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Please put the ranking team together . We have 3 people so far that said they will help. Thanks for coordinating. Sunday is a big day for wrestling with the release of the state draws. It would be nice to have top 8 ranked at least. I love to follow all weight classes at state and rankings are key. Our wrestling is improving in the state but our coaches and admins aren't keeping pace. Thank you to the 3 that have volunteerd.

trithis, this is what i mean. sigep567 would want to do this as would others, but they feel like they are stepping on rangers toes so they dont. they ask for permission out of respect. sige, please post what you have please as i believe the entire wrestling community would love to see them. thanks for your offer.

all i am saying is if you take on a job, then finish it. if you no longer have the time then pass the torch.

jason, i feel you have apologized for doing absolutely nothing wrong. in fact i thank you for calling out the coaches who dont help you. these are probably the same coaches who whine about not having enough kids on their team. ridiculous. we feel your pain as well, we can rarely get results of any of the meets across the state. i have a challenge for you, next year please come to us, the community and try and get your answers. i am sure we will all do our best to help.

Fact of the matter is if we dont do a good job promoting ourselves and producing rankings , wrestling will never be taken seriously by the media. Cant blame them, if we cant keep our own house in order why should they be made to come fix us up. As far as rankings go, Ranger has been a huge disappointment. He put in many hours of hard work over the years and that is much appreciated, but to just walk away from doing the rankings consistently without an official "retire" notice, is rude. Ranger went out of his way to prove the old KHSAA rankings were illagitament and to compare his rankings to theirs in the hopes to prove how much better he was.He got his way and they quit doing them and even adopted using his rankings as official for the state meet. So i dont wanna hear anyone coming to his defense in saying he just did it "for the boys" as an unselfish act, wrong. He did it for his own ego as well. I fully understand he has better things to do, i get it, but at least announce your walking away so a new Ranger can step up.

So it appears that the all "A" classic is sponsored by Touchstone Energy. If wrestling was to be added to the list of sports and sponsored by Touchstone, then I see 1 really good reason for the schools to attend and that is scholarship money. Touchstone gave out 49 scholarships of no less than 1000 dollars to each recipient last year alone, and a total of 77,000. They currently have 8 sports/arts that they equally divide the scholarships amongst. Wrestling makes 9. So you would assume anywhere from 5-6 senior only wrestlers would get a minimum of 1000 dollars to apply to their college education. By my count, and i will include the current member school list below, there are 12 schools that currently have wrestling on the member list. Any school can apply to be a member school and must meet an obvious enrollment criteria that changes every year. I can say that if Walton Verona goes this route to start this tournament that schools may just change their schedules a bit. Because you can either take home a medal or a 1000 bucks. Might not take so long after all ranger. ALL ‘A’ CLASSIC SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 2010-2011 YEAR GENERAL INFORMATION: The Touchstone Energy All ‘A’ Classic is pleased to again announce the availability of non-renewable scholarships/grants-in-aid awarded annually to deserving seniors from Kentucky’s small high schools who will be continuing their ucation at a post-secondary school within the state of Kentucky. ed ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: To be eligible, an applicant must: 1. Be a U.S. citizen or in the process of obtaining citizenship and a Kentucky resident; 2. Be a senior student in good standing at a Kentucky high school that is a member of the All ‘A’ Classic; 3. Plan to attend a post-secondary institution in the State of Kentucky in the upcoming year as a full-time student; 4. Be Drug Free; 5. Submit an accurate and complete application by the designated deadline. AWARD AMOUNT: In 2010-2011, a minimum of twelve (12) $1,000 dollar scholarships will be awarded to senior students planning to attend any post-secondary institution within the state of Kentucky. This includes public and private colleges/universities, community colleges, and vocational & technical schools. Funds will be disbursed equally between the two (2) semesters ($500 each semester of the student’s first year) and credited to the student’s account by the participating institution. (During the 2009-2010 school year $77,000 was awarded) Region 1(12) Region 7(6) Region 13(8) Ballard Memorial Brown Barbourville Carlisle County Christian Academy-Lou. Harlan Christian Fellowship Louisville Collegiate Lynn Camp Community Christian Kentucky Country Day Middlesboro Fulton City Saint Francis Oneida Baptist Fulton County Whitefield Academy Pineville Heath Red Bird Hickman County Region 8(7) Williamsburg Mayfield Carroll County Murray Eminence Region 14(10) Reidland Gallatin County Buckhorn Saint Mary Owen County Cordia Trimble County Hazard Region 2(7) Walton-Verona Jackson City Caldwell County Williamstown Jenkins Crittenden County June Buchanan Dawson Springs Region 9(10) Lee County Livingston Central Beechwood Leslie County Lyon County Bellevue Owsley County Trigg County Cov Holy Cross Wolfe County University Heights Dayton Lloyd Memorial Region 3(6) Ludlow Region 15(10) Butler County Newport Allen Central Frederick Fraize New Cent Cath Betsy Layne Hancock County Saint Henry Paintsville McLean County Villa Madonna Phelps Owensboro Catholic Piarist Whitesville Trinity Pikeville Region 10(9) Prestonsburg Region 4(7) Augusta Shelby Valley Clinton County Bishop Brossart Sheldon Clark Cumberland County Bracken County South Floyd Glasgow Calvary Christian Metcalfe County Deming Region 16(8) Monroe County Nicholas County Bath County Russellville Paris Elliott County Todd County Central Saint Patrick Fairview Silver Grove Menifee County Region 5(7) Morgan County Bardstown Region 11(5) Raceland Bethlehem Berea Rose Hill Christian Campbellsville Frankfort West Carter Caverna Lexington Christian Fort Knox Model Green County Sayre Washington County Region 12(4) Region 6(7) Burgin Beth Haven Danville DeSales Monticello Evangel Christian Somerset Lou Holy Cross Portland Christian Presentation Shawnee TOUCHSTONE ENERGY ALL "A' CLASSIC 2010-2011

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20110224/SPT0301/102250364/ I'll be rootin for this kid.

if you own a tent and dont mind living in northern ky for the winter you can go to ryle.

sorry for the accusation GOO, but you have been known to "GOO in" when you should of "GOO'd out". that is how GOO jr's are made ya know!

pinandwin, did you mean to post that under "superdave" ? the fact i mentioned another posters name must have thrown you off ( i see why you are worried about your son,genetics and all). but it appears your son did just fine without getting alot of chatter on this forum,unlike his dad, that is if you are his real dad. you may consider a paternity test, GOO could be the father.

superdave, if your kids arent reaching there full potential at wrestling because someone posted that another kid was really good , then you have bigger problems than stupid posts. it is the parents job to help a kid reach there full potential and to teach them to believe in themselves no matter what others may say about them or there opponent. if your child gets on here and falls to pieces because everyone is talking about how good other kids are then you may need to seek some counseling for your child and yourself.

2 things polo. my god tells me not to judge, but since you are obviously a christian i dont need to tell you that and secondly if myron did this i am sure he was just showing the IQ of those who judge.

polo, myron will be fine. i have been around him a few times over the years. yes he likes to have fun, but i have never seen him get out of line. he is a good kid and to suggest anything otherwise and to post a comment on his character based upon a one time event during a fire alarm or expression of joy, is riduculously stupid. lets look at this from the correct perspective before judging this kid, he had pressure on him to win from freinds, family, school , and self. going into the week before this match, his matchup with hall was the only gaurenteed head to head with ryle in the finals. you dont think he didnt know that was a huge team points swing for his school to take a title out of the hands of ryle. let alone the massive pressure from his previous matchup with hall. oh yeah, did i mention he was a senior. this kid had more pressure on his shoulders than heart surgeon operating on his own child. so who are you to judge his character. who are you to say he isnt already a good person. hell yeah myron, pump your arms, flex your muscles, throw your headgear in release of emotions. i dont believe too many people in this world are capable of dealing with what you just went through. your character was displayed in those 6 minutes on the mat, not the 5 seconds after. myron for president 2012.

looks like trinity has a shot. 6 ryle kids left in semis and 6 trinity. i think edge still goes to ryle but they have had a few drop out and one injured.

103: pat milford 3 112: John Fahy 14 119: Mark Hall 4 125: Osbourne 11 130: Kevin Cooper 6 135: Travis Kablablabla 8 140: Caleb Ervin 13 145: Terrance Demery 1 152: Josh Johnson 5 160: John Lampe 7 171: Brad Hitchings 12 189: Nathan Ilg 2 215: Tyler Crow 10 HWT: Tyler Pace 9 MOW: Caleb Ervin 140

so this kid is 125 two weeks ago and now he is 171? what a growth spurt, damn puberty. i heard "grapplesackless" was 103 his senior year but two weeks before state he also went through puberty and had to wrestle 285, and now we all know him as "grapplesack"

no, i am pretty sure tupac would be stoned. so my pick would have to be hitchings if he could dodge the gunfire.

because he will have to wrestle 7th in the lineup instead of 8th in a dual. duh! ranger, dont you understand the pressure that would create, months of sports psychology counseling sessions, sleepless nights, and panic attacks. all of which could lead to weight loss and then force him to wrestle even a lighter weight class, pushing him up to 6th in the lineup. then the cycle starts all over again. i cant handle the pressure just thinking about it, lets just leave the weight classes alone.

grapplesack, you have had plenty of time to lose your sobriety and get liqoured up, if you dont speak up now on agreeing or disagreeing with cerons non argument, i will be forced to consult with GOO,s alien keepers and agree to disagree with myself.

GOO, could you leave glenda alone so she can concentrate on giving us the results please. that is unless you are GOO flirting in which case i will leave you alone.

glenda, do you care to share any of the matchups and results for the finals?

ceron, i agree with you whole heartedly, i am so mad about THIS, i cant believe these people would say or do these kind of things! what kind of society do we live in. wait , what is it we are complaining about? i have no clue what you are talking about, you began a thread without any insight as to what the problem may be. didnt your mom tell you that drinking and posting doesnt mix. if you happen to throw your thoughts together and post them, i will support you 100% .( that is unless grapplesack or olymic wish support you , in which case i will have to disagree.)

frank, you cant be serious. you are normally one of the more sensable individuals on this site. i like to think of you as "sensible frank". have you been drinking? fighting with the wife? abducted by aliens? or just plain tired of the fighting. the latter i can understand. but to say your kids are quitting wrestling because of what they read on this forum is nuts. come on man, get back up lick your wounds and rethink your statement. it sounds like you personally dont feel like making adjustments to your future schedule for the state tournament, but i gotta think based upon your normal passion you display for this sport that you cant really mean its ok not to reschedule.

why the need to keep the dates from the parents who are obviously affected by this decision? if you remember the main reason behind the criticsm of the board was lack of communication. so here are the dates of the secret email. it is sat the 13th. sunday the 14th, and sat the 27th. at first look this bodes well for the hs/ms kids as there are two dates to accomodate them versus only one date for the ms only kids (this will be the main reason behind how a coach votes), wrong , it actually dilutes the vote for those that support the hs/ms kids. example, if you have a vote on what is the best color, red or blue, but you throw in light blue and dark blue as an option. well blue might have the most votes but since half of the blue lovers voted for either light or dark, they split up there vote and on a individual basis they lost to red. we cannot have this happen, so mr lang, you must first vote on to include or not include the hs/ms kids and then vote on the dates that fit the outcome. mr lang, please reevaluate how you are going about this and not make two mistakes in the same weekend.

hey yacmed, your a tool! first off maybe you shouldnt of let little 6th grade yacmed jr cut 20 pounds so he could dodge better talent. maybe you should of spent the time making him a better wrestler instead of throwing him a meatless bone to chew on for dinner while you had him in the sauna for eight hours. maybe then you wouldnt be looking at 3 more weeks of starvation for your son while you feel guilty. no middle school kid should be cutting that much weight that the mere thought of having him continue to do so for three weeks trumps an eighth graders last shot at a state title or placing in state for the first time in his career. so how about you take a long hard look at your approach to make yacmed jr a quality wrestler and leave your ingnorant comments and child abuse to yourself.