Congrats to him. Joins another Indiana (kind of) guy out there in Colton Drousias. As well as his brother as mentioned above, but listed as fifth yr so not sure if he will be there past this year. Nowadays, who knows..
1) Were there any regional weight classes that advanced all 4 placers through the semi state to punch their tickets this year? This happens every once in a while and is a neat achievement. Go ahead and shout out those regional classes who got three through too! I think off the top of my head I see that Mooresville 195 had 3 qualifiers from Jasper SS.
2) Further from this, can anyone recollect a time where a single sectional had 4 state qualifiers? I imagine this hasn’t happened many times if ever, but this would be a truly unique occurrence (I’m not sure how far back the current advancement layout goes).
I imagine the usual standards would be fine... Head to Head, Common Opponents, Previous Placement, Winning %, etc. (However, being at this level, winning % might be splitting hairs) Nevertheless, it would give an actual rationale to the formation of the bracket other than random. I just have noticed a few instances of semifinalists that now are going for 3rd/4th this year with wins over guys in the finals.
I know this is not a new conversation, but...
How do other state tournaments deal with bracket creation?
It seems to me that there should be some sort of seeding for, at the very least, the state tournament. I appreciate the 4v1 3v2 set up for the round of 16 and don’t think that a full seeding would be practical or necessary for a high school state tournament. But I think it would make our state finals even more spectacular to at least have the 1’s seeded so that we could optimally have the “best” finals matches between the “better” two wrestlers under the lights and on tv, etc. This seems like a happy middle point between common sense and the IHSAA’s “The best wrestler will win regardless “ logic.
Here’s a fun one. Which regional had the “best” performance?
To start things swingin’, I have (counted on fingers, toes, and whatever else) the Mooresville Regional at 27 for 56 on the day.
That’s 48.2% of advancements from EV coming from 25% of the kids. Around a 2/weight class average. Pretty good!
Did anywhere else beat it?
Anyone have any O/U bets for Friday night/State?
Funny or serious....
I’ll start it off.
Shiny Pants Worn - 30
I’ll take the over.
Pins by headlocks - 3
Gotta take the over.
Heavyweight backflips — ???
Word on the street is that Brownsburg’s Heavyweight Keys (Semi-State Champion) is a first year wrestler.... some are “novices”! That being said..... I don’t think he’d be where he is at any other program besides Brownsburg
Something I just noticed ... it looks like the NBA All-Star Weekend is going on this weekend. It also happens that Indianapolis was chosen to host the 2021 All Star Weekend ... assuming the NBA takes some authority over the IHSAA, what's gonna happen in 2021 if these two events conflict?
Rather than looking at each individual sectional and in interest of saving time, what are some notable changes in weight classes? Any unexpected weight class drops/rises by wrestlers that should be noticed?
Results from HCC Conference (Bburg, Avon, Zionsville, HSE, Westfield, Fishers, Noblesville)
106
Campbell (B ) over Rioux (A) D 5-0
113
Lawhead (B ) over Brady (N) D 10-6
Garcia (A) over Lawhead (B ) D 11-4
126
Garcia (H) over Gobeyn (Z) D 5-0
132
Mulkey (B ) Pin Ellis (Z) 1:38
Miranda (A) over Robinson (W) D 10-5
Mulkey (B ) over Miranda (A) MD 8-0
138
Wagner (Z) over Bigelow (B ) D 4-2 OT
Conley (A) over Wagner (Z) D 5-4
152
Lee (B ) Pin Gobeyn (Z) 1:27
Clark (A) over Kitko (N) TB-1 3-2
Gobeyn (Z) over Kitko (N) D 4-3
Lee (B ) TF Clark (A) 25-9
160
Brewer (A) over Wertz (Z) D 6-2
Wertz (Z) over Miller (W) D 4-3
170
Cicciarelli (B ) over Mazero (H) D 6-5
Penola (Z) over Cicciarelli (B ) D 9-3
182
Walton (B ) Pin Hill (Z) 3:34
Walton (B ) over Jessop (H) D 8-6
195
Jagow (W) over McCormick (B ) D 8-4
Jagow (W) over Williamson (Z) TB-1 2-1
285
Clark (B ) over Dollens (W) D 3-1 OT
Team Winner- Brownsburg
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