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Removed about a dozen this morning and banned three IP's. Damage control.

Just removed another 15-20 and banned the username. If they come back we'll try banning the IP address.

Doc's family has set up a Facebook group called "How's Doc Doing?" to provide accurate updates to those who are seeking news on his progress. His son, Nathan, just changed this group to public. His wife, MaryKay, said "rumors were flying like crazy" so they decided that was a goo...

That is what I meant about the continuity of the staff, and you are spot on. Next season will bring another change from what was posted on this forum today. I hope some of the young coaches will step up and be in it for more than a year or two.

I did not see his comments as reflecting on Milton's program in a negative way, at least I hope not. I think he was saying that there does not seem to be the continuity of coaching staffs at Cabell Midland and the kids do not come out or stay out. I was in a position to know if any rampant recruitin...

Because 152 was already wrestled at Regionals?

170 lb'ers are on their way to the event!

I have stayed mute on this topic because I have no dog in the fight, nor skin in the game ... however to say that South's large coaching staff is not relevant because the head coach makes all the tough decisions is just not in line with my observations. I was blessed with some wonderful asst. coache...

Sincere condolences and prayers for your family. I can not imagine the pain you must be in. So much potential gone way too soon.

We can not forget the delayed classes either. 152 is no cake walk nor is 145.

I must admit that I shared the upset that most wrestling fans felt however, for the life of me I can not see how they could think this benefitted your team. I do not envy having to deal with all the drama, anger and invective thrown your way. I applaud your decision to release this explanation here ...

All I can say KDunbar is I ate crayfish etoufee, frog legs and shrimp - Gator had clam chowder and whitefish. That sorta covers swims or crawls and even hops! And yes, ... we ate it all! Say what you want about the South but no one retires and moves up north!

In the words of a great referee and fine man who served our sport admirably for many years ...." Call the fall, call the stall, call it all!"

Ours is ... if it swims or crawls - we eat it all!

A few points ... 1. Doc has a great deal of time, energy and his own money invested in WV Mat 2. In today's litigious society and crazy court rulings, he must protect ( not coaches or programs as some think) but his website and his own skin ( no pun intended.) 3. You really would not believe some of...

But states have not happened yet. Just seems like a ton of matches. Guess my old memory is faulty.

Checking out the AAA brackets and seeing kids with over 65 matches on their record. They could not have gotten a lot at regionals because the brackets were not that large (Bearhugger made sure I knew that! LOL) I know when I coached I was able to get my kids just over 50 per season by attending main...

Instead of reducing to two regions ... Let's work together to attract more wrestlers to this great sport and fill four regions with full brackets.

It's been on the front page for a while - Pill Two.

Old Gator getting feisty in his old age. Needs a seafood transfusion.

Here's an example Hinzman, Holley and Lanham all in the same class ranked 1-2-3. Think about the poor kid who draws the 3rd place guy from this region and thinks "Well, the kid was third in his region ... how good can he be?" LOL.

The little kids are there if you look hard enough and no competition with football or basketball...

But single elimination with follow the leader at least partially solves that. If the guy who beats you wins you are still in, if he loses you are out. So if you get an unlucky computer draw against a monster and he wins his next match you get another match. We did this at WSAZ for a number of years.

I take an opposite view ... Let everyone wrestle at State. If we can do the WSAZ Invitational with way more than twice as many wrestlers (counting middle school as well) in two days with 64 man brackets and even pigtails off of those) then ... Surely we could do the state in three days. Just do away...

1. Plus Danny Hodge did not give up a point his senior season including the NCAA's. 2. Mean Gene Mills is generally regarded as the greatest pinner ever - I think Shalles would concur. 3. I agree with mscoach26 - Someone could have 100% and not be that good depending on their competition 4. That is ...

Maybe it should have been -9 but the ref said -7 and at that point I just wanted to get my kids out of there safely and was praying none of our parents and their parents got into it so I was not going to argue the point. Maybe the ref had not awarded them all when he stopped the match, I don't know....

It can happen that a team ends up in negative numbers. At a tournament Ky when I was coaching middle school a 20+ years ago, (15 weight classes in Ohio middle school then) we beat a team 90 to -7! It was an Ohio school that will remain unnamed. We won the first six by fall. (we usually had good litt...

"Didn't you get the memo? We were supposed to wear our matching jackets!"

I always wondered about but was never confronted with the situation ... If a wrestler meets the minimum for a weight class under normal conditions but an additional pound is given due to weather, another team who wrestled the day before, etc. and he misses the minimum with the additional pounds is h...

Heavyweight?