Originally Posted By: dwelsh
Just by the looks of the individual scores, looks like lots of 'blow-outs'. Were there any 'tight'/exciting matches regarding the outcome?


All but 2 or 3 were good matches the better wrestler just seemed to find a way to score.

The 125 match was a good match - action from start to finish. With about 15-20 secs left Pierce got a takedown (I think, might have been a reversal) to go up by 9. They went out of bounds with about :03 left and McCormick got a quick reversal to get to within 7 and save a team point. KS fans apprecated the effort.

145 - 15-0 - Gorham tried, Flynn was just a much better wrestler in every phase.

152 - 21-6 - That one was a head scratcher...Chionuma had Meyer on defense from start to finish. For some reason I didn't get the impression there was a lot of difference in skill between the two. It just seemed Meyer wasn't willing to take any offense to the guy all.

160 - 14-6 - Armato was in an entirely different league when they were on their feet.

189 - 16-2 - The Haynes kid's just an animal.

215 - 13-5 - It was a mismatch. Walter wanted to tie up and shove back and forth like the run-of-the-mill hwt match. Kono on the other hand was great on his feet. Halfway through it looked like he got bored and started playing the shoving game. He seemed to be in control there too.

But no, I don't recall any last second takedowns with the toes in bounds or come from behind pins etc...

There was one match though -- I want to say the 135 Naylor v Peter - 10-7...The KS kid was on top and in control late (must have been 8-2 or 8-3), and got caught, reversed, and put on his back, but he fought off the pin and ended up with a reversal at the buzzer and the dec.