Greg,

In the Leavenworth and Lansing schools the middle school wrestling season goes from Nov to Dec. Only about 6 weeks long. I prefer this time because the kids can then do the bulk of the kids folkstyle season. The advantage I see is that the high school coaches also coach the middle school kids. This helps them to get to know the kids and work with them before they get into high school.

It also gives a lot of kids the opportunity to try wrestling. We end up with a lot of kids wrestling in high school because they realize they are not one of the "chosen 10" for the basketball program so they come and wrestle. They do this because they could do both in middle school.

I fully acknowledge that these kids aren't the kids that are going to be multiple time state champs but it does help build depth to the wrestling program. Concur that it would be nice if the kids could do both middle school and practice with the clubs.

The number one rule I would like to see changed is that the high school coaches could work with the kids outside of the wrestling season.

Shawn Budke