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That’s good, cause I know Ike and the rest of the 113lbers have been slacking.

This one was a good one as mentioned in another thread.

I lost to all three of those guys

2018 Tyce Freije vs Alex Mosconi 2020 Tyce Freije vs Bryer Hall Unfortunately our guy came out on the losing end of those wars. Mosconi was state runner up in 2018, Freije was sidelined the majority of the regular season due to injury that season and then went ahead and wrestled the postseason even though his hand needed surgically repaired. Hall was state runner up in 2020. Freije lost an overtime bout to Kervin at EMD Holiday Classic, and Kervin would go on to win state title over Hall in that exciting match. Tyce won the NC Semi-State at 120 in 2017 and went on to finish 8th in the state, only state qualifying freshman in the weight class. Tyce again won the semi-state in 2019 and went on to finish 4th at state at 138. Bias, but if we were one of the 49 states that has wrestlebacks, then Freije would have likely been a 4x state medalist. That’s how it goes though. It’s a tough tournament, you have to win your matches.

Bradbury Portage vs Birge Frankfort Birge was the returning state Champ, Bradbury was going to War with Alex Ramos every week. Bradbury lost to Ramos beat him for a regional title, setting up the match. Bradbury got the W, then went on to continue his rivalry to Ramos losing to him Under the lights.

I have added up the points of about one team per day this week, so without @maligned's work, I'd find out in 2022 who is in Team State for 2021.

2008 Jimmy Schoettle (PM) Ranked 3rd and wins his regional then draws Camden Eppert who lost to Brandon Wright at regionals.

Semi-State is a tough week. It's where many dreams are realized and others are crushed. Every year, we see quality matches take place in the ticket round that would've been better suited the next weekend at Bankers Life, but unfortunately in our system, we only get to see them once. What are some of the best ticket matches you have ever seen? Off the top of my head 2015 #5 Mason Parris (Lawrenceburg) vs. #12 Ben Stewart (Cathedral) - A brawl for the ages that saw Mason Parris was not to be played with. The freshman came out swinging and beat Stewart 3-1. 2016 #4 Zach Melloh (Cathedral) vs. #13 D.J. Brookbank (Perry Meridian) - Fireworks... First word that comes to mind when I think about this match. Melloh was a returning state medalist up from 126 and had beaten Brookbank in two prior meetings, including a senior night thriller at Perry Meridian, and was heavily favored in their third match-up. Brookbank, however, became a man possessed and put Melloh to his back in the opening moments of the match and upended him 13-11 to punch his ticket to state in his first trip to New Castle as a senior. 2020 Riley Rust (Center Grove) vs. Justice Cash (Bloomington North) - An emotional match-up that saw the Center Grove stud beat probably one of the best to never qualify for state.

The 3B and friends Jasper SS extravaganza drops tomorrow night. The team has been working feverishly on it!

https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Archive=6557&type=Archive Not sure who that first guy they interviewed is or what makes him think he is an authority, but the good stuff starts around 13:00.

2015 Evansville-132 Austin Bethel vs. Brayton Lee 2010 Evansville-112 Cody Kendle (Pike Central) over returning state runner up Dusty Kief (Franklin Community) Then, Kief vs. the barricade at Roberts Stadium

I saw Tishner wrestle this fall at the Halloween duals and he was an absolute hammer! Couldn’t believe he was only going to be a freshman.

Right..sorry. Not quite yet. Garrett has dropped into last place though.

No shame in that. Rosbottom and Jankowski were national caliber and Minton was just a fearless animal that tossed everyone to their backs (including Rosbottom in that regional match). There were some other nice names at 145 at state that year, but Rosbottom and Minton steamrolled them into the final. Still a real shame to this day the state runner-up Jankowski couldn't be in that mix on the big stage.

It was 7-5. I had to go back and look it up. I can't forget Ferguson's 1st Round match at State against Jeremiah Reitz. Reitz was coming off a State Title and Ferguson was out most of the season until the tournament. Ferguson started strong and was up 13-2 after the 2nd period, but ran out of gas in the 3rd. Reitz outscored him 11-4 in the 3rd period as Ferguson's only points came on allowed escapes. Final score Ferguson wins 17-13. One of the best Friday night matches I can recall.

#2 vs #3 Elliott Rodgers vs Brice coleman. Coleman had beat Cooper noehre at sectionals but then lost at regionals to set up this death draw.

My winning pickems brackets has it at Maconaquah 5 champs FW Carroll 4 champs Jay County 3 champs Goshen 2 champs Advancing 17 Jay County 16 Maconaquah 15 FW Carroll 8 Goshen

I think Phillips is looking for sweet revenge. Fitts knocked him out at semi state last year. 152 is gonna be one of my favorite weights to watch this weekend.

This is the OG bad draw for millennials. 1992 Chad Shepard, Western, previous state champ, v Eric Douglas, Valpo, that year’s runner-up

Some recent ECC SS death draws Triana (2x state placer) vs Cummings (2x state champ) Colza (SQ) vs Lemley (placer) Kleimola (champ) vs Davison (champ) Fattore (2x placer) vs Malone (2x SQ) Haskins (Q) vs Tolin (Q) Moreno (placer) vs Rodriguez (3x Q) Bates (Champ) vs LaPlace ( 2x placer) Haskins (Q) vs Bettich (champ/placer)

3 vs 8 is a tough one but not horrible. I think Watson would be a clear favorite. I would say Conway vs Rust would be a much closer match and a worse draw.

2016 - Cayden Rooks vs. Asa Garcia 2015 - Brayton Lee vs. Austin Bethel

Sawyer Miller vs. Conner Knapp, rematch of the third place match from the year before. Ben Dalton vs. Gavinn Alstott, rematch of the 3rd place match from the year before.

Rosbottom vs jankowski.

Yes that was the only error. The check is in the mail for your reimbursement.

is that the only change? I printed out two copies of the brackets yesterday. With this mistake I feel like I should be reimbursed for two pieces of paper and the appropriate ink. You owe me $.16, Y2!!!

Well in other news, today is Tuesday not Wednesday

Raw right now, I don’t think he knows how good he can be. Nice get ,for Angel and the Hoosiers. Just Hope he stays healthy this year, and finishes.

Frank DeBusk put a stake in the heart of the Mater Dei nation. The week before the match, Mike Goebel said, "I have heard that Hobart can hurt you in a street fight." Many MD fans will tell you this was their greatest comeback. Wrong! In 1965, the 'Cats were down 21-0 against Franklin Central. MD posted seven straight wins to close out the match a 31-21 victor.

Jordan and Tsirtsis need to get their toughness engrained in Washington. He will go places.

That was a really good match! The gym was electric, with the limited amount of fans the semi state should have went back the Merrillville for a last ride.

Data is up to date. I'm working on updated leaderboards now, but I'm getting injury info put into some of the scores. I'll hopefully have those posted this afternoon still. Also...classification is now FINAL. The lists of teams posted after sectional are how they will stay. (The IHSAA confirmed that they won't post new data--if at all--until several weeks from now. Because of how the Department of Education is collecting the data in the covid environment, there's a significant chance the IHSAA will continue to use old data for this classification cycle. Either way--it will be past our cutoff for when we need to start inviting teams and getting commitments for Team State. Again..the only changes from last year are Western Boone and Southridge dropping into 1A from 2A.)

I did really well in my Jay County Regional picks, so here it goes... 106: Tishner, Rowles, Weimer, Clark 113: Ruble (and then the rest...), Brooks, Brady, Martin 120: Sprague, Wood, Lewis, Puckett 126: Bertsch (and then the rest...he looked outstanding the last 2 weeks), Olsen, Kinnick, Higgins 132: Heath (and then the rest...), Stroud, Baker, Litchfield 138: Arthur, Gerencser, Hooley, Tuttle 145: Chacon (and then the rest), Abbott, Shepherd, Levits 152: Currie, Ulrick, Hardcastle, Jones 160: Hilger, Johnson, Buchanan, Farnell 170: Porter, Myers, Lundy, Morris 182: Brege, Summersett, Lockwood, Thompson 195: Heyerly, Khaoucha, Lepper, Grider 220: Clifford, Hinton, Beck, Dilbone 285: Erb, Muncie, Orr, Villafuere

All my tickets rounders I would've have mentioned have been listed... How about a 1st round death draw from 2002? Jason Woodson (FW Snider) vs Jared Hargis (Muncie Central) Woodson was the returning State runner-up @ 160 and Hargis was a returning 2X State placer @ 160 & 171

The semi-states will each have someone VERY knowledgeable with TrackWrestling on site to troubleshoot as needed.

Going way back. Mike Ester Vs. Aaron Wilson. Or at least that was my most memorable.

Pay 25 and watch them all!

Three days before the semi state, Mike Goebel was on pins and needles. “I can't even talk about it," said Goebel. "I've been a nervous wreck ever since I saw the pairings. They should be the ones wrestling for the State Title, but this means a great wrestler will be denied a trip to State." Goebel’s anxiety was due to the semi state ticket round match looming between Dan Jankowski and Jeffersonville’s returning State Champion, Robert Rosbottom. How in the world did it come to this? Rosbottom (37-1), lost in the New Albany Regional final to Steve Minton of New Albany. It was quite an upset as Rosbottom had defeated Minton in three previous encounters. "They'd had two close matches and one blowout," said Goebel. "But this time Minton got the takedown and back points and beat Rosbottom, 8-1." Goebel’s anxiety would soon give way to frustration, disappointment and anger. In the ticket round match, Rosbottom drew first blood, scoring a takedown in the first period. Rosbottom was content to ride the balance of the period, never coming off of Jankowski’s hips. He was warned for stalling. Jankowski escaped in the second period. Shot after shot was blocked by Rosbottom, no offensive attempts being made. Wildcats fans were agitated. A growing crescendo of grumbling emanated from the Red and Gold. Jankowski cut Rossbottom in the third period. Working from a 3-1 deficit, Jankowski could tie the match from his feet. Jankowski immediately attacked. Rossbottom was finally called by referee Jim Beeson for stalling with about a minute left to make it 3-2. Jankowski continued a non-stop attack while Rossbottom continued to back up and block. In spite of Goebel’s protestations harmonizing with an angry and howling Mater Dei throng, Beeson would not call another stalling penalty to force overtime. Suffering one of the bitterest defeats in Mater Dei’s wrestling history, Dan Jankowski lost, 3-2. In the third period, Jankowski took a staggering 18 shots compared to Rosbottom’s two. In the loss, Jankowski was gracious. “Rossbottom wrestled a smart match,” he said. “I guess he did what he thought he would have to do to beat me. I just wish there would have been more action.” Mike Goebel took the loss and the events of the day pretty hard. "When you look at taking six to State, that's good, but when you consider that Mater Dei didn't have a (semi state) champion for the first time in I can't remember when, it's tough. Sometimes people take things for granted. They tend to forget how tough it is at this level."

2018 Conner Gimson Jimtown vs Colt Rutter Yorktown 2007 Travis Dale McCutcheon vs Marcus Shrewsbury CP

Jake also had split matches with 3rd placer Giovanni Diaz that year at IHPO. Basically only lost to numbers 1 and 2 then didn’t qualify because of our system.

220 could be anyone. Beck from Rochester is a tough freshmen. Carrol regional brings some hammers and DiBone vs Chad Wyatt Jr. will be a great ticket round match up.

Matt Jaggers, New Castle vs Russel Smiley, Warren Central. Both returning SQ, Smiley had placed and was a returning SS champ. FCfighter might correct me but I believe Smiley was up 2-1 and jaggers hit a reversal or TD plus 2 NF and won 5-2, went on to win SS and take 5th.

AJ Black vs Sammy Fair

Hold onto the check. Maybe there will be another mistake or two down the road and I can cash in for $1

I may not be there in body but I will be watching every match. Go Wildcats.

How come noone is mentioning the death draw of them all? #4 against #5. Jj Conway against Riley Rust in the ticket round! Am i missing something? I haven't seen anyone mention that match.

Yes it's him! He does show the kids stuff and he's still in great shape.. Couldn't ask for a better AD especially for wrestling... He already has seen to it the team is getting resources and not putting the team on the back burner to basketball, our school is really really big into basketball

I sure am missing the breakdowns and predictions that the Dingo Brigade used to provide. I sure hope all the Australian wild fires didn’t eliminate the world’s population of dingoes. I hope there is at least one brigade of them left.

That's what I figured. Thanks for the reply!

To build a little upon @IndianaWrestlingGuy's post, Culver is a beautiful college like campus. Half of the buildings bear a Steinbrenner name..aka the Yankees owner. If you are ever in the area go check out the campus as it is usually fairly open. The education, obviously at $55,000 a year, is top notch and very hard to match not only in Indiana, but the country. Their IHSAA sports come and go in waves depending upon recruiting students, yes I said recruiting. Private and parochial schools must recruit students or they will shut their doors. If the travel rules in Indiana change I could see it benefiting a school like Culver immensely has they have the money and backing to support travel throughout the country. If you look at many of the top ranked high school wrestling teams they are private or parochial schools, thus they get kids from all over. Blair and Wyoming Seminary are just as expensive as Culver. Culver could very well compete at their level if the travel rules change or if they would go to National Preps(not sure if they could technically).