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That really sucks for a kid to get hurt like that and ruin his season, especially a senior . But it was a smart decision for him to stop and not to ruin his arm for life just to wrestle. if you can catch those kind of injuries early and not continue to abuse it they will ususally heal back to normal.

Fc wrestling mom. I apologize for the comment. I agree he is a good wrestler and that why I picked him to win his class. I am sorry this is your sons senior year I know what you are feeling it is a sad time when that happens. I wish him the best of luck as I do all the kids in the tournament.

my predictions: 106 Kennedy hands down 113 Coureur 120 Lahue by pin 126 Jamison Ward has a slight chance 132 Marler- even if he is hurt 138 Meenach and Troutman could go either Way. Troutman only has 24 matches, probably could not make weight 145 Emily 152 Meldrum 160 Franklin- Heron will spend more time on his back than Emily did the other night against Lampe 170 Bagwell 182 McCutchen 195 Bannet 220 Ottersbach 285 Jolly

meenach beat Spray 19-4 two weeks ago

Lahue beat Jamison 8-5. It was a pretty good match

Stuart wrestled at 138 tonight against Spray of Southwestern tonight and was pinned in the third period. He was down 11-3 when he was pinned.

looks like meenach is 6-0 . all pins except 1 and the only kid that has went the distance is Boonville and he beat him 15-2. Troutman is pretty good but he has to get through meenach to make it to Semi-State. I don't dissagree that he might be top eight but I would think you would throw Meenach in there somewhere

SHaffer from Owen Valley was very impressive against Franklin. Franklin hung with him very well. Meenach weighed in at 136 and bumped up to 145 and was very impressive. nobody had anything for him all day 1 forfeit 3 pins and one decision against Booneville and it was 15-2. I think he will be a factor at 138.

Is Marler that big, I figured he would be 138. I don't see the Meenach kid from New Washington on here either. He should be a 32 or 38. Did he graduate?

I would like to let the wrestlers that have made it to semi-state that you have made a great accomplishment. do not let the comments that we make on this site effect your wrestling Saturday. any one at this level can win. The only person that is gauranteed to beat you is the wrestler you think can beat you. good luck to all of you. The great thing about this sport is a win or a loss is nobodies fault or gain but your own. If Saturday ends your high school season don't let it end your hard work. Take the time to participate in USA wrestling and go to all the tournaments you can. Do the work to get to the level you need to be at next year. I bet 90% of the wrestlers at this level have done some USA wrestling.

Sorry,you ar correct, that was a little harsh. I didn't mean to sound like Pierre wasn't beatable. Everyone in the bracket is beatable and after reading my post it did sound that way. There is no superstars in that bracket. There is a alot of talented wrestlers in that bracket and the competition is close.

I agree those boys have beaten each other several times. I think Jamison is a good wrestler but after looking at the brackets he will be lucky to make it to the second round. If he does he won't make it out of the second. He has the ability to capitalize on other wrestlers mistakes (the quality of a good wrestler) but unless one of those kids makes a mistake I don't see him getting out. he had a pretty easy ride to regional finals, and I don't think he had a chance of winning that if Meenach hadn't gotten high on his ride. He took Jamison down with no problems and was holding him there. Holwager has a very hard first match and I don't see him getting past that. Meenach has the best chance with his draw. Brokal is a good wrestler but if Meenach wrestled like he did Saturday he has a chance to beat him. again it is a toss up, upsets happen every weekend at this level. I wish all the boys there good luck.

Yes you are correct sir! sucks having fat fingers.

I agree. We need to shoe the state there are good quality wrestlers in this part of Indiana also.

I don't see any where on here where someone was talking bad about Bailey. He is a very talented wrestler that carries himself very well. predicting that someone will beat him isn't talking bad about him it is making a guess, and that what all these post are, guesses. I am sorry if you were offended and that wasn't the intention of anyone on this site. Every one makes predictions about all sorts of happenings and that is part of life. Some of these "so called adults" you are talking about are the wrestlers themselves. I hope Bailey wasn't offended by someone thinking that he will get beat because that is always going to happen. He carries himself very well and I am sure it bothers you more than it will ever bother him. Every member of the Lahue family I have talked to at wrestling meets have been very good people . There will always be unsportman like people everywhere you go and I seen some Saturday also but there are more good fans in this sport than bad. That is why this is such a good sport.

I don't want to bet money on any of these weight classes. This is what I think 106 Kennedy - Floyd Shouldn't have many problems with this group. Burton - Paoli Lynch - New Albany Nawl - Vincennes Lincoln 113 Whitley - Floyd- I think the win will give him the confidence to win again Lahue- Corydon Schitter - Jasper Graber - Washington 120 Shepherd - Jeff Popp - Floyd Eckert - Jasper Ramirez - Southridge 126 Jamison - New Albany This one is a toss up, any of the top 3 could win, all their matchs are close, so I won't change powerhalfs prediction. Schremp - Jeff Meenach - New Wash Kersteins - Jasper 132 Marler - Floyd it was good match last time but I don't think Griffith can pull it off Griffith - Providence Meza - Washington Chavez - Jasper 138 Troutman - Floyd . Gregory - Jasper Meza - Washington Stuart - Charlestown 145 Mundy - Southridge The "other" sectional gets on the board. Emily - Floyd Fridley - Jeff Kempf - Providence 152 Burnette - Mitchell Browner - Jeff Franklin - New Wash Stenftenagel - Jasper 160 Abell - Forrest Park - looked really good SIWC Kaelin - Providence Dean - New Wash Rice - Paoli 170 Marlin - Jeff I like Marlin and his tough sched in this matchup. Could be Hall Hall - Charlestown Stetter - Southridge Shepard - Paoli 182 Cissell - Washington Has looked really good so far this year. Randall - Floyd McCutcheon - Charlestown Songer - Jasper 195 Curtley - Jeff A beast at this weight class Valenciano - Jasper Schwinghammer - Southridge Lynch - New Albany 220 Andry - Paoli Big Ram should roll Ottersbach - Floyd Hedrick - Washington Leasor - New Albany HWT Phillips - Mitchell Do not make Mongo mad Schoweppe - Southridge Miller - Pike Central Jolley Little - Jeff

why does Humphry only have 16 matches? Was he injured this year? who is his 4 losses to?

I think all the predictions I've seen are close and you never know what crazy things will happen, this is my oppinion. 106 Kennedy Lynch Gray Jones 113 Lahue Whitley Doty Laughead 120 Shepherd Popp Haynes Peavler 126 Meenach Jamison Schremp Strobel 132 Marler Griffith Deleone Crase 138 Gregory Troutman Stuart Lowe 145 Emily Kempf Fridley Dunn 152 Browner Franklin Meldrum Scott 160 Herron Kaelin Dean Thompson 170 Hall Marlin Fernandez Bagwell 182 McCutcheon Randall Lee Spangler 195 Curtley Youtsey Lynch Hoff 220 Ottersbach Leasor Brown Enteman 285 Crawley Jolly-Little Carver Koehler

I figured you would know for sure. That's good.

I agree. something crazy always happens the weekends of sectionals and regionals and sometimes some unbelievable upsets. I believe you are right on your locked in champions I think 126 could go to any of the top 3 , it just depends on who brings their A game. I thought Stuart quit or that was the word at the SIWC. I just hope the seeding to get screwed up and cause some kids that should meet in the finals to meet too early in the tournamnet. It is not good when the real finals match happens the second round and a good wrestler gets 3rd.

I agree 132 would probably be easier, the 126 in that sectional is stacked it will be a toss up between about 3 kids in that weight class. Marler would definately be the favorite and that Providence kid has a chance to but I believe Marler would beat him. I'm sure Meenach would do fine in that class also and I would expect it would be Marler and Meenach in the finals. The New Washington kid that wrestled the Providence kid in the finals at SIWC in the 132 did not give him much trouble.

Jeff Classic performance may have had something to do with competition level. Who did he beat at conference? he beat the kid fron Forest park to get to the finals and then he beat Humphries in the finals, Humphries is a very talented wrestler as are some of the other Southwestern Rebels. The competition was very good at Jeff Classic in all weight devisions but I am was just saying the kid did not look sick and weak this time. I think he has been wrestling at 132 all year and might wrestle sectional at 132 instead of 126 which is a shame because I think it would be a differnt outcome this time. I think his only 2 losses this year was the day of Jeff classic. I think they said his record is 27-2.

the Milan Invitational is this weekend also

some kids I seen this weekend that probably need mentioned was BRyant Haynes from Charlestown it held his own with Humphries of Southwestern. Jared Griffith of Providence at 132 wrestled well this weekend. Meenach won conference at 126, the only one that give him any trouble was Humphries. Meenach must have been sick at Jeff Classic because he wrestled very well this weekend. Jacob Hall was pretty impressive at 170 this weekend also.