Will the next Kephart come from Westmont?
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 8:03 pm
....Honestly, I don't know how McCort does it. Earlier this year it was the Lift Scholarships. You remember, right? BM was able to get 20 NEW freshmen admitted to their school at FULL tuition ($100,000) , several of which will undoubtedly be a big part of their football program when they play varsity ball over the next 3 years. Now, there's even a BIGGER COUP. How did McCort FINAGLE Westmont into letting them join a co-op with Westy's wrestling program? This is unbelieveable!!! Didn't Westmont learn ANYTHING from the Kephart situation between Portage and Bishop Carroll???? Could this be the death knell of Westmont football? And won't this also affect transfers to McCort from some of the other neighboring schools?
....One of the factors keeping public school football players from transferring to McCort has been the fact that BM had NO wrestling program. I'm sure, many local football players, who also wrestle, would have considered going to McCort from their public schools, if BM would have had wrestling. But the fact that BM had NO wrestling team, it kept them in their home district. Take schools over the past years which had sub-par football programs. Westmont, Richland, Ligonier, Somerset to name a few. Kids who played football for these programs were STUCK at their home schools because transferring would have prevented them from wrestling. BUT NOW, kids from these public schools may entertain playing football at BM, because they can wrestle TOO! They'll have the best of both worlds. Football for McCort, Westmont for Wrestling. This is even a better situation than Kephart had at Portage/BC. He got to do BOTH, but with BM/Westy, you have TWO winning programs. McCort football and Westy wrestling. How beautiful is this????? And let's not forget to consider those kids from Johnstown, FH, Township, NS, etc who just might want to partake of this new football/wrestling scenario.
....You got to wonder what the heck Westmont was thinking. With their football program alreasdy in shambles, are they gonna lose some of their best football players who also wrestle? Did those running their football program realize this??? And you got to feel sorry for the young Westy wrestlers who have been waiting for their chance to move into the starting line-up, only to possibly see their chances dwindle when new guys show up for the team.
....Three guys with the biggest smiles on their faces tonight are Matt Beaujon, Kevin Sheridan, and of course, Ken Salem. Forget everyone else. They are the ones who stand to gain the most from this announcement in today's Tribune. Beaujon gets some new talent. Sheridan and Salem have a chance to get good football players who normally would have stayed in their home districts which offered wrestling. Too bad for everyone else.
....One of the factors keeping public school football players from transferring to McCort has been the fact that BM had NO wrestling program. I'm sure, many local football players, who also wrestle, would have considered going to McCort from their public schools, if BM would have had wrestling. But the fact that BM had NO wrestling team, it kept them in their home district. Take schools over the past years which had sub-par football programs. Westmont, Richland, Ligonier, Somerset to name a few. Kids who played football for these programs were STUCK at their home schools because transferring would have prevented them from wrestling. BUT NOW, kids from these public schools may entertain playing football at BM, because they can wrestle TOO! They'll have the best of both worlds. Football for McCort, Westmont for Wrestling. This is even a better situation than Kephart had at Portage/BC. He got to do BOTH, but with BM/Westy, you have TWO winning programs. McCort football and Westy wrestling. How beautiful is this????? And let's not forget to consider those kids from Johnstown, FH, Township, NS, etc who just might want to partake of this new football/wrestling scenario.
....You got to wonder what the heck Westmont was thinking. With their football program alreasdy in shambles, are they gonna lose some of their best football players who also wrestle? Did those running their football program realize this??? And you got to feel sorry for the young Westy wrestlers who have been waiting for their chance to move into the starting line-up, only to possibly see their chances dwindle when new guys show up for the team.
....Three guys with the biggest smiles on their faces tonight are Matt Beaujon, Kevin Sheridan, and of course, Ken Salem. Forget everyone else. They are the ones who stand to gain the most from this announcement in today's Tribune. Beaujon gets some new talent. Sheridan and Salem have a chance to get good football players who normally would have stayed in their home districts which offered wrestling. Too bad for everyone else.