Iowa Middle School State Champs vs. Nebraska Middle School State Champs

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USAFhawk

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Just wanted to give a heads up on a very exciting event coming up on Sunday, February 10th, 2013 prior to the Iowa/Nebraska dual at Carver. The Iowa Middle School State Champions will be wrestling against their peers from Nebraska in what is being called the Combine Clash. The dual will take place prior to the Hawkeyes/Cornhuskers dual with Middle School starting at 11am and the Collegiate dual at 2pm. This will be a yearly event with alternating hosts depending on what school is hosting the dual that particular year. You must have a ticket to the Collegiate dual to gain admittance for the MS dual. The kids are very excited to compete in this it would be great if we could get a few thousand people in the stands to give them the ultimate Carver experience.
 
That is great. What an experience! Any idea who the Iowa boys will be?

USAFhawk said:
Just wanted to give a heads up on a very exciting event coming up on Sunday, February 10th, 2013 prior to the Iowa/Nebraska dual at Carver. The Iowa Middle School State Champions will be wrestling against their peers from Nebraska in what is being called the Combine Clash. The dual will take place prior to the Hawkeyes/Cornhuskers dual with Middle School starting at 11am and the Collegiate dual at 2pm. This will be a yearly event with alternating hosts depending on what school is hosting the dual that particular year. You must have a ticket to the Collegiate dual to gain admittance for the MS dual. The kids are very excited to compete in this it would be great if we could get a few thousand people in the stands to give them the ultimate Carver experience.
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Teams were selected by the placement at the Iowa Youth Wrestling Super State Championships, all 18 Iowa representatives were State Champions. Most of these young wrestlers will also compete and represent Iowa at the toughest Middle School dual tournament in the country, USA MIddle School National Duals in Danville, IL.

70 - Kyle Biscoglia
75 - Spencer Hutchinson
80 - Eric Faught
85 - Michael Millage
90 - Gable Sieperda
95 - Zachary Barnes
102 - Ryan Leisure
110 - Drew West
117 - Bryce West
125 - Karsen Seehase
132 - Brock Jennings
140 - Chase Shiltz
150 - Trevor Nelson
160 - Tucker Morrison
175 - Max Lyon
195 - Bryce Esmoil
220 - Matthew Naig
275 - Treyshawn Plunkett ​
 
Great. Another event for over involved hyper parents to live vicariously through their children.
 
1hawkeye1 said:
Great. Another event for over involved hyper parents to live vicariously through their children.
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Sadly I have to agree. The sport at the youth level has gotten out of hand, and with events like this and websites offering national rankings for jr high kids its just more incentive for parents to push their kids harder at younger ages, and its killing the sport. Dont get me wrong it's not just parents pushing kids to hard. Its a dying sport to begin with, kids dont want to cut weight and put in the time, theyd rather be on facebook, xbox live or twitter.
 
Hawkeye11en1 said:
Please tell me that's not a 275 lb weight class for middle school. Please.
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Doesn't mean they weight exactly 275. There are plenty of middle school kids that weigh over 220. And the ones who are wrestling aren't the same ones you'd worry about on the obesity reports.
 
ih8olives said:
Sadly I have to agree. The sport at the youth level has gotten out of hand, and with events like this and websites offering national rankings for jr high kids its just more incentive for parents to push their kids harder at younger ages, and its killing the sport. Dont get me wrong it's not just parents pushing kids to hard. Its a dying sport to begin with, kids dont want to cut weight and put in the time, theyd rather be on facebook, xbox live or twitter.
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Do you see this as just a wrestling problem? there are national rankings/competitions now in nearly every sport. Also, participation #s from the NFHS would disagree that it's a dying sport because of twitter.


For the sixth straight year, high school boys' wrestling participation numbers have increased while girls’ participation hit an all-time high as the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) released the 2009-10 participation numbers.

The numbers tell an encouraging story for both male and female prep wrestlers:
> Boys' high school wrestling: The number of boys wrestling in 2009-10 was 272,890. That makes wrestling the sixth most popular boy’s sport in terms of participation levels. The total number of boys wrestling in high school in 2010 is the highest number the sport has seen since 1980, when participation statistics were listed at 273,326 by the NFHS.

More good news: the total number of boys' wrestling teams is at an all-time high, with 10,363 programs nationally.

In terms of total teams and individuals involved in high school wrestling, these numbers show significant growth in the past year with 111 programs added since 2008-09 and individual participation up by 5,512.


This growth is part of an ongoing trend. In the past decade 1,317 teams have been added throughout the country along with an increase in individual participation of 33, 785. Every state but Mississippi has high school wrestling.
 
CRlightweight said:
Do you see this as just a wrestling problem? there are national rankings/competitions now in nearly every sport. Also, participation #s from the NFHS would disagree that it's a dying sport because of twitter.


For the sixth straight year, high school boys' wrestling participation numbers have increased while girls’ participation hit an all-time high as the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) released the 2009-10 participation numbers.

The numbers tell an encouraging story for both male and female prep wrestlers:
> Boys' high school wrestling: The number of boys wrestling in 2009-10 was 272,890. That makes wrestling the sixth most popular boy’s sport in terms of participation levels. The total number of boys wrestling in high school in 2010 is the highest number the sport has seen since 1980, when participation statistics were listed at 273,326 by the NFHS.

More good news: the total number of boys' wrestling teams is at an all-time high, with 10,363 programs nationally.

In terms of total teams and individuals involved in high school wrestling, these numbers show significant growth in the past year with 111 programs added since 2008-09 and individual participation up by 5,512.


This growth is part of an ongoing trend. In the past decade 1,317 teams have been added throughout the country along with an increase in individual participation of 33, 785. Every state but Mississippi has high school wrestling.
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i applaud you good sir...that is all ^^
 
ih8olives said:
Sadly I have to agree. The sport at the youth level has gotten out of hand, and with events like this and websites offering national rankings for jr high kids its just more incentive for parents to push their kids harder at younger ages, and its killing the sport. Dont get me wrong it's not just parents pushing kids to hard. Its a dying sport to begin with, kids dont want to cut weight and put in the time, theyd rather be on facebook, xbox live or twitter.
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looks like somebody has never been exposed to Youth swimming, or AAU basketball, or Gymnastics or little league or soccer.
 
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