Bailey (Catoosa) vs. White (Woodward)

By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com

Amateur wrestling is hit-and-miss. For every great match, there are a bevy of stinkers that either have two guys just laying on each other or have two guys unwilling to take shots and you get a stall-fest.

That’s the beauty of high school wrestling. You’re not going to see that. And sometimes you see something extremely special.

Like Saturday night.

Dallas Bailey of Catoosa and Zach White of Woodward had split their first two meetings of the season. Both are going to Oklahoma State. Bailey was looking to become a four-time champion while White was looking for his second state title.

So the 4A final at 171 pounds was more about giving wrestling fans one last show before moving on.

And they did.

Everyone talked about this match going into the tournament. Everybody talked about it at the end of the first day and before the championships started Saturday night.

And since they wait for every class to get done before starting the championship matches, I was able to video the entire match. I got a good spot and wouldn’t budge.

So without further ado, here is Bailey vs. White for the 171-pound championship and postmatch comments. Bailey is in the dark colors with White in the gold/black.