Stalling, I have found in my 6 years watching Kansas wrestling, is considered a "technique" here. It is advocated by many Kansas coaches (kids club and high school) and rewarded by officials. I have always told my son not to allow a ref to decide a match and to wrestle hard all three periods. Unfortunately it has cost him a few matches and his high school coach advocated a "slowing the pace" method that others used against him. Myself, I would rather see him lose wrestling than win by dancing (personal opinion of course)But, it is a FACT that in the higher weights (189, 215, HWT) the refs WILL NOT CALL STALLING, except when it is too late to offer any reward to the wrestler who is aggressive. At the 215 championship in 5A this year the Liberal wrestler stalled for almost three periods, backing up all period without a shot in the second or first at all, although the GE kid was up by one escape and attacking Liberal with many shots. In the third period Liberal escaped, 1-1, but took advantage of a bad shot by GE gaining a 3-1 lead. Then Liberal laid on the GE kid for almost a minute and a half, never once moving but wrestling the hands so GE could not base up. GE finally fights and gets a reversal at the edge, 3-3. Liberal down position, with 6 seconds, GE gets called for locked hands with 2 seconds to go. Liberal wins. A great match to say the least, complaint: Pacheco DID lock hands, congratulations to McPhail, BUT if you are not going to call OBVIOUS stalling for fear of interfering in a match, then why let a tech call make a state champion...should of went to overtime. This is where the inconsistency in stalling calls becomes crucial. No offense intended to the refs, I know they are told to lay off the stalling calls in higher weights, and I would not of wanted to be in their shoes. This of course is my opinion. Wrestling is for wrestlers, NOT ballet dancers