Great day of wrestling at ZHS in one week! Looking forward to it. These predictions may change over the next week but here you go......
103-Pick your favorite freshmen...Lile (F), Belden (W), Mantel (Z). These 3 may finish one way at sectional and finish in a completely different order at regional. They will be fun over the next 4 years.
112-Much like Timbo, my knowledge is limited to Hamilton County teams, and I do not mean to slight anyone else, however I like Gray of Fishers here. I think the blood time at the HCC finals distracted him and I like Gray to pull it out.
119-Josh Julien of Lebanon. Looks to be his, toss up for second however Fishers 119 may be a bit motivated after the HCC.
125-Sommer Carmel. Enough said.
130-Parham Carmel. Seems like this kid has been around forever. I hope he puts together a heck of a run.
135-I'll go with the young McCloskey of WeBo over Tatum. McCloskey is impressive.
140-White, Westfield. Another one that seems to have been around forever, good luck this post season.
145-Scurria v. Miller. Battle of undefeated wrestlers for the championship. I take Scurria by fall.
152-Irick v. Frauhiger in the finals. I think Irick gets him this time. However Van Camp could be be a factor here, but I still like Irick.
160-Hello Depth......Anderson, Youngs, Neibarger. I'll go with Anderson.
171-Frascella appears to be the clear cut #1 here.
189-Sliga.
215-I look forward to a rematch of the county finals. fishers v. Carmel. I'll take the Carmel 215 this time.
285-I'll pick the Frankfort 285 here over Fishers, HSE, and Westfield.
Team race:
1. Carmel (Hard to bet against the hounds with so much success and such a senior heavy line up. Their loss to Fishers at the beginning of the month was without their 215)
2. Fishers (Wow...what Coach Harreld has doen there is impressive. I think theyhave enough firepower to hang with the hounds, but I think Carmel beats them by a small margin)
3. HSE (Coach Gastineau, Coach Humphrey, etc. continue to build HSE into a force. Look out next year. Is all they lose Smitley? This team is one year away from being really special!)
4. Westfield (This team is the wildcard. They have been decimated by injuries in the month of January. If they are at full strength, I wouldn't look past them. And could leap frog a team or two here)