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Cascade had an alternate get pulled into regionals today so we still currently have 7 remaining.

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At the same time you have a chance to get 4 near fall which will encourage a wrestler that may be better on top to be more aggressive. Not to mentioned with only 2 point reversal it becomes more of a high reward low risk situation. For example before if you're up 2-0 and aggressive on top and give up a reversal it's tied. Now with a takedown you're up 3-0 and can work for 4 points if you get reversed you're still up 3-2. The wrestlers that are going to work for takedowns are going to whether uts 2 or 3 points. I think this will encourage wrestlers to get better on there feet and on top. I agree you may see less wrestlers choose bottom, but I also think you might see an increase in choosing top.

I feel it's going to lead to what I call a freestyle mindset in folkstyle. Say Wrestler A is great on his/her feet but not as good on the mat. Wrestler A gets a takedown but it's not likely leading to near fall. Wrestler A is going to cut right away and smartly so. What used to be a 4-2 lead is now 6-2. Guessing choice is going to be more neutral than top & bottom. I felt mat wrestling was a great equalizer for those not as good on their feet. In that prior example, if the other wrestler down 4-2 gets choice & gets a reversal, we are tied. Instead down 2. Just feel it will lead to less mat wrestling & more neutral to avoid mat wrestling. If they make options for period 2 top, bottom or defer and period 3 just top & bottom, then I'd be ok with it.

Stalling is a judgement call and hard to have interpreted the same across the state or even country. NCAA referees work diligently to keep things as uniform as possible and we still have great variations in the way some call stalling. As much as you want to clamor about rules for stalling they will always leave a lot of room for interpretation from all refs.

Rules are rules and whatever they are we’ll figure em out. The only thing that bugs me, is that a turn can be less than a takedown (2 v 3), and that doesn’t really make sense in any style of wrestling, as near falls are semantically the second best thing in a wrestling match that has falls.

The reversal thing is something I struggled with initially, but in the end am fine with. Why do you think a reversal and take down should be worth the same amount? Just curious on another's perspective. This scoring situation didn't seem to cause any more stalling at the college level...in fact, it seemed to open things up. Bottom wrestlers eager to get out so they can get to closing the gap, top wrestlers eager to take chances because a) there is a bigger reward to trying to expose the opponent's back and b) if it doesn't work out, they're still up 2 points and not just 1.

I feel bad for the new referee's time-out signal...picked the wrong year to make it's debut. Lost in the shuffle.

Still not a fan of the three point takedown. I like having a reversal be as much as a takedown. I think the better solution would have been to address stalling for mat wrestling. Now it feels like we are going more neutral focus of takedown & give up the escape to get a faster tech.

Is there any truth to the rumor that Horns bought an investment property in FW?

Personally, I am a fan of the changes. I think it will help the officials on the edge of the mat, and I liked seeing the 3 pt take down this year at the ncaa's. Time will tell, but on the surface, it looks to be a good move.

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Certainly Lefever although not division 1 and Miracle for women and Sarah Hildebrandt

If we're talking college success, shouldn't we include 4x national champ Lefever? And wasn't Kayla Miracle a 4x college national champ (and 2x olympian)? I'm not saying they are GOATs, but they have had more college success than any other Indiana high school natives.

How many takedown records were done in this manner? If you are getting takedown records by teching kids in this manner it just means you wrestled a super weak schedule and your record doesn't mean anything.

With 2//3/4 point near falls, I believe tilters will become more prevalent.

I was thinking the same thing.

Reece Humphrey is another beast to put in the mix.

That adds to Indiana’s wrestling Olympians. We’re putting a squad together for Paris.

We will be using the new NFHS rules at this tournament! We have all state level officials and they are looking forward to getting a jump on using the new rules!

Personally, I wouldn't. Stick and pick BPA. If JJ falls to 11 snag him.

Choosing down becomes much less relevant than ever before.

With the implementation of the 3 point takedown, will all takedown records now be untouchable? Previously 15 takedowns was roughly a tech but now it would be done in 7-8 takedowns.