First, let me acknowledge that I am a SME Lancer and very loyal to our wrestlers. Everyone is talking about Haynes and rightly so, he is a beast. There is a reason that he is highly ranked nationally and has already signed to wrestle for MU. Despite the fact that Haynes is obviously the better wrestler, I would like to point out that Baker fought off his back to avoid the pin and scored a reversal to hold off the tech fall. Some credit needs to be given to all of our wrestlers who are willing to represent Kansas, work hard in extra practices and put it on the line in a high-profile event against sometimes overwhelming odds.


Lou Ann Baker