Boiling over
The battle for fifth place at the Southwest Region Tournament can be emotional for wrestlers. The winner goes to Hershey, fed to a regional champion and most likely first-round defeat. But that fate is better than the loser, who goes home.
At 160 pounds, Charleroi's Tommy Thorpe was headed for an end-your-season loss against Jeremy Barlett of Tyrone. Thorpe was trailing 5-2 with 20 seconds remaining, when he motioned to the referee and showed him his hand. He claimed Barlett bit him. The official agreed and disqualified Barlett.
Minutes later, a Tyrone fan made his way to the section where the Charleroi wrestlers, coaches and fans were sitting and began yelling. The confrontation lasted a couple minutes and appeared ready to escalate until Cougars assistant coach Dave Grillo, who was at one time a lineman at Pitt, stepped in.
The fan was escorted from the arena by security officials.
At 160 pounds, Charleroi's Tommy Thorpe was headed for an end-your-season loss against Jeremy Barlett of Tyrone. Thorpe was trailing 5-2 with 20 seconds remaining, when he motioned to the referee and showed him his hand. He claimed Barlett bit him. The official agreed and disqualified Barlett.
Minutes later, a Tyrone fan made his way to the section where the Charleroi wrestlers, coaches and fans were sitting and began yelling. The confrontation lasted a couple minutes and appeared ready to escalate until Cougars assistant coach Dave Grillo, who was at one time a lineman at Pitt, stepped in.
The fan was escorted from the arena by security officials.
posted by Joe Tuscano at
8:21 PM
5 Comments:
I thought that Grillo was tossed for his chair throwing incident.
Not that I'm aware of. He was in the corner on Kwasny's match.
Joe,
What's up with only covering AA wrestling now? I'm not sure if I missed something or if you just haven't gotten to the AAA coverage.
My favorite quote of the weekend..."if I was in the corner for Spencers match when that stalling point was awarded you would be bailing me out of Cambria County jail..."
and..."If you are too old to drive you shouldn't be allowed to operate the clock..."
and...Oh thay can you thee....
Two things about the coverage:
1. I have gone to the Johnstown tournament since it began in 1987 so it's more out of habit. Plus, we have more schools involved.
2. At the high schools, the firewalls stop us from blogging during the tournament. I could not get through the firewall at Chartiers Valley two weeks ago. I couldn't even get e-mail. The system at Johnstown is public and run by the Johnstown Tourism.
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