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I normally like to watch conversations and generally get info from this forum, but I now feel the need to sign up and post when I normally wouldn't. i have reviewed the old posts related to this feud and from what I see, Tech, you generally have a problem with Ranger because you feel that he slighted you in some of his reports. I have looked at them and they don't seem to be directed at you specifically, rather you seem to think that everyone is out to get you. I have news for you bud, not everybody thinks about you as much as you think about yourself. Ranger calls things how he sees them, throughout the season and after, with his rankings and reports. You have a problem with him and you bad mouthed his kid - who is good - for no reason. You literally said "He will break" and cheered for his competition. So it's no wonder he got fired up. Ryan is a stud, and he showed it this weekend. Ranger may not have won state as you did, but if I fall correctly, he placed 3rd while SEVERELY sick with the flu against some super tough competition. On top of that, he is, from everything I have seen, a great coach of young wrestlers. Instead of getting heated with him over petty issues, why don't you recognize the time and effort that he puts in giving us periodic rankings and let his kid be. He will likely be a 2 time state champ, which you weren't, so keep him out of it. You wrestled tough and had a good high school career. Don't spoil it by being a jackass on the forum that a lot of people read. Focus on you college career and help bring some honor to KY at the next level, but leave these HS kids alone over your petty beefs. Good luck to you and wrestle hard.

I never had any experience with wrestling prior to ten years ago when my sons started in the sport. Although there were plenty of things to dislike about the sport (getting up at 5 a.m.; sitting in a gym for 14 hours; endless delays while coaches lounged in the hospitality room; ring worm; hungry nights), it was a truly amazing experience. I would like to thank all of the wonderful coaches that coached my sons, as well as the coaches on the other teams that showed great kindness for my children. I will always appreciate Coach Randy Miller, Kevin Case, Pat Wilkinson, Brian Sivenski, Eric and Rick Dingus, Johnny Stout, Benji French as well as all of the other guys who came in to help our team get better. I also appreciate the guys who worked with my kids on the offseason. Woodford County coaches always welcomed my kids just like their own. They were also welcomed at Harrison County and Scott County too. There are so many great coaches that I got to know along the way, I wish I could name them all. Another thing I loved about the sport was they relationships the boys developed with the wrestlers on their team, and the wrestlers on the other teams. At the State Tournament every year, I saw competitors vying for precious state medals laughing and warming up together before they wrestled, and then hugging each other after the match and while waiting on their medals. I have been around sports my entire life, and there is no other sport where a group of guys tries to break each other in half, and then hang out eating nachos together and laughing. (Particularly heavyweights! Those are the happiest hugriest people I have ever had the pleasure to know.) After one of the favorites to win the tournament in my son's weight class was beaten in the quarters, I was telling my son how he was rooting for him in the semis. Class and character! I got to know many parents of children during my experiences with this sport. From best friends to acquaintances that I will never forget, I made many relationships that changed my life. I was touched time and time again when a parent from some random school would ask me about how my son was doing in college, or would comment about my sons character. A few other people I would like to thank are the refs and Ranger. I know the referees take abuse every week from coaches, parents and occasionally ill behaved competitors, but I always felt like they worked hard to maintain the integrity of the sport and to ensure the safety of the competitors. I would also like to thank Ranger, for his rankings. Parents, kids and coaches (even though they deny it) wait anxiously for each release during the season of the ranking updates. There are few kids on the mat that don't know their ranking or don't covet a ranking. Finally, I loved to watch the way the sport changed so many young men, including my own sons. I watched them get stronger, fitter, tougher and smarter. I saw them set goals and achieve them. My sons developed a confidence in themselves that they would not have developed in other sports. There was no quarterback to throw a pass, or a linebacker to make a trackle. These kids grew because there was no one between their back and the mat, besides themselves. I cannot express my gratitude enough for everyone who made my time a great experience for my family and I. I will do everything I can to continue to encourage the growth of the sport. My son's last match was yesterday, and I already offered to buy a friends' preschool son a pair of wrestling shoes if she would put him in the sport. Thank you all!

A ton of people streamed it if khsaa doesnt like it they should bring their own stream back but i simply do not think people are going to stop live streaming it off there phones through periscope and FB live and good luck to them on trying to police it..

And he still looses to a back up winless 197

"Snyder on.the other hand missed multiple matches with Medberry and Walz at least once .I dont believe in the statement his comp over seas was far better than the heavier Medberry or Walz I think.he took the path most benificial to him.avoid top us comp and wrestle abroad where a loss will not matter as much and.the chance of an ncaa " Are you high? Snyder stepping out to represent the US at the world cup and yarygin is ducking US competition?

Do you not understand any and all negativity on this site towards you you bring on yourself how many times have you listed your boys accomplishments we get it lol they are respected by the Kentucky wrestling community wildcat but your psychotic endless rants and need for attention is what brings the negativity and that is a shame because when your sons are brought up in conversations of best wrestlers this state has ever seen the convo shouldnt include anything about dad constantly getting kicked off of wrestling sites or how he acted after Stephen lost but thats not the case because you simpley can't sit back and let Austin and Stephen get the respect they deserve it has to be about you and what "you" created when in fact they earned everything they ever accomplished..

The coopers might also have something to say.

Currently sits at #5 in the Southern Conference at 149. Gearing up for the conference tourney. He won this weight class last year to qualify for NCAAs.

"During the coaches conference call with the KHSAA on Thursday, it was stated that live streaming is, indeed, Illegal." So, does that mean there will be no live streaming of the Sweet 16 this year?

Since his nice run at Edinboro, he has gone 2-2. Both losses were to top guys, and both very close. I think he is in good shape heading into B1G Tens.

Mods, when you ban him again, please do not delete the topic. Thanks.

Huge win!

The Myers brothers titles together hardly matches the title output of 1 Ervin

During the coaches conference call with the KHSAA on Thursday, it was stated that live streaming is, indeed, Illegal.

I am bummed for Hutchison. He is clearly wrestling injured. Recently lost a few close matches to guys he is clearly better than when healthy. I don't believe anyone is knocking your boy. Most will (should) agree your son will be much improved next year. He did lose a few close matches that he will win next year. Two years at HWT, he is adjusted by now. He took the challenge well. I would bet on a decent run at NCAAs next year, if not AA. For the record, RPI looks at strength of schedule, and your record based on that schedule. And your opponent's record.....and your opponent's opponents' record.....and.....Yeah, it involves math skills. A team/individual earns points for facing a strong opponent regardless of outcome. More points for winning, of course. So, a team/opponent could schedule all top 50 opponents, go .500 in those contests, and earn a decent RPI. Welcome back

That guy looks like Marcus Hoehn, the former Mizzou wrestler and Union County coach. Hilarious video, thanks for sharing Edit: I actually think that is Marcus

Hello everyone, My name is Byron Bright and I am Ian's dad. I thought I'd send an update. Ian is continuing to improve. He's still dealing with some pain of course, but he's doing much better. His leg has been immobilized for a few weeks before he can start physical therapy to start walking again. He's got a pretty long road of recovery ahead of him but he's really in very good spirits. His biggest complaints have been about boredom more than anything. I also want to add that the young man from Male High School, who was also involved in the match, reached out to Ian and they're planning to meet soon. I know that this gentleman has been going through his own personal torture. However, him reaching out to Ian and wanting to meet and hang out with him is probably the greatest moment of sportsmanship and absolute class that I've ever witnessed. This young man has been suffering with the thoughts of what happened and to reach out and contact Ian, well, it meant the world to all of us, especially Ian. On behalf of our whole family, I want to say thank you to everyone for your prayers, thoughts, and concerns. If there's anything else I can answer, please don't hesitate to ask. We can't begin to express how much the support from everyone in the wrestling community has meant to us all. Thank you again.

Saw this on facebook: When he woke up after they rotated his leg back around, one of the first things Ian asked about was where the Male "kid" (the one he was wrestling against when this happened) was. Ian said he wanted him to know that it wasn't his fault. So if anyone knows the other kid that was involved in this, we want you to know that we know you've been in as much pain mentally as Ian has physically. And we all hope that you're able to get through this as well. So much love out to Ian's coaches, team, all of the Atherton High School and fellow wrestlers throughout the county. We thank you all for your love, professionalism, and support.

OK, NatureBoy, let me preface this by saying this is a COMPLIMENT to ATM. Watching his win at Central Michigan on ESPN3, I can see that having Cox (and other Mizzou bigs) as a workout partner is helping him. He has always had decent shots, however I think working with Cox is helping him learn how to overcome the more sophisticated takedown defenses you see at a high D1 level. I agree, nice TD's against a pretty good wrestler. Good win for the team and for him personally.

I started watching this and began to laugh. Then I suddenly started thinking that we may have wrestled a few teams who attended this camp. I was told that this was the Kentucky way of wrestling, do nothing until you can lockup a throw attempt for the crowd. Once I came to grips with it all I began to laugh again. Man I wish I had someone who could play the flute on our team, the woodwind type for those that went there and you know who you are. You should be ashamed of yourself.

I agree Ervins aee a huge great wrestling family but I said 6 undefeated seasons between 2 brothers and Austin would have had 5 titles in KY no sweat .not going to get into a brock vs either Myers but Stephen had higher quality wins in HS and no one.can.comlare ro Austins nat accomplishemnst 6 undefeated seasons six state titles and six All american placings at Fargo including doubles for each . Mic drop.

The national title output of all the Ervins combined does not match 1 of the Myers . The national title output of the whole state ever does not match one of the Myers .The Fargo AA count of the whole state does not equal that of two Brothers or come close .end of debate ULTIMATE MIC DROP

Like what ? I mentioned them as a great family of wrestlers but Kevin who.probably did the most outside of ky lost to Stephen twice their sr yr and did not do sr or jr nat but was a decent fr gr guy although I do not think he got.to AA I will say I think.Fahy got robbed one.year at fargo but still was never an AA once let alone a double or 2x AA . Austin as a jr in HS not wrestling a single fr gr match in over 2 yrs walked into central.regionals and walked out a double OW winner .that alone would make.him.the best ky High School wrestler ever he out perfotmed guys like Freddy stroker and others get real once again you people have no true grasp of what is what in the sport the kid even stunned me and bumping up for Fargo his sr yr and doing what he did another performance that alone would make him top dog ever . Once again.MIC drop

Ill cut down to 135 thats as low as i could possibly get and ill wrestle ryan, we can bet whatever u want to bet ill win? That sound better buddy?