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I've been to Ford Arena a few times and the phone signal in there is terrible.

Evansville @ 182 Michael Petrole (Franklin Comm 32-7) over Gabe Konerding (Heritage Hills 42-1) 4 over 1 3-2

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Evansville @ 138 Charlie Allen (Boonville 39-8) over Cory Troutman (Floyd Central 24-6) 4 over 1 4-0

in Evansville... 126 Bailey Schober (Greenwood 29-9) over Austin Jamison (New Albany 38-4) 4 over 1 - 11-9 113 Jasi Coureur (Jefferesonville 40-7) over Mitch Lehman (Mater Dei 27-9) 1 over 4 8-5 Not a true upset, but many down here thought the Castle Regional was so strong it would advance all 4 wrestlers That's it so far.

Never in a hundred years? Should be a barn burner match? Doesn't add up. If it's going to be a barn burner, it shouldn't be too difficult seeing it go either way. Without blue and silver colored glasses that is...

What time does the wrestling start Saturday?

Everything is relative, relax. It's a given there is no truly easy road, this is semi-state! Fwiw, I didn't say he had an easy road, I asked because I am not familiar with some of the other wrestlers in his bracket. But let's be straight.. I'd rather have Davis' road than be in the other side of the bracket!

Main Gate Bar and Grill is good. Not sure if it is kid friendly though. Had a good atmosphere and good food, including pizza and is easily within walking distance. 1/2 block away

I'm just a fan, not a coach or a wrestling lifer. My thought is it doesn't seem like this is the first year this type of argument has come up. The bottom line to me is, if wrestlebacks have not been part of the system for a long time, why continue the same argument every year? Seems akin to beating ones head against a brick wall to me. That said, I'd be okay with wrestlebacks, but I inherently have a problem if I beat a guy and then have to face the same guy in a 3rd - 4th place match. How accepted would it be that if wrestlebacks created a rematch from the same tournament (not talking about what happened and sectional or regional) the outcome is automatically determined by who won the first match. I can hear people yelling "hell no" right now, but to me, I'd prefer the current system or one that prevents a rematch. Someone else suggested a 2 vs. 3 match at the end. Not sure I like that, but I'd be open again, as long as there is a rematch clause. If I beat a kid in the semis and then work my ass off and lose in the championship match, how fair is it to expect me to beat the same guy again to hold my position? Can't see it working! Lastly, to keep inline with the thread, a few from Evansville I can think off the top of my head other than Fergusen - DJ Smith are: Devin Broukal - Josh Pierre @ 132 Elliott Molloy - Jacob Brown @ 113 Damon Kuhn - Hunter Fox @ 113 Bailey LaHue - Alex Johnson @ 120 Korbin Karges - Skyler Lykins @ 132 1st Round Tyler Hupp - Austin Spray/Branson Schroeder winner (tough as hell first round match) @ 138 Isaiah Kemper - Zach Batts @ 138 Jordan Partee - Jacob Stevenson @ 152 Cody Helms - Kody Henshaw @ 152 Cole Kreilin - Michael Rynkiewich @ 160 Conner Galvin - Jordan Frye/Alex Schneider winner (another tough opener) @ 170 Garrett Fentz - Larry Shaffer @ 170 Gabe Konerding - Dakota Thacker @ 182 Autry Pickens - Mitchell Sandlin @ 195 Boyd Haley - Austen Pace @ 220 Austin Little - Justin Sampson @ 285 1st Round Who did Sampson lose to last week?

Matchick, was right. I do remember that. Kuhn got caught late. I also remember Kennedy's ticket round match (against Brown, I think, but not sure) that was very tight and a tough. I think it may have gone to OT. I remember feeling that Kennedy was worthy of moving on, but the field was just tough as hell.

126 1. Ticket Round - Tyler Fleener vs. Blake Jourdan. Another tough draw for MD 2. #2, 3, 4 & 5 all in bottom half of bracket. Is the road too easy for Welch? I guess that depends on your perspective. 132 1. Opening Round - Korbin Karges vs. Skyler Lykins. Can Karges knock off another highly regarded wrestler in round one? If he makes it to state, no one can say he didn't earn it! 2. Opening Round - Tyler Meiring vs. Levi Moss. I'm asking on this one. This is a very strong weight from the Castle regional. Does the competition level of facing Johns, Karges, Wedding and Pierre give Meiring enough to upset the top dog? 3. Ticket Round - Devin Broukal vs. Josh Pierre. I'd favor Broukal here, but never count Pierre out. 4. Semifinal - Logan Wedding vs. Levi Moss. Slight disappointment it fell this way because I think most would agree these are #1 and #2 if Wedding didn't suffer an injury earlier in the season. Would have preferred to see this as a possible final, not taking anything away from Lykins and Broukal. 138 1. One thing I noticed is there are two #3's in the SS rankings. 2. Opening Round - Brady Meenach vs. Patrick Schnell. Don't know much about Meenach. Schnell knocked off #10 Charlie Allen last week in the consolation match. Can he continue and take down #6 this week? 3. Opening Round - Austin Spray # 5 vs. Branson Schroeder #3b? Again not familiar with Spray, but record and ranking indicate he is not a good 1st round draw. 4. Ticket Round - Tyler Hupp vs. Spray/Schroeder winner. 5. Ticket Round - Isaiah Kemper vs. Zach Batts. Is it me or do these two ticket round matches feel like semifinals? 145 1. Lots of eliminated guys in the SS rankings 2. Disappointed Molloy and Kelley are in the same side of the Bracket. Doesn't seem right one of them will likely finish 3rd. 3. Opening Round - Brent McCreary vs. Alex Riegel. Once again, my SW IN bias is showing. Does Riegel have a real shot here? 4. Ticket Round - Mike Wayant vs. Logan Weinzapfel. Appears one of these guys will have an easier path to the semis and advancing than most ranked 9 & 10 in the SS. 5. Ticket Round - Neil Molloy vs. Richard Osha. Any chance for an upset here? I know nothing about Osha than he's ranked.

Not making predictions, but thought I would highlight some interesting match ups and brackets. I've done 106-145. Check it out and if it is worth reading, I'll do the upper weights. I don't know the wrestlers as well as many of you do on here so I will ask questions on some and may miss an interesting match up here or there. Feel free to add. I will refer to the SS rankings created here. Insert potential before match every time I am referring to a future match up. 106 1. #1, 2, 3 - all in upper bracket. 2 of 3 will be eliminated before the final. 2. Ticket round - The big match that stands out is the match between Tyler Ferguson and DJ Smith. Sad that either #2 or 3 won't sniff the semi finals. 3. The winner of that bout is rewarded with a semifinal match against #1 Kennedy. 4. 1st round match of Isaac Gomez #6 vs. Cale McCoy #8 113 1. Opening Rd - 1 seed Jasi Coureur (sp?) vs. 4 seed Mitch Lehman. A function of a super strong Castle regional that the seeds are opposite the rankings. Don't know much about Coureur but looks like an opportunity for Lehman to get to the semis. 2. Opening Rd - Jacob Brown vs. Austin Ely? Records are both strong. Does Ely have a realistic chance or is this just a mirage because of the competition Brown has faced? 3. Ticket Round - Damon Kuhn vs. Hunter Fox. Wasn't Fox a SQ last year? 4. Ticket Round - Elliot Molloy vs. Jacob Brown. Are these two ticket round matches the only ones keeping this from being an all-Castle top 4 or am I giving Lehman too much credit? 120 1. Ticket Round - Bailey LaHue vs. Alex Johnson - overall, aside from possibly Lehman, it appears MD did not get very good draws. 2. Semifinal - LaHue/Johnson winner vs. Schoettle - makes #1,2 & 4 all in upper part of bracket. Easy road for Reitz' Davis?

Once again, many thanks Hunter. Is this something you would be in position to do again next week at SS? I had planned to go but a little surgery will keep me from traveling 6 hours to see it. Really enjoyed the SS last year at Ford.

Enjoyed the updates. Again next weekend?

What happened to Wedding? I know he missed some matches. Is he close to 100%?

Where can someone find the full results? Brackets available anywhere?

Help me understand college wrestling a little bit. Why is Jason Tsirtsis wrestling unattached and not varsity for NW? He finished 7th at the Midlands but from what I can tell those are his only three losses of the season. The varsity 141 pounders are .500 wrestlers. Is it as simple as him losing wrestle-offs?

Final AA match 285 - Buss (IL state champ) dec over Abraham Hall 6-2 46-21 team score

195 #2 - Bo Butler dec Peterson (IL) 3-2 220 Tyler Kral dec Watson (IL) 4-3

195 - Harrah (IL state champ) Fall over Ian Early - 1st period Team scores so far not so pretty Class AA - 43-15 Illinois Class A - 33-22 Illinois

182 - Dechow (IL state champ) dec Tanner Lynde 12-8

I liked Ayresman as Izerman myself

McKinley looked at least lackadaisical, esp when on his feet. Maybe he was gassed, but I took note of it early in the match.

170 #2 - Residori (IL state champ) Fall over Darryl Peppers - 1st period An IL match between Residori (3A) and Jackson (2A) would be a great match!