Jayruss Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 It’s time for another realignment. Castle sectional needs another solid name in the sectional maybe a Reitz, or anyone at this point. The Central sectional is one of the strongest whereas the Castle sectional is one of the weakest in the state. Surely they can do a shuffle there for balance. Indianaboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortunatlyGreat Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, Jayruss said: It’s time for another realignment. Castle sectional needs another solid name in the sectional maybe a Reitz, or anyone at this point. The Central sectional is one of the strongest whereas the Castle sectional is one of the weakest in the state. Surely they can do a shuffle there for balance. Interesting thought, Reitz used to be in the Castle Sectional for a time until 2018 Jayruss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpt189 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Jayruss said: It’s time for another realignment. Castle sectional needs another solid name in the sectional maybe a Reitz, or anyone at this point. The Central sectional is one of the strongest whereas the Castle sectional is one of the weakest in the state. Surely they can do a shuffle there for balance. Within the last 6 years, 4 of the current teams in the castle sectional have been in team state, also 4 teams from the central sectional in that same timeframe . So I’d say there is a good balance. No need for realignment, it’s just a down year. Just because Castle isn’t the 2nd best team in southwestern indiana this year and Boonville, Memorial, and Heritage Hills are having slightly down years compared to recent years doesn’t mean we need to jump the gun and realign. The Castle Sectional has a shot of 8 state qualifiers (give or take a few). That’d be a nice down year to have. Jayruss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSpectator Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Quickly going through the brackets, I have Central at 37 and Castle at 19 to Semi-State. Jayruss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSpectator Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I don't think you can just realign based off one year. Recent history shows that the Central Sectional is hands down the tougher of the two with the SIAC, Big 8, and PAC champion teams along with Reitz, Gibson Southern, and Central who always bring strong individuals, but with teams like Castle, Memorial, Heritage Hills, and Boonville, those teams could very easily put together a couple good years to make that Sectional tough again. Both Sectionals have certain good individuals that will make a deep run in the tournament. Jayruss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaGrappler Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Lets not jump the gun here. I for one am all for realigning when it becomes necessary, but the IHSAA has made some less then stellar realignments throughout the state over the years. When talking about realigning the Central and Castle Sectionals you are talking about putting them up against each other head to head. Central is going to win this year hands down. And lets be honest, they win every year due to Mater Dei being in the Central Sectional. Remove Mater Dei from the conversation and the 2 sectionals have been evenly matched over the years. Top 4 teams at the Castle/North Regionals over the last 3 years: 18-19 1.) Mater Dei, 2.) Gibson Southern, 3.) Castle, 4.) Boonville 17-18 1.) Mater Dei, 2.) Castle, 3.) Central, 4) Reitz 16-17 1.) Mater Dei, 2.) Castle, 3.) Memorial, 4.) Mt. Vernon Last year Central Sectional had 36 SS qualifiers and Castle had 20 and Central had 10 State qualifiers and Castle had 4. Now, take Mater Dei out of the figures and Central only has 1 State qualifier to Castle's 4. From where I sit, nothing stands out that says these 2 need to be realigned. So, lets not open Pandora's Box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pupp44 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Will there be any weights where the 4th place out of one sectional has a good shot of beating a 1st out of the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSpectator Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 35 minutes ago, pupp44 said: Will there be any weights where the 4th place out of one sectional has a good shot of beating a 1st out of the other? I think the only weight class that could would be 145. Every other weight in the Castle Sectional has a pretty tough wrestler or two... 106 - West 113 - Sutton 120 - Scott 126 - Boyd 132 - Heeke 138 - Mayes 152 - Fulks 160 - Purdy 170 - Deters 182 - Moore 195 - Rodgers 220 - Stewart 285 - Garrett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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