bulldog145 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 What is the most common set of weight classes used for middle school tournaments that are NOT ran by USA or IHSWCA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Snyder Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 It would be really cool if we as a state had a set number of weight classes that were all the same, instead of them changing each week due to different middle school conference rules/regulations. AdamsCoBuschhh, coachaking and Cauliflower Ear 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyb Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) I like these. BTW... we don't use these at my school. 75, 80,85,90,95,100,106,113,120,132,138,145,152,160,170,182,195,220,245,275. Edited February 20, 2020 by Mattyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paycheck141 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I know we use 70,75,80,85,90,95,100,105,110,115,120,125,130,135,140,145,150,160,170,180,200,220,HWT ive seen some tournaments where the weights were different like 215 instead of 220 and no 145lb class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Brobst Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Mattyb said: I like these. BTW... we don't use these at my school. 75, 80,85,90,95,100,106,113,120,132,138,145,152,160,170,182,195,220,245,275. This what they use in Hamilton County. I like it ok because it allows kids to get used to the weights in HS early. The only thing that we have trouble doing is finding kids to fill both the 245 and the 275 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven27 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 It makes it so hard for our kids to start learning weight management when weight classes are different every meet and places don't have weigh ins. We use for our home meets 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 106 through HWT are HS weights. But our County Meet is different weight classes. 70-145 by 5's 155, 180, 195, 215, and 275 for HWT. We use our conference tournament weight classes for home duals. I really like using the HS weight classes it just makes sense to me. We do the 2lb allowance like the HS season does too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RASSLER4LIFE Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Middle school weight classes should be every 5 pounds up until about 150-155 so it maximizes the number of kids actually wrestling. We have trouble filling the extra weight class up top not the lower to middle weights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 41 minutes ago, RASSLER4LIFE said: Middle school weight classes should be every 5 pounds up until about 150-155 so it maximizes the number of kids actually wrestling. We have trouble filling the extra weight class up top not the lower to middle weights. We are the exact opposite... I have 22 wrestlers on the team this year yet I dont fill any weights lower than 110... 22 kids and I still FF between 7 and 9 weight classes depending on where we wrestle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RASSLER4LIFE Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 minute ago, AJ said: We are the exact opposite... I have 22 wrestlers on the team this year yet I dont fill any weights lower than 110... 22 kids and I still FF between 7 and 9 weight classes depending on where we wrestle... Hard to win any duels that way. Keep at it and hopefully you can grow that number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I’ll said it once more don’t get me started on the irregularities and inconsistencies connected with the coaching side of Middle School wrestling. Raven27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmsmelby Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I once coached against Bedford north Lawrence. They started their weight classes at 85. They also had weights of 200, 205, 210, 215 just because they had kids that big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InjuredReserve Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Our middle school is 5th-8th grade. We use middle school state weight classes with the addition of 70pounds. We have 3-4 kids always under 70pounds. We have 2 full teams plus more but thin from 175-220. I would also like to see a more uniform set of weight classes for MS across the state. RASSLER4LIFE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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