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Your point is moot. JV wrestling teams are allowed to compete in tournaments vs Varsity wrestling teams. What you meant to ask is, can a JV football team compete for a state championship (or strive for second); the answer is no . However, a JV player may prove himself to be better than the varsity p...

Dake beat the #10 ranked wrestler in the world, Davit Tlashadze, to win Paris. It's unfair that he doesn't get to wrestle in the Olympics just because he is JV to Jordan Burroughs. We should be able to enter our JV wrestlers in the Olympics. The same goes for Jake Varner, who was an Olympic Champion...

The traditionalists can still have their fun and strive for second place. We need to take a hybrid approach to the situation at hand. YOU want the second best wrestler from their own teams to compete in the state and regional tournaments tournament, meaning the BEST they could ever do is second pla...

Make the pigtail match against the varsity wrestler. There problem solved.
Since they couldn't settle it in wrestle offs.

I saw Greenbrier West is at Nat Guard, and East is not. What's up with that?

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 ...

Flo has him at #2 behind Mason Parris (Sr, Flo champ). It'll be hard to knock him off without a head to head. I don't know how Intermat has him so low (5). He beat Kirkvleit at Fargo. Humphries should move into the top 10 with the Powerade championship, he beat #9 in the nation (intermat) in the fi...

I just noticed Moeller, OH on that list. Very tough team...

mscoach64 wrote:how do they pick the pools in tournaments the size of the WV Guard Duals? Just random??

I'd imagine they try to "seed" them. 6 pools of 6.
2nd day, pool winners are in a pool, runner-ups are in a pool, etc.
Everyone places 1-36.
Looks a few teams short this year.

That was the jest of my post on the tournaments this weekend on another thread. I listed the teams coming to the South Classic in hoping that others would do the same for the other tournaments. Upon further review, I am going to the Cameron Tournament where the action will be. Based on what I have ...

South was best among Public schools in the tournament. # 5 and #7 in the nation finish ahead of them. Braxton Amos has won the Ironman and Powerade tournaments this month. Time for a new #1 in the country at 220 in all rankings. Great job by the wrestlers and coaching staff at the school. Very good...

West had a down year last year, far below their usual standards. Look for a top 5 finish in AA/A from them this year.

Thanks, rematch on 17Jan at East should be interesting.

Geoswaff wrote:Saw a possible state championship preview at 170 today between Patterson of Greenbrier West and Williams from Braxton. Patterson won 4-3. Awesome wrestling match.

Anybody have results from either of these guys vs Campbell-GE?

Wait... Woodrow had 3 heavyweights in the top 4?

Casto- St. Albans took 5th at 170. Nice job.

Whoever seeds this tournament does a great job! You see a lot of chalk when you look at the results. Might be a difficult job too since you have so many schools from 8-10 states. It's a shame they still have the pill in the WV state tournament. There were a truckload of unseeded wrestlers in the qu...

“Allow them to..”, “get to”, “let them”, “deserve”... how about EARN! The thing I love about this sport more than anything is the absence of politics. Each wrestler has the opportunity to succeed. So if the wrestler doesn’t get the spot they want by earning it, it should be “given” to them? No. I k...

“Allow them to..”, “get to”, “let them”, “deserve”... how about EARN! The thing I love about this sport more than anything is the absence of politics. Each wrestler has the opportunity to succeed. So if the wrestler doesn’t get the spot they want by earning it, it should be “given” to them? No. I k...

It's almost as convoluted as what constitutes a touchdown catch in the NFL.

Last season, WV had 3-4 wrestlers in AAA and AA/A combined that would have qualified for the state tournament. A couple more than likely would have placed. As for the other 100 plus B teamers, they would have went 0-2 or 1-2 in the regions. The 3-4 few that would have qualified would have made the ...

csmith11 wrote:19 Clovis isn't the Clovis west that will be at Powerade.

Interesting, I wonder why Flo is highlighting them over some of the nationally ranked teams? Perhaps they are confused as well...
I saw that "Clovis, Ca" placed 32nd at the Ironman, and "Clovis North, Ca" placed 47th...

There are two teams at Powerade ranked in the top 10 in the nation and a couple others ranked in the top 20. ( I just glanced, may have missed others). #1 is typically there. (I can't recall the last time Blair was not #1 in the nation, maybe St. Eds had a good year at some point? ) South, with the...

Frank wrote:What makes you think Indys Lusher will be willing to give up his zebra cakes?

Nobody should have to give up zebra cakes.

If a B teamer beats a A teamer then he becomes a A teamer. Don't they do this at wrestle offs ? This forces them to work hard and get the spot back. B teamer can go to jv matches. Don't mess up what's been established for 50 years. Next thing will be everybody gets a trophy. Just my .02 cents worth...

There are two teams at Powerade ranked in the top 10 in the nation and a couple others ranked in the top 20. ( I just glanced, may have missed others). #1 is typically there. (I can't recall the last time Blair was not #1 in the nation, maybe St. Eds had a good year at some point? ) South, with the...

I noticed there are no PA teams this year. In the past there were several. Still looks like 32 teams though. Should be good. The PA teams definitely strengthened the field. There were some brutally good wrestlers coming down from PA. Still, it looks like a solid field, and the toughest dual tournam...

shemailman wrote:

mscoach26 wrote:Wrestlers are SEEDED not "SEATED" unless they are sitting down. If one is going to profess to know everything, one should at least read the rulebook.

Thank youuuuu

Yep
I'd been ignoring that particular error in grammar for a while.

Interesting to see that your #9 AAA team beat the #3 AA in a dual. So much for AA/A being tougher than AAA. :roll: On another note, Greenbrier East is coming along nicely. Tough dual team from 132 up, it will be interesting to see how they perform at a large tournament. Winners choice should be a go...