Merrillville Predictions

[Cosgrove]

yes i am with you i know of several under the radar guys in mind 

[PoTweet]

cant see Kral losing to Robinson again

Iwasthinking just the opposite. After seeing Gelen take it to Kral, and the amount of confidence he seemed to gain throughout that match, I was thinking, I can't see Robinson loose to Kral again.

What meat grinder of a weight class.

[PoTweet]

Kral and Reagan should be a good ticket match.  Kral will need a new game plan like the one he had at DAC meet to beat Robinson.  Robinson is too strong to go upper body on.  I will say one thing I have not seen Robinson take a legit shot on Kral in the 3 matches.  I think Robinson got a lot of confidence in that last match.  Hope they meet this week and under the lights.  The last match was fun to watch.

Didn't  see this before my last post, but I would say you are dead on with all your points.

[KarlHungus]

it sucks for reagan that he had to draw kral in the ticket round because reagan made it to state last year and would probably a state placer if he makes it

Reagan did not make it to state last year

[sportsfangms]

Reagan was a qualifier in 2010, last year he was beaten by Robinson in the quarters.  It wasn't a very close match.  I want to say in the 9-4 range. 

[Caleb Spires]

cant see Kral losing to Robinson again

Didn't he lose by like 6 or 7? Seemed convincing enough to me. Anything can happen though.

[Gallegos-215]

Reagan was a qualifier in 2010, last year he was beaten by Robinson in the quarters.  It wasn't a very close match.  I want to say in the 9-4 range. 

It was 5-2

[sportsfangms]

5-2 could be right, but I want to say Robinson had two early takedowns and was in control of the match the entire time.  I think he had a little trouble getting out from bottom, but beyond that he handled a pretty good wrestler.  New year, so last year doesn't matter much.  Robinson is a totally different wrestler than last year and I'm excited to watch some good wrestling at 220.

[BigBasher]

Didn't he lose by like 6 or 7? Seemed convincing enough to me. Anything can happen though.

every point robinson got was from krals mistakes. Kral was the aggresor the whole match, he attempted to go upper body for the first time and it backfired, he basically gave the match away

[CHS132]

106
1. Micic - Hanover
2. Davis - Penn
3. Garza - Merrillville
4. Ervin - Crown Point

113
1. Brooks - Warsaw
2. Antwan Wordlaw - South Bend Riley (upset of the Day - drew Brooks early at Regnl.)
3. Adam Marvel - Delphi
4. Greg Newman - Wawasee

120
1. Paul Petrov - Hanover Central
2. Adam Garica - Merrillville
3. Blake Denton - Twin Lakes
4. Jacob Davis - Penn

126
1. Kyle Ayersman - Lake Central
2. Dalton Overmyer - Winamac
3. Josh Juarez - South Bend Riley
4. Grant Martsoff - Mishawaka

132
1. Tommy Forte - Mishawaka
2. Anthony McHugh - Culver Academy
3. Chris Johnson - South Bend Clay
4. Alex Mavros - Lowell

138
1. Alex Griffin - McCutcheon
2. Tristan Macri - Mishawaka
3. Mitch Hartman - South Bend Clay
4. Ben Varner - Penn

145
1. Jason Tsirtsis - Crown Point
2. Trevor Manspeaker - Penn
3. Alex Katsafaros - Cheserton
4. Aaron Madison - Benton Central

152
1. Adrian Brown - Lafayette Jefferson
2. Danny Ginter - Penn
3. Zach Sandefer - Merrillville
4. Chris Katsafaros - Chesterton

160
1. Dusty Schurg - Crown Point
2. Robert Stevenson II - Merrillville
3. Chase Hack - South Bend Riley
4. Kelly Kolat - South Bend Washington

170
1. Jeremy Crocker - Lowell
2. Darryl Peppers - Merrillville
3. Tony Rodriguez - Hobart
4. Mike Anderson - South Bend Riley

182
1. Matt Hurford - Culver Community
2. Dominic Fimbianti - Munster
3. Tanner Lynde - Delphi
4. Christian Winkle - Twin Lakes

195
1. Kourtney Berry - Merrillville
2. Alex Skipper - South Bend Adams
3. Jaylin Allen - South Bend Clay
4. Matt Langbehn - Crown Point

220
1. Joe Gallegos - South Bend Clay
2.Tyler Kral - Crown Point
3. Dustin Kult - McCutcheon
4. Gelen Robinson - Lake Central

285
1. Abraham Hall - Bremen
2. Kade Maggert - Penn
3. Marcus Dozier - South Bend Riley
4. Fabin Durant- Hammond Morton

Don't Sleep on the NIC 39 of 54 Reginional spots that advanced to Semi-State came from Mishawaka Sectional.

I like these rankings WAY better than the rest!!   

[No One Famous]

106
Micic
Z. Davis
Garza
Ervin

113
Brooks
Newman
Shurg
Brodie

120
Petrov
Garcia
Davis
Denton

126
Ayersman
Martsoff
Overmyer
Torres

132
Forte
McHugh
Alderman
Manning

138
Griffin
Macri
Hartman
Martin

145
Tsirtsis
Mavros
Katsafaros
Thorn

152
Ginter
Fuqua
Katsafaros
Sandefer

160
Steveson
Schurg
Sopko
Redweik

170
Crocker
Dale
Peppers
Hunter

182
Lynde
Fimbanti
Hurford
Kral

195
Berry
Langbehn
Allen
Skipper

220
Kral
Gallegos
Robinson
Kult

285
Hall
Ford
Swope
Kaplanis

[ontherise219]

every point robinson got was from krals mistakes. Kral was the aggresor the whole match, he attempted to go upper body for the first time and it backfired, he basically gave the match away

I wouldnt say that. Kral dug a double under and Robinson took him to his back A couple times it could have been back too. Robinson also scored on a front head lock off of krals shot. Robinson is only going to get better. He has former Calumet coach Sean begley working with Begs also wrestled at the citadel so a group with Josh Morgan and begs a 6'5 heavy will make anyone better

[fay]

I wouldnt say that. Kral dug a double under and Robinson took him to his back A couple times it could have been back too. Robinson also scored on a front head lock off of krals shot. Robinson is only going to get better. He has former Calumet coach Sean begley working with Begs also wrestled at the citadel so a group with Josh Morgan and begs a 6'5 heavy will make anyone better

Ontherise I saw a different match.  Kral was in on single and picked robinson up and slammed him down to the mat and Robinson was tough and was able to scramble out.  10 seconds later Kral went with double unders and robinson won the battle with great hips.  This same moved happened 3 times in the match and Robinson got the takedown and did have Kral on his back, but Robinson never shot or was the aggressor he countered the entire match.  Again i don't care who wins like both wrestlers.  Just glad they wrestled that night.  That surprised me that they did.  Kral with about 30 seconds left got in on a deep single again but was so tired that Robinson flattened him out and got the go behind takedown.  Not saying Robinson won't win but I just see a different game plan by Kral.  So 7 point win margin was impressive but I could see it turned around.  

Kral has been better on the mat in the previous meetings but once Robinson won the 3 battle of over and under Kral looked broken to me.  I think these two may wrestle two more times this year.  

[regionrat1]

Ontherise I saw a different match.  Kral was in on single and picked robinson up and slammed him down to the mat and Robinson was tough and was able to scramble out.  10 seconds later Kral went with double unders and robinson won the battle with great hips.  This same moved happened 3 times in the match and Robinson got the takedown and did have Kral on his back, but Robinson never shot or was the aggressor he countered the entire match.  Again i don't care who wins like both wrestlers.  Just glad they wrestled that night.  That surprised me that they did.  Kral with about 30 seconds left got in on a deep single again but was so tired that Robinson flattened him out and got the go behind takedown.  Not saying Robinson won't win but I just see a different game plan by Kral.  So 7 point win margin was impressive but I could see it turned around.  

Kral has been better on the mat in the previous meetings but once Robinson won the 3 battle of over and under Kral looked broken to me.  I think these two may wrestle two more times this year.  


Ole Robinson is a manchild. Three sport athlete prolley dosen't spend much time in da room after wraslin season. Kinda reminds me of one of da regions finest ole Dexter Larimore. My guess da gridiron will be his place after high school. But I would guess a couple of state tittle will be part of his leagacy. Not bad for a kid who was born wit a b-ball in his haNDS.

[ontherise219]

Oh yea I was surprise to see kral gas at the end. Kral was in on a deep shot right off the bat which is the crazy thing about Robinson is he ia such a good scrammbler. I think kral/Regean is going to be a good match

[Miniman-3]

That's true cuz look at Newman at 113
I was going off of the under the radar thing

[AJ]

Ticket Round Matches- (#=semistate rank) Very exciting wrestling on Saturday!

152
Katsafaros (#5) vs Morales(#7)
Maldonado(#6) vs Ginter(#8)
Hughes(#3) vs Sandefer(#4)
Brown(#1) vs Fuqua (#2)

That is rough...all four ticket round matches are brutal.....

[Cosgrove]

No one famous I like your picks but dont forget about ayala from hobart

[iowa wrestler]

Reagan was a qualifier in 2010, last year he was beaten by Robinson in the quarters.  It wasn't a very close match.  I want to say in the 9-4 range. 

it said in the ranking he was a state qualifier so i just thought it was last year

[bpres2011]

Did nobody see espinosa from Logansport wrestle brown at 152 this weekend?! Best match of the day and he lost with an escape in the final 3 seconds!

[Cosgrove]

yes i was there and it was a very good match both good wrestlers he is very underrated but his problem is giving up pounts at the end of each period gotta fight till the end and by that is when the ref touches you NEVER stop

[bpres2011]

Same goes for browns stalling. You can't slap and the second you get tied up with, fall back and take injury time. This is where some college rules should play a role

[DuneFan]

    It seems a lot of people are picking Martsoff to beat Burlison.  I wouldn't be so sure about that.
   Josh Fuqua beat Martsoff 6-3 at 119lbs at the Traicoff and Burlison only lost 5-3 to
   Binion, who of course is not now wrestling, but wa highly ranked at the time

[Culver#2]

Who are Ayala's loses to?  I would guess Hobart has a pretty tough season.

[sportsfangms]

He has 3 or 4 to Ayersman and I saw him lose once at the Al Smith.  He was down a few points in the 5th place match and had to stop wrestling because of a hurt shoulder.  That accounts for most of his losses, not sure about the other 2 or 3.