Nick Dewig

2 hours ago, RaiderColfax said:

I’ve never met a coach that will allow a kid to injury default just to get to the finals. The look our what’s best for their kid. Now I’m not saying there is t a coach out there that would just take the injury default when their kid is fine. But again if it’s serious and they can’t wrestle then forfeit.

Look long enough, I’m sure you’ll find one 

9 hours ago, Fabio Jr. said:

Unless the IHSAA brings back the Real Shaved Ice none of this Kona Truck 6oz of goop bull crap! 
 

 

WHO IS WITH ME!

First time we agree! Such a travesty 

20 hours ago, UncleJimmy said:

Mat 3 track announcers sound cool! One now says he’s selling homes in fort ville? Is the housing market hot there? I kid ..I kid..

The legendary Johnson Brothers from Franklin community Calvin and Cody. Great dudes. Calvin excellent on the guitar and tying Langford Doubles

This will be year 27 in a row for me attending the state finals (first time when I was 4). I’m taking my 4 year old this year for the first time. He could care less about the wrestling, but he has been talking about the shaved ice all week. He said his goal is 9! 

6 hours ago, Ed Pendoski said:

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.

This is a very good idea. This has to come from Doug Welch 

Bump. Still looking for tickets. We will scalp if need be. Seat geek is 3x higher than what we paid last year. Thanks! 

13 minutes ago, mikemorgan said:

Can someone explain why we are not scoring the first round of semi state?

Not reasonably 

Rumor is 25,000 plus

There are takes in this thread that would make Skip Bayless blush..

We missed out on our tickets this year. Let me know if anyone has any they are interested in selling. Thanks! 

125-Tomasello-4

133-Micic-9

141-Nick-10

149-Zain-8

157-Pantaleo-1

165-VJ-3

174-Hall-7

18-Bo-6

197-Rasheed-2

Hwt-Snyder-5

PSU

128

Consistent updates from your dating experiences 

Matt Coughlin 2005

Here is a question I was looking at in regards to the topic at hand. How many kids lost in the ticket round only to become state champion the next year. I can think of 4 off the top of my head.

Cayden Rooks

Dylan Lydy

Riley McClurg

Sam Wilderman

I'm not sure the Ihsaa would lose that much money in admission. Seeing the better wrestlers wrestle more times should attract more outside fans. (I.e. Not parents and family of wrestlers)

Hook and Half did some research for me last year and from 2011 to 2016 I believe there were only three wrestlers who placed at state that got 4th at regionals.

John Sims-2nd

Paul Konrath-3rd

Bailey Shrober-8th

John and Paul both injury defaulted to 4th place their respective years.

The first round of semi state is brutal to watch as a spectator.

Theoretically the first round of semi state has 672 minutes of regulation wrestling.

If we remove the 4th pace finisher, that changes to 336 minutes of wrestling.

We could add wrestle backs from the ticket round on and that would add an extra 280 minutes of regulation wrestling to the tournament.

We could add wrestle backs to third place and actually save 56 minutes of match time. I think it would be much more spectator friendly and it would do a lot to ensure the best 4 wrestlers made it to the state tournament.

I did this on my cell phone so sorry if it is difficult to read or my math is incorrect. Thanks

I would be thrilled if my son grows up and has half the success Ty Mills has had.

25 this year

You missed someone in 2011 I believe

RTC Monday night with 2x state champ and NCAA All American Matt Coughlin. 6:00-7:30

Coach Nick Hull will be running RTC tonight at 6:00. Please bring your USA card, all are welcome to attend.

RTC will be TONIGHT 3-14 from 6:00 CST to 7:30 CST. We will be doing a lot of live wrestling.

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