I know a post from another middle school topic, from KC piper I believe, spoke about not having a middle school program, which is unfortunate. In my son's first year in MS last year we had a blast. He got to represent his school and got around 20 some matches. They weren't always the toughest nmatches, I think he met three to four good kids who were club kids, but the mat time was invaluable. In the end I think it kinda hurt his kids club season for the year, but at the same time taught him valuable lessons concerning the "team" concept. I know he was also pretty fired up when LHS varsity showed up at the city duals to watch the finals, knowing he wanted to wrestle beside some of them in the upcoming years. I also like the fact that some of these MS kids don't always get the opportunity to wrestle unless they are introduced to wrestling during MS. I know of a 1st year 8th grader last year who loved it. Made his family drive him to Baker every week and me to Purler once a week. I was going anyway! Good luck everyone this MS season and we'll see you at kids season too!