I heard something Sunday Jan 26th that kinda hit a nerve, however I have heard another story that tells it the other way too.

The first story I heard was that Paola didnt wrestle at the dual with Prarie View and Anderson Co because they had so many sick wrestlers.

The second story I heard was that Paola had some wrestlers out, but still had enough to wrestle varsity and fill in the open spots but didnt want to take the chance of getting beat by Anderson County.

Which is ture? Where there enough wrestlers that they could have wrestled, but to keep a clean record in duals in the league as of now they didnt want to try their luck?

Hey Big Kneepad are you in school? What do you guys do in that school anyway tht you have time to be on here all the time. They need to give you a bit more to do I think. Pretty bad deal there all around.

Or bedtime what about bedtime, time to put on the jammies and hit the hey?

hey overtime mind your own buisness just so you know i do none of my posting durring school or after 11 on a school night but why is it your concern sometimes i wonder if people like you have nothing better to do than to worry about a highschool student that you have never met in your life... back to wrestling i believe that paola might have had enough wrestlers to fill the spots but if the majority of your team is sick why wrestle and have the risk of spreading the sickness to the other team making them go through the same thing

Um, actually it's spelled "hay," not "hey." Good thing you were kept busy during EVERY MINUTE of high school and learned how to spell, rather than waste valuable learning time on a KWCA forum.

(6th grade TR spelling bee runner-up REPRESENT!)

Who is ranked 1st in 5A right now?

Sorry BigKneePad, I guess instead of being sarcastic I should have just stated what I was thinking. One of the things wrestling teaches so well is respect, for your opponent and for the sport. The hope is that it is going to transfer to other areas of your life. The way you address people on here is both rude and devoid of that special respect that wrestling has taught most of us. I have been involved in wrestling for over 45 years on a very very active level and the thought of being lectured to or demeaned by a high school student over the topic of wrestling is laughable on one level and very sad on the other. That is what I meant to say.

The truth is that about 8 of paola's starters were out sick with the flu virus that is running rampant. Paola and Anderson Co. will wrestle next Tuesday, February 4.The Payne brothers both came down with the influenza virus the day after the Bashor tourny.After that the team started dropping like flies.

So basically what you are saying is that they could have wrestled if they wanted. But they didnt want to take the chances of getting beat. AC wont have much of a chance to stay with their full varsity team, however, if there would have been that many JV wrestlers it could have been intersting.

Western Ks hasn't dominated 4A for many years. Teams like Columbus, Santa Fe, Concordia, Abilene, and Clay Center which according to the map are in Eastern Ks have done great. They use to have a real advantage in 3-2-1a until some schools like ACCHS, Royal Valley, Sabetha, dropped to 3A (Royal Valley has now gone back up) but the edge is gone. Yes Hoxie is a great team right now and they are in western KS but to use the logic from the western KS dude about the number of medals won by one or two teams from the east, if you subtract Hoxie and Nortons medals the west isn't up to par either. I am not dissing anyone from any part of the state, but all the bias bull gets old and it is pretty much BULL.

Population-wise, which I think is what most people are talking about, teams like Clay Center and Abilene are considered Western KS. I know for stuff like the East/West Classic and the Shrine Bowl for football, anything west of Manhattan is considered "Western Kansas."

Fanatic, and Overtime, Really nice to hear some very true and positve comments from you guys. Thanks for setting these guys straight. i know I speak for alot of people on this forum, that appreciate what you guys have to say, and are tired of hearing the rude and sarcastic remarks from some of these guys. I agree that sharing difference of opinion and trying to prove one's point is what makes the forum fun. BUT some of these guys need to be more proffessional about it. And some of you guys must remember that some of the people on here have forgotten more about wrestling than you know. SHOW SOME RESPECT!!!!!

Anderson County will beat Paola anytime that they dual...

No they wont, AC is an improving team from the past, but they are not up to Paola's level yet. Here are a couple reasons:
1)after 160 it maybe all pins for Paola
2)AC's strong weights
125 Barns (AC) pins Elmore (Pao)
135 Sanders (AC)pins McKoon (Pao)
140 Gatlin (AC)dec Oliphant (Pao)
145 Harris (Pao)dec Adams (AC)
152 Elmore (Pao)dec Beckman (AC)

That will not be enough to knock off a team like Paola.

AC's 112 will beat hager
AC's 119 will beat Edwards (if harrington is stilll out)
i think the could pull it off..it will be close but i take AC in the end

AC vs Paola this is what I think each team is set up as, I am not sure I will give my prediction on each match too
112 Dusty Welsh vs Chance Hager (AC dec)
119 Reuben Wolken vs Aaron Edwards (Pao fall)
125 Keegan Barnes vs Eric Elmore (AC fall)
130 Tyson Adams vs Shea Mosley (AC maj dec)
135 Nick Sanders vs Ryan McKoon (AC fall)
140 Eddie Gatlin vs Paul Oliphant (AC dec)
145 David Howard vs Eric Harris (Pao dec)
152 Garrett Beckman vs Brandon Elmore (AC dec)
160 David Gooding vs Jimmy Stewart (Pao fall)
171 Adler Ladewig vs Nathan Payne (Pao fall)
189 John Gooding vs Brad Page (Pao fall)
215 Dallas Zook vs Steve Cullor (Pao fall)
275 Ryan Brown vs Caleb Payne (Pao fall)

AC 25 Paola 39

Anderson County isn't at the level of Paola, in fact, they're not even at the next level down. Paola would punk them so bad with everybody healthy that it would not even be remotely humorous.

david gooding (wrestles jv) was wrestling because his brother john gooding was hurt, and they bumped the heavies up a wieght. 160 will be brian jones, 171 chris whitman, 189 john gooding. adler ladwig got beat in a wrestle off by brian jones.

bigkneepads,
who are you igzactally? do you wrestle?

I'm a JV wrestler stuck behind Nathan Payne. Sucks, but me and him are tight, so it's not so bad.

Yea, which one are you, because when I watched your duel i Noticed you had three people wrestling 171 on your roster, so please infrom us which one you were to clear that up.

Which duel would that be, one of the 171 pounders quit awhile ago, I'm the one who didn't quit, I guess.