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Posted: 2/19/2015 5:38:36 PM EDT

Anyone else going? My son will be wrestling at 120; wish him luck.

Posted: 2/19/2015 5:46:32 PM EDT

[#1]

Good luck! How old is he?

Posted: 2/19/2015 6:05:13 PM EDT

[#2]

He's 15. This is him winning states last year. I was pretty proud (still am).

Posted: 2/19/2015 6:15:54 PM EDT

[#3]

I can imagine so! Hope he does well.

Posted: 2/19/2015 6:27:40 PM EDT

[#4]

Best of Luck.

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Anyone else going? My son will be wrestling at 120; wish him luck.

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Posted: 2/20/2015 11:07:08 AM EDT

[#5]

Good Luck! Go Eagles!

Posted: 2/20/2015 11:23:29 AM EDT

[#6]

Best of luck to your son!

Posted: 2/20/2015 10:09:26 PM EDT

[#7]

Bud, I hope he wins again! Good luck! Sooooo awesome!

Posted: 2/21/2015 10:09:05 AM EDT

[#8]

BOOM!

Posted: 2/21/2015 1:05:27 PM EDT

[#9]

He won again! 2X State Champ as a sophomore.

Nobody scored on him.

Him (on the left) and his cousin who took third. These two have spent thousands and thousands of hours and miles together.

Posted: 2/21/2015 1:17:31 PM EDT

[#10]

Impressive! To be a sophmore with 2 state titles is really something. Who does he wrestle for (who are the Eagles, I assume)?

Posted: 2/21/2015 1:40:21 PM EDT

[#11]

Clarke County, out in the sticks. We are in the Shenandoah Valley.

Thanks for your kind comments, he works hard.

Posted: 2/21/2015 3:42:02 PM EDT

[#12]

Awesome! Thats very impressive. Congratulations

Posted: 2/22/2015 1:57:59 AM EDT

[#13]

So awesome Bud! next year he'll be up a wieght class, and hopefully 3peat!

Posted: 2/22/2015 2:10:09 AM EDT

[#14]

Wow. That's impressive! With 2 state championships and two years left to go, he's got a good shot at a scholarship for college!

I wrestled 142 and 145 in high school.

Posted: 2/22/2015 10:06:33 AM EDT

[#15]

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So awesome Bud! next year he'll be up a wieght class, and hopefully 3peat!

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Thanks, he went up two weight classes this year, I'll bet he is up two more (132) next year. His goal has always to be a 4-timer. He's 1/2 way there.

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Wow. That's impressive! With 2 state championships and two years left to go, he's got a good shot at a scholarship for college!
I wrestled 142 and 145 in high school.

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He wants to wrestle in college. I'm saving money rather than hoping for much from scholarships. The NCAA only allows 9.9 Division I scholarships per wrestling team; in contrast they allow 85 for football. Translation, less than one scholarship for starting wrestler (10 weight classes) vs. about 4 scholarships per starting football player (11 offense, 11 defense). He has a pretty awesome GPA also, maybe he can help me out with an academic scholarship.

Posted: 2/25/2015 11:53:57 PM EDT

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He wants to wrestle in college. I'm saving money rather than hoping for much from scholarships. The NCAA only allows 9.9 Division I scholarships per wrestling team; in contrast they allow 85 for football. Translation, less than one scholarship for starting wrestler (10 weight classes) vs. about 4 scholarships per starting football player (11 offense, 11 defense). He has a pretty awesome GPA also, maybe he can help me out with an academic scholarship.

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I know someone in the UVA Wrestling Program... When the time comes..