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WIAA IS CHEAP!

Posted by Cheap ass on 2/23/2025, 8:47 pm

Lame freaking medals for state champions. No brackets. It's pathetic.

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Posted by Coach/Dad on 2/23/2025, 8:51 pm, in reply to "WIAA IS CHEAP!"

I would have to agree on that.

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Posted by DOGE on 2/23/2025, 9:00 pm, in reply to "Re: WIAA IS CHEAP!"

Well they are the same cheap ones handed out for 20 years.

I understand why.they have to hand out hundreds of them. Too many get on the podium

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Posted by Uh on 2/23/2025, 9:21 pm, in reply to "WIAA IS CHEAP!"

The medals have been the same for all sports for years. Many want to think wrestling is special and we deserve things other sports don't get. Well, get over yourself. The size of the medal is less important than what it represents.

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Posted by ageless ref on 2/23/2025, 9:37 pm, in reply to "Re: WIAA IS CHEAP!"

What are they supposed to hand out? In the end 90% of that stuff ends up in a landfill. The lifelong friendships are much more valuable. Take that from a 3 time state participant, never on the podium.

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Posted by Welp on 2/23/2025, 9:39 pm, in reply to "Re: WIAA IS CHEAP!"

They could probably afford a better medal since they dropped regionals! All the other sports still got regionals.

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Posted by Uh on 2/23/2025, 9:43 pm, in reply to "Re: WIAA IS CHEAP!"

You are incorrect. Wresflers qualified through the 6 WIAA districts. The same as other sports except baseball, the only other WIAA sport that has used a regional format.
Some WIAA districts with multiple leagues chose to have multiple qualifying tournaments instead of one district tournament.

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Posted by Nope on 2/23/2025, 10:17 pm, in reply to "Re: WIAA IS CHEAP!"

They have multiple weekends of post season

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Posted by Uh on 2/23/2025, 10:19 pm, in reply to "Re: WIAA IS CHEAP!"

Correct. Districts had to choose if they were holding their state qualifier Feb 8 or 15.

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Posted by WesternWa_Guy on 2/24/2025, 8:54 am, in reply to "Re: WIAA IS CHEAP!"

I know at least one WIAA District used the first weekend to establish most of their qualified wrestlers for MAT CLASSIC. The two leagues in the district had their league tournaments.

Then the second weekend was set aside for having low placers from the two league tournaments in week one, go head-to-head to fill the last remaining allocations. Basically, a wrestle off.

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