feez

Dudes are sooooo mad that they got caught. The only kid that had a weight still written on his arm was the kid that missed weight. Every mom from Pennsylvania was cussing out ol Morgan. Turned very ugly.
 
They said that the didn’t get weighin sheets. When I took teams we had to sign the weighins sheets. They give them out at the coaches meeting also. Those idiot coaches should have pushed away from the bar and made sure their team was on weight and went to the coaches meeting. 
 
We have all chose a savage sport. The biggest thing that saves us is our integrity. Those losers cheated for 6 rounds got caught in the 7th by a seasoned staff, took their ball and went home. They withdrew from the tournament. Idiots!!! 
 
 

Guys, I'm not an official, but try to imagine reffing that many matches a day. You will miss calls you will get calls wrong. Last week we had wrestle offs for my grade school team. We had 9 matches and I reffed every one of them. I made mistakes, I'm telling you that job is a whole lot harder than it looks. Those guys out there make it look EASY until they mis a call or make a call you disagree with. I understand the frustration but try it for yourself and see how you do. Go ask to ref a Folkstyle tournament, you will see that reffing from your butt with popcorn and soda is a whole lot different than being down there and trying to get in good positions to see AND know all the rules AND get it all right. 

Congratulations to Logan and Michael on punching their tickets to state!! Be the Bad Draw!!
 

Congrats. Elijah I know that you have worked very hard.
Feez

I totally agree.  Not many people know this but 11 years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. As a former wrestler and now a wrestling official I took this attitude. 
 
Ok, Doctors what can we do about it and when do we start?
 
I was given a schedule that was an 8 week timeline filled with radiation and chemo. I circled the last treatment day on my calendar and told myself that 2 weeks before my last treatments until 2 weeks after my last treatments I was going to be as sick as I ever going to be.  2 weeks after the last treatments I was going to start getting better. I knew going into this and that these were the cards that I was dealt. 2 weeks after my treatments I slowly started getting better and since I have fully recovered. 
To me this is what wrestlers (and former wrestlers) do.
 
 
To quote Ahawkeye
"Cancer" was my opponent in life, and I'm not saying I'm undefeated but I'm still in the tournament"
Good luck to all.

I totally agree.  Not many people know this but 11 years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. As a former wrestler and now a wrestling official I took this attitude. 
 
Ok, Doctors what can we do about it and when do we start?
 
I was given a schedule that was an 8 week timeline filled with radiation and chemo. I circled the last treatment day on my calendar and told myself that 2 weeks before my last treatments until 2 weeks after my last treatments I was going to be as sick as I ever going to be.  2 weeks after the last treatments I was going to start getting better. I knew going into this and that these were the cards that I was dealt. 2 weeks after my treatments I slowly started getting better and since I have fully recovered. 
To me this is what wrestlers (and former wrestlers) do.
 
 
To quote Ahawkeye
"Cancer" was my opponent in life, and I'm not saying I'm undefeated but I'm still in the tournament"
Good luck to all.

I totally agree.  Not many people know this but 11 years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. As a former wrestler and now a wrestling official I took this attitude. 
 
Ok, Doctors what can we do about it and when do we start?
 
I was given a schedule that was an 8 week timeline filled with radiation and chemo. I circled the last treatment day on my calendar and told myself that 2 weeks before my last treatments until 2 weeks after my last treatments I was going to be as sick as I ever going to be.  2 weeks after the last treatments I was going to start getting better. I knew going into this and that these were the cards that I was dealt. 2 weeks after my treatments I slowly started getting better and since I have fully recovered. 
To me this is what wrestlers (and former wrestlers) do.
 
 
To quote Ahawkeye
"Cancer" was my opponent in life, and I'm not saying I'm undefeated but I'm still in the tournament"
Good luck to all.

I totally agree.  Not many people know this but 11 years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. As a former wrestler and now a wrestling official I took this attitude. 
 
Ok, Doctors what can we do about it and when do we start?
 
I was given a schedule that was an 8 week timeline filled with radiation and chemo. I circled the last treatment day on my calendar and told myself that 2 weeks before my last treatments until 2 weeks after my last treatments I was going to be as sick as I ever going to be.  2 weeks after the last treatments I was going to start getting better. I knew going into this and that these were the cards that I was dealt. 2 weeks after my treatments I slowly started getting better and since I have fully recovered. 
To me this is what wrestlers (and former wrestlers) do.
 
 
To quote Ahawkeye
"Cancer" was my opponent in life, and I'm not saying I'm undefeated but I'm still in the tournament"
Good luck to all.

Congrats. Elijah I know that you have worked very hard.
Feez

For Friday 145 +2+1=148
Saturday it will still be 148 

Ihsaa has asked the coaches association to spread the word that Friday night there will an extra pound allowance.
Friday: 106 +2 Christmas +today’s 1= 109
Saturday will stay 109

For Friday 145 +2+1=148
Saturday it will still be 148 

I want to first say thank you to @blueandgold for starting this thread.  I was not sure who you were but have been informed and I have huge amounts of respect for you young man so again thank you for the kind words about Logan.
 
To everyone else who has commented on here thank you also so very much.  I have been around wrestling for many many years as an athlete, coach, ISWA board member & parent.  I have gotten to know lots and lots of kids and families from all over the state thru the many many years 
Thru all the years I have known this is a great sport that can have heartbreaking endings and results and equally great un-believable outcomes and accomplishments.
 
Logan has had a great career in the sport and has achieved things greater than I would have and could have expected for him.  The thing that makes me the happiest of all after everything he has gone thru (especially over the last two years) is how he carried himself after it all came to an end on Saturday.   Mom and I were completely devastated and honestly I could not think or rationalize what to do next, but seeing Logan stand up shake hands and then come back out and sit with his team was un-believable to me.  I talked to him a few times during the rest of the day and while I was teary he assured me he was OK and he was going to be fine just a little disappointed.  
 
Now to address all the above comments (like I said I have made many friends along the way during my time in the sport) and I thank all of you for your kind words.  Most of you I do not know personally but please seek me out at some point at any ISWA event so I can fist bump you and thank you personally for acknowledging what I know already is that Logan is an awesome & kind young man.
 
To @Darrick Snyder @mikemorgan what a wild ride its been over 4 years from a state title to a heartbreaking loss and everything in between (thanks to Mike for coming in to help navigate this last run).  You guys have been awesome and amazing and I know I will be friends with you guys forever and love you both.  Thank you for everything.
 
Lastly to @tiger92 thank you for post and to be honest it does not surprise me that Logan found your son on social media some how and reached out to him to congratulate him and wish him good luck going forward. 
Unfortunately for me I selected seats in the part of the arena that I had sat in the previous times I had been fortunate enough for Logan to be at Semi-state and did not want to break from tradition even though they were not in the "B-burg section".  This turned out to be right next to the Princeton fan section.  It was tough to be honest, but I did get to see what I think was mom and dad happy and elated for their son Jared Dunn thru the whole day.  To me that is what this sport is all about, as I was devastated they were elated and I honestly could not be mad about that.   I hope your son enjoys this experience and has the time of his life.  Its a great event being at the state finals and I know he will soak it all in and have great life experiences and take a ways.  I hope he makes a deep run and can achieve all he wants and dreams about.
 
To all other kids competing this weekend best of luck, stay safe & healthy and accomplish your dreams and enjoy the moments, soak it all in and never have regrets. 

Worst draw and its not even close. Elijah Anthony of Frankfort.
Freshman -Alec Freeman
Sophmore-Chaney Schoeff
Junior-Brady Ison
Senior-Brady Ison

Didn't New Pal win Elementary Duals? I know it was between NP & CP and I was there but forgot who won.

I am way over my weight allowance. The dr. told me, 
 
dont eat anything fatty
 
I said like bacon, or hamburgers?
 
He replied, no, I said dont eat anything fatty....

Y'all crazy..... for real........
 
"It's inconvenient to me so I don't like it"
 
Then stuff a sock in it and don't go. 
 
This is what kills the sport, I like EAC's comment above, ask the IHSAA if you can skip Sectionals, Regionals, SS when you get to High School, don't want to risk injury on anything.