FACT: kids that wrestle Freestyle and Greco tend to do better and go farther in the sport than the kids that do not.


What the fact really is, is that kids that have much success in folkstyle are fueled by their success, which then makes them more apt to wrestle year round.


That is not always true. I can come up with plenty of examples where kids who had no success in folkstyle still went out and wrestled freestyle and greco. My brothers and I were that way. My high school teammate Zach Pollom started wrestling his freshmen year, had no success at all that year, and every summer wrestled freestyle/greco. He became a state runner up his senior year, and he will tell you that if he didn't put in the work that he did in the summer that he would have never gotten as good as he is.


Originally Posted By: Tyson Schreiner
Greco/Freestyle takes wrestling out into the summer months, so if you desire to wrestle then you will be most likely wrestling FR/GR. How about this fact?
FACT: Kids that wrestle year round TEND to do better and go farther in the sport than the kids that do not.


This last part here is pretty much restating what I already said.


I think you completely missed the point. First, these are not facts, especially when you use the word TEND. Second, the whole point about not using FR/GR to determine the folkstyle rankings, I think is pretty valid. We are ranking and wrestling folkstyle. After talking with Bryant's dad, he tells me that Bryant is not nearly as skilled or successful with FR/GR as he is with folkstyle, but it doesnt matter because we are wrestling folkstyle. Bryant still beat two of these Fargo AA's this year in folkstyle. So maybe they are better at those styles, but again, who cares this is folkstyle rankings. If we were to rank next years GR/FS guys, would you put Bryant above them because he beat them at folkstyle? I would hope not, and i would bet that Bryant wouldnt feel comfortable with that either. Lastly, i was not pretty much saying the same thing you were, i was saying, if you read my FACT line, that wrestling year round helps make better wrestlers, not just FR/GR wrestling. Bryant's goals are to wrestle college and that is it, and if i remember correctly we are still wrestling folkstyle here in the states at the college level. Lastly, with the level of competition, and an undefeated record, even though Bryant is not an avid FR/GR wrestler, i would say that he has the most impressive record of any H.S. wrestler in the state. Let me know if there is someone out there this year more highly decorated, i would say his year is almost as good as Taylor Moeder's senior year.