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They'll be distributed to the coaches. If they are posted on a website, it will be at www.kyswa.org. This site is very much under construction, feel free to poke around, but please don't expect much. Thanks, Plee

AllAmericn157 - don't count out stone at HWT....I watched him beat Goodrich at BG games a year ago, and Stone has gotten much better & MUCH stronger since then....I seen Goodrich at BG games this year, he's improved, but I'd say Dale's improved more. It would definitely be a great match.....of course it all depends on what side of the bracket they are on.

would this be something that would have to be sanctioned by KHSAA?? I assume it would be...any coaches out there know how this could get started?

152vhs - JV wrestling is there to give experience to kids that are not quite good enough for varsity, but will be soon enough. I think it would only improve our state to have more jv tournaments.

I think the thing we need to keep in mind is we are definitely heading in the right direction. m.s. wrestling is growing, last year there was a youth state championship with a great turn out....i think youth wrestling clubs will start sprouting up everywhere there's h.s. programs soon. All of this just raises the bar for our state. It's just going to take time. In my opinion very soon you'll RARELY if ever see a h.s. state champion that didn't wrestle from m.s. on. Guys that start in the 9th grade will be just too far behind to catch up. This is a great sign for Ky IMHO.

the biggest advantage Oh has is sheer numbers. they have youth leagues all over the state that have thousands of wrestlers in them www.cyw.org (cincinnati youth wrestling league). last i heard, this league has between 2-3000 wrestlers, some of them starting in the first grade. when you have a team like lakota that can fill their varsity lineup with juniors & seniors most of them with 7+ years wrestling experience...year in and year out...then look at that all across the state of Oh, of course they are better overall than us. But occassionally we have guys who can beat or at least hang with their state champs. good athletes in the right programs here (ruschelle, shearer, starks, murtons) these guys could hang or beat some of Ohio's state champs - IMHO.

Hi everyone, Our middle school season is getting ready to start. In order to keep everyone in the loop, we need up to date email & contact info. Please verify your contact information at http://eteamz.active.com/KMSWA/handouts/index.cfm?cat=24971&id=366144 Please download the "Coaches Listing" and review your team's contact info. If there is any changes needed, please post them in this thread or email me at pat@cougarkids.org. Thanks, Pat Lee