We are very shocked that Mitch didn't get selected. We figured McCutcheon would be on PA team and he is ranked 1 (Mitch lost a 3-2 match to him 2 years ago at super 32), Mattiace is ranked 3 at 195 and he is wrestling 220 in the dapper dan.
Mitch is ranked 4th on Intermat, Berge is 6 on Intermat. The only thing to note that Berge has done outside of Minnesota is getting 2nd at Fargo once. Just some of what Mitch has done outside of the state of IN.... he has won Fargo 4 times, Fila Cadet National Champ, 5th at Fila Cadet Worlds, 2011 Fila Cadet AA, 3rd at 2011 Super 32, USAW Folk National Champ, AA at Fila Juniors (Mitch had to get a medical waiver to compete because he wasn't old enough) and he beat a lot of D1 college wrestlers.
To us it doesn't make much sense, and Sliga isn't happy about it. Mitch has already signed with Northwestern and doesn't have anything to prove to anybody. It would have been nice to have been selected, but I am sure he will just use it as motivation and prove everyone wrong at the collegiate level!
The bottom line in my opinion is Indiana guys just don't get as much credit as they should.