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Last year, Frazier's 6 matches at semi-state and state before Thrine went like this:
 
Fall
Tech
12-0
11-3
Fall
Tech
 
Thrine, meanwhile, wins 5-2 and 9-8 in the first two rounds at state.
 
...then 4-3 Thrine
 
And by the way, Frazier and Hockaday's pedigrees nationally and in-state were/are very comparable. Someone compared Hockaday's status to Mendez. That's just plain silly. Hockaday's a beast. But he's a solid D1, Logan Frazier-level pseudo lock--not a genuine lock against someone like Thrine.
 
I'd pick Hockaday to win this match, but people are short-sighted if they think it's going to be a runaway. Thrine WILL score on Hockaday. He's just so slick and calm in the big moments--and it will be his first chance all year to open up and wrestle without a target on his back. It will be a killer match.

Hockaday beats goss 9-3 
demarco Beats goss 10-2 
demarco only wins 8-7 against un ranked Walter Drew’s.
Jack Davis pins Walter Drew’s
davis looses to Volz 5-1
volz looses to Aquino 5-4
aquino looses to the Richmond regional scale.
 
Yotti has predicted this years state champ without even knowing it. 
 
using the Yotti theory this years 132lb state champ is the scale.
 

Look back to last season, he was the first one to hold his own against thrine. 

It's the state finals. How about it's just a good bracket and not a bad draw?

Davis has been flying under the radar! Davis could shake things up on the top bracket. 
 
Davis could have placed last season if it wasn't for running into thrine in the ticket round.

We did okay….
 
Just kidding we killed it 
 
Leave it to a Ratliff to mess things up 

It did not look like Malicious intent by Henderson but what a class move by Snyder . Hope Haines makes a full recovery. 

I have attended every SS that has been in Evansville.
 
This was not the first time in the ticket round that a controversial illegal move has been called resulting in injury. But it is the first time that I have seen the offended coach/wrestler do the right thing.
 
Cudos to Coach Snyder & Preston Haines!

Thinking back to 2016 I gave everyone a heads up of what’s coming . Every year following this EVSS gets better and better with talent . Told everyone Mooresville Regional, Hendricks County, Johnson County and surrounding areas will become that Hot Bed of Indiana wrestling. #’s and stats don’t lie . With that said, next 10 more years will be the same . GET READY MORE IS COMING ! 

Earlier this year there was a topic about whether the SIAC is on a down swing or not.
 
If 7 State Qualifiers from the Castle Regional is not proof that it is, then I don't know what else to say. And that is not 7 from the SIAC either. I believe the MD 4 is it for the SIAC.
 
There was one year (I can't recall the year but I posted the numbers that year) when the SIAC alone had 24 or 25 State Qualifiers.
 
Obviously MD lead the way with like 11 or 12 that year. While Reitz, Castle, Memorial and Central all had multiple qualifiers. And Harrison & North had one or possibly 2 as well.

Had some time, while following the comp today down in Evansville.
These are the State Qualifying positions from each Region today by weight class
 
106    Mooresville 1,3,4  Jeffersonville 2
113    Mooresville 1,2,4  Castle 3
120   Mooresville 1,2  Castle 3 Bloomington South 4
126   Castle 1   Mooresville 2,3  Bloomington South 4
132   Mooresville 1,2,3,4
138  Mooresville 1,4  Jeffersonville 2   Bloomington South 3
144  Mooresville 1,2  Bloomington South 3  Jeffersonville 4
150  Mooresville 1  Bloomington South 2  Castle 3,4
157  Jeffersonville 1  Mooresville 2,3  Bloomington South 4
165   Bloomington South 1,3  Mooresville 2  Jeffersonville 4
175  Bloomington South 1,3  Mooresville 2,4
190  Mooresville 1,2  Bloomington South 3,4
215  Mooresville 1,3  Bloomington South 2  Castle 4
285  Mooresville  1,2  Bloomington South 3  Castle 4
 
Mooresville with 30 State Qualifiers
Bloomington South with 14 State Qualifiers
Castle with 7 State Qualifiers
Jeffersonville with 5 State Qualifiers 
 
Good Luck Next week to all that made it to State.

TRIPLE_B EVANSVILLE SEMI-STATE SPECTACULAR PREVIEW!!!!!!
 
This year Trips will hit turn the big 4-4 on Saturday, Mrs 3B will be in attendance for her first SS ever, will this be the greatest Evansville SS of all time?? Dirty brackets, blood round matches that feel like your cutting fresh onions, and all around excitement will fill The FORD Saturday February 10th. 
 
Evansville is THE BEST Semi-State in the land!! 224 wrestlers will be battling for 56 Golden tickets to Indy…..errrr…. Back to Evansville!!! Out of those 224, 138 are Semi-State ranked and 98, I Said 98 (!!!!!!) are ranked in the IndianaMat State Rankings!! Lawwwwwdy have Mercy!!!! This might be the big one Elizabeth!!!! 
 

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This has been going on in the region for 25+ years.  The younger brother goes to different school from big brother, while the third brother goes to yet another school.  It just makes sense.  Barring any academic difference, why would a sentient parent send a kid to a school where his shot of excellence is diminished?
 
Brownsburg and Center Grove are strong on academics, have great communities and...wait for it...top-notch wrestling programs.  What's not to like?  if you have a kid who has a chance at reaching for the golden ring, you have to justify NOT sending them there.
 
It's a bit tougher in Evansville.  if you want excellence you pay a price for it, beyond the blood and sweat.  It's called tuition.  In spite of what you might hear, a Catholic school "athletic scholarship" exists only in imaginations.  It's kind of like the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus or "The Man";  fun to think about or to justify outcomes, but it doesn't really exist.
 
While Center Grove, Crown Point and Brownsburg have specific and identifiable advantages, they do not enjoy a permanent hegemony.  All three programs have high level wrestling academies to feed their schools, which are led by superior coaching staffs.  All it takes is a single coaching turnover and your incoming middle school champion is off to greener pastures.
 
What do the Big Three have in common?  Large populaton bases with affluent communties is the first ingredient; next-level wrestling academies is the second.  
 
Where else could this exist?
 
1.  North Indianapolis/Carmel/ Zionsville-  Big population, affluence, big schools.  Wrestling academy, communities?
2.  Jeffersonville/New Albany-  Big population (Louisville metro is massive; quality wreslers exist).  Affluence, community, academies--not sure.
3.  Fort Wayne-  Big population, check.  Affluence, community, academies, quality high school coaching staffs--not sure.

Weak is a really poor word choice. CP had 11 champs at regionals and they were rewarded with 6 different semi final matches against top 5 state ranked opponents (4 ranked in the top 2). Brownsburg has 0 possible matchups this weekend against top 5 ranked opponents in the semis. Both teams have 4 wrestlers who will face top 10 ranked opponents just to get to state. This is not me arguing that East Chicago is as tough as Evansville. But to say Crown Point has a weak path at semi state is just untrue. Put Crown Point in Evansville semi state in exchange for brownsburg or center grove and I guarantee CP gets 10+ qualifiers these past 3 seasons. Center Grove literally sent 12 to state last year and Crown Point was significantly stronger than Center Grove was. Crown Point is actually at a disadvantage in some cases since Brownsburg and Center Grove are in the same regional because that splits them apart at semi state. Then Crown Point has to take Brownsburg and Center Grove both in the same day to win state in some cases. You would think if they had such an easy path that they would have less ranked opponents overall as a team in the ticket round and semis but it’s actually the opposite.
 
I’m also not saying it’s like this every year, this is the first year I decided to research both CP and BB’s path to state and was shocked to find overwhelming evidence that proved CP had just as much obstacles thrown at them as brownsburg. Yes I understand Haines vs Henderson is a death draw, but that could of been prevented if Haines took at least 2nd at regionals. Gibbs vs May is a crime but so is Sessa vs Rivera. Two top 8 guys battling to make it. 
 
All I’m saying is Crown Point is gonna have to come prepared Saturday and be ready to battle because this team race is far from over. Crown Point will have to earn this title just like Brownsburg and Center Grove. 

Put Brownsburg or Center Grove in the Fort Wayne semi state and they'll look like one of the greatest teams in history. Crown Point is the number one team in Indiana, but they also benefit from a weak postseason path this year.

Look back at the youth rankings from the last few years- you can see the movement.  22-23 Middle school rankings has 25 eighth graders listed.  Of that 25- 4 went out state for HS., 5 or so holdbacks, of the 16 left only 7-8 are enrolled at the same high school listed in the MS rankings.  

Moving Brownsburg to New Castle somehow makes the most sense.   Then at least you are spreading out your powerhouses across different SemiStates. 

Ty Henderson was at Vincennes Lincoln last year.   
 

How many current CP varsity wrestlers went to elementary and middle school in the CP school jurisdiction?  I’d be curious about teams like Brownsburg, CG, and MD too. 

All 14 for Mater Dei. But still get told we “recruit”

100% Agree Krejsa is on an another level, right up there with Hockaday in Indiana High School wrestling. 

This is a crying shame. Same as 120 Haines vs Henderson
 
How do you get the #3 vs #4 and the #2 vs #3 wrestlers in the State at their respective weight class facing each other in the blood round at SS? You have 2 of the top 5 guys in the state at the same regional - that's how.
 
Two of these guys having to end their season prior to the State Finals because of no wrestlebacks is flat out criminal.

126 will likely have some brutal ticket matches:
Richards v Rioux
Schaefer v Brown
150 probably has the most egregious draw with May v Gibbs. 
Krejsa v Bonenberger another tough one. 

120 - BloodRound #4 Haines vs. #3 Henderson is the Headliner of this Semi State . 

2018, 126 was the filthiest ever. 
2- State Champions  
1- State Runner Up & Semi Finalist
1- State Placer