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We will be live tonight for #IndianaMat Gorilla Radio around 9pm EST to talk about semi-state. We will probably have two shows this week, so a double dose of Mike and Joe! It's like Christmas has come early.

I had a great day and past 3 years coaching my son, although he didn't make it to semi-state, I will always cherish the time I got to spend with him in this great sport. The lessons he learned along the way will help him as he takes the next step in his journey to manhood. I would like to thank all the coaches in the region and state whom I have become friends with. With that being said, anyone interested in a head coaching job at Boone Grove please contact Boone Grove AD. In wrestling Dave Hinkel

Individuals: One semi-state has 82 ranked kids The other has 78 ranked kids One semi-state has 20 Top 5 kids The other has 24 Top 5 kids One semi-state has 21 wrestlers ranked between #6 - #10 The other has 20 wrestlers ranked between #6 - #10 One semi-state has 20 wrestlers ranked between #11 - #15 The other has 21 wrestlers ranked between #11 - #15 Team Power Poll: One semi-state has -- #1, #3, #4, #11, #12 The other has -- #2, #5, #7, #9, #16, #19, #20 Team State Finish: One semi-state has -- #1, #4, #5, #10 The other has -- #2, #3, #6, #7, #8 Is it really that easy to identify the best semi-state?

As a Region Rat I can not be a Homer, so here are my picks. 106: Freeman, Miller, Garcia, Newman 113: Watson, ,Nelson, Ross, Dalton 120: Littell, Montgomery, Boarman, Conley 126: Rioux, Egli, Conway, Clark 132: Garcia, Campbell, Boe, Fuqua 138: Rooks, Kreitzer, Mayer, Sego 145: Lee, Burdon, Kervin, Koontz 152: Dickens, Conley, Schoenegge, Ross 160: Pruett, ,Deters, Ruhlman, Ashbury 170: South, parkinson, Blubaugh, Jean-baptist 182: Brewer, Bellemy, Carson, Nix 195: Nunn, Wampler, Willham, Carrier 220: Bolte, Aiken, Williams, Howell 285: Sidibe, Keys, Biddle, Gentry 7 Avon wrestlers advancing, 9 Brownsburg, and 8 MD MD, Avon, CE, and CG all with 3 champs each.

I’ll also predict but doing what @nkrausdid and not predicting where we have kids wrestling. 106- O’campo, Brooks, Ruble,Lewis 138- Gimson, Schoeff, Goudy, fiechter 145- Jenkins, macklin, Rasler, Morrisett 152- Heistand, Hicks, levitz, prater 160- ruble, perry, parrish, pettigrew 170- fielden, gilbreath, Moore, fletcher 285- Bowman, Parsons, Muncie, Leeper

Fort Wayne https://indianamat.com/brackets/2019/FortWayne.pdf East Chicago https://indianamat.com/brackets/2019/EastChicago.pdf New Castle https://indianamat.com/brackets/2019/NewCastle.pdf Evansville https://indianamat.com/brackets/2019/Evansville.pdf

Pistol agrees with @TeamGarcia , your a Homer of Mater Dei like he is of Avon. Wooooo... Bang ! Bang ! Bang ! Pistol Pete

New Castle has 20% more wrestlers ranked in the Top 5 & 40% more teams ranked in the Top 20. Personally I would call them damn near a draw in toughness to advance, but I guess using #'s for factual reasoning is an error of mine.

Top four in no particular order: 106: Ruble, OCampo, Brooks, Lewis 113: Boots, Ester, Teusch, Weimer 120: Higgins, Zadylak, Hardcastle, Beasley 126: Johnson, Curtis, Heath, Watts 132: Krider, Mosser, Gimson, Cottingham 138: Gimson, Schoeff, Buchanan, Fletcher 145: Rasler, Macklin, Saylor, Jenkins 152: Hicks, Levitz, Hiestand, Prater 160; Pettigrew, Perry, Parrish, Ruble 170: Fielden, Moore, Gilbreath, Fletcher 182: Winner, Rosman, Leach, Lone 195: Agnew,Lee, Gray, Abbott 220: Wicker, Leffers, Elwood, Graft 285: Leeper, Parsons, Bowman, Muncie

I was on a 7k calorie diet in college too, but mostly pizza and Hudepohl Gold

Of coarse you didn’t, why wouldn’t I pick them ? Might be because the second toughest schedule in the State. They wrestled in the toughest Sectional, Regional. They seen the best for the past 3 months, my kids go there, they been tested right . Must be upset I only picked a few of EMD wrestlers to make it. I’d say something to . Go ahead make your own picks homer. The Notorious

Ok.... I agree. Just trying to give Cash some cred. Facts : Now over the decade I’ve been watching these Champs wrestle going all the way back peewee years with Cash & Rooks. The ISWA years through grade school, Middle School years now in High School . I can put $ on it they have wrestled before over that decade and I’m sure Cash has a few wins . This isn’t his first rodeo. As I stated up there Cash knows what’s he’s doing on the mat . Actually my son Asa has been beaten by both these wrestlers threw the years . When I said Cash is a bad draw. It’s because they have a long, long history. I think you got me confused with someone that don’t know what he’s talking about these wrestlers .

The fact that Gibson Southern is bringing the 6th most wrestlers to the Eve SS behind only Avon, Bloom South, Brownsburg, Columbus East and Mater Dei is super impressive! They have picked up a new fan in me and I noticed that they only had 3 seniors out of the nine wrestlers they brought to the regional Saturday (8 of whom will be at the Ford Center this weekend). Tell me they wouldn’t have done some damage at team state this year in 2A.

I know Miller will claim that the 6th grade state championship run with Brownsburg gives them some sort of rights over Jesse... so maybe

*Couple things about each weight 106: roberson vs Cernus is semi finals will be a big match for team scoring 113: 2nd quarter bracket will be the most interesting Tattini vs Armstrong and then winner vs Fogarty 120: both semi finals will be great matches 126: top side quarters can go either way and Peele vs Mendez in Semi finals will drop one of them to a 3 seed causing a potential Friday night match vs Curtis or Watts(FW's runner up) 132: one of the nastiest blood round matches in all semi states Moreno vs Rodriguez 138: Nisely vs Alexander should be a fun semi finals match 145: 2 tough first round matches Hollis vs maldonado and Park vs Watts 152: first round match Hollendonner vs Turley(winner I believe can grab the 4 seed) 160: Washington should navigate the bracket with ease 170: top quarter bracket can go a few different ways with Sneed, Pack, and Streck fighting for a ticket 182: 2nd worse blood round match is Bates for LaPlace. and potentially some revenge matches Castro vs Donahue and LaPlace vs Donahue 195: Akinwumi draws a tough blood round match vs Donovan. Snyder vs Potosky I believe will decide who makes the finals vs Akinwumi/Donovan winner 220: Another great Fowler Bailey rematch is in order 285: 2 tough blood round matches Garcia vs DeVault and Atria vs Austgen

Newman wrestled a Jasper kid in the finals at Big 8 conference 1st period - Newman TD2, Jasper Kid E1, Newman TD2. 2nd period - Jasper kid's choice. Defers. Newman takes Bottom - Newman R2 - Newman NF3 - Newman FALL Just saying, if that Jasper kid was Milanes I wouldn't be betting your house on that upset BUT anything can happen.

I'm going off memory which can be shaky at times, but I swear at EV SS last year the scoreboard had either the weight class or the match number, either which would get you there. I have mixed feelings as well. I like the mat assignments assigned but it is hard if you are trying to write winners in your scorecard when 4 mats are going and you have one mat still at 138, another at 152, another at 160 and the last has jumped all the way to 182. I feel like nearing the end, assignments were moved around to keep mats from being empty, but not until 220/285.

106- Cottey (Perry) Perry (Warren), Chundi (Carmel), Carrender (LN) 113- Seltzer (Cathedral), Pierson (Warren), White (NP), Simone (HSE) 120- Lowary (Roncalli, Hadley (Lapel), Eldred (Westfield), Moseley (North Mont.) 126- Wagner (Zionsville), Walendzak (Cathedral), Wilkerson (MV), Brown (PH) 132- Viduya (Roncalli), Bailey (Cathedral), Brown (CCL), Johnson (North Mont.) 138- Freije (Roncalli), Phillips (Cent.), Smith (Perry), Goodwin (South) 145- Hall (SD), Mosconi (Cathedral), Graves (Warren), Warren (Perry) 152- Noehre (GC), Rodgers (Cathedral), Fair (Perry), Dunn (Hamilton Heights) 160- Slivka (Cathedral), Lohrey (Shenandoah), Davis (Perry), Rebein (Secina) 170- Mahan (Roncalli), Klettheimer (Frankton), Coffman (U County), Saez (Westfield) 182- Farrell (Fishers), Bacon (Carmel), Morgan (Elwood), Combs (Hagerstown) 195- Allred (Shenandoah), Lane (Perry), Heldt (Carmel), Bynum (PH) 220- Cornwell (Elwood), Webster (North Mont.), Irick (HSE), Campbell (PH) 285- Watts (NC), Harris (Roncalli), Kunkleman (HSE), Keller (Clinton Central)

Would agree that KT is wrestling well and could be ranked higher. I thought when you made the statement you were actually using the rankings and not an opinion....I digress and will go back to just spitting our reports for the enjoyment of people on the website.

It is very hard to believe but this is Doane's first year on the high school team. He just did the freestyle/greco until now.

Another bracket buster at 160 could be Schank (Southridge), he is a two time SQ. Not sure if him and Deters have wrestled this year, but that could be a good ticket round match.

This is one ticket round match that I think will be really interesting. Carrender when good is great. Anthony is more consistent and way more battle tested at this point in the tournament (wrestled Chundi twice and Crousore). Will be a fun match if they can both get past their first round opponents. Good luck to both!

Picks in order 106 - Freeman, Miller, Newman, Garcia 113 - Ross, Dalton, Nelson, Watson 120 - Littell, Montgomery, Boarman, Gardner 126 - Rioux, Lawhead, Egli, Clark 132 - Garcia, Boe, Campbell, Egli 138 - Rooks, Kreitzer, Mayer, Sego 145 - Lee, Burdon, Kervin, Koontz 152 - Dickens, Conley, Schoenegge, Ross 160 - Pruett, Deters, Ruhlman, Asbury 170 - South, Parkinson, Blubaugh, Jean-Baptist 182 - Bellemy, Brewer, Carson, Nix 195 - Willham, Wampler, Nunn, Kenny 220 - Bolte, Aiken, Williams, Howell 285 - Keys, Sidibe, Biddle, Gutierrez

Anthony loses to Chundi in Sectional & Regional Championships whom is a legit top 4 guy and was in both matches but gave up late Takedowns both times. No way I would bet against this boy.

I like all your picks except the Garcia bros.

Welch brothers?

I'll play, but only where we don't have a kid wrestling. No particular order... 113: Boots, Ester, Teusch, Weimer 126: Shepherd, Curtis, Watts, Heath 132: Cottingham, Gimson, Mosser, Krider 138: Gimson, Fiechter, Schoeff, Buchanan 145: Jenkins, Rasler, Macklin, Morrissett 160: Pettigrew, Sailors, Parrish, Ruble 220: Leffers, Berlenga, Elwood, Hartman

B. south kid has been tough and KT is much better than his ranking.

Higgins and Humphreys FW. Higgins to semis

FYI, I'm updating the brackets with records, grade,....oh and RANKINGS! Fort Wayne is done working on the others.

Nolan is way tougher than his dad who played basketball in high school.

Anyone laughing or making jokes about anyone who is injured, let alone laying motionless, has some serious issues! I hope this young man is okay and is able to continue wrestling. Godspeed young man.

Here's the FINAL 1A Team State qualification leaderboard following State. Teams that will be invited: Wabash (FW champ), Southridge (EV champ), North Posey, Adams Central, South Adams, Centerville (NC champ), Churubusco, Tell City, Manchester, Attica (ECC champ). Teams currently in vote-in position for at least one of the final two spots: Bluffton, Eastern, Southmont, Southern Wells, Prairie Heights, Indy Scecina, Frankton Teams that are in vote-in position after the first 10 positions have been accepted will be sent Underclassmen information sheets in which they will be able to give details about incoming JV and 8th grade talent, and about IHSAA tournament injuries or other bad luck that makes a case for their team's strength next year. --"Return" = Underclassmen returning next year; * = injury information is added in Rank Class 1A Teams Semi-State Total Return 1 Wabash FW 213.0 13 2 Southridge EV 198.0 10 3 North Posey EV 195.0 11 4 Adams Central* FW 193.0 8 5 South Adams FW 187.0 12 6 Centerville NC 186.0 11 7 Churubusco FW 184.0 13 8 Tell City EV 182.0 10 9 Manchester FW 181.0 11 10 Bluffton FW 173.0 13 11 Attica ECC 171.0 9 12 Eastern (Greentown) FW 170.0 7 13 Southmont NC 169.0 6 14 Southern Wells FW 167.0 10 15 Prairie Heights FW 165.5 6 16 Indianapolis Scecina Memorial NC 160.0 8 17 Frankton NC 155.0 11 18 Cowan FW 154.0 14 19 Eastside FW 153.0 12 20 Rensselaer Central ECC 150.0 12 21 Eastern (Pekin) EV 149.0 10 22 Knightstown NC 132.0 10 23 Central Noble FW 131.0 7 24 Alexandria Monroe NC 128.0 8 25 Lapel NC 124.0 9 26 Milan NC 122.0 9 27 Eastern Hancock NC 118.0 11 28 Cass FW 116.0 6 29 Fountain Central NC 115.0 9 30 Rochester Community FW 115.0 6 31 Triton Central NC 113.0 6 32 North Newton ECC 111.0 8 33 Union City FW 110.0 9 34 Winamac Community ECC 108.0 11 35 Lake Station Edison ECC 108.0 9 36 Madison Grant FW 108.0 9 37 Clinton Prairie NC 105.0 11 38 North Knox EV 105.0 9 39 Shenandoah* NC 98.0 6 40 Daleville FW 97.0 12 41 Boone Grove ECC 97.0 8 42 Lafayette Central Catholic ECC 97.0 6 43 South Spencer EV 95.0 9 44 Southwestern (Hanover) EV 93.0 9 45 Tipton NC 91.0 6 46 Delphi ECC 90.0 8 47 Indianapolis Lutheran NC 90.0 6 48 Fremont FW 89.0 8 49 Cambridge City Lincoln NC 88.0 7 50 Monroe Central FW 86.0 6 51 Tri NC 85.0 9 52 Cloverdale EV 85.0 8 53 Northeastern NC 83.0 7 54 Western Boone NC 83.0 7 55 North White ECC 82.0 7 56 LaVille ECC 81.0 5 57 Forest Park EV 79.0 9 58 North Vermillion NC 78.0 8 59 Sheridan NC 77.0 7 60 Hagerstown NC 76.0 8 61 Crawford County EV 75.0 9 62 West Central ECC 74.0 5 63 Seeger ECC 71.0 7 64 Elwood Community NC 70.0 4 65 North Putnam EV 69.0 8 66 Winchester Community FW 69.0 5 67 Andrean ECC 67.0 8 68 Union County NC 66.0 7 69 Northfield FW 63.0 7 70 North Judson-San Pierre ECC 61.0 7 71 South Newton ECC 59.0 7 72 Rossville NC 58.0 8 73 Carroll (Flora) ECC 58.0 7 74 Southwood FW 57.0 9 75 Wapahani FW 57.0 4 76 Mitchell EV 54.0 9 77 Faith Christian ECC 54.0 7 78 Cascade EV 52.0 6 79 Blackford FW 51.0 7 80 Tecumseh EV 49.0 7 81 Hebron ECC 48.0 6 82 West Washington EV 48.0 5 83 North Miami FW 48.0 3 84 South Putnam EV 47.0 5 85 Whitko FW 44.0 6 86 Eastbrook FW 44.0 5 87 Speedway EV 43.0 6 88 Parke Heritage NC 41.0 8 89 Bremen ECC 39.0 6 90 Wes-Del FW 32.0 5

EC and FW

Something fishy going on. Lol It’s now showing 11:00 tomorrow

195 is going to be so fun. Give me my man stew mossholder in the finals tho!

106: Cottey/Anthony/Perry/Chundi 113: Seltzer/White/Simone/Pierson 120: Eldred/Lowery/Owens/Moseley 126: Walendzak/Slivka/Ross/Wagner 132: Brown/Bailey/Viduya/Johnson 138: Wilkerson/Freije/Smith/Phillips 145: Warren//Graves/Hall/Mosconi 152: Rodgers/Fair/Noehre/Magnus 160: Lowe/Lohrey/Slivka/Davis 170: Saez/Mahan/Lowe/Klettheimer 182: Farrell/Sterrett/Bacon/Morgan 195: Heldt/Lane/Bynum/Allred 220: Cornwell/Irick/Webster/Campbel HWT: Harris/Keller/Kunkleman/Watts

Milanes over Newman? I may be mistaken but I think Newman pinned him first go around.

Team Race: 1. Cathedral 2. Perry Meridian 3. Roncalli 4. Warren Central 5. Carmel

Lee at 195 over Chapman.

I guess that depends on how you are defining “best”. If “best” means the semi-state with the most state champions predicted by the rankings guy, then perhaps. If “best” means the one with the most hype, then definitely. (The Region seems to be falling down in that area a bit this year. Where is Da Rat and his cohorts been this year?) But if you are defining “best” as “most crowded” with high quality wrestlers (as I think Maligned calls it), then not so much.

Really.... dnk that. Trust me ... I know who he is. Some don’t and will be overlooked. Shhhhh.....

College ranked wrestlers from Indiana (Intermat) Di @133 Stevan Micic, Michigan #1 @141 Nick Lee, Penn State #7 @141 Chad Red, Nebraska #19 @174 Dylan Lydy, Purdue #14 @285 Mason Parris, Michigan #8 DII @125 Blake Glogouski, Lake Erie #8 @149 Isaiah Kemper, McKendree #12 @165 Kyle Jolas, Lindenwood #7 @197 Brian Wagner, Indianapolis #12 @285 Dylan Faulkenberg, Indianapolis #3 DIII @174 Darden Schurg, Wabash #1 @197 Kobe Woods, Wartburg #8 NAIA @125 Sawyer Miller, IN Tech #2 @125 Hayen Lee, Cumberlands (KY) #3 @133 Erique Early, IN Tech #2 @133 Brandan James, Marian #9 @141 Gaige Torres, IN Tech #5 @149 Justin Atkinson, IN Tech #5 @149 Noah Warren, Marian #7 @157 Steven Lawrence, Grand View #7 @157 Mason Gaines, IN Tech #14 @165 Tristan Macri, Cumberlands (KY) #13 @174 Nathan Walton, Cumberland (TN) #7 @174 Jake Weimer, IN Tech #19 @184 Aaron Mosley, Campbellsville #15 @184 Sam Osho, Marian #17 @197 Zachary Worm, Marian #15 @285 Ethan Bunce, Marian #7 My apologies if I missed someone. Please let me know if I did.

Don't look past Hardcastle either, everyone had it wrong last year calling fort Wayne a weak semi state and you got a 1 and 3 out of there at state. These boys got something to prove.

the facet of it being so unpredictable is worth admission alone.

and to think we get to witness this for a measly $10. Best of luck to your young man and here’s to hoping he’s 100% come next week.

It’s so nasty at EVV SS that it’s hard to pick which is the toughest. Go take at look at the post by TeamGarcia for his breakdown of EVV SS. Every single class is LOADED.

Here's a story I wrote on the Purdue vs. Penn State meet for Purdue's student newspaper, I was able to talk to Thornton and coach Ersland after the match. https://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/mens/wrestling/article_5250a134-1f7a-5801-b665-1542a23c5f05.html

I know people were giving Caliwrestler a hard time about talking about his son a couple weeks ago but give credit where credit is due. Great job at Freestyle state. Maybe Hurford should of put Richards on his list of top freshmen @ 189. lol