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The point of any of my posts is to get people talking. Do you always have to be a dick?

1. Make It one class until the top teams aren't small schools consistently. 2. Make It a two day event and allow more teams to enter 3. Let Ranger seed It 4. Throw everyone into pools randomly but based on seeds 1-2-3-4-5 in each pool. 5. Wrestle I would send this to KYWCA but I am guessing not all big schools would be too excited about having to beat Union to win a dual title. I just think this would make for a fun and exciting tournament.

Rankings done by committee. KYWCA Girls Rankings 1_9_25 - Sheet1.pdf

The forums have been a little dead lately, so trying to spark up some conversation. This is somewhat of a dark-horse thread, but trying to limit it to the top 5 in the most recent rankings. Based off of the rankings, who within the top5 do you see as the biggest threat to the current #1? I know some may have a .0000001% chance, but still fun to discuss. 106 - Brinkman (currently #2). Kid just doesn't stop, and won't let senior status of #1 affect his mentality. 113 - Vowels (currently #4). I've always liked the way this kid wrestles. 120 - Wasson (currently #4). A strong, hard-working kid who has a great partner in Wells. 126 - Cornwell (currently #2). Cornwell is good. 132 - McCloskey (currently #2). Raney is clearly above the entire field, McCloskey is a tech better than everyone else. 138 - Evans (currently #2). Former champ, and one of the best "pure" wrestlers there is. Same as 132, he's a tech above everyone else. 144 - Ren (currently #4). He's a weird wrestler, great at scrambling and sticky on top. 150 - Jenkins (I assume will be #2 since the bump). He's right there with Johns. 157 - Thompson (currently #2). He pulled off a miracle at All-Star Classic. 165 - Ray (currently #3). I've seen magic come out of Union's room. 175 - Lamer (currently #3). Not sure why, just a guess. 190 - Steiber (currently #3). Another guess. 215 - Hyden (currently #2). HWT - Roth (currently #2).

He got taken down multiple times by an unknown kid from Eastern a couple weeks ago but seemed to be kind of coasting. Does not generate much offense so Johns or Jenkins could TF him IMO.

I agree, I think most weights come down to one or two guys, with a clear favorite in a lot of them. The only weight I'm not really sure on is 144, could see any of the top 3-4 coming away with that, which is an even wilder weight if evans comes up to avoid a Raney.

What weight class do you see the number 4 kid having a chance to win a title outside of maybe 144 and HWT, much less 5-10? 106 Braxton probably pins his way through 113 Wells Pins or techs his way through 120 Has some potential but Davis Tech/Pinning Roman who is #2 makes it hard to bet against him. 126 Another weight with some potential but Cornwell and Blevins have already dominated everyone else at the weight. 132 Raney pins through 138 Raney pins through 144 First weight I wouldn't be shocked at 3 different champs. 150 Johns/Jenkins have a lock. (Smith is my dark horse) 157 Rider has already pinned Micah twice and Micah is probably a major or more better than the rest of the field. Not saying Micah cant make it happen at state, but 2 horse race. 165 Miller by major in finals in my opinion. 175 Ricketts pins through if he wants 190 Couple different possible champs 215 Marcus James dominates everyone HWT Couple different possible champs Not a ton of depth for title contention right now. I think the depth for placement is pretty good, but the top guys have seemed to widen the gap.

I couldn't disagree more. 150 to 175 are all pretty much 2 maybe 3 guys fighting for the championship. I don't even think 144 has 10 guys that could win it, and it's arguably the deepest

Means nothing considering the difference in competition each team sees. Easy to stay unbeaten if you don’t wrestle outside your region!

Trying to get some troll action going lol Don't shoot It down before It gets going

6- Corbett 13-Mayberry 20-Ramsey 26- Clifford 32- Raney 38-Raney 44- Dennis 50- Jenkins 57- Dowdy 65- Ray 75- Ricketts 90- Vinson 215- James hwt- Cummings

Never heard of her

LOL. Same family.

Would it be better to seed teams based on each wrestler. For example if you have a returning: state qualifier= 1 5th-8th=2 2nd-4th=3 state champ = 4 of course the values could be adjusted. Also this would come after head to head match ups and common opponents in criteria. We want to improve Ky wrestling by encouraging teams to go wrestle the best. The best teams in the state (union, PT, JC and Ryle) all have taken losses bc they challenge themselves.

Hearing Harrison co got the 1 seed in 2a over JC and PT. Also that PT and JC will meet in the semi finals. Wow! Have to get there early it will be the best dual in the entire state.

Anyone else not just love the dual format? I love state duals. It really turns an individual sport into a team event.

Great point and everyone should remember the rankings dont really matter,they are just for fun. Great piece from Wrestling Mindset No Superman out there Published February 12th, 2015 by Wrestling Mindset Wrestling If you want to be successful in this sport you have to have a blatant disregard for rankings. Does the higher ranked wrestler get spotted a few points? Do they get to start with a leg? Do they get a gun and you get a knife? Make sure you wrestle the opponent and not their ranking. No one can bring their medals on the mat with them. You gotta go out and prove it every day. No one wears an S on their chest. And even if he does find his Kryptonite. Everyone is vulnerable everyone is capable of being beat. Stop giving a darn who you wrestle or what they are ranked. Wrestle aggressively and focus on the two things you can always control: Effort & Attitude. Mindset Tip- Write down 100 times “I don’t give a darn who I wrestle”

Crazy that nobody has posted about this yet. HUGE CONGRATS to Jayden Raney who continues putting KY on his back. Jayden went out and dominated at the Ironman this weekend before losing a overtime match in the finals to Jax Forrest. Another huge shoutout to Emma Moore for putting KY girls wrestling on the map with a 4th place finish. We need to get excited as a state seeing guys and girls go and put there records on the line and compete with the best. After talking to a couple guys that I think would do well they all seem on board to try and enter next season. Maybe we see a couple champs and placers next year with both Raney's and others putting it on the line! Awesome job Raney and Moore, KY Wrestling is proud!

I believe Mike Sullivan/Jason Moore are putting it on at Derby City City Legends

I think there were around 25 kids from Kentucky that competed at IHPO. It was so great to see so many kids from around Kentucky. I saw kids from Johnson Central, Ryle, Walton-Verona, Trinity, Simon Kenton, Scott High, Highlands, Harrison County, Great Crossing, Anderson County, Woodford County, Grant County, Fredrick Douglas, John Hardin, and probably a few I missed all hanging out together and cheering on each other throughout the day! Congrats to those that placed: Jackson Wells 116 (Harrison County)- 1st place George Dennis 129 (Harrison County)-2nd place Landon Evans 135 (Ryle)-3rd place Isaac Johns 153 (Woodford)-3rd place Travis Steiber 218 (Ryle)-4th place Roman Valera 116 (Trinity)-4th place TJ Meyer 135 (Walton-Verona) 7/8th place Kayson White 141 (Highlands): 7/8th place

Thank You! I want to publicly thank the Kentucky Coaches Wrestling Association (KYWCA) for their generous donation to help Jordyn and Jayden travel to Amman Jordan for the world championships this year. The KYWCA is an organization made up a professional men and women that are taking wrestling in the state of Kentucky to the next level! Thank You!

Freestyle State was fun this year, lots of ranked kids showed up with multiple Folkstyle State Champs in the mix!

jinx you owe me a soda

Looks like martin county had some good matches against ranked opponents this past weekend at the dragon invitational. 106 JJ Mollett (unranked) beat Lewis of fairdale. Then lost a close 9-6 decision to Maynard of south oldham in the finals. 113 Jono Cline majored cano in the finals 132 Jeremy.Begley majored Holt of WV 175 George lemaster majored Walton of WV. Pinned granito from Moore. Beat crace from north oldham

One oversight isn't too bad for 8-10 hours of combing through teams track accounts that are not updated and results from 7-8 ladies tournaments. Thank you to the group of coaches that take the time to do these for the ladies. @Ranger123 we appreciate what you do, this ranking stuff is tough work and the pay is terrible lol