JoeCoffey

Long time ago. Maybe 1996-1997, top four finishers at 171 finished top four at state.  I’m sure there was one or two state pacers that didn’t make it to state that year.  1999 145# round to go featured the previous year 135# state champ vs 140# runner up.  

6 minutes ago, navy80 said:

#2 Ben Dalton versus #3 Alstott is nuts. 

Dalton beat him at semi state last year and for 3rd and 4th at the state finals. 

this has to be the toughest ticket round match this year.

 

 

 

 

This is def a turrible draw!  Possibly a state finals contender going home early. 

7 minutes ago, bsisson said:

I believe we already have one of the longest state tournament series at 4 weeks.  Most are 3 and some are 2.  Yeah those shorter series have a longer finals weekend as well but the overall length is short.  In my opinion the grind of a state tournament mentally and physically for 4 weeks is already enough.

 

And this comes from a man that would have def benefitted from a wrestle back at the state finals.  Brandon has the experience as a wrestler and a coach.  

6 minutes ago, takemtothemat said:

Nah I stick to whiskey

I have a dog in this one (a bulldog actually!)

I miss going to Jeff two weekends in a row, coming from Louisville it was nice to be able to sleep in a little.  
Maybe the EPA can look into the realignment.  Seems like an excessive waste of diesel for the Floyd County teams to pass the Tell City bus on the way to sectionals 

Wow.  I was hoping for a barn burner, but wow.  Lee always looks determined.  His size looks good at 141 this year

119 senior year (weighed 136-140 Monday/Tuesday) 

I hover around 157-162.  

I was impressed with NP, MV and GS, especially NP.  IMO all three teams looked much stronger than in the recent past.

3 minutes ago, Drbakerdc said:

Mater Dei has a total of 12 losses through their whole starting roster. Unreal. 

Well you know, when has MD ever sought out tough competition

Did they combine some of the smaller Ervin’s?

Usually they are in the lighter weight classes.  And will they ever run out of them?

Last I remember they were there in 97-98

Dan Jankowski (spelling?)

22 hours ago, PhillyFanMD said:

Penn State much better than IU, Purdue, or Ohio U

Fake news

I think this will be the case for the foreseeable future.  This isn’t a knock on the bigger guys, but I don’t think a wrestler in the lighter weights can be very competitive on the state level without a lot of year-round offseason training.  I think the size of the weight class differences in the heavier weights allow a phenomenal athlete to be competitive without as much skill level.  When I graduated (late 90’s) if you wrestled in season for 4 years and cut a decent amount of weight you could be competitive in the lighter weights.  However, Year round kids are so highly skilled that the size/strength difference isn’t enough in the lighter weights for upperclassmen to overwhelm their younger competitors.

If you look at the post about “top 3 at each weight” we all pretty much know how the state tournament is going to shake out (just need to know who’s at what weight).  This is a testament to the year round kids.  So yes, at the top end I think the talent is better than ever (there will be some years with exceptions).  Kids/teams/regions without the resources/clinicians/money are going to struggle to make it past semi state.  Many of the top teams have 2nd and 3rd JV teams that are better than probably half the teams in the state. 

18 minutes ago, 1prouddad said:

He gets the 2 seed. 

He wins his 1st match, he’ll square off against winner of RBY/Desanto match. Win there and he gets winner of Lizak/Suriano match to get into finals. 

Sounds easy enough

Broken towel rack was my favorite 

Thank you Leroy!  It has been my pleasure (and our wrestling community) watching you compete and coach an amazing team with outstanding individuals!

On 2/19/2019 at 9:24 PM, JoeCoffey said:

I think this is the correct order

Brayton

Hayden

Joe

Matt

Nick

Sorry, it has come to my attention my post was misunderstood.

I grouped the Lee’s in alphabetical order. 

7 hours ago, BackyardChamp said:

Indiana Lee Rankings:

1. Brayton Lee

2. Hayden Lee

3. Matt Lee 

4. Joe Lee

5. Nick Lee

I think this is the correct order

Brayton

Hayden

Joe

Matt

Nick

Agreed, and he scored 49 points. It wasn’t like he grounded out 3-0 wins.  

0 points is ridiculous.  That is plain stingy.  I knew after watching his semi final match Cottey was going to be in trouble, and that sucked because we were sitting in the Perry section and they have a lot of school spirit/enthusiasm.

I don't see it very close.  If Brewer settles his Friday night jitters, it will be a major.

I need to change my fantasy picks!

“Juiced Era” refers to when prohormones (legal steroids) were allowed.  Think Mark Mcgwire, Sammy Sosa.

DJ pinned everyone but Ian Spearman (I think)

Dang Matt, you suck!