I agree STA has a terrific kids club. I have been
around the sport for several years now and definately know and understand the components that
make up a quality kids club. My son has visited
this club several times and has been to a few of
STA's summer clinics. I am not surprised this program is doing well today. It is funny several
have mentioned being approached by STA parents etc about coming to STA. My son has been approached many times, by parents and even the coach. The comment is nothing more than "You are a good wrestler, you really should consider coming to Aquinas" Our standard response has always been, well we are not Catholic. "The Acquinas response everytime has been. "Well no one is perfect."
Always said with a smile. So is this really recruiting? The most valid point I have read in this forum is the point about pulling kids from the entire metro. That does make a huge difference. I noticed someone mentioned this issue in reference to Oklahoma, in that private schools are not able to compete in the state tournament. I used to live in Oklahoma. In fact
I had two nephews at Jenks, High School,(just south of Tulsa, OK) Jenks won the state football championship 6 years running. It was always interesting that they had very talented inter-city kids on their rosters. One in particular comes to mind is the running back Kejuan Jones, that is now
a running back for OU. Kejuan, was a transfer from North Tulsa. I never really understood how that worked. So maybe there is a little unfairness
in being able to pull from a metro area.