College level wrestlers will get noticed and the coaches around the country know who they are for the most part. No doubt it helps for a college coach to see how kids stack up against other competition. There were several young men at several tournaments in Kansas, Missouri, and other states that were not at "XYZ Tournament". Nearly impossible to have over 400 high school teams from Kansas and Missouri at the same tournament. Coaches will make there decision on scheduling and parents and kids show up to those given locations.

I just looked - our kids club goes to 22 tournament from now until the end of March. I do not get tons of input on scheduling from parents - for several reasons(quote=Smokeycabin).


True about getting noticed. But, have talked to some college coaches in 2 or 3 sports. All said they did not have the time in season to do recruiting visits to hundreds of HS matches and tournaments. They just do not have the time nor the travel budget. At best, in season, he may send a JV or GA (grad assistant() to a near by wrestling event. State regionals and state tournaments get a little more priority for recruiting---the state level qualification process filters out the crowd. All the coaches said their recruiting efforts focus on the out-of-season competitive leagues and tournaments (i.e wrestling), club sports (ie AAU for BB and premier/club soccer), some summer league baseball, and top level sports camps-especially FB. So, anyone have any idea of how many MAJOR D1 or D2 head wrestling coaches were at Perry, Council Bluffs, or the Stampede. Probably some assistants or GAs from surrounding colleges were there (CMSU?, 2 or 3 NAIA Mizzery college, maybe a some Kansas CCs, may even have had someone from Fort Hays or Benedictine. Doubt if there were any head coaches from power wrestling colleges--especially back east schools--too far and too expensive--and the coach's team is probably also wrestling that weekend. If you have an elite athlete, in any sport, college coaches know about him or her. So why travel long distances out of state, especially in the middle of winter. Glad my kid did not have to ride back to Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska etc. on icy roads--that's putting kids, parents, fans coaches unnecessarily at risk---a tragedy waiting to happen!!!

Why not stay local, wrestle good Kansas tournament, and with your good wrestlers improving the local tournament competition level, help improve Kansas HS wrestling. Think that will also improve you team's performance at regionals and state where you may get seen by more recruiters.

If you can not rebut what I have said in my posts--don't bother me with one liners or name calling. I think I can at least put a paragraph on paper.said