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I am guessing this rule applies to high school athletes being able to compete in NCAA Open tournaments. I see no other reason for an athlete competing for another team. As far as needing permission to go practice, or to go workout, on an off day, this certainly seems like an overreach to me. I see ...

OK....I guess I don't get the point of that post. You seem offended that no one mentioned Ian's name to win the wrestle off. Up until now he has given me no reason to think that he was going to crack the starting lineup. Two years ago, he took his redshirt year while Anthony Carmen held the spot an...

I'm guessing if Dennis Robin is ranked 24 and Ian Bush beat him in wrestle offs, that would make Ian's ranking no lower than 23. Right? Don't get too caught up with this one match, Ian won with a takedown in the last 10 seconds. Although I did see improvement with Ian from last year, there is no se...

What is the purpose of this new rule?

If the student athlete attends school and attends the school team's wrestling practice, then it is nobody's business what they do on their free time.

Somebody please provide what this new rule is attempting to accomplish.

Flo has Robin ranked #24. Does this mean that Bush is now ranked #24?

With the new roster posted lets discuss some possible ways the lineup could look. Most of the weight classes are set but a few have some question marks. Lets discuss: 125: Jett should be the guy, but he obviously had some weight issues last year. Do we see him in this spot all year, does he move up...

What happened to 133 Rhodes (sp)?

We have three team races. At this point, I see AA to be the classification with the potential for the most competitive race.

Great minds think alike. I was planning on doing just this but on Facebook. I still will.

Thanks for the back up. I hope the WVMat readers can share names and 2024/2025 weight classes for the wrestlers that have not been listed yet.

Good luck to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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With a few schools moving up to AAA and a few schools dropping down to AA, who is wrestling off in the regional quads. 1. Fairmont Senior was the AA/A Region 1 champion. They have a tough bunch coming back. They have now moved up to AAA Region 1. Does FSHS get to participate in the AAA Region 1 qua...

With a few schools moving up to AAA and a few schools dropping down to AA, who is wrestling off in the regional quads. 1. Fairmont Senior was the AA/A Region 1 champion. They have a tough bunch coming back. They have now moved up to AAA Region 1. Does FSHS get to participate in the AAA Region 1 quad...

Cameron received two from Wheeling Central. The word on the street is Braxton County has another one rolling in. Cabell Midland got one from Huntington. Is Braxton birch happening to be one of them if so that’s huge Birch and Tedrow. Cameron is going to be a frontrunner for the Single A title.

2025 verbals Luke Satriano 125/133 Casen Roark 141 Brock Kehler HW Jason Torres 133 Gunner Andrick 141-149 The weights are what is listed on intermat Not as star star studded, as far as the rankings go, but definitely what we need after this years class. Light weights and a bunch of em lol Add to t...

Cameron received two from Wheeling Central.

The word on the street is Braxton County has another one rolling in.

Cabell Midland got one from Huntington.

OK, quick question. How come when I go to the Facebook page I see tons of pictures from the same schools over and over. When some schools will submit pictures and results and things like that and they don’t get posted? I see pictures of people eating, standing in the snow, random adults, but when w...

Martinsburg got one (maybe more) from Musselman.

Spring Mills got one from Musselman.

Spring Mills got one from Hampshire.

Huntington got one from Lincoln County.

Wrestler3726 wrote:Has any wrestlers from last year transferred to any different schools starting the year?

Yes. The word on the street is:

1. Hoover has one from Braxton and one from Clay.

2. Braxton has two from Nicholas.

3. I think Roane has one from Calhoun.

More to come.

AA/A Region four completed in February with the following teams finishing in the top four: Point Pleasant Ravenswood Williamstown Winfield With the proposed regional realignment fiasco, only Point Pleasant remains in AA/A Region 4. Both Ravenswood and Williamstown are headed to AA/A Region 1. Winfie...

Regional tournaments happened in February and the top four teams to compete for a chance to compete at the 2025 State Duals Championship were identified. With the proposed regional realignment, this creates some reworking and possible conceding. Fairmont Senior is going from AA/A Region 1 to AAA Reg...

It's been easy for a school like Indy or Point (mainly Point) to dominate at states because they send their full line up every year compared to whomever is the best school in region 1. Region 4 is Point and that's it, literally no one else at all. Ouch. I guess i will chime in. But before anyone sa...

If they keep the cut for AAA at 800, then just Point would move to AAA and Ripley to AA. If they move the cut line to 775/750 then Hoover, Nitro, Point, Fairmont, Winfield, and Shady all move to AAA. Year Dist District Schl School Type "Total Headcount" 2024 004 Berkeley 501 Hedgesville H...

One of the interesting perspectives is that school population size does not always equate to wrestling talent on the mat.

Good things are happening at Glenville State and West Liberty University. Yesterday was the Super Region 3 tournament with West Liberty finishing in second place with 125 points and Glenville State finished in third place with 122.5 points. The first-place team was Ashland University with 128.5 poi...

The AA/A State Champions were from the following regions and schools: Region 1: Six state champions. The champions came from the following schools: Keyser, Oak Glen, East Fairmont, Wheeling Central and two from Fairmont Senior. Region 2: Two state champions. One from Braxton County and one from Roan...

They've never been balanced, if Point Pleasant or Independence were in Region 1 the last 10 years, I'd love to know how many wrestlers they would've brought to Huntington year in and year out. And yes I'm saying the southern regions are weaker than hell This analysis has been done in previous years...

The examples that support my claims is as follows: The most competitive matches in the Regional Tournament should be the Consolation Semifinals, because it is either do or die. If you win you qualify for the state tournament and if you lose you get to sit and watch. In each region there are 28 of t...

Before the semifinals happen, Pill 2 or Pill 3 should have been selected for AA/A 132. Pill 2 or 3 would have put Lamb and Minor on the same side. Ringer was the clear cut #1 based on what has taken place this season. The waters for a clear cut #2 were too muddied for the coaches' committee to make ...

Four AA/A regional champions lost Thursday night.

Three out of the four losing regional champions lost to a 4th place wrestler coming out of region 1.

Where there is a will, there is a way. I think we can take upon ourselves that so far, there hasn't been enough will to make this happen.