Who's the Big Fish? Youth Duals--Lakeland College Jan. 10,2016

[legman160]

Teams that have committed are:
X-Factor Elite
AWA- 2 teams
Advance
DC Elite, IA
LAW
Ringers

still need 1 team (Gr. 5-8)

[TomM]

Teams that have committed are:
X-Factor Elite
AWA- 2 teams
Advance
DC Elite, IA
LAW
Ringers
still need 1 team (Gr. 5-8)

http://www.wiwrestling.com/events/plymouth-lakeland-college-whos-the-big-fish-youth-duals/

[legman160]

Results of the duals Round by Round
Rd1--Ringers 38-33 over DC Elite
        AWA 47-26 over Advance
        X-Factor Elite 47-21 over LAW
Rd 2--Ringers 39-30 over LAW
         X-Factor Elite 34-32 over AWA
         DC Elite 40-28 over Advance
Rd 3--Ringers 53-5 over Advance
        LAW 37-36 over AWA
        X-Factor Elite 40-27 over DC Elite
Rd 4--Ringers 40-30 over X-Factor Elite
         AWA 41-36 over DC Elite
         Advance 52-30 over LAW
Rd 5--AWA 40-30 over Ringers
         X-Factor Elite 39-32 over Advance
         LAW 45-31 over DC Elite 

Coaches voted for tournament OW--Winner of that Award was Matty Bianchi (100#) of X-Factor Elite
Standings
1. Ringers 4-1
2. X-Factor Elite 4-1
3. AWA 3-2
4. LAW 2-3
5. DC Elite 1-4
6. Advance 1-4

This was one of the most evenly matched dual tournament I have been around.

[legman160]

Wanted to thanks the teams  for coming and parents for supporting their teams.

Yes some issues.

Mat 2--the clock was an issue. new clock for next year
Refs--3 of the guys were WIAA Certified officials-- does not make them good by no means. Again this was a fundraiser for the Muskie Wrestling program thus it was up to the college wrestlers to do their best. I will do my best to make sure officiating is better next year.
And to keep a college age person off their phone is impossible, think about how many times you checked your phone Sunday? But it will be addressed for next year.
Concessions, An email did go out to the coaches informing them of limited concessions. But there was also some miscommunication on concessions. I had my daughter there at 7:30am to man the booth. But food was not available yet. But once we had stuff, It was available right until the end.

Again we will work out the issues and put on a better tournament next year.

But no one can argue the competition!!!

thanks!!!

Scott Pelot
Lakeland College, Assistant Wrestling Coach

[legman160]

Tews19

This is what transpired re: LAW v AWA dual

Match finished 36-36

went over criteria, #3 criteria was penalty point against AWA
thus I awarded match to LAW
AWA coach John says LAW had AWA wrestler,
I said ok then we will go AWA.
As I walked away LAW said they used this kid all day.
I conferred with Lakeland Head Coach. He agreed that lending a kid to another team made him part of the team that day.
Thus we reversed decision to the original criteria awarding LAW the win on that basis.
Kinda of hard to poll all coaches in the middle of an event after the fact.
Besides number one goal of the tournament was to get all our guys the best quality matches in one day. which I think was accomplished. Especially looking at how close all 15 duals were yesterday.
Lending kids to other teams will be topic of discussion before wrestling starts next year.

[aarons23]

As long as Ringers lost to AWA then the world is good..   Go ASKREN 

Lets not forget where Askren started....as Ringer.

[WINfan]

Would you consider next year having a community division?  or would you fear that would take wrestlers away from their clubs?

[2wrestlnboys]

As long as Ringers lost to AWA then the world is good..   Go ASKREN 

Coming from a former Ringer wrestling dad.  Askren was a Ringer and used Ringer technique.

[benaskren]

Thanks Scott for putting this on, we need more duals.  Our kids love the dual format, I would also support a community division next year, more duals the better.

LOL and you guys sure got me there!  I was a Ringer for 8 years, I never try to hide that fact.  Ringers is a good club, that being said, John, Max and Myself all saw an opportunity to take things to the next level and we believe in our mission. Giving kids the best wrestling opportunities possible is priority # of our mission.

[Jzelinski]

Congratulations to all who competed! Good to see opportunities like this out there! Great for the sport!