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Not arguing that he loves football, just wanted to be sure that the best program currently at CCHS, that has worked hand in hand with the previous football coach, will continue to get that kind of support if he is hired. Having spoken with him I feel he will continue to support football players wrestling in the winter. That being said I would only/could only support a hire that supports football players wrestling in the winter as it is a win/win for both programs. jm2c

Is he going to change his tune and support football players wrestling in the winter? If not, then not interested. js

The sport is growing in Kentucky. It starts with elementary and middle school programs. Students get involved and want to continue in High School. Once the mat is purchased, usually the biggest start up cost, starting program is not much of a problem.

Sweeperboy:Wrestling will have a direct impact on football, but it will be a positive impact. The sport will make any football players who wrestle a better football player. It will increase their stamina, hand/eye coordination, balance, tackling ability, and so much more. Some of the best players in the NFL wrestled. Tom Osborne, Bob Stoops, and other College coaches actively recruit football players who wrestle. This will be a great thing for your school.

G1 “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

Jim Ploesser- Hopkinsville: 3 State Championship & 4 State Runner-up teams, plus numerous Individual State Champions. Jim Perrin- Christian County: 1 State Championship & 2 State Runner-up teams, plus numerous Individual State Champions. Started the program

Former you said: So coaches should punish kids for moving? No, if the move was made for legimate reasons, not just because the dad got mad at the coaching staff & moved. Put it this way- How would you feel is you spent the whole year as a varsity wrestler, ready to go to state and Luke Metzker or Brad Cooper moved in a week before district and took your spot? Remember they started the season at Henry Clay or Simon Kenton, got mad at their coaches & moved to Larue for wrestling purposes only. It's one thing for those boys to move in and compete all season, it's another for them to move in a week before region and take someone's job. Yes, they are studs, but what message is being sent to the Campbell County team. Hard work & dedication mean less then another team championship. My only question: what would Coach B do if the Myers moved in & to job they were going to take was his sons?

Does John plan to get some wrestling going on before the schools merge? As I understand it, he's starting elementary this season. Middle School next and High School after the merge.

In addition to the teams Coach McCoy mention, Owensboro and Graves County added teams this year. In two years when the three McCraken County schools combine they will have a program. They have hired John Adams, the former Christian County head coach, to be their head coach.

The sport is growing every year. 13 years ago when I started coaching in District 1, which is now Region 1 had 6 teams. It now has 14 teams. This is a direct result of the growth of middle school and elementary programs. The high school teams are seeing an increase as direct result of the middle school programs. In 2000 there were 70 high school teams wrestling in Kentucky, last year there were 92. In 2000 13 teams competed in the middle school state championships, last year there were 61 teams. Interest is on the rise. Now we just need it to move into those last areas of the state that are wrestling free, i.e. Bowling Green.

1964: Ahrens Trade won the first two. Newport Catholic did win in 1967.

I'm just glad to hear another program is starting.The more the merrier. Male is starting this year in the Louisville area. Now if we can get any of the Bowling Green area teams- ACS, Franklin-Simpson, Warren Central, Greenwood, Bowling Green and more of the Western Kentucky Schools- Marshall Co, Graves Co, McCracken Co. etc. to start it would be even better

It was 14-0 Colonels before the Christian County Offense got on the field. Tandy 5 punt returns for TD's, 4 counted, (1 called back). He also scored a TD and conversion on offense. Final score 71-7. All the starters started the 2nd half on the bench with their shoulder pads off.

no, it was an open tournament for anyone Pre-K to 6th gradewho wanted to come wrestle. We have it the 3rd weekend of March every year.

4th Annual Christian County Youth Wrestling Tournament When: SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2010 Where: Christian County High School Who: Open to youth wrestlers Pre-K to 6th Grade Registration & Sign-Ins: 8:00 TO 9:00 A.M. Wrestling will begin at: 10:00 a.m. We will wrestle a round robin format in four/five man brackets. This guarantees at least 3 and no more than 4 matches. This will help expedite the tournament. Wrestlers Entry Fee: $10.00 Spectators Entry Fee: Free Concessions will be available. If you have any questions please contact Coach Robert A. Burnham at robert.burnham@christian.kyschools.us or 931-249-2920

Toyota Of Hopkinsville Christian County Invitational Team Scores December 30, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Central Hardin 231.00 2. Northwest, TN 153.50 3. Norteast, TN 128.00 4. Kenwood, TN 101.00 5. Christian County 93.00 5. (tie) University Heights Academy 93.00 7. Ohio County 90.00 8. Paducah Tilghman 84.50 9. Montgomery Central, TN 81.00 10. West Creek, TN 80.50 11. Fort Knox 78.00 12. Fort Campbell 66.00 13. Apollo 64.00 14. Caldwell County 59.00 15. Hopkinsville 50.00 16. Bishop Brossart 38.00 17. Forrest, TN 22.00 Toyota Of Hopkinsville Christian County Invitational Hopkinsville, KY January 30, 2009 ________________________________________ Weight: 103 Place Winners - 1st Trae Blackwell UHA 5th Donovan Roberts NWEST 2nd David Sahms FTCA 6th Chris Gilkey CALD 3rd Zack Heck CEHA 7th Coby Lancaster UHA 4th Asa Odoms CHCO 8th Cage Hargrove FORS Weight: 112 Place Winners - 1st Chase Boone OHIO 5th Andrew Schwartz FTKN 2nd Wade Willen UHA 6th Nick Ringle FTCA 3rd Joey Henderson CEHA 7th Tyler Hodge WCREK 4th J. J. Killebrew CHCO 8th Keaton Strong FORS Weight: 119 Place Winners - 1st Billy Moore OHIO 5th Taylor Saturley UHA 2nd David Dickson PDTI 6th Jeremy Burnham CHCO 3rd Dandre Morrison NWEST 7th Isaac Lawson HOP 4th Kenny Richardson CEHA 8th Dominac Pacheco WCREK Weight: 125 Place Winners - 1st Chancey Wilson NEAST 5th Tyler Martin HOP 2nd Tyler Boone OHIO 6th Mark Dischar BISB 3rd Dustin Jaggers CEHA 7th Dustin Shaw KENW 4th Martin Leamon NWEST 8th Devantae Humphrey CHCO Weight: 130 Place Winners - 1st Adrian Thomas NEAST 5th Zack Green FTCA 2nd Dillon Hale CALD 6th JB Parker MONT 3rd Tyler Elmore CEHA 7th Sean Macintosh PDTI 4th Colton Hall UHA 8th Hunter Watkins FORS Weight: 135 Place Winners - 1st Kyle Terry CEHA 5th Kyle Bunch OHIO 2nd Matt Price MONT 6th Jimmy Bosanko NWEST 3rd Abraham Perez FTKN 7th Kyle Trumble HOP 4th James Williamson NEAST 8th Bo Little FTKN Weight: 140 Place Winners - 1st Ceddy Perry MONT 5th Kevin Thomas FTKN 2nd David Bosanko NWEST 6th Joseph Degen KENW 3rd Nick Waits CEHA 7th Gabe Valerio WCREK 4th Justin Wynne PDTI 8th Terry Cansler CHCO Weight: 145 Place Winners - 1st Kevin Kuchinski MONT 5th Zack Pitman PDTI 2nd Jamon Smith APOL 6th Robbie Sahms FTCA 3rd Melvin Rodriquez WCREK 7th Ryan Woodurm CEHA 4th Steven Trailor FTKN 8th Jerry Haywood FTCA Weight: 152 Place Winners - 1st Daniel Urban UHA 5th Lajun Grubbs PDTI 2nd Colton Boesch BISB 6th Julius Roemer CEHA 3rd Randy Soriano WCREK 7th Michael Fisher CALD 4th Zack Mitchell APOL 8th Stephen McCoy FTCA Weight: 160 Place Winners - 1st Robert Robey CEHA 5th Nick Baker NEAST 2nd Clay Kuegel APOL 6th Jeron Trice CHCO 3rd Maurice Moore KENW 7th Myles Bailey FTKN 4th Sheiltiel Stephens NWEST 8th Jo Guillen FTCA Weight: 171 Place Winners - 1st Miguel Robles KENW 5th Nathan Baker NEAST 2nd Gavin Agnew CALD 6th Nick White CHCO 3rd James Shinault CEHA 7th Greg Jeffries WCREK 4th Joe Wiegold HOP 8th Ryan Lloyd BISB Weight: 189 Place Winners - 1st Emil Samborski NEAST 5th Darius Childs WCREK 2nd Zach Brown KENW 6th Logan Scott FORS 3rd D'andre West NWEST 7th Austin Derden CHCO 4th Hunter Dailey CEHA Weight: 215 Place Winners - 1st Cody Reeser CEHA 5th Stetson Humphries HOP 2nd Logan Emery NWEST 6th Zeb White CHCO 3rd Kirk Boykin KENW 7th Aaron Roberts NEAST 4th Tyler Nikolao FTCA 8th James Foster KENW Weight: 275 Place Winners - 1st Wilfred Morrison NWEST 5th Steven Stapp CHCO 2nd Brandon Hamilton PDTI 6th Jamal Shakeenab NEAST 3rd Marlon Pate CHCO 7th Cameron McGaw CEHA 4th Jeff Grandin WCREK 8th Daniel Page KENW

While there may be little interest on this site, that's not the case in Kentucky. There have been 20 High School programs added since 2000 and countless numbers of Middle School teams. In Region 1 next year Trigg County and Henderson County will be coming back. Marshall County is looking for a coach and the new McCracken County High School is as well. So, while talk on this site is minimal, interest in the sport is growing.

The ball bounced and then was caught. Replay showed it, but they took it off the big screen as soon as they realized the officials made the wrong call. However, Highlands was still the better team. CCHS couldn't capitalize on the turnovers they created and stalled out when they got inside the 20. On the unsportsmanlike conduct: it was bang bang the whistle blew and 13 threw the player down, could have gone either way, depends on which side you were cheering for. Very impressed with #7 from Highlands, he had a great game everywhere the ball was so was he. Congrats to Highlands, here’s hoping for a return engagement next year.

Region 1 may bring two teams this year, but one of them will not be Christian County. They are going to North Hardin's tournament this weekend, not the Region 1 Duals.

So what's the story? Is Boyd County going to have a program this year?

The second it ends, because then it's wrestling season and a large number of our football players wrestle.

This is for goherd 96- who I think said "I hope Russell never starts a program" I got it in e-mai from my assistant coach, who happens to also be an assistant football coach. One more thing wrestling does not compete with basketball for athletes, we are looking for those students who are doing nothing between fall and spring. It is possible for both sports to co-exist. The expense works itself out in the end. Most wrestling mats last up to 20 years if properly taken care of. From: Kentucky Football Coaches on behalf of Jones, Nathan Sent: Tue 11/14/2006 9:02 AM To: KYFB@LSV.UKY.EDU Subject: Re: [KYFB:] FOOTBALL & WRESTLING I agree our best OL/DL are usually wrestlers. Our wrestling coach and I work together to coordinate schedules and it is a great thing for our program. -----Original Message----- From: Kentucky Football Coaches [mailto:KYFB@LSV.UKY.EDU]On Behalf Of Anderson, Dale Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:26 AM To: KYFB@LSV.UKY.EDU Subject: FOOTBALL & WRESTLING HERE IS SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ADVANTAGES OF FOOTBALL AND WRESTLING WORKING TOGETHER . JUST SOME THOUGHTS YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT. Several successful partnerships between wrestling and football. Might dissolve some of the stereotypes that some of our football coaches have about wrestling. ----- Original Message ----- "I love wrestlers, they are tough and they make great football players" - Mike Stoops, National Championship Football Coach, University of Oklahoma. "I draft {wrestlers when I can} because they are tough, I have never had a problem with a wrestler." Joe Gibbs - Hall of Fame Football Coach. "I would have all my offensive linemen wrestle if I could." John Madden- Hall of Fame Coach. "Wrestlers make coaching football easy, they have coordination, balance and as a coaching staff we know they're tough." - Tom Osbourne, College Hall of Fame Football Coach, University of Nebraska. Wrestlers in the NFL 10 Hall of Famers 43 Pro Bowlers 3 Heisman trophy winners 14 first round draft picks wrestled 23 RB'S / 20 LB'S / 2 QB'S / 66 LINEMEN / 6 DB'S / 1 K / 54 NP Skills that football coaches liked that were enhanced by wrestling -many positions are absolutely transferable between both sports. -Some skills include but not limited to footwork, handwork, eye coordination, mental toughness, explosive movements and balance. -Learning the ability to beat the man in front of you can not be ignored. 32 pro football teams, 65 man roster, equals = 2,080 players 185 were wrestlers - 11.24% 5% of all the Hall of Famers have wrestling backgrounds. DALE ANDERSON SOUTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL Dale.anderson@pulaski.kyschools.us HEAD FOOTBALL COACH KFCA EMAIL COORDINATOR KFCA COMBINE COORDINATOR KFCA CLINIC COORDINATOR KMFCA PRESIDENT KHSAA FOOTBALL ADVISORY BOARD

No, it wasn't over Tandy's stats. It was an exchange between a former Christian County coach, who now coaches at Greenwood and Coach Whitaker over penatly calls. It happened during the first half.

Our middle school teams practice with the high school, mainly because I coach both. If our board would fund the middle school programs I would stick to only the high school, but I'm not holding my breath for funding anytime soon.