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  1. 3 points
    The matrix is now available for you to view on the Men's tournament on Saturday the 2nd and Women's tournament on Sunday the 3rd. It is also available for the J.Finley (KWOA Classic) on the 9th. Please use this as stated above to encourage coaches and athletes to sign up. Thanks.
  2. 2 points
    Sorry but the reffing was horrible all weekend. Refs still cant seem to understand the out of bounds rules, two refs didnt help when they were there. I think it was the very first finals match, went into the ultimate ride out. Kid that scored first chose down as he should have. Top guy dropped to an ankle and never climbed up for the whole 30 seconds!! No restart, no stalling. I'm pretty sure that ref didnt think he could call stalling in the ultimate ride out because all day they called bad stalling calls but there... nothing. I felt bad for that kid. Had he known all he had to do was drop to an ankle and hang on for the ride for 30 seconds he probably would have taken top. I would. Another instance I saw a tech like it was freestyle. Kid kept doing the same tilt, never let go of the wrist, just waves at the ref with the other hand and ref throws 3 over and over and over. Gotta make that kid break the hold. Had another kid get called for stalling while locked up in a cradle! What would you like the kid to do? Just get pinned if he cant get out? Sorry, and in the finals too bad refs dont make 1 good one. So my only question is, do the refs have weekly meetings and discuss the rules and interpretations throughout the season so they can learn? In Pennsylvania ( I was a ref) we had 9 meetings, one every other week and you were "required" to make at least 6 of them or you lost your certification. We had top notch interpreters and officials at every meeting. Other refs were appointed to watch newer refs to evaluate them, you couldn't even do varsity matches until someone said "hes good". You started out doing youth and jr high tournaments. I dont want to bash refs either but I'd like them to get better and more consistent and the second ref needs to know his job. Should always be apposite the other ref to watch locking hands and things during scrambles and out of bounds while the other ref is down watching for backs and pins and watch the clock on starts and stops and just be the second pair of eyes. The state tournament should be about the great wrestling, not worrying about wether a ref is going to call it right. Just my two cents for what it's worth. Probably not much.
  3. 1 point
    WOODSHED 7 days per week. 9-11 & 5-7 Cost: blood,sweat
  4. 1 point
    Question for the group, who is ponying up the $25,000 fee for YUM to event talk to you about hosting?
  5. 1 point
    I get that but, we didn't really have many options this year because we lose a week in December and I didn't think anyone would be willing to wrestle on a Monday (December 23rd). Hopefully the calendar will be kinder in 2020 and allow us to go back to having it before Christmas.
  6. 1 point
    JB.....totally agree. Combining the challenges that attending college alone presents someone, along with the time and requirements that competitive sports require, is a very tough road to hoe. You’ve really got to want it. Add in the need for most students to have some kind of job, and time management becomes critical to success. My hat is off to any and all that choose to compete in any sport on the collegiate level, especially those competing in the so called Olympic sports, where athletic scholarships are few and far between. Facts....who the heck is this Casey you keep addressing?
  7. 1 point
    I would say that being an All American in any division is some pretty lofty goals. I am proud of all of our Kentucky boys, especially the ones that choose to challenge themselves in college. Sean Fausz, Nathan Boston and Austin Meyers are a few of the elite by far, but we can’t all live up to that level no matter the training. I am so proud of all of Kentucky boys that chooses to compete at the next level. If they make their respective national tournament, no matter the division, even better. We can argue about this and that all we want. The bottom line is we are improving.
  8. 1 point
    This has been a problem for years not show up to the meetings but complain if something gets voted on that they don't like. I was guilty of that for sometime then I started making meetings and got active with the overall workings. Now I am the secretary of KFWC and I emplore all teams to send a representative to the meetings to voice their opinion and vote. We also need to remember this is about the kids not the adults. We are KFWC which includes teams that are clubs and schools, there should not be a defining line between the two as either way they are full of KIDS that just want to wrestle.