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As mentioned, grade has nothing to do w/ physical development...nothing.

River City will begin open mats at St. Xavier High school. No charge must have USA Wrestling card. Open Mats will run on Tuesdays & Thursdays starting at 5:30. (Beginning March 4th) We will be training for middle school nationals, flo nationals, etc. Hope to see you there. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at stxwaa@gmail.com Our spring program for freestyle/greco will begin in April. Coach Knable "Hard Work & Strong Faith"

Twist it up however you want, it would bother me only if you had any real clue as to what your talking about. Done

You cant compare the overall compitition in the light weights and heavier weights to the other weights . Easy to be dominant when you are a man among boys. Two perfect examples are Travis Sullivan and Austin Meyers. Two awesome wrestlers, but thier weight classes are not comparable to the middle weight classes. The middle weight classes are always loaded with great matches ex.... Cooper/Meyers . And even though he lost his finals match his senior year, one of my favs is SAM. But right now I think Brock is top dog!

We have to establish some type of guidelines to operate under. I think the process we use now is the fairest to all the kids. One year your the younger in the age grouping and the following year your the older. No different than AAU! Let's keep up the good work and keep moving the State forward. I love what were doing!

Fahy was not scared of the competition.

The horsepark ,definitely for those with breathing,allergy or asthma problems, plays a very unfair disadvantage for those athletes. You would think the KHSAA would have more concern for the health and the fairness of competition. Its hard enough to place at State when you feel good. If we don't get to leave the Horsepark, I think a class action law suit could be filed for continuous neglect of an problem resulting in an unfair playing conditions.

Hey do me a favor, read the article on Jimmy Carr, are you kidding me! Winning Midlands in high school, wrestled in the Olympics in high school, NCAA champions, NCAA All-Americans not to mention what they did/doing as a coaching staff. Sorry but their accomplishments far surpass x amount of state championships or pin for time lol The Carr family is known nationally, NATIONALLY!!!!!!!! not just in the state. Quality of opponents matter greatly!! We'll see how these state champions excel at the college level or not!

Tarzan: "---------- is probably one of the only people in the sport in ky who is even remotely able to gauge just who is who and what they have done against top kids" Don't get ahead of yourself. You might be surprised what knowledge of wrestling there is in Ky. Off of the top of my head Collica-a 2X SC from Solon Oh.(coached by CSU AA Tony Digiovanni),2X Junior National FS champ, starts as a true freshman for OSU. Dance- 4x SC,from Christiansburg,Va(Coached by Iowa NCAA Champ Daryl Weber),2012 Super 32, Beast, and Ironman champ.Starts for Va.Tech. Tuma is a stud in Greco.2X Junior greco champ,8th in Junior greco Worlds last summer from Centennial,Idaho, committed to Nebraska, going for his 4th state title this year.

I've been doing some research and I put together, in my opinion, the best seasons any KY wrestler has had in the last ten years. *Disclaimer- Some records and placements might be incorrect. Please correct me if need be. 1. Brock Ervin Sr. 46-1; 2nd @ Iron-man, 1st @ NHSCA Junior Nationals, Undefeated against KY wrestlers, National Duels MOW, MOW KY State Tournament Brock is the highest finisher ever at Iron-man for a KY wrestler. His Jr. Nationals Championship was the first by any KY wrestler. Enough said 2. Kyle Ruschell Sr. 46-3; 7th @ Beast of the East, 3rd @ NHSCA Senior Nationals, Undefeated against KY wrestlers, MOW @ GMVCA, MOW KY State Tournament Not much explaining to do here. Without Kyle finishing 3rd @ Senior Nationals I would probably drop him down to fifth on my list. Kyle really blossomed between his sophomore and junior year then picked it up another notch his senior year. 3. Jacob Murton Sr. 42-2; 4th @ Beast of the East, match away from placing at both NHSCA Senior Nationals and Fargo, Undefeated against KY wrestlers, MOW KY State Tournament Jacob was hands down the must brutal wrestling force our state has ever seen until Austin Meyers came into the picture. I'm giving Jacob the upper hand because of how close he was at being a Fargo AA and a Senior Nationals AA. Also he gets the trump card over Fahy because if Murton and Fahy would have wrestled against each other I give the edge to Murton 9 out of 10 times. 4. Austin Meyers Jr. 46-0; 1st @ NHSCA Sophomore Nationals, Undefeated against KY wrestlers, only 3 matches all year lasted 4:30 minutes Austin is by far the most DOMINATE wrestler I've ever seen in our state. I believe Austin would dominate equally in Ohio if he lived there. The only reason Austin isn't higher is because NHSCA Freshman and Sophomore Nationals are not to the quality of Junior or Senior Nationals, more on that later. 5. John Fahy Sr. 46-1; 3rd @ Beast of the East, Undefeated against KY competition, MOW KY State tournament John had an incredible career and this was probably his best year wrestling. Finishing top 3 @ Beast is a HUGE accomplishment and the best by any KY wrestler. I can not remember how John did at Senior Nationals or Fargo so I have nothing else to go on when ranking him in this order. *NHSCA Freshman, Sophomore, and Middle School Championship dilemma- The sole reason I can not give these tournaments any credibly hinges solely on three things; lack of nationally ranked wrestlers, lack of competitors, overall lack of interest by wrestling community. Another problem I have with the tournament is based on past results. I will leave the name out of the story but those who have been around long enough can probably figure it out-- There was a KY wrestler who finished his sophomore season as a state runner losing to a pretty good wrestler. Both kids had loses to unranked national kids, as well as to instate competition that season. The runner up went to NHSCA and finished second @ Sophomore Nationals. The highest placer ever until Ervin entered the picture. While that was outstanding for the kid it took a lot of credibility away from that tournament. The next year the young man won state, losing several matches along the way to more unranked national kids, then went to Junior Nationals and finished 0-2. That reason alone is why I put NHSCA Jr and Sr Championships way ahead of So and Fr, and put So. and Fr. champions behind Beast and Iron-man placers. So as you can see, accolades were more important than the eye test. I didn't care about weight just about what you did in the season and off season. I will put together a career list for the last ten years because going back any further would be a nightmare.

I've been around KY wrestling since 1996...Brock and Isaac Knable have got to be top of the list. Joe Carr jr. as well. If we are going for who has gone on and done big things, Kyle Ruschell easily. Kyle went into the TOUGHEST NCAA D1 conference for wrestling bar non, and was constantly in the discussion on ESPN when NCAAs came around as a medalist. His senior year, I remember the commentators saying that he was a legit threat to WIN IT ALL. There have been several Kentucky wrestlers who could lay claim to this title, but without a real criterion for ranking them...we could debate all day.

Myers, For the love of god take your son to some national tournaments. I can't imagine anyone (let alone 6 guys) more impressive than Austin was this weekend (or season for that matter). Congrats to all champs and placers.

what about kyle ruschell 4x placer 2x champ. 2x all American (3rd and 4th at ncaa's) at university of Wisconsin

Guys you have to include ATM, automatic takedown machine, before someone gets too riled up. Carr jr, Caleb Ervin, Brock Ervin, Boston, Knable, Ritchie, ATM, Fahy.