Wrestling action - undefeated tournament

Another hot tournament Saturday and yes, two more last second wins!

Cole went 5-0 undefeated (as did the team overall) and two of those were some pretty hottly contested matches on his part.

I was requested to put up a little of the action so here they are.

The first match wasn't too difficult but some interesting action.

Watch how good initial technique below allows him to maintain against the drag and complete the headlock throw.

The second match was another hot one with a pretty aggressive, hot opponent. A particularly nastily coached team that does whatever it takes to win.

He got a point against him for this unnecessary crossface that drew blood, that point would later prove to be crucial.

As you can see here, Cole sorta returned the bloody nose favor ('cept on Cole's part it wasn't due to wrestling "dirty"). He simply hit him with such a hard takedown that his head snapped down and hit Cole's knee (something that actually happened to Cole last year against one of their guys but that's another story).

Lots of headbutting (by the opponent) and hand-fighting.

ultimately this one went to an overtime round, first score wins.

Cole got the takedown at the buzzer.

Completly exhausted, he dropped into his seat after leaving the matt.

But more significantly, after the handshake at center, the other guy actually collapsed and crawled off the matt to lay against the wall for the next 1/2 hour.

The next match was against the host team, the team to beat to win the tournament.

Wouldn't you know it, Cole's was the final deciding match. Team score was 30-27. If he looses, the team score is tied and they'd loose on criteria. They'd moved their 160 guy up to 171 knowing that he was ranked as high as 6th in the state the previous year and had already beaten Cole last year.

A pretty aggressive strong opponent, a tactical match with little scoring going on, none in the first period.

Cole got an excape in second round, now 1-0

Then he got an excape in the 3rd, now 1-1

Once again, Cole scored the takedown at the buzzer, 3-1 final, team wins the match and goes bannanas.

Told him, you just proved you deserve to be state ranked.

The next two matches were somewhat anticlimactic but still some good action.

Watch how he keeps the leg tied up on the reversal. Most guys let it go.

His season record now stands at 25 and 7,

15 and 1 since xmas break