KSWA State Duals

[KSWA Staff 7]

1 hour ago, gameface said:

I'm just glad to see atleast 7 teams make it down. Although Union County are some of the best host in the state and set the standard on many things, I can't help but think how much better this could be if we could do a shared venue with HS and get a larger facility and share the cost. 8 mats and stands filled with all the best kids in the state and their fans!!

That's been discussed with the coaches association multiple times.  Unfortunately for MS, the deal the HS has now is to sweet to modify their format to add the MS into it, or to move to a venue where HS and MS can wrestle in the same place.  Cant blame the HS, and I am not.  Its a good deal for them. 

[KSWA Staff 7]

3 minutes ago, Jrodc said:

So any idea on pools?

I would think you would skip pools with less than 8 and just do a fallout bracket format. 

[Jrodc 20]

It would be nice to get one more team.  Would they be seeded or random draw. If seeded who's #1union or ryle? 

[twenhofelcoach 61]

1 minute ago, gameface said:

You'd still need a criteria to qualify for the event. Post season works best with Districts being the qualifier. We just need to find a venue that is the happy medium for both the West and East sided of our state. Johnson and Union are staples in Kentucky wrestling and should be there with the NKY teams, Louisville and Lexington area. 

Take it to a 16 team open invite each year, pool it out, and go wrestle, we have some great programs in Kentucky that never see each other in the regular season. We struggle with filling teams for state duals every year. I think it shouldn't be in the middle of post season. Either before or after state in my opinion. But the best option is before our post season. A lot of our middle school hammers move to high school right after middle school state which hurts a lot of middle school teams dual aspect. 

[KSWA Staff 7]

Just now, Jrodc said:

It would be nice to get one more team.  Would they be seeded or random draw. If seeded who's #1union or ryle? 

You would seed at least the top 4, then draw in teams from there. 

 

Have no idea what they will actually do, probably decided the morning of when everyone is there. 

[twenhofelcoach 61]

Anyone that could host this between Lexington and Louisville would be ideal. I agree that renting a place to host would just cost the association money. I vote for Woodford as a centralized place. 

[Jrodc 20]

13 minutes ago, KSWA Staff said:

You would seed at least the top 4, then draw in teams from there. 

 

Have no idea what they will actually do, probably decided the morning of when everyone is there. 

Thanks for the info

[Jrodc 20]

So who wins. I give the edge to Ryle 

[JCB0577 17]

Ryle wins.  Beat union in finals. 

[DrBaker 497]

Those Ryle kids are all tough. They have put together a hell of a team. 

[gameface 253]

2 hours ago, DrBaker said:

Those Ryle kids are all tough. They have put together a hell of a team. 

Thank you!! I have to say that Union County and McCracken looked great today. It was awesome that how it aligned we had Union in the last dual. It was exciting. Union County, Coach Carr and Coach Irvin are acts and hosted a great day!

[twenhofelcoach 61]

 

Once again thank you Coach Carr and Union County for stepping up and hosting , very well ran and some great wrestling. Congrats to Ryle Raiders for winning State Duals today. All teams competed and wrestled hard, great sportsmanship and very classy by all fans attending. Well worth the trip. Have a great week of practice everyone and let's bring that type of wrestling next week at the State Tournament.