Jacobus helps No. 8 Cougars pin Lions
Dalles Jacobus knows how to bull-rush a quarterback and sack him for a big loss on a football field.
As it turns out, he can use the same maneuver for a big pin in wrestling.
Jacobus made a bull-rush at Isaiah Garman and pinned him during their 220-pound match Thursday night to help the eighth-ranked Kennedy Cougars stick Linn-Mar, 46-24, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Kennedy.
There wasn't a whole lot of technique to his move, but there was a lot of brute strength and determination.
"There was a little bit of a scramble, the kid took a break to lean on his haunches and Dalles just ran him over," observed Kennedy coach Dennis Hynek, smiling. "There was no move there.
"He's a lot of fun, he works hard and if you take breaks against him, he's just going to pile-drive you."
Just like sacking an unwitting quarterback.
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