as long as I can remember. Both of these teams have to potential of qualifing upwards of 10 guys to the state tourny, and scoring major points on the backside. Of course every team has a chance at state, most people just seem to think that these two teams have the best chance. We will see what happens.

I believe that hotguns was mistaken in saying that Abilene wrestled harder than Clay Center did. I believe that all of the kids wrestled as hard as they could. Just because the Clay Center kids fought to stay off their backs, just like Abilene's upper weights did, doesn't mean they didn't wrestle hard.

So what was up with Riffel and Dawson switching weights for the dual, is that what weight they're going to be wrestling at state?

I wouldn't say that the Concordia regional is the easiest this year. The Fort Scott and Rose Hill regionals don't look to be that tough.

Nigel
Thanks for the correction on the basehor scores, but I'm sure that a lot of teams had guys lose matches that they shouldn't have, not just Abilene.
I think that SFT has the best dual team in the state, but again you are right that state is won by the best tournament team. It's too bad that Trail and Abilene's big scorers don't match up too well weightwise or we could see them go head to head in alot of matches. Check and see but I think only 125 and 160 are significant weights where they match up with their big guns. I am going with Abilene, SFT, and Goodland in no particular order at state. Don't forget about Columbus though, they'll steal some points away in the mix.

Woodbine, KS? Hmmm could it be Captain Obvious?

As for the slam situation by Ross last year at regionals I was sitting back and watching it and the ref stopped the match fast after the initial slam, the thing about it was that a lot of air was under his opponent when he brought him down to the mat causing a loud BOOM!

I don't recall ever seeing Ross smile after the guy didn't get up right away, that is just plain ridiculous. Ross went over to his corner and got some water and looked back to make sure the kid was ok while getting some added instruction from his coaches. He didn't do anything unsportsmanlike in his match.

Hey Sweazy whats Woodbine, Ks? Hmmm could it be Captain Obvious? Whats that supposed to mean You're a dip ****!

Woodbine? where is that? is it anywhere near Abilene? and not it's not captain obvious, it's the same guy that has a first name of that of the place where i'm going to regionals, formerly of your hometown

got any clues?

Alex that is where I live it is about 25- 20 miles away from Abilene. Sweazy is probably giving me **** (he is a dip ****)

I didn't know if Woodbine was a real town or not, but Everyone knows who you are, I sure do!

Plus I've seen you wrestle David William a few times....

Alex

What is his record I heard he beat Spaney a couple of times this year and couldn't believe it did he work out hard in the off season or what

he's like 31-6? i think is his record, he beat Spaeny like 8-2 at Minneapolis in the 2nd tourny of the year and then he beat him again the other nite, he was down 3-2 after a very close back and fourth match, he tried throwing him a couple times with about 20 seconds left, then with 4 seconds left he tied up a double underhood drop and threw him straight to his back for a 6-3 or 7-3 decision, i believe it might have been a 7-3, a great match to watch, but no he didn't do anything great in the offseason compared to many other people, he attended our team with us in Iowa and he lifted a little bit for football but not too much emphasis on wrestling, but he's been pushed and is pushing by/for people in the practice room, overall he's become better than before, he has like 132 takedowns this year, which shattered the school record by like 50? it's great he's made me better on my feet for sure, if you have hotmail add me, alexryan86@hotmail.com

I'm not a dip**** I wasn't the one who got booted out of Chapman for not being able to control my temper. At least I have enough brains that if I were to post under another name (other than another one you started using) I wouldn't put the town I'm from or an email address that says my name in it on my bio!

Hey at least I'm a good wrestler, and the only reason I made another name is because the original one I started with wouldn't let me log on at school, so I made another one up. Who wven cares anymore about me getting kicked out of Chapman. (Not me) I think you are the only one talking about that. I 'm a COWBOY!!!