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Great news. Like he never left!

Great interview on Flo with Coach Ruschell. Bader and Kyle talk for about 25-30 minutes. Good stuff.

Today’s camp was awesome! Bo Jordan is truly one of the classiest people I’ve ever had the opportunity to meet. He was so down to earth, funny, and hands on with all of the kids. Loved the “claustrophobic” story! The most important part to his camp was his message. What a wonderful inspiration to our young people. He talks about faith and family above wrestling and success. He has truly learned the lesson that wrestling can provide for us all. This man may not have ever won an NCAA Championship, but he is a CHAMPION at life. Thank you Bo for your time today. We will see you again in the future!

Does “Open” mean college level as well?

Still no results?

What an amazing week for KY! We had men and women athletes representing our state to the highest standard. We had tons of All Americans these past few days. Not just at Fargo, but at National Tournaments all across our great nation. Congratulations to all those men and women who went and took on the challenge. But, to our 2 Fargo All Americans, a special congratulations. You have succeeded on the highest stage! The state of KY is proud of you. And you can bet your last dollar, the county of Woodford is proud as they can be! Safe travels home and we will see you soon! #WOFOCO

Awesome job Maquoia!! Keep it up lady! #woodfordcounty!!!

Triston has been a monster this offseason. Definitely been hitting the road and putting in the time. I’m sure all his hard work will payoff when the season rolls around.

No Bernabe?

This is great! Great line up, so far. If Ramirez or Miller bumps up to 164, the team will only have 3 weights to fill. Would love to see Lauren Walton fill the spot at 100.

What an awesome day 1 at the combine!! KY and IN both showed up and performed very good in front of some college coaches. Everyone from NAIA to D1 was represented today. I love seeing our KY boys showing out! Thanks again to Coach Wheeler and Coach Knable for making this happen.

Can’t say enough about this group of guys and the coaches! These young men went out and represented KY very admirably. It wouldn’t have mattered if we sent every State Champ from this year, we couldn’t have knocked off Illinois or Indiana. That’s just the cold hard facts. Those 2 states have their stuff together. We as a state have improved immensely on our feet, but our mat wrestling is still lagging WAY behind!! We told these guys to go back and ask their coaches for more mat wrestling training. Also, these other states are relentless from every position. We need to teach our kids to be just as relentless. This was an absolute awesomen experience. Team KY’s crowd was great! The kids were great! And the coaches were great as well! I had a blast coaching beside all of them. #HAILKY

You mean two people can disagree on this site and it’s ok??? Wow!! Just kidding... Best of luck to Mason at West Point. And being an Iowa fan isn’t all bad. Either way, black and gold will look good on ya!

Just wanted to make the distinction between being a little off and being dirty. I saw a high profile KY kid lose a match this year and throw their medal away. He didn’t do it in front of a bunch of people, and he has no idea that I saw it. Does that mean he is a little off. Nah, not in my book. Just a kid that was disappointed in the result without appreciating the journey.

Metcalf finals....Caldwell shouldn’t have been running backwards doing back flips with time on the clock. Pushing is more of a wrestling move than back flips. Gilman vs Waters...I’ll give you that, it was pretty dirty. Agreed, everyone needs a second chance, but if the kid needs meds, or professional help, they should look there first.

Fits maybe, but never intentionally trying to hurt someone. And I would guarantee, if someone bucks Coach Brands or Terry, or Morningstar, etc., they will feel the wrath of the whole staff. If this kid has a mental disorder, then that needs to be addressed. But, mental disorder or not, if he can’t control himself on the mat, he needs to stay off of it. There is no place in wrestling for people like him.

Couldn’t disagree more with Dutch or Wildcat. You act like Iowa wrestlers are a bunch of thugs like this guy. Iowa wrestlers might seem “a little off” but they are not dirty like this guy. They sure as heck don’t yell at their coaches like this guy. Just watched videos from the Southern Scuffle. This guy has a major problem. If he went to Iowa, Coach Brands and company might be just what this punk needs to straighten out. Hopefully he lands somewhere that will fix him. Lots of life lessons to learned by this kid.

I love the Hawkeyes, but I hope Desanto goes somewhere else. What he tried to do to Micic in the quarters at the NCAAs is ridiculous. I don’t mind hard nosed wrestling, but this guy is just flat out dirty. I’d rather he go to PSU and meet up against Spencer Lee at some point and Spencer kick the snot out of him.

Two tough KY teams with alternates. Coach Parks WOFO, Coach Ashbrook HC, Coach Leavell CC, Coach Elam UC, Coach Simpson Way Co, and myself Coach Cardwell WOFO will be taking these young men to compete. Should be a great trip. Coach Parks has the line ups.

Kyle Ruschell is back at it again, making KY proud!! He is 3-0 on the day and just won his semi final. He will be wrestling in the finals later this evening. Best of luck KY KYLE!

Combine is almost full. If your considering going, you need to act fast and sign up immediately. I can’t believe that this thread hasn’t blown up! This is an awesome opportunity to get in front a lot of college coaches at the same time in a small setting. You don’t have to be a State Champ to be a college wrestler. You have to be a hard worker who loves wrestling. That’s it. Thank you to NLW and Invicta for putting this together!

Yost 8th Place, Johnson 4th Place, Ervin 3rd, Place, Moore Runner Up, and Smith Runner Up. Amazing accomplishment for all of these young men.

Awesome job Chase!!

Not sure KY has ever had 2 kids from the same team in the finals! What an awesome accomplishment. Looks like quite a bit of hardware coming back to KY!!!

Our KY boys are representing our state very well. Yost, Moore, Smith, Ervin and Johnson are all in the quarters. Keep it KY!