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Wonder how many state champions aren't on your list at this time? Are their coaches sandbagging?

Correct aacoach126. Each individual coach needs to post their team scores. Also, I really don't think that a high school wrestler can go 7-0 in a one day duals tourney in the state of WV. You are correct. We had a few wrestlers officially go 5-0 at this tournament from Nitro but had an exhibition o...

That is Awesome!! A very similar thing happened in Hurricane (Mike Ellis Invitational) this past Saturday. I do not know the names of both wrestlers involved but there was a standing ovation from the crowd when the special needs young man was victorious!

How good are high schools at getting individual results posted?

Which weight classes will wrestle Sunday ONLY?

Who is talking about weight allowance? We just want a good turnout of wrestlers... There only appears to be 5 or less in many brackets. What is your concern and how is that important?

I am afraid that it will be pretty scarce.

There is less than 5 in some of my kids brackets, I only asked if they would wrestle round robin. Geez

What size of weight class and below be round robin?

Many won't want to pay the money for that...

I think what we are experiencing has multiple causes and not a single root cause. Agree with almost everything being said. It will take some brainstorming and reasonable analysis for us to improve youth and middle school wrestling in West Virginia. It is only year 2 of this venture, but this may nee...

Region change is more within the Associations control and could be implemented quickly. It can also be "right sized" again in the future. I'm sorry but nobody should pay $20 to negotiate exhibition matches because their kid was the only entry in that class. The long term goal should always...

I plan on volunteering time to the WVYWA and one of the first things I want to discuss is the current number of regions. We will see how many wrestlers attend tomorrow but it was pretty scarce in just about every weight class, today. Round Robins and Two out Threes was the bracket norm at region 5. ...

The advantage was that they saw more difficult competition wrestling varsity as a 12 year old, wrestled stronger/older kids throughout the season, and depending where you go to school, better coaching. However, I realize not every middle school has great coaching. Anyway, you can't tell me that tha...

Wrestlingmom2011 wrote:If you bought a package (even the $20 package) you were allowed in to take pictures.

I took pictures myself before even looking at the picture packages. That was not required. Not sure why some experiences were different but I can understand the frustration.

I witnessed this with several wrestlers this past weekend at Jr. States. I know there was a 13-15 and 11-12 age group and you had to wrestle your age... but the 12 year olds that I know of who wrestle Middle School Varsity during the season had a distinct advantage over the other kids in their weig...

We were allowed to take great pictures of our kids on the podium. We also ordered the biggest package available from the photographer. Not sure why you were not allowed to take pictures? I noticed many parents doing the same thing. And the tournament was run very well, again, and has been a mainstay...

I witnessed this with several wrestlers this past weekend at Jr. States. I know there was a 13-15 and 11-12 age group and you had to wrestle your age... but the 12 year olds that I know of who wrestle Middle School Varsity during the season had a distinct advantage over the other kids in their weig...

I don't think any 12 yr old wants to wrestle anyone other than the best at their age. Why wouldn't they?

Thank you Mike for responding with the history of the decision and the willingness to revisit. Appreciate your leadership no matter how this turns out.

Who do I need to talk to? Car Man? Lol...

Has this rule been confirmed? I have 12 yr old 7th grader and he is wrestling 11-12 at Jr States. Why would a 12 yr old 6th grader be allowed to wrestle 11-12 at WVYWA but not a 12 yr old 7th grader? Because I didn't hold my kid back a year when he was ready for Kindergarten? I am missing the logic ...

Freeman vs Smith at 78
Bartley vs Irizarry at 84

All that I can contribute to speculation from Washington DC...

Some #1 seeds will lose and place lower. Happens all the time.

None of these predictions make any sense. Lol...

If we would have just showed up at the region, we would have been in. Hell, nobody else showed up at the weight he "supposedly qualified for". How is that "earning" the entry into states that some criticized the Jr States? I have tried to find things positive with this gang, pony...

Let's figure something out better for the kids next year, please... Sad.

Based on the quality of the website and the inability to get results even from the qualifiers during the season, I would not expect results from the regionals anytime soon. I hate to be negative, but I have had to set my expectations low with this new organization. The one positive, though, is that ...

We decided to skip both this weekend. My 11 yr old has great memories of Jr States and was always proud of his championships he won there. We live in Charleston and are not from Wood County. Call it an open tournament, if you like, but he always had better competition there than anywhere else in the...

tonights lack of competitive matches was brought to our attention tonight. I told my friends from Pennsylvania that it wasn't always this way...