macattack16 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 my son austin can not wrestle in the folkstyle state this yr for the first time in 10 yrs because he is a cadet and cadets wrestle on saturday and we have our middle school conference the same day. i know we are not the only ones affected by this. i was wondering why the iswa cant have schoolboy and cadets on sunday, that would eliminate this problem. there are many potential state champs that cant wrestle in the state ffinals, kinda a real bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGski Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 We have the same problem,it is also our first time that we are unable to attend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infolady Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I wish there was something the ISWA could do to eliminate the problem and it has been discussed in length. In 2009 there were 430 Cadet wrestlers, 299 Schoolboys and 364 Juniors. If they waited until Sunday to wrestle both Schoolboys and Cadets the total would equal 729. That would mean a one day tourney consisting of 729 wrestlers in only 34 weight classes. Given the level of competition in the older age divisions, a one day tourney is not possible. Kids have school on Monday, parents have to work and ISWA volunteers have to tear down, load the truck, drive back to Indy, unload and then drive home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macattack16 Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 that makes since, i guess the easy solution is for the middle schools to move there conferences forward a week, but i guess that would take alot of planning also. oh well just thought id get some input on that. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMAWRESTLER Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Mat side parings alot of states run bigger tourneys in a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikev Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 you need to get with your kids coach and have all the coaches in the conferenece get together and set their tournaments on a different weekend.....that's what ours did....our conference finals are the next weekend.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 In 2009 there were 430 Cadet wrestlers, 299 Schoolboys and 364 Juniors. Unless there is a mad rush today and tomorrow to register, we will not be close to this number this year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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