Red is bad luck.

I have run at least three tournaments a year over the past 4 years at Apalachee High School. There have been Youth, Middle School, High school, Area, and a few Fargo Qualifiers. For the first time in 4 years I was not going to be there for a tournament. Dick Shepard and Craig Bently took care of it though, and the report I got is that it was smooth as silk. I on the other hand was at Morgan County for the Christmas tournament.
Coach Robins puts on a good tournament that I have enjoyed as a coach, and felt right at home as an official. We were given a place to change, and put our stuff, which gave us one less thing to worry about during the tournament. There was some competitive, tough matches with lots of back and forth action which kept me on my toes. Late in the night, I was moved to the nice Red Mat. For some reason, I had about four matches in a row that had extended blood time. Two skinned knees, a bloody nose, a cut brow, and a scraped elbow. I felt like I was working for the Red Cross. We pushed through and got done at a reasonable hour, and I had some great conversations with several coaches. The most interesting call of the night had wrestler A attempting a bulldog. Wrestler B circled out and planted Wrestler A on his back. Wrestler A had such a tight choke around Wrestler B that I had to stop the match to keep B from getting injured. Wrestler B got 2 for the Takedown, 2 for the imminent near fall, and 1 for the illegal hold.
We will be back at it in the morning with semis, consos, and finals.