I'm against Highlands having wrestling. Campbell county has a nice program for those looking for wrestling on this side of the Licking River. I'd recommend the Johnson Elementary kid pursues wrestling there. Wish him luck.

I'm against Highlands having wrestling. Campbell county has a nice program for those looking for wrestling on this side of the Licking River. I'd recommend the Johnson Elementary kid pursues wrestling there. Wish him luck.

 

And that's fine. It's not for everybody. It is however the one sport that ANYONE can compete in, on a level playing field, regardless of how big or how small you are. You can't say that about almost any other sport. Schools like St X, Trinity, Johnson Central, and many other are able to have quality football and wrestling programs. It's not a question of facilities either. There are schools who's wrestling team practice in cafeteria's. In an age where kids get squeezed out of other sports that have gotten super competitive, or because they are a little small, slow or not tall enough, wrestling is a great option.

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“I draft wrestlers because they are tough, I have never had a problem with a wrestler.”

- Joe Gibbs, Hall of fame Football Coach

 

I would have all of my Offensive Lineman wrestle if I could.“

- John Madden, Hall of Fame Football Coach

 

“I love wrestlers, they are tough and they make great football players.”

-Mike Stoops, NCAA National Championship Football Coach - University of Oklahoma

 

“Wrestlers make coaching football easy, they have balance, coordination, and as a coaching staff we know they’re tough.”

- Tom Osborne , College Hall of Fame Football Coach - University of Nebraska

Tell Campbell County that.

All the girl boy boy scared talk is ridiculous. Cov Cath football will benefit from wrestling. CC has numerous stud football players that wrestle none of whom cut hardly at all, four of whom placed at state one a two x champ, another a champ, and runner up another a future champ and another a possible future champ. A lot of great football players did wrestle and were HS champs.

 

Highlands is totally in the dark on wrestling as is CC Football coach pretty much because he came from a school that did not have wrestling "Highlands "

 

When D1 College football coaches are running to mat side to watch wrestlers who do both sports and are dominating wrestling, I think it speaks volumes. As far as off season training, no football player at Highlands or elsewhere who has not wrestled could last a real wrestling practice or hang in the gym or otherwise with a good wrestler.

 

Pound for pound quicker stronger and more agile than football players, and some are all around stronger. Not many girls wrestle in HS not a big issue. The honeymooner post is ignorant. Wrestling is the first step in MMA wich is overtaking all sports .

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I think CovCath and Highlands football are doing ok without wrestling. There are numerous threads in BGP talking to Highlands not being competitive in baseball and b-ball. Trying to get a support for another sport at school the size of HS will be tough.

There has never been a more unfortunate moniker in the history of BGP than those initials....look it up @ Urban Dictionary.

Highlands is better off with out wrestling, they wouldn't be very good if they had it anyways.

All the girl boy boy scared talk is ridiculous. Cov Cath football will benefit from wrestling. CC has numerous stud football players that wrestle none of whom cut hardly at all, four of whom placed at state one a two x champ, another a champ, and runner up another a future champ and another a possible future champ. A lot of great football players did wrestle and were HS champs.

 

Highlands is totally in the dark on wrestling as is CC Football coach pretty much because he came from a school that did not have wrestling "Highlands "

 

When D1 College football coaches are running to mat side to watch wrestlers who do both sports and are dominating wrestling, I think it speaks volumes. As far as off season training, no football player at Highlands or elsewhere who has not wrestled could last a real wrestling practice or hang in the gym or otherwise with a good wrestler.

 

Pound for pound quicker stronger and more agile than football players, and some are all around stronger. Not many girls wrestle in HS not a big issue. The honeymooner post is ignorant. Wrestling is the first step in MMA wich is overtaking all sports .

 

D1 football coaches sit beside wrestling mats, basketball courts, baseball fields, and tracks to recruit kids that are good at football. It has nothing to do with wrestling. Kids can be good at football and be good at wrestling, but no football players are being recruited because they are good at wrestling. They get recruited because they are good at football.

D1 football coaches sit beside wrestling mats, basketball courts, baseball fields, and tracks to recruit kids that are good at football. It has nothing to do with wrestling. Kids can be good at football and be good at wrestling, but no football players are being recruited because they are good at wrestling. They get recruited because they are good at football.

 

True. But, wrestling can provide very good off season training for football players. It's not deniable that many of the things you learn in wrestling can be applied directly to football. Leverage, footwork, conditioning, are all things (plus many others) that cross over very well. Again, you don't have to like the sport.....but don't sell it short just because you don't like it. The state of Kentucky, is way behind the curve on wrestling. All those 5" 9' basketball players on the end of the bench getting mop up duty could have a chance to play a college sport if they'd have wrestled.

True. But, wrestling can provide very good off season training for football players. It's not deniable that many of the things you learn in wrestling can be applied directly to football. Leverage, footwork, conditioning, are all things (plus many others) that cross over very well. Again, you don't have to like the sport.....but don't sell it short just because you don't like it. The state of Kentucky, is way behind the curve on wrestling. All those 5" 9' basketball players on the end of the bench getting mop up duty could have a chance to play a college sport if they'd have wrestled.

 

I agree with you. I was not discrediting the sport. Wrestling can be a very good off season activity. My point was that college football coaches aren't sitting by the mat because kids are good wrestlers. They are sitting by the mat because kids are good football players who wrestle, just like they watch recruits play basketball and baseball. I think wrestling develops toughness, balance and other skills that can be applied to a football field.

Well this is just my opinion (which could be a bias) however, some coaches do sit by the mats to watch kids wrestle even though they are there to recruit for football. The toughness and tenacity that is created and built through wrestling is far above most attributes needed to be a good football player. These 2 things alone will take a "good" football player to a "really good" football player. Being a successful wrestler will help any average football guy get a look from someone who might not have looked. I mean lets face it, the true studs/athletes are going to get looks no matter what they play or do. Now I don't know the traditions at Highlands other than they are great at football, and I'm an Ohio guy originally so I'm trying to look at this in a general format. But considering I did both growing up, and I wrestled in college, I also now coach wrestling in Ohio, the two sports compliment each other beyond any other two combined. Now I know this also varies upon positions. A wide reciever, a QB, taller guys with good agility now they might suit better at basketball than wrestling just because of thier build. But a LB, a RB, any lineman, DE, TE, any hard nosed in the trenches player or gap filler would definitely excel putting the two sports together. The hand fighting, balance, leverage, and movement that wrestling teaches is exactly like fighting in the trenches. There is a Jim Tressel youtube video out there talking about how he only recruits OL and DL's that wrestle because of what wrestling teaches them. Now I know it's his beliefs, and these are my beliefs, but they can definitely help each other. Again this is just my opinion, but lifting all off season isn't the same as competing in a sport that requires more than most. I also think that if you could get the school, kids, and parents to buy into the sport of wrestling it would definitely be a beneficiary to the kids and to the football team, more so than a risk or hold back. But again, that is just my humble opinion.

 

I think I have to agree with one poster, those guys that are 5' 9" or 5' 10" would definitely have more opportunity to succeed and excel rather than just sitting on the bench. It just provides another opportunity to help these children succeed in life, after all it's all about us setting our kids up for success right?

On a side note, I coach wrestling at a school with a very good deep tradition of football, and getting the coaches and parents to "buy in" is the hardest part, but once they do, they will all atest that it can make a difference. You just have to be open to the possibilities of what it can do rather than thinking it harms the sport. It took a few years and some projects on the team to have the coaches buy in and show some difference, but it does work, depending on the leader/coaches that the schools have. That is the most important part if it will be beneficial or not. Who would be put into place to make the transition successful? Joe Blow would harm the school and the sport.

When is wrestling season?

When is wrestling season?

 

It is a winter sport. It begins October 15th (just like basketball) with the first matches coming in mid to late November, and ends the 3rd week of February.