Outstanding Wrestler Awards

[matguy94]

Can someone tell me who got the Outstanding Wrestler Awards for each division?

[ghouse]

Elijah Oliver got DII and I think Chris Debien got the DI AAA but I can't be 100% certain.

 

I did not hear who won DI A-AA.

[fooseball96]

Sammy evans for small school. Debien fir large. And Oliver for private

[FootballFan51]

I'm not trying to be disrespectful to anyone & I think having Small School winners will help grow the sport in the state, but I'm curious if anyone thinks any of the Small School Champions would have made it it the finals if it was still together?

[bear cat brown]

I'm not trying to be disrespectful to anyone & I think having Small School winners will help grow the sport in the state, but I'm curious if anyone thinks any of the Small School Champions would have made it it the finals if it was still together?

Yes.....

 

Bcbiii

[BringBack119]

Jon Boatman of Greenville at 126lbs. He would be my top choice of making the finals in AAA.

[Tronado]

Yes.....

 

Bcbiii

Good Morning Friend. 10 total placers from last year, 3 Finalists, 1 Champion. Of course you would say yes because Packy was a finalist last year. 74 placers this year from the small schools...success. I looked at it last night, glancing.....It would have been around the same type of results as last year. I counted maybe 13 placers and maybe 2 finalists. TSSAA should have cleared more money this year. I hope they reinvest the surplus to make it a better experience for the kids.

[BringBack119]

Yes both Mullin boys would be real close to the top of the podium. Great wrestlers.

[tnlonghorn]

The a/aa wasn't very competitive to watch. There were state champs and finalist who wouldn't have even placed in any of the other divisions. I'm not going to say names but I've seen them get destroyed this year by kids who didn't place in the other divisions. The bad part is there are some who can compete no matter what division and they won't get the credit they deserve. The Mullins, Boatman, Evans, ect.. We just don't have the population, depth of talent and coaching and support to warrant three divisions. Will it make the sport grow? I think the sport will grow but it's going to take a long time ( 10+ years) to see any improvement .

[BringBack119]

I agree with everything you said tnlonghorn.

[durdon]

The sport isn't going to grow exponentially at the High School level no matter what changes we make. I am really not a big fan of multiple individual state champs as I think it dilutes the accomplishment. Now that we have multiple division in the team duals, I am not sure that divisions in individuals really is going to keep kids in the sport at the high school level at all. If we want to build the sport in this state it has to start at the youth level which will then trickle to middle school level which will then build high school wrestling in the state.

[EzE]

The a/aa wasn't very competitive to watch. There were state champs and finalist who wouldn't have even placed in any of the other divisions. I'm not going to say names but I've seen them get destroyed this year by kids who didn't place in the other divisions. The bad part is there are some who can compete no matter what division and they won't get the credit they deserve. The Mullins, Boatman, Evans, ect.. We just don't have the population, depth of talent and coaching and support to warrant three divisions. Will it make the sport grow? I think the sport will grow but it's going to take a long time ( 10+ years) to see any improvement .

Edited February 16, 2014 by EzE