This is very disappointing, I'm left with a empty feeling right now. I'm sure tomorrow I'll be mad but now I can't get my brain to wrap around to the other side to make a complete lap. This is like a unsuspected death in the family.im heart broken for the kids. We've spent months pushing kids past their limits just so they know that it's possible to get to that point and grow from it. Hopefully everyone is teaching weight management and nutrition to lead these kids to the next level and prepare them for these hurdles and on to adult life. They should all be healthy enough to see this through. I would hope everybody that was coming to the state tournament was prepared for some sort of adversity and able to push through it in this situation. I'm assuming that this is out of a lot of our hands, but if there's any way to help please let me know, don't let this be a crutch to the kids use. Make this a good learning experience about life at a young age. You can feel sorry about it and set at the same level or we can move on and grow from the experience. It's very disappointing that the hard work of a lot of kids and coaches is shut down because of the small group that fear dying so much that they don't live life.

Thank you to all the leaders in the situation that tried to push it through to get us to be able to compete.

Here is something to think about. The NBA was the first to announce on media Wednesday night. If the NBA announced their decision ONE DAY later....We would be wrestling today. News and Social Media made this more of a pandemic in 24 hours than could be imagined. Before cell phones this wouldn't have blown up like it did.

I left Tuesday night practice not a single thought in my mind about state being cancelled. Then two Utah Jazz player get the Virus...NBA suspends season. NCAA cancels season. It was a snowball effect that got larger by the minute. And in the mean time not startling data to back it all up.

For those of you that have been backing these cancellations on this forum. Stay home....you better not step foot outside...you might get the sniffles.

I will try and do what I coach my athletes to do. "When something bad happens know that it could be worse" One of the worst outcomes of this pandemic is what happened to Brandon Ball. He is at DII Nationals. The tournament is expected to start this morning. And they find out last night that it is cancelled. This was his last opportunity to be a national champion. OR you could throw in Spencer Lee and his chance of being a 4 time champion.

I know this is way off the subject, but does anyone know who was making the State Championship shirts? All three of my boys qualified together for the first time, and we are devastated like everyone else by the cancellation. I’m assuming someone pre-made all those shirts (the ones with the names on the back) and I would like to reach out to them for an order. We believe as a family this should have not have been canceled, and at the same time we realize there is absolutely nothing we can do. We appreciate all the people that fought so hard for us to wrestle. If anyone has any info for who produced the shirts (if they did) that would be awesome. 15 years from now, hopefully we can pull these old shirts out of a closet and remember how bummed we were this weekend, but laugh about how our lives went on. Thanks.

Click here to read the letter from Mike Bell, Vice President of Visit Topeka. The letter includes information on room cancellations.

Frank Zenisek, has asked me to make sure this gets posted on the forums. Please share with your clubs. Blue Chip created an online store of all the USAW KS State merchandise.
https://www.bluechipwrestling.com/collections/2020-kansas-usa-wrestling-state-championship