Caleb Spires

I wish I would have known I would have brought marshmallows. 
 
I wonder if @Christopher Bohn's hot dog review would be different if he roasted one on the flames.

Got to imagine Aidan Kincaide will be in the mix after being a semi finalist at a high weight for a freshman.

Felt so reminiscent of Joe Lee/Tommy Cash. Stud freshman beats former 3rd and 2nd place senior in the semi-finals, then takes an early lead on former state champion senior in the finals. Starts to look like he’s going to cruise to his first state championship, and then BAM on his back a few seconds later.
 
Was admittedly pulling for Shepherd, not because I have a problem with Kyrel, but because of the possibility of looking back on this tournament in the future and seeing four different 4x state champions competing at one state finals. But congratulations to Kyrel. He showed up all weekend, and had a career 99.99% of high school wrestlers wish they could have had 

Felt so reminiscent of Joe Lee/Tommy Cash. Stud freshman beats former 3rd and 2nd place senior in the semi-finals, then takes an early lead on former state champion senior in the finals. Starts to look like he’s going to cruise to his first state championship, and then BAM on his back a few seconds later.
 
Was admittedly pulling for Shepherd, not because I have a problem with Kyrel, but because of the possibility of looking back on this tournament in the future and seeing four different 4x state champions competing at one state finals. But congratulations to Kyrel. He showed up all weekend, and had a career 99.99% of high school wrestlers wish they could have had 

All five champs from 144-175 have some kind of ties to the Wayne. Obviously the three champs in Doster, Betz, and Leech, but also Kresja who started his high school career at Delta, and Cressell whose brother goes to Wabash and has Wabash listed on his own track profile.
 

Felt so reminiscent of Joe Lee/Tommy Cash. Stud freshman beats former 3rd and 2nd place senior in the semi-finals, then takes an early lead on former state champion senior in the finals. Starts to look like he’s going to cruise to his first state championship, and then BAM on his back a few seconds later.
 
Was admittedly pulling for Shepherd, not because I have a problem with Kyrel, but because of the possibility of looking back on this tournament in the future and seeing four different 4x state champions competing at one state finals. But congratulations to Kyrel. He showed up all weekend, and had a career 99.99% of high school wrestlers wish they could have had 

Felt so reminiscent of Joe Lee/Tommy Cash. Stud freshman beats former 3rd and 2nd place senior in the semi-finals, then takes an early lead on former state champion senior in the finals. Starts to look like he’s going to cruise to his first state championship, and then BAM on his back a few seconds later.
 
Was admittedly pulling for Shepherd, not because I have a problem with Kyrel, but because of the possibility of looking back on this tournament in the future and seeing four different 4x state champions competing at one state finals. But congratulations to Kyrel. He showed up all weekend, and had a career 99.99% of high school wrestlers wish they could have had 

Felt so reminiscent of Joe Lee/Tommy Cash. Stud freshman beats former 3rd and 2nd place senior in the semi-finals, then takes an early lead on former state champion senior in the finals. Starts to look like he’s going to cruise to his first state championship, and then BAM on his back a few seconds later.
 
Was admittedly pulling for Shepherd, not because I have a problem with Kyrel, but because of the possibility of looking back on this tournament in the future and seeing four different 4x state champions competing at one state finals. But congratulations to Kyrel. He showed up all weekend, and had a career 99.99% of high school wrestlers wish they could have had 

I almost took a slice off because of the price as well.  Ford Center has the second best hot dog of the season behind Mooresville.

Got to imagine Aidan Kincaide will be in the mix after being a semi finalist at a high weight for a freshman.

Got to imagine Aidan Kincaide will be in the mix after being a semi finalist at a high weight for a freshman.

I’m a bit of an outsider looking in(I’m a ranker but not a coach), but as unbiased as I can attempt to be, the semi-state has been on a clear rise over the last few seasons. It doesn’t help much that there’s seemingly a lot of smaller class schools in the Ft. Wayne semi-state. Delta, Jay County, Adams Central, Bellmont, Western have been tough battles for nearly any team in recent years, but a lot of schools are coming out this season or last. Cowan, Homestead, Snider, North Miami among others are now littered with kids that will give your stud a brutal match-up. Yorktown is back in the rise after a brief down period. And best of all, freshman classes just keep getting more talented. The current coaching in the Wayne looks pretty dang good to me.

#FreeTheGeneral

#FreeTheGeneral

It is so the day after state.

I picked the Fort over 🤷🏼‍♂️ 

#FreeTheGeneral

When I read the first 3 words of this post I thought i got banned and people were asking for me to be back on.

Its a tough one for me. I loved GA but I also love being able to get lunch on the break as oppose to going and standing in line at 215 of the semis to get good seats. I don't miss that at all. 

Overachieving is a very relative term. What might be considered overachieving to one spectator could be a letdown for the actual wrestler.
 
One example: I(very wrongly) had Elias Cressell ranked #8 in the semi-state. I’m sure all of Wabash county thought that was ridiculous, but for most of the state who didn’t get to watch him this year, it probably looks like he’s having the tournament of his life. To him, I would bet he was still distraught losing in the semis despite his ranking being much lower than his final placement.

Got to imagine Aidan Kincaide will be in the mix after being a semi finalist at a high weight for a freshman.

It is so the day after state.

Got to imagine Aidan Kincaide will be in the mix after being a semi finalist at a high weight for a freshman.

All five champs from 144-175 have some kind of ties to the Wayne. Obviously the three champs in Doster, Betz, and Leech, but also Kresja who started his high school career at Delta, and Cressell whose brother goes to Wabash and has Wabash listed on his own track profile.