Rasslin comes to CIK

For the first time this winter, wrestling highlights will be featured on the “Catch It Kansas Show.” I for one could not be happier.

It is really nothing against basketball. The first night of wrestling highlights comes the night before ESPN’s “College Gameday,” broadcasts from, “The Octagon of Doom,” in Manhattan for a huge Sunflower Showdown. Clearly basketball is a proud staple of our Kansas winters.

Apparently, so is nasty winter weather that makes taking your car from being parked to driving on the road impossible without a push (thanks to the guy in Newton who gave me the necessary assistance to make it to work tonight).

But with all the attention basketball has drawn through the years, wrestling has taken a big-time back seat.

The lack of attention has formed a close-knit wrestling community, bonded by an almost underground competition those outside the wrestling family know almost nothing about.

It is a competition literally forged out of the blood, sweat, and tears that have become a mere cliché in other sports.

Honestly. There is a routine timeout know as, “blood time.” How cool is that. These athletes are dedicated to their craft to say the least.

Well, allow us to invite the rest of the phenomenal Kansas high school sports fans into this unique bubble. It is about time this sport gets a little recognition.

Let us know what you think about our wrestling coverage.