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I feel for the kids/coaches/parents/fans. Eliminating tournaments will effectively kill some programs as hosting a tournament is the fundraiser that pays for everything. I don’t know how many will be able to travel to duals and pay officials 2x per week with no tickets being purchased. Looking for ...

Word is, season is on. Ton of procedures to adhere to. Best of the luck to the coaches keeping it all together. Dual, tri, or quad only as of now. At least we have a season!

The people who are repeatedly explaining their interpretation of a rule and urging bear hugger to contact the wvssac for the official interpretation are apparently selective in their ability to read rules. Those people (some of whom are coaches) are telling bear hugger to do something that is also ...

No rules have been broken. Do you really think that a team is going to get stripped of their team points, their state champions are going to be stricken from the record books all because their team received a donation in the form of a Suzanne Sommers Thigh Master?? I can see the national news on Fl...

We'd take a donated Jack Lalanne Power Juicer!!!! I believe people are just wanting to post to get a rise. This isn't about belittling a team or wrestler. If someone wants to donate money to a program so be it... I believe there are bigger fish to fry when it comes to rules and how they sway to a s...

Each thread is titled "Award". Show me how that's a donation. Thanks. "Beware of the ringworm!" - Bernie Sanders The "award" is recognition for what a given wrestler does. The wrestler will be identified and recognized for whichever achievement. There is no medal, trop...

How was fundraising at the program you are associated with? Fundraising at the school i am associated with requires us to document what the fundraiser is, examples of what the money we raise will be used for, and to document the exact amount of money we raised/spent for the fundraiser. For a donati...

Usually schools and their teams/clubs have to report donations to the school board. Any money raised or given or spent has to be recorded, as far as I am aware. There shouldn't be an issue with giving money for an award like this (i am of the opinion that even having an award like this is ridiculou...

Usually schools and their teams/clubs have to report donations to the school board. Any money raised or given or spent has to be recorded, as far as I am aware. There shouldn't be an issue with giving money for an award like this (i am of the opinion that even having an award like this is ridiculous...

It's "Seeding". And no, those polls do not determine seeding for the state tournament. Placement in Regionals and then the pill draw determine the bracket. The polls mean nothing, don't worry about them.

KDunbar - I'm wondering how Ramsey from Riverside didn't get seeded at all at 195 when Clay, Woodrow Wilson and Parkersburg South are seeded and he has beat all of them! did Riverside coach go to meeting? Pretty sure there was no meeting involving coaches. Wrestler info was to be submitted to those...

Usually the brackets for WSAZ aren't posted (inside the arena) or completed until after weigh-ins. This allows for scratches and rearranging the seeds if someone seeded is out due to injury, not making weight, etc. At least this is what they have done in the past. This is exactly how its done in th...

I'm confessing ignorance and am way too lazy to research it, so I'm going to ask. Is there actually a 5 minute "concussion period" in addition to the 2 minute injury period and the 5 minute bleeding period? If not the the match would have been over after 2 minutes. The next question natur...

Who cares? Rosters change constantly. Wrestle offs having different results, kids getting sick, kids getting hurt. Who cares what the roster is on the WVSSAC site. Go to the Scores tab here on the mat and check their recent scores to see their most recent rosters.

Many schools of thought. Opinions vary as to what is BEST for the team. I shall try to stay as factual as I can. 1. Two seasons ago, Hall went to Ironman ALONE. He placed 7th. This placement more than likely PAVED the way for Creese and Moore to JOIN Hall at Ironman the following season. No Hall to...

Congrats to Braxton!! A fine wrestler on the mat, and maybe a better person off the mat. Well deserved!

Sigh... this is so childish. My guys don’t really care about “ The fastest pin or the least time on the mat awards!!” All they care is if they win against a good opponent! Your telling me kids come to tournaments because they want to win the “ Fastest pin” award?? I would never take my guys to a to...

Saying "Summers was the better wrestler" is an opinion. Both are fantastic wrestlers, but Cook won. But to address your points: 1. Agreed. However, a wrestler should never let it come down to a stall call. As KDunbar said in the comment above, if stalling is called correctly then most upp...

Did you guys watch 220 AA/A semifinal match!? The better wrestler was Summers take nothing away from cook he is good too. First period ref hit double stall. Second period double stall both a point then with 11 secs left hit summers with stalling and summers lost by 1. Total garbage call two reasons...

I took your comment addressed to south fans with the "them" meaning a collective of all things "South", but I see your point. The error I was referring to was that I don't think there is a bias toward south fans. There is a bias by a limited number of individuals against another...

Well looking at results........South had the same amount of champions this year as they did last year. They had less placers overall and scored 40 less points. Wheeling Park had 3 more placers and 1 more champ than last year, while scoring 67 more points than last year. It seems as though South reg...

A great coach and a class act!

More finalists? South's 8 is more than WP's 3. Plus South SHOULD have won all three of those head to head match ups as well. Some officials have no business reffing big tournaments and/or matches. Yes, WP had more finalists this year than they did last year. They also had more points than they did ...

Wasn't claiming Humprheys as a South 4x champ, I said he was a 4x state champ and South lost him after last season. Pay attention. You seem to ignore that they scored less points and had one less placer, while WP score more points, had more placers, and more finalists. Not trying ti downplay what s...

Bottom line is that Frazier doesn't put near the time into wrestling as Haga and Amos do, yet he still dominates. As someone else mentioned, if he did, watch out. He is a nationally ranked recruit in football and that's what he will be doing in college. I love it when homers from other schools come...

I believe Humphreys won 3 state titles without South's help, did he not? South can't claim he is a 4 time champ for them, he is a 1 time champ for south. He won his 3 somewhere else. Wasn't claiming Humprheys as a South 4x champ, I said he was a 4x state champ and South lost him after last season. ...

I believe Humphreys won 3 state titles without South's help, did he not? South can't claim he is a 4 time champ for them, he is a 1 time champ for south. He won his 3 somewhere else.

Well looking at results........South had the same amount of champions this year as they did last year. They had less placers overall and scored 40 less points. Wheeling Park had 3 more placers and 1 more champ than last year, while scoring 67 more points than last year. It seems as though South reg...

Frazier just won a state championship, and yet people are on here talking about how good he really is and speculating he will get dominated. Man this place is sad. I remember when this site used to celebrate matchups with respect, now we just see the degradation of kids by keyboard warriors.

Well looking at results........South had the same amount of champions this year as they did last year. They had less placers overall and scored 40 less points. Wheeling Park had 3 more placers and 1 more champ than last year, while scoring 67 more points than last year. It seems as though South regr...