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Great work getting this information out! The only person that I think you forgot about at AAA 285 is the Summers kid from Bridgeport. I think he probably should be at the top of the list! He beat Tamburin last year in the regionals but did not get a chance to wrestle in the State Tournament because ...

God bless Kenny and his family! Ken was a very good friend and an excellent official. I am so sorry to hear of his passing. He worked the Park Duals for me for over 20 years, I have seen in person what a great man and official he was! Coach Shaffer

I noticed that this post referred to handling the cancellation of wrestling tournament might be handled just like football in WV was. In regard to the OVAC making the decision to just name 3 schools champions and poll for the individuals, the OVAC had nothing to do with what happened in football nor...

As an Xcoach for many years and grandfather of the wrestler declared the winner of that match, I agree whole heartedly that should not have been a flagrant call, no harm done! Match should have been allowed to continue! As for the suggestion of a strategy being used, what strategy? If there were a s...

What time do the matches start at South on Saturday?

The main reason that the WesBanco arena can't be used for the State Wrestling Tournament is because there is a standing commitment for another event each year that conflicts with that date every year. We have tried to get this changed, but so far there is no chance in the near future! I agree it is ...

Please note that at 145, you have omitted a great wrestler from Park in Stevie Mitchell, who should be ranked near the top. Also the ranking had Gooch at 145 , he is at 152 and has been all year! For the record, Mitchell is at 145 and Gooch at 152 for Park. Over all your work is greatly appreciated!...

Carl Cochran! What a great story of faith and determination. I have watched him wrestle plenty of times, and until that article, I really didn't know the entire story! Although I am an avid Park fan, but I will root for this young man on and off the mat. I hope that his dreams come true in the futur...

Apparently you did put down the winners of the coy and ow. Before you blame the WVSSAC for naming the winners, if I am not mistaken, these 2 awards are elected by the coaches of the AAA team after the tournament is over? Just seems like sour grapes, why bash the winners of the awards?

Due to a late cancellation from a northern Ohio school, Park needs a team to replace them. tournament is on Dec.28th & 29th. If interested, please
Please call Tournament director at 304-232-6972. All teams will get 8 matches or more.

Wrestling and coaching have lost a very unique man. I became friends with Ernie in the 80s and we have been friends ever since. He really was a great man. I plan to travel down from Wheeling today in hopes of paying my respects to Ernie and his family.. I am coming down tonight ( Friday ) and I woul...

Thanks Gator! I am out of commission right now and it was so frustrating not to have the computer smarts to find results! Will e-mail you later when I have time to look at a proposal that may interest you! Your (OLD) buddy, Soupbone

Is there any where that I can see a complete set of bracket results for this years tournament? Help me out Jenny or Gator! Soupbone

Wheeling Wesbanco Arena would love to host the State Tournament, however, the arena has that date booked for several years. We can not put in a bid because we won't know in in advance if we can have the Arena. We have looked into it several times with the same problem occurring !Wheeling had it twic...

I am sure there will be several entries to this as time grows near, but, I would like to point out a possible great final match at 152, where PS Josh Humphreys could face Steubenville's Jashon Hubbard. This could highlight the evening if things play out. What a great match that could happen! The O.V...

Regarding the Park University match at the Duals. I agree it was a great match and a great coaching point to skip over Park's 220 and forfiet and then move the 220 to 285. Parks 220 is also quite a football player . Would like to have them wrestle each other next time around. No intent to lessen the...

Bearhugger. I wish that I could have met you when you were at the Park Duals. I was the fat guy with a white beard attempting to run part of the tournament. I see many of your postings on line and it appears that you have a very good grasp on the wrestlers in WV. Perhaps I can meet you at the OVAC's...

Gator, You mentioned the Pa. schools not being in the Park Duals. It was, as you said, fabulous when the came. What happened was that some Pa coach from the eastern side of the state decided to wrestle in nothing but Dual Meet tournaments. The result was that come districts, some teams came in with ...

I can think of no greater grief than to bury a child. May God bless and watch over you in your time of sorrow! Soupbone

I feel that all state qualifier wrestlers who were in Huntington for the states should be able to attend , free of charge. It would be nice to have all of their team mates in the stands rooting for them as they rooted for those in Huntington.

I wonder if there should be an amendment to the rule regarding a wrestler wrestling only 5 matches per day. If there was a slight change to that rule, it would perhaps make many tournament better. What if they change it so that a wrestler may wrestle a 6th match, ONLY if is a situation where a wrest...

AMEN !

I know that there is a lot of research in ranking this many kids. My questions refer to 2 wrestlers from Wheeling Park. Nash at 160 and Simpkins at 170. These 2 kids have great records while wrestling at tournaments out of state. I just wanted to know what your criteria was for dropping Nash to seco...

Having read many posts about the strength of Region 1, just for fun, I went back to 1976 when the regions were started and saw that in the past 40 years, 37 team champions came from the now old Region. There were only 3 teams since then to win the state that were not from Region 1. Huntington 2 time...

God bless you Gator. Won't see you at regionals due to the change. I will be running the Region 1 tournament this year. Perhaps I may make it down Huntington, but something always can come up. Soupbone!

Gator, I am glad to see you bring up those 2 young men from the OVAC regarding their performance on Saturday. I was simply amazed with both. Nice to see underdogs do well! As you mentioned, Mr. Quinn is a top notch wrestler in Ohio and he will rebound for the states, I hope. Nothing but good things ...

Congratulations to Isaiah Myers, Wheeling Park"s 220 pound state champion for being named the Ovac West Virginia wrestler of the year. Hard work does pay off!

Coach 82. I don't think that you researched your overnight stay in Wheeling. There are 6 national chain motels at the Highlands alone. As for eating, there are several great places to eat at the Highlands. Perhaps it was just closer for you to stay in Ohio. Don't be too quick to sell Wheeling short....

Gator, thank you for the kind words about John Nash. He is a very humble kid with a great attitude. As you said, he will still have 2 more years to compete for the State Championship. Good luck to all wrestlers this weekend and may you all avoid injuries.

Since 1976,1,984 wrestlers have gone to the state tournament. In those 40 years, 833 of the top 4 place winners came from region #1. That represents 42% of all top 4 wrestlers in the tournament. the other 3 regions averaged about 19% each with these place winners. Of the team champions in the state,...