BClark
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47 minutes ago, navy80 said:
They should be a contender for the team title next year... with almost all underclassmen.
Same with CMA in 2A?
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Pokorney would still be ranked. I think you will see Mendez, Cernus, and maybe Donahue in the next rankings with maybe 1-2 of these current guys falling out as well.
Returning guys who will be in next years rankings:
Cernus, Seltzer, Littell, Mendez, Lee, Donahue, Allred. Who else?
Side note: Cernus and Mendez were two of my favorite guys to watch. WOW they were fun! Mendez is the best freshman since Angel.
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If you spin it the other way around. All other 1A and 2A teams need to get on Fort Wayne’s level. They might have more IHSWCA dual championships than all other semi states combined. They just don’t have the top schools to compete with these 3A monsters.
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Based on football classes there are 32 6A schools. I believe only two in the Fort Wayne semistate. Carroll and Homestead? Carroll pulls its weight most years.
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6 hours ago, Chapdaddy said:
Can we get a point update after round 1? I'm not happy with my picks... lost 6.
Pretty sure I went 14/14
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195-#3 Agnew (HN) vs. #5 Willham (GW)
I think the winner makes the finals.
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7 minutes ago, HornetsFan22 said:
One that immediately comes to mind is a few years back, 2x defending champ Colton Cummings vs Alec White, with White coming out on top on his way to winning the 126 title
The same year, I believe Wildeman vs Stewart at 195. Both ranked pretty high.
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Has there ever been a #1 vs. #2 on Friday night before?
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How long before they go to selling assigned seats (like the NCAA wrestling championships)?
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32 minutes ago, rpetty24 said:
I love the rush of trying to get seats low even when you’ve waited in line but would love even more to pay extra ahead of time to show up twenty minutes early and have a seat all ready. The IHSAA can have my money for that luxury!
Yep. 100%. Would pay more to have my assigned seat and show up when I want.
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15 hours ago, wrestlenewbie said:
I will be stopping in Champaign on my way home Sunday, just to see this match. Can't wait.
Does Carr wrestle? Could avoid this match until the Big 10s and preserve his higher seed?
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My Picks in order:
1. Cathedral
2. Mater Dei
3. Roncalli
4. Columbus East
5. Avon
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2 minutes ago, purdue02 said:
Oh no!!
Watts vs. Mendez will not be under the lights! Was excited for that rematch Saturday night. What a bummer!
Agreed. Stinks when the finals happen in the semis.
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So every 4th place finisher at Evansville could win the Fort Wayne semistate?
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3 hours ago, MattM said:
At this point you can’t really say clearly with Watts winning 8-5. But it’s what most people were expecting to see in the finals.
I feel pretty confident in how it was worded. Watts clearly deserves a better draw based on the results of today.
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On 1/31/2019 at 2:44 PM, Rookies03 said:
Obviously a very big topic this time of year.... just some thoughts on wrestlebacks at each level.
Sectional - we have them after the pigtail matches. So as long as kids are seeded correctly and non-seeded kids are placed in pigtail rounds I think this is a good way to run the Sectional.
Regional - You wrestle your way into your seed from Sectional and since only 2 Sectionals feed into a Regional there is no luck of the draw. Keep the same.
Semi-State - Biggest opportunity for wrestlebacks but if you only do wrestlebacks after the 1st round then people will start asking for wrestlebacks all the way through and 16 man brackets cant be run in 1 day without running into the 5 match rule. Also most of the time the Semi State is wrapping up in the evening. To add Wrestlebacks might only add a couple hours but that means the event is going until late evening and the length of Saturdays is a big discussion regarding what is killing the sport (I know this applys much less cause most of these kids and families would gladly stay longer at this level but its still an issue). There also might not be the support of the HS admins as this would mean kids out on roads later in Feb when weather could be an issue and some are traveling 1-2 hours to get to their SS. There will always be bad draws and upsets. I say leave it the same.
State - While it might not seem as if time would be an issue with the big break taken before the finals I dont think that break can be eliminated as they clear out BLF and re-admit everyone but there is more of an opportunity at State because it is 2 days. All that being said, I don't necessarily see the value. It might help with some recruitment but as out of season tournaments are becoming bigger and bigger with more and more coverage from flo and others I only see this helping a very few and the IHSAA isnt going to change for just a few.
All in all it probably makes the most sense to look at WB for semi-state but time and matches make it the most difficult to implement. Plus we wouldnt get the 7 page thread on "death draws" and "need for wrestlback" in the forum to keep us entertained the week before SS!
But if you went back to the old way of qualifying for semi-state (top 3 only - had to win 2 matches at Regionals), then maybe you could do wrestlebacks at SS. Less first round matches with regional champs getting a bye.
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They will draw for which regionals are paired, but won't be released until after regionals so coaches/athletes don't try to manipulate the results in their favor to avoid certain matchups.
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1 hour ago, maligned said:
Those are the outdated numbers though.
Which is why I put the disclaimer "According to the last round of classification".
It was more for observation/discussion. If this was in place in the last round of classification, some pretty tough teams from that list potentially move to 2A and some tough teams drop to 1A.
Just trying to make the point that 1A and 2A are going to get tougher.
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4 hours ago, maligned said:
One tidbit is that it's looking like at least 35 of the 310 teams won't reach the 7+ wrestler threshold for classification, meaning we're headed toward only about 91 teams per class (compared to about 100 in the past when we only required 3+ wrestlers). About 7-10 teams that would have been 3A in the past system will be in 2A and 10-15 that would have been 2A will be in 1A.
Will be interesting to see how the final numbers come out. This could make IHSWCA Duals even tougher in 2A and 1A.
According to the last round of classification, here are your bottom 10 3A teams based on enrollment.
91 Shelbyville Sr High 1156
92 Plymouth High School 1147
93 S.B. Clay High 1143
94 New Palestine High 1119
95 Highland High School 1117
96 Connersville Sr High 1111
97 Jasper High School 1093
98 Kankakee Valley High 1083
99 F.W. Bishop Dwenger 1075
100 Jay County High 1060Here are your bottom 15 teams in 2A based on enrollment:
194 Greencastle Senior High 556
195 Wheeler High School 553
196 Southmont Sr High 550
197 South Vermillion High 546
198 Woodlan Jr/Sr High 534
199 Rensselaer Central High 531
200 Southridge High School 531
201 Western Boone Jr-Sr 529
204 Monrovia High School 527
205 Eastbrook High School 525
206 Rochester Community High 524
207 Tipton High School 524
208 Speedway Senior High 523
209 Oak Hill High 511
210 Manchester Jr-Sr High 511 -
But a 113 wouldn’t be able to weigh in at 117 (110 for 106, etc) because some probably can’t lose 2 lbs per week according to their weight management.
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Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house
Something needs to change
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Just send Warsaw and Wawasee to Fort Wayne. Still doesn't make sense to me why they go west.
Also, can the combined Elkhart High School become a power? Any insight into what the Elkhart programs have coming up in the pipeline? Is there fear of athletes leaving to go to other schools? Bristol kids going to Northridge, etc?