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It was indeed a WVSSAC rule back in 2004 that a wrestler who defaulted had to get permission to re-enter the Tournament. The Morgantown AD did testify under oath by telephone in Judge Hill's chambers that no one from the coaching staff had obtained his approval for Rader to re-enter the event. I do ...

Not spun in any direction. All my facts were accurate except I did miss the fact that there was a tie for Coach of the Year. It was Coach Schenerlien who tied with him. If it appears shady, it's because it was. I am not familiar with any move the next season but I am sure it did not have anything to...

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1st Carder PHS
2nd Long HURR
3rd Collins South
4th Burdette Ripley

Back in 2004, Brandon Rader from PHS took an injury default in the semi-finals of the Regions for the sole purpose of dropping down into the consolations to knock out Matt Dunn, a 3rd seeded South wrestler who had gotten upset in the quarter finals. Rader made a amazing recovery from his injury and ...

Dunbar and Lanham have never wrestled. Many hours in the same gymnasiums.

I think the voters get it right about every year. I can't say for sure...but it would be my guess that if the Amos family had a vote for the Dutton Award for this year, they would throw it Josh Humphrey's way. It is this kind of character which it takes to raise a young man as talented and impressiv...

Zach Collins (Park South) finished 3rd at OVACs 145lb. Not sure why he was snubbed in the seeding but I predict he will make some noise in this bracket.

Geesh. Another good example of someone trying to do something positive for West Virginia wrestling only to get criticized for it. Keep up the good work! It has been great exposure for wrestling in the state.

I have not seen PHS this year yet but Wheeling Park looked really good in Barnesville, Ohio.

I was impressed with how well the Tournament was seeded. You could tell that a lot of time and effort was put into it.

Thanks to all of the individuals who make this great tournament a success every year!

South Wrestling team was forced to cancel out of Powerade yesterday due to contagious skin conditions on the team. The Independence and GW tri has also been cancelled. The entire team is being put on medication to ensure that the skin condition is taken care before we hit the mat again. The team is ...

East Fairmont has a top notch program that has produced very good wrestlers in recent years as well as over time. I am very familiar with their current wrestlers as I have watched them closely as my son has grown up with them. These wrestlers should be highly respected as outstanding young men and w...

In my defense...I didn't begin the chatter. I merely saw that Coach Williams wanted "someone to show him" where he had degraded Jr States and I complied with his request. I never intended to assert anything about anyone's greed or egos.

There will be no changes to the dates and times on the form. The only significant change is that we will be wrestling the championship semi-finals on Saturday and starting with the consolation semi-finals on Sunday morning. We anticipate that the Parade of Champions will begin at 11am and that wrest...

I don't recall saying anything about greed or ego. Our offered compromise was not made for the purpose of money. It was made because people were asking for it and we are concerned about WV wrestling and the validity of both Tournaments. There was absolutely no reason to schedule on our date except t...

You both make good points and it is currently a sad state of affairs. I have no control over anything but for how the Jr States is ran. I took over from a long list of other coaches who devoted their time and efforts into starting a wrestling tournament to encourage the best wrestlers in wv to come ...

Coach Williams. Below is YOUR post from Jan. 4. Due to the inaccuracies that are contained within that post and your recent post saying that you have never disparaged the Jr State Tournament, your credibility is looking a little shaky. I have also seen you post what I believe is inaccurate informati...

We wish that we could accomodate everyone personal wishes but such a significant change would upset just as many people as it would make happy. If our numbers do not rebound in future years, we would likely consider changing our format to a single day Tournament.

Round robins will be just for the weight classes that have 3 kids. All of their matches will be on Sunday. However, we will be wrestling the semi-final championship round on Saturday. This will be the only major change which we anticipate making. More information will be posted in the next few days.

Unbelievable the nerve of some people. There are always those who expect someone else to do everything for them and all they do is complain. The amount of work put into this website amazes me. Please don't let a few outspoken people frustrate you Doc! The vast makority of wv wrestling fans love the ...

Around 460 entries were received. I imagine that entries with seeding will be put on this chain before tomorrow afternoon.

Seedings will be posted this later week.

I have been getting a lot of calls from people wanting to verify that their on-line registration went through ok. You can check on the website under "Entry Form Results". Simply type in the wrestler's last name into the box and it should appear at bottom if he has been registered on-line. ...

The Deadline to register on-line for the WV Jr States is Thursday, February 18 at midnight. The website is www.wvjrstates.com

The Seeding Meeting is Sunday February 21. No forms will be accepted after start of the Seeding Meeting.

You can register for the 39th Annual WV Jr States at:

http://www.wvjrstates.com

You can register on line for the 39th Annual WV Jr States at:

http://www.wvjrstates.com

No rematches. Everything will be cross-pooled.

I need to fill a team for next Sunday's WV Elementary Duals. If you have a 13 and under wrestler who wants to wrestle against some good competition, please let me know on this thread or by email at rick@dunbarfowler.com or by cell phone at 304-615-3068. As of right now, all weight classes are open. ...

13 and under. Age as of the date of the Tournament.

We have openings for the WV Duals on Sunday January 31. We like for each team to get 5 matches in. Those that have attended in years' past know that this Tournament is the best competition that comes into the state all year. We have 2 teams from Indiana and 1 team from Ohio and 1 team from WV commit...