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I am not sure if this is the place to post this, but here goes. I have been coaching in Lincoln County for three years now and it breaks my heart that it has to come to an end. I have family issues to take care of including adopting an eight-year old little girl. I am not in the greatest of shape an...

Coach, I believe that you did everything that you could have and not for the benefit of your team, but for the betterment of our sport. The old saying goes-Sometimes the right thing is not the popular thing and sometimes the popular thing is not the right thing. Decisions like these will always have...

Frank, Are you talking about adults or kids? Kids do not have much of a choice unless they are 18 or declared an adult earlier by a court. Yes they can choose to work hard. Yes they can choose to be successful and many other choices. Unfortunately, most of them cannot choose their families. They can...

Frank, I apologize for my earlier post. It is just very difficult to take when the odds are stacked against you. For example, you use Lincoln Co. There are no businesses in Lincoln Co. to draw the parents. Even if they had the most spectacular school system with all the "cream and fixings"...

Wow what a Eutopian society. Would you bring back the Jim Crow laws also? You do understand that most people in WV are on or under the poverty level and can't just pick up and move.

I did not do extensive research on this, I just simply went to the WVSSAC website and looked at each sports regional/sectional alignment. I do not think that wrestling was necessarily picked on, or any other sport for that matter, I just think whatever committee picked it did it without thought to t...

Lincoln County has a small team of around eleven, but only fills eight weight classes. It is a considerable gain in participation over the last four years. They haven't been able to use all of their weigh ins due to funding issues which started with a huge cut in finances from the team who ran their...

I understand that some schools are loaded with talent and it is sad that some good wrestlers have to remain on JV even though they could beat most varsity wrestlers from other schools. The problem with allowing JV to wrestle in regional and state competition is that the programs that are already win...

Wrestling apparel has changed several times since its inception and it is still alive. If it will help participation then I am for change. I agree that many children only use the uniform as an excuse and will not participate no matter what, but if we can get just a few here or there then it is worth...

Congratulations Lucas. You deserve this high honor for your hard work and struggles throughout your career. Your friends and family should be very proud and I know that my alma mater is proud of you for adding to it's success.