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Freshman Bryer Hall beats Viduya 11-5. Kid can flat out wrestle.

Freshman Bryer Hall beats Viduya 11-5. Kid can flat out wrestle.

Pendleton's Jared Brown up 14-3 in third on undefeated Brendan Mattingly, but Mattingly cradles him in the third for the fall.
 

Thanks! And we've learned that Ed has a talent for hyperbole--who wouldn't show emotion if something happened to this sweet boy??? Even Jack isn't that cool ;-).

I'm rooting for him because his dog's name is Bacon. That's awesome.

Actually, it’s leaning as far away as it can from Kentucky 
 
 
 

They obviously don't care about my chances of winning these semistate pickem contests then.

They obviously don't care about my chances of winning these semistate pickem contests then.

I'm rooting for him because his dog's name is Bacon. That's awesome.

Allred will pin the field @182

It looks like Chad Red did it in 32 seconds his senior year. Forfeit, 10 seconds, 12 seconds, 10 seconds.

I don't want to offend anybody or get accused of "talking about a kid," but this stuff needs to change.  Today's kids are okay quitting when things get tough.  Moreover, the parents allow their kids to quit.  This is disappointing to me.  Once you start something you need to finish it, not only for yourself, but for your team.  If you choose not to go out for the sport the next year, then fine because you aren't quitting.  You are just choosing to not go back out.  It happens way too much nowadays.  Unfortunate.  

I noticed at the Tri sectional there are three wrestlers at 152 pounds. The No. 1 seed, the only one with a winning record, won't wrestle until the championship. Then, someone will get an automatic ticket punched to semistate because of this. Are there any other classes in the state, in any other sectional, with a similar number?
 

220 is a total crapshoot imo. I would not be surprised for any of the top 10, or even the next 4-6 kids looking in, to punch their ticket. Easily the toughest weight to predict out of this semi state.
Also, the final update should be up tonight. 

I think Tsirtsis is an amazing wrestler, but I do find his matches rather boring. I don't need to see a Brendan Campbell / Kyle Ayersman each time - with points lighting up the scoreboard faster than Avon posters can type hashtags - but, I do like to see matches that have action throughout and at least some attempts at offense.

I think Tsirtsis is an amazing wrestler, but I do find his matches rather boring. I don't need to see a Brendan Campbell / Kyle Ayersman each time - with points lighting up the scoreboard faster than Avon posters can type hashtags - but, I do like to see matches that have action throughout and at least some attempts at offense.

This made me chuckle, well done @grappleapple

One of the best matches I've watched was heavyweight (last year third place match) - but, in general, the heavyweight matches are akin to sloths taking Nyquil and seeing who can stand up the longest. Again, not all - but many of the heavyweight matches are just shoving displays.
 

If i want nuance i'll watch a French art film, but when i go to a wrestling meet i prefer to see wrestling rather than pushing and the nuances of drawing stall calls.

I wouldn't be on my back....

I tend to agree with you, however doesn't it go deeper than that even? Is a sectional really hard if there's only one challenger in each weight class to the favorite? Look at both the Avon sectional and the Southport sectional. Noone would argue that those have a TON of talent at the top two seed lines, but beyond Avon and Brownsburg and beyond Roncalli and Perry, what's the third best team in each? Probably Plainfield and Beech Grove (a team with 4 forfeits of their own). To me, if you are all but guaranteed a spot in Regionals (like most members of those four teams are), then how tough can the overall sectional really be? 
Again, not arguing the talent at the top is lacking, how could I? I think the 3rd and 4th placers at both will struggle (in most weight classes) come Regional time though against the Sectionals they feed into. Is there a Sectional across the state where they may advance two times as many kids to SS than their partner sectional? That, to me, may be the strongest sectional (or paired with the weakest one). I guess it depends on definition.
EDIT: Made the caveat of "most weight classes" in second paragraph.

RegionRat gets my nod. Never has a poster been so good at promoting wrestlers, and so bad at spelling.

RegionRat gets my nod. Never has a poster been so good at promoting wrestlers, and so bad at spelling.

RegionRat gets my nod. Never has a poster been so good at promoting wrestlers, and so bad at spelling.

220 is anyone's for the taking. Nobody there screams unbeatable.