Not sure on all the wrestlers, but at least one (10/79) would very likely make it to state, and could do well there.

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ok. i was just wondering wasnt trying to belittle the kids.

I know that if my son lost in the Kansas State finals to a kid from Oklahoma, it would be almost unbearable to deal with. How would you explain that to family and friends who have not been reading this forum? People on here talk about just letting them wrestle, finish the year, all that crap. For those Kansans saying this, I hope your kid runs across one of them, then you can deal with the outcome.
I can't imagine saying someday that, "we would have won the Kansas State wrestling tourny, but we got beat in the finals by an Oklahoma kid".

i can't imagine a kansan hopeing a kansas kid gets beat by an oklahoma kid just to prove a point about an opinion his parents made on a public forum.

i hope all you kansas kids win over the oakie's no matter what your parent's opinion is go getem kansas.


jmo.

So does anyone know what happened in court today?

I went to the hearing today. I did not get to stay for the final ruling but visited with the parents at practice this evening. The kids will not be attending the Districts,in which means, they will not be at State. Of course, the courts had to follow what the law says. The judge ruled with KS Wrestling. I know whole heartedly that I was and still am pursuaded by my emotional ties to these kids, so please don't criticize for that. Though i totally expect some negative comment to be made. I just wanted to state the outcome.

Thanks to any of you that put yourself in this situation and cheeered the kids on. I am sure their parents appreciated it. And if you didn't agree, it is just an opinion and the one that the court agreed with.

Good luck to everyone in the next few weeks!

Well since you brought it back up, I will have to say that most of the people on here in favor of the Ok. kids wrestling here, probably are not concerned, due to the fact that they are not as good as their kid, or their kid does not have any of them in their class. Its easy to say these things when they do not really pertain to you. And yes, if you are for this, then I do hope that you have to deal with the consequences. At the top of this screen it says Kansas Wrestling, not Midwest State Chmpionships wrestling. I can guarantee that if one of these kids were a beast, similiar to Andrew Gamble of Mo., people would be all over this situation, worse than they are now. Nothing could be worse than an out of stater winning the state championships. Nix, I am really surprised that you read my last post, I figured you were still chasing flies.

SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!!!!! So many things I want to say but need to keep my emotions in check. This just isn't right. I am upset with so many people for this. You can attack me if you choose to that is fine. You are not going to change my mind and I hope Karma gets everyone who was so negative about this. No one should treat kids this way. Good Luck to all the Hugoton boys that are still wrestling! I know who you will be thinking of in the next few weekends.

2008...

I just walked in the door from the long drive home from Hugoton.

Mr. Brunson is a stand up man.

caught that fly and moved on.

I just wanted to..............

My son wrestled for Purler Wrestling Academy for two years, it is at Parkhill HS, Mo. We drove 75 miles every week to wrestle with a team that is mostly Missouri kids. Tucker made friends with many of these kids. We also wrestled many Mo. tourneys, but not at any time did it occur to me that we should be allowed to wrestle in the qualifying tournaments in Mo. We even wrestled for Team Victory, from Oak Park Mo. in the Park Hill duals... It seems like it is about a seven hour drive from Hugoton to Topeka, wouldn't it be just as close to drive to Oklahoma City? I am completly fine being on a team from another state, if it helps your kids get the most wrestling experience, but to think that that allows you anything more is selfish, and puts the Hugoton team under much pressure being caught in between. After the regular season of Hugoton allowing you to wrestle there with open arms, be respectful, and drive south east to your state championships.

Richard did nothing wrong. He presented the case that KANSAS WRESTLING voted on and approved of. He was not out to get 8 year old boys or ten year old boys. He was out to get what they Kansas State Board had approved and voted on. The Judge Agreed. I wish these boy the best and hope they do well in the Oklahoma State Championships next year.

SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!!! First of all, Wishing bad karma on all the people that supported the RULES is bad karma. I would look both ways when crossing the steet if I were you. "NO ONE SHOULD TREAT KIDS THIS WAY" If you are so concerned about kids then why would you wish them bad karma? 99% of the kids that go to state want to win or loose to a Kansas kid not a Oklahoma kid. I think you should apologize to all the Kansas kids and the people that supported the boards decision and take back the kara remark.
I just want to make it clear that my son and I only suported the rules and the decision of the board. Like I have said before, RULES ARE RULES and we need to respect them and not try to weasel our way around them.
Good luck to all the Hugoton KANSAS boys and all the other KANSAS kids that make it to the KANSAS STATE tournament. Good Karma to ALL.

Mark Butcher

the real victim is the kids.

the real shame about this is that their parents, coaches, club officers, can't stop pointing fingers at others and take some responsibility for their own actions.

the texas cty wrestling club took disbanded and looked for an easier way

the hugoton club should have forseen some of this

the KS board was "nice" once and let them slide, the parents should be more thankful, that there was ever an opportunity. take all your undeserved hatred for KS wrestling and turn that into positive energy and bring back the TEXAS CTY WRESTLERS.
go to OK state.

again the kids are the victims, but there are other adults to blame other than the KS board, KS people, and richard salyer.

Great post Headup, hit the nail on the head.

The real victim is all the Kansas kids whos state money had to be spent on lawyer fees. Did the state get attorney fees in the ruling?

I doubt it...but the Attorney who can afford to travel Europe, just so he can appreciate what he has in the good ole USA, sure got a buttload of money. I doubt he did it just because he felt it was wrong. He is the only real winner, if thats what we can call someone like that, in the whole affair.