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Man, I MISS Bob & Tom!

I just got cold reading that!

Layne Horn vs. Nate Rioux on Mat 1 right now is the first biggie.

Update: Great match with Rioux pulling it out 4-2.  Some will call it an upset.  I think it was a tough draw for round 1, but not an upset.

 

I don't know of a HS gym with nice comfy padded seats like the Ford Center either.  I know when I have attended and been there the whole day, my butt thanked me!

Hey TrackG, why do none of the brackets have links to the wrestlers profiles for this event?  The Evansville SS was done the same way, but at least the day of (or night before) the event they were all linked.  Just seems like someone missed that big time.  Not sure who is responsible for that.

Wow that Stits-Todd match!

Layne Horn vs. Nate Rioux on Mat 1 right now is the first biggie.

Update: Great match with Rioux pulling it out 4-2.  Some will call it an upset.  I think it was a tough draw for round 1, but not an upset.

 

I think this year was somewhat of an anomaly.  The Evansville and surrounding area teams weren't as strong this year.  The strength of this tournament was from schools farther away.  Even Mater Dei who qualified 13 and wrestled 11 due to injuries wasn't having one of their strongest years.  It wasn't hard to tell that they would likely get no more than 5 kids through to State.  With only 11 (I think that's what someone posted) wrestlers from the Castle Regional moving on to State, that had to affect #s.  This event has been streamed since 2016 or 2017 (maybe '18) so it's hard to just blame that, though I'm sure it has some effect.  I wasn't there this year and don't know if the contingents from BBurg, CG, CE, Avon, etc were normal or down a bit.  I'd just chalk this one up to a tournament dominated by 2 schools, both of which are 3 hrs away.

Found it!  Here is the match on video.  FF to the 42:17 mark to see this wild match!

Tyler Fergusen vs. Defending State Champ Jeremiah Reitz - Friday Night 2015 - FF to 42:17

Found it!  Here is the match on video.  FF to the 42:17 mark to see this wild match!

Tyler Fergusen vs. Defending State Champ Jeremiah Reitz - Friday Night 2015 - FF to 42:17

Man I wish you would have not put a space between Lay and Out in the title.  For a good 5 seconds my brain was trying to figure out who Mat Lay is before opening the thread to find out why he was out!   

And this landed in my recommendations feed on You Tube, so I figured what the heck, let's watch some wrestling.  Nothing like a little throwback wrestling to entertain!

2015 Indiana State Finals 1st Round Mat 4

And this landed in my recommendations feed on You Tube, so I figured what the heck, let's watch some wrestling.  Nothing like a little throwback wrestling to entertain!

2015 Indiana State Finals 1st Round Mat 4

Man I wish you would have not put a space between Lay and Out in the title.  For a good 5 seconds my brain was trying to figure out who Mat Lay is before opening the thread to find out why he was out!   

Found it!  Here is the match on video.  FF to the 42:17 mark to see this wild match!

Tyler Fergusen vs. Defending State Champ Jeremiah Reitz - Friday Night 2015 - FF to 42:17

2015 Indiana State Finals - 1st Round Mat 3

Completely unbiased take: that was the best year at State. 💍 

Man I wish you would have not put a space between Lay and Out in the title.  For a good 5 seconds my brain was trying to figure out who Mat Lay is before opening the thread to find out why he was out!   

And this landed in my recommendations feed on You Tube, so I figured what the heck, let's watch some wrestling.  Nothing like a little throwback wrestling to entertain!

2015 Indiana State Finals 1st Round Mat 4

He most definitely is.  The wrestlers who have given him problems are ones that are equally defensive and a bit more offensive.  Jordyn Raney (KY), Aden Reyes (3-1), Ashton Jackson (3-1), Bryson Terrell (TN 2-0) and Toby Billerman (5-3 SV, also note he beat Billerman 1-0 this year), Evan Dickey (1-0) in the past 2 years.  Personally, I'd like to see him open up a bit more against top guys, but I'm not his coach and don't see him wrestle daily, so maybe that's not his best shot.  He wins a lot of tight matches too and does open up at times.  Just looking forward to seeing him go again this weekend.  I'll be curious if he can get a little payback against Reyes Saturday morning.  So far he is 6-2 the last 2 years at State with Sat. morning being the bugaboo.

Man, Seng is good. Sat in the chair for that one and he is extremely difficult to score on. Best to Seng as he wrestles this weekend. 

Beautiful last second throw by Luke Kemper!  Down 7-6 with time winding down, Kemper gets the takedown to back for a 2 and 2 as time expired to beat Andre Merritt 10-7.  Merritt had been very impressive all day.  Heckuva match!

Keith Parker (Ben Davis) wins 9-7 SV1 over Josiah Dedeaux (TH South) in a helluva match!  Throws left and right in this one.  Dedeaux led 6-1 after hitting a headlock going into the 3rd period.  A double leg takedown and then a throw to his back brought Parker back to tie it up at 7-7, taking it into SV.  Dedeaux tried a throw in SV but couldn't finish it and Parker got the takedown for the win.  

Great match to go back and watch if you missed it!

2014 - if the link below does take you straight there, find the 120lb weight class
 
2014 IHSAA State - 120 Weight Class

Just went back to look, hoping to see if video was available on TW.  It's not.  But, the scoring is there and you were really close (close enough not to change your greater point).  Sink was up 12-1 and 14-4 in the 3rd period before Alex Johnson got a reversal and then the fall with :11 left.  I remember it was crazy!

Of course, Johnson finished 6th and then was "rewarded" the next year by injury defaulting to 4th at SS and then drawing Chad Red after Bracket-gate on Friday night. Johnson had one loss in his Senior year going into SS.