RYP 13 Report post Posted February 25, 2007 The middle school national team is coming along very well. The team will compete in Danville, Illinois on March 24th & 25th at the USA Middle School National Duals. Some of the states competing are: Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Texas, California, Nebraska, Wyoming, Team Jordan. Applications received so far:70 Garth Yenter and Brock Ervin, Yenter gets the spot due to state finals matchup victory75 Logan Wedding80 Grant Palmer and Matt Fahy, wrestle-off scheduled for March 7th85 John Fahy90 Nick Paden95 Brent Hitchings102 Luke Troxell, Jayce Carr, Will Bryant. Wrestle-offs being arranged110 Zack Salyers117 Caleb Ervin and JJ Jude, Wrestle-off opportunity can't be put together due to distance between homes. Caleb will likely get the nod since he won state at 117 and JJ won at 110. Sure want to include both.125 Tom Shirey132 Shaquille Cox140 Cole Proctor150 Austin Stepp160 Bernard Ray170 Conner Coyle180 Drew Newberry and Johnny Powell, Drew likely with the spot based on higher finish at state195 OPEN215 Robert Channing275 OPENWaiting to hear from Vince Staten on the 275 spot. I need help filling the 195 spot. Could Cameron Hicks, Cody Hollan, or Brandon Brammer make 195lbs?Overall a very strong lineup for the national duals. Many of these kids are 7th graders: Yenter, Palmer, J. Fahy, Paden, Hitchings, Carr, Jude, Ray, Newberry. The 7th grade class in Kentucky is the strongest class EVER.We are no longer accepting applications for the team unless a weight class is not filled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MC60 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2007 Luke troxell is a 7th grader as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrestle-fan 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2007 Why not bump Johnny Powell to 195? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestlersgram 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 So why should Luke Troxell have to wrestle off when he finished second at 103 and Jayce and Will finished lower in other weight classes? Looks like he would be next in line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RYP 13 Report post Posted March 6, 2007 Updated roster for Team Kentucky:70 Garth Yenter70 Brock Ervin-Alt75 Logan Wedding80 Grant Palmer80 Matt Fahy85 John Fahy90 Nick Paden95 Brent Hitchings102 Luke Troxell102 Jayce Carr-Alt110 Zach Salyers117 Caleb Ervin125 JJ Jude132 Shaquille Cox140 Cole Proctor150 Austin Stepp160 Bernard Ray170 Conner Coyle180 Drew Newberry195 Johnny Powell215 Channing Smith275 OPENGrant Palmer and Matt Fahy will be wrestling off soon. Jayce Carr has agreed to accept the alternate spot behind Luke Troxell. JJ Jude has grown into the 125lb. spot. Johnny Powell is bumping up to 195lbs. We still need a heavyweight OR Channing Smith will bump to heavy leaving open the 215lb spot. Any takers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dog101 1 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 just wondering how the team is picked. must have missed this post. Looks like kids sign up then are picked or wrestle off. does the winner of the state middle school auto get the spot and if does not want it does it fall to #2 and if he not signed up then whoever is signed up gets the spot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plee 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 just wondering how the team is picked. must have missed this post. Looks like kids sign up then are picked or wrestle off. does the winner of the state middle school auto get the spot and if does not want it does it fall to #2 and if he not signed up then whoever is signed up gets the spotMark Hitchings essentially picks the team. He gives first dibs to the state champ in that weight class if it matches up, if not, it is his call. He has been running this team for 4 or 5 years now. Without him, there would be no "Team Kentucky" for middle school. He has done a great job with this, and it always seems to work out in the end. Last year we tried to pull off a try out type thing...all top 6 wrestlers from m.s. state got an invite. They were required to let Mark or me know if they intended on trying out. We had less than 5 kids interested in this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eville dad 17 Report post Posted March 7, 2007 Awesome job by Coach Hitchings!This is a great event that each participant should be thrilled to be able to attend,without the effort by Coach Hitchings I doubt that it would happen for them.Thanks for getting this together year after year and good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
