Prideof132 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Here are my final locks for the 2014 Evansville Semi-State 106- Paul Konrath (my state champ) Will Egli Logan Dilbeck Kadin Poe 113- Tyler Ferguson (my state champ) DJ Smith Austin Ely David Lewis 120- Bailey Lahue Brock Hudkins Alex Johnson Griffin Schermer 126- Nick Lee (my state champ) Nathan Schitter Chayce Young Joseph Deleon 132- Cory Orndorff (de-throwning Broukal in their 3rd consecutive match-up Devin Broukal Blake Jourdan Kyle Todrank 138- Skyler Lykins Tyler Fleener Wyatt Seng Ross Abram 145- Josh Pierre Zach Batts Bailey Schober Burk Van Horn 152- Brendon Kelley (my state champ) Phoenix Adams Seth Ferguson Andrew Jones 160- Isaiah Kemper Brendon Helm Jordan Partee Gabe Koontz 170- Jake Rickenbaugh Dylan Lydy Jacob Stevenson Turner Lockyear 182- Damien Chambers (my state champ) Michael Petrole Evan Elmore Andy Fischer 195- Dakota Thacker (my state champ) Blake Brown Mitchell Sandlin Randy Scott 220- Connor Tolley La Terrance Kyles Colton Castetter Gunnar Larson 285- Gus Dajani Norman Oglesby Gavin Jolley-Little Guy Henson A few picks that are contradictory to most guys, but I'm confident with all of these guys and know from what I've seen that these can all work out. Looking forward to a great day at the Ford Center, and feel free to post your opinion on these picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtownxwrestler Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 the young v molloy ticket round match will be big at 126. young really made things tough for himself getting upset at regionals. Deleon of jeff shouldnt be overlooked by anyone. his record is probably the worst at semi state but by the way he showed up ready at regionals i dont expect this senior is looking to end his career at semi state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestler_fan Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 132- Cory Orndorff (de-throwning Broukal in their 3rd consecutive match-up Devin Broukal Blake Jourdan Kyle Todrank Well this one wasnt even close to happening today! Davis beat Orndorff by fall...Todrank out by fall in ticket round. Broukal had his hands full with both Jourdan and Davis today. This was one great day of wrestling at 132. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prideof132 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 132- Cory Orndorff (de-throwning Broukal in their 3rd consecutive match-up Devin Broukal Blake Jourdan Kyle Todrank Well this one wasnt even close to happening today! Davis beat Orndorff by fall...Todrank out by fall in ticket round. Broukal had his hands full with both Jourdan and Davis today. This was one great day of wrestling at 132. I definitely didn't see this coming at all! From what I've seen previously I really thought it should have worked out this way. 132 has been crazy all year long though, and you are absolutely correct. A terrific day of wrestling. I look forward to much of the same next weekend. Tough to see some great guys' careers come to an end one week short of the State Finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What? Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I definitely didn't see this coming at all! From what I've seen previously I really thought it should have worked out this way. 132 has been crazy all year long though, and you are absolutely correct. A terrific day of wrestling. I look forward to much of the same next weekend. Tough to see some great guys' careers come to an end one week short of the State Finals. What did you see? Crazy? Jourdan gets beat once by Todrank and that shook things up? The very next week he not only gets pinned but doesn't even score on Jourdan. Jourdan beats Davis in close matches so you think one bad match for Jourdan who beats Davis = Orndorff Champion. I hear all the "132 is crazy" and yet the top kids prevailed to state. Todrank lost to ward, Jourdan, Broukal and now Anderson. Nothing crazy or shameful about that. They are all solid wrestlers and Todrank has an excellent coaching staff to take him to the next level...next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontherise219 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Nice job to Anderson turning around a major at mooresville vs todrank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prideof132 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 What did you see? Crazy? Jourdan gets beat once by Todrank and that shook things up? The very next week he not only gets pinned but doesn't even score on Jourdan. Jourdan beats Davis in close matches so you think one bad match for Jourdan who beats Davis = Orndorff Champion. I hear all the "132 is crazy" and yet the top kids prevailed to state. Todrank lost to ward, Jourdan, Broukal and now Anderson. Nothing crazy or shameful about that. They are all solid wrestlers and Todrank has an excellent coaching staff to take him to the next level...next year. I saw what I thought could have easily happened. Orndorff has been battling injury problems since the end of last season. He bruised ribs at Regionals and had a nagging knee injury on top of a re aggravated shoulder pain. Had he been healthy I feel it could have turned out this way. At least have him in the championship. It just so happened that he wasn't able to preform to his ability because of the injury and he didn't win. Everybody wrestled great and all that moved on deserve it. They stepped up and get to show off their talent under the lights. I look forward to Broukal capping off a tremendous career next weekend and hope to see Todrank make that transition to Indianapolis next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prideof132 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Nice job to Anderson turning around a major at mooresville vs todrank. Definitely a bracket buster for me. I did not see Anderson coming back from a 16-2 defeat last time these two matched up. But great job to this kid getting it down when it counts and coming through with a HUGE win over a toughly ranked opponent in Todrank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB145 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I saw what I thought could have easily happened. Orndorff has been battling injury problems since the end of last season. He bruised ribs at Regionals and had a nagging knee injury on top of a re aggravated shoulder pain. Had he been healthy I feel it could have turned out this way. At least have him in the championship. It just so happened that he wasn't able to preform to his ability because of the injury and he didn't win. Everybody wrestled great and all that moved on deserve it. They stepped up and get to show off their talent under the lights. I look forward to Broukal capping off a tremendous career next weekend and hope to see Todrank make that transition to Indianapolis next season. So you're saying that Davis won because Orndorff had an injury? He is a 3x state qualifier who beat both Ward and Anderson handily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prideof132 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 So you're saying that Davis won because Orndorff had an injury? He is a 3x state qualifier who beat both Ward and Anderson handily. No. I'm saying had Orndorff been 100% healthy, I believe he could kept the match closer, and possibly won by a point or 2. I am in no way saying Davis won due to injury. I've seen Davis and know that he's a solid wrestler. He earned every bit of those wins yesterday. I just feel that it would have been a far more intense match if he would have been healthy and ready to wrestle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InjuredReserve Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 If he wasn't 100% why would you pick him to win? Or even draw attention to him. Wouldn't you want fly "under the radar"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prideof132 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 If he wasn't 100% why would you pick him to win? Or even draw attention to him. Wouldn't you want fly "under the radar"? I knew his shoulder injury had been a nagging pain every now and then all season, but he still managed to wrestle very well despite this setback. His ribs seemed to be holding up well and I was told the night before that he was feeling great. It was when he woke up on Saturday that his ribs began aching again and the knee pains first arrived. By then I had obviously already made my picks. So his pain was mostly unknown until competition day. Last I heard he felt great so I assumed he'd be ready to go come Saturday...and I was wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Sounds like a lot of excuses to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InjuredReserve Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 +1x10^3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prideof132 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Sounds like a lot of excuses to me. No excuses. Just the truth. He didn't show up his normal self Saturday and it showed. No changing it now so why keep discussing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What? Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I knew his shoulder injury had been a nagging pain every now and then all season, but he still managed to wrestle very well despite this setback. His ribs seemed to be holding up well and I was told the night before that he was feeling great. It was when he woke up on Saturday that his ribs began aching again and the knee pains first arrived. By then I had obviously already made my picks. So his pain was mostly unknown until competition day. Last I heard he felt great so I assumed he'd be ready to go come Saturday...and I was wrong Was going through some older posts and found this jewel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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