Originally posted by Westfahl:
Trying to flee the mat isn't a violation. I saw that match and I think he got called for stalling because of cumulative moves to the same leg and no attempt to move up or take his opponent to the mat. The ref that called that match is one of the best young officials in the state and had an impressive state tourney and that call was a gutsy one but in my view, a good one. I at first thought it was called on Strait and I would have thought and did think at the time that it should have been the other way around. He didn't get jammed though it is just one of those things, he tried to get rid of some time by staying down low on the leg and that is stalling. It happens and sometimes it doesnt get called but this time a good young official did his job. Sometimes thats not popular with everyone though.