Dixie Tino

Cov Cath's team is now called NKY Saints. Glad to see a couple of them in the rankings!

Covington Catholic MS team is trying to put a schedule together for the upcoming season. If you're hosting a Middle School tournament and you have an opening or if you're interested in a dual during the week, please contact Michael Constantino at buckeyetino@yahoo.com Thanks!

Turkey Foot Middle School which is located in Edgewood, KY (Northern KY) is looking for a new Head Coach and an Assistant Coach. If you are interested, please contact the Athletic Director, John Milar at john.milar@kenton.kyschools.us Thanks!

Anybody that knows Ranger at all, knows that he will listen to ANY suggestion especially if it's brought up in the right way. So many people make complaints yet our Coaches meetings in the Spring and Fall have very few coaches attend and it's usually the same faces. I felt the tournament was well ran as usual. When it's ran so well, people will find the smallest reasons to complain or point out anything that's not perfect. If people in the stands would follow directions and not stand in front of the rails, it would be much better for fans/family. But as usual, many fans/family don't follow directions well and make it difficult for others to enjoy the matches. The association does a phenomenal job and I don't see anyone running for President anytime soon because this act would be hard to follow. Props to Ranger and ALL of the association officers for a great job!

My predictions: 70 Holub over Mattingly 75 Yenter over Tucker 80 Roth over Hahn 86 Wells over Whorton 92 Moore over Nixon 98 Smith over Cook 105 Sheffer over Livers 113 Miles over Oxford 121 Blanton over Holden 130 Skinner over Branch 140 Andreoni over Jackson 152 Cornett over Nichols 168 Hille over Phillips 190 Ruber over Lawrence 230 Keairns over Seward Only 2 weight classes without a NKY kid in it and I have 11 out of 15 winning. It's a shame that some really tough kids in NKY can't even get out of their Region because it is so tough. Looking forward to another great State Tournament!

State Duals is at Campbell County

Turkey Foot Holiday Duals Saturday, December 22, 2012 Turkey Foot Middle School 3230 Turkeyfoot Road Edgewood, KY 41017 Entry Fee: $125 per team. Make check payable to: Turkey Foot Wrestling Payment must be received no later than weigh-ins the day of the Tournament. You can Mail Payment to: Turkey Foot Wrestling, 489 Timber Ridge Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017 Weigh-Ins: Weigh-ins at 7:30AM – 8:30AM (Doors open at 7:00 AM) Coaches Meeting: 8:45 A.M. Coaches Meeting Wrestling will begin after coaches meeting. Awards: 1st & 2nd Place Team Trophies Weights: 70, 75, 80, 86, 92, 98, 105, 113, 121, 130, 140, 152, 168, 190, 230 Format: Team Duals: (3) pools of (4) teams, with a championship round against same place team in opposite pools. Most teams will get 5 matches. Bring all extras to fill in openings and get as many wrestlers in as possible. Contact: Michael Constantino at: buckeyetino@yahoo.com

Turkey Foot Holiday Duals Saturday, December 22, 2012 Turkey Foot Middle School 3230 Turkeyfoot Road Edgewood, KY 41017 Entry Fee: $125 per team. Make check payable to: Turkey Foot Wrestling Payment must be received no later than weigh-ins the day of the Tournament. You can Mail Payment to: Turkey Foot Wrestling, 489 Timber Ridge Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017 Weigh-Ins: Weigh-ins at 7:30AM – 8:30AM (Doors open at 7:00 AM) Coaches Meeting: 8:45 A.M. Coaches Meeting Wrestling will begin after coaches meeting. Awards: 1st & 2nd Place Team Trophies Weights: 70, 75, 80, 86, 92, 98, 105, 113, 121, 130, 140, 152, 168, 190, 230 Format: Team Duals: (3) pools of (4) teams, with a championship round against same place team in opposite pools. Most teams will get 5 matches. Bring all extras to fill in openings and get as many wrestlers in as possible. Contact: Michael Constantino at: buckeyetino@yahoo.com

tiltfor3....I can only hope that you're a parent and not a coach. You are obviously more concerned about a few/minority of the kids in KY Middle School Wrestling and NOT the whole picture.

tiltfor3....Nobody is "bashing youth club programs!" I feel Clubs have had a huge, positive impact on Middle School Wrestling in KY. I don't think anyone can deny that. But you're just saying things to say them when you make comments like that. If anything, you're actually bashing School Programs....schools don't need clubs and vice versa! "We" work together because "We" have to for our sport to be succesful at this level. I'm just saying that all teams should have to follow some of the same basic rules: Pre-Season Medical Physical, Minimum Grades requirement, must only wrestle for a club if your school does NOT have a wrestling program, etc.... They were not put in place so that a parent could just move their kid to the team that fits them and/or their kids best. I'm sure I am probably the minority, but I disagree on allowing a "KID" to wrestle for a club just so he has better coaches/practice partners. We started a team up at our Middle School about 5 years ago and have slowly but surely started to build a decent program. We even had some "Club" kids come to our team since the School they attended had finally added a wrestling program. Those "Club" kids helped us tremendously to build our program. It wasn't easy and it's still not! We started out with 1 coach, then 2, and now 5-6. This took parents that wanted to make their kid's school team a better enviornment instead of taking the option of going to a "Club." So, again I say that "Clubs" have their place for now in KY Middle School Wrestling, but changes could be made to make it better to include "eventually" eliminating them.

I think the Club aspect is a whole different issue. This is also something that gets abused throughout Middle School Wrestling in the State of Kentucky! The purpose of the "Club" team is to allow wrestlers that attend a School that does not have a wrestling program the opportunity to participate in the great sport of wrestling. Instead, kids that attend a School that has a wrestling program participate on a club team because of all kinds of reasons, few of which are good reasons. Middle School Wrestling has increased in size and competition greatly over the past few years. We need to put in place rules/guidelines for our future. We should try to eliminate "Clubs" altogether within the next few years. We should be working towards mirroring the High School rules/regulations. This is even more so when it comes to the Weight Cutting! It's crazy that at the HS level their are strict rules regarding weight loss but at the MS level there is NONE, other than make weight and we give 2 pounds for the post season. It should be as strict or more! I think it's extremely sad that many coaches/parents allow competitiveness to come before safety/health/sportsmanship! I do like ThunderStrucks idea of putting the "certified weight" on the rosters that get turned in by December 15th. That seems too simple.......

District Champs Union County North Hardin River City North Oldham Ryle Campbell County Elkhorn McNabb At Large Larue County Oldham County Turkey Foot Woodford County

Well done Ranger. Looks pretty good from what I've seen this season so far. You only had 2 wrestlers mentioned at 152. I think Casey Cornett from Turkey Foot should be mentioned at 152. He is 1-1 against Anderson from Elkhorn who deservedly is on the list. He also lost to a kid from Hopkinsville at the Woodford County Invitational who was a stud. Not sure of his name, but he should be on the list too.

Turkey Foot Middle School will be hosting a Duals Tournament on Friday, December 30th! Please contact Coach Michael Constantino at buckeyetino@yahoo.com if interested. We have a few spots left so please send request as soon as possible.

Turkeyfoot Middle School is looking to fill the following dates for Tournaments: December 5th December 19th January 2nd We also have an opening on Wednesday, December 30th for one more team for a Quad. You can email buckeyetino@yahoo.com to respond to this post. Thanks