Brandon Gonzalez looked every bit a dominant force as he entered his New Jersey high school wrestling match Wednesday evening. On the small side of the 220-pound division, the Donovan high school junior pinned his larger opponent from Lakewood High in just 20 seconds.
Then he just lay there.
At first, Gonzalez’s coach, Steven Glawson, thought that the 16-year-old was showboating a bit, exercising his dominance over a quickly pinned opponent who was still beneath him. But when his opponent rolled away and Gonzalez remained unmoving on the ground, that’s when the situation became clear. Read more…