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    On 2/11/2021 at 1:20 PM, Home Grown Wrestling Club said:

    Brawl at the Bluegrass wrestling tournament will be in Bluegrass Sportsplex 208 Peterson Drive Elizabethtown Ky it’s a brand new state of the art 103,000 square foot facility. Morning and afternoon sessions. Concession on site run by the sportsplex. Tournament shirts for sale on site. Medals for 1st-4th place. Registration must be done online no in person registration.
     

    USA wrestling and track wrestling sanctioned event, 
     

    https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=623703132

    Great tournament. The hosting club was awesome....great arena....and great competition....I highly recommend this tournament

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    1 hour ago, halfhalfhalf said:

    I still do not see the point. I thought the goal of youth wrestling was mat time.. So cutting the mat in 4 makes sense. Again, I don't see it as a safety issue like you say. Most referees have mat awareness to stop a match if the kids get too close to each other. 

    Mat time is during the season...I'm all for it....but at the STATE tournament it should be about the kids wrestling....it should be a huge deal. Almost like the biggest tournament of their young lives. Not just heard them in and put them on 1/4 and go home. That to me make the state tournament look cheap.  I understand people want to go home it was a long trip. But it's State. It's gonna be crowded,loud....as it should be....it should be bigger,louder....and a huge deal should be made of it. Not this whinning about 1/4 mats or it took to long or location. It's State....

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    On 2/19/2020 at 8:38 AM, halfhalfhalf said:

    I maybe lost here but.... most youth tournaments I have been too the little kids wrestle on 1/4 mats. It's been this way since I was involved in wrestling...... I get the yelling and all that but it still has been that way at almost every youth tourney ive ever been too. 

    I haven't seen this. And I wouldn't want it. Just from a safety reasons 8 kids, 4 refs, 12 coaches on 1 mat. That is alot of movement on one mat. We have traveled all over Wrestling and haven't seen it. I have seen half mats. But it's State!!! Give these kid their due and give them 1/2 mat or a full mat if they make the finals....it's a big deal to them no matter their age

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    On 2/19/2020 at 11:01 AM, Coach Livingston said:

    It’s extremely common to wrestle on 1/4 mats for the little kids. They don’t need a half mat nor a full mat to wrestle on. If you travel outside of Kentucky (which you might, not judging), you will see many 1/4 mats for the little ones. This year’s Region 4 Youth Regional Tournament was a great example of using 1/4s. My coaching staff had no complaints. Again, I like the dialogue of making our Kentucky tournaments better, but I’m also going to suggest a solution to the “problem.” 

    We just moved from Oklahoma. And I haven't seen or thought of having that many kids going on 1 mat. We have traveled to different states and haven't seen it. Not saying it hasn't been done but let me say this. The little kids bust their butts just as much as the bigger kids. And deserve as much mat as the bigger kids get. My suggestion is this it's the state tournament, just deal with it being so long and drawn out. I want more focus on the kids that made the finals. At least give them a finalist singlet. Maybe introduce them as their match starts

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    On 2/11/2020 at 4:47 PM, Coach Livingston said:

    Overall, outstanding job by the KFWC, our KY coaches, and kids at both MS and Youth tournaments. I especially enjoyed the coach’s lounge with constant food and beverages. There was plenty of seating and the security staff was pleasant. I’d have to agree on the larger mat space for the Novice - Middle School Divisions at the Youth tournament. These ages have likely been wrestling middle school Saturday matches throughout the season. As a solution, I would suggest having the pee wee and bantam wrestle on mats divided in quarters, the intermediates wrestle on mats divided in half, and novice/MS divisions on full mats. Again, outstanding job by the KFWC. The MS parade of champions was a great experience for our kids. Thanks!!

    There is no way to wrestle on a quarter mat..... seriously 4 matches on one mat. That's 16 coaches yelling 4 refs blowing whistles and a ungodly amount of parents screaming. I would not want my Wrestlers on quarter mats.....

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    The State tournament in Pikeville was a awesome venue. I get it nobody wants to travel that far. But in our case it was exciting to see a part of Kentucky that we haven't been before. My child had a skin a nail check at weigh in the officials there was kind and courteous. My issue is this....the FINALS!!!! There was no singlets given to the finalist. No announcement made of who was in the finals. I understand that is busy and everyone wants to go home and their was a second session. But these kids bust their butts to get there and at the end of the day they get the same medal as any other tournament. They should make a bigger deal out of making the finals

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    6 hours ago, thegoldenwrestler said:

    Just some things for the next rankings from the Anderson County Tournament a couple weekends ago in case you missed it

     

    106- # 20 Kelton Bailey beats #13 Ashley by Pinfall, 2:47 to win the Anderson County Tournament. 

    UR Aiden Butler beats #12 Cole Harrod by Dec, 6-0

     

    113- #23 Maximus Beltran beats #18 Maurice Murphy by Dec, 4-2

     

    120- UR Jonathan Pittman beats #20 Luke Oliveros by pinfall, 3:45

     

    132- #21 Mason Polston beats #19 Jalen Wideman by pinfall, 0:45

     

    145- #15 John Lowe beats #8 Chas Fudold by Dec, 6-4

     

    152- #6 Dylan Preston beats #4 Tyler Hudgins by Dec, 10-5

     

    160- UR Jacobie White beats #21 Andrew Archibald by pinfall, 2:57

    #6 Cole Nance beats #2 Nathaniel Lawrence by Inj, 5:52

     

    170- #10 Chase Fink beats #4 @ 160, Tristan Brooks by Pinfall, 5:38

     

    Things I Took Away: Kaiji Fujii @ 126 is the real deal. Lost to Kinley in the finals in a barn burner but i had heard he beat him the weekend before. 

     

    Chase Yost and Thomas Deck are good at wrestling lol. 

     

    Dylan Preston from Woodford had an amazing weekend pinning Walker McCubbin and handling Tyler Hudgins pretty well in the finals. 

     

    Cole Nance with arguably the upset of the day beats Nathaniel Lawrence by forfeit but that forfeit doesn't mean a thing. Nance was handling Lawrence before he had gotten hurt, Nance looks extremely tough this year.

     

    Chase Fink, if it wasn't for his teammate Cole Nance, would have had the upset of the day by pinning Tristan Brooks. Finks defense looked impenetrable all match long

    What about the 195,220,285??? They was some great wrestling