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Also something else about Blanton being able to hang with these guys. When he wrestle Shirky last Shirky won 3-1. So yes I think he can hang with them.

Blevins is a beast. Big, strong, agile, and athletic. He has wrestled some very good kids this year and beat most of them. 2 of his loses are to the OH #1 and WV #1 and wrestle them to good matches 3-2 against the WV kid and I can't remember the score vs the OH kid but yes hes a solid wrestler.

What will the age group and weight classes be. Is it 7U 9U and so on and 60 65 70 so on. Thanks

First off anything can and does happen at state so you can throw the head to heads out the window. As to do I think Geordon can go toe to toe with Parrot, sure I do. He anyone can wrestle with anyone for one match. Geordon resume is solid. He has wrestled top kids from Va, Wv, and Oh all year and won. Does that mean he beats Parrot? No it doesn't. While these predictions are my opinion I truly feel try can come true. While some maybe my region 8 bias (lol) I have confidence in these kids like many others from other regions do in there's kids. While I may not be correct on all I think I will on most.

That's great should work out very good in that case. That's great should work out very good in that case.

The only problem with this is that The Kentucky TOC will be held on the same day as the TOC in Columbus (i think not 100% positive) and many of us will attend that in place of Kentuckys. We need to think about switching dates so we can attend both if it and the original TOC are on the same date.

Johnson Centrals records are in no means padded. They have won region 8 the last 5 years and wrestle in some of the best tournaments in VA and WV. Just last year had 3 kids in the finals and JJ Jude won his second consecutive state title. Not sure the exact number of placers but i think it was 5 or 6.Coach Matney has built a very productive team at Johnson Central. This will continue far into the future.

Heck keep it were it's at or move it back to Frankfort. The main thing that needs to be fixed is the way our tournament is ran. Host seeding tournaments and regionals. Have 16 or 32 man brackets. Let middle school kids that place at the midfle school tournament still enter. Quit watering down the tournament, let's have true youth state champions. In WV, OH, PA and so on it is a great accomplishment to win the state championship. Only thing now that our kids get out of it now is having their names called in the face off. If your afraid it will make less experienced kids show up, have a novice state tournament aswell. Best of both worlds.

Your wrong I didn't take anything away from the kid. The kid is a great wrestler and deserved every point he was awarded. I said that in my post. The only thing I brought to light was my opinion along with many others there that day. Decker is great and I would never say any different but so is Blue and IMO he should have been awarded more back points. He wasn't Decker won I congratulated him and said he did a good job. Which he did. His parents should be very proud of him as I am Blue. I would also say if they thought their son wasn't awarded what he earned they would want to vent a little also. Which I would have no problem with.

106- Stephens/Vega-Burroughs/Bowen 113- Nevels/Dezember-Boston/McCain 120- Blackwell/Whalen-Siler/Duncan 126- Ervin/Vasquez-Blanton/Shirkey 132- Lawson/Wilkerson-Fausz/Barton 138- Jude/Carr-Hamilton/Ruiz 145- Young/Lampe-Polley/Lee 152- Lampe/Jones-Cooper/Agnew 160- Myers/Montgomery-Courtney/French 170- Canter/Willbanks-Parriman/Bauer 182- Carmen/Smith-Morrow/Chamblee 195- Preston/Noe-T.Thompson/K.Thompson 220- Niece/Mattingly-Myers/Jennings 285- Blevins/Lawson-Bryant/Couch

14-Brock Ervin 13-Austin Myers 12-Stephen Myers 11-Kevin Cooper 10-Caleb Canter 9-Nathan Boston 8-Jayce Carr 7-Sean Fausz 6-Sam Preston 5-Justin Lampe 4-Chase Blevins 3-Jorge Vega 2-BJ Carmen 1-Jon Siler Team-CC Wildcard-Josh Jude MOW- Jayce Carr

Ok

I don't recall seeing anyone post that it was easy. It was just stated that a rural (as you guys call us) county could and have hosted it in the past. But anyone has to give kudos to anyone that host the state tourney. But I have to agree a rural county should have the same opportunity has urban counties at hosting the state tourney if they would like the opportunity.

Region 8 has not had their seeding meeting yet. I believe they will Friday, but I could be mistaken.

My son wrestles for Johnson County and if we want to wrestle we have to always travel. You just get used to it. He wrestles with the middle school but he still also wrestles the youth circuit, he's 9. We travel every weekend (when the middle school isn't wrestling after the season) 3 or 4 hours away to Oh, WV, PA to find matches. Like this weekend we have to travel past Columbus to get matches. The travel cost is outrageous but if you want your child to get better and he has the want to it has to be done.

Looking back at the brackets Blues first match burns me up. He and Decker had a great match but I thought Blue should've had 3 back points instead of 2 when he hit the first whip. Then he hits the whip again and puts Decker on his back again and gets nothing. then with about 10 seconds left I thought he should've had the escape point when they went out of bounds. But I don't want to take anything away from Decker he's a great wrestler and won the match. Congrats to him and all the middle school kids that placed you all did great and deserve all you get. Looking forward to next year and seeing Blue on the podium one day.

Should be a solid tournament. Kids from TN, VA, and WV will be there. Should be a great day of wrestling.

Youth Tri-State State Tournament Date: March 2nd Location: Johnson Central High School - Paintsville, KY Time: Weigh-Ins from 9:00-10:00am Wrestling begins as close to 10:00am as possible Mail Forms to: P.O Box 708, Paintsville, KY 41240 ALL FORMS MUST BE IN BY THURSDAY, FEB. 28th Fax forms to: 606-788-0014 E-mail forms to: akdc@bellsouth.net Fee: $15 per wrestler – NO TEAM DISCOUNTS Spectators: $6, Students : $2 Make checks payable to Eagle Wrestling Boosters Club Concessions available all day Rules: 1 minute periods Awards: Given to top 4 wrestlers in each weight class Weights: No weight allowance We reserve the right to combine weight classes 5-6: 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, Hwt 7-8: 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 70, 80, Hwt 9-10: 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 100, 110, 120, Hwt 11-12: 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110, 125, Hwt 13-14: 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 155, 170, 185, Hwt For further information, contact Gene Fletcher at genefletcher79@yahoo.com or 606-297-8480. Name: ___________________________________________________ Team: ___________________________________________________ Date of Birth: ____________ Age Division: _________ Weight: __________ Weight Class: _________ I hereby give my permission to the child listed on the form to wrestle in the Youth Holiday Classic. My signature below releases all sponsoring bodies, their officials, coaches, volunteers, and referees from any and all legal claims or rights to damages for injuries or losses suffered by my child or myself directly or indirectly while training for, traveling to and from, or participating in this event. Parent / Guardian Name (please print): _________________________________ Parent/ Guardian Signature:___________________________ Date: ________

Should be a solid tournament. Kids from TN, VA, and WV will be there. Should be a great day of wrestling.

Is this tournament and the Kentucky TOC going to be ran by the same people? Same weight classes and birth years?

Are the singlets a idea that will stick around for years to come?

So this is a odd year tournament

I agree Ranger. The competition is getting better and it's to good for the MS level to go to 8 man brackets. Our region 4 3 seed (Blue) wrestled 2 of the top kids in the 70lb class to great matches. We need the 16 men brackets because with the competition right now any one could beat any one.

I 100% think we need a different set up for our youth state tournament. I like the way WV holds there's. 16 men brackets that have the top 8 seeded I believe. This way you have true state champions. Have a few(say 5-8) qualifying tournaments and no regionals. Seed according to record and head to head match ups. I know there's problems with all ideas. But this is the way WV holds there's and they very rarely have any problems. I also think the awards need to be a little better. I really like the middle school awards there nice and also a bracket. But this is just my opinion.

I agree. If their 12 and under I think they should be eligible to compete. I think Holub and maybe Horton are the ones that wouldn't be eligible by age but I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure the rest of the 70lbers are under 12 but again I could be wrong. I know Blue didn't place but hes only 9. So if he would've placed he would have to sit it out as a 9 year old by only a few months. So next year (if he places which I think he will) he would have to sit out as a 10 year old. That would suck.