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Lecount down by 1 with 30 seconds left, gets a reversal and locks up the inside cradle for the pin with 10 seconds on the clock. Wow
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Sinkovics over Cottey 5-2, Forte and Lecount up now
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Notable wins/upsets from the holiday tourneys 27-28
fwrestler replied to ontherise219's topic in Past Discussions
At Mooresville: 126: McCormick (Yorktown) over Belden (Westfield) 1-0 152: Kelley (Evansville Central) over Carroll (Yorktown) 5-2 -
He is currently in surgery, any and all prayers are welcomed. He is in the thoughts and prayers of the Homestead wrestling family as well.
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So why is it that IU can't land our premier wrestlers in our state?
fwrestler replied to Jayruss's topic in Past Discussions
So you admit that IU is a below average Big 10 team (putting it nicely), but argue that they compare favorably to "mid-major" DI programs. However, the Big 10 comparison is the only one that matters. The only schools that the best of the best Indiana wrestlers are considering are Big 10 schools or other schools on the same competitive level (Big 12, etc.), and the fact remains that in comparison to those schools, IU is not a good program. As an IU student, I don't have any inside information and only follow the team casually, but I will say that I can probably count on one hand the number of times I have heard a positive statement about the head coach. -
Kind of surprised no one has brought this up yet. For the 2016 Olympics in Rio, one weight class will be cut from men's freestyle and greco, and two will be added to women's freestyle, meaning there will be six weight classes in each style. According to the AP, FILA proposed the change in order to "create more equality as wrestling tries to remain in the Olympics for the 2020 Summer Games." Is this good for the sport or not? And which weight class will be cut? In my opinion, it would make the most sense to merge the 55 and 60 kg weight classes into a 58 kg class in order to avoid even larger gaps in the middleweights than there already are.
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What a throw in his last high school match... Wow
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And with that post, it looks like the discussion is pretty much closed, haha. Crazy that there have been 45 different weight classes over the years.
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Once again, I'm extremely impressed with the stats that you obviously have saved in an Excel document on your desktop. However, if you were at least semi-intelligent, you would realize that you completely missed the point of my post. Of course, on AVERAGE (there's a statistical term for you), upperclassmen generally have the upper hand on underclassmen from weight to weight, due to "experience, physical maturity and mental maturity," as you said. However, if you actually look up from the statbook and watch wrestling, it is obvious that at the state level, the large majority of the underclassmen at the lighter weights are more skilled than the large majority of the upperclassmen at the heavier weights. This is simply due to the fact that a greater PERCENTAGE (there's another one) of lightweights spend much more time developing their wrestling skills than do heavyweights. I'm sure you could do a statistical analysis of all the posts on this site begging for wrestlers to fill upperweight spots on teams competing in offseason tournaments to prove that point. My question was why you automatically consider the lighter weights to be weaker than the heavier weights simply because they consist of a greater number of underclassmen, all of whom are "factually" inferior to upperclassman heavyweights (according to you) only because underclassmen don't "account for an equal amount of placings and qualifiers at state" across all weights. I know you have a much more firm grasp on numbers than common sense, but sometimes it'd serve you well to use the latter.
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Just one more quick question, why are juniors and seniors automatically considered "better" wrestlers than freshmen or sophomores? Here we go again with the lightweight vs. heavyweight debate, but I can't resist saying something every time it comes up. Just to keep this post somewhat on topic though, I'll go out on a limb and say that, as a freshman, Jason Tsirtsis was a more skilled wrestler than any heavyweight that has ever wrestled in Indiana at any point in his high school career. Edit: Powerline, you might have just become my favorite poster on this board.
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This might be the most immature and pathetic d!#k measuring contest I've ever seen on the internet, and that's really saying something.
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This is true, but did Alex have the resume that Jason does at this point in his career? Jason just gave the national champ a heck of a match at the Midlands last season, losing 7-5. Of course if he struggles with injury everything changes, but if he stays healthy I don't see how he won't get at least one national title.
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Jason Tsirtsis beat a soon-to-be Junior Freestyle champion at the state tournament as a freshman and a former DI national champion in freestyle as a senior... Hard to argue with those kind of results. Although for my money, Andrew Howe was the most dominant wrestler I've ever seen in Indiana.
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Another couple of classic "we don't want to spread any rumors" posts that actually make the rumors worse by not specifying what allegedly happened. Why even bring it up in the first place?
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Any specifics on what happened? This has piqued my interest
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Seven pages on the Fort Wayne semi-state in July??? Never thought I'd see the day...
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On a side note, I thought it was kind of bush league when Taylor started pounding the mat before he even got up after the tech was called. I can appreciate the fact that he views beating Howe as a significant accomplishment, but it was a third place match and he and Howe hadn't even separated yet... as they say, "act like you've been there before." But that didn't hold a candle to the poor display of sportsmanship put on by Metcalf at the end of his championship match against Oliver. He is truly an a$$hole.
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So you're saying Howe got "caught???" Sorry, wrong answer, that's never happened in the history of wrestling. Taylor is by far the superior freestyler as evidenced by that match.
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I just figured he could make 141 because he's wrestling at 66 kg, which is only a 4 lb jump. Has he stated that he's leaning toward wrestling 149? If he does, it looks like his biggest obstacle would be Kendric Maple, and they had a close match at the Midlands this past season.
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I'm incredibly excited to watch Tsirtsis wrestle next year. I think he easily makes the podium at NCAA's and might even challenge for the title if Stieber doesn't bump up to 141.
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Regardless of whether or not people should bring up wrestlers' weights on the message board (a topic I'm not really interested in), I don't think this statement is true, at least in the 106-145 range. The whole point of the rules regarding weight cutting are to make sure kids aren't cutting a ton of weight.
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Wasn't trying to badmouth you or perpetuate any rumors, was just legitimately curious. Pretty impressive accomplishment to make such a big jump and win a title, especially giving up weight like you did. And as a Fort Wayne-area wrestler at the time, it was definitely exciting to see someone represent the semi-state well at the state level.
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Did weight cutting have an influence on why he sat out? I remember that being the rumor at the time, and with how much he jumped up it seemed to make sense.
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If I remember right, there was a kid named Stahl from Elkhart Memorial that was around 145 as a sophomore, quit for a year because of the weight cut, then came back to win a title at 189 his senior year.
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How Matt McDonough celebrated his Big Ten runner-up finish
fwrestler replied to ENoblewrestling's topic in Past Discussions
I think it's pretty disrespectful to Delgado... you got beat fair and square, man up and take your second place medal. I understand the "runner up is the first loser" mentality Iowa has, but to act like you are too good for second place after being dominated for the second time is arrogant and a display of poor sportsmanship toward your opponent. I've read that he has requested for the medal to be returned, so it sounds like he regrets the decision, but a fifth year senior who's been wrestling at such a high level for so long should know better. Delgado has had to stand below McDonough on the podium in the past, and now it's McDonough's turn. Gable didn't pull a stunt like this in public after he lost the final match of his college career.