swortman

Well we are planning for it to be a go. If we are able to pull it off we will likely be one of the first bigger events to take place.
 
We may stretch the event to two days.

What about a Getting to Know article/interview every so often? Find a random school, wrestler, coach, assistant and just ask to interview them? Whether it's video content or even an article, it might help their program get a little more recognition. I mean the people that frequent the board have an idea of what coaches are doing and how some of the top talent is doing, but what about some of the smaller schools or guys that seem to fly under the radar.
Or even some video content of Team Indiana practices, road trips and tournaments, similar to that of what FloWrestling use to do. Always fun watching those.

Heard West Lafayette had a kid not go to conference because a dance choreographer was coming to town that day to hold a clinic or something lol.
It was my mom

Welcome Crown Point!  Remember, The Spartan Classic is at the Spartan Bowl located at the Connersville Middle School at 19th and Grand Avenue NOT at Connersville High School.

When is the seeding meeting?

“That’s a position for our girlfriends, not for us!”

“That’s a position for our girlfriends, not for us!”

So, I was wondering how this turned out. I will list the seeds how they finished......
 
106 - 1,3,2,4  Minor
113 - 2,1,3,4  Minor
120 - 1,2,3,4  perfect
126 - 1,2,ns,3 Minor
132 - 3,1,4,2  Minor
138 - 1,2,3,ns  Minor
145 - 2,4,3,ns  miss
152 - 1,3,2,4  Minor
160 - 3,1,2,4  Minor
170 - 1,3,ns,2  Minor
182 - 3,1,2,4  Minor
195 - 1,2,3,4  perfect
220 - 1,ns,4,ns miss
HWT - 2,4,1,3  Minor
 
I was wondering how this compared to other sectionals so I did a small sampling. I judge them on perfect, missed, or minor. Perfect, obviously meant the seeds were all correct. Missed meant that either the 1 or 2 seed didn't place and/or there were to non-seeded wrestlers that placed. I used 4 sectionals Lafayette Jefferson, Twin Lakes, Plymouth, and Penn just because they Lafayette Jeff/Twin Lakes & Plymouth/Penn meet at Regionals.
 
            Lafayette Jefferson                   Twin Lakes                    Plymouth                     Penn                        Average            Without LJ
 
            Perfect  2                                  Perfect  3                       Perfect  2                    Perfect  5                      3                         3.3
 
            Missed  2                                  Missed  2                       Missed  1                    Missed  1                      1.5                      1.3
 
            Minor  10                                  Minor  9                          Minor  11                     Minor  8                        9.5                      9.3
 
1 (1st)       8                                              8                                      10                               11                             9.25                    9.7
2  (1st)      3                                              6                                       2                                 3                              3.5                      3.7
3 (1st)       3                                              0                                       1                                 0                              1                         0.3
4 (1st)       0                                              0                                       1                                 0                              0.25                    0.3
 
1 (2nd)     4                                              4                                        2                                 3                              3.25                    3
2 (2nd)     4                                              7                                        9                                 9                              7.25                    8.3
3 (2nd)     3                                              1                                        2                                 2                              2                         1.7
4 (2nd)     2                                              2                                        1                                 0                              1.25                    1
NS (2nd)  1                                              0                                        0                                 0                              0.25                    0
 
1 (3rd)      1                                              0                                        2                                 0                              0.75                    0.7
2 (3rd)      4                                              1                                        2                                 0                              1.75                    1
3 (3rd)      5                                              8                                        7                                 9                              7.25                    8
4 (3rd)      2                                              4                                        1                                 2                              2.25                    2.3
NS (3rd)   2                                              1                                        2                                 3                              2                         2
 
1 (4th)      0                                              0                                        0                                 0                              0                         0
2 (4th)      2                                              0                                        1                                 1                              1                         0.7
3 (4th)      2                                              1                                        3                                 1                              1.75                    1.7
4 (4th)      7                                              5                                        5                                 7                              6                         5.7
NS (4th)   3                                              8                                        5                                 5                              5.25                    6
 
Didn't place
2 - 1 seeds (1 LJ, 1 TL) 56 (1 seeds)/2 = 3.5% didn't move on
2 - 2 seeds (1 LJ, 1 PN) 56 (2 seeds)/2 = 3.5% didn't move on
8 - 3 seeds (1 LJ, 4 TL, 1 PL, 2 PN) 56 (3 seeds)/8 = 14% didn't move on
18 - 4 seeds (3 LJ, 4 TL, 6 PL, 5 PN) 56 (4 seeds)/ 18 = 32% didn't move on
 
Total seeds not placing
LJ - 6 (10.7% didn't move on)
TL - 9 (16.0% didn't move on)
PL - 7 (12.5% didn't move on)
PN - 8 (14.3% didn't move on)
Average 7.5 Without LJ average is 8
 
So, I guess at the end of the day it really didn't make much of a difference. Biggest difference was LJ had more seeded wrestlers move on, but their seeding was not as correct (mostly in 2nd/3rd seeds).

Here is the ever popular(really I hate saying that) report of forfeits at sectional. 
 
Past forfeits
 
Year FF Schools Avg
2011 617 312 1.98
2012 681 312 2.18
2013 649 312 2.08
2015 740 308 2.40
2016 860 308 2.79
2017 845 310 2.73
 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1krfJOL8VwuS33WW30KkI6rtHlL-lhu2QhNUcp4Hw8AM/edit?usp=sharing
 
It looks like for the first time in a while forfeits are down, hopefully this trend continues.

Seth Wortman Benton Central Jr. High Head Coach