halfhalfhalf

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content count

    869

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    26

Posts posted by halfhalfhalf

  1. Posted · Report reply

    5 hours ago, FalconWrestling said:

    Off the top of my head Fern Creek should be in Region 4 not Region 3 which would balance the two regions out somewhat, but they will still be the two smallest regions in the state participant wise. Louisville schools have been dropping programs and the AD's have shown no interest in re-adding programs. I guarantee at least one more, quite possibly more than that, programs will drop within the next 2-3 years

    then go get a job and build one from not being victim of the drop bug ;) 

  2. Posted · Report reply

    23 minutes ago, grappler-of-old said:

    duals are great except for those small teams.  What happens to teams that only have 4-7 wrestlers?  Hard to have a dual team with that many kids.  And we have quite a few of those in KY. The problem is that other schools don't want to dual these teams or wast a spot in a dual tourney with one of these teams. 

    I think we are in a tough spots with us who do not field full teams. I don't think there is a right answer. 

     

    • Like 1

  6. Posted · Report reply

    6 hours ago, Tdog'sPap said:

    yes to waiver, nuway for one, not sure on the other. temperature checks, one states you can bring a lawn chair as long as you stay 6 feet apart, so I am assuming they are opening up the floor and not using some of the seating. 

    where yall going? 

     

    We just had the plug pulled for football. Not looking promising for us for wrestling this yr either. Regardless of what KHSAA says

  7. Posted · Report reply

    13 hours ago, Tbagnky said:

    With the uncertainty surrounding the coming school year, has anyone heard anything about winter sports' start date being pushed back? I know many wrestlers also play football and can not wrestle until the football team plays their last game. I saw Mr Tackett's comments earlier and he said they may have a December finish for football.

    I highly doubt it gets pushed back unless we have a huge outbreak again this winter. JT comments I felt were in response to the huge bowl games and having to consider it with the partnerships with BBall. We do not have a partnership with UK like BBall does.

     

     

  12. Posted · Report reply

    7 hours ago, wc1992 said:

    The proposed NFHS weight class changes for 2020-21 that I have heard second hand are: 107, 114, 121, 128, 134, 140, 146, 152, 160, 172, 189, 215, and 285.  This would be a reduction to 13 weight classes.  

    Girls weight classes would be: 100, 106, 112, 118, 124, 130, 136, 142, 148, 155, 170, 190, & 235.  

    Also, there are proposals to make changes on allowable hair length, hair coverings, and facial hair.  These proposals appear to be loosening the requirements on them.  

    I am not sure if these have been voted on yet or not.  

    so they ARE going to have weight classes for the girls now?

  13. Posted · Report reply

    37 minutes ago, ukpridewrestler11 said:

    Dalton Russelburg was JV as a freshman. Union doesn't go to a bunch of tournaments where multiple kids are allowed in the weight class. They rarely send a jv squad to other locations the same weekend their varsity is somewhere else. He has to get matches somehow. Jarvis Elam (now a coach at union) was JV until his junior year. He was behind Adam and Aaron Carr for two years, placed 4th as a junior and won state as a senior. Union has a kid that is going to be a senior this year that hasn't been able to make the final varsity roster, and has won JV state the last two years (he has been behind Payne Carr, Trevor Pogue, Dalton Russelburg, and Stephen Little in some capacity). These kids still need matches to have mat time for when their time comes to step into the varsity role. BTW, look out for that Union kid this year. I believe if a kid wrestles the majority of his matches JV, then he should be able to wrestle in JV tournaments. Even kids who are first years should be allowed in JV tournaments if they are the defacto varsity kid. Second year and beyond varsity guys could be pushing it. Also, to get back on topic, I don't think they should cut the weight classes, but agree they should align more with college (plus the four others sprinkled in).

    wouldnt be opposed to that. I rly do not think decreasing is the answer. Reshuffle great. But take away.. Not the answer. 

  14. Posted · Report reply

    1 hour ago, panthers said:

    Then go to individual tourneys that aren't full so he can Wrestle kids that won't take him 12 seconds a match. Lots of individual allow teams to enter more than one kid. There are lots of answers if people want them. It's also easy if you are the one with the good kid to justify it but when you are trying to get kids and it's not a popular sport in your area little harder. When those JV kids are getting distroyed by the same kids that beat the varsity kid a week ago in a different tourney. Parents and kids seem to leave and that doesn't build the sport either. Good kids can find places to wrestle but all kids need challenge not way better than there opponents. I wish all kids the best and like all coaches just look for what's best to build our program and someday be good enough to be a respectable program.

    I am only arguing this point because it is an argument ive had with coaches in the past...... You cannot hold back your better kids to go to a tourney that will not push them. Knowing your kids are the way you look at it. I agree with pin2win some abuse the "JV" system. Always have and always will. But whats good for my program may not be what's best for his program. Comparing apples to oranges.