hoehn.marcus

Thoroughbred Wrestling Academy St. Louis, MO

Price reduced: Non-Members, only $100 www.twamissouri.com/camps/

Where will you be this summer? Champions are made in the off-season, and this year will be no different. Whether you are a first year wrestler or have won more state titles than than you have fingers, we have camps to improve any and all aspects of your wrestling techniques. Check out all of TWA's Spring/Summer Camps and don't let the competition pass you up this summer. www.twamissouri.com/camps/

Where will you be this summer? Champions are made in the off-season, and this year will be no different. Whether you are a first year wrestler or have won more state titles than than you have fingers, we have camps to improve any and all aspects of your wrestling techniques. Check out all of TWA's Spring/Summer Camps and don't let the competition pass you up this summer. www.twamissouri.com/camps/

Beau, thank you for the kind words and for putting up this info. We are hosting several camps this year in St. Louis. Www.twamissouri.com/camps/ is where you can find all of our camp info. Always love working with the KY kids. I miss Kentucky quite regularly. Good luck to all the competitors in the next week as they make the last leg of their journey toward state championship glory!

Hey KY wrestling community. Miss you guys already! I am posting on here to ask for a little help for my wife. She is competing to be on the cover of the October issue of Natural Bikini Magazine. You can help her out by going to https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=793429227344871&id=100000334033502 click in the picture and comment with her name: "Katie Jane Hoehn" You can comment/vote as many times as you want throughout the day. Thanks for the help! See y'all when wrestling season rolls around!

​Just a reminder that we need rosters this week to get numbers lined out. Also, instead of having a small tournament on Saturday, we are hosting a Freestyle/Folkstyle tournament in conjunction with the camp. If you attend the camp, registration for the tournament is only $10. If you come to just the tournament, registration is $30. If you are attending camp and have not registered, please send me an email at hoehn.marcus@gmail.com and let me know you are coming.

Please let us know as soon as possible that you will be attending. Our numbers were maxed out last year so we may have to turn some people away. Register as soon as you can. ThoroughbredFlyer2014.pdf ThoroughbredIndemnityForm2014.pdf

Please let us know as soon as possible that you will be attending. Our numbers were maxed out last year so we may have to turn some people away. Register as soon as you can. ThoroughbredFlyer2014.pdf ThoroughbredIndemnityForm2014.pdf

I agree. As someone in another thread stated, much of the uproar and confusion could have been eliminated if the KHSAA had been upfront with the issues they felt needed addressed. They seem to have taken the long way around and put in place unnecessary mandates in order to address a problem that could have easily been solved with a candid conversation. They made time the scapegoat to justify a war on "the celebration."

The KHSAA just released this statement. For nearly a year, the KHSAA staff has been working and preparing for the upcoming state wrestling tournament. After evaluating the last three to four years of tournament schedules and activity, three major problem areas were identified that needed immediate resolution: The “break” prior to the last wrestling round had to be eliminated, or certainly minimized. The circus atmosphere that had developed, which some may have viewed as fun, in fact resulted in at least five individuals being hit by thrown objects, including two police officers. Coaches and other adults refused to take charge of the situation, and in fact participated in many cases. And despite having more than double the security staff as had ever been in place in the previous facility, the situation came to a point where the future ability to retain security assistance from trained and sworn police officers was in jeopardy, as well as the future use of this venue. That concern had to be addressed. Many senior school administrators expressed concern that the lateness of the conclusion of action on Saturday, especially the last couple of years, put them in a position of having to stay an extra night in hotels, with the necessary supervision and expense logistics. While this may not be an issue for local schools in close proximity to the arena, it is a huge issue to the administrators who fund the housing, bus drivers, and other travel costs for a team that cannot make it back at a reasonable hour on Saturday, and therefore feel compelled to stay an extra night. The lateness of that Saturday hour also had another negative impact, although perhaps not as critical as the first two issues. Due to the lateness of the conclusion of wrestling, the students, coaches and everyone else involved with the tournament received much less of the promotion and media coverage that they so richly deserve and for which the staff spends nearly the entire year trying to generate. The lateness also has a profound impact on the ability to alternatively schedule should inclement weather occur, and this is a major concern for winter events. These concerns were brought forth to a large number of people, including the Wrestling Advisory Committee (a group made up primarily of coaches), individuals from other states, national wrestling experts and many others. In the end, the coaches were steadfast that they desired to adhere to one of the fundamental principles from which the tournament schedule has always been drafted, allowing the coaches to not have to cover multiple mats during the medal rounds. With that feedback, staff developed a revised schedule for 2014 that would have ensured the coaches covering only one mat during the medal round, but a schedule that would have combined the medal matches into a single round, and would have specifically addressed the three identified problem areas. Once that information was finalized and produced in preparation for the state tournament, the members of the Advisory Committee received considerable feedback from the wrestling community asking that this decision be reconsidered. Committee members concurred with the need for immediate further revision to the schedule, even if it meant the coaches having to “double up” on simultaneous matches during the medal round. Based on this request from the committee members to create a schedule where coaches might have wrestlers involved in matches on multiple mats during the medal round, staff has revised the planned schedule for the 2014 event in an effort to be responsive to the committee’s requests. The members of the committee also asked for an opportunity to emphasize to their traveling school parties about the need for a change in conduct. The schedule change however is for the 2014 tournament only, and the future schedule will be predicated on the ability of the three identified problem areas to be addressed within the schedule. Coaches and all adult attendees must insist that the conduct within the arena be controlled, respectable and befitting of the fine traditions of this great sport. Security will be directed to have a no-nonsense attitude about individuals throwing objects or inciting fans into negative and perhaps injurious behavior within the arena, and violators will be escorted out of the building. The schedule and adherence to the schedule will be closely monitored to determine any future enhancements or revisions. Suffice it to say that repeats of the identified problem areas again in 2014 will result in substantial changes for future years. It is hoped by both the staff and the members of the committee that the problem areas can be addressed within the wrestling community and that the tournament can continue its growth and development for all involved.

First, I believe that we would be teaching our kids the democratic process. If we are not satisfied with how things are being done, or disagree with decisions being made, we act in a manner which is peaceful in nature; but the key is to ACT. Voicing our opinions is an important part of teaching our children that they have a voice and should not assume the position of sheep being herded through life by the more powerful figures in our government or organizations of which we may belong. Second, I believe several have offered solutions or ideas to fix this. The coaches association proposed one solution, in the form of a proposal which went unread by the KHSAA. I do not have my rule book on hand, but does anyone know if there is a set time limit for reporting to the mat once your bout has been called? If there is a five minute limit to reporting to the mat once the bout has been called, then the finalists could use that five minute time to wait out the other matches. Just a thought. Great response to this. We should also get this trending on Twitter for all those young technologically superior teenagers. Like Mr. Turner exhibited, it is these young men who are being affected the most. Their voice should not be denied, as these are the kids whom KHSAA claims to serve.

MS and HS duals at the same time would be awesome. Those who attended our Union County Middle School and JV tournament this year have seen the facility that we have at our disposal. This was very cheap and has enough room for probably 10 mats. Which is more than enough mat space to run Middle School, Big School, and Small School at the same time and in the same building/arena. I think this would be a great event for Kentucky wrestling. Us high school coaches can have an oportunity to see some of the up and coming studs in the Middle School ranks, and the Middle Schoolers can see what High School Wrestling will be all about. That being said, these three great events in one place, would be awesome, regardless of where it is held.

Excited to see some news teams this year. It's going to be a great year for Braves Wrestling, and Kentucky wrestling in general. Great new set of teams this year coming to UC Duals: Belleville West Illinois, Wayne County, Trigg County, Larue, UC, and possibly Male.

Watch Trae and Brock wrestle at super 32 on Livestream: http://livestre.am/4F05z And like union county wrestling on Facebook to see when they are up.