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82 on Caleb and Jordan's bracket. Good luck guys. Both have first rounds against people without players cards, so we don't know much about them. It is good that they went to HS weight classes allowing for smaller brackets. Back when I went, the weight classes were 123, 132, 142, 151, 160 in comparison to todays 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 152, 160. Due to the smaller number of weight classes, at 132 we had 156 competitors which would be hard to complete under todays restrictions of 2 days. Back then we took 1 week for each portion (freestyle and greco).

What????????? Again, many more wrestlers compete in USA/AAU prior to ever getting involved in HS wrestling, some never even do get involved in HS wrestling, and most HS wrestlers that want to be decent who had already competed in USA/AAU gets involved in it. Looking at the numbers, there are soooooooooo many more USA/AAU wrestlers than HS wrestlers. Then take in to the understanding other countries wrestlers, and the fact that our folkstyle wrestlers are now getting smoked at the Olympics by countries much smaller than ours, shows that FILA (or USA/AAU style wrestling) produces the better competitor. Bad argument. That same All American would get many scolarship offers (most of which would be full rides). How many KY State champions get that? Hmmm. Oh, and, the number on the bracket is the initial intimidation, then name recognition, then the full wear and tear of trying to just work through such a huge bracket while wrestling such high calaber competition that you will never see in any one state or state tournament. So, again, your argument is weak. Sorry, not trying to cut you down.

1. There are many, many, many, many, many more USA/AAU wrestlers than there are High School wrestlers. Many wrestlers start off with USA when they are 4 y/o or there about. 2. If you look at Europe, you can see FILA wrestling continued and there is no such thing as HS wrestling. So, sorry, you are wrong again - GURU

Farris lost to McKinley and Fahy has Farris next. So, Fahy should be safe this next round.

4th Round: John Fahy (Kentucky) Dec: 5-0, 6-0 Brady Johnshoy (Minnesota). 5th Round: John Fahy (Kentucky) -- BYE People to watch out for (in order of estimated toughness): Mark Grey (New Jersey) Eric Friedman (Maryland) Derek Elmore (Illinois) Courtland Hacker (Colorado) Sawyer Farris (Iowa)

As was stated earlier, it doesn't have to be too expensive if you look for sponsorship. That can be on the kid. 9 times out of 10 local businesses will say yes to sponsoring an athlete trying to attend a National event! Oh, and why can the sister and family still take their vacation? They can be on the beach while you wrestle. When I went, my family couldn't afford to be there with me. So, it doesn't take anything away from any other member of the family, thus this is all a cop-out. Where you are right, though, is that too many KY wrestlers do not look to wrestle after HS. This is why KY is having a hard time growing in the sport. If you desire for the sport to grow in the state of KY, for colleges to pick it up in the state of KY, then you must help our kids to realize they are good enough to compete in college. This tournament is not only good for exposure and helping our kids get past the mental aspect, but it is also good for in state colleges to realize, hey - if we pick up wrestling as a sport, we might be able to compete!

3rd Round: John Fahy (Kentucky) Dec 5-1, 6-1 Jared McKinley (Indiana) --> Very good job! Also, his next round is agains someone who hasn't done much and had two weak opponents his first two rounds. John should dominate him! Keep up the good work John!

Aww, you are just upset because he sided with me making your sad attempt to talk down what I have said worthless. So sorry there Ranger! Oh, and if that is all your head coaches team desires, that is fine, but to better the sport in Kentucky, we probably should start trying to set their sights higher.

That is very good, but his real competition will be his next match McKinley and hopefully the one following Friedman. Check out their profiles by clicking their names on the bracket. If you will notice, the first kid Fahy wrestled didn't even have a profile and the second one hadn't won anything in his profile. McKinley is pretty good and Friedman is better. They both also did well in Greco ending in a three way tie with the eventual 7th placer (4th placer on their side of the bracket). Friedman actually beat him, but was pinned by McKinley (probably fluke). Anyway, best of luck to Fahy in the upcoming match, it will be huge if he wins it!

Oh, and by the way, any high school kid that places a higher importance on a state championship than being an ALL AMERICAN, must be in special needs classes. Not to mention that a KY state champion will get picked over by any D1 school when compared to any and all All Americans! I am a state champion and I would would give that moment away 10 out of 10 times to be at the top of the podium at the Junior division at Fargo!

Om, yeah, check out the charts! What tournament did you ever go to that had 76 wrestlers in your weight class on your chart? Fahy's chart for Cadet Nationals out at Fargo has that many kids on it. When I went to Junior Nationals back in 94, I had 156 kids on my bracket (132 lbs). I'm sure the 135 lbs bracket will be similar this year. So, please don't even talk when you have never been!

you probably know it as "fat testing" - hopefully that clarifies things a bit for you.

ah, nope. And even if it is at your home school, it isn't free. The assessment person costs money and you can be sure the general fund paying for that person is also collecting from your sport.

Google 10x10 mat-wrestling and you can find many places to purchase. 1 such place is: http://www.amazon.com/10x10x1-25-Dollamur-Ultralight-Flexi-Wrestling/dp/B000FJEIVS

Still needing a name for 189, 215, & HWT. Of course, any changes you see (with good reasoning) is invited. 2009

In the off season, it isn't the time to just eat a bunch of junk and do nothing, but if you have a hankering after eating the right foods all season for something special, eat it. Your body probably needs it for some reason, that is why there is a crave. I think it is silly to "watch your weight" in the off season. The body of a high school wrestler should grow and if you are doing the right things like weight lifting, running, swimming, keeping active, joining other sports, etc... your body should be putting on muscle. Eat what you want (within limits) and be very active and have fun in the off season, then when you get back to season, start working out wrestling style and lose off the extra weight, you can start looking at your best weight class. I would use the fat test to decide. (Under 9%, go where the fat test tells you / the closest weight class lower, 9-15% and you might want to look at 2-3 weight classes depending on teh spread and time restrictions.)

USA sponsors Freestyle, Folkstyle, Greco, & Sombo, so I'm not sure that answers the question.

With most I would agree, but should Osborne stay at 119, I think it would be a good match.

I believe the new head football coach at Trigg (Chris Collins) will be in support of the high school picking up the sport. He didn't overly support the wrestling at Atherton where he coached this year, but he wasn't negative on it either.

Om, look at your quote - right above it - and notice that it was "the bear" that posted it, not danger. I'm not into "zing", so ZAP :roll:

"bruh" ? :-D

My antics? I already posted links to show how everything the "strongest wrestler" did was done. The sideways pull up is easy, especially with keeping the lower arm fully extended as this kid did. But anyway, please explain on my "antics". BTW: We all know your intelligence level is way below mine. You don't need to bring that to our attention.

:roll: Hey, your intelligence level might get you to be president. I mean if Dubya can do it, anyone can.

[Zing] Is this like a comic book? Are we going to add "Zap", "Splat", & "Pow"?

I don't think most people on this site are haters, especially against Metcalf, but most of us would probably like to see Kyle beat him.