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IronMan Tournament

Posted by Oh Man on 12/6/2024, 2:45 pm

Looks like it was a tough day for the only Washington Wrestler at the Ironman Tournament today. Quintanilla went 2-2 as is done.

The sad thing is seeing him only go 2-2 today shows just how weak wrestling in Washington really is and how far behind we are from the other states. But hey at least in February we will have 112 new state champs and a total of 896 state placers. Seriously, come on we are going to have 3,584 state participants.

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Get over it on 12/6/2024, 4:24 pm, in reply to "IronMan Tournament"

What is your problem? I commend that he went there and competed with the best in the nation. What in the world do you think posting on here about how weak YOU think Washington is do anything to change that? Washington state probably ranks 12-20 in the nation in wrestling results when you look at things overall. That means there are 30+ states that do worse than us. What is your point?

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Nothing to get over on 12/6/2024, 7:48 pm, in reply to "Re: IronMan Tournament"

I commend him too. He is a great wrestler. The point is when he competes here in Washington he will pretty much wipe everyone he wrestles. It just goes to show how far behind everyone else is that he will have to compete. I bet there are only but maybe 2 other current high school wrestlers in this state that could have even done as well as him today in there respected weight, if even that.

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Question on 12/8/2024, 12:47 am, in reply to "Re: IronMan Tournament"

Question what are you doing to help washington wrestlers Answer some lame excuse questions what accomplishment did you have as wrestler answer its not about me. Question do you troll other wrestling boards answer yes. Every season you come on the board and troll the same B.S. GO AWAY

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Get over it on 12/8/2024, 6:34 pm, in reply to "Re: IronMan Tournament"

I still don't see that you are stating any specific point. All of use that have been around wrestling for many years already know that only 10 states can be in the top 10 and we are not one of them. We all know that and have known that for decades. You haven't presented anything new, you just repeated that same old story that has been on here for years.

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by U-high on 12/8/2024, 8:31 pm, in reply to "Re: IronMan Tournament"

Libby Roberts got first for the ladies for the second time. Not bad for a Washington wrestler.

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Rare on 12/10/2024, 12:17 pm, in reply to "Re: IronMan Tournament"

She is definitely a rare athlete, but girls wrestling in Washington has always been ahead of the curve because we were the third state in the country to adopt it as an official high school sport with a sanctioned state tournament. There was once a time when we had multiple girls that were ranked 1 or 2 in the country, but now our highest ranked girl is 4 or 5, I believe. Using her as an example just proves the point that our state overall is bad and getting worse. Libby is also coached by her father, a two time division 1 all-American. Her situation is very unique in this state.
If you look at the boys national rankings, I think we only have one kid ranked and the girls have about 10 or so, down from last year.
Washington parents need to stop patting themselves on the back when we get one great result and focus on improving as a state overall.

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Facts on 12/10/2024, 11:17 am, in reply to "IronMan Tournament"

Washington preps kids to fail in schools in sports. When you see the ref hold up both hands as Winners in the finals at Edmonds invite that's embarrassing to the wrestling community. When you see a kids in Washington that are better than average at a specific sport, you can thank the parents for finding them a club that focuses on wrestling at a high level. Those clubs are almost non existence. Most kids can't handle wrestling so you have to pretend they can so you can get the numbers to support the club etc. So if you live Washington and love wrestling and dream to wrestle at a higher level, you better get far away from Washington as you can, because if you have a talented kid he will be as good as the state he/she lives in...

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Get Over It on 12/13/2024, 9:45 pm, in reply to "Re: IronMan Tournament"

Boy, aren't you an uplifting individual. You are beating a dead horse as I don't see people running around saying Washington has the best wrestling in the country. You are talking into a vacuum and I don't see your point. Washington is a great state to live in and wrestling is a fun sport to participate in. It is NOT the goal of 99+% to be a nationally ranked kid. Placing at state is a big goal for the majority of wrestlers in the state.

Who exactly was your point aimed at? Do you have any original thoughts of your own to contribute here our do we want to just rehash what a minority have been posting on here for a few decades? Just curious.

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Wait, what? on 12/13/2024, 10:00 pm, in reply to "Re: IronMan Tournament"

When did the ref raise the hands of both wrestlers at the Edmonds invite? My kid was there and I saw no such thing.

Are you sure it was the ref raising the hands of both kids, and not... you lying?

Hey Dave G, apparently you were raising the hands of both wrestlers all day and making us soft!

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Dave G on 12/14/2024, 6:38 pm, in reply to "Re: IronMan Tournament"

You know they say that every family or group has a bad apple in it and if you don't recognize who it is then it is probably you. I didn't see any double hand raises so it was probably me.

Dave G, making Washington wrestling soft, one wrestler at a time!

Re: IronMan Tournament

Posted by Wow on 12/10/2024, 12:24 pm, in reply to "IronMan Tournament"

Good for him. He will be a better wrestler for competing there. Hopefully he brings home the development to Washington, and maybe it will get him an opportunity at a Div 1 program.

More many midwest/NE states, it is easy to find great tournaments and opportunities. WA wrestling is on a bit of an island and is quite costly and inconvenient on these families and kids to compete Nationally.

Ever travel to South Carolina for a tournament, and have to wake up at 3:30am PST for a 7am EST weigh in? 2 days in a row? Every trip is 2k out of pocket expense at the minimum.

Most of the kids at these tournaments drove from 3-4 hours away with no time change. This ain't excuses, just facts.

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