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Brackets updated

There will be 4 mats this year. This will not be on track wrestling but we will post it on our team website with links to brackets and team scores as the tourney goes on. www.mtswrestling.com There are so many alternates every year that the tournament usually gets randomly drawn. The draw table never ends up being the actual match ups. Just a way for me to keep up with entries really. As of right now we have 11 full brackets. 106 has 15 wrestlers, 120 has 13 wrestlers, and 220 has 15 wrestlers.

8am with 10am start

Looking to trade a full size resilite mat for a full size dollamur like mat. The resilite is in good condition and is great for more permanent use (mat rooms). We already have a matted room so we want to trade and get another mat for tournaments. The mat has 9 practice circles on the opposite side. It is navy blue with white circles. Let me know if you are interested.

Recently the head coaches received a survey while on trackwrestling asking us if we would favor a uniform change. We were asked if we would rather have fight shorts and a compression shirt. I'm thinking this might pass at the April nfhs meeting. What are everyone's thoughts on a uniform change?

Moore will be hosting the Horsepower Middle School Duals on Dec. 10th. I sent out a email letting all coaches know that we will allow teams to wear fight shorts and compression shirt. Hope to see some more tournament directors also allow this.

So it seems the fight shorts were the big problem if they are going to allow middle school to wear compression shorts and compression shirt but no fight shorts? WTH?

I waited before I made any orders on new uniforms. I assumed that we would do the right thing and vote in the option for fight shorts and the compression shirt. I even advertised to middle school kids that they wouldn't have to wear the singlet and received much much better interest. Now is this final for this wrestling season? Can any sort of emergency vote be put in place on this to see if we can get it changed for this year? It almost seems like lots of us don't want to increase participation and grow the sport. It must be nice to have tons of kids on your team. Unfortunately all of us do not and this would help get numbers up.

That is way disappointing. Was counting on that rule passing. I had lots of middle school kids interested when I showed them that they may be wearing a fight shorts combo instead of a singlet. Kentucky.........

and a principal that would love to hire a wrestling coach!

Moore Traditional School in Louisville Kentucky is looking for a head middle school coach for the 2016-2017 school year. We are part of Jefferson county public schools which is one of the highest paying school districts in the U.S. See our teacher salary schedule here: https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/sites/default/files/forms/Salary_Schedule_JobFamilyIII.pdf There will be a variety of teaching positions open except for physical education. Our school is 6th-12th grade. We have elementary, middle, and high school wrestling programs with a solid booster club, plans for a large wrestling facility to be built in the next few years as well as a brand new principal who is a former wrestling coach! Check out plans for future building here: http://mtswrestling.weebly.com/facilities.html If you are interested then please send a resume asap as our principal will be reviewing them and then making hires the first of July. Send resume to mike.thomas@jefferson.kyschools.usCheck us out at www.mtswrestling.com

Congrats to former North Oldham head wrestling coach Rob Fulk on being selected as our new principal at Moore! We are very excited as we go from minimal administrative support to maximum!! Article at link Fulk named principal at Moore

Looks like we have positions opening in middle school english, math, and science as well as high school math, science, and spanish.

Sash Petkovic, son of olympic Greco coach and gold medalist Momir Petkovic, will be giving Greco instruction on Tuesday April 5th at Moore from 6-7:30pm. Wrestlers just need a USA Wrestling Card. The wrestling room is located around the backside of the building through door 13.

Several states considering a switch to shorts/shirts. The nfhs is supposed to vote this month. Are we one of those states? http://www.flowrestling.org/article/40808-multiple-states-considering-shorts-shirt-uniform-change

Every year? Why every year?

Singlets are often 60-80 each. A few companies sell them cheaper. The cost won't be that much different.

How often are shorts pulled down in MMA? How often are fingers broken?

I don't agree and we will most likely find out soon enough. If it doesn't increase participation numbers then I will gladly eat my words. i had no problems with a singlet when I was in high school. Didn't really think much about it either way. Unfortunately not everyone is like you or me and this is a deterrent to the sport for some. Especially those heavier wrestlers. We have to get kids to try the sport to see if they like it. Some of them will not even try because of the singlet. As a coach I want more kids to come out and try wrestling!! The fans seem to have a different opinion on this. It seems the coaches are mostly all for it. They want more participation.

HEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL COACHING POSITION OPENMTS (Moore) is looking for a middle school head coach for the 2016-2017 season. If you are in the Louisville area and are looking for a head middle school position please get back with me asap. We count on a few possible teaching positions to open up as well. Below is our teacher pay scale for JCPS. https://sppublic.jefferson.kyschools.us/formsonline/JCPSForms/Salary_Schedule_JobFamilyIII.pdfCoach Mike Thomasmike.thomas@jefferson.kyschools.us

HEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL COACHING POSITION OPENMTS (Moore) is looking for a middle school head coach for the 2016-2017 season. If you are in the Louisville area and are looking for a head middle school position please get back with me asap. We count on a few possible teaching positions to open up as well. Below is our teacher pay scale for JCPS. https://sppublic.jefferson.kyschools.us/formsonline/JCPSForms/Salary_Schedule_JobFamilyIII.pdfCoach Mike Thomasmike.thomas@jefferson.kyschools.us

We will definitely have 4 mats next year.

Just wanted to update you all on the JV State Tournament. It will take place this Saturday @ Moore in Louisville. Wrestlers will get a pound as region 4 will be hosting their JV regional Friday night. The link below lets you know who is in the tournament so far. The blank spots are results we are waiting on. Some alternates have been rolled in but we have to wait for the rest. Alternates are in green. Coaches, if your team or wrestlers from your team will not be participating then please let me know asap. 2016 KY JV State Entries Flier is attached. 2016 KY JV State flier.doc

Thanks for the suggestions Zeus. My name is Coach Thomas by the way. I coach at Moore.

I started the JV State tournament back in 2008 to give young wrestlers something to shoot for as well at the end of the year. I thought this would help retain more young guys. This year was our best year yet as far as attendance with 32 teams represented. We started at 10:10 with a scheduled start time of 10. We did finish a bit late but we did not have one single break besides a small amount of time to honor two of our seniors before the finals. Wrestling rolled through from start to finish. Thanks for your praise and advice. I agree we can do better with the awards presentation. Seeding however will probably never happen. I was swapping kids in and out all week long and the night before. I asked the coaches what they wanted to do before we started and they all said random draw. We had some teams travel from pretty far away and wanted to get started asap to get them back on the road. Any other suggestions are welcome. Thanks for coming and I'll see everyone at state! Coach Mike Thomas MTS Wrestling