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► Add to the Discussion Discussion Topic: My son won't be wrestling next year but, it's not his choice Mike Leedy added to this discussion on July 27, 2010 The OHSAA has made it so difficult that, unless we move from our home of nearly 20 years, there is nothing we can do. Here is an article from the Toledo paper with my boy pictured below. http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20100718/SPORTS12/7180362 Last edited by Mike Leedy on July 27, 2010; edited 1 time in total        Discussion Topic: My son won't be wrestling next year but, it's not his choice Antony Sharples added to this discussion on July 27, 2010 Mike I really feel for you and your family. The whole Toledo area has been decimated by job loss and horrible management from city leaders and school board members. They should be ashamed of themselves for the way they have destroyed so many peoples lives.        Discussion Topic: My son won't be wrestling next year but, it's not his choice Dan Cosimi added to this discussion on July 28, 2010 Mike, This is a terrible situation for your son (and I'm sure there are quite a few others) but I don't know if you're out of luck just yet. Would the OHSAA allow you to form your own team if the school won't pay for the program like we've seen with Daniel Kolodzik and J.C. Giffin?        Discussion Topic: My son won't be wrestling next year but, it's not his choice Mike Leedy added to this discussion on July 28, 2010 Quote from Dan Cosimi's post: "Mike, This is a terrible situation for your son (and I'm sure there are quite a few others) but I don't know if you're out of luck just yet. Would the OHSAA allow you to form your own team if the school won't pay for the program like we've seen with Daniel Kolodzik and J.C. Giffin?" Dan, I don't know, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ask.        Discussion Topic: My son won't be wrestling next year but, it's not his choice Bob Preusse added to this discussion on July 29, 2010 Dan Cosimi is on to something, it HAS been done. Kolodzik at Miami Prep, 2 brothers at Poland Seminary hs. Theres no reason the school cant have a one man team, unfunded. Of course the problem is the schedule.        Discussion Topic: My son won't be wrestling next year but, it's not his choice Brady Hiatt added to this discussion on July 30, 2010 Quote from Bob Preusse's post: "Dan Cosimi is on to something, it HAS been done. Kolodzik at Miami Prep, 2 brothers at Poland Seminary hs. Theres no reason the school cant have a one man team, unfunded. Of course the problem is the schedule." I think you'd find many tournaments would let you enter for a small fee.        Discussion Topic: My son won't be wrestling next year but, it's not his choice Larry Smith added to this discussion on August 26, 2010 You might be able to get the school administration to approve wrestling as a "club" sport, meaning that it has to be self-supporting, but you can still get the kids in the club entered in the Sectional tournament at the end of the season if you jump through all the right hoops for the OHSAA. The "one-man team" route is a tough one. I did that with my son Tom, and it worked out o.k. (Tom was a state champ his junior year.), as it did for Daniel Kolodzik. I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything! I got to sit in the coach's corner at the Schott when Tom won his state title and pretend to be a wrestling coach. However, it takes a lot of time, money, and dedication, and it's not for everybody. Because Tom was willing to "stay home" instead of transferring, we now have a thriving wrestling program at Cardington and have had state placers each of the last four years due to excellent coaching by head Coach Tony Watson.        ► Add to the Discussion