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Looks like they are going to Nashville based on their calendar.

So far in this wrestling season, I am unimpressed with the officiating. Much of the same showoff antics by one particular official who insists on the match being about him, not the wrestlers. I don't understand why he gets away with it year after year. I personally am sick of it.

Completely dislocated elbow. Most likely out for rest of season.

Completely dislocated elbow. Most likely out for rest of season.

Waller lost to St. X

If you are talking about Chaney, I suspect that a provision of a football scholarship, if that is the reason, stongly discourages him from Wrestling in his senior year.

Which of these individuals have you beaten recently? 1 Un Co Caleb Ervin 9 2 JH Josh Johnson 10 3 Lar Co Lucas Carmen 12 4 Tri Grant Ohlman 10 5 Old Co Trey Morlatt 12 6 Chr Co Jake Skinner 12 7 St X Daniel Miller 12 8 Way Co Aaron Dodd 9 9 Let Co Cen Josh Back 12 10 Ft Knox Cameron Barrientos 12 11 Cam Co Talon Deinlein 12 12 Ryle Matt Aylor 13 Scott Justin Miley 12

I imagine that the logic for the weight categories is based on the statistics of the number of kids at that age in those weight ranges. Based on the distributions today, they are saying that 71% (10 of 14 weight classes) of boys weigh 160 pounds or less and 29% weigh more than that. If, based on the fact that Americans are generally getting bigger and bigger each year, this distribution is not representative of the population of students, it should be changed. Perhaps the entire range should be shifted upwards by 5 or 10 pounds. That may be why you see so many of the lighter weight wrestlers wrestling at the high school level while they are still in middle school.

I think Josh is a good wrestler but there are some very strong competitors in the class. I think KWCA has never seen Caleb Ervin wrestle to rank him 7th. I think he has beaten Ohlman 2 or 3 times already this year. I am not saying Ohlman can't win but Ervin is a tough wrestler.

Is Josh Ashbrook really going 140? That seems like quite a drop from 52.

Hey BOP. I have seen Whiting wrestle a few times and I think you are in for quite a ride. For your sake, I hope it is only a 1 point match.

Sheeves. There is a button to the right of the Preview button called "spell check". I ran it on your last post and corrected the two words underlined below. You see, we aren't any smarter than you but we run the spell checker before we send our posts to make us look smart. Alright buddy I'm not trying to say that proper English is a bad thing, but who wants to come to a website where they can be ridiculed (hope thats right wouldn't want anyone to correct me ) just for spelling or using the wrong word. It seems to me that only Shawn and the southern guys get bothered on here anyway.

Thank you Old School. I could not have said it better than you.

He "quite" what? Do you mean he quit?

Chill...people are just reacting to your predictions. It is not meant as a personal attack.

http://www.kentuckywrestling.com/smf/index.php?topic=3558.0;topicseen

These two will see each other at least two more times this season and either can win. It will be fun to watch each time they meet. As ususal, the officials will play a role in the outcome.

How do you misspell the title of your topic? What are you asking people to respond to? I know what a State Champion is but I'm not sure what a Statr Champions is? Is that something less than the best in the state? Is Wayne Couty a new school? I have heard of Wayne County with Vinsant and others but is this a new school? You believe they so....what?

Jordan Whiting of Trinity is undefeated but has only wrestled for a couple of weeks. Bop, I am sorry to say that Jordan is a monster. I wish you good luck.

What about Zarth, the defending state champ at 119?

Tough question, colonelcoach, because I think this is an issue of supply and demand. Unless you are aware of a large number of wanna be referees, we have a limited bench. Therefore, it is difficult to enforce additional requirements or conditions to officiate. Somewhere along the line, individuals are making the decision not to officiate wrestling. This does not seem to be an issue in other sports but you also don't have "all day" commitments in football, basketball, soccer or other sports. I don't know about the pay element but it may not be worth their time.

FYI. Adam Remines is the 152 for Trinity 152 1 PRP Dakoda Choate 11 2 Har Co Josh Ashbrook 12 3 Con Ryan Dillon 12 4 SK Ryan Vaughn 12 5 Bull Cen Justin Walls 12 6 Chr Co Cory Armstrong 12 7 Wood Co Chad Scott 12 8 Cen Kevin Porter 12 9 FC Cody Mann 12 10 Fr Co Ethan Whitt 12 11 Sen Lofton Wright 10 12 JC Todd Sites 10 13 Mc Cen Preston Shoopman 10 14 Way Co Matthew Sullivan 10 15 Ryle Conner Coyle 9 16 Lar Co Des Jakes 11 17 PD Logan Murrell 18 Tri Dylan Harbolt 10 19 Law Co Zach Frazier 12 20 Des Kevin Snyder 12 21 Cam Co Tobi Liang 12 22 Cald Co Gavin Agnew 10 23 Call Co Ryan Shoppe 12 24 NO Jeff Thomson 11 25 SC Steven Marcum 11 26 Laf Nathan Green 10 27 Moore Jimmy Roberts 12 28 Pik Co Cen EJ Hampton 11 29 Pad Til Malik Curtley 12 30 Irq Raydale Williams 12

The above shows how easy it is to make a mistake when you are typing online. Proper grammar in emails in a professional environment are important. The only difference, however, is that times are changing. I notice that email communications is becoming more and more informal. But there is a huge difference between typing some incorrectly as opposed to not have a solid background in English to know if something is wrong.

Unfortunately, I don't know any of the others names. Seems that I can always remember the names of the ones I don't care for. I don't have much experience with Ohio. I have alot of experience in Indiana and overall believe they are more professional and consistent. As with other refs, I don't always agree with how they call it, but from mat to mat, you'll get a consistent call. I don't like, however, that they don't seem to give points when there is a takedown out of bounds even though the wrestler still has both feet clearly in bounds. The key for a good officiated tournament in any state should be consistency in the calls from mat to mat. It is hard enough for a wrestler to strategize for a match with an opponent without having to figure out which referee they are going to have as well.

Grappler, you make a great point. Most sports have a referee evaluation and review process that helps provide independent review and evaluation of a referee's performance from time to time. I know this means more cost for a tournament but it would be nice to have this process to keep referee's on their toes.