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Pretty sure Steubenville is not 5A in the OVAC. 4A maybe?

Not sure what you mean. His was an impressive showing. You need a thesaurus?

I think he was in the JV bracket...freshmen/sophomores. Impressive.

GRECO gave you away. Freestyle is better.....

That you, Greg?

Agreed. It would be great for the sport!

In 1975 and before there was a single class in wrestling in WV. Because of the limited number of state championship qualifiers (for a long time, 1 per region), small schools could do well at state with 1 or 2 good wrestlers (see Sophia, Big Creek). After 1976 (1st year for 2 classes) there were more...

Having JV wrestlers at the state and regional tournaments ruins the team scoring concept. One has to accept that before this is done. It is for that reason that I am against such a change.

At its April 6-8 meeting in Indianapolis, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee added another maneuver to the list of potentially dangerous holds in high school wrestling: "The new potentially dangerous hold occurs when a wrestler, from a sta...

The National Federation rule is that to be potentially dangerous, there has to be a lift in the rear standing position with an arm trapped. This is what Ohio follows. WV made the rule on application which, while safer, complicates the intent of the new rule.

I think the question is asking about a loss of control. This can happen at the end of a period or an out of bounds. If the defensive wrestler has lifted the offensive wrestler in this scenario, the referee would wait for the end of the situation. If the time is out (or out of bounds) it would be a &...

Anyone know what happened to Henson of University, WVU coach's son?

Any dates for this?

Great...then we progress all the way back to 1975!

The college rule is: top man has 5 seconds and if you haven't returned him to the mat, regardless of attempts, it is stalling.
The high school rule is: stalling is called if there is no attempt to wrestle, so it is more subjective. There is no "5-second count" rule.

2015 champ (195) will lose in semi's at 220.

I never thought I'd see it in track either, but they finally went to three divisions there.

Yes, all points earned go into the total. But, think of it this way: An OVAC finals match is won by Team single-A over a Team five-A competitor, costing the large school the overall and 5-A titles by one point. Though legitimate, the only true validity is determined by having like classes compete ex...

Is the 171 finals correct or has it been transposed?

As an old-timer I have to disagree with going back to one class for a state championship. When the division was made in 1976 a great number of schools added teams, at least one reason being the ability to compete. Two divisions, I would argue, is better for the sport as a whole. The OVAC format is w...

I seem to remember when they went to changing alignments every 4 years that they would attempt to maintain congruent numbers in each aligned class. For whatever reason, they have chosen to move teams down to A/AA but no one up to AAA to maintain a balance. It also seems teams have been competing at ...

I second what Gator says. The point is that whomever wrestles Nice at whatever weight is in for a rude awakening.

But Nice is a 195. He will choose the path of least resistance.

It is a club sport......

Depending on which weight class he chooses (195 or 220), Nice of Magnolia will win that class. That changes your Dutton Award conversation.

I did see a flagrant misconduct a few weeks ago....

Thank you for your years of service to WLU Coach Davis, and we are looking forward to Coach Smith's tenure.

Qualityshots : Diehl is not a "national quality" wrestler at D1...in his present division, he is. He may have been able to create something, but not now, and especially not at 141. He was skunked by an average Princeton wrestler this past season. I think the present recruiting class and tr...

Great points! I too want to see the best of WV at our flagship university. I also want the other (now numerous) universities to brim with WV prospects as well. The in-state guys that are offered "invited walk-on" status and Promise scholarships need to not look at that as an insult. It is ...

Matofficial, I agree with most of what you said. I've always argued that WV wrestling, when compared on a per capita basis, compares favorably with other states. The population is the first determinant. But competition is not on a per capita basis. The 2012 AAA state champions had 5 seniors, I think...