Are you jealous? I seems to me you are implying that Ross didn't deserve OW. Regardless of what you might think since you weren't there, the people giving the award must have thought so. If you look at it on paper Ross had two falls a major decision and a 8-0 win in the finals. Whereas Erisman had a Bye, two falls, a tech fall and only a 3 point victory in the finals over a very good wrestler in Nick, however I'm sure if you actually watch Ross wrestle you can see the amount of dominance he usually has over his opponent and that translates to Outstanding. Perhaps if Mr. Erisman could have bumped up a weight class and met Ross in the finals you might have had a definitive answer. Personally I think it discredits wrestlers to question the awards that they receive. But more to the point I think winning matches especially State championship matches are far more important to Ross than an OW award from this tournament, so my question to you is, why are you so worried about it? Its over and done with now, any speculation after the fact can't have any purpose other than to try to discredit an obviously deserving wrestler.


William Nigel Isom
Officials Director (USAWKS)
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Riley KS