The following is what I attempted to post on a Facebook forum and was never told it was declined nor was it posted I reached out to admin never got a reply I’m sharing here as I believe it’s a concern that parents and coaches should have answers too
So I reached out to the souther section assistant commissioner to get some light shed on this rule. I was hoping for a clear explination taking the chance I was completly wrong. I received the following
“Good morning. Coaches are to be available if need be during weigh-ins. Where that location is varies between sites, as the facilities at our 10 championships are very different. At some events coaches are in the bleachers and then called down if need be, at others where the weigh-in area is smaller then they may be outside. That is the discretion of the tournament director. That said, it will be a topic of discussion with my advisory committee this spring, and there are concerns about some differences that took place last weekend”.
Room was not a concern the first day. Second day there looked to be room for one coach per team.
Keep in mindy Jimmie Bowers is on the girls wrestling advisory board.
Takeaways
1. Clearly no coaches in the weigh in room during cif is not an offical cif rule for southern section. It is a Jimmie Bowers rule. This is why when asked Jimmie could not produce any documentation on said rule to myself or coaches who questioned
2. Clearly cif does not have said rule in writing. CIF aware of the concern. Hopefuly CIF can come to a clear and concise resolution moving forward
Let’s move onto the actual weigh ins. I’ve had a handful of parents reach out to me. I’ve been told the following
1. Corona girls were recoded weighing in. My questions
a. Who did the recording
b. Where non Corona girls recorded?
c. Where authorization forms filled out to record
d. When recorded does video show girls face stepping on scale then showing weight? Does it show girls are arms length away for another person?
e. Was video reviewed after weigh ins? If so who reviewed and confirmed?
2. Corona wrestlers not wrestling and Corona female coach/es ran the scales.
3. Refs performed skin checks and nail check.
4. Refs were required to stand in corner during the weight checks. (No supervision of weigh ins)
5. One girl missed weight and was taken to all others scale to confrim and was the escorted out of the room due to missing weight.
a. Was her coach/es notified prior to checking weight on other scales?
6. Not all girls were checked for undergarments
a. My daughter was and SOME of her teammates
b. I was told that one complete team was not checked
c. Daughter’s teammate stated some in her line were check and others not.
Moving on to Corona not weighing in for their tournament or fudging the weights.
Ive had a handful of parents reach out confirming Corona girls donot weigh in for Queen of the Hill. Know ive had my suspicion as ive seen girls at weight classes that look BIG. I never had proof so I over looked it. Having these parents reach out im more beliving this is true based on their knowledge and at one point being apart of the team. I was informed by two parents Jimmie will have other girls weigh in for someone.
As I showed in the previous post ive always had common respect for Jimmie. I would her negative thing of Jimmie but never formed my opinion from those comments. Instead I based my opinion with my interactions with Jimmie. It is unfortunate that things took a drastic turn this past Saturday. However I do feel that this has openned my eyes and I can see Jimmie is not about integrity or honor.
Parents Coaches if your wrestler experienced something differnt please share. I am only repeating what I was told privately and have no way of confirming. I am trusting these people on their word.
If you find that many of these things are true ask questions get clarification. Help get this rule cleared up and any others that you have concerns with