The young man in this video is Pat McCaffrey.
He was an Illinois State champion as a freshman in 2004, and in 2005 he transfered to Centerville, Iowa to work out with four-time State champion TJ Sebolt. He won the State championship in 2A in Iowa at 112 (beat one of my kids in the semifinals) then quit school there right after the state tournament to move to Pennsylvania to train with someone else.
The Pennsylvania and Maryland high school athletic associations both ruled last fall that he was ineligble to compete there so he moved back to Illinois to live with his family again. Last I heard, he was in Colorado, training for the Jr. Worlds. Insofar as I know, he is done with high school wrestling.
We had all heard things about his father while he was here, but this was both disturbing and sad. From where I sit, Pat is not liking life very much, and his father really doesn't care. What's even sadder was that up here, Iowans treated him like a carpetbagger at the State tournament. After seeing this, I feel badly for the kid. I really do.
