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The weekend before the state would be a good time for everyone to reschedule these events. Since this was the worst decision that the WVSSAC made to have the regionals 2 weeks before the state take advantage of this time to have your tournaments!!! Only because I want to make sure about this... onc...

Please post current teams, weight in time and wrestling times if you have this info. Also, a street address so I can put in GPS. Thanks http://www.wvmat.com/temp/2017jcit.pdf Source... the front page. Also, I noticed the address isn't provided on the flyer... I think this is the correct one: WV Air...

This is a clarification from Dr. Welker's "Making the Call" about 1/3 of the way down the page. http://www.wvmat.com/official/official.htm Q:As a followup to the previous question, a wrestler has wrestled 145 and on occasion moved up during dual meets. What happens if he weighs in with th...

I don't know how familiar you are with the current economic climate in West Virginia, but times are tough and the school systems have all taken hits, you can't just make money magically appear. Many schools are struggling just to stay open, much less pay coaches big salaries. On top of that who rea...

Hey all. For some time, I've been under the impression that a wrestler may not wrestle more than two weight classes below their highest officially wrestled match. For instance, if a kid wrestles heavyweight, they may not wrestle 195 later. However, I attempted to find this rule in the NFHS handbook ...

6.4.a. The coach is employed under a contract with a county board of education which specifies a rate of pay equivalent to the rate for professional educators who accept similar duties as extra duty assignments and which provided for liability insurance associated with the activity - copied from WV...

Administration can’t fix no applicants. Parents knew the coach was moving up with his son. No one stepped up. Supply and demand. Administration should offer a better salary to attract another worthy coach or coach the team themselves. 6.4.a. The coach is employed under a contract with a county boar...

Tommorrow nite, 3-24-17 at 7:00 university of pittsburgh- johnstown they will present the 2nd annual allstar senior event pitting a team made up or wrestlers from maryland and west virginia against a team from Pa. profits benefit cancer charities. last year the pa team crushed the wv/md crew. I hop...

I read your whole post. You definitely did the right thing. If people can't see that, they're just looking for something to talk about. Keep doing what you're doing and pushing our great sport forward. Unfortunately, it is very common for a doctor to diagnose HSV-1 as impetigo. I recommend to everyo...

Once again we have a gentleman making the journey to Huntington all alone. Congratulations to Mingo Central's 170 Corey Smith for grabbing a ticket to Huntington. Mr. Smith was seeded 4th. He met up with the #1 seed and region 4's only ranked 170 pound wrestler in the semi finals and won. Good job!...

A tournament (5 teams or more participating) counts as 2 weighins. You are allowed to wrestle 5 times in a day If a wrestler attends a 2 day dual tournament, they could get 10 matches on 2 weighins. Multiple 10 matches by 9 (18/2) tournaments, they could possibly get 90 matches in a season. A two-d...

A tournament (5 teams or more participating) counts as 2 weighins. You are allowed to wrestle 5 times in a day If a wrestler attends a 2 day dual tournament, they could get 10 matches on 2 weighins. Multiple 10 matches by 9 (18/2) tournaments, they could possibly get 90 matches in a season. A two-d...

I was looking at some of the records listed in the matchups for this weekend and noticed some exceedingly high numbers. For instance, one boy has a record of 53-6 and could not have had more than 3 matches at regionals, making his season record 50-6. According to my calculations, if you got the bigg...

After talking with my good sources from the Pleasant Point, and some coaches from region IV , i know the answer to all of these questions. I wont disclose that information (for the missed time) myself as its none of my business, but..... If you look hard enough you would find the answer to what wei...

you use to be spot on sam, but i don;t think your research this time was anywhere as good as it has been in the past. windland beat simpson 4-0 and pinned west. lusher beat miller at the saz. long beat bozek and carder beat starkey 5-0 and 14-7. these four kids have worked hard to get where there a...

Enjoy... -YS There are a lot of really salty people on here over one person's research-based opinion. Seems like others need to put in the multiple hours and come up with their own set that I'm certain will showcase their kid/friend/acquaintance/team. Dude's not going to get it right 100% of the ti...

Great questions. I'm sure if you truly want answers, I would ask the AD's or each school for a financial break down. If it's the WVSSAC who receives the money, ask them. Both are government entities and bound by law to release financials upon request. Don't get me wrong. I like the idea myself. I g...

I'm surely no economist and on the topic of adjusting regions I've got no real solution but regarding the success of wrestling I think the answer is fairly simple. I say this because it works for us and many others. The SSAC needs to relax the rules limiting coaching out of season and use of facili...

Rage bear. Good points. We are not even close to the population of NY or Cali. So one class makes more sense for us. I don't care about D1 recruiting.....that happens at national events. I just think it would make for a better/more interesting state tournament. In my initial posting, I was referenc...

I should have clarified that I was advocating for a 32 man bracket, and 8 placewinners from the beginning. I guess it seemed obvious to me , but it was not so to others. In my mind's eye, I didn't see that you meant it. That would be far better than just a 16 man bracket, or even smaller if it's li...

I posted this in another thread. We can still keep our schools' classifications as A/AA/AAA but have 1 tournament. If there were only 4 regions and we put all the schools together, there would be 24 teams in each region. Now you have a 32 man bracket for the regional tournament and a means to allow...

Too easy, and too effective. I really don't get how anyone could rebel against the concept. Going to all class would make a more competitive, prestigious tournament that would draw D1 scouts. Too many great wrestlers from WV never get a shot because no D1 coaches or scouts know their name. When you...

admin wrote:http://www.wvmat.com/teams/manhs.htm

The information listed still has Man as single A.

Well, there are 67 AA/A teams, 29 of which are single A, however not all single A teams listed actually have a team. St. Joe Central and Meadow Bridge do not have teams, I don't think Man has a team yet either, and Bishop Donahue has no mention of a wrestling team on their list of offered athletics...

Well, there are 67 AA/A teams, 29 of which are single A, however not all single A teams listed actually have a team. St. Joe Central and Meadow Bridge do not have teams, I don't think Man has a team yet either, and Bishop Donahue has no mention of a wrestling team on their list of offered athletics...

Logan and Lincoln County just had a dual meet during the school day at LCHS yesterday. There were about 700 people in attendance. It was a pretty neat event. Cheerleaders, the band, pep club, jrotc all in attendance and putting on a show.

I was standing next to the Wirt team when they went up. That program has impressed me to no end since I first started coaching in WV last season. What a great bunch of respectful, hard working young athletes.

How did Hampshire do this past weekend at Keyser? When you have a fan that has never been to your county, you need to keep them. SCORES??????????????????????????????? Funny you say that. We ended up seated next to Hampshire on the first day of the state tournament last year. Good group of people, r...

not being out of line or trying to insult anyone but I understand what coach was saying. A tec fall is in the opinion of most the worst way to lose. A tec fall means you had no shot of winning the match. I have seen several wrestlers who were better than their opponents get pinned but in that case ...