Which brings up another question... if there is a freshmen walking around wet at 100 pounds that is not a varsity wrestler and still young enough to wrestle 14U, why not let him come back and wrestle in kids with kids his weight and still wrestle high school JV against the heavier kids to gain some high school experience as a freshman? It he wrestles in kids only he will miss out on one year of HS experience, if he wrestles in HS only he will most likely be wrestling kids cutting from 115, which doesnt seem like a good year of wrestling experience? Im just trying to understand the situation a bit better because I have a set of twins who are decent wrestlers that like to wrestle but are not growing.
Although Mr. Mann is technically correct we all know that rule is very gray. Technically, NO ONE is allowed in the room but eligible HS wrestlers and coaches who are signed to a paid contract. How many rooms in KS strictly follow this rule?
Depending on where you live there is most likely a club practice you can participate in.
Nothing is stopping you from doing that. I know of kids around the country that wrestle opens and do not compete in HS wrestling if they are too small or cannot make varsity their freshman year. This is especially true if a FR is behind a stud in the line up. IMO, JV is for kids that haven't wrestled before. If you are still in the 14U age group, and the tournament does not prohibit FR from participating, those tournaments are much more competitive than JV HS wrestling.
