backtothemat

Mater Dei sending 9 I believe 

At 182, surely Walker being a four seed ranked #1 could draw someone ranked higher than 7th?

What Happened to Walker from Mish????

Amante was such a sweet, loving & compassionate young man. Miss this bro all the time 😕

From Evansville (if I counted correctly)
Mater Dei 9 
- 3 Champs, 4 2nds, 1 3rd, 1 4th

Brownsburg 7  (missed Haines initially)
3 Champs, 2 2nds, 1 3rd, 1 4th

Avon 4 
2 Champs, 2 3rds
 

Hopefully you keep wrestling at the next level you'd be a great addition to many teams put there. You're def one of the best to never punch your ticket imho.. Regardless I'm sure you're buddy is very proud  and smiling down on you!

He has to stay out of the cradle!!!😀

My money is on Mason.  CJ's quick and all, but I think Mason will wear him down and get the fall in the 3rd.  😉

Thanks for keeping up on Mason!  He weighed in at 253 lbs.  the other night against Iowa.  Last 3 or 4 weigh-ins been at 255.  Love following and seeing all the Indiana boys doing great in College.  I'm Masons dad, Mark.
 

Hi,
Jordan’s mom here.  Had a front row seat and just a good old fashion fly-swatting match.  Wish the match would have continued.  Oh well, I hope we see that kid again!!! Jordan should have been wrestling for 3rd!!! Not complaint tho!!! It was a fun day watching all the INDIANA boys!  We did good!

Stevan Micic will go for a bronze medal at the Euro's today at noon US Eastern time, 6pm local time in Italy. He lost a round of 16 match yesterday to multiple time world medalist Atli of Turkey, 7-5. He then easily worked through the repechage this morning to advance to the bronze medal match against an Armenian who lost 6-3 to Atli. 
 
Micic traded 1-point matches with Atli last year, so he's a familiar opponent. This time, Atli hit a duck to get behind and then launched him for 4 in the first few seconds of the match. From there, he was mostly on his horse and Stevan was never really in a spot to put the match in great question.
 
I don't believe Micic has ever faced the Armenian Jaburyan. He's been around and had some decent results, but he's 35 and this is the first time he's been Armenia's rep at a big event for the last couple years. He's had a couple nice wins in the tournament and fought hard against Atli, but Stevan should be favored to get the win in what should be a relatively tight match.

Deters Sollars finals , Gilbert Ross ..

True.....   now go watch Nick Lee vs. Luke Pletcher!   I just started watching so I'm 15 minutes behind.   Gotta sign off til that's done.  Can't have spoilers!

Sutton was game for that match. He came ready. I’d like to see him versus Haines. 

How about Phoenix Rodgers of Heritage Hills winning the 195 EVV SS? Congrats young man. 

So basically he's Angel 2.0.

Jason Tsirtsis burner account? Wtf? 

I don't know if this counts,  but there was a Bigfoot sighting near the Wabash and Tippecanoe river near Lafayette in 1996.   Lets see the Region top that.

Share a suite with @backtothemat ...the year I shared one at State with him he wore knee high socks and stuffed a 12 pack in them! I kid of course...it was 20 airline bottles of Evan Williams. 
 
Actualy $100 which is $4.16 a beer (that BallU degree..education redefined!) ain't bad considering it's $8-10 cup at most events it's sold. 
 
Remember..if you're paying for a suite and you gotta cheap out on the beer..you shouldn't be in the suite...amirite?? 

You can watch the East Chicago Semi State Free at facebook.com/regionsports or regionsports.com.....Mike Reiser and Josh Morgan on the call all day.

I don't know if the Attica example makes sense. Attica moved from Crawfordsville to Lafayette Jeff sectional in 2018.  Yes they did a little better once they got there.   But you say they had more success because the L Jeff is more balanced, but the L Jeff sectional is rated higher in the Genius team state qualifiers grid in 2019: Jeff=4 and Crawfordsville =3 so fair to say a stronger sectional.  In your theory, wouldn't that have had the opposite affect?   What do you mean by balanced?  Yes,  Attica did improve results  once they got into the L Jeff sectional,  but that's because there team got better before they got to the sectional  and were on an up peak cycle. Just my opinion,  but Attica's success was more due the strong group of kids developed around the coaches son.  It didn't have anything to do with the sectional they were in. They would have had similar and probably better results if they stayed at Crawfordsville. 
 
Not to be contrarian,  but take North Posey which is the hottest small school going right now. Didn't they win the 1A team.   Due to there geographical location,  they have the misfortune of being in the same sectional as Evansville Mater Dei.   To be statistically real,  they have very little chance of ever winning  that sectional.   But what ever they're doing,  and its not winning local sectionals, its really working as they're a bright spot.  
 
Just curious what was the breakout of percentages in the Logansport two sectionals over 10 years.

It probably doesn't matter , but is an interesting conversation too me . I don't see how balancing out some sectionals a little is a bad thing. It would give some kids a better chance to move on in the tournament and maybe light a fire in them. Which to me is a good thing for the kids and the sport over all.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Couple year's ago I brought up the idea of combining the Sectional and Regional Tourney into one tournament.
 
I don't have the numbers in front of me, so don't nail me to exact details.....
 
We have one of the largest regionals (most number of teams) and I'm thinking it's like 24ish teams.
 
You'd have to have a round of 32 in theory....most weights have more than 8 ffts if you combine sectionals.  That would be a quick round.
 
Seed top 12
 
Friday night: Rat tail matches (I believe the number was around 10 matches total).  Then have the round of 16 right after.  If you lose any of those, you're done.  
 
Saturday morning run an 8 man tourney with wrestlebacks.
 
When I looked at it I thought it would help with the ref shortage and make the state more money with less work.  It would also shorten the season a week, which might get us in the conversation of semi state wrestle backs down the road.

Does it really matter?  If only four advance to SS from Regional and there is a very lopsided Sectional, you are still
giving the top four from the stronger sectional opportunity to finish top four at Regional.  Or is the argument that the fifth place finishers at the stronger sectional could make Regional if in the other sectional?  That’s a weaker argument IMHO to shaking up sectionals. 

1st Period
4 takedowns by Dickens and let him up 3x for an 8-3 score.
2nd Period
Dickens deferred, Fuqua chose top. Dickens escaped in about 20 seconds.  Takedown, let him up, then a fireman's and dump to his back for the last takedown before the fall.  Score was 13-4.
 
Fuqua also lost the 3rd/4th Place match to JaCorey Miller of Father Ryan (TN)
 
Dickens has been really good this year.  His only two losses were both 3-1 to the same guy from Harrison, OH at the Mason OH Invite.  Eli beat Elliott Rodgers that same day 9-3.