Re: B state officials
Are you asking me about the "officials", or "official"?? I didn't see a problem with the reffing, by and large, but we did have one referee officiate at a minimum four, and possibly all of our semifinal matches. That particular referee was grossly inconsistent in the number of stalls he penalized the Republic wrestlers for, particularly in the semi matches of Gubler, Palmier, Hancock, and Mills. In Gubler's and Hancock's matches, the Republic kids were on the verge of disqualification for repeated stall calls. Palmier got victimized by an unbelievable call while in a transition Granby/Peterson that resulted in a four point swing, and Mills got dinged for stalling during an attempted cement-mixing roll off of a front headlock....and the headlock wasn't even created by blocking down/defending a shot. With a comfortable lead late in the 3rd round, Mills, desperately working for a pin to benefit our team points, abandoned the spiral, coming out front to the headlock, attempting the mixer. The first attempt rolled all the way throught without securing NF, so he tried it a second time. On the second attempt, he got dinged.
You might not find it surprising to hear that this referee was the same one who rendered the decision to DQ Nick Olson (130) two weeks earlier at Leagues in Pateros. Based on his performance in the outlined matches, as well as other matches (not including Republic) he was involved in, there's no question in my mind of his motives and intentions.
I saw one other call that, in my opinion, was totally blown in the 130 finals between Kostelnik and Kalugin of Springdale, officiated by a man who looked of Asian descent. Kalugin had a one pt lead with under 30 seconds left and was on top. Kostelnik managed to get to his feet, and as they both rose, Kalugin lifted one of Kostelnik's legs up, with Kostelnik's calf/ankle secured in the crotch of Kalugin's elbow/forearm; Kalugin's other hand was in a collar tie behind Kostelnik's head/neck. As Kostelnik rared his head back, Kalugin's tie slipped off the back, with his hand snagging the side of Kostelnik's earguard. The headgear did not come off, or even drastically twist, but the ref blew the whistle almost immediately. Instantly after hearing the whistle, Kalugin released Kostelnik's leg. The end ruling result of the sequence was one point TV awarded to Kostelnik for the grabbing/pulling of the headgear PLUS another point for awarding an escape, giving Kostelnik a one point lead. With only about 10 seconds left, Kalugin pursued Kostelnik, shooting wildly, and with Kostelnik backing up, managed to draw a stall warning with about four seconds left, but was unable to get a takedown. That is merely the way I saw it as an unbiased observer, without a horse in the race. It is quite possible that you or someone else may have thought that either or both calls were right.
In closing, the one referee was either horrific, or biased against Republic, which I believe is both. Other than that, and the call at the end of the 130 match, my only other complaint would be that they were taking forever to call FALLS.....every single referee that I observed on the B mats. I can't count how many times that it seemed grossly obvious from any angle that kids were stuck, but that must have just been from my skewed view from the stands. Reffing was about what I expected for the B mats. I did happen to see some very good officiating, rotating from 1A-4A, but it's hard to get a good overall basis of observation on your own mats when the same guy calls at least four consecutive matches of your kids.
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