The team score was not a huge deal to me but I would have liked to have seen team scores done in some way. However, what I was not a fan of was that it was a varsity/JV competition that was not separated and all wrestlers were thrown into the some bracket to get more matches. At times I had a first year wrestler out there with very good wrestler and it hurt some of the excitement about wrestling for some of those wrestlers. At times we were on the flip side and we put a very good wrestler on the mat with a beginner and I fear that may hurt their excitement for the sport. A wrestlers first ever match should not necessarily be with a kid that has wrestled at the state tournament in February IMO.

I do like the idea of getting matches with a mixer however, IMO I believe they should be separated JV/V but by doing this you might as well just wrestle the dual and match up your JV wrestlers the best you can. Just my thoughts not sure if they are right or wrong.

Brett Delich
Atchison County Community High School