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KDunbar wrote:You do realize he is now going to expect you to update with all the corrections . Also, we will need you to be present at weigh ins and skin checks, just in case . Thanks.

lol

I've been looking for the state brackets on here for a few days and the only one I found was Brent's pocket brackets. When you print them they come out tiny. I think I recall you put them on here last year. Are you going to put them on here this year :?: Okay, I went ahead and built them out for you.

Mark.nazelrodt wrote:Teachers just announced they are striking immediately!! Will the state tournament still go on?

2 years in a row is a bit much

oroyos wrote:Will this effect the state tourney?

Great question.

I've been looking for the state brackets on here for a few days and the only one I found was Brent's pocket brackets. When you print them they come out tiny. I think I recall you put them on here last year. Are you going to put them on here this year :?: So, we moved the youth state tournament to t...

I am not in charge of the HS State tournament. I only run the youth states

You sir are correct! Unlike Justsomeone who wanted to create outlandish scenarios just to argue, you gave a legitimate example. Does your youth organization still use the PILL system for your state tournament? I can't say most because I have not done the research but I will say many states use the ...

You sir are correct! Unlike Justsomeone who wanted to create outlandish scenarios just to argue, you gave a legitimate example. Does your youth organization still use the PILL system for your state tournament? I can't say most because I have not done the research but I will say many states use the ...

Question for JustSomeone Under the current system how would the two best wrestlers meet in the quarter finals of the state tournament? If they were the two best then one would presume that they were both regional champions and there is a 1 out of 3 chance they would meet in the semis (2/3 of the ti...

Okay, the pill sucks, yes, but that is the system we use. As far as youth goes, our brackets are easy to set up as we seed the 4 regional champions and everyone else draws a line based on their regional champions spot in the bracket. To be a top seed in the bracket you must be a regional champion an...

Game on!

Thank you to everyone who has congratulated my son. He has worked very hard. I especially want to thank those who have had kind comments in regards to Anthony and my family. We have made great relationships with kids and families all over the state and have a lot of respect for everyone in this spor...

Truesouthfaninhunt wrote:

mike.carman wrote:

Truesouthfaninhunt wrote:
Cant we all just get along?

Not when you write crap like this!

Violence is never the best option.

Sorry, didn't notice the slight difference in the username at first. That comment was not meant for you.

Big congratulations on 150 wons but how many state titles does he have? Scratch that, Congratulations Anthony If this was meant as a joke of some kind, I can assure you it was not taken as such. I would be more than happy to discuss his accolades with you in person in 2 weeks if you like. Cant we a...

TrueHuntFanInSouth wrote:Big congratulations on 150 wons but how many state titles does he have? Scratch that, Congratulations Anthony

If this was meant as a joke of some kind, I can assure you it was not taken as such. I would be more than happy to discuss his accolades with you in person in 2 weeks if you like.

Learning what I have about college wrestling and allowing red shirts and backups to compete in OPENS, I will agree with Bearhugger that WSAZ's is an opportunity for kids to shine. However, in making comparisons between HS and College(NCAA in particular), I have to say that they are similar. There ar...

With a state as small as West Virginia, I would have athletes compete across classes for individual sports championships. Yes, getting to the podium will be much harder but the reward will also be greater. You could still have a mechanism to award teams at their class level. There are various optio...

Then this begs the question: Does HS do away with 106? Is this a national trend of just WV? College has 10 weight classes, starting at 125. Does HS go to 12 (or 10)? Would this increase participation or just numbers within weight classes? I don't think decreasing the # of weight classes is the answ...

Then this begs the question: Does HS do away with 106? Is this a national trend of just WV? College has 10 weight classes, starting at 125. Does HS go to 12 (or 10)? Would this increase participation or just numbers within weight classes? I don't think decreasing the # of weight classes is the answ...

Instead of adjusting weight classes, allow middle school age kids to compete for their high school teams. Just spit balling here.

Wood County Middle School is doing a girls only league championship this year. I think we have around ten girls in the league. Gotta start somewhere. There has been some local discussion of doing a second tournament that is open to the state. Two divisions, middle school and high school. We just do...

Here's a random thought. Have a girls division.

Here is everyone listed to compete. It's on the web and just copy pasted. I only added the class they compete in on here. Name Wt State HS St Place S32 Place Division Alec Cook 145 WV Madonna High School 1(138) A/AA Jamie Ward 145 WV Winfield High School 1(145) A/AA Liam Lusher 145 WV Independence 2...

JM has 2 returning finalists and 3 other returning placers plus some new blood at the lower weights that could do some damage. Could get interesting.

I definitely don't think any schools should do this but the argument always comes up about if the AA champ could beat the AAA champ. Indy would still be in a weak region if they moved up to AAA. Lots of talk about Indy being in a weak region, but they would probably win any region, in any class, wi...

So would regions be fluid then. Each sport allowing for it's own regional alignment???

What a great event. My hat's off to all the wrestlers that competed in this event. It was a meat grinder for sure. Brackets were full of the best in the country.

Bearhugger wrote:Happening Friday

I'll bite. What is the BIG NEWS?

Based on the feedback received thus far (3 / 165 views), the general message is lack of effort from the wrestlers, lack of effort from their parents and/or lack of effort from the coaches. Lack of understanding what to do seems to be a challenge also. What else? Thanks to the three that responded. ...

Coach Williams, I think you are spot on. From the coaching side, it takes extra time for them to promote their wrestlers and personally, I don't think they want to do it. To counter that, if they were to have individuals go to college and wrestle, it would help build their programs. Also, parents fa...