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Team scores 1. Cooper 132.5 2. Covington Holmes 110.5 3. Grant County 103.0 4. Thomas Nelson 42.0 5. Purcell Marian 28.0 6. Lexington Catholic 27.0 Individual placers 106 1st Place - Zach Holub of Cooper 2nd Place - Demitri Payne of Covington Holmes 3rd Place - Bryce Reiter of Thomas Nelson 4th Place - Owen Lewis of Purcell Marian 113 1st Place - Nick Bealmer of Lexington Catholic 2nd Place - Deontae Rone of Covington Holmes 120 1st Place - Tyler Holub of Cooper 2nd Place - Chris Borchers of Cooper 3rd Place - Janie Simmons of Covington Holmes 4th Place - Quintin Mount of Grant County 5th Place - Lexi Goode of Thomas Nelson 126 1st Place - Thomas Gripsover of Grant County 2nd Place - Tyler Loechel of Covington Holmes 3rd Place - Justin Stallings of Thomas Nelson 132 1st Place - Kyle Steiner of Cooper 2nd Place - Cory Ashbaugh of Thomas Nelson 3rd Place - Elias Kelly of Lexington Catholic 4th Place - Tim McDowell of Purcell Marian 138 1st Place - M Davis of Cooper 2nd Place - E Allen of Covington Holmes 145 1st Place - Andrew Bailey of Cooper 2nd Place - Kyrie Glover of Covington Holmes 3rd Place - Michael White of Grant County 152 1st Place - Jordan Kidwell of Cooper 2nd Place - Bradley Nance of Thomas Nelson 3rd Place - D`mitri Dozier of Covington Holmes 4th Place - Jared Barnes of Grant County 160 1st Place - Zach Spohn of Grant County 2nd Place - William Lake of Cooper 3rd Place - Tyler Delehanty of Covington Holmes 4th Place - Ben Bellmen of Purcell Marian 5th Place - Rickie Moorman of Covington Holmes 6th Place - Brandon Campbell of Thomas Nelson 170 1st Place - Seth Hille of Covington Holmes 2nd Place - Daylan Bailey of Cooper 3rd Place - Raymond Hahn of Purcell Marian 4th Place - Robert Spohn of Grant County 182 1st Place - Alex Olvera-Vancini of Covington Holmes 2nd Place - Cody Roundtree of Grant County 3rd Place - Micahia Dike of Purcell Marian 4th Place - Ray Andres of Lexington Catholic 195 1st Place - Quinton Rayburn of Grant County 2nd Place - Trenton Rose of Covington Holmes 3rd Place - Matt Andres of Lexington Catholic 4th Place - Darren Chatmen of Purcell Marian 220 1st Place - Kole Beach of Grant County 285 1st Place - Noah Wolf of Cooper 2nd Place - Mitch Patrick of Grant County 3rd Place - Jonathan Dotson of Thomas Nelson 4th Place - Sam Johnson of Cooper The results can be found on Trackwrestling Small tourney and they combined 106-113, 132-138, 220-Hwt So that more matches could be wrestled.

Even though it was not a big tourney I wanted to give the Bulldogs of Holmes a big shout out. It's been a loooooong time since they had this kind of showing in any tourney. They filled 11 wt. classes and an extra at 160. At 113 probably would have won the match for 1st but had an injury default. The team is almost at 100%. They have one more wt. class they can fill 132. Should have 12 wrestlers at the Regional tourney. Also a big shout out to Coach Price who has gotten kids out and keeping them out. Coach Cooper at the middle school level also gets some credit for this. Maybe just maybe there will finally be some red uniforms with a big "H" on the podium in region. And maybe in the near future at the Horse Park.

I for one never saw the any publications of this rule. I also never just peruse the KHSAA website or NFHS website. Never once was it mentioned to anyone on our team from officials or such about it either. regardless of this. The rule is simply to speed up wrestling not a safety issue. And when you have a school like ours who complain when we just want regular head gear (which we don't have a pair for every kid even now) its hard to ask for something that was not needed. If other state agencies have realized that the equipment is close to impossible to obtain ei. OHIO, and postponed the rule change until an adequate supply is available, why can't KHSAA do the same? We have cut holes in the covering when in KY events, but have been told it will not pass after Christmas. It's not like the few we have that need it are outstanding wrestlers or anything of the sort. We just want them to be able to compete even if it is 2 and out. We want to keep these kids wrestling and we would lose these kids if they are unable to compete.

I just tried it. They are out of stock. Lucky for us we will be wrestling in Ohio until we wrestle at Central High school after Christmas.

Yes it is a great way for the coaches to get together before the season and get the ball rolling before the practices begin. I'm not sure about the rest of the coaches out there but $200 is about 20% of our assistant coaches salary and about 11% of our head coaches salary. Head coach gets about $1,800 Assistant and Middle school coach about $1,000 each. Then one with no salary at all. That's almost enough to pay for our expenses throughout the season.

I would just like for them to help with the cost. After food and lodging and gas to and fro its more like $200+. I think whole coaching staffs should attend not just one. It's to much to for one person to soak up. Heck if they can send 15 football coaches and 10 basketball coaches to there respective clinics I would think they could spring for 3-4 coaches to attend the wrestling clinic.

I've been one year and it was a good event. Wish our school would spring for the cost so our coaches could go every year.

I would think that ranger ranking some of the CC kids lower is kind of like a dad/mom who is coaching their sons/daughters teams. You usualy vote against your own more that you vote for them, so that people don't think you are playing favoritism. I'm not saying its the right way to do things just the way it is. Look at some of the officials when they officiate against their alma mater some of them never get the questionable calls because of fear of favoritism. Overall it doesn't really matter we will find out come Feb. who is on top and who is next in line.

Thats the easy part. Getting those kids to the point where they have the desire is the hard part. I don't believe we are saying different things here. As coaches if your not possitive toward your athletes then you should not be coaching. Are there exceptions to the rule of course there are. And those exceptions are usually the best of the best. When you have a kid for 6 months a year for an average of 3 hours a day teaching desire is very difficult. Can it be done? Of coarse it can. Can it be done with every kid? No. But you try and try and try again to instill that desire and positive attitude. You make goals. If that goal is reached then you make a higher goal. I know what you mean by setting to low a goal. When asked what my goal was as a 2nd year wrestler I said "to be a state champion, and I would be satisfied with nothing less than placing top 6 in the state. (They only placed top 6 in my day). I was told by a newpaper reporter who was interviewing the team. "thats probably to high of a goal why don't I put you want to qualify for state". Being 14 years old I said "I know I'm going to state, but you can put that down if you want". I lost in the semi's and placed 4th that year, and when I next saw the reporter said I told you that was not a high enough goal. But that was me and I have always been hard headed and extremely competitive. I never reached my goal but I know that I pushed myself to try and accomplish it. As a coach you try to get that same fire in your wrestlers. Dutch your comment about surrounding yourself with people with the same desire is exactly the point I was trying to make when I said the bigger programs (not schools) have an advantage. When you have a handfull of kids on your team and 1 or 2 of those 10 have a real desire then its hard to keep those with the fire in thier belly fueled. But if you have 30 kids in the room and 25 of them have the fire then it is easy to fuel that fire. I tried just keeping those only with the fire on the team. That mean you only have 2-4 kids in the room. Not only is that not good for the kids but it also does not help the program, the school fights every day to end the program. I believe that if 1 kid wants to wrestle then you give that kid the opportunity, but schools don't always look at it like that. In the past we had an AD with the same belief now there is a new AD and he just looks an numbers. I didn't make the initial comment to make excusses. I made it to thank those who help the kids who try hard but don't always succeed on the big stage for whatever reason it may be. Many people don't realize that when someone from another team just acknoledges a kid who is trying, goes a long long way with that kid. It shows them that their hard work has not gone un-noticed by those outside his team. He takes that back with him and helps fuel the fire and in many cases pushes that kid to be more successful.

That hits the nail on the head. If you want it bad enough. Where does that mentality come from? Very few have that attitude by themselves. It was tought to them by thier parent/guardian. When sports or at least the sport of wrestling is far far down that list of importance it is hard to get those individuals to "want it bad enough". It makes it even harder when that parent/guardian does not attend or even want that individual to wrestle. How many kids do you see that are successful that do NOT have their parents/guardian or even a sibling attend every meet or at least the majority of them? Heck I've seen more than my share of wrestlers that NEVER had thier parents see them wrestle. My point and I think Wtbgg's is that success does not have to be guaged just by being the best or one of the best. It can be guaged by other accomplishments as well. It's not a defeatist attitude when you celebrate a kid just qualifying for the state touney or making it thier goal. Not everyone has supporters like yourself that give up so much to see their kids succeed in a sport. That is the true makup of a great program is getting parents involved and supporting the team or at least their own kids. Once again thanks to all that open up and allow some of those kids with less support into your supporting world. Even a little bit of support for many of those kids go a long way.

This is very true Wtbgg However that does not mean that you give up. Those of us in those less privileged schools have to work harder to get those kids and PARENTS interested in wrestling and find ways to get them to camps, summer tourneys and such. I've been on both sides of the coin. 16 years in a big school and 13 years in the less privileged school. The big difference is the parent support and the Comorodory (sp) (to lazy to look up the correct spelling) of the parents and kids. In the big schools/programs you work for a good season every year. In the small school/programs you work for a good season every 3 or 4 years. You focus more on the individual accomplishments than on the team itself. Seeing a kid go from 0-20 because he started his freshman year and was thrown into a varsity lineup to seeing that same individual win 20+ matches and qualifying for state a couple of years later is as great a feeling as seeing a kid you have had for 6+ years win a state title. The one great thing I have found out (at least here in Nky) is that the coaches and supporters of other teams help out when they can for us smaller programs. Many of my kids have received free or lower costs to camps, tourneys and the such. It proves that wrestling is a family no matter what school you are from. Throwing a little respect to some of those less privileged kids go a long way. Many of them have few people who show them the attention or respect that many of the others get. Thanks to all that take a little time to help or acknowledge the little guys out there trying there best.

I am all for supporting the coaches association. How are the coaches contacted? What is the cost? I'm not the head coach anymore, but would still like to be part of the association. If we are contacted trough the school, I will never get the info. Nor will they help out with the membership dues. Does only one coach need to be part of the association to have their kids eligible?

where can the results of all the duals be found?

Yeah well welcome to basketball friendly Campbell Co. High School. When we were state runner ups in 83 not only were we not recognized but they would not allow a banner to be put up in the gym. Even though there was one there for the Girs basketball team that won region and lost thier first game in the state tourney. My parents and other wrestling parents fought the boosters to get us jackets for winning region and being runner up. Heck most students and teachers didn't even know we had a wrestling team. Then in 90 when we won state there was very little recognision again. It took the second title in 91 and many complianing from the coaches and parents before we got a banner up. Not to mention the individual state titles that were being won by the wrestling team.

I'm gonna miss ole "Billy Goat Gruff". He was hilarious in the seed meetings.

Mitch was dominate his sr. year but his Jr. year was not a walk in the park for him. especially at the state tourney. He barely won his quarter finals match 10-9 (another 3 seconds and he would have lost) and won by 2 in the finals. Wish he could have competed past high school. Medical reasons kept him out.

Region 6: Boone Co. Campbell Co, Kenton Co, and Walton Verona schools are closed today. That leaves only two teams in school today in region 6. Covington Catholic, Covington Holmes and Newport Ind. Guess they will be Champ and Runner up and third.

As one who knows from experience; There were many years in which I was the only coach on the team. It makes it difficult to be on two mats at once. (I believe Scott in NKy only has one coach). What Ky needs to do is what I have seen in Ohio. The referee makes sure there is a coach in the corner before they start each match. Overall; Great to see the wrestling community come together. This site was probably the main contributer to this. I know many would not have known about this if not for this site. (I for one would not hav known.) Great to see that we were able to teach our wrestlers/kids how to get something done in a civilized way. Using the correct avenues to get an injustice done. Just one more reason why wrestling is such a great sport. We were able to take a bad situation and get it changed.

You make those tourneys special tourneys then you are opening another can of worms. Why should those programs get the prfits of a big tourney and not other programs. Do you ask the non-ky teams to not attend these tourneys anymore since they are not part of the state? Then what happens when that schools drops their program? For years in KY we had the high school state tournament held at a high school that did not even have a wrestling program. Up till the mid 90's i believe. All this for the sake of seeding the state tourney? What happens when Ryle schedules the Dragon and then they are not allowed to attend because they had snow, or one of their studs is hurt on that tourney day, or sick, or does not make weight? Or just has a bad day? Then what happens on those days when these tourneys are held? Look at last weekend. If you are not a team in the state duals, you have an exceptionally hard time finding a tournament to attend. Do we need to do this on 3 or 4 other dates during the year?

takedownmachine; If we do it your way. Seed everyone regardless of if they win a region or not. Why have a regional tournament? You would then have to require teams wrestling at certain tournaments or something like that. We have numerous teams that don't compete in KY for most of thier season. Should they be forced to participate more in KY? If so then that causes for more travel for many teams like those in NKY. Once you leave NKY the nearest teams or tournaments are an hour or two away. Whereas if they cross the river into Ind. or Ohio its only a 1/2 hour trip, and more competitive wrestling. If you seed you should only seed the regional champs. And I think the only criteria you use is like Tenn. Returning placers in the state tourney last year, then draw the rest.

Yes we in KY still do it the same way the only problem is that there is only 1 tourney before the state tourney and you have 8 champions. That means that if all the number 1's win there will be a match up of number 1's in the quarter finals. This is where some people have a problem. If the supposed two best wrestlers are in the same quarter bracket they meet in the quarter finals instead of the semi's or finals. I personally don't care about when the best two meet, as long as they meet.

The 2nd placer in the region would still be in the opposite side of the bracket.

yes a team can have a wrestler make wt. at an out of state tourney. However they still need to follow a decent plan. If they weigh in too heavy at state duals they will not be able to make the wt. at regionals.

The first state duals were in 1990, Woodford won state duals CC won state tourney. I believe CC won both in 91.

Grant County is no longer in region 6.