Posted By: Shark16
Boo hoo - 03/08/07 05:47 AM
What a bunch of whiners ...
This from the Independence Examiner.
Playing fair?
Stalling tactic lifts Kansas to win, frustrates Missouri stars
By JASON TARWATER
Examiner Assistant Sports Editor
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Rarely has Blue Springs heavyweight Dom Bradley been so upset after a win.
Trailing Kansas by four points in the Mo-Kan Metro All-Star Classic, Bradley needed a major decision to tie. Anything better would give Missouri the win.
Instead, Bradley's opponent, Joe Payne, wrestled not to get pinned -- which included four stall calls -- and Bradley had to settle for a 5-0 decision.
The loss secured a 27-26 win for Kansas, marking the second Kansas win in a row at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
After Bradley won, the Kansas side of the gym started celebrating. As he went to get his hand raised, Bradley made a thumbs down motion to the Kansas crowd.
"It's (expletive deleted)," Bradley said after his match. "That's not even right. No way. You shouldn't win like that."
Bradley -- as well as the entire Missouri crowd -- was upset at the inactivity of Payne in the match, who was pushed backward by Bradley the entire first period. Payne never went for a shot or went on the offensive the entire match.
In the third period, Payne chose down and was hit for stalling twice for not trying to get off the mat.
Bradley's teammates shared his frustration.
"(Payne) did absolutely nothing," said Lee's Summit North's Nathan Neske, who lost a 6-2 decision to Lansing's Kyle Buehler in his 135-pound match. "If he was wrestling a real match and trying to beat a champion, he would have been pinned. Dom's that good."
Missouri coach Gary Mayabb of Oak Park was less frustrated with the calls in the final match as he was the situation Missouri had put itself into.
"The bottom line is (Kansas) did a good job with lead management," he said. "They put themselves in a spot where they tell their heavyweight, 'We don't need you to win. Just don't give up (a pin).' "
Missouri got in that position by losing five matches in a row. Leading 17-12 after Shane Nay of Oak Park (145) scored a 14-7 decision, Missouri found itself down 27-17 before Deron Winn (215) of Liberty scored a second-period pin to cut the lead to 27-23.
Matt Allen (112) was pinned by Paulie Hansen of Kansas City (Kan.) Turner, an undefeated state champion.
"His style more clashes with my style," Allen said. "He's really strong. I hung with him in the first period, but he caught me in the second period."
After Neske's loss, teammate Sam Thielen (152) lost an 8-1 decision to Dakota Hall of Fort Scott.
"I was out of shape and haven't wrestled in a while," Thielen said. "And he was really big. There's a question there, (and it) was we didn't (weigh in together). I'm not in a good mood and don't want to talk about it."
Kyle Campbell (171) of Lee's Summit lost a 6-1 decision to R.J. Nill of St. Thomas Aquinas before Bradley scored the area's only win.
Mayabb said he thought he had the lineup to win the dual this year, with three four-time state champions and two three-time champs. But, things just didn't go Missouri's way.
"They did a nice job," Mayabb said of Kansas. "They didn't fight power where they didn't have power. They just did a really nice job.
"I was impressed by them."
Mayabb also said he doesn't think anything happened with the weigh-ins, though weigh-ins were conducted at two different sites.
"I don't know if you ever want to question someone's integrity," he said. "Some of their kids looked big, but they wrestled awful well."
Reach Jason Tarwater at jason.tarwater@examiner.net or 350-6394.
This from the Independence Examiner.
Playing fair?
Stalling tactic lifts Kansas to win, frustrates Missouri stars
By JASON TARWATER
Examiner Assistant Sports Editor
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Rarely has Blue Springs heavyweight Dom Bradley been so upset after a win.
Trailing Kansas by four points in the Mo-Kan Metro All-Star Classic, Bradley needed a major decision to tie. Anything better would give Missouri the win.
Instead, Bradley's opponent, Joe Payne, wrestled not to get pinned -- which included four stall calls -- and Bradley had to settle for a 5-0 decision.
The loss secured a 27-26 win for Kansas, marking the second Kansas win in a row at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
After Bradley won, the Kansas side of the gym started celebrating. As he went to get his hand raised, Bradley made a thumbs down motion to the Kansas crowd.
"It's (expletive deleted)," Bradley said after his match. "That's not even right. No way. You shouldn't win like that."
Bradley -- as well as the entire Missouri crowd -- was upset at the inactivity of Payne in the match, who was pushed backward by Bradley the entire first period. Payne never went for a shot or went on the offensive the entire match.
In the third period, Payne chose down and was hit for stalling twice for not trying to get off the mat.
Bradley's teammates shared his frustration.
"(Payne) did absolutely nothing," said Lee's Summit North's Nathan Neske, who lost a 6-2 decision to Lansing's Kyle Buehler in his 135-pound match. "If he was wrestling a real match and trying to beat a champion, he would have been pinned. Dom's that good."
Missouri coach Gary Mayabb of Oak Park was less frustrated with the calls in the final match as he was the situation Missouri had put itself into.
"The bottom line is (Kansas) did a good job with lead management," he said. "They put themselves in a spot where they tell their heavyweight, 'We don't need you to win. Just don't give up (a pin).' "
Missouri got in that position by losing five matches in a row. Leading 17-12 after Shane Nay of Oak Park (145) scored a 14-7 decision, Missouri found itself down 27-17 before Deron Winn (215) of Liberty scored a second-period pin to cut the lead to 27-23.
Matt Allen (112) was pinned by Paulie Hansen of Kansas City (Kan.) Turner, an undefeated state champion.
"His style more clashes with my style," Allen said. "He's really strong. I hung with him in the first period, but he caught me in the second period."
After Neske's loss, teammate Sam Thielen (152) lost an 8-1 decision to Dakota Hall of Fort Scott.
"I was out of shape and haven't wrestled in a while," Thielen said. "And he was really big. There's a question there, (and it) was we didn't (weigh in together). I'm not in a good mood and don't want to talk about it."
Kyle Campbell (171) of Lee's Summit lost a 6-1 decision to R.J. Nill of St. Thomas Aquinas before Bradley scored the area's only win.
Mayabb said he thought he had the lineup to win the dual this year, with three four-time state champions and two three-time champs. But, things just didn't go Missouri's way.
"They did a nice job," Mayabb said of Kansas. "They didn't fight power where they didn't have power. They just did a really nice job.
"I was impressed by them."
Mayabb also said he doesn't think anything happened with the weigh-ins, though weigh-ins were conducted at two different sites.
"I don't know if you ever want to question someone's integrity," he said. "Some of their kids looked big, but they wrestled awful well."
Reach Jason Tarwater at jason.tarwater@examiner.net or 350-6394.