Louden Swain

First thing you need to recognize here is the fact that JC doesn’t wrestle year round like some teams mentioned. We wrestle and our boys play football and they’re good at it, real good at it. So we don’t step on a mat until the second week of December which by my math gives union a pretty hefty head start on the season wouldn’t you agree considering playoff results? I’ve heard from a Great source and by great source I mean you can bet on it, JC will wrestle anyone in Kentucky if that team would also play us in a football game. Stay humble but act quick as the schedule will fill up fast. Stay humble.

Martin County cancelled

I believe you’ve missed the fact that it’s the only facility suitable for the number of kids that we serve, given the time restraints of trying to find this kind of venue in a short timeframe. For instance NKU has a program coming up and we really wanted to go there, bad news was that there arena is booked for 4 years in the window of time we need. There is no argument that the location is out there, but it’s a venue and it’s sponsored. Not to mention that it is located in region 4 which is the largest in the state if you want to use your Charleston South Carolina argument. I stand by my previous post, it beats canceling. We need to pull together and make the best of what we have, division only hurts kids and the sport.

I would call that a fair assumption but what is more important here is the understanding that we as a whole need to make the most of the situation because it beats the alternative. Like I said before, it beats canceling.

The simple truth about The Pikeville Expo Center as the host for the State Tournament. When it was discovered that we no longer had Broadbent as a venue(spring meeting) board members began the search for a venue that lasted 2-3 weeks with no venue anywhere in Lexington, Louisville, northern Ky. Or anywhere else in Ky that was big enough to host the number of kids that we traditionally serve or was available for any of the dates that we needed. Expo Center had offered up the site fully sponsored. These places don’t stay available long so a decision had to be made fairly quick. After two more weeks of searching it was cancel the tournament or host in Pikeville. Is it the best venue location? No it is not. But it was a better option than canceling. That is the simple truth.

Also, let’s not forget the biggest concern here. This topic was hijacked by someone and it took a left turn. Kids are on here, you don’t say derogatory things about kids, you don’t even say things that can be misunderstood as derogatory especially about a respectful young man and this one in particular is just that.

Well mcx I feel like your post was from the Riddler. You were asked how old he is and your reply leaves a clear possibility. You have no idea how old he really is. What’s your 7th graders DOB? I guess I’m going to be forced into using what little bit of 5th grade math I can remember.

Saturday evening weigh-in will be at Hilton Garden Inn, Louisville AirPort 2735 Crittenden Dr Louisville ky 40209

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You tell em challenger!!! Especially in Johnson County, I would underestimate that little school team on every level. All jokes aside congratulations to all Kentucky wrestlers no matter if your western,northern, central or Eastern for a Great weekend. People can hate on Eastern Ky all they want, but generally you won’t get hate back cause we were raised better. Just like dropping a big Ole dirty word and Mom finding out. For the record, you could never get used to the taste of Ivory soap. (Thanks Mom) Eagles forever, forever Eagles

Don’t let that eastern Kentucky bunch with that giant yellow bus with that discreet flashing beacon on top trick you into thinking they are traveling to West Virginia, Ohio or Tennessee. I happen to know that they are all Soviet trained Russian spies/ wrestlers left here from Hillary’s probe into the Trump campaign. Really, the accent tells on em if you listen close. They are hiding in plain sight.. wake up America!!

I believe to say( we fall under USA wrestling) is not entirely accurate. USA wrestling is for insurance purposes. School teams already have insurance through the school. Club teams however do not as they are not affiliated with a school system, so yes clubs need insurance. In my opinion it’s a redundant cost on an already strained budget across the entire state. Would you purchase two insurance policy’s on your home?

Or maybe you just had bad intel...Hmmm?

Dalton Matney @98 from JC is in 4th grade.

That’s what friends are for.... How about this, I bet that we will see more alternates wrestling in the State Tournament this year than the last three years combined and youth state numbers will be down 25% due to the fact that they have deemed so many kids ineligible. If that ain’t growth, what is????

I have been told otherwise. I have asked the question if you have a kid that finishes fourth at middle school region but decides to wrestle youth state he/she can opt out of middle school state giving their position to the alternate and wrestle youth state. Response was yes they can.

I agree, it’s very misleading. It has been put out there as if NFHS 4-1-1 is the rule that requires you to weigh in wearing your competition uniform. But when you read the rule, NFHS 4-1-1only defines what a competition uniform is. To me it makes zero sense to weigh in wearing a singlet. What Benifit could there be?

How does taking the venue away from a school and giving it to big business make since? I would rather invest in a schools basketball program than give our money to the corporations that own Yum or Broadbent and I can’t stand basketball!! I personally would rather invest in kids and the sport of wrestling no matter what school held the event, but it should be a school. That’s my 2

I believe that being able to rank A kid that is 9 is a testament to how far we have came as a state in wrestling. Take it from a guy who wrestled in Kentucky in the late 80s and early 90s and now coach, there still work to do but we have came a long way. The fact that we can give a nine-year-old kid a middle school platform to wrestle from makes every West Virginia and Tennessee middle school wrestling coach envious because they don’t have that luxury but all of them wish they could. Keep on hammering kid who ever you are, show them why they put your name up there. Big thanks from Eastern Kentucky as well for all the work that goes in the report.

Does anyone know where you can find the new 2017-18 KSWA bylaws?

Thanks Coach

With the added weigh-in on site for youth state, is youth regional participation required? The host no longer enters wrestlers on track, that is up to each individual team coach to enter. I have reached out to a few people and no clear answer yet.

Cheating really?I believe we had 20 kids that made it to regionals today. 3 mats going, and at times had kids wrestling on all 3 at the same time so at times you must sit where you can coach two mats. We are blessed to have this problem btw. If you are referring to being questioned for having 3 coaches on a mat coaching, that actually happened. It turns out that some folks thought the coach from mccreary was from JC, mystery solved, although our school colors are similar, he was from mccreary not JC. Our boys bust their tails and work So very hard. Don't let sour grapes on your part put a shadow on what JC boys did today. cheating is a big ole dirty word to be throwing around loosly. Remember this quote ( when you win say little, when you lose, say less.