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Here is this year's roster for Team WV.
16U
Gage Wright 126
Justin Bartee 138
Tyberious Clayton 160

Junior
John Sanders 113
Colton White 113
Ashby West 120
Andrew Shelek 138
John Martin Best 152
Brayden Roberts 152
Tyler Boyd 160
Braxton Amos 220
Austin Chapman HWT

Schedule for Fargo
July 12: 16U Freestyle Weigh-Ins.
July 13: 16U freestyle begins. Junior Freestyle Weigh-Ins.
July 14: 16U freestyle continues & 2nd weigh-in. Junior freestyle begins.
July 15: 16U finals & placement matches. Junior freestyle continues & 2nd weigh-in.
July 16: Junior finals & placement matches. 16U Greco weigh-ins.
July 17: 16U Greco begins. Junior Greco weigh-ins.
July 18: 16U Greco finals and placement matches. Junior Greco begins.
July 19: Junior Greco finals and placement matches.

Thanks

Best wishes to all the young wrestlers in Fargo this week!

I was chatting today with my good friend "TrueSouthFanWithAnAbacus" and he totaled up the following WV Fargo roster totals by year:

2019: 12

2018: 21

2017: 13

2016: 17

In the past, we have not been doing a good enough job promoting freestyle and Greco to the youth. The biggest reason I have been given by the youth coaches is they have no knowledge of how to go about teaching it.

The other reason is the expense. However, sponsors would and should help with that.
On that side of things, this time of year, everyone is predisposed to give to baseball teams and wrestling is way down on their lists of being charitable to.

Also, involvement is a tremendous hurdle. We need help to grow the sport, not complaints about why it's not growing.

Fear of the unknown is getting in the way. We are trying to remedy this going forward in the youth programs with the help of all those around, including getting the college coaches involved. Anyone who wants to help with expanding our youth wrestling programs to start doing more with freestyle and Greco wrestling, please jump in and get involved. It will make our HS programs better.

We already have a ton of kids that can compete but they don't.

Many hands make light work. Step up and get involved. Reach out to those in charge and they will find a role for you.

Bearhugger wrote:I was chatting today with my good friend "TrueSouthFanWithAnAbacus" and he totaled up the following WV Fargo roster totals by year:

2019: 12

2018: 21

2017: 13

2016: 17

UPDATE: The correct headcount for 2016 is 28. "TrueSouthFanWithAnAbacus" always checks his work. Found a mistake. Communicated the mistake. Now the score is right. No controversy.

2019: 12
2018: 21
2017: 13
2016: 28