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Show man would grab Coach Kent Adair around the neck and start rubbing his head... round and THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday. February 14, 2001 - Page 12 Shoot! or Okay, I wasn't too excited about going up to watch the region wrestling tournament at the high school. Well for starters, I just didnt think that I was going to enjoy watching vdM JJ 3 at , 1 guys flopping around on mat t,,e together in tight. Besides, haven't seen a wrestling match since Joe Davis used to throw suckers on the floor, clap his hands together and do a half turn yelling so loud that you could hear him in Denver, Trent! You gotta shoot the moon!" I have seen a little WWF wrestling on television and this crowd looked promising. They were a huge noisy crowd yelling things like shoot" or 9 so I thought if nothing else I might be on hand to see a riot break out and could write about that and get that Pulitzer Prize I have been after. So I watched from the comer... close to the door just in case things got a bit rough. I $! You know how I love prompt- ness, so I showed up in time to see the first match of the evening, between Casen (Eldridge) and Robert Sanders of Blanding. Man, these guys were tough! They went past regulation, they went past overtime, they Anally finished in double overtime. I thought poor Grandma Colleen was going to tip right over as she leaned one way or the other depending on what was $! round... real nervous like... standing on one leg, then the other, leaning this way then that, depending on which way the happening out on the mat And Grandpa Doug had to get up after the match and walk around. He looked like he was sweating more than either wrestler, since he had been holding his breath for over 7 minutes. I got so excited that I even started yelling shoot but I didn't know when to say it, so people were looking at me kinds funny. As usual, half of the entertainment was wrestler on the mat needed to go. Then Coach TJ would throw his arms up in the air and yell so loud that our friends in Dove Creek could probably hear it, and everyone would jump. And the cheerleaders weren't helping matters either as they were silting next to the and just encouraging the fans that already seemed out mat pounding the just watching the crowd. I must say that Tern' Kardlcy did his best to dress things up a hit and showed up in his suit and tie, which I thought was a nice touch and just goes to show you that you shouldnt be afraid of yelling of control. Finally, Jeff Nielson comes sauntering around asking questions about wrestling Hike if I knew anything), wearing a bad bandana and being yourself and setting the example. However, he might have got the idea from Judge Lyle Anderson who was at the Monticello Blanding basketball game the night before looking awfully dignified in his suit and tie... black socks pulled sharply up. I can barely make it through church without getting dirty, so my hats off to these more dignified gentlemen of the sporting world. Although, it does take some adjusting when you look at Da Judge in his suit and tie yelling in a loud voice, Yo REF! Yo momma wears army boots and that is the worst call I have seen since OJ got acquitted! I dont know nothing bout wrestling but I could tell every time things got real intense cow-pi- e covered boots... claimed he was working... I cant speak covered to that., but the cow-pi- e boots looked authentic. I told him what I had learned, that at some time during the match you were supposed to yell Shoot! but. I didnt know exactly when. Although I figured if anyone would know, he would, since he was a rather famous basketball player from Blanding and shooting was what he did most mean best at. The second match was between the Butler boys. Now for starters, dont you want to know just how many of those boys there are? 1 mean I cant remember when there wasnt a Butler boy whoopin up on people during wrestling. And howdo they make em so dang tough? They must of... I because Coach Ronnie Mussel- - Check out our Aoor, be feeding them something besides Wheaties for breakfast Rumor has it that Dad Randy can spend an entire family home evening viewing video of the matches, giving them pointers and explaining how thou shalt love thy neighbors doesnt apply during the actual match itself. I dont know how Laura or Randy cheered during the match between Andy and Chad but either way they had to be proud. Of course, on a more personal note, it was one of the Butler boys that helped my son Matthew make a career choice. When Matthew was young and in Pee Wee Wrestling, one of the Butler boys rubbed his face half off, drug him all over the matt, up one side and then down the other, mopping up all the time. It was right after that object lesson in mopping that Matthew decided to be a professional basketball player and leave cleaning to those more proAcient at it. Okay, so by this time I was starting to get into this wrestling thing and was excited to watch Nathan Butler wrestle. I dont know if you know this, but Nathan is one tough Hombre. Not just a tough Hombre (but you have to say this in a deep gravely voice and flex your chest when you say it), one tough Hoommbbrreeee. I know this because I have pushed weights with Nathan and he lifts many times his own body weight. Icould lift a metric ton that way. Mark Snyder and Luke Martinez both did a great jobs. I was getting awfully tired by this time, watching these guys wrestle. It doesnt take long before you are holding your breath and yelling and screaming just like the rest of the crowd. I decided that since I didnt know when to yell shoot as that I would just yell $! I consider myself somewhat ofan expert at this verbal spicing. Of course, I was waiting for Kyle Curtis, you know, the Man of Steel from football. For starters, I work with his PROUD father, who talks sports all the time. Aint no messing around with Kyle. No siree, no funny business with Kyle. Wears a game face no matter what the time of day. Shows up, drags the guy around the mat for a bit, puts him in the scissors and squeezes the life outa the poor guy, then Anally gets 15 points and they call it a match. Now if I could just get him to grin. And by the way, Tammy Halls was the Score Lady, although (and I was personally a little disappointed about that) they didn't let her carry the score around on a poster in the ring wearing a swim suit like they do in the WWF; I suppose because there were women and children present I have to say she looked better than Vanna White any ol day and she can add, which is more than I can say about Vanna. Okay, I had to leave at this point in the match because I was going on a Valentine date and was still dressed in my more casual attire and smelling like a locker room. My too kind and loving wife might have been in bad humor had I tried to explain why it was more important that I stay and watch wrestling than take her on a date. But I checked and Kevin Krist finished up with a win and Monticello took region with a score or 246.5 and Blanding took second with a score of 222.5. The boys from San Juan County did GOOD! Congrats to all them and watch for me at the next match. Til be the one yelling at apparently random moments. Deals to Move On OUR BIGGEST ATV SALE $! Sale! EVER! When you buy your favorite HONDA ATV between February 7 and February 28, 2001 TRX 500 Rubicon Automatic! TRX 450 ES Electric Shift! TRX TRX TRX TRX 450 400 400 350 S! FW! EX! FE TRX 350 FM! TRX 350 TE Electric Shift! TRX 350 TM! TRX 300 EX! TRX 250 Recon! TRX 250 EX! TRX 90 Rancher Electric Shift! 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