Another age topic

[pokemonster]

Watching the open this weekend and it's baffling how old the high school phenoms are. We've got high school sophomores the same age as high school juniors. What the hell is going on? This is a problem specifically bad for wrestling and is just a bad look for the sport. If and when I have kids, should I just expect to have them either get their ass kicked by 19 year olds or hold them back? 

Anyone else annoyed by this? 

[Husker_Du]

7 hours ago, pokemonster said:

Watching the open this weekend and it's baffling how old the high school phenoms are. We've got high school sophomores the same age as high school juniors. What the hell is going on? This is a problem specifically bad for wrestling and is just a bad look for the sport. If and when I have kids, should I just expect to have them either get their ass kicked by 19 year olds or hold them back? 

Anyone else annoyed by this? 

is this what you meant to write?

[Truzzcat]

Junior range allows kids to be from 17-20. Melvin was the only HS sophomore competing to my knowledge. 

[JVStateChamp]

9 hours ago, pokemonster said:

Watching the open this weekend and it's baffling how old the high school phenoms are. We've got high school sophomores the same age as high school juniors. What the hell is going on? This is a problem specifically bad for wrestling and is just a bad look for the sport. If and when I have kids, should I just expect to have them either get their ass kicked by 19 year olds or hold them back? 

Anyone else annoyed by this? 

I really don’t see an issue with this. The kids are wrestling within their appropriate age group or even above it in some cases. Sophomores and juniors wrestle each other all the time, so that argument doesn’t hold much weight. At any typical high school tournament, it’s completely normal for a freshman to wrestle a senior without any concerns.

[Eagle26]

I often wonder if any of the phenoms actually regret being held back? Clearly many of them are ready for NCAA competition now and they are stuck competing another year or two with high schoolers. Your body only has so many years of this kind of grind. Especially the ones that have senior level aspirations, why not get to the better stuff sooner rather than delay it?

[BigRedFan]

1 hour ago, Eagle26 said:

I often wonder if any of the phenoms actually regret being held back? Clearly many of them are ready for NCAA competition now and they are stuck competing another year or two with high schoolers. Your body only has so many years of this kind of grind. Especially the ones that have senior level aspirations, why not get to the better stuff sooner rather than delay it?

A number of the elite HSers have skipped their senior year of wrestling and trained at a RTC or the OTC.

[Eagle26]

1 hour ago, BigRedFan said:

A number of the elite HSers have skipped their senior year of wrestling and trained at a RTC or the OTC.

Exactly. In that same year, they could’ve been on scholarship training at that same RTC instead of giving up their senior year of high school and paying for housing on their own.