We have been around for 2yrs now & I can say what I have seen with this team is not sportsmanship. they crowd around the mat so no one can see the matches & there is no reason for this. I have seen for my self where they have purposely chocked the kids out where they are not breathing there were 3 in district and this is not the 1st time. This is not sportsmanship. not to mention they also with have their kids hurt the others on purpose just to win, this is not sportsmanship. They like to also take it to the high school team which they farm the team from TOHX where there was a parent who told their kid off their hts hs team to rip a girls arm off becuz he wasn't winning & purposely hurt another girl just becuz they could then got mad becuz she was given the match. I have seen TOHX go around the tourney's like they own the place and almost always are standing in the way so you can not watch a match. from what I have also seen is that they also seem to have some officials in their pockets. Which is another issue all in itself. I thought that this was about technique & sportsmanship and that is what we are teaching our kids no matter what team they are on. I have seen this with this team the past couple years & it is getting old & the sad part is that those who need to know do as they are also sitting on the boards of just about every part of the usa wrestling if you look at who are the board members and such. So it would do no good to say anything any way. they just laugh us off like they are now. I am very seriously double thinking the whole wrestling deal with my kids. the officials allow this bad behavior from this team and I have seen a couple where they have stopped matches before the kids have gotten hurt then I have seen them like district where they allow the injuries due to whom the teams are. which is not right. the other thing is they like to run off the mat so they can collect points they try to make it look like the other team is doing it. the officials don't call it either. I was sitting in the stands when CHARLES KNOX told his wrestler you are up holding your family name & honor you do what you have to, to make it up & win this next match that is when they chocked the kid out to the point he had passed out. that is just plain wrong. no to mention the intentional headbutting to try to win a match then have the parents sit there & say the kid is a bleeder. are you kidding me.

Yes I have gotten to know the kids from the TOHX & HTS & they are nothing like what I have seen or heard from the parents or coaches. which is very sad. this is not about them behaving as a team if that is what you consider being a team no thanks.

the behavior of some of the parents & coaches remind me of gang behaviors or thugs!! really that is not what I want my kid to learn or to teach them dirty tricks and bring in someone that knows martial arts to teach them tricks so they can get away with not have a ref call them on it & giving it to the other team who is wrestling fair.

yes this is a very soar subject with me and this is not the only team I have seen act this way but this is the main one I have seen.

there is nothing wrong with dedication and lots of hard work from a team to learn technique and SPORTSMANSHIP