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Brooks Wathen will in fact not be able to compete this year due to his recovery from ACL patellar graft reconstruction. Early in the football season Brooks sustained a grade 3 tear of his right ACL, and at that time with guidance from his orthopedic surgeon, he made the decision to attempt to continue to play football in a brace with hopes of also wrestling in the brace. Brooks was able to complete the football season while missing only a couple of games and as the wrestling season began, Brooks was optimistic as he was learning how to manage wrestling in the large apparatus. As the second and third weeks of practice came and went, I was becoming less and less hopeful. I watched Brooks return home each night in excruciating pain and knowing that things would only get worse as matches began, I began to lose any hopes that I possessed of Brooks competing at all this year, let alone making a return to Bankers Life. In Brooks’ last few practices, while compensating for lack of use of his right knee, he began to strain his left LCL. At this point, with the realization that Brooks would ultimately not be able finish his senior year and most likely end up needing both knees reconstructed, I encouraged him to surrender. If you have spent any time at all around Brooks, you know that there is no quit in him and you understand how difficult not being able to finish is for him. His ride started at age four at pee wee 40 and concludes 14 years and 125 lbs later somewhat short of his goal. Time sure does fly! Brooks' Dad

Agreed. I have just seen others piling on the Refs and don’t see where that is appropriate here. The Ref was right on top of this and made a judgment call. Who are we to argue other than saying that we wouldn’t have called it that way because of a specific reason. That reason should be something other than he’s a great kid or he deserves a chance to wrestle under the lights. It should be something rules based not emotionally based. It was a tough call glad I didn’t have to make that decision.

At what point do we want the Ref to make calls that are not “technically right”?

Unfortunate...however he is flat on his back at this point. Tough call but I don’t see how you can blame the Ref.

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Jennings County has already canceled school for Friday January 12th.

Got here at 8:00 this morning and 11 hrs later we have just finished the face off for the finals. Long tough day on kids and spectators.

I think Logan Coyle @ 152 was a Senior last year.

Track wrestling has the score of the finals match of 138 wrong. It should show McCoy over Wathen (Dec 3-1 SV-1).

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That may be so but it is 5:20 EST on 2/13 & registration is still open.

Anyone know why they extended the regestration deadline from 2/12 @ 11:00 CST to 2/14 @ 8:00 CST?

Per the IHSWCA website: What does “in uniform” mean? In uniform means you are wearing anything that you will wear when you wrestle (except headgear) including, but not limited to, shoes, and singlet. You may put on your kneepads after weigh-in if you wish.

Make the kids qualify for the State Final by placing first or second in an ISWA sanctioned event. This would reduce the numbers and thereby reduce the load on the facility.