i takled to almaguer a little bit last night but dont know exactly the situation on why he was at south this year and north next year. but he is definitly going to north next year. he is playing baseball for north this spring on our C team. i think his family might have moved...

Someone told me that each Olathe high school specialized in a different academic area and students can transfer between them regardless of which area of Olathe they live in. Anyone know if that's true? Are there any restrictions with athletics? rh

There are "21st Century Programs" at the Olathe schools, yes. North and Northwest have the widest variety of programs. (east and south have a few too). The transfere rule is that you sign up for the program and attend the school, no restrictions of athletics or anything (thats how I stayed at North). The issue is the new boundry lines being created (forcing some to go to a certain school), but there are some "free zones that the students can decide which high school to go to with out having to sign up or transfere. It's all very confusing and it changes everyday. There has been a lot of effort going into bringing students to the high schools (i.e. North, trying to stay 6A in the other sports. 5A in fb though)

Thats the story. sorry it was so long.

i dont know if it is true or not, but i heard that neil erisman from desoto might be going to STA next year also...

Alright, if all of this is true, then STA will have the most ridicious team ever....Erismen, Hurla, Cisper, Nill, Mandcina, Almaguer, and Mamie. i would crap myself if i was another Johnson County school if i had to face them.

no, erismen should come to east...... and cisper

won't they have livengood and henes too

The deal is, Milstead is happy with the school and the team, and has a good friend on the team, it is his father who doesnt think the program is hard enough on the wrestlers and hasnt prepared his son well enough, even though he finished 32-6 as a freshman ,and lost 5 of those to state medal winners.Twice to Caleb Hules(Turner),Bebe(Parsons),Schroder(Andale)Geske(Abilene)And by the way Maime at Aquinas was in Bishop Wards kids club(when they had one)for several years and his dad is an Alum of Ward and at the last moment back out of coming, and went to Aquinas, also Hurla from Aquinas, his Dad is the Baseball coach at Ward, but doesnt send him there.So it could easily be Ward that has the dominant team, but life goes on............

Mark also has several friends from his kids' wrestling days that attend Aquinas...Nill, Blazevic and Mamie. Mamie enrolled in STA on time, not last minute. You're right about Mamie and Hurla's ties, but don't forget Nill's mom is a Ward alum. Would you like some cheese with that whine?

If livengood decided to go then it would be all over. that lineup would be stacked like a bricksh*thouse up til at least 189 or so.

livengood isnt going anywhere

I've heard that scholarship's were given to athletes to entice them to come to private schools who were team building.

You must be joking. In every Catholic school I've ever been familiar with, not only do you have your tuition (the $4000 mentioned earlier is quite low today, don't think you could find that price anywhere), but you also have to be an active, financially contributing member of your parish or you must pay non-parishioner tuition, which is usually at least an additional $1000 added to the tuition.

Bishop Carroll has a very good team. Do they give scholarships? It would be somewhat impressive to me that high school wrestling has enough support to attract that type of money and interest to pay for private school high school wrestling scholarships. I was under the impression that it was a difficult to attract money for college wrestling scholarships. Can anyone verify that private high school wrestling scholarships are actually given out?

I believe offering scholarships would be a violation of KSHSAA rules.

The only scholarships available at Aquinas are if you score around 99% on their entrance exams. And I don't think the exam involves wrestling! :p

Aquinas is a huge financial commitment and it is true that if you are not a contributing member to a parish in the diocese you pay about $1,000 more in tuition.

Dear Vince:

Their are no athletic scholarships to either Kapaun Mt. Carmel or Bishop Carroll.

The Wichita Diocese, like the Kansas City Diocese, MAY offer financial assistance if a student scores in the 99 percentile on the placement exam.

In the Wichita Diocese, the non-Catholic rate is considerably higher than the Catholic rate. The rate is almost double.

Many schools, such as Ivy League institutions, do not offer athletic scholarships, but find another way to fund a student's education, such as grants, "sponsorships," or other fancy tricks.

Do schools like Aquinas/Hayden/Carroll/Kapaun/Collegiate do these things? Maybe. But I'd guess no. Often the lure of a sweet education is enough to convince parents to shell out the extra bucks.

The Wichita Diocese does not offer ANY special tuition assistance to athletes. An individual may qualify based on academic performance only.

While I do not know first hand, I believe both the Kansas City and Dodge City Dioceses have the same policy.

Collegiate, on the other hand, is a different story.

I really didn't think there could be an athletic high school scholarship. Even if it had been legal, I would have been amazed we could get the money for high school wrestling when we are having so much trouble getting money for college wrestling scholarships and programs. I think kids are picking Aquinas probably for both the education and the opportunity to be on a good wrestling team with a lot of good wrestling partners. One other connection on Andy Hurla to Aquinas was that his kids wrestling experience was with the STA Kids Club.