Actually between wrestling, officiating and coaching i've been involved for close to 30 years. with the youngest kid i'm involved with being in 12 and under. (and yes he IS involved in freestyle and would rather wrestle it than folkstyle) It is not right that the 6 and unders work as hard or harder than most of the kids that are your sons age and get absolutely no recognition at the state level. I love people that get on here and try to be a phsycic. (Dionne Warwick went broke doing that i think) I'm just trying to use common sense. But if you would like me to come down to your level i will stick a straw in my ear and suck out half my brain. If you are going to call me out then have the guts to put your name on your post.

Rassler, since you will be glad to be out of Kids next year, why do you care about the 6U?...you don't! I don't have kids in 6U but many people do and this matters to them. Many of the wrestlers that are 6 and 7 want to have a state championship tournament. Not the parents but some of these kids want to have the title state champion. I agree with grandpa Isenberg it's not where you wrestle, but the competition you wrestle. Ottawa is where the wrestlers should start, if a wrestler wins Ottawa then go to Topeka to (for lack of better words) unite the championship. If a wrestler does not win Ottawa there is no sense to go to Topeka.

I do have a 6 under and I don't think Ottawa should be forced to give up the tourney they started That is like moving the Ark City open or the Tom Faust memorial to Salina because the facility is bigger! If the state was taking over 6 under that is totally different but for one club to take it from another club just because they have a bigger facility is just not right! I my self do not like 32-64 man brackets however every tourney this year my 6 year old takes out his huge bracket to look at! He did not win, I am talking about the little bracket that you purchase. I do think that all kids of the same weight and age are in one bracket so there is one true state champ! I hate the idea of two 6 under tourneys. I would like to see them wrestle at a district tourney but I don't think that would be very feasible. I don't know the answer here but 2 tourneys is not it!!

fight fiercly every year for districts, In fact this year it was voted on at the seeding meeting to hold district in Topeka, they fought it, They brought it up again at the district 1 meeting that it needs to be in Ottawa,


Fight fiercly..... What? I think the responce was oh well; we'll try again next year.


Definition of obsessed:
It just seems that money is the underlying factor in their reluctance to let any tourament leave Ottawa. I'm surprised they don't make the case to hold state at Ottawa, maybe they could make a few thousand more off of that.


The fact is Ottawa loves to host tournaments; we have fun with a dedicated group of caring parents, coaching staff, and community. It's OK; don't worry, be happy.

OMMCP