Wagner

Just looked on Missouri forum, and they said results should be posted at libertynationalswrestling.com they usually post the results on their website about a week after the event is what they said

They haven't updated TW for the tournament. The only way you could even see who was in your bracket beforehand was to go to the actual site for Liberty Nationals and look up who was registered. 10 & Under 110lbs 1. Ashton Sharp MO 2. Tyler Wagner IN 3. Gavin Carter KS 4. Dorian Walters MO Saw a few other wrestlers from IN and looked like they were doing pretty good also. Great tournament and well run!

Well, one thing you can't fudge is wether you are a National champ/placer or a state qualifer if you have a state series. You are considered experienced and not a novice anymore if you place at rookie state or have more than 2 years experience. These are all things that can be looked up. It simply helps make the brackets more competitive which in the end helps the kids become better.

On another note about bracketing for state. The top states that have a state series for youth wrestling you work hard all season to win matches to get your record up. At every tournament you are ranked. You don't have the ages split in Novice, Intermediate etc....Novice means just that, you have 1 year experience. At every tournament you are ranked so you can get the best possible matches. 1=National Champ/Placer, 2=State Medalist, 3=Experinced and 4=Novice. You also include your record so they can better match you up in the brackets. This is why kids work so hard so at every tournament so they can be matched up with good competition and hopefully be better wrestlers by wrestling guys at their same caliber. You know at every tournament what the kids record is by how they are bracketed.

The problem with throwing everyone into a 64 man bracket is you do get mismatches. You could have all the top kids on one side. You have to have the brackets set up correctly. Not everything is fair, and to get the best matches possible you need a state series.

I agree. Results need to be posted. I posted results for 105# Novice, but that is because my kid wrestles in that group. I am going to try and get all results for as many as the Novice weight groups I can at the tournaments we go to.

If Indiana is not going to do Districts or Regionals for State youth wrestling, at least bracket them according to records so you are not just throwing names into the pool.

My big issue is just the honor system with weigh-in's. We went to the Princeton tourney and they did the honor system with weigh-in's also. You don't have to do the brackets the day of the tourney. You have people fax or email, just like you did, to register their wrestler. The day of the tourney, while you are having skin checks, all you have to do is look at their age and what weight group they signed up for. If they don't make weigh-in's then they are disqualified. No different then going to a State meet.

We really enjoyed the tournament! One thing to consider would be to have weigh-in's. I really think there should be weigh-in's at every tournament. You are already doing skin checks so it wouldn't take much longer to have the wrestlers step on a scale. And it would be nice to have the brackets posted, even if they might change the day of, before the tournament. If you don't have brackets done, then at least post who you have entered for the tournament, age and weight. It really helps those who are traveling a long ways to know how many kids are in their weight class. Overall, a great tournament!

You don't have that problem with this format because the top 6 wrestlers from each district advance to Regionals and the top 4 from Regionals advance to State. There are no Sectionals. It doesn't matter if you are from a small town. With the current format; District/Regionals you have the top 16 wrestlers from the State and the bracket is built in the most competitive manner rather than not knowing any of the kids previous records and just throwing them into a 32 or 64 man bracket. Just throwing them into a 32 or 64 man bracket you are more prone in to weeding out your best wrestlers because they might be paired up early on the same side of the bracket.

We just moved here from MO and were kinda shocked to find out there is no districts or regionals for youth wrestlers to get into State. Wanting to know how everyone else feels about this? Back home it is a big deal just to be a State Qualifier. Beating out all the kids at districts and regionals to make it to State is a big feat and then you have the best kids from the State wrestling eachother. You have a 16 man bracket for each age and weight class and get to see the top wrestlers. Your positioning in the bracket at State was based on your current season results, as well as whether or not you were a State Qualifier or State Placer the previous season.

It doesn't take but a second when you are doing skin checks to have them step on a scale and verify their weight. We always make sure our kid is at weight or below weight. I personally think there should be weigh-in's at every tournament.

1st place- Will Nunn, ECWA 2nd place-Tyler Wagner, Humphrey WA 3rd place-Adam Hendrix, Castle Wrestling 4th place-Tyler Galleher, Castle Wrestling

Thought I would start posting some results. If anyone else has results from this tournament or any others feel free to post them! 1st place-Tyler Wagner, Humphrey WA 2nd place-Brayden Matthews, Princeton 3rd place-Tyler Glenn, EV North 4th place-Tristan Friesner, Terre Haute