WUBN 12-21-15
Sophomore wrestler Geordan Martinez took first place in Reno’s Tournament of Champions yesterday. The 149-pound wrestler was seeded 3rd in the tournament, and won 5 matches (two major decisions, three decisions), before beating the #1 seed by a score of 8-5.
For those of you who don’t know how scoring works in wrestling, here’s a little primer since I’ll be hard-pressed to meet my word quota with this one link:
INDIVIDUAL POINTS:
A TAKEDOWN is when you take an opponent off his/her feet and "control the hips," meaning basically you get in position behind your opponent.