Smith speaks out about feeling left out
By Andrew Campa Correspondent
Inside SOCAL
MONROVIA - As some of his counterparts prepare for Saturday's CIF-Southern Section Northern Division individual wrestling championships, Temple City's Cary Smith is left with little more than disgust and disappointment.
Smith, who arguably was the Rio Hondo League's top heavyweight, will not have an opportunity to wrestle again this season after being disqualified from the league finals for showing up late for weigh-ins.
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"It's still hard," said Smith, who was told on Friday his final appeal to wrestle had been denied. "This is what you work hard for all season, to have a chance to compete."
It was discussed at a pre-finals meeting that the host school, San Marino, would close its gym doors promptly at 7 a.m. for weigh-ins, and the Rams did not arrive until sometime around 7:30.
League coaches then voted to disqualify Temple City.
Little has changed in Smith's situation since the Feb. 3 finals, but the position he and his teammates have taken has undergone a transformation.
"When I was first told about what happened, I was (angry) at the other Rio Hondo League coaches," Smith said. "I thought they had no (guts). But ultimately, it's our fault."
What particularly bothered Smith is the sudden change of heart by second-year coach Eric Broca.
"From the beginning of the season, he always told us to be on time or the bus will leave without us," Smith said. "So what happens? At the most important part of the season, coach decides to wait for the other guys who were late."
Smith asserted Broca's decision to wait for stragglers cost he and his teammates, who had arrived at 6:40 a.m., an opportunity to be wrestling Saturday.
At least one other league wrestler sympathized with Smith.
"If that would have happened to me, I don't know what I would have done," Monrovia's Taylor Hoopes said. "I'm not sure I'd be able to get over it. So I definitely feel sorry for Temple City."
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I plan on returning to the Wildcats this Fall under voluntary basis and as a part-timer. My work scheduled has changed this year, limiting my time as a full-time coach. I will talk to Coach Garrison and go from there. I enjoyed my time @ M-town HS and working with staff & Garrison was a blast.
Go CATS!!
Dawg,
What and where will you coach this fall?
Q-VO? Radio.
Are you getting ready for Varsity football? I'am ready to coach again!
DAWG (Go Cats!!!)
Dawg
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Cowboys BaBy (Roy Williams #31)
Sorry Mr. FM Radio.
Keep on wishing on the rain. You dont want PUSH-UPS FROM HELL, do you?????
DAWG
(BEARS)
Hey Bulldawg, I'll take down in a second and by the way IT'S "MR. FM" to you sir & one more thing the (BEARS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Colts Baby
Johnny Becerra
NEWS FLASH (Star News missed it)
RHL sends 3 wrestlers to Masters Meet at Carter High School this weekend. La Canada's Spencer Tompkins(CIF champ at 160), Monrovia's Jordan Zepeda (3rd at 140), and Taylor Hoopes (4th at 135).
Bring it RADIO!!! aka Johnny Becerra. You dont want none. hahahaha...
I wrestled in college and I would take you down. I'll wait until you are 18 and then we will see who walks the walk AM-Radio.
DAWG
RHL Observer;
Why are you so angry??????
Have some compassion and reasoning on you comments toward TC Heavyweight and attacking me with nasty words. It shows that you need a lesson or two on how to deal with anger.
Get a life and continue to be a hater and a fan.
DAWG
Hey Bulldawg, Lets keep it real why don't shut your mouth Dawg Before me And the TC Heavyweight take you to the mat and show you a thing or two adout wrestlers sticking up for each other
Johnny Becerra
Thanks Fred.
Bulldawg, there was a very vulgar message directed at TC heavy, so I deleted it. You'd have to see it to understand why RHL Observer got so mad.
smith sucks at wrestling hes horrible stop crying bitch and rhl observer get a life loser
Bulldawg ;
It was a posting that was a classless and vulgar attack on TC Heavyweight. I guess you're the type of person that needs to see something before you believe it.
I can't repeat what they wrote because Fred will delete this posting too, as he should. If you need to know the users name, here it is ( Big C%#k) fill in the rest if you can.
On the subject on my writing skills, I'd like to thank Anonymous for pointing that out on my first post. I got good a laugh after I read it. I also read some of your ( Dwag ) postings in the past few months and I must say, you may need to take some of those writing classes yourself. Just remember don't throw rocks if you live in a glass house.
Later Dude
RHL Obss;
No excuses dude. Why are you attacking Big ??? Your writing needs HELP!!!! And what name? and what the %$#*^% are trying to say?????????????????????
DAWG
Anonymous:
The posting I made was in anger, answering back to a posting that was made right after TC Heavywieght's posting on Feb 17 3:24p . It has apperantly been deleted for the vulgar and classless content it had and the user's name. I should have checked my entry before posting it . Thanks for the literacy class. Apperantly my typing skills are not up to par when I am angry and in a rush.
If you had seen it, you would have known what I was talking about. No disrespect was ever entended towards TC Heavywieght.
TC Heavyweight:
You're right -- life is not fair. It's what you do with life's tough breaks, and how you choose to move on that really matters. Keep your chin up.
RHL observer:
Go to class, pay attention in school and work on your illiteracy problem.
Hey Big Idiot
You must of given yours that name for the short commings you have. End of story.
all rio hondo league heavyweights lost two matches and were eliminated in the second round of yesterday's CIF-SS Northern Division. Last year I wrestled 6 matches before elimination; life's not fair.
Whats up Johnny Becerra? And whats up TC Heavyweight? This is you JV football coach. I would love to see you 2 go at it. Stand a side Stone Cold, these cats are for real!
Coach DAWG
(Go Bears)
Cary I really fell bad about the whole thing but some rules are more unfair then others bro and we can't do nothing about it but I'll tell you what my first match will be for you BRO
Your homie
Mon Heavyweight
Johnny Becerra
hey smith come check out rugby
www.cougarrugby.org
there is no next level for me, I'm done with sports besides rec leagues now.
Timing and being late happens all of the time. Is just like getting up for work @ 4:00AM, if you dont make, you'll get FIRED! Rules are set at a young age in order to make people responsible as they mature. Sorry Carry Smith, but dont take it personal, you had a great ride as a football star and wrestler.
Keep your head up and step up at the next level.
DAWG