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1079
Northern Lakes Conference Brackets
Teams
 
Concord, Elkhart Memorial, Goshen, Northridge, Northwood, Plymouth, Warsaw, Wawasee
 
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1918
Tri-Eastern Conference Brackets
Teams
Centerville, Hagerstown, Lincoln, Northeastern, Tri-High, Union City, Union County, Winchester
 
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1067
Team State Bracket
Click here to view the Team State bracket that will be updated throughout the state tournament.
502
Northeast Hoosier Conference
Teams
Bellmont, Carroll, New Haven, Homestead, Dekalb, East Noble, Norwell, Columbia City
 
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661
Southern Indiana Athletic Conference Brackets
Teams
 
Castle, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Evansville F.J. Reitz, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville North, Evansville Reitz Memorial
 
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699
North East Corner Conference Brackets
Teams
Angola, Central Noble, Churubusco, Eastside, Fairfield, Fremont, Lakeland, Prairie Heights, West Noble, Westview.
 
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2011 NECC Wrestling Championships
 
1/22/11
 
Score    School          1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
 
1    266.50  Prairie Heights 4    3    4    3
 
2    217.50  Fairfield       2    3    5    1    2
 
3    156.50  Churubusco      3    2         2    2    3
 
4    148.00  West Noble      2    2    1    1    3    1
 
5    92.00   Central Noble   1              4    1    2
 
6    79.00   Fremont         1         2    1         2
 
7    70.00   Eastside             1    1         2    3
 
8    68.50   Lakeland             1    1    1    1    2
 
9    63.00   Angola          1    1         1         1
 
10   48.00   Westview             1              w3
 
Regular Season Standings
 
Prairie Heights  8-0
 
Fairfield        8-1
 
Churubusco       7-2
 
Fremont          6-3
 
West Noble       5-4
 
Central Noble    3-6
 
Angola           2-7
 
Eastside         2-7
 
Westview         2-7
 
Lakeland         1-7
 
* Team has non-scoring wrestler

435
North Central Conference Brackets
Teams
 
Anderson, Huntington North, Kokomo, Logansport, Marion, Muncie Central, New Castle, Richmond
 
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403
Allen County Athletic Conference Brackets
Teams
 
Adams Central, Bluffton, Garrett, Heritage, Leo, South Adams, Southern Wells, Woodlan
 
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492
Northern State Conference Brackets
Teams
 
Bremen, Culver Community, Glenn, Jimtown, Knox, Laville, New Prairie, Triton
 
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404
Goshen Invitational Brackets
Teams:
1. Fairfield 240
2. Goshen 239
3. Fort Wayne Northside 145
4. Eastern 139
5. Columbia City 124
6. Whitko 118
6. Lakeland 118
8. Bronson(MI) 117
 
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1 240.00 Fairfield 5 3 1 1 2 1 12 239.00 Goshen 3 3 4 3 1
3 145.00 Ft. Wayne North 1 3 1 1 2 2 4
4 139.00 Eastern 2 3 2 1 3 3
5 124.00 Columbia City 1 2 3 1 4 1 2
6 118.00 Whitko 1 3 1 1 3 1 4
118.00 Lakeland 1 2 3 2 2 1 3
8 117.00 Bronson 1 1 6 2 2 2

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Sagmore Athletic Conference Brackets
Teams:
Crawfordsville, Danville, Frankfort, Lebanon, North Montgomery, Southmont, Tri-West Hendricks, Western Boone
 
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531
43rd Annual Concordia "Wild Bill" Ihssen Invitational
Teams:
Concordia
Fort Wayne Carroll
Fort Wayne Snider
Homestead
Marion
Muncie South
Huntington North
Northwood
 
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495
Woodlan Invitational Brackets
Teams:
BISHOP LUERS KNIGHTS
BLUFFTON TIGERS
CHURUBUSCO E AGLES
FREMONT EAGLES
LEO LIONS
GREENVILLE GREEN WAVE
WAYNE TRACE RAIDERS
WOODLAN WARRIORS
 
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459
Hoosier Conference Brackets
Teams:
Benton Central, Delphi, Rensselaer Central, Sheridan, Tipton, Twin Lakes, West Lafayette
 
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Genius Ratings Version 2.0
Computer Ratings for every Indiana High School wrestling team
 
--presented by Maligned on behalf of Indianamat.com
 
What are “Genius Ratings”?
 
Indianamat.com’s “Genius Ratings” are comprehensive computer ratings based on every match result presented in the results section of Indianamat.com’s discussion page, plus many other results gleaned from websites and coaches’ sources. Even matches with out-of-state teams were considered when that team wrestled at least two Indiana opponents.
 
Two Ratings
 
The “Genius Ratings” are made up of two separate ratings designed to serve two distinctly different purposes. One rating is called POTENTIAL and uses match scores only to rate all teams, disregarding wins and losses. The other rating is called REWARD and uses only wins and losses data, not considering scores at all.
 
POTENTIAL
 
POTENTIAL is specifically designed to be the best possible predictor of future results. It was designed 5 years ago by Maligned and is virtually identical to rating systems currently being incorporated Jeff Sagarin at USA Today, Joe Lunardi at ESPN, baseball analyst Bill James, top Las Vegas odds-makers, and others. This system locks in a team’s true potential by measuring its score differential within the context of its schedule, considering a team’s context to the 100th degree of separation from other teams, if necessary. The difference in rating between your team and another is the expected point differential in a dual meet. Multiply the difference in rating by three to arrive at the expected differential in a full-team individual tournament event. The predictive effect is most useful for teams within about 40 points of each other. (The top teams and bottom teams are separated by impossibly large margins because a top team can beat a good team by 40, which can beat a mid-level team by 40, which can beat a bottom team by 40).
 
REWARD
 
The rating entitled “REWARD” is a more politically correct ranking, designed to slot teams according to only their wins and losses within the context of their schedule. No score results are involved with this ranking at all. Again, teams are measured against others as far away as the 100th degree of separation or beyond if necessary. This ranking is ideologically similar to most of the computer ranking systems currently being used by the BCS in college football. About 5% more results were used for this than for POTENTIAL for various reasons (post-football issues, lack of score information, etc.)
 
Duals AND Tournament Results Used
 
All possible results were used for these rankings, including individual tournaments. Analysis shows that in full-team, regular season events, final scores of tournaments are great predictors of which teams would defeat which other teams in dual meets. POTENTIAL considers all score differentials between your team and others at all individual tournaments and divides them by 3. In other words, if Team A defeats Team B by 15 points in a tournament, the score differential is recorded as +5 for Team A, not +15. A win or a loss for finishing ahead or behind a particular opponent at an individual tournament was also incorporated into the REWARD rating. Finally, all individual tournament results are only weighted as being 50% as important as dual meets (except 32-team events, which weight 40% only). For example, you would have to beat a team twice in an individual tournament to receive the same rating benefit as beating them in a dual meet.
 
Example: Team A finishes 3rd place out of 8 teams in an event and +102 in score against all 7 opponents. Team A’s record is listed as 5-2 against these seven opponents and its POTENTIAL point differential is listed as +34 for these seven separate competitions. Again, all results are then only 50% as important as duals.
 
Strength of Schedule
 
The Strength of Schedule (SOS) component listed here is only as accurate and complete as the information we had available. Some SOS ratings are based on 5 or fewer matches for a team. Especially for some of the very small schools at the bottom of the ratings, the SOS rating can be almost completely disregarded.
 
The Future of the “Genius Ratings”
 
Indianamat.com plans to update the “Genius Ratings” at least every other week from here on out, sooner if possible.

Reward
All Classes
Class AAA
Class AA
Class A
Sorted By Sectional

Potential
All Classes
Class AAA
Class AA
Class A
Sorted by sectional

466
Hoosier Crossroads Conference Brackets
Teams:
Avon, Brownsburg, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lafayette Jefferson, Mccutcheon, Noblesville, Westfield, Zionsville
 
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425
Hoosier Heritage Conference Brackets
Teams: Delta, Shelbyville, Rushville, New Palestine, Pendleton Hts., Greenfield Central, Mt. Vernon and Yorktown.
 
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357
Indianamat.com Team Rankings 1/11
1. Crown Point (17-0)
2. Perry Meridian (21-0)
3. Evansville Mater Dei (11-0)
4. Penn (15-3)
5. Merrillville (12-1)
6. Yorktown (25-1)
7. Roncalli (13-1)
8. Bellmont (20-4)
9. Mishawaka (15-4)
10. Lawrence North (8-4)
11. Evansville Reitz (15-0)
12. Center Grove (16-1)
13. Franklin (10-8)
14. Carroll (14-1)
15. Fishers (13-8)
16. Carmel (15-3)
17. Hamilton SE (15-2)
18. SB Clay (23-1)
19. South Adams (21-0)
20. Cathedral (9-4)

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Hoosier Hills Conference Brackets
Teams
Bedford North Lawrence, Columbus East, Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, Jennings County, Madison, New Albany, Seymour.
 
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420
IHSWCA Team Rankings 1/5/2011
3A Wrestling Team Rankings
2A Wrestling Team Rankings
1A Wrestling Team Rankings


1. Crown Point
1. Evansville Mater Dei
1. South Adams


2. Perry Meridian
2. Yorktown
2. Prairie Heights


3. Mishawaka
3. Bellmont
3. Alexandria


4. Merrillville
4. Evansville Memorial
4. Adams Central


5. Penn
5. Jimtown
5. Fountain Central


6. Roncalli
6. New Palestine
6. Delphi


7. Bloomington South
7. Fairfield
7. Cascade


8. Franklin
8. Southmont
8. Eastern (Greentown)


9. Lawrence North
9. Hanover Central
9. Southwood


10. Center Grove
10. Whitko
10. Woodlan


Top 20 All Classes
1.) Crown Point
2.) Mater Dei
3.) Perry Meridian
4.) Mishawaka
5.) Merrillville
6.) Yorktown
7.) Penn
8.) Bellmont
9.) Roncalli
10.) Bloomington South
11.) Franklin
12.) Lawrence North
13.) Center Grove
14.) Carmel
15.) Evansville Reitz
16.) Cathedral
17.) South Bend Clay
18.) Westfield
19.) Jeffersonville
20.) Jennings County

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Middle School State Dual Championship
The second annual Middle School State Dual Championship will be held once again at Yorktown Middle School. Last year's champion Franklin Middle School will look to defend their title against another tough field. The field consists of eight teams from around the state. Look for some great match-ups of numerous individuals that will be gracing the Conseco podium in the very near future. The teams participating include: Yorktown, Muncie Wilson(Muncie South), Indian Springs(Columbia City), Chesterton, Avon, Franklin, Doe Creek(New Palestine), and Delta. Good luck to all the competitors this weekend.
 
Click here for the official program of the event.

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Tune Up for Title Run – Bellmont Duals
The holidays are over and most school have returned to business as usual. For the eight schools wrestling at the Bellmont Duals on Saturday, it will be anything but business as usual. This annual gathering of elite teams from throughout the state will serve as a measuring stick for teams with state title aspirations as they edge closer to the championship season of conference and sectional action.
 
Headlining this years Bellmont Duals are the second ranked Perry Meridian Falcons coached by Jim Tonte. The Falcons' lineup features eight ranked grapplers spread out nicely through the weight classes. The depth of studs in the lineup have allowed Perry Meridian to dominate one of the toughest schedules in the state. At Bellmont, they will be tested by three of northern Indiana's best teams in Penn, Mishawaka, and Bellmont. Top ranked 125 pound junior Jared McKinley along with his classmate, #5 ranked Kirk Johnson at 152 both have been on the podium at Conseco and they will be looked on to lead the Falcons to a team state title. Super frosh 112 pounder Cody LeCount(ranked 5th) was one of the most talked about freshman in the state and he has proven himself nicely with wins over a number of ranked wrestlers in one of the deepest weight classes in the state.
 
The rumble from the north on Saturday morning will be in the form of longtime rivals, seventh ranked Penn and sixth ranked Mishawaka. The Kingsmen have some momentum after a team victory at the Al Smith Invitational. Their number one gun is top ranked 130 pound Alex Gregory. He is a two time state qualifier and one time placer. Gregory has wrestled much of the season at 135 and his dominance has allowed coach Brad Harper to be flexible with his line up. Other leaders in Penn's line up include eighth ranked Devin Reagan at 215 and #12 Grant Anglemyer at 145. Anglemyer is coming off an individual championship at the Al Smith.
 
Mishawaka will roll into Decatur a little banged up but never shy to test themselves against the state's elite. Coach Darrick Snyder has been able to count on his one-two punch of Layten Binion and Taylor Wisler all season. Both wrestlers have spent time on the podium at Conseco and both look to do the same this year. Binion is currently ranked third at 125 and will get the chance to test his skills against top ranked Jared McKinley of Perry Meridian.
 
The host Bellmont Braves also have some nice momentum on their side after the holidays. Their narrow loss to Penn at Al Smith seems to show that the Braves are going to be ready for a potential regional match up with Yorktown. You better get to coach Brent Faurote's Braves early in their line up as they possess a murderer's row in the upper weights. Fifth ranked Riley Hankenson at 171, tenth ranked Will Busse at 189, third ranked Travis Thatcher at 215, and top ranked heavyweight Daniel Meyer can easily bring the Braves back or put them in a nice lead depending on the starting weight of a dual.
 
Overshadowed a bit but still very dangerous is the states fourteenth ranked team, Bloomington South. Coach Royce Deckard brings a very solid dual meet team with three ranked wrestlers. Included among them is second ranked senior Jacob Boomsma at 103. A favorite to wrestle for a state championship next month, Boomsma has not been seriously tested this year.
 
Coming for the second year in a row to Bellmont from the deep south is last year's state semi finalist Castle. While not ranked in the IndianaMat top 20 at this time, they are ranked fourteenth by the coaches so no one will take the Knights lightly. Coach Bob Harmon's line up features five ranked wrestlers including the state's top ranked 152 and 160 pound wrestlers in Doug and Chad Welch. Doug was the runner up at 145 last year and Chad finished third. Following in the Welch twin's footsteps is little brother Luke. Luke, a sophomore, was a state finalist last year and is currently ranked fourth in the state at 119.
 
Rounding out the line up of teams at the Bellmont Duals are Whitko and Fairfield. These two smaller schools are both traditionally strong programs but realistically are probably looking at Saturday as a way to test some of their better wrestlers against the state's elite. Both schools have a ranked wrestler in their line up. Whitko has fourteenth ranked Jordan Gilbert at 119 and Fairfield has thirteenth ranked Alex Hostetler at 171.
 
Thirty ranked wrestlers, five top ranked individuals and six ranked teams will make the Bellmont Duals a wrestling fan's mecca come Saturday morning. If 9AM is too late to get your wrestling fix, come break bread and talk wrestling with Y2, littlevito, and myself at Indiana House of Pancakes at 8AM.
 
P.S. If you have children, please see Y2 for some very cheap(free?) IndianaMat shirts and shorts. His wife is tired of the seeing the box of clothing around the house.
 
MATCH UPS
Round 1
Bellmont vs Bloomington South
Castle vs Perry Meridian
Whitko vs Penn
Mishawaka vs Fairfield
 
Round 2
Bellmont vs Castle
Mishawaka vs Bloomington South
Perry Meridian vs Whitko
Penn vs Fairfield
 
Round 3
Bellmont vs Mishawaka
Bloomington South vs Penn
Whitko vs Castle
Perry Meridian vs Fairfield
 
Round 4
Bellmont vs Perry Meridian
Penn vs Castle
Whitko vs Mishawaka
Bloomington South vs Fairfield
 
Round 5
Bellmont vs Penn
Mishawaka vs Perry Meridian
Whitko vs Bloomington South
Castle vs Fairfield

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Indianamat.com Team Rankings 1/3
1. Crown Point (13-0)
2. Perry Meridian (13-0)
3. Evansville Mater Dei (11-0)
4. Merrillville (12-0)
5. Yorktown (23-1)
6. Mishawaka (12-2)
7. Penn (7-3)
8. Roncalli (13-1)
9. Bellmont (16-2)
10. Lawrence North (8-4)
11. Center Grove (10-1)
12. Westfield (18-3)
13. Carmel (7-2)
14. Bloomington South (13-3)
15. Evansville Reitz (15-0)
16. Franklin (8-5)
17. Carroll(Fort Wayne) (13-1)
18. Cathedral (7-3)
19. Jennings County (20-1)
20. SB Clay (22-1)

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2010 Al Smith Coverage
[caption id=attachment_2673" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="2010 Al Smith Team Champions Penn High School Photo by Paul D. Tincher][/caption]

Brackets and Team Scores
updated throughout the tournament
Individual Brackets
updated through finals
Team Scores
updated through finals
 
Broadcastsport.net's Brackets
Note: These are not the official brackets and may have errors.  These however will be updated more often than the official brackets above.

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Articles
Parity Makes Appearance at Al Smith Invitational
Al Smith Pre-Seeds

Discussion Links
Al Smith Bracket Discussion
Al Smith Tournament Discussion

Broadcastsport.net's Coverage Links
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Other Information
Weigh-in Times: Wednesday & Thursday, Dec. 29th and 30th 8:00 AM
*Note: No weight allowance on the first day
Coaches Meeting: Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 (Apprx.) 9:15 AM
Wrestling Time:
Wednesday, December 30th, 2010 (Apprx.) 10:30 AM
We will wrestle until there are four wrestlers in the losers' bracket and four wrestlers in the winners' bracket.
Thursday, December 30th 9:00 AM
Small Break between each round
Introduction to Finals 1:30 PM
Finals shortly after 1:30PM introductions

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Parity Makes Appearance at Al Smith Invitational
The 2010 edition of the Mishawaka's annual winter break wrestling extravaganza, the Al Smith Invitational, will likely be more tightly contested than it has been in recent memory.  Seven of IndianaMat.com's top twenty teams are set to do battle on Wednesday and Thursday and no one appears to have set themselves apart after the brackets were released Sunday afternoon.
 
Arch rivals #8 Penn and the host #5 Mishawaka lead the way with eight seeded wrestlers each.  #4 Merrillville and #20 Jimtown both have seven seeded wrestlers.  Perennial state powers #7 Lawrence North and #10 Bellmont check in next with six seeded wrestlers.  #12 Center Grove has five seeded wrestlers.  Other schools that appear primed to have a say in the team race include Elkhart Memorial, Columbus East and Prairie Heights.
 
Unlike the team race, the majority of the weight classes seem to have clear favorites this year.
 
Weight Class Previews
 
103
 
This year's most hyped frosh, Lawrence North's Nathan Boston is the number one seed and the number one ranked wrestler in the state.  He earned his lofty ranking by making mincemeat out of everyone he has faced this year.  Included in Boston's path of destruction is the second seeded and fourteenth ranked Santo Marciano.  Boston defeated the Raging Calf 17-5 a couple of weeks ago at Calumet.  Expect a closer match on Thursday, but not close enough to make Lawrence North coach Jared Williams sweat too much.  Other wrestlers to keep an eye on are #16 Michael Garza of Merrillville and Codey Flickinger of Elkhart Memorial.
 
112
 
The 112 pound class is one of the deeper classes at Mishawaka this year with many fine wrestlers not earning seeds.  At the top is defending 103 champion and 4th ranked Jarred Brooks of Warsaw.  Brooks will look to shake off some rust after missing the first half of the season.  The top half of the bracket has many other fine wrestlers such as Zech Weese of Rochester, Grant Martsoff of Mishawaka, and Anthony Scholettle of Center Grove.  None, however, appear to have the ammo to take down Brooks.  The bottom half of the bracket is absolutely brutal.  Up to seven of the wrestlers in this half of the bracket have legitimate shot at the finals.  Third seeded and thirteenth ranked Aurelio Medina of Munster is my pick but state placer Danny Hamm of Prairie Heights, Lawrence North's Alex Sparks, and South Bend Adams' super soph Sammy Ferdig will all provide stiff challenges to Medina.
 
119
 
Another clear favorite appears at the top of the bracket at 119.  Lake Central's Kyle Ayersman was the state champ last year at 112 and has picked up where he left off last year.  The number one seed, Ayersman, did suffer his only loss of the season in the finals of the Al Smith last year.  Second seeded and 5th ranked Robert Boston of Lawrence North comes into the tournament on a hot streak after defeating highly ranked Levi Moss of Ben Davis in the finals of the Marion County Tournament.
 
125
 
Yet another clear front runner headlines the 125 lb. bracket with Mishawaka's 3rd ranked Layten Binion.  Binion appears to have separated himself from the field after a breakout campaign as a sophomore which saw him place 7th in the state at 119.  Binion has signature wins this year over former state runner-up Dustin Kief of Franklin and 6th seeded Tyler Chapple of Penn.  It is unfortunate that Merrillville's Adam Garcia is on the same side of the bracket as I believe he might be the second best wrestler in the bracket.  Princeton's veteran Alex Griesemer might just navigate the bottom of the bracket on his way to the finals.
 
130
 
Alex Gregory's decision to wrestle at 135 for the tournament probably made the 130 weight class as wide open as any this year.  This class is still the deepest of any at Mishawaka.  Prairie Heights' top seeded Travis Barroquillo won two out of three matches with seconded seeded Taylor Wisler of Mishawaka last year and they are ranked third and fourth respectively in the state.  The lower seeds are not far behind and they include Merrillville's Al Padilla, Lawrence North's Jordan Johnson, Jimtown's Collin Crume, Penn's Trevor Manspeaker, and Columbus East's Zach Reiker.  Four unseeded wrestlers with 2 or fewer losses make this class outstanding.
 
135
 
The addition of Penn's Alex Gregory to the 135 bracket made a strong field even stronger.  There are not the same number of kids here with state wide credentials (yet) but there is plenty of talent.  I would expect Gregory to have little trouble with the top half of the bracket.  The four seeds in the bottom half have four total losses.  I like Steven Rieker of Columbus East to become the Olympians' first Al Smith finalist.
 
140
 
The 140 class features two returning state placers and two other ranked individuals.  Lake Central has another top seed in Bradley Wartman.  Wartman has a 5th place state medal(at 135) on his resume which garnered him the top seed over Lawrence North's Matt Rattay who placed 7th at 135.  Throwing a monkey wrench into the equation is Bellmont's Brooks Faurote who defeated Wartman in the 3rd place match at last years tournament.  Goshen's Ryan Ntende has Al Smith hardware from last year as well and comes in as the four seed.
 
145
 
Calling any weight class weak at the Al Smith Invite does not make sense but 145, 152, and 160 probably do not have the depth that many of the other class possess.  What this often means is that there is an opportunity for some relatively unknown wrestlers to make a name for themselves on the statewide scene.  At 145, Elkhart Memorial's Dantrell Goodman(12th ranked) is the number one seed and highest ranked wrestler. Penn's Grant Anglemyer is ranked thirteenth and the number two seed.  I like Merrillville's Javier Avalos to author a couple of upsets on his way to finals where he will likely face Anglemyer.
 
152
 
Elkhart Memorial has two number one seeds in a row with standout Cam Matteson topping the 152 bracket.  He must be ready to go right off the bat as he faces unseeded but very tough Kelly Kolat of South Bend Riley in the first round. This entire bracket seems wide open.  I like Munster's underrated Luke Smith to upset Matteson in the semis on his way to the finals where he might meet sixth seeded Darius Marshall of Mishawaka in the finals.  Marshall is a big match veteran.  Honestly it would not surprise me to see any of about eight different wrestlers in the finals at 152.
 
160
 
There has been no sign of Chesterton's Anthony Quiroz in any results this year but the former state runner up is scheduled to make his first appearance this year at the Al Smith as he is top seed.  He should have a couple of tests if he wishes to defend his championship as he will probably have to defeat Prairie Heights' Ryan Chandler, Columbus East's David Johnson and LaPorte's top gun and Duneland Conference rival, Alex Stewart.  If Quiroz can navigate that minefield, he will likely face the winner between ninth ranked Sean Mappes of Center Grove and fourteenth ranked Michael Taylor of Lawrence Central.
 
171
 
If there is a sure thing at this year's tournament, it is Drake Stein of Princeton. Ranked first in the state, defending state champion, and two time Al Smith champ are just the tip of the Stein resume.  He is a Purdue recruit as well as a national greco runner up.  His likely finals opponent is Bellmont's second seeded and fifth ranked Ryley Hankenson.  Other challengers include ranked wrestlers, Joe Peco of Hobart (14th), Aston Brierly of Columbus East(12th) and undefeated Brandon Weinkauf of Jimtown.
 
189
 
189 should be a deep and exciting class with no clearcut favorite.  State qualifier Brandon Dillenbeck of Goshen is the number one seed and ranked ninth in the state.  He should be tested on his side of the bracket by NLC rivals Ross Hoover of Warsaw and Chase Spears of Elkhart Memorial.  The four seeded wrestlers in the bottom half of the bracket have two total losses.  Included in this foursome is fourth ranked Kourtney Berry of Merrillville(2nd seed), Jimtown's dangerous Tanner Adams(3rd seed), Lawrence North's undefeated and underrated Jeremy Haskett (6th seed), as well as 21-1 Alex Skipper of South Bend Adams.
 
215
 
The Bellmont fan brigade will be in Mishawaka until the end as the Braves have secured the top seed at both 215 hand heavyweight.  Travis Thatcher claimed the top spot at 215 based on his 7th place finish at state last year as well as an Al Smith title at 189.  Second seed Taylor Grubb of Prairie Heights also has a state medal on his resume.  Grubb is currently ranked third and Thatcher 4th in the state.  Not far behind these two are the third seeded Devin Reagan of Penn and Munster's fourth seed Jack Seaman.  These two are ranked 7th and 8th respectively.  All four have been tested in the first half of the season so the semi finals should be very exciting.
 
285
 
Bellmont's little big man, Daniel Meyer tops the heavyweight bracket as he looks to add an Al Smith championship to his already impressive body of work.  Meyer uses his quickness and hustle to outwork most heavyweights he has encountered over the past three years of battling the big boys.  If Jimtown's second seeded Eric Forrest can get to the finals he might possess the right combination of size and athleticism to cause Meyer some headaches in the finals.