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Elite 8 Duals in Atlanta, Georgia.

Day 2 - Finals - 165 pounds - #5 Asher Cunningham (Powa) VS #20 Ben Smith (Stellar Trained)

P1:
Circling & hand fighting, Cunningham shoots, nothing. Smith shoots, gets to the legs, but Cunningham scrambles & gets an ankle too & it's a stalemate, restart. Circling, Smith fakes, Cunningham coming forward, looks for a slide by, but no luck. Hand fighting & collar ties. Cunningham pushing forward. Smith shoots & gets in deep, Cunningham crotch lifts & rolls Smith over. They're scrambling & Cunningham locks up a cradle, gets the TD, 3-0, & gets 4 swipes, 7-0, he readjusts & almost gets the pin, but the period ends.

P2:
Cunningham chooses down. Smith with a tough ride & Cunningham is bellied out. Cunningham back to his knees, but Smith switches to a crab ride. Smith loses control & Cunningham gets a reversal, 9-0. Cunningham riding, has a leg in & is trying to turk Smith over, 50-sec left. Cunningham has a bar in now & is looking for a turn, but Smith fighting hard, 30-sec left. Cunningham keeps riding & is trying to turn Smith as the period ends. 9-0 Cunningham

P3:
Smith takes neutral. Smith shoots, gets to a leg, Cunningham rolls him through, breaks Smith's grip & gets another TD, 12-0. Smith gets free for the escape, 12-1. Smith shoots, Cunningham counters, looks for a cradle, locks Smith up & gets 4 more swipes, but keeps looking for the fall. Cunningham adjusts & rolls Smith over again, and is in a better position now, but then he loses the grip & it's over as Cunningham gets 4 more points for a 19-1 tech.

#5 Asher Cunningham TECH #20 Ben Smith 19-1 (5:27)

That's the end of Asher's tournament. He went 5-2 with loses to Alessio Perentin & Dom Bambinelli, and wins over Cody Kirk, Bode Marlow, Riley Johnson, Adrien Reyes & Ben Smith.

Powa wins the dual against Stellar Trained and wins the tournament.
that's all folks GIF by Space Jam
 
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I'll blame PIAA for that. It's one thing to regulate transfers across PIAA schools. It's another to block a kid from his home school district when leaving a prep school.

That's flat out horseshit.
I don’t disagree with you but the rule is if it has anything at all, even 1% then you’re ineligible no matter how much you don’t like it. There isn’t an exception for moving back to your home school. In his case he needed to proof he fit into one of the very few specific exemptions to be post season eligible.
 
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