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Kolton Owens |
Wrestling |
1985-08-16 |
Panguitch |
During a match at the 1A Divisional tournament, Kolton Owens( who has a history of concussions/head injuries and wears a special type of state approved head gear) was wrestling Wade Jeffery from Wayne High School. Knowing Kolton Owens pre-existing medical conditions I was more conscientious of his risk for a head injury. Wade Jeffery worked a move in a manner that placed Kolton Owens on his back in near-fall criteria, the move was a reversal/take down to his back in near-fall criteria where Wade Jeffery had a tight waist around the body of Kolton Owens and was working to secure a fall with a reverse half. Wade Jeffery shot his hand towards the lower head/neck area of Kolton Owens. Kolton Owens was making struggling/ grunting noises, typical noises heard during a wrestling match, while trying to remove himself from the above stated situation. As Wade Jeffery continued to work for the reverse half (having met a 5 count for a 3 point near-fall) Kolton Owens tone of voice changed saying "my neck, my neck!" At this point I asked Kolton Owens if he was injured and he told me he was injured causing me to stop the match and start injury time. After I blew my whistle Kolton Ownes stated that he could not feel his legs, stating "my neck, my neck, I cant feel my legs." I called over Kolton Owens coach, as well as his father who is also a coach from the coaches corner to attend to their injured wrestle. Injury time was running as I made my way back to the table to ensure that they had the correct points(4 point near-fall) and started the correct clock for injury time(1:30sec). I stood at the middle edge of the mat watching over the injured wrestler and appropriate clock, indicating the time to the coaches and wrestler. As Kolton Owens injury time expired (0:00) I asked him if he was able to continue, at this time he, his coach(who is a Medical Doctor), father, and the trainer that had arrived all said that he was able to continue the match and he would wrestle. Showing no signs of being injured, we continued the match with Kolton Owens on bottom position and Wade Jeffery in top position. This report is an incident report only. |
