What makes college and high school wrestling similar is the scoring system. When you get a takedown it's two points and is a key move in wrestling. It involves off-balancing your opponent and taking a shot to get around their hips and score two points. Most the time directly after the person who scored the takedown their opponent on bottom usually gets the escape for one point which means after that they get back onto their feet and into neutral or starting position. Sometimes it takes more than one takedown before you can get a nearfall, pin, or escape. Nearfall points can vary from 2, 3, and 4 points depending on how many seconds the person on top has the person on bottom on their back, they end up to be two, three, or four points. A pin
