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  1. Lowsingle

    Not looking forward to state.

    I would have no issue with spending two days in Winchester if we hadn't just spent last weekend in NKY for a "State Tournament Round 1". I've been around KY wrestling as a competitor and coach since 1998 so I remember the past two venues. Never went to a state tournament when it was at Atherton. I remember the 3 day tournament in Frankfort when they used to wrestle a round and half of championship matches on thursday. My problem with the two day state tournament is the financial burden we are putting on parents and programs forcing them to travel and get hotel rooms two consecutive weekends at different high school gyms and paying ticket prices you would expect at a large venue to sit in a high school gym. A two day state tournament would be great in the right venue.
  2. Lowsingle

    Not looking forward to state.

    I agree 100%. There are plenty of places to host that are centrally located. At this point I would drive from Pike County to Paducah for a nice venue for the kids. Martin County drove to Union for state duals a few years ago, If you build it they will come. WV hosts a great state tournament in the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington which is probably less that 10 miles from the KY border. I'm sure the teams that border Pennsylvania and Maryland don't mind since the venue is nice.
  3. Lowsingle

    Not looking forward to state.

    This whole post season has not been enjoyable for fans, coaches or mostly importantly wrestlers. I was at Ryle this past weekend and I can honestly say that I have never been in a gym so long to only wrestle 16 man brackets. No hospitality room, one concession stand so the line was very long most of the day, no seating, restrooms were not big enough and floor space around the mats was not sufficient. Not to mention that the competition area was not legally set up according to rules that are in place for the safety of the athletes. The out of bounds lines were not far enough apart. There were a couple of places on the mats where you could stand with one foot in the wrestling area of two different mats. Most of these things are not the fault of Ryle coaches or admins, its just an issue with putting that many teams and fans in a high school gym. I am most certainly not looking forward to being packed into GRC this weekend. First of all the fact that we are making this a two day event is being ridiculous. 16 man brackets on 5 mats if done right should take about 6-8 hours max not two days. We are forcing parents of competitors to miss work on Friday if they want to watch their sons compete when the whole tournament can be wrestled on Saturday. Isn't that why we put in the 6th match rule for post season? So we all show up bright and early on Friday, while GRC is in school session, to watch 3 total rounds of wrestling. Those 3 rounds should be finished by about 5pm unless we take a bunch of useless breaks just to string out the days which only causes the fans and competitors to become more disgruntled. Now the teams that have to travel from the far ends of the state will go back to their hotel rooms, that they had to book for 2 nights instead of 1 night costing the team money that they probably didn't have, and find out how to kill time the rest of the evening. Then we will get up early and finish the tournament the next day but not without buying another $16 ticket and if you are lucky you can get one of those $75 KHSAA hoodies for your kid before you go home. Total cost for a family of 4 traveling to watch their kids compete: Hotel Room 2 nights $275 Tickets for 4 both days: $128 Fuel, Food, Merchandise: $300 Total cost about $700ish for a tournament that could be done start to finish in 1 day. Not mention the fact that those same fans spent half that amount to go to the first round of state last weekend. We are doing our people and injustice. We are killing our sport by letting this happen. We will lose wrestlers next season because of our postseason. The wrestlers and their parents will leave this season with a sour taste in their mouths and they will remember what a circus it was this season,.
  4. Lowsingle

    State Tournament Hope

    Help me out KHSAA State tournament venues: football: UK basketball: UK girks bball: UK baseball: UK softball: UK Swimming: UK track and field? soccer? Wrestling GRC high school volleyball: ?
  5. Lowsingle

    Youth State Tournament Prices

    I’m worried about families not being able to afford to compete in post season. I personally know one family that consist of mother, father, middle school wrestler, youth wrestler and sibling This is their costs: mother $30 two day pass father $30 two day pass sibling (15 year old) $30 two day pass middle school wrestler $30 entry fee youth wrestler $30 entry fee If the middle school wrestler does not place at the middle school state tournament he can pay another $30 to wrestle on Sunday. Possible Costs in entry fees and tickets $180 Add hotel, food and travel costs it could be $400-$500 weekend.
  6. Lowsingle

    Youth State Tournament Prices

    Just saw the prices for middle/youth state tournament and they seem a little outrageous for a youth wrestling tournament. Imagine being a family of 5 who has two wrestlers and a younger sibling coming to watch their brothers wrestle. Just for a single day they would pay $110 just to get in the door and wrestle. Not to mention hotel, food and travel costs. The bylaws posted show that registration fees were set at $16 per wrestler. Are there any minutes showing that the entry fee price was changed (almost doubled) and voted on? I’m not sure why we are causing financial hardship on parents just to get their kids into the state tournament.
  7. Lowsingle

    Brackets are out

    Can anyone clarify if a forfeit can be awarded to a wrestler if his opponent doesn't show up and weigh in for the tournament. I thought that would be a bye. I was under the impression that a forfeit can only happen if the wrestler shows up and weighs in.
  8. Lowsingle

    No podium or awards

    No podium or awards ceremony. Pick up your medal on your way out the door!
  9. Lowsingle

    Season Starts!!!

    Region 8 is basically everything east of I-75 with the exception of a couple of school. Harrison county to Letcher County for last years regional tournament is about 3.5 hours on a bus. I think the region is 15-16 teams.
  10. Anything open on these dates?
  11. Lowsingle

    Referees

    Two Things: 1. Maybe it is time for the KHSAA to consider an evaluation system for officials. In WV we used to fill out an evaluation for on officials after each tournament. The forms were anonymous so coaches could be honest. Officials got a chance to review those forms as a self evaluation after each tournament. Officials were then selected for the post season based on how they were evaluated instead of the buddy system we have going on now. We had very young and inexperienced officials on the mat during very important matches this last weekend. 2. I think one possible option would be to bring in a crew from out of state for the state tournament. I see a lot of elbow rubbing and cutting up between certain officials and players/coaches from certain teams. I think that if you are an official that spends most of your season working in a particular region or for your alma mater then you might be subconsciously biased towards those teams during the post season when competing against teams and coaches that you haven't seen all season. Bringing in an out of state crew with no biased would eliminate that issue. Just an opinion.
  12. Unranked Matt Mills from Sheldon Clark has wins over #23 Hudgins, #17 Manns, and #5 Haverstick at 120lbs. He may be a sleeper coming into the state tournament.
  13. Lowsingle

    Off Season Tournaments

    Does anyone have a list of offseason tournaments in Kentucky or surrounding states? Have they set dates and locations for the Bluegrass Games and Kentucky State Greco, Freestyle, Folkstyle, and Sombo? Thanks in advance for any help.
  14. Lowsingle

    New to Olive Hill

    There is a club team in Huntington WV, about 45 minutes from Olive Hill called Ground Zero. There are a lot of quality kids his age at that club.
  15. Those Finalist and Champions numbers kinda jump out at you. Approximately an 80/20 split! State Finalist Break Past 4 years 6A obviously carries the majority. 2A consistently puts 4-5 in the finals every year thanks to Union County. 3A-5A combine for about 5-8 per season. 2014 1A-0 2A-5 3A-1 4A-0 5A-5 6A-17 2013 1A-0 2A-4 3A-0 4A-0 5A-5 6A-19 2012 1A-0 2A-5 3A-4 4A-3 5A-1 6A-15 2011 1A-0 2A-5 3A-1 4A-5 5A-2 6A-15