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Our high school class of 2018 phenoms are killing it at Midlands this weekend. Brayton Lee is wrestling unattached for Minnesota at 149 and took out Flo #'s 16 and 17. He then dropped a 3-2 quarterfinal decision to 157-lb national #6 Pantaleo of Michigan. Lucas Davison is seeded #6 and rolled through his first two, including the #11 seed, before winning his quarterfinal over the guy who took out the #3 seed, perennial US Greco world-teamer, Joe Rau. He's got an unseeded guy who took out Flo #4 Warner of Iowa in the semi-finals. Mason Parris is seeded #5 and smashed his first two guys before beating Flo #9 Hillger of Wisconsin, 9-6, in the quarters. He'll have the 8-seed Jennings of Northwestern in the semi's. The #1 seed, Stoll of Iowa, forfeited out in the quarters. Based on seeds, Parris and Davison are both favored to be Midlands finalists as unattached true freshmen!! Let's do it!!

Most of the results not entering results here are not in Track either. Rankings are just another tool for fans, wrestlers and recruiters. One thing people need to remember is that rankings are an imperfect yet pretty accurate snapshot with opinion built in of the current state of a weight class. They are a moment in time, not a prediction of the future as many people on the internet (not just speaking about wrestling rankings) and change as results change. If rankings were 100% accurate of how things will end, why would we even have the events? So people should learn not to allow their panties get in a wad every time there is an upset and crow at the guys doing the rankings.

may be but with info like Coach Brobst provided they will be more educated ranking opinions thanks Coach Brobst !

Don't they need 10 practices in to compete?

For those of you that don't head to the College board, these results and the results of many other former IN HS wrestlers are posted in the thread titled IN Wrestler Results/Updates. You're encouraged to visit, add results and comments throughout the season, not just during big events.

Rebels dominate with 7 champions. Top three teams were: Roncalli - 337 Ft. Wayne Snider - 177 New Palestine - 162.5 AAA Champion - Roncalli (337) AA Champion - Shenandoah (154) A Champion - Charlestown (126) Ed Collier Outstanding Wrestler - Silas Allred (Shenandoah)

Since I was a first timer at the Al Smith, I have a few more thoughts about Day2: 1. The tournament was run incredibly. Done with wrestling at 5pm yesterday and 4pm today. There were NO breaks (outside of a short faceoff organization after the 7th/8th round matches). When do the Cavemen eat? Are they super human? Was it to be done in time for the ND kick-off? If so, that was a waste Great job to all of you. I spent about 20 years at Connersville as a competitor, coach, and fan. Night and Day. 2. Hands to the face calls were frequent. Cathedral lost a couple very close matches to this, but it was called very liberally across all teams. Makes me nervous for the IHSAA state series. The heavy hands attack is an important one and even more subjective than stalling calls. 3. Conditioning of every contender. I kept waiting for a squad to show some cracks in conditioning, but every program seemed to put a premium on their wind. Almost zero "sucking wind" in injury time. 4. Gym was awesome. Felt like the Hoosiers' version of wrestling at Hickory. 5. Cathedral - I don't like prognosticating about my squad, but they wrestled 4 out of 5 very solid rounds. They were pretty shaky in the Blood Round this morning, but pulled it together for placement matches. Nice job, Irish! 6. The Region teams were very formidable. Merrillville and Crown Point would not go away. Sounds like Penn had a couple individual issues at weigh-in and medical scratch, but as I mentioned yesterday, they wrestled solid. (PS. I've decided Coach Harper is the doppelganger of Nick Nolte and Gary Busey. Props to him on a nice program). 7. Columbus East could have 2 champs and two high place winners. Will be dangerous at Bankers! I'll try to discuss some weights, but I did try to drive back to Indy for the 2nd half of the ND-Clemson game. I missed 195 - Heavy Finals. I am regretful I left that great environment to witness that embarrassment on the gridiron. 106 - Cottey was the class of the weight. He did play it a little close in the finals, but Malik Hall wrestled him tough. 113 - I know Mendez is the talk of the state, but no one can say Zeke Seltzer wasn't arguably the OW too. He dismantled Martin Cruz in a incredibly active, high scoring final of 17-6. Not sure if Zeke or his dad were more happy with the W. 120 - Match of the Day! Wherever Crown Point got Riley Bettich, he was great. 4 undefeated wrestlers in the semis at this weight. I thought Littell left a little on the table after he scored early, but he was my favorite to watch all tourney long. His strength and hips for a 120 pounder are impressive. Hoping he might make it under the lights with Boarman. What a final that would be! 126 - Deepest weight in my opinion. Mendez vs Watts was a close second for match of the finals. Hunter certainly didn't back down from Mendez. In fact, I thought he was gonna pin Mendez for a fleeting couple second on a scramble. That will be a fun rematch at Bankers. Walendzak avenged his loss to L. Wagner. 132 - Lotta drama in the semis here, but Geremia Brooks is the real deal. He does not take his time on his feet! Congrats to Matt Gimson. His fireman game is super strong. 138 - Rooks is a beast. I feel like he was challenged the least of the small and mid-weight champs all tourney. No one really got close. 145 - Mosconi vs. Warren was a great dual. Good action in the first and two kids that play to their mean streaks. Warren tried a few 360 spins to a double that cost him big. 152 - Rodgers is just wrestling great right now. It was an unimpressive W for him in the finals, but I felt like he was sleep walking a bit. And, by the way, Schonegge has a little Jim Varney look about him. Hey Vern!! Great wrestler though. Tolin gave Rodgers a good test in the semi. 160 - What can I say about Jordan Slivka?! He might never win a match by more than a point for the rest of his high school career, and I think I'm great with that. Gamer and superior mental toughness. 170 - More semi-final drama with a stalling call and a late takedown that even surprised the ref in the Blubaugh-Walker match, but Derek kept it too close. Not sure he was beating Nick South though. He's thicccc. And, can I say Nick South is the greatest porn name of all time without getting this post removed? If not, just edit it Y2/OTR/etc. 182 - Weaker weight, but LaPlace was the class of it. 195 - I am shocked Rockne Hurley lost. He is a giant at 195. Both he and Austin Lane will be podium guys at Bankers. 220 - Love the Fowler legacy wrestling history at Calumet. If Jacob Bolte continues to master his Russian tie attack, he could score some big points for CE in the IHSAA Finals. Heavy - Man, this weight class is wide open without Portoney. Congrats to Devault and all the Penn heavies. Not sure who is working with them, but it is noticeable. All for now, lads and lassies. The NCAA Semi-final football games are so terrible, I needed to take my mind off of the TV. See you at IHSWCA Team State! Go Irish!

Y2 has been vocal about this issue and I appreciate that he has made an effort to get ppl on board ...He also makes it known he's aware of ppl loopholing the function..we as a whole have to make strides in getting information reported and help the sport we all love keep evolving..we owe it to the sport of wrestling and to the young men and women competing who not only entertain but inspire us as a wrestling community!

Great job by Austin Lane /Perry @Al Smith great time to be peaking. Win over #2 ranked Penn wrestler

195 lb Wampler of Bloomington South competed in his first tournament of the season coming off injury and only 8 practices taking out #9 Crownpoint kid with fall. and only lost to #2 of Penn 8-4 dec. I'd say that's a notable upset.

Thomas Penola from Purdue (Zionsville) has also secured a podium spot. Still wrestling for placement. Knocked off class of 17 State Champ and CIA comrade Jacob Gray along the way. Hate it for Jake....but glad to see he’s back rolling at an elite level after all the shoulder issues/surgery.

Lot of people pretty high on Sloan’s trajectory after his performance so far. This is definitely a match people will be watching.

182 Carson danville beat SSQ Jake Combs 13-2 (combs beat returning SQ kyler Funk 9-4 earliern in day) in a very chippy match... carson 14-0 with over 80 takedowns on the season. 170 Mahan pinned Connersville Massey 152 noehre tech over Easton Williamson Hw From Roncalli pinned Sniders Hw sorry I can't recall the names that's all I can recall

MD champs by Major.... I also picked ND by double digits

Thomas Penola having a good tourney as well. Lost in SV-2 to the 6 seed and came through the backside with 3 majors. Also in the blood round.

damn good weekend there!

STUD Alert!! Today at the North Mont Individual Tourney. Phoenix Rodgers - Heritage Hills 182 pounder pins his way to a Championship. Win 1 - Pin @5:58 vs #16 State Moore- North Central Win 2 - Dec. 8-4 vs NR Denny - West Vigo Win 3 - Pin @4:59 NR Todd - Pend Heights Win 4 - Pin @3:51 #5 State Morgan - Elwood ** Great Job to him and his Team mate Sam Scott @ 120

Any final results?

The Irish performance was impressive this weekend, unfortunately I’m not talking about the football team.

I was rooting for Mendez to win but Watts made a strategic error early on and threw himself to his back. Dictated the rest of the match imo.

That’s why I don’t get why people get so worked up over rankings. They’re just opinions. Kudos to Irick

Irick beats Cornwell again at North Mont in a semi-Finals, 6-3 and beats Webster of North Mont in final. Simone over Perry 3-2 in Championship at North Mont at 113 after beating Teusch of Huntington 4-1 in the semis.

You can’t post that and not also list the head-to-heads!! I’m too busy watching Notre Dame getting manhandled by Clemson.

CARSON WINS OVER #16 7-1 Awesome Tournament Carson !

Al Smith champs take the dual

What about Al Smith champs vs Roncalli... I mean Connersville.

First time I’ve had the opportunity to watch either of these two live, and they certainly lived up to expectations. Littel is a manchild and Mendez’s technique is superb. Made some good wrestlers look horrible today.

Congratulations to Coach Peckinpaugh on his #1000th Dual Meet Win! An amazing milestone to add to an already long list of coaching accomplishments. Congrats Peck!

Connersville version of track wrestling

Threw #1 Jacob Decatur off his game plan. Wrestled tough ! Showed a lot of composure. Very proud . It’s a win in my book ! Forward progress both large & small.

Bauman and kt go way back trading wins. JUSTICE CASH loses to castle castle kid whose 9-5? Track right?

Round #1 Results Eastern 71, Carroll 12 Westview 16, Tri-Central 12 Fremont 36, Tipton 34 Northwestern 55, Sheridan 12 Alexandria 72, Taylor 0 Round #2 Results Eastern 74, Tri-Central 0 Carroll 54, Westview 6 Northwestern 48, Fremont 36 Alexandria 51, Tipton 24 Sheridan 54, Taylor 0 Round #3 Results Eastern 78, Westview 0 Carroll 60, Tri-Central 18 Fremont 55, Sheridan 24 Tipton 45, Taylor 0 Alexandria 54, Northwestern 30 Round #4 Results Eastern 56, Fremont 18 Carroll 34, Tipton 33 Sheridan 54, Tri-Central 12 Alexandria 66, Westview 4 Northwestern 72, Taylor 0 Round #5 Results Eastern 66, Tipton 18 Carroll 60, Taylor 0 Northwestern 46, Tri-Central 12 Sheridan 60, Westview 6 Alexandria 46, Fremont 24 Day #1 Team Records Eastern - 5-0 Alexandria - 5-0 Northwestern - 4-1 Carroll - 4-1 Sheridan - 3-2 Fremont - 2-3 Tipton - 1-4 Westview - 1-4 Tri-Central - 0-5 Taylor - 0-5 Round #6 Results Eastern 57, Northwestern 18 Alexandria 65, Tri-Central 12 Carroll 36, Sheridan 30 Tipton 36, Westview 3 Fremont 66, Taylor 0 Round #7 Results Eastern 72, Sheridan 6 Alexandria 54, Carroll 24 Tri-Central 24, Taylor 0 Fremont 66, Westview 0 Northwestern 45, Tipton 12 Round #8 Results Eastern 78, Taylor 0 Tipton 29, Tri-Central 15 Fremont 48, Carroll 19 Northwestern 66, Westview 0 Alexandria 60, Sheridan 18 Round #9 Results Eastern 43, Alexandria 36 Northwestern 45, Carroll (Flora) 24 Fremont ?, Tri-Central ? Sheridan ?, Tipton ? Taylor ?, Westview ? Team Records Eastern - 9-0 Alexandria - 8-1 Northwestern - 7-2 Fremont - 6-3 Carroll - 5-4 Sheridan - ?-? Tipton - ?-? Westview - ?-? Tri-Central - ?-? Taylor - ?-?