this happened to one of our kids. we were losing by 2 in the third period. the kid we were wrestling backed up over and over. finally got a warning. with less than 10 seconds our kid throws a lateral drop and throws the kid to his back. ref stops the match. he awards our kid 1 point. i asked him why he stopped the match because we should have gotten the one point and no stoppage then we should have been awarded 2 for a takedown and then near fall points. we got the 1 point and lose by one point. i pointed out to this ref he made a mistake and he said no it was the right call. after the match i explained to our kid yes he got screwed but if he had wrestled better he would never have been in that situation. he still didnt understand. fact is do not leave it up to the ref to decide the match. take care of business on your own. there will always be what we see as bad calls. we are not in the refs position. one thing i would like to see is the refs get in better position and actually move quicker. too many times i see refs standing up not counting back points until they get down 2 seconds later only to have the kid on bottom flip to his belly. those are just what i see.
