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High School Wrestler Penalized for Prayer

Itâ€™s been a season-long tradition for Nicholas Fant to drop to one knee and offer a two-second prayer before his wrestling matches.

But on Tuesday, that two-second prayer got the Wake Forest-Rolesville High School student in trouble.

Fant was about to compete in the 220-pound class in the first round of the North Carolina playoffs. He jogged to the center of the mat, took and knee, prayed and was then cited by the referee.

The referee hit Fant with a stalling warning for delaying the match â€“ a charge that cost the high school wrestler a point. The junior wrestler eventually lost the match. ...

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2/17/13 8:51 AM

Christopher000

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I shouldn't have included Roman Catholic in the previous post.

2/17/13 8:16 AM

Christopher000

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I would assume that the referee is an athiest, or Roman Catholic (oops) and using his authority to do what he did made his day.

2/16/13 8:45 PM

Bro. James

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Really?? What was this ref in such a hurry to do that
TWO SECONDS made a difference??
It took him longer to cite the guy a penalty than it took the kid to say a two second prayer!! Really?!?!
Come on ref. get real!!!

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