Originally posted by bdisney1:
Idaho had their kids folkstyle state tournament in December. I couldn't find when the season started but assume it was in October. They had their freestyle state tournament in late April. Kansas starts wrestling folkstyle in November and it doesn't end until the end of March. That is 5 months. It is simply too long. Only a few want to keep wrestling after the folkstyle season. And since it goes so long kids have to choose between baseball and wrestling. Kansas Kids should have their folkstyle state before high school state. When high school state is over the freestyle/greco season should begin. The freestyle/greco state should be no later than the end of April. That would give us as a state a 4 month folkstyle season and a 2 month freestyle/greco. Those who wanted to go longer could then hit the national tournaments in the summer.
Right on Barry. This would have a dramatic impact in participation for FS/GR. It would also give us a true Kids State tournament instead of two High School State tournaments. As long as our freestyle state is pushed to within one week of the Schoolboy National Duals, we will have low numbers making that trip. This will weaken our future Cadet and Junior teams with the Schoolboys having less experience. As soon as we can all agree that this is NOT a competition of Freestyle vs. Folkstyle, the quicker we can move forward to our goal of giving our Kansas kids the best opportunity to excel in this great sport!
