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Kentucky has made huge strides in wrestling since at a low in 1991. Problem is the nature of the beast like swimming. There is no real casual fans support. To have a successful team you wrestler your matches in all day Saturday events that the casual fans doesn't attend. Plus you add to the fact that football season doesn't end for most teams until November doesn't help with the sharing of athletes. Wrestling is very much a inner fraternity that requires sacrifice that the average person doesn't want to pay. As for finding good coaches, its hard to tell a young 20 something year old that might had a significant other or trying to start a family that his social life and family life is now limited. ( I can't count how many times I missed important family and friends events because of coaching) Like participating, coaching is a huge sacrifice for the love of the sport. For what makes our sport great also weakens it.

Once again Ryle Wrestling has teamed up with the Marine Corp. for the Raider Rumble . As we enjoy the competition of one of the best tournaments in the state of Kentucky, we need to remember that there are others out there, that are less fortunate than us. With the holidays rapidly approaching, we need to keep them in our thoughts. The Marine Corp. has a excellent program in the "Toys for Tots", no different than the Marine Corp. working together to defend our freedoms, the Marine Corp. and Ryle have joined forces to bring happiness to families at this time of year. We are asking all 20 teams to participate and try to bring one unwrapped toy per competitor, to help bring joy to a child's Christmas. The Toy For Tots box will be there Friday night for the JV Rumble as well . Thanks for your help