Hi Everybody,
Soon a committee will be considering wrestlers for the annual Kansas City Metro Classic. After last year's Kansas win, a 26-25 squeeker, Missouri will be loading up. High school coaches need to fax their recommended wrestlers to 913-768-7239 or email me at gdulmer@hotmail.com. Recommendations must be received by Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013.

Hope Missouri has 2 hvwts so KS can showcase their 2 phenoms!


Kevin Seybold

AAA...Me too! I think it comes down to whether there are any weight classes that will not be wrestled before another weight class is doubled up on, and of course both states have to agree to it. There are some great choices in a lot of weight classes for Kansas this year. This will be a good year to kick Missouri's butt.

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Tickets are now on sale for this year's event at Nill Brother's Sporting Goods in all their locations and at Varsity Sporting Goods at 78th and Parrellel, in Kansas City, Kansas. We will have the website up later this week. Tickets may be purchased through the website as soon as we go online.

Teams will be announced on Monday following the Kansas State Tournament.

Coaches we need all nominations as per the lead announcement on this thread. You can nominate your wrestler or any wrestler you have seen. We need your input.

Attention all Kid Club Directors and Coaches:

The Metro Classic is making available a $5.00 half price ticket to wrestlers from any kid clubs in the metro area on either side of the state line. These tickets will only be honored for youth wrestlers. No adults will be admitted on this special ticket. All adults will be admitted on a full price adult ticket.

These special youth wrestler tickets may be purchased by each youth wrestling club by contacting Randy Westfahl at rcwbud@hotmail.com or calling or texting 913-645-6772. Leave your phone number and the name of the director and the club. I will return your call or email with the information you need to purchase those tickets. All orders purchased by February 23 will be mailed out to the club, any orders after that date will be placed in Will Call at the meet and can be picked up as a group on the night of the meet. The last date for purchasing these specially priced tickets is Friday, March 1st. No Orders will be excepted after March 1.

Who is Kansas looking at fielding in their lineup this year? Also any thoughts on who Missouri might have? I hadn't seen anything on the forum in other threads so I thought I would pose the question. I realize it depends on the weight allowance , state placing, etc. I have posted a few thoughts of mine below.

KS - Seaton (113), Shoemaker (138), Humphrey (145), Blackwell (152), Pucket (160), Guillen (170), Meck (182), Taliaferro (195), Contreras (220), Butler & Geary (HWT),

MO - Lapaglia (145), Daniels (160)

Johnson 170
Wilson 182

Toelkes (220)

I'll give you some names that might work for MO.
113 Jaret Singh Kearney
120 Brad Perkins Oak Park
126
132
138 Kevin Kenny Kearney
145 Darick Lapaglia Blue Springs
152 Cain Salas Blue Springs
160 Drew Daniels Rochurst / Austin Eades BS South
170 Malik Colding PHHS
182 Chase Gray PHHSS
195 Carter Mackender Raymore-Peculiar
220 Austin Reyes Blue Springs
285

Toelkes would be a good one but he'll have to wait one more year. This is set up for Seniors.

opps!

106-Blake Gordon KS

If they get a 7 pound allowance, this team would be tough.

113 – Justus Seaton – BS – 21-4
120 – Hunter Price – HOL – 28-4
126 – Kyle Wilson – WAM – 24-1
132 – Bryce Shoemaker – BAL – 29-2
138 – Reis Humphrey – SMS – 26-2
145 – Jonathan Blackwell – BS – 22-1
145 – Either - Tanner Ogden – RV – 31-3 or Jack Mitchell – 17-2
152 – Aaron Puckett – BS – 26-0
160 – Bryant Guillen - SEA - 35-0
170 – Jared Johnson - PR - 25-0
182 – Nick Meck – SH – 27-1
195 – Ben Taliaferro – SH – 27-2
220 – Shannon Meck – SH - 25-2
295 – Nathan Butler – LV – 34-0
285 – Will Geary – TOP – 22-1

In my opinion the 7 lb allowance should be from the weight the athletes competed at in high school. ie. If you have a 160 in high school, then he should be 160 in the metro, not a 152 for the metro classic.

How far away can a school be to be considered in the Metro area?

80 miles as the crow flies in Kansas. 50 miles in Missouri. This is balanced based on student population.

Wouldn't Holton and Wamego be out of reach according to those standards?

Holton has had at 5 wrestlers in the past. Wamego is a bit far out!!

In the past, Hiawatha has had 2, Sabetha has had 4, Ft. Scott with 7, and Rossville with 2.

A few other factoids ... Missouri has been represented by 45 schools and Kansas by 56.

Kansas has 7 schools that have at least 10 wrestlers from an individual school. (Blue Valley 13, BV North 10, BV Northwest 13, Lansing 11, Paola 10, St. Thomas Aquinas 13, Wyandotte 10)

Missouri has 8 schools that have at least 10 competitors. (Blue Springs 24, Kearney 11, Lee's Summit 13, Oak Grove 27, Oak Park 29, Park Hill 24, Platte County 18, Ray-Pec 15)

Not if you fold up your map a little bit!