"The Streak"

I was very impressed with the Documentary last night, and I think the wrestling community at large should be pleased with the Documentary because of the positive attention it brings, and on a national level to boot.

The show gave great perspective on the Brandon machine, the dedication is takes to maintain such an entity, and the pride behind the thousands of kids that have benefited from the program.

I was further impressed with Coach Cozart; I admire his singular dedication to his family, to his team, and to his school and community. Brandon is a great example of what can be accomplished with a great amount of dedication and perseverance.

The Brandon parents should also be commended; the support system they have engineered for those kids is second to none, and people like Cesar Grajales should accept the credit that is due them for being an integral cog in the Brandon machine.

I enjoyed the Documentary very much, I like the program better now that I know more about it. I saw a human, vulnerable, and emotional side of Coach Cozart that I would not have known was there if not for this film. I believed Coach Cozart when he stated that he started the Graves so that they would get beat, but all the while doing his damndest to prolong it. He was gracious in defeat, and it seemed to me that he was even a little relieved though obviously saddened.

My congratulations one final time to Brandon for having their streak end in such a sporting and memorable fashion. My Congratulations to South Dade and to Coach Victor Balmeceda for their fantastic performance and the graciousness they showed in victory. And my Congratulations to ESPN, and the Wrestling community for being the beneficiaries of such a fine broadcast.

Mail Call !

Some of you have written me while I was away and it took me till now to respond. Please don't be upset with me, this is a very busy time of the year for me and my attentions were on other matters.

Still I have found time to answer your queries, so have at them.

For the rest of you, feel free to use this most current post for any new comments that you may wish to post.

My thanks to all of you that keeping the site moderately operational in my absence, I appreciate your loyalty.

See you all soon.

"The Streak" on ESPN2

I was contacted by one of my sources and asked to please post the following information so here goes.

On April 29th at 9:00pm EST ESPN2 will air “The Streak”; the documentary of the 07’ – 08’ wrestling season of the Brandon Eagles. It will include the dramatic end of the longest streak in sports history, as well as Brandon’s triumphant victory in yet another state tournament.

“The Streak” in quotations… I coined the phrase nearly nine years ago when I began the campaign to get Brandon to wrestle a legitimate schedule, I wonder if ESPN reads the Spiderman and stole the name I not only fashioned but made fashionable.

LOL!!! Relax folks I am just kidding, no delusions of grandeur here, just a little levity.

Congratulations once again to Brandon, and also to South Dade.

Talk about it

This is a busy time of the year for me so I will only be in an out and I will only post once in a while. Unless there is some breaking news, there won't be many reports. You may use this post to converse with each other back and forth or just to make commentary in the interim.

Spidey