On the jr college question, your son would still have a redshirt and 2 years at bigger school. If your son is ncaa qualified out of high school and goes to jc for one year, and places at jc nationals from say 1st to 3rd....he will get a bunch of calls from d-1 schools. If you go this route you need to make sure that you have contact with many of the d-1 schools BEFORE you sign with the jc, letting them know you are d-1 qualified....I mean by that you have passed the ncaa clearinghouse.

This does not look like the route you want to go.

As far as getting looks from d-1 schools, and big mid west schools.

I am going to get a bunch of replys here telling me I am full of it, but I have no use for Greco. I also think Greco develops bad habits that you carry into college, Greco guys tend to always try to throw guys in college, in so doing they get out of position alot of times....they in general just seem to have a hard time adjusting to college collegiate.

Freestyle differant, on the feet skills and they learn to develop balance and many times good handfighting skills....and above all they get more mat time.

The number one thing your little guy needs to develop is handfighting skills, The best handfighter I ever saw was Kirk White...if you are really interested in learning that concept, go to his club and he will talk to you about it. In general it is fighting with your hands for offensive position to score and defend from. On the offensive end, like snapping down the head of the opponent, moving him around and out of position, pummeling into to inside position that type of stuff, on the defensive end, if your son learns good handfigting skills, it will make him very hard to score on...the opponent will have a very hard time getting to your sons legs and body because you sons handfighting skills will be used on the defensive end as leverage against the attacking wrestler.

I strongly recommend you get with Kirk White and talk to him about learning handfighting skills.

Another way to develop your son is to find a club that teaches really good fundamentals, and from there find the toughest kids in the room for your boy to wrestle....get him away from guys he can dominate to the guys that dominate him just make sure for safety the weight differance is not that great.... You will need to rotate him to guys he can hang with every now and than so he does not get overly dsicouraged. You can teach great technique all day long, but gettting tougher in the room that takes finding tough kids to wrestle.

On the subject of moving into an area like sedro or lk. stevens, not a big fan of transfers.

But I also understand how important it is to get development, quality tournaments, and tough guys in the high school room is.....so I will pass on giving any advice on moving.

If you are looking for looks from colleges you need to get EXPOSURE against quality competition.

And you need to market your son.

Competing at freestyle nationals, or other national tournaments gives that exposure, and requires less marketing than tournaments at the regional or state level. You can find really tough kids at tough regional tournaments like Tri state and others....best way to highlight his performance at those type of tourneys is marketing.

Record all of your sons matches agaisnt quality guys that have place at quality tournaments and develop a track record....he does not even have to
win...the recruiters just need to be able to evaluate him. Do not send any tapes to a recuiter or talk about how he did at any tournaments that do not have quality opponents in the tournament....the recruiter just will not take the time to review.

Get your tape togather and begin the process of MARKETING your boy commensing with the end of his sophmore season.

In the tape talk about how your boy, or he can write the letter, will be a good student athlete and is dedicated to IMPROVEMENT at the next level and being an all american for that school.

Trust me, you approach colleges like this with a boy that has skills and winning or placing in big tourneys with quality wrestlers, and you will get alot of interest.