Last night, my son dreamed that he pinned a certain kid. For that dream to come to pass, both of them would have to win their first two matches to meet in the semi-finals.
They did,
The first period ended in a scoreless tie, 0-0. But, it was far from uneventful. There were at least four exciting scrambles and throws that ended with no points being scored.
In the second period, my son chose the down position and escaped his opponent’s control to take a 1-0 lead. The second period ended that way with several more unsuccessful but exciting take down attempts by both wrestlers.
The third period started with the other kid started in the down position. He quickly escaped to tie the score at 1 with 1:30 to go.
Forty seconds later, my son was called for stalling!
His coach protested for several minutes. The referees then held a conference for another minute. The ref then stepped forward and announced that the call would stand!
My son now trailed by a score of 2-1 with about 40 seconds to go!
With 17 seconds to go, they penalized the other kid for stalling. Regulation ended with the score tied 2-2!
In the first one minute overtime, they started in neutral position with both of them on their feet. Whoever scores first wins.
The action was again fast and furious but no points were scored. That meant two more one minute overtime periods.
My son chose to begin the second overtime in the down position and escaped to take a 3-2 lead. Although there were several more exciting, ‘almost’ skirmishes, the period ended that way as fatigue was setting in for both wrestlers.
In the third overtime, the other kid started in the down position. If he escaped, the score would be tied. If the period ended that way, they would go to a 30 second first score wins format until the match was decided. If my son was able to maintain control of the kid for the full minute, he would win by a 3-2 score.
In the first forty seconds, the other kid almost escaped twice but my son maintained control. Then came the climactic finish…
With twenty seconds to go, the other kid gave a huge effort to break free. However, my son countered and put him on his back and held him there for the remaining 15 seconds. He was awarded 3 points and won 6-2!
As for his dream, it looked to me like the kid was flat on his back but the ref didn’t call it…
but who cares…
He is in the finals!
