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by Bearhug
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Reclassification
Replies: 26
Views: 22562

Re: Reclassification

Also note its about a 4 hour trip from Ravenswood to Berkely Springs. lol
by Bearhug
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:00 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Reclassification
Replies: 26
Views: 22562

Re: Reclassification

Number of teams per AAA region per proposal:

Region 1: 9
Region 2: 6
Region 3: 9
Region 4: 8

get ready for forfeits at the state wrestling tournament coming from region 2
by Bearhug
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Home advantage big tournaments WV states
Replies: 5
Views: 1505

Re: Home advantage big tournaments WV states

What school's stay home for the state tournament?
Huntington, Cabbell Midland, Spring Valley, who else?
by Bearhug
Sat Mar 04, 2023 9:40 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: The best 4 time state champions
Replies: 44
Views: 51168

Re: The best 4 time state champions

Andy Thomas was one of the most dominant wrestlers I ever watched. He's gotta be one of the best four timers. The Easter brothers were tough as well One stat that has to be a record is Zach Frazier was only taken down once in his whole high school career If true …That kinda makes one think he shoul...
by Bearhug
Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:58 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: The best 4 time state champions
Replies: 44
Views: 51168

Re: The best 4 time state champions

Andy Thomas was one of the most dominant wrestlers I ever watched. He's gotta be one of the best four timers.

The Easter brothers were tough as well

One stat that has to be a record is Zach Frazier was only taken down once in his whole high school career
by Bearhug
Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:08 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region
Replies: 107
Views: 2077388

Re: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region

Last year Herbert Hoover (Region 3) and Braxton County (Region 2) finished ahead of both Oak Glen (Region 1) and Berkley Springs (Region 1) in the State Tournament. So what's your point? It goes in cycles. What's your solution to "evening out" the regions? There's no doubt that Region 1 i...
by Bearhug
Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Why is a topic locked?
Replies: 12
Views: 7078

Re: Why is a topic locked?

To Answer the original question KDunbar said Fairmont Senior has never been a powerhouse of a program and people started going after him. But the guy is completely wrong. Fairmont Senior, as well as East Fairmont, and North Marion have all shown dominance in the sport. Wood County has the most state...
by Bearhug
Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:19 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region
Replies: 107
Views: 2077388

Re: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region

The whole point that a/aa region one is much tougher to qualify for the state tournament. I have seen no argument that disputes this. Actually I believe the point was to imply that wrestlers from R2, R3 and R4 are not as worthy of being at states as R1 wrestlers. That is the way it came off anyway....
by Bearhug
Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:01 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region
Replies: 107
Views: 2077388

Re: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region

Lloyd Christmas wrote:Heck region 1 had a ranked returning state placer not make the state tourney this year. Obviously he would have won some matches had he won in the blood round. It is not always a blowout from 1st and 2nd place. Wrestle back points often can make or break a tournament winning team.


Facts
by Bearhug
Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:59 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: AA/A finals predictions ?
Replies: 16
Views: 10056

Re: AA/A finals predictions ?

106 Perdue over Rotruck 113 Davis over High 120 Wood over Hess 126 Ringer over Pettit 132 Andrick over Lamb 138 Curran over Spitznogle 145 Hamilton over Jarvis 150 Price over Harris 157 Zombro over Woyan 165 Bush over Adams 175 Caron over Angel 190 Hanshew over Huffman 215 Casto over Vandall 285 Is...
by Bearhug
Sat Feb 18, 2023 9:45 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: New Classification
Replies: 24
Views: 20636

Re: New Classification

Some are gonna benefit from this new classification and some will Lose. Some won’t matter really. In my opinion, if the schools get classified the same as listed, then the only teams that benefit are the A@AA teams. Winning a championship becomes much easier, having taken away most of the better pr...
by Bearhug
Tue Feb 14, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region
Replies: 107
Views: 2077388

Re: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region

Yea teams are going to have to travel its just how it is, but what made region1 unbalanced in the first place was when Marion County went AA and all three schools joined. Then it got ridiculously unbalanced when Berkley Springs, Petersburg, and Keyser all joined later on. Last classification they sk...
by Bearhug
Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:44 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: New Classification
Replies: 24
Views: 20636

Re: New Classification

Having multiple classes definitely diminishes things, look at VA, 6 classes and 6 championships per sport. How about reconfigure the way the current classes are and not allow schools to play the number games to fit whatever it is they want. I think 4 classes is needed in football, however I'm all f...
by Bearhug
Tue Feb 14, 2023 11:39 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: New Classification
Replies: 24
Views: 20636

New Classification

In March the SSAC is meeting to look into making Football and other sports into 4 classes. There's a great possibility they're going to keep the State Wrestling Tournament into 2 classes but with AAAA-AAA & AA-A. If this happens, it'll definitely change the landscape of wrestling. For Example, P...
by Bearhug
Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region
Replies: 107
Views: 2077388

Re: AA/A ranked wrestlers per region

They've never been balanced, if Point Pleasant or Independence were in Region 1 the last 10 years, I'd love to know how many wrestlers they would've brought to Huntington year in and year out. And yes I'm saying the southern regions are weaker than hell
by Bearhug
Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:17 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Winners Choice and OVAC > WSAZ
Replies: 14
Views: 11679

Re: Winners Choice and OVAC > WSAZ

aacoach126 wrote:I believe Seth Easter was a 4 time Winner's Choice Champion:

'05 @ 130, '06 @ 120, "07 @ 140, '08@ 145


He and Mitch Smith are the only two I can find. 4x state champions Adam Bicak, Andy Thomas (controversialy) , Dylan Cottrell, Tory Bennett, and Zach Frazier all took L's at Winners Choice
by Bearhug
Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:06 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Winners Choice and OVAC > WSAZ
Replies: 14
Views: 11679

Re: Winners Choice and OVAC > WSAZ

WSAZ's get so much special attention on this website, and its wild. In my opinion there are two other tournaments that are just a tough or tougher. Winners Choice had most of the tough schools at WSAZ's along with Spring Mills, Fairmont Senior, Washington, and half of a Waynesburg team that did a l...
by Bearhug
Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:09 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Winners Choice and OVAC > WSAZ
Replies: 14
Views: 11679

Winners Choice and OVAC > WSAZ

WSAZ's get so much special attention on this website, and its wild. In my opinion there are two other tournaments that are just a tough or tougher. Winners Choice had most of the tough schools at WSAZ's along with Spring Mills, Fairmont Senior, Washington, and half of a Waynesburg team that did a lo...
by Bearhug
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:33 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Weight Classes
Replies: 11
Views: 8516

Re: Weight Classes

You're spot on. Losing the 182lb weight class puts a damper on a lot of potential football players wrestling. Honestly I don't understand why there isn't a weight class in-between 215lb-285lb, if you look in schools today they're more big kids than ever before. Look at high school football rosters ...
by Bearhug
Wed Dec 07, 2022 12:16 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Weight Classes
Replies: 11
Views: 8516

Re: Weight Classes

My sons team has 5-6 kids 190 - 300 lbs on the team. All with a desire to wrestle. 18 or so kids on the team total..... 30% of the team competing for 3 spots. Exactly this a prime example. The worst part is wrestling benefits offensive and defensive linemen (aka the big boys) the most in football. ...
by Bearhug
Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:11 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Weight Classes
Replies: 11
Views: 8516

Re: Weight Classes

My sons team has 5-6 kids 190 - 300 lbs on the team. All with a desire to wrestle. 18 or so kids on the team total..... 30% of the team competing for 3 spots. Exactly this a prime example. The worst part is wrestling benefits offensive and defensive linemen (aka the big boys) the most in football. ...
by Bearhug
Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:31 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: Weight Classes
Replies: 11
Views: 8516

Re: Weight Classes

You're spot on. Losing the 182lb weight class puts a damper on a lot of potential football players wrestling. Honestly I don't understand why there isn't a weight class in-between 215lb-285lb, if you look in schools today they're more big kids than ever before. Look at high school football rosters t...
by Bearhug
Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:41 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: 2023 Returning AA Placewinners by Region
Replies: 13
Views: 10823

Re: 2023 Returning AA Placewinners by Region

I'm just having fun. You had 256255 examples supporting region 1. Now you have at least 1 to support region 4. Region 4 has Point Pleasant and that's about it. Nitro, Wirt, Winfield, and Sissonville will have a handful of good wrestlers every year but other than that, that's about it. Its a cakewal...
by Bearhug
Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:07 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: 2023 Returning AA Placewinners by Region
Replies: 13
Views: 10823

Re: 2023 Returning AA Placewinners by Region

106 Dillon Perdue, Independence 113 Nathan Wood, Point Pleasant 120 Conner Blessing, Point Pleasant 126 Gunner Andrick, Point Pleasant 132 Braxton Smith, Nitro 138 Kolbie Hamilton, Fairmont Senior 145 Justin Bartee, Point Pleasant 152 Josh Woyan, Point Pleasant 160 Derek Raike, Point Pleasant 170 C...
by Bearhug
Mon Mar 07, 2022 2:16 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: 2023 Returning AA Placewinners by Region
Replies: 13
Views: 10823

Re: 2023 Returning AA Placewinners by Region

Example #256255 that Region 1 is by far the best region in AA and the most competitive. 106 Dillon Perdue, Independence 113 Nathan Wood, Point Pleasant 120 Conner Blessing, Point Pleasant 126 Gunner Andrick, Point Pleasant 132 Braxton Smith, Nitro 138 Kolbie Hamilton, Fairmont Senior 145 Justin Bar...
by Bearhug
Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:45 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: 2023 Returning AA Placewinners by Region
Replies: 13
Views: 10823

Re: 2023 Returning AA Placewinners by Region

Example #256255 that Region 1 is by far the best region in AA and the most competitive.
by Bearhug
Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: WSAZ or State?
Replies: 14
Views: 6927

Re: WSAZ or State?

Long time lurker, first time poster. Although I was an out of stater, we wrestled in WV a lot and at both the Winner’s Choice and WSAZ. My senior year, the Winner’s Choice was definitely stronger. Speaking of some of those guys who were 4x Winner’s Choice champs and those who weren’t, how do you th...
by Bearhug
Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: WSAZ or State?
Replies: 14
Views: 6927

Re: WSAZ or State?

It just determines what teams are there, there have been years where WSAZ was tougher than states, and Winners Choice, but there have also been years where Winners Choice was tougher than states as well as WSAZs. I can say this year WSAZ's was tougher than states and WC. However, If OVAC doesn't hap...
by Bearhug
Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:19 am
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: AA-A regional alignment
Replies: 45
Views: 52146

Re: AA-A regional alignment

I think the northern part is best divided up how it used to be. Region 1 : Oak Glen, Marion County, Ritchie, St Mary's, Weir, Magnolia, Cameron Region 2 : Keyser, Petersburg, Berkeley Springs, Harrison County,Braxton, How the region's were set up from 2013-2016. It just made more sense geographical...
by Bearhug
Sat Feb 22, 2020 4:06 pm
Forum: High School Wrestling
Topic: AA-A regional alignment
Replies: 45
Views: 52146

Re: AA-A regional alignment

I think the northern part is best divided up how it used to be. Region 1 : Oak Glen, Marion County, Ritchie, St Mary's, Weir, Magnolia, Cameron Region 2 : Keyser, Petersburg, Berkeley Springs, Harrison County,Braxton, How the region's were set up from 2013-2016. It just made more sense geographicall...

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