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    In Missouri now, trackwrestling is mandatory for all teams. You have to put in all events for your wrestlers. Seeding criteria at district is based upon the criteria built into track. Of course, coaches double check them but for the most part they are exact in their breakdowns. If you do not put in your wrestlers matches your school is fined and coach is penalized. Think this would help Ranger and the stat guys out on their ranking system.

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    The 50 match limit was up until districts. Depending on the weight class usually determined if a wrestler was getting more forfeits. We have 6 tourneys, but no state dual tourney or qualifier. We are allowed to have 9 duals/tris/quads, as long as it doesn't get classified as a tourney. Most schools schedule quads as to up their numbers as best they can. So if I had scheduled 5 quads and 4 tris, this would give my kid 23 matches from duals alone. Then throw in my tourney schedule:

    10 team dual tourney (1 day) 5 matches;

    2-day tourney 3 possibly 4 matches first day and 4 matches second day. (20 Teams)

    Two day invitational 4-5 matches first day, plus 4 matches second day (28 Teams)

    One day invitational 5 matches (16 Teams)

    Two Day Invitational 3-4 matches first day, 4 matches second day (20 Teams)

    One Day 8 Team Dual Tourney 4 matches

     

    Taking the most possible matches allowed for each day my kid would have 62 matches before district. So, we had to watch totals and make sure kids were getting accurate numbers and tracking forfeits. Still allows for a lot of wrestling in a short period of time but also can allow a wrestler to get a break if he needs one.

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    When I started coaching in Missouri the first thing I noticed was the limitations on competitions. It was just changed recently to allow a wrestler more than 50 matches only if they were receiving forfeits throughout the year. So a wrestler could be 56-0 going into districts but had received 6 forfeits during the year. Teams have began scheduling more dual tournaments or even 16 man pool tourneys. Allowing wrestlers to get the maximum amount of matches each day they wrestle.

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    MIssouri's First date to compete is just based on eligible practice days. The true opening date usually is last week of November or first week of December. Missouri also has participation limits on their wrestlers which keep the season shortened into a span of about 6-8 weeks. 15 competitions which only 6 can be tournaments.

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    Joe Carr Jr. was far from a JV kid as an 8th grader. Even his freshman year he was significantly better than several of the wrestlers in his division at 119. I was also lucky enough to compete as a 8th grader for UC at 112. Brad Ervin and Junior Brown were also on that team and competed at a varsity level. Brad was our varsity 103 while Junior was varsity 170 I believe. We all gained valuable experience from being on a varsity team and competing at a high level. So, if a 7th or 8th grader can compete no matter the weight, there shouldn't be anyone stopping them from doing so. JMO

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