Originally Posted By: okstate1
"After the whistle had been blown, Goddard's Trey Houlden continued his move on Becker, which ended with Becker landing awkwardly on his head and neck off the mat on the basketball court."-Wichita Eagle, 1/27/11


They sure missed that call. Watching the video, the whistle HAD NOT been blown. They were in mid air when the whistle blew. It looked like Trey was being driven off the mat and reacted, instead of finishing the throw he let go when the whistle was blown. The throw out of bounds was not after the whistle was blown which is clearly evident from the video. He started his counter well before the whistle. How people think you can just hit an Off switch in the middle I don't know. If he was trying to hurt him he would have driven him to the ground with his shoulder. People don't understand how wound up these kids get to compete and in no way is he going to be looking at the mat for out of bounds.

We are all glad that Becker is OK. He is one tough kid with a bright future!


Eric Johnson


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