Yes, Chad did show a lot of courage in the way he hung in there Saturday, especially in his consolation semi. He wanted that one bad and went out and got it.
But Kansas 123, you got a couple of things wrong on your other comments. For one, it was Atchison's 130-pounder, not 135 that was called for the slam Saturday. For another, if he had slammed "every single one of his opponents" he would have been called much sooner. This is a rough sport, and sometimes things happen, and it was unfortunate that Tommy Callahan was shaken up on that move.
But at no time did Jovonnie ever deliberatly attempt to hurt anyone; he's certainly not that kind of kid, and if nothing else he knows that if he brings someone back to the mat too hard, he could lose the match because of it.
Altogether this year, Jovonnie was called for three slams and in one of those, the official later apologized later for the call. That's in 31 matches. And up until that last match Saturday, five highly-qualified officials at Hiawatha had failed to see anything wrong with what he did. He's an aggressive wrestler — unfortunatly, sometimes you get labeled for that. The good news is he's a sophomore and he'll be back; more experienced, stronger and a lot more hungry.
Have a great State tournament everyone!!!
