Qryche11 Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 I understand that a parent of a 5th grader at Johnson Elementary in Ft Thomas, whose son recently won a state title in his class, has approached the HS Athletic Director about possibly starting a program at Highlands. Great idea IMO! I am sure this would be great for the school and would even help with the football program. Any thoughts?
uselessinfo Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 While many times wrestling and basketball athletes are not the same kids......I would guess it would have some impact on basketball numbers.
rjs4470 Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 While many times wrestling and basketball athletes are not the same kids......I would guess it would have some impact on basketball numbers.[/quote Basketball actually helps wrestling numbers. I'd say most middle school wrestlers are kids that got cut from the basketball team and still want to play a sport (it's how my kid and most of the wrestler's I know got into it). Football is another story. Highlands deep runs in the football playoffs every year in highschool will affect numbers, much like it does basketball.
uselessinfo Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 While many times wrestling and basketball athletes are not the same kids......I would guess it would have some impact on basketball numbers.[/quote Basketball actually helps wrestling numbers. I'd say most middle school wrestlers are kids that got cut from the basketball team and still want to play a sport (it's how my kid and most of the wrestler's I know got into it). Football is another story. Highlands deep runs in the football playoffs every year in highschool will affect numbers, much like it does basketball. I get what you are saying, but I was thinking that at a school that struggles at times to get football players to play basketball, giving them another option that might be more beneficial to them as football players may hurt the basketball program.
2 Humped Camel Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 I get what you are saying, but I was thinking that at a school that struggles at times to get football players to play basketball, giving them another option that might be more beneficial to them as football players may hurt the basketball program. At most schools I'd agree that wrestling really helps football players but at Highlands I'm not sure anything could better prepare them for football than the off season weights and conditioning program that they already have. I'd love to see more schools in NKY get wrestling but I think it'd have a tough time surviving at Highlands.
sml007 Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 I understand that a parent of a 5th grader at Johnson Elementary in Ft Thomas, whose son recently won a state title in his class, has approached the HS Athletic Director about possibly starting a program at Highlands. Great idea IMO! I am sure this would be great for the school and would even help with the football program. Any thoughts? This will never happen. As much as the mantra of "wanting kids to play other sports" is stated. They will not create a new program that takes kids away from the off season program.
Shamrock Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 While many times wrestling and basketball athletes are not the same kids......I would guess it would have some impact on basketball numbers.[/quote Basketball actually helps wrestling numbers. I'd say most middle school wrestlers are kids that got cut from the basketball team and still want to play a sport (it's how my kid and most of the wrestler's I know got into it). Football is another story. Highlands deep runs in the football playoffs every year in highschool will affect numbers, much like it does basketball. My kid wrestles for Campbell Co. We had about 32 wrestlers at the middle school level and probably 2 used to play basketball. The quote about wrestlers are kids that got cut from the basketball team, is totally false. Wrestling is a different animal in itself.
Shamrock Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 When is wrestling season? From around November to Mid Feb.
uselessinfo Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 My kid wrestles for Campbell Co. We had about 32 wrestlers at the middle school level and probably 2 used to play basketball. The quote about wrestlers are kids that got cut from the basketball team, is totally false. Wrestling is a different animal in itself. I was agreeing with you on this.................The quote you got from my post was posted by rjs.
75center Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 It would be interesting to see how much interest there is in the program.
rjs4470 Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 My kid wrestles for Campbell Co. We had about 32 wrestlers at the middle school level and probably 2 used to play basketball. The quote about wrestlers are kids that got cut from the basketball team, is totally false. Wrestling is a different animal in itself. Totally false?? ...Maybe in Campbell County where there is a longstanding wrestling tradition and a solid youth program. My son's middle school wrestling team had 16 kids----10 6th graders, 8 of which tried out for basketball and got cut, and 4 7th graders who had all gotten cut from basketball as 6th graders. I can't comment on the 8 th graders because I don't know. I do agree that wrestling is a completely different animal from any other high school sport. Like it or not though, it has been and probably always will be second fiddle to basketball in the state of KY in MOST schools.
stinkyboy II Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 Would this be a Title IX issue. Does HHS have more girls' sports than boys?
rjs4470 Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 Would this be a Title IX issue. Does HHS have more girls' sports than boys? Wrestling is considered a co-ed sport, so Title IX is not an issue.
Shamrock Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 I agree with wrestling being second fiddle to basketball. Even at CC, where wrestling is the top sport. Not sure why you have the bb players that can't cut it wrestling. It is rare to have a bb player wrestle at CC. They won't ever stick their head in the wrestling room door, let alone wrestle.
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