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We could always make the last match of a dual an optional double or nothing for the team behind if they had more than 4 forfeits and then, sort of like a daily double on Jeopardy, they could double the difference between their score and the team ahead of them and then whoever won the last weight cla...

Sorry, just got overly excited with all the possibilities.

Gavin is a very tough young man. He pushes the pace and forces you to wrestle him. He may not have won vs Peyton or Caleb but he never took a step backward and was full throttle till the end. He won’t be losing many more if he continues on the path he is going. Great job and good luck!! Thank for t...

Only way I could see it working would be to totally eliminate the team aspect of it and make open to everyone provided they made weight. No team score, enter as many wrestlers as you like. There you go. Now that it is not a team championship, then why not do as I suggested above (sarcastically), wh...

I have another idea. Why couldn't they wrestle their JV wrestler in place of a forfeit and we could adjust the points scored based on how well the wrestler ahead of him on the team is ranked.

Why? So a team could wrestle just its 7 best wrestlers and get pins and be assured of winning every dual match? Actually, they would only need to win 5 pins and one decision and they could never be beaten. Maybe this idea could even be extrapolated to be used in tournaments too. What a chess match b...

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 place, meaning that YOU are the one who wants to normalize "striving for second place" . :lol: Nice underhanded jab at yourself...

Football is a team sport. Wrestling is an individual sport. Please refer to the 2017 state qualifiers that were the LONE wrestler from their school to go. This is the key point of difference that prevents anyone from having any influence on your thinking. I believe that a lot of us feel that the hi...

1/10/18 McKnight (Morg) dec Williams (JM) 3-2; Don't know if this changes anything for you as I have never seen either of the two wrestle before, but I will in about 1 week!

Who do you predict will dethrone Parkersburg South in this year's state tournament TEAM competition? What schools COULD produce individual state champions besides Parkersburg South? Here are some schools that could produce individual champions: Spring Mills St. Albans Musselman Ripley Wheeling Park...

We got 29 AAA schools in WV wrestling. Using the 120 pound weight class as an example, I am understanding that each 120 pounder from each high school are the 29 BEST in the state because they made varsity on their given team. I have a certain wrestler in mind that I guess is the 30th best using the...

For the benefit of youth and high school wrestling as a whole nation wide (and not limit the benefit merely to WV) and to promote the sport locally to show all the locals just how good wrestlers can become with enough time and dedication to the sport, why don't we open up the post season regional o...

I do not think I have ever read where a "JV wrestler" has actually come on here and said "I have become this happy, great successful person because I was a JV wrestler". In addition, nobody has come on here and said "in my day, I was behind a wrestler who finished in the to...

We got 29 AAA schools in WV wrestling. Using the 120 pound weight class as an example, I am understanding that each 120 pounder from each high school are the 29 BEST in the state because they made varsity on their given team. I have a certain wrestler in mind that I guess is the 30th best using the...

For the benefit of youth and high school wrestling as a whole nation wide (and not limit the benefit merely to WV) and to promote the sport locally to show all the locals just how good wrestlers can become with enough time and dedication to the sport, why don't we open up the post season regional or...

Saw Casto at Powerade and he looked very good against some very tough opposition. He has excellent instincts, balance, and a feel to keep in the right position. He should add some more interest to those you saw today.

Mason A (5-0) Mason 74.......Mason 62.........Mason 77........ Mason 67.........Mason 75 Pikeview 3.....Braxton 6.........Roane Co 0...... Springs 12........Raleigh 6 Mason B (2-3) Mason B 46.......Mason B 60.......Mason B 30......... Mason B 31......Mason B 32 Lewis Co 27......Calhoun 12.......Sha...

Mason A (5-0) Mason 74 Mason 62 Mason 77 Mason 67 Mason 75 Pikeview 3 Braxton 6 Roane Co 0 Springs 12 Raleigh 6 Mason B (3-2) Mason B 46 Mason B 60 Mason B 30 Mason B 31 Mason B 32 Lewis Co 27 Calhoun 12 Shady Spring 51 Clay 39 Winfield 45 Just now saw this post and I believe it shows the record fo...

Actually, just checked the day 1 results, and I believe there is an error in listing Mason B's record as 3-2 when it should really be 2-3, unless the individual team scores listed are in error. No big deal, just happen to notice it as they are appropriately listed as 4th in their pool. The champions...

I was just curious, so I looked. I would guess it is their two varsity teams. Their school site lists 2 varsity teams (green and white) and only one varsity schedule, and attending this tournament. Their roster lists about 40 varsity wrestlers . They have about 18 JV/freshman only wrestlers (some fr...

That explains it. Would've like to have seen it. Any reschedule plans?

WP1992 wrote:Wheeling Park will not be traveling to Parkersburg because of school closing due to cold temperatures.

WP1992:

I'm not sure if you will followup and see this post under this heading, but are you aware this dual isn't even listed on your schedule from your team link on this web site?

Personal experience. My son wrestled initially to get better at football. He didn’t get many snaps his 8th grade year. Wrestled in 8th grade. Started his freshman year. Wrestled again. Started his sophomore year. Wrestled but ended up quitting when asked to cut weight. Started varsity his junior ye...

I know it was not really the intent of the post, but I would point out that we have to watch we don't advocate one way and then be slightly negative when it happens. It disturbs all of us to see a high school team only have 3 or 4 wrestlers because we want to see the sport be popular and grow if pos...

All we ever hear about is South and if you’re not South then you’re nothing. We get it South is good but there are other teams and athletes I was just trying to be light hearted and humorous. You just decided to go for humorous. But I don't agree with your statement that "if you're not South t...

I know this is a worthless, non-wrestling, post comment I am putting on here but I couldn't resist and it might shift the conversation. I thought it is cool that the subject title of this post was South and the conversation has shifted entirely away from anything about South. That may be a first. I ...

I understand the point and the figure referred to in the rule book. I wasn't actually referring to the obvious however. Maybe it's a little difficult to describe. More like when the one wrestler's leg is still completely in front of the other and being held at the knee beside the neck. The "top...

I'd like to raise a wrestling question and hopefully see if there is any consensus of thought. I'll admit that I did absolutely no research of the rules to see if there is any language that addresses this question clearly and precisely. I get the idea of one wrestler falling out of bounds and the ot...

Time will tell where South deserves to be in the very mythical top 40 high school teams in the country. As the Flowrestling lead in states, in high school it is very difficult, because of the dual meet strength as opposed to the elite tournament strength. One problem with ranking South at this point...

I actually sat right behind the scorer's table at the South match and although sometimes it may be difficult for some to follow the fast scoring and awarding of points, I believe by far and away the major problem was the clock. This was not actually the fault of the person running the clock. I saw t...