Naphtali Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Every year this topic gets touched on in the stands from different fans around the state. To me there is a definite invisible line in the heart of Indy that parents, coaches and fans like to use in their arguments as to which "part" of the state is the best. Which part of the state is going to have the most Champions and what part of the state is going to have the most on the podium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth34 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 So divide north and south using the football classifications? Carmel, HSE, etc. go North. Most Indy schools are considered south so they may have an advantage. How about this dual? (only an example there could be many other guys in certain spots) North South 106 Reitz Konrath 113 Crary Smith 120 Sinkovics Red 126 Micic Lee 132 Carithers Wilson 138 Hughes Lykins 145 Forte LeCount 152 Macri Kelley 160 Hughes Corsaro 170 Osborn Stevenson 182 Jankowski Rypel 195 Johnson Moss 220 Robinson Faulkenberg 285 Streck Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestler07guy Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Just go north, south, and central Indiana. In that case central Indiana will have the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki27 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Just go north, south, and central Indiana. In that case central Indiana will have the most. I could see 8 from within a 25 mile radius of monument circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Let's just split the state up into quarters. have them wrestle and then bring their champions to Indy where they can compete for a state title and bragging right!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fartfry18 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Let's just split the state up into quarters. have them wrestle and then bring their champions to Indy where they can compete for a state title and bragging right!! Crazy idea... I don't like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naphtali Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 So divide north and south using the football classifications? Carmel, HSE, etc. go North. Most Indy schools are considered south so they may have an advantage. Its actually a flawed argument to begin with. The southern half of the state is loaded with wrestling schools in virtually every county. Not that the northern schools are any less talented its just a numbers game. I have listened to fans at Bankers from both ends of the State complain that they had better wrestlers that didn't make the State Finals than the ones wrestling because they have "better wrestling" in their area and couldn't make it out. Maybe the way to figure this out is to hold a JV State Finals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestler07guy Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Bailey, smith, red, Wilson or James, cash, lecount, corsaro, Stevenson, rypel, Wagner, moss, faulkenburg, tolley, (but most likely Robinson), and then Bernard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Its actually a flawed argument to begin with. The southern half of the state is loaded with wrestling schools in virtually every county. Not that the northern schools are any less talented its just a numbers game. I have listened to fans at Bankers from both ends of the State complain that they had better wrestlers that didn't make the State Finals than the ones wrestling because they have "better wrestling" in their area and couldn't make it out. Maybe the way to figure this out is to hold a JV State Finals? JV state finals... that's awesome..... Hold it at Assembly hall in bloomington, nothing better is going on there right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki27 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Bailey, smith, red, Wilson or James, cash, lecount, corsaro, Stevenson, rypel, Wagner, moss, faulkenburg, tolley, (but most likely Robinson), and then Bernard. Or Lykins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfangms Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 JV state finals... that's awesome..... Hold it at Assembly hall in bloomington, nothing better is going on there right now. Ha! Nice one, the state of PU and IU hoops is scary to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestler07guy Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Or Lykins good call. Left him out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What? Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 JV state finals... that's awesome..... Hold it at Assembly hall in bloomington, nothing better is going on there right now. That's hilarious...Crean of the crop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger.dad Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 So divide north and south using the football classifications? Carmel, HSE, etc. go North. Most Indy schools are considered south so they may have an advantage. How about this dual? (only an example there could be many other guys in certain spots) North South 106 Reitz Konrath 113 Crary Smith 120 Sinkovics Red 126 Micic Lee 132 Carithers Wilson 138 Hughes Lykins 145 Forte LeCount 152 Macri Kelley 160 Hughes Corsaro 170 Osborn Stevenson 182 Jankowski Rypel 195 Johnson Moss 220 Robinson Faulkenberg 285 Streck Bernard dang near looks like what will (could) be this years state finals matches....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIACfan Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Just go north, south, and central Indiana. In that case central Indiana will have the most. This year that very well may be the case, but when you look at the state population figures by region it stands to reason that it should often be the case. According to 2012 census data, the Indy metro area population was approx. 1.9 mil out of 6.5 mil in the entire state. That is roughly 29% of the population of the entire state resides in the Indy metro area. And if you want to look further into the population stats you will find that the northern part of the state should be producing another big portion of the top wrestlers due to its high population. Of the top ten counties by population, 6 of the 10 are in the north, 3 are in the Indy metro area while only one of the top ten is in the south (Vanderburgh county/Evansville). As I already stated, The Indy metro area population is 1.9 million. If you add the six largest counties from the north you get approx. 1.65 million. While if you add the E'ville metro area with the Jefferson/New albany/Clarksville area you only get 0.371 million. This obviouly isn't the entire story but it is a good representation of the population difference between the north, central & south parts of the state. So, pound-for-pound as they say the south does a good job of producing talent on a per capita basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmotorfan Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Someone needs to make a map and pinpoint where every finalist is from. It would show the center is truly the heart of Indiana wrestling. A fifty mile raidus from circle center has probly 70%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naphtali Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 This year that very well may be the case, but when you look at the state population figures by region it stands to reason that it should often be the case. According to 2012 census data, the Indy metro area population was approx. 1.9 mil out of 6.5 mil in the entire state. That is roughly 29% of the population of the entire state resides in the Indy metro area. And if you want to look further into the population stats you will find that the northern part of the state should be producing another big portion of the top wrestlers due to its high population. Of the top ten counties by population, 6 of the 10 are in the north, 3 are in the Indy metro area while only one of the top ten is in the south (Vanderburgh county/Evansville). As I already stated, The Indy metro area population is 1.9 million. If you add the six largest counties from the north you get approx. 1.65 million. While if you add the E'ville metro area with the Jefferson/New albany/Clarksville area you only get 0.371 million. This obviouly isn't the entire story but it is a good representation of the population difference between the north, central & south parts of the state. So, pound-for-pound as they say the south does a good job of producing talent on a per capita basis. I guess it boils down to individual Semi-State Ticket rounds. It seems a pretty good sum of the ranked wrestlers that dont make it to the show are knocked out by other ranked wrestlers leaving lower ranked and even unranked wrestlers a way to slip in from weaker Semi-States. I would say that is the biggest argument rather than just geographically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What? Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 JV state finals... that's awesome..... Hold it at Assembly hall in bloomington, nothing better is going on there right now. Still want to hold this at Assembly Hall? IU is literally falling apart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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