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Round 1 winners per region I: 42 II: 22 III: 20 IV: 28 Not debating which regional is tougher or more worthy, but......your math is off. Where did the other 12 winners come from? Maybe my math is wrong, but I'm getting 30 from Reg IV. I also get 41 from Reg I. But....I freely admit I suck at math. ...

I'm pretty sure you've followed wrestling in WV long enough to know better than to quote the numbers you did and make the point you are trying to make. It is totally erroneous to state teams listed for AAA as 32 and AA/A as 64 and try to use that in any kind of argument for wrestling in WV. In AAA ...

I have brought up the idea of a one class tournament several times and it keeps getting shot down. There are states out there with much larger populations than West Virginia that have one classification tournaments. For instance, Kentucky's population is just over 2.5 times more than ours in West V...

In track, I believe the top 3 from each region in an event qualify. Then, they take the next 4 best times regardless of region. As mentioned in the forum, a last chance qualifier would be very similar to this as you would have 3 wrestlers from each region qualifying. The 4th, 5th, and 6th placers i...

This isn't a popular statement, as I made it before and got chastised. Any state that has a sectional/regional format to determine who goes to states...whether it's in wrestling, basketball, track, baseball, softball, soccer, whatever.....the focus is not to get the best 16 people to Huntington. It'...

The buzz is to recruit PA wrestlers!!!! I find it ironic that the wrestler that did the best on this list was recruited from WV to a PA school. WVU (Henson era) didn't give Humphreys a look. I don't think that's an accurate statement. Regardless, Josh is a fantastic wrestler and a great person (fee...

I don't think it's been mentioned, but can we take a moment to give some attention to Robert Shockey and Nick Giompalo? Shockey, entering the tournament with a pretty bad injury, yet battling through to help his team secure a team championship, all the while knowing that winning an individual state ...

:lol: :lol: Yep. I can tell you're are from Kanwha county lol. That may be the most idiotic statement on this thread.... not about top 16?!?!?! Who TH wants to see #1 vs. #58 in the first round of a state tournament lol, you make 0 sense. Could really care less about where I'm from. And could reall...

Because Region 1 is the toughest region. So when Region 1 alternates are beating state qualifiers in other regions we do not have the top 16 wrestlers in a weight competing at the state tournament. It's not about having the top 16 compete at the state tournament. The regional system is set up to ha...

I will just add that I'm pretty sure football is the only sport that takes the top 16, regardless of where they are located. Wrestling is not alone in that there is equal representation from all around the state. Sectionals, regionals.....and then the top 8, top 4, whatever....makes it to the state ...

I'm not going to speak on what may or may not be going on within that area, but what I will say when it comes to paying officials is that there is a serious shortage of wrestling officials. And it's near a crisis level. Perhaps a raise in pay is to simply attract more individuals to come out and off...

If I implied that, it was done in error. Simply comparing it to other sports within WV that has it in the rule book to be used. For instance, in basketball, the wording of the rule allows them to review video, but only in the championship game (it may be the state tournament as a whole, but I'm unsu...

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe before the WVSSAC could do it, they have to seek permission from NFHS to do it on a trial period (that's if it's not an actual established rule that allows for it to be used). For what it's worth, I have submitted a rules proposal for several years ...

In fairness to the organizers.....I'm almost positive the pandemic is what forced them moved out of the Greenbrier Resort. Coach Miluk and company do a great job, even at the Fairgrounds.

Coaches

If you plan on using Kanawha Southern wrestling officials to cover your home events, please email KSWrestlingOfficials@gmail.com ASAP. Numbers of officials are way down.

Brian P.

Coaches

If you plan on using Kanawha Southern wrestling officials to cover your home events, please email KSWrestlingOfficials@gmail.com ASAP. Numbers of officials are way down.

Brian P.

Coach Stump Jeff was family for me and on top of that, we grew up together. From kindergarten through college, we constantly found ways to get into trouble. Jeff was the official I always looked up to. He had great mechanics. Made great calls. Was always in great position. And just looked the part a...

My posting results and saying that I hope we go 4-0 in the third round was negative? Or was it when another guy asked what it would take to get into the top five? That was negative? What exactly hurt your feelings? I think his comments were directed to Doyablameme. When was the last time WVU went u...

Prayers to the McWilliams family. My first state tournament, I was in Ken's rotation on Thursday night. I didn't really know him that well prior to that, but he did everything he could to calm my nerves, boost my confidence, and provide me with constructive criticism and guidance throughout the week...

Coaches If you have not done so already, please email your home schedules to kswrestlingofficials@gmail.com if you plan to use Kanawha Southern wrestling officials. The insanity of this season has potential to cause some scheduling issues so get your dates to us as soon as possible. Thanks! Brian P....

Going to bump this back to the first page.

Brian P.

Coaches If you have not done so already, please email your home schedules to kswrestlingofficials@gmail.com if you plan to use Kanawha Southern wrestling officials. The insanity of this season has potential to cause some scheduling issues so get your dates to us as soon as possible. Thanks! Brian P....

Any of you two have a daughter? While the gesture is nice, calling a female wrestler a babe is a sign of ignorance. These ladies work hard for the recognition and are blazing a trail to bring the fastest growing high school sport to the forefront in WV high school athletics. Joke, make fun, laugh......

Not sure that any female will enjoy being referred to as babe. Pretty offensive, really.

Good luck to all participants this weekend! Already a huge success that it's even happening. Hats off to South folks for getting this off the ground.

I just hate when you remember the match because of a call made by an official. Great matches should be remembered because both wrestlers wrestled their tails off. I am of the philosophy that officials shouldn't be noticed at all. Unfortunately, WV has a few officials that still think the show is ab...

New 4 class system officially released for basketball...will it work? AAAA - https://twitter.com/wvswa/status/1204377048686313481/photo/1 AAA - https://twitter.com/wvswa/status/1204378666685231104/photo/1 AA - https://twitter.com/wvswa/status/1204378415161204737/photo/1 A - https://twitter.com/wvswa...

Not to jump in and pick a side...but I have not seen this mentioned. Either this year or next year (no clue), basketball in WV is going to a 4 class format for a trial run. Urban/Rural or something like that. For sake of argument, we will call it 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A. Perhaps what could come of that, shou...

Non wrestling related, but figured I'd dig this old thread up. Putnam County Schools strikes again. Poca boys soccer has been forced to end their season for the same reason that Buffalo had to fold up their wrestling program.

ART. 2 . . . The assistant referee will be granted the same mobility as the ­referee and will complement and assist the referee in making calls. The referee will be in complete control of the match. Following are procedures to follow with the use of an assistant referee: a. Constant verbal communica...