A dual between two powerhouse Oklahoma high school wrestling programs ended in both benches clearing Friday.
The incident came at the end of Elgin’s dual at Tuttle . Elgin junior heavyweight Jace Williams drove Tuttle senior Jace Warren off the mat and into Tuttle’s bench before members of each team swarmed to the area.
The situation essentially ended with that, and Warren was awarded the victory via disqualification as Class 4A top-ranked Tuttle sealed a 48-18 win over the Class 5A second-ranked Owls.
A video of the match and the aftermath was posted on social media and quickly gained popularity.
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Although the dual ended in rough fashion and with Warren on his back, no further altercations ensued, although the girls dual that was scheduled to follow was called off.
“It’s really not that bad,” Tuttle coach Bobby Williams said. “The situation of the kid driving our guy through the bench to the floor, that was a very unfortunate thing. The kid was in the wrong, and that was bad. But the stuff that happened afterwards, there’s no punches. We got control of the situation really fast.”