This is a really silly argument, and i should not get on here after i get home from aggieville anymore, but im still pretty sure im right that if you measure them at both 16 or 18 inches they would have just about the same with WaKeeney by a few. Regardless it really doesnt matter but this does make both of us very lame, haha.

wrestlingfan65: You are correct in that we are both quite lame, but incorrect in regards to the seating capacities of the gyms.

Wrestlingfan65-

I think you should defer to Egg on this one. He was the supt. of Wakeeney when the bond issue for the gym was passed and was intimately involved in the design (the reason it is able to have 3 mats layed down with room to walk past them is because he measured the length required for 3 mats and added room for a walkway). In addition he was the AD at Norton for 10 years and is currently the supt there. I would say he is probably right!

Coach Twink, you flatter me. There was a BOE member at WaKeeney (whom I think may be related to wrestlingfan65?) who was insistent that the gym be built large enough to accomodate three mats end to end. Had we had more room to build, the walkway would have been wider. But the gym was/is literally "shoehorned" in its location between the tennis courts and exisiting high school building--another reason (in addition to cost) that the seating capacity is less than the desired 2000.

Yes his dad is on the BOE in WaKeeney. Both gyms are huge and more than cappable of holding regional wrestling. So i think we should just alternate sites every other year, and everyone would quit complaining about seating.

wrestlingfan65,

There is no silly argument....Egg is correct and you are incorrect.

And by the way, does the Fire Marshall in Wakeeney allow 2" more per fanny than the Fire Marshall up north in Norton???? Intersting stat that you have there.

Trego wrestler--as is YOUR dad!!!

It would be perfectly OK with us here inNorton if Norton & WaKeeney took turns each year hosting the tune-up to the annual NW Kansas Get-Together !

Aparently i am worng, and I am realted to a BOE member in WaKeeney. If Egg says so i will take him at his word cause he has never lied to me before. I dont know why i thought that about the seating but its just what i have heard. Anyway, it has nothing to do with the fire marshall allowing 2 more inches it is just how the seats are counted, but thats not important, Aparently Norton has more seating anyways. To Mr. Egg i will try not to disagree with you anymore know that i know who you are and that you might have the decision weither or not to hire me some day.

And the Idea of Trego and Norton taking turns hosting regionals sounds like a good idea to me also.

Whoa dudes! Give Oberlin a chance. The last regional there worked out fine. If the tournament moves along without delay and keeps the crowd involved with the drama of good competition, it goes along way to making you forget about your seating accomodations. Also Breezy made a good point about a lot of seating taken up with coolers, bags, coats etc.. Park that stuff elsewhere and keep the stands open for seating. Give other schools a chance besides Norton and Trego. Who knows Norton might go back to 4A.

OBERLIN HAS HAD A CHANCE!!!!!! And if Norton does go back to 4a, Trego can host! The tournament may move along without "delay", but with only two mats it will make for an extremely long weekend. The idea of putting the bags somewhere else would help A LITTLE, but where... TV's are already set up in the cafeteria to watch the wrestling since the seating is so scarce... I suppose they could open a room and we could have a "coat closet." The odds of something getting stolen I'm sure are pretty well nonexistent. :rolleyes:

I believe that it should be a compliment to even have hardly any seating left in the gym for the Oberlin Regional. I think it is great that it will be overflowing with fans. You could be in another location and not have hardly anyone there at all. This is good for the sport of wrestling.

So far Oberlin gets an A+++++

Oberlin used three mats today. Matches started @ 2 and ended @ 8:10. They will be wrestling on two mats Saturday and put in some portable bleachers on both ends. Well run tourney.

As expected, Oberlin ran a very well-organized and efficient tournament; hats off to Randy Olson, A.D. and tournament director and DCHS Principal Charles Haag for their hours of work and planning.

Spectators were not packed "cheek to jowl" as in the past--factors which, IMHO, contributed were, (1) the bone chilling and dangerous cold in the morning which may hve kept many from venturing out, especially old folks those with very young children, (2) the cost of gasoline, (3) the fact that there are fewer people living in NW Kansas, (4) not much suspense in regards to the team race, and/or (5) people may not have come because they feared it would be too crowded. DON'T MISUNDERSTAND HERE, there was a VERY LARGE CROWD --there were just not people sitting on the gym floor five or six rows deep and people being turned away at the gym doors as it was in '96 & 2000.

Again, an excellent run tournament.

Most well-organized and efficient tournament I have ever seen. Having the kids have their leg bands on saved a lot of time and should be used at all tourneys. Mat Director great idea. Well done Oberlin.