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Congratulations to new Paoli High School head coach John McAndrew! Glad to have you!

Paoli High School is looking to fill their head wrestling coach position. A PE teaching contract is available as well. Any interested individuals need to contact: AD Darek Newkirk newkirk@paoli.k12.in.us 812-723-3905 or Aaron Hannon hannona@paoli.k12.in.us 812-653-1012 Administration is very motivated to fill both positions.

Paoli Jr./Sr. High School is seeking a head wrestling coach for their high school program. Teaching openings are as follows: 8th grade Science Computer Science/Technology Family and Consumer Science (Home Ec) All positions are posted on the IDOE website. Please contact AD Darek Newkirk (newkirk@paoli.k12.in.us) or Aaron Hannon (hannona@paoli.k12.in.us) for more information.

Paoli Jr./Sr. High School is seeking a head wrestling coach for their high school program. Teaching openings are as follows: 8th grade Science Computer Science/Technology Family and Consumer Science (Home Ec) All positions are posted on the IDOE website. Please contact AD Darek Newkirk (newkirk@paoli.k12.in.us) or Aaron Hannon (hannona@paoli.k12.in.us) for more information.

Well played sir. I just picked a Bloomington South kid from the list since I was wearing a purple tie....

I agree. Should be B first. A is eliminated by the H2H loss to C. B has no commons with C, so winning percentage says B gets the 1 seed. Start over with 2. C wins a H2H over A. C gets the 2 seed. A gets the 3 seed. All that said, it is up to the folks in the room to agree to it. The tournament director should see to it that it is seeded properly. I will say ours (not the same sectional as the example given) tried to keep us by the book tonight, but at no time did I feel like anyone really disagreed with the way it played out.

After looking through the bulletin again, it looks like there will be a 5/6 match everywhere but regional. That is the only level where the alternate is the last non-advancer that lost to the champion.

This is why the Indianamat.com poll is so important. Now you have the coaches' poll and the media poll. Different perspectives allow for a wider range of schools to earn recognition, which is one of the things our sport needs, especially in smaller communities or newer programs. We may not have classed wrestling yet to really allow for more recognition, but kudos to the media and the coaches for giving these schools some recognition for their efforts!

I would hardly pity them. To me, you are saying they have peaked at 17. That is a sad way to look at things. To me, you respect the heck out of them. Not every state champ was the hardest worker in their room (some kids are blessed with natural abilities beyond comparison), but at the end of the day, they are the one who put it all together at the right time. IT is a tremendous accomplishment. Do you pity the valedictorian at your high school each year? Chances are he or she will never reach the intellectual pinnacle in their fields. They may even land in jail. I don't have the data to back that up either, but I hardly think pity is the word.

Could be. Or it could be the fact that last week when I noticed the difference last week, I contacted the IHSWCA (gasp!) president and asked him if this was accurate. He responded (within minutes) that it was a misprint and he would contact Mr. Faulkens to work on correcting it. Either way. Just glad it got resolved. That clause can help some of these seeding problems.

I asked someone recently about the criteria because I thought that it had been changed last season during the tournament restructuring. It was to include "Semistate quarterfinalist in previous State tournament" above winning percentage. He said he believed the bulleting criteria was printed in error. This should have been the criteria listed. Determination of seeded wrestlers is given in order of importance: a. Head to head competition; (The wrestler with the most head to head wins gets the seed. If they have beaten each other an equal number of times, then the winner of the last match gets the seed.); b. Record against common opponents; c. Prior year IHSAA semi‐state quarterfinalist. d. A contestant with the best overall record (winning percentage) who has wrestled at least 10 matches; e. Farthest advancement in previous year IHSAA State Tournament Series; f. Draw by lot / Coin toss. Criteria is reset after determining each seed. NOTE: A wrestler with less than ten (10) matches may not be seeded ahead of a wrestler with at least ten (10) matches and a winning record unless he/she meets criteria in a, b or c. A wrestler with a losing record may not be seeded unless he/she meets criteria a, b or c unless there are less than six (6) wrestlers in the bracket. Not sure if this helps your personal situation, but I would think we need to get this cleared up before sectional meetings start.

To go along with your seeding meeting idea: "(Insert name here) is 18 and 20, but they've been up against stellar competition. Their strength of schedule is way up there." I hear this one every year and it never seems to really matter once they wrestle.

[table] Paoli1Evansville Reitz80Paoli3Jeffersonville72Paoli42Indianapolis Howe Academy18Paoli23No Team60Paoli24Lawrenceburg45Paoli6Heritage Hills72Paoli42No Team[/td]12Madison65Paoli18Evansville Harrison54Paoli37Charlestown36[/table]No Team 1: Oldham County, KYNo Team 2: Shawe Memorial

[table] Paoli45Salem24 [/table]

My money's on Seagull...