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Congratulations to a leader on and off of the mat. Coach Santoro and Lehigh are getting a great wrestler and an even better citizen. The few times I met and spoke with Coach Dutton I believe that Josh is exactly the kind of wrestler that deserves to be honored with the award bearing Coach Dutton's n...

Tim, you get my vote for "Peacemaker of the Year" based on how you diplomatically handled "Riot #2" at the state tournament. We need to make you head of security for next season. 100 years ago I've been the guy who had a drink or twelve too many and had to ask who all I needed t...

I appreciate guard0544 arguing semantics. Doesn't matter. Braxton did not set a goal of being unscored on. A coach asked and Jenny confirmed toward the end of the season that he had not given up a takedown so he made a deal with a friend who smokes that his friend can't have a cigarette until he los...

I got texts to check out wvmat. thanks for the morning smile ringworm. There are so many more reasons I wouldn't get father of the year. Awards are not part of Braxtons goals. His 7th grade year the tournament director for wood county tournament lobbied the coaches to vote for someone else for coach...

Braxton and Noah are friends. Have been for a long time. Noah has always been a class act. I seriously doubt that Noah compares himself to a high school sophomore at Parkersburg South any more than Braxton compares himself with a 7th grade wrestler at Independence. Noah will have a great career at W...

Excellent post. A strike is a form of civil disobedience. Defying a superintendent's order next weekend is another form of civil disobedience. The only basis the superintendent could base this decision on is safety. Obtain an affidavit from your union rep that sports will not be affected and no coac...

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I think the voters get it right about every year. I can't say for sure...but it would be my guess that if the Amos family had a vote for the Dutton Award for this year, they would throw it Josh Humphrey's way. It is this kind of character which it takes to raise a young man as talented and impressi...

Congratulations to Edison Middle School Wrestling Coach Tammy Koreski for being named the OVAC Jr High Wrestling Coach of the Year.

Winning this battle is like fixing many other problems: Identify the problem to the specific persons in your local media in a polite but accurate manner. Suggest ways to fix it. Volunteer to help in a way that will make it easier for them. Follow through with your offer to help. THANK THEM when they...

If you have seen Mason Parris you would know that he is on a different level. I have no problem with any ranking that puts him at #1. Mark gave Mason way better genetics than I gave Braxton and on top of those genetics, the young man works his butt off. Great hard working kid who will have success a...

Parkersburg South broke into Intermat's National Rankings at #47 this week. Being the highest finishing unranked team at Ironman made people take notice. Keep up the good work.

South, oak glen and weir.

South tied for 11th

Finals start 6pm Big shout out to the West Virginia fans who made the trip. Can't tell you how cool the boys think it is that people are taking their time and money to drive up here to cheer for them. It wasn't that long ago that people were vocal about wanting to pull out of tournaments like Ironma...

Trackwrestling.com>events>Walshironman>results>teams>south/warren/oakglen/weir I am not smart enough to copy the results and post them or even email them. New phone and limited user ability. The trackwrestling site will give you specific match results. If you want to watch the matches, log in to Flo...

This is what I could find for the history of the Ironman for WV wrestlers. Sorry if I missed someone it was not intentional. This could be the year that a West Virginia wrestler from somewhere other than Wood County makes the podium. Hall and Rea are in loaded brackets but are capable of placing. Th...

Coaches go through a process which include background checks before they are approved by the board of education. True for lay coaches every year. True for teachers when first hired. Running joke here for a few years was a police officer who volunteered to be an assistant coach for our middle school...

Results have also been submitted to Doc for posting in the scores section of the website. Thank you to the parents, coaches and wrestlers for a great day of wrestling. Thank you to Mike Krause for stopping by to do a pre-tournament free clinic, teaching and inspiring wrestlers and entertaining the c...

Results have also been submitted to Doc for posting in the scores section of the website. Thank you to the parents, coaches and wrestlers for a great day of wrestling. Thank you to Mike Krause for stopping by to do a pre-tournament free clinic, teaching and inspiring wrestlers and entertaining the c...

Not specifically related, but closely related, do you think that there would be more WV wrestlers competing at Nationals, Fargo, Journeymen, and Super 32 if the wrestlers that did not play football, or any other sport for that matter had a convenient location to practice during the time period of t...

I see your point for folkstyle tournaments like super 32 or NHSCA but you can't blame the wvssac for low WV Fargo numbers. Coaches get a bronze card and coach freestyle/Greco any time they so desire. WVSSAC has Olympic sport exception in the rules. If you get your bronze and open your room The kids ...

I saw South vs. university this weekend, (University asst. football coach) and I will tell you South could use a couple of their upper weights on the line, just like University could use some their line on the mats. Current UHS wrestlers on the team include Jace Stockett, Owen Zeiders, Max Robertso...

After the loss Russia took yesterday in Paris you would think they would leave our little wrestling site alone.

Haga wrestled on the Ohio cadet dual team.
Miller is wrestling on the cadet, jr, and dual team. She will get a lot of wrestling

I took this list from Flowrestling Men Cadets 106 Garrett Donahue PHS 113 Matt Simpson UHS 120 Brayden Roberts PSHS 120 Wyatt Henson SUNKIST 120 Jacob Simpson UHS 126 John Martin Best PHS 220 Braxton Amos PSHS Men Juniors 132 Jackson Henson SUNKIST 138 Jared Donahue PHS 170 Leslie Campbell GE 220 Aa...

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We take things for granted until they're gone. Thankful for the time and resources Doc (and the Miller family) puts into this website. It is an integral part of staying informed on camps, tournaments, results, etc. Reading some of the college and national forums while wvmat was down was entertaining...

The college out of bounds for falls and near falls is great. Why not add the college rule on take downs on the out bounds as well? The problem with this rule is when you go to a tournament with "pee wee" mats wall to wall. There are rules already in place for this problem :?: but year aft...

Here is a summary of the rule changes. I like some, thought that some were already rules, and they again missed some glaringly stupid rules in favor of making themselves look busy: 1. Two piece is ok (but they'll get back to us on whether fight shorts can be substituted for compression shorts). 2. N...

Take a moment to say a prayer for the Litton family. Keith passed away. I had the pleasure of speaking with him a few days before his passing. He had many funny stories about wrestling. Before he left he talked to my son, tried to squeeze his hand off during the handshake, and gave him some advice. ...