Rochester Individual Regional Preview

- Mishawaka may advance all 14

The site of the 2009 regional is different this year but the teams that are likely to reign over the field are no different. Mishawaka, South Bend Riley, and Penn look to advance the most wrestlers to the Merrillville Semi-State. It should be an exciting atmosphere in the Rochester gym with many outstanding individuals also attempting to advance from the Plymouth sectional.

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Projected Champion – Jarred Brooks – 32-1 (Warsaw) – Possible regional qualifiers – Lyman Stoneburner – 16-2 (Mishawaka), Jacob Schroeder – 35-2 (Rochester), Mikey Witous – 24-7 (Penn). The mighty mite from Warsaw is the favorite but Stoneburner is coming in with the momentum of his sectional championship.

Best first round match: Witous vs. Matt Lindsey - 28-2 (Triton)

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Projected Champion – Paul Beck – 25-2 (Mish) – Possible regional qualifiers – Garth Simpson – 41-3 (Roch), Alex Gregory – 26-4 (Penn), Nick Nielson – 17-8 (SB Riley).

Beck has the big match experience but Simpson is long, strong and a hammer on top.

Best first round match: Nielson vs. Dalton Overmyer – 19-13 (Culver)

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Projected Champion – Justin Brooks – 32-0 (War) – Possible regional qualifiers – Matt Guerra – 28-4 (Mish), Cory Hildebrandt – 32-4 (Penn), Josh Olsen – 28-5 (SB Adams). One of the toughest weight classes in the state is equally tough at Rochester. Brooks is a step ahead of Hildebrandt and Guerra.

Best first round match: Brooks vs. DeVaughn Ellis – 21-11 (SB Washington)

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Projected Champion – Tony Stevens – 33-2 (Penn) – Possible regional qualifiers – Tevin Hinton - 27-8 (SB Wash), Nick Schrader - 22-10 (Mish), Chuck Holmquest - 26-10 (Plymouth). Stevens is the class of this field and five other quality wrestlers look to battle for the other three semi-state births.

Best first round matches: Holmquest vs. Justin Cresswell – 17-12 (SB Riley) and Hinton vs. Josh Brown - 27-5 (CMA)

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Projected Champion – Josh Harper – 30-2 (Mish) – Possible regional qualifiers – Grant Anglemyer – 22-8 (Penn), Austin Nelson – 30-7 (Tippecanoe Valley), Bobby Marcuccilli – 28-2 (Wawasee). Harper should cruise to his fourth regional title.

Best first round match – Nelson vs. Charles Taylor 20-10 (SB Riley)

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Projected Champion – Trent Reinoehl - 3-0 (Mish) – Possible regional qualifiers – Paul Manbu – 29-4 (War), Chase Lewandowski – 30-4 (Ply), Zach Nixon – 34-4 (SB Clay). Reinoehl showed little rust last week by dismantling tough wrestlers Nixon and Ben Sokol of Penn.

Best first round match: Manbu vs. Ben Sokol 23-4 (Penn) – This early match-up is really a toss-up and will determine if an excellent wrestler must hang up the head gear early this year.

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Projected Champion – Steve Sandefer – 33-1 (Mish) – Possible regional qualifers – Trace Hall – 29-4 (SB Riley), James Letsinger – 32-5 (Ply), David Pitts – 33-9 (Roch). This battle of state ranked titans goes to the Caveman this week.

Best first round match: Pitts vs. Nick Acosta – 19-15 (SB Adams).

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Projected Champion – Dan Young – 37-0 (CMA) – Possible regional qualifiers – Tyler Lymburner – 21-2 (SB Riley), Alex White – 20-10 (Mish), Pat Davenport – 30-5 (Penn). The Big Red Express continues his quest for a state championship but must get through the largely unknown Lymburner in this journey.

Best first round match: Davenport vs. Kyle Horn - 24-9 (Tippy Valley)

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Projected Champion – Adam Keener – 29-4 (War) – Possible regional qualifiers – Tim Forte – 22-4 (Mish), Austin Kunze – 16-11 (Penn), Isaac Yoder – 32-5 (Tippy Valley). Keener and Forte looked to hook up in a barnburner of a final.

Best first round match: Yoder vs. Davon Allwine – 27-13 (SB Clay)

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Projected Champion – Richard Morin – 27-6 (Mish) – Possible regional qualifiers – Adam Arsenault 21-9 (SB St. Joe), Malcolm White 27-8 – (SB Wash), Kyle Ullery – 27-8 (SB Riley). Arsenault caught fire at the sectional last week, Ullery did the same last month in his third place run at the Al Smith tournament, and White is always dangerous but it will be the consistent Morin who will top them all at Rochester.

Best first round match: Ullery vs. Elijoe Yoder – 31-4 (Tippy Valley)

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Projected Champion – Huey Hudson – 29-5 (SB Riley) – Possible regional qualifiers – Joey Smith – 11-5 (Mish), Blake Hoffer – 16-1 (Triton), Robert Molebash – 31-5 (Culver). Hudson will make the adjustments this week to defeat two tough and gritty seniors in Hoffer and Smith.

Best first round match: Molebash vs. Miller – 25-10 (Penn)

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Projected Champion – Timmy Buckingham 24-8 (SB Riley) – Projected regional qualifiers – Dustin Boyd – 27-7 (Mish), Dylan Senff – 24-8 (Triton), Justin McCray – 19-7 (SB Clay). Buckingham seems to wrestle his best in the post season and will look to knock of Boyd for the second straight week.

Best first round match: Senff vs. Jeff Veal – 25-16 (Penn)

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Projected Champion – Christian Lentz – 32-3 (Mish) – Possible regional qualifiers – Nick Lindke – 16-11 (Mish. Marian), Tom Schwartz – 24-6 (Waw), Eric McDaniel – 27-7 (SB Wash). This class is as nearly a lock as Lentz should dominate the field.

Best first round match: Lindke vs. Abraham Hall – 13-23 (Bremen).

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Projected Champion – Travis Thomas – 17-2 (Mish) – Possible regional qualifiers – Evan Nixon – 21-10 (SB Clay), Pablo Auces – 26-7 (SB Riley), Damon Howe – 25-5 (Ply). Thomas is nearly as strong a lock as his teammate Lentz but “Overhooks†Auces has a puncher’s chance.

Best first round match: Howe vs. Nick Johnson – 11-4 (Penn)

Mishawaka – 14

South Bend Riley - 7

Penn – 7

Plymouth – 4

Warsaw - 4

Rochester – 3

South Bend Washington – 3

South Bend Clay - 3

Triton – 2

Tippecanoe Valley – 2

Wawasee - 2

Culver – 1

CMA – 1

South Bend Adams – 1

South Bend St. Joe – 1

Mishawaka Marian - 1