hummels Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Who becomes the Alternate from a Regional. Whoever lost in the first round to the one dropping out? Whoever lost in the first round to the Champion? . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummels Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 And they would replace the 4th place spot and everyone else moves up or simply fills in where the wrestler withdrew from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankingsGuy Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 yes...whoever lost to the champ in the first round is it just me or does anyone else find it dumb that the alternate is the one who was beaten in the first round by the champion? most of the time this alternate would be a 4th place finisher from his sectional since most of the time the regional is won by a sectional champion.. it seems to me that the best way to do things would be for the regional coaches to come together and vote on who the alternate at each weight class should be, or have some kind of criteria like head to head between the 4 non-advancing kids, overall record, etc... what are everyone's thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munges Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 is it just me or does anyone else find it dumb that the alternate is the one who was beaten in the first round by the champion? most of the time this alternate would be a 4th place finisher from his sectional since most of the time the regional is won by a sectional champion.. it seems to me that the best way to do things would be for the regional coaches to come together and vote on who the alternate at each weight class should be, or have some kind of criteria like head to head between the 4 non-advancing kids, overall record, etc... what are everyone's thoughts? How about doing like sectional and wrestle for 5th and 6th like they do at Jay County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankingsGuy Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 How about doing like sectional and wrestle for 5th and 6th like they do at Jay County I like this idea, though the IHSAA would never go for it as it would add 2 extra rounds if you kept the same format where the semi-final losers go for 3rd and it would add 3 extra rounds if they had full wrestlebacks where a loser in the first round still had a chance to take 3rd.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Ever since they started taking 4 from regionals to semi-state I have been saying having the alternate be the person who lost first round to the champion is a bad call. Most of the time its a sectional 4th place finisher and occasionally even an alternate who moved into the spot. I say the easiest solution is the take the highest sectional finisher from those eliminated in the first round. In the event the two highest eliminated finished the exact same in sectionals then it goes to whoever is from the same sectional as the champion. While in most cases the alternate doesn't matter in the few case it does I see its worth advancing someone with slightly higher credentials that a sectional 4th place finisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallegos-215 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I like this idea, though the IHSAA would never go for it as it would add 2 extra rounds if you kept the same format where the semi-final losers go for 3rd and it would add 3 extra rounds if they had full wrestlebacks where a loser in the first round still had a chance to take 3rd.. Rankings guy, has an alternate ever made it to the state finals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankingsGuy Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Rankings guy, has an alternate ever made it to the state finals? I'm not sure if a Semi-State alternate has ever qualified for State, however, I do remember a State alternate who ended up placing (Matt Birner- Peru in around '98 or '99) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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