There were great matches yesterday here in Hays. 2 of them were extremely exciting for me to watch.
1. Hellerud vs Gastineau. Gastineau controlled the match the first 2 periods, and had a comfortable lead going into the 3rd. Hellerud hit 3 petersons in about a 45 seconds in the 3rd period to win the match. Very exciting match.
2. Defore vs Amos in the semis.6-6 and with about 5 seconds left in the match Defore gets an escape to win 7-6. 2 very evenly matched wreatlers. It would have been cool to see these 2 be on opposite sides. To see if they could have met in the finals. But that is how the brackets fell this year .
I am sure there were many more great matches but these 2 stood out to me.
Good luck to all wreatlers battling through the tough back side today to get to the podium. Also good luck to all the finalist.
Lance Geyer
