Quote from Nate Baumgarn on March 2, 2026, 9:12 amAm I alone thinking the Face Offs have gotten boring? Whatever happened to turning off the lights and using a spotlight, or at least a hype up video on the big screens with some sort of build up to the face offs? Seems like this used to be better than it has been recently.
Am I alone thinking the Face Offs have gotten boring? Whatever happened to turning off the lights and using a spotlight, or at least a hype up video on the big screens with some sort of build up to the face offs? Seems like this used to be better than it has been recently.
Quote from Domini on March 2, 2026, 10:02 amTotally agree. My wrestler was a finalist and honestly couldn’t care less either way as he was just there to wrestle but in the big picture I think about all the younger wrestlers in the stands (and maybe even some grandparents) that would love to see a little flare in hopes that they would keep that in the back of their minds and remember how “cool” it would be to wrestle in the state championship. Other states ex. Nebraska have a tunnel and all the hoopla for their finalists and I promise other than the preparation it did not drag out finals any longer than the boring face offs that we do have before finals. Seriously there was barely even music this year…and it wasn’t even great music at that.
….and seriously could it have been a little colder in the Denny??!?!? It was honestly hard to enjoy wrestling at times because everyone was freezing. My wrestler said it was so cold that he felt like it was hard to get warmed up. What the heck? 🥶🥶🥶
Totally agree. My wrestler was a finalist and honestly couldn’t care less either way as he was just there to wrestle but in the big picture I think about all the younger wrestlers in the stands (and maybe even some grandparents) that would love to see a little flare in hopes that they would keep that in the back of their minds and remember how “cool” it would be to wrestle in the state championship. Other states ex. Nebraska have a tunnel and all the hoopla for their finalists and I promise other than the preparation it did not drag out finals any longer than the boring face offs that we do have before finals. Seriously there was barely even music this year…and it wasn’t even great music at that.
….and seriously could it have been a little colder in the Denny??!?!? It was honestly hard to enjoy wrestling at times because everyone was freezing. My wrestler said it was so cold that he felt like it was hard to get warmed up. What the heck? 🥶🥶🥶
Quote from Sdjetsfan on March 2, 2026, 10:36 amWhen the State A's were in Huron or Watertown and the State B's were in Aberdeen these type of cool things happened. Since they've been combined the face offs are pretty much what we saw Saturday.
When the State A's were in Huron or Watertown and the State B's were in Aberdeen these type of cool things happened. Since they've been combined the face offs are pretty much what we saw Saturday.
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