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Be careful at Queen of the Hill

As many coaches are looking for tournaments to take their teams and test their girls Queen of the Hill is one to look at. If has some serious competition with many teams coming in from central and northern sections. If you have a hammer or a strong up and comer it’s a tournament to test them at.

That being stated you also have to be aware of Jimmy’s ethics. Note he will generally wrestler 3-5 of his girls below weight classes that they will normally not make weight for. You will see a few of his girls at weight x then never wrestle that weight again during the current season.

Now it’s always been know Jimmy fudges his girls weight when at home or doesn’t weigh them him. This can be verified by asking questions in the community. There are parents and wrestlers that will talk.

Also backing my claim, word is Jimmy will no longer host CIF. Now Jimmy may say it’s time to move one but in reality Southern section made the decision to move on from Jimmy do to complaints they received from last years “no coaches” at weigh ins. I know this cause I was one of many others that filled a complaint. I also know this as I talked with CIF and was informed the issue would be a subject during the off season souther section meeting. I was also informed by CIF that other coaches had concerns and wanted a uniform rule set regarding weigh ins. No interpretation of what is legal and what’s not.

So if Queen of the hill is on your list demand you see Corona weigh in. Protect your wrestlers. Demand integrity.

Note this tournament is ran in paper for a reason.

14 comments

14 Comments

James Hamilton

Oct 31

I'll be sure to reach out to him should anything suspicious start to unravel. In my first 2 seasons coaching we've done CIF at Shadow Hills and Marina. Both tournament experiences were outstanding overall. Both run well, weigh-ins run smoothly and open in the main gym with verifiers at every scale.

David Falcon

Oct 31

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I was at marina the last time they ran master it it was smooth.

I heard shadow hills runs great.

Coaches need to speak up. One of the issues with ss cif is coaches or ad don’t speak up.

James Hamilton

Oct 31

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Couldn't agree more. Coaches should be coach and advocate for their athletes. I'll definitely be on the lookout for any shenanigans; and thanks for calling this out. Being a newer coach in the SoCal area I was unaware of how some things end up working out.

James Hamilton

Oct 30

The updated playoff bulletin is out and it shows Corona hosting CIF for the Eastern Division

David Falcon

Oct 31

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Where do you see the bulletin? I see it comes out in January?

James Hamilton

Oct 31

Replying to

Its posted on the CIF SS website:

https://cifss.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Girls-Divisions-1.pdf

David Falcon

Oct 31

Replying to

I didn’t notice the bottom part. Interesting Souther Section has ignored the concerns of parts from last year and what took place with Jimmy

DAVID A PAGLIUGHI

Oct 13

Who's david falcon?

David Falcon

Oct 31

Replying to

A nobody

James Hamilton

Oct 05

Last year's "fire drill" and mandatory "camping out" was sort of the final straw. What you shared is interesting, and never would have imagined as much. Thanks for sharing.

David Falcon

Oct 05

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To be fair the fire drill from what I understand was a result of a dissatisfied fan who took things to far. This could have been a result of

Jimmys stellar inter personal skills or the person was truely unwilling to work out their concerns.

As gas as what I’ve shared here I shared my experience from last years CIF on FB wrestling group.

James Hamilton

Oct 05

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I was aware of how how that situation developed, and I get it, stuff happens. I had to explain to parents about the souring experience. The year before it was the bathroom situation where the facility couldn't support (perhaps) 900 teenage girls sharing a couple of bathrooms. I'm still relatively new to wrestling in socal, and figuring out the tournament circuit. To the credit of the tournament, it is highly competitive, maybe the most competitive in the state; though I will reserve that opinion for a while.

If any sort of weigh-in shenanigans were happening, all I can say is, wow...that would be unfortunate, and a terrible thing to teach impressionable teenage girls.

David Falcon

Oct 05

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Definitely there are weigh in concerns at the tournament. For multiple years you see Corona girls that “look” to big for a weight class. To the point people talk about it at the tournament.