I'm not sure what happened. I still think he will have a great season, but he did not look like his usual self this weekend.

Part of it could have been that he was in a tremendously tough bracket - Sharpe (Colby) was ranked 1st in 4A ; Johnson (Manhattan) was ranked 2nd in 6A ; Wise (Plainville) was ranked 2nd in 3A ; Taplin (Abilene) was ranked 2nd in 4A and Fitzgerald (Marysville) was ranked 6th in 4A (at 145).

In the match he lost to Johnson, Johnson scored on a takedown and Schuyler faught it a bit longer than he should have (he was sitting on his rump) as he compromised position and Johnson climbed the ladder to take him to his back for a quick fall.

The match for 3rd and 4th against Fitzgerald was hard faught and - if I remember right - went to 2ot before Sharpe got caught in a gramby craddle and lost. I may be off on that, but I think that's accurate - please correct me if I am wrong.

Schuyler is a tough kid and will be ok. A lot of people have indicated herein that he is not that impressive. Some of that may stem from Schuyler's style.

He is not usually a flashy, high amplitude type of wrestler. He is more blue collar - two points at a time, ride your opponent into the ground and score when opportunities present themselves.

Sometimes you have to wait to see how the kid Schuyler just dominated does against quality competition before you appreciate how tough Schuyler really is.

He took some lumps this weekend, but you can bet that Coach Beims will have him ready to go the rest of the way.