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Who the heck do you give OW to at the Al Smith?


maligned

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Wow...no shortage of outstanding wrestler candidates at the Al Smith:

 

#6 Tylor Triana comes in as the 4-seed and takes out state #'s 2 and 4 on the way to the title at 120.

 

#4 Graham Rooks takes out the guy a lot of people thought to be the clear state favorite in #1 Cummings to win at 126.

 

Unranked sophomore 5-seed Conner Gimson of Jimtown continues his unbeaten season by sticking state #5 Tolin and then upsetting #4 Combest to win it at 132.

 

At 170 unranked, UNSEEDED Thomas Penola of Zionsville, who went 23-12 with a first round semi-state loss last year, rolls through #12 Rader, takes out #6 Swank after losing to him by 6 earlier in the year, beats #7 Malone, and then wins a thriller over #11 Fattore (who had beaten a hurt #3 Baumgartner earlier) in the final. Elkhart Memorial's #4 Goering ends up 7th in this insane weight class with Penola (who???) at the top of the heap. Wow.

 

#2 Andrew Davison just looks unbelievable: 37 seconds, 45 seconds, tech, pin over #7 Hankenson, major over #3 Eli.

 

Finally, we have to mention the big guy, #10 Jessie Lawson of Carroll, who starts the tournament as the 4-seed and winds up with big-time pins over #5 and returning state runner-up Samuels in the semi's and #6 and serious state title contender Streck in the final.

 

Take your pick!

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Conner Gimson @132 looked really good both days he stood out. I'd have given him OW very solid in every position as a soph. not sure there was a close second for me regardless of tournament choice.

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Due to some shenanigans the outstanding wrestler is given to the person with the most pins in least amount of time in the championship bracket. However, this year...a runner-up had that criteria. Thus a little discussion took place and Jessie Lawson ended up with the award.

Who else had 4 pins?  Wasn't one of Blakeley's a tech?

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Graham is legit. He has been legit since the first math he had in high school. Mulkey has gotten the better of him the last couple of times. But Cummings Has beat graham the last couple matches too. Today that didn't matter. Yes Blake will be #1 at 126 now probably but like a lot of the weights this year anyone can be under the lights in Indy.

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