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I have been a long time fan of wrestling in this state and have always enjoyed the atmosphere as well in Huntington. One thing that I have noticed over the years is that the inconsistent call making by the referees has gotten significantly worse. I will agree that there are some great refs and we c...

Let’s just give everyone an award

Why? These conference tournaments are just tournaments at the end of the year for teams, big or small, to get matches/weigh ins. Teams don’t have to go through a meat grinder for every tournament like you think they should. Look at college wrestling, do you think just because the PAC-12 is a weaker ...

Any word on kids from Independence returning?

I was also there with my son (an Indy wrestler) and he was on his best behavior. Don’t throw the whole team under the bus because of one kid. One kid smashed his plaque in the parking lot. Yes. In the parking lot. We don’t coach the parking lot. All the other kids were very well behaved. Comments l...

i saw one independence wrestler mad after he actually won in the finals. but i believe he was upset he couldnt get bonus points in his win after still controlling the match.

who wins each weight? team title?

Flint back at 132? Wow, those top 3 at 132 are tough!

Not sure on Fairmont and Point, but what I am hearing Indy should look close to the following: 106 Taylor 113 Gilkerson 120 sanders 126 Johnson 132 Spurlock 138 Dillon 145 Crowe 152 cernuto 160 open 170 Adams 182 Martin 195 Kump 220 open Hwt isom Lol, do people think both Dawson and Lusher Graduate...

Dawson and Lusher, Indy’s most underrated One-Two punch returns and can wrestle with anyone in the state. Also throw in Saunders, Perdue, Kump, and many talented JV wrestlers with the chance to start this year. Most South kids will of course be very exciting to watch this year. Easy Fairmont has Boy...

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...

Not everyone goes to college or even wants to go to college. This includes wrestlers, not every wrestler in WV wants to go to college and even some of the “good” wrestlers in this state don’t go to college, therefore they can’t wrestle in college. This state also doesn’t have the D1 talent states li...

Absolutely! It’s horrible to see someone’s dreams get demolished because of a handful of bad referees, all while having the evidence to back it up!

I saw no bad “celebrations” last night. I saw some kids emotional about placing / making the finals at the state tournament! But nothing over the top. Let the kids have a little bit of fun. As for the poor sportsmanship... I agree with that.

rumor is a top 170 wrestler tore up his knee. Any wrestlers out this weekend? Dont be a jinx! And I’m sure the kid you’re talking about is fine. He had an extra week to heal up. He does have an extra week to heal up, but he also had an extra week to obtain an injury. Gotta look at it that way too.

It amazes me that you have a 2 time state finalist ( 2016 champ AAA 106 , 2017 Runner up AA 113) in George Smith of PP and his name only gets mentioned once in the above threads. Not sure why, but he doesnt seem to get the respect he deserves in my opinion ! Seems like everyone around the state con...

AA/A 106 Christopher Smith Point FALL Wiley Houser St.Marys 113 Bryce Perdue INDY DEC Shawn Moore OG 120 Cole Laya EF DEC Sean Dawson INDY 126 Brock Whorton EF DEC OT Liam Lusher INDY 132 Caleb Rea WEIR DEC OT Peyton Hall OG 138 Tanner Harris INDY DEC Austin Pumphrey FF 145 Alex Hart INDY DEC Jaime ...

Smith vs Dawson should be our semi finals match up but I have Dawson taking it. Dawson defeated Spring Valley by fall, and was way up on points before finally getting the fall. Smith lost to Spring Valley kid 8-2. But defiantly don’t count Smith out!!! That’s a very god potential matchup.

Hopefully we get Region 2’s results soon!!