It’s dragged on long enough.  Now the debate over a controversial wrestling move is over.  At least for the two young wrestlers involved.

“We got the case dismissed,” Stephen Quade said.  “I don’t know how it can be any better than that.”

Stephen Quade represents 17–year–old Preston Hill.  The former captain of the Buchanan High wrestling team was accused of violating a teammate during wrestling hold — called the butt drag.

“What he did at the time was a wrestling move that he’s been taught since elementary school,” Quade told reporters outside Fresno County Juvenile Court.

Hill has maintained he did not do anything wrong and Thursday a judge dismissed the sexual assault charge filed against him.

“Preston never accepted any deal,” Quade said.  “He never had to make an admission and he never would have.”

But, Hill and his accuser did have to attend a tolerance training course and write an essay about lessons learned.

“They went through a program called SHARE.  I think they gained perspective on the whole process and he was held accountable at Clovis Unified and that was our ultimate goal,” the accuser’s father Ross Rice said.

The program both boys had to attend was put on by members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.  It’s called (SHARE) Stop Hate and Respect Everyone.

Ross Rice says his 15–year–old son and Hill are ready to move on and bury the hatchet.

“I believe so.  Will they get together and have coffee? Probably not.  But, I think my son has grown passed that,” Rice said.  “He wants to be an advocate for bullying.  It’s a high profile problem nationwide.  He wants to get his story out on anti–bullying.”

As for Hill? His attorney is still fighting his expulsion from school.  Quade says the experience has not changed Hill’s plans to pursue a future in wrestling.