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Has a 1A team ever won state?

Most parents would be disappointed, and I totally agree with DecBell on this one.  It would discourage teams to just participate in Team State if they only have a 2 match guarantee.  I think it discourages teams currently from getting a 3 match guarantee. 
  Its comes off as arrogant and elitist to only have the top teams advance, because everybody knows the top teams who will likely win  because  wrestling is pretty damn predictable ,  especially when you have Maligned applying his logarithims to it.  And its going to be the same blue blood teams who get all the coverage anyway.    So the Brownsburgs, Avons, Cathedrals, WCs, EMDs and PMs  get their press and coverage and limelight, and they dont want those other teams, that are not as well known,  taking a little bit of the attention and lime light.   KIeep in minds,  theres different expectations out their for every team in the state.
News for you MattyB,  there's  a bigger wrestling world out there.   There's programs due to the socio- economic status,  will not ever be a tier 1 team.   But these programs have goals that are different than Avon's and Brownsbug's.   These programs love taking their long shot at the big teams,  but they know the odds are stacked against them.     But they also know that,  maybe placing top 8 or top 10 or even winning a match at team state would be big deal.  Maybe they cant beat a top 5 team,  but they have a legit shot against a top 20 team.   And when you funnel down the bracket,  the matches at the top get competitive, the 7th and 8th place match is also just as competitive and 11th and 12th place could be a dynamite dual as DecBell mentioned.     It comes down to expectations,   it would be a big downer for Avon to wrestle in the 11th place match if that happened.   But, for a team that gets that rare shot to qualify for state,  they want to enjoy that moment as much as they can and prove that they can wrestle.   Besides,  if it was any other weekend,  having two top 20 wrestle would be a big thing.
Last year, my sons former high school team  made it to team state.  They normally don't go and they new they had a 0% chance of winning it as they were unseeded.  But they got there and enjoyed the 3 matches and actually won one,  and were really disappointed they didn't get their 4th match.  They brought a big crowd and got hotel rooms in FW and were into it.  And most of  all, they were  extremely disappointed at not getting a  shot  at wrestling a team in their bracket  affiliated with an administrator on Indianamat that had made some  funny and extremely colorful posts about them on Indianamat.    They could  of had  a shot if they would wrestled the 11th or 9th  place match,  and it would of been a great matchup and very good dual (IMO).
 
 
 
 

Quantity might not matter for Avon at 3A, but it sure makes a heckuva difference in 1A and 2A. Even though these are the best of the small schools, there are still many wrestlers there that would benefit from more matches, rather than quality. 

I’ve been editing quite a bit the last couple days, but it’s kinda pointless to update on a Friday when we all know they’ll be shaken up a lot on Saturday.
Expect them Sunday evening or Monday morning.

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Congratulations to Hunter Reed from Columbia City for signing with Findlay. He is projected to wrestle 165.

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Feels ridiculous to me.  Garrett has overshot their expectations the last few years.  Unseeded and placing 7th, with two injured starters two yeas ago. This season we were seeded 4th and placed 2nd losing 37-33 to Wawassee.  So, when in vote in consideration you don't vote the returning runner up who has exceeded expectations the last two, three seasons actually...seems pretty illogical.  The "we want new blood in the tournament" would be a pretty crappy argument.  

Finally, someone else on here who gets it. 

No ones is talking about it but I thought this was the best match of the night. They really went at it and left it on the mat. I want to say congratulations to Conner for getting it done when most people thought that Nathan was the favorite. Great match guys.

Connor Graber captures 1st title in his high schools history and he wrestled lights out! Jordan Raider from Peru was exciting in every match that kid had something to prove!

No ones is talking about it but I thought this was the best match of the night. They really went at it and left it on the mat. I want to say congratulations to Conner for getting it done when most people thought that Nathan was the favorite. Great match guys.

I have to agree with you. I thought this was the best match of the entire night. Glad to see the kid get a State Title for that school.

No ones is talking about it but I thought this was the best match of the night. They really went at it and left it on the mat. I want to say congratulations to Conner for getting it done when most people thought that Nathan was the favorite. Great match guys.

No ones is talking about it but I thought this was the best match of the night. They really went at it and left it on the mat. I want to say congratulations to Conner for getting it done when most people thought that Nathan was the favorite. Great match guys.

No ones is talking about it but I thought this was the best match of the night. They really went at it and left it on the mat. I want to say congratulations to Conner for getting it done when most people thought that Nathan was the favorite. Great match guys.

I just wanted to recognize a great wrestler with great sportsmanship. Jed Levitz from Prairie Heights. He fell short of going back to state for a 3rd time. After his lost he was a class act, handling it like a true champion,shaking hands and congratulating the other wrestler 2 times. A great example of what wrestling and a great coaching staff has taught this young man. Congratulations on a awesome high school wrestling career.  

Not the most by any means.... but proud to say 1a Central Noble sends 4 to the bank and tie for 2nd in the team race. Proud to be a former Cougar! 

Yes. They should be posted sometime soon. 

Will the scores be updated again now that regionals are completed.

Here are unofficial 1A Team State Qualification scores through sectional. They remain unofficial because Evansville semi-state teams haven't gone through a full cross-check and because we are trying to get the facts about Indianapolis Public School consolidation plans for next year that could affect the classification of a couple teams.
Remember from previous years that 1A scores are very significant already at this stage. All of the contenders for one of the 10 automatic bids already have good scores at this point and no one will score large amounts of points from here on out.
Rank Class 1A Teams Score Left 1 Prairie Heights 174 12 2 Attica 166 10 3 Adams Central 162 11 4 Wabash 161 10 5 Frankton 158 8 6 Eastside 154 7 7 Knightstown 153 11 8 Churubusco 152 4 9 Centerville 143 7 10 Shenandoah 141 8 11 Central Noble 139 10 12 Eastern (Pekin) 138 8 13 Boone Grove 136 6 14 North Posey 134 9 15 Milan 130 7 16 Cass 129 6 17 Southern Wells 126 5 18 Tell City 125 6 19 Elwood Community 123 5 20 Indianapolis Scecina Memorial 119 2 21 Carroll (Flora) 116 2 22 Triton 116 6 23 Triton Central 114 5 24 Lapel 113 3 25 Eastern (Greentown) 108 6 26 West Central 105 6 27 Alexandria Monroe 105 3 28 South Adams 104 7 29 Rossville 103 2 30 Lafayette Central Catholic 102 5 31 Bluffton 102 3 32 Delphi 101 1 33 Eastern Hancock 101 5 34 Madison Grant 99 4 35 North White 98 7 36 Daleville 98 6 37 River Forest 96 5 38 Seeger 95 1 39 Hagerstown 93 6 40 Cambridge City Lincoln 89 5 41 LaVille 87 5 42 North Putnam 85 1 43 Southwood 85 3 44 Winchester Community 82 5 45 South Spencer 79 5 46 Tri-Central 77 3 47 North Knox 76 5 48 Clinton Prairie 75 0 49 Crawford County 75 4 50 Lake Station Edison 74 3 51 Parke Heritage 74 2 52 Northfield 74 4 53 Hebron 73 2 54 North Newton 73 5 55 Fountain Central 73 1 56 Paoli 73 3 57 Union City 73 2 58 Sheridan 72 2 59 Cascade 72 4 60 West Washington 71 1 61 Southwestern (Hanover) 70 3 62 Monroe Central 66 3 63 Winamac Community 65 5 64 Woodlan 64 2 65 Clinton Central 63 3 66 Tecumseh 63 3 67 Northeastern 58 4 68 Union County 58 1 69 North Miami 57 2 70 North Judson-San Pierre 55 3 71 Faith Christian 52 1 72 Whiting 52 3 73 Indianapolis Lutheran 51 3 74 Providence 51 4 75 Cowan 51 4 76 Fremont 50 2 77 Frontier 49 2 78 Indianapolis Arlington 49 1 79 North Vermillion 49 2 80 Wes-Del 49 4 81 Cloverdale 48 1 82 South Putnam 48 0 83 South Newton 46 1 84 Westview 44 1 85 Indiana School for the Deaf 42 2 86 Tri 39 3 87 Caston 39 1 88 Wood Memorial 38 1 89 Mitchell 36 2 90 New Washington 36 2 91 Switzerland County 36 1 92 Forest Park 34 1 93 Covington 33 2 94 Providence Cristo Rey 32 2 95 Bremen 31 2 96 Oldenburg Academy 29 0 97 Randolph Southern 25 1 98 Pioneer 17 1 99 Indianapolis Broad Ripple Magnet 17 0 100 Wapahani 16 1 101 Taylor 14 0 102 Tri-County 9 0        

106 TEUSCH, SHEARER, PRATER, VEGA
113 SHEARER, SMITH-GOHEEN, JUST, KUHL    SHEARER IS THE TOP DOG BUT THE OTHER SPOTS ARE UP FOR GRABS.
120 STANDRIDGE, WERTMAN, BURNS, CORNWELL    WATCH OUT FOR BURNS HE COULD SUPRISES EVERYONE AND WIN THIS WEIGHT CLASS.
126 HALL, SAYLOR, FRITCH, GETTY  
132 HAUGHT, SCHROCK, WEIBAKER, BUSZ
138 BURNS, STONESTREET, SCOTT, MAGGARD
145 LEAZIER, GARRETT, MCKINLEY, COCHRAN      
152 ARNEY, LEEPER, FIELDEN, GROVER     THIS ONE WILL BE FUN TO WATCH WITH ARNEY THE FAVORITE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET YOU HAVE FIELDEN A FARGO AA AND LEEPER WHO CAN PIN ANYONE AT ANY TIME. THE WINNER WILL HAVE A SHOT AT ARNEY, A RETURNING STATE QUALIFIER.
160 REED, HICKS, BAKER, BESSESEN     THIS WILL BE ANOTHER GREAT ONE, REED IS WRESTLING LIGHTS OUT AND WALKING THREW ALL THAT HE FACES. HICKS AND BAKER WILL BE BATTLING TO SEE WHO GETS A CHANCE TO FACE REED IN THE FINALS.
170 MINNICK, HILLS, BYMAN, BERGMAN      MINNICK IS PEAKING AT THE RIGHT TIME AND IF WERE LUCKY HE WILL TREAT US TO A FINALS LIKE HE DID LAST WEEK AT CONFERENCE WHERE HE DISMANTLED A 2 TIME STATE QUILIFIER 27-11.
182 RUCINSKI, BEVIS, HOLLY, WILSON
195 DAVIS, AGNEW, SMITH, DEBOLT
220 SMITH, WICKER, MILLER, GRAFT    THIS ONE COULD GO A NUMBER OF WAYS, SMITH IS THE FAVORITE, WITH THE OTHERS PRETTY EVEN AND EXCHANGING LOSES. WHO EVER COME READY WRESTLE WITH A LITTLE FIRE IN THEIR BELLY COULD PULL THIS ONE OFF.
HWT LEEPER, HATHAWAY, RENNAKER, MUELLER     THIS ONE IS LEEPERS TO WIN. HE HAS ALREADY BEATEN THE OTHER TOP SEEDS AND IS READY TO DO IT AGAIN AND STAND AT THE TOP OF THE PODIUM.
 
THE TEAM RACE IS ALSO UP FOR GRABS THIS YEAR AS WELL. CARROLL WHO HAS WON THIS SECTIONAL FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS DOWN THIS YEAR AND GARRET IS READY TO STEP IN AND TAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP NORTH A FEW MILES. EASTSIDE AND HUNTINGTON NORTH COULD ALSO HAVE SEVERAL CHAMPS AND BE CLOSING IN ON THE THOSE TOP DOGS. SHOULD BE A FUN DAY OF WRESTLING. CAN HARDLEY WAIT TILL SATURDAY.

I couldn't disagree more.  There are tons of kids who don't want to lose every match as freshmen that can be very good wrestlers as juniors or seniors.  I want that kid around to find out what they can become and to give them a chance to be a part of the team.  A big freshman can't be treated like a senior - they are two completely different animals.

I think the big problem is that they spring this rule on us with less then two weeks till sectional seeding. If their going to make a change do it before the season starts so we can know what to expect. Also maybe we should add regional qualifier ahead of win percentage. They make all these changes that people are split on but the one that has 100% support, wrestle backs all the way threw the state series, they won't do. I just don't get it.

You can add them yourself. Just go to the results section. Then individual results and add the wins and score. Just takes a couple of minutes.

You can add them yourself. Just go to the results section. Then individual results and add the wins and score. Just takes a couple of minutes.