formercollegekid

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So this year's state tournament was "fine" and you are no less a state champ, placer, or qualifier if you went to this one than if it was held at indy or somewhere else. However blindly acting like it was all sunshine and roses is silly. Evansville as a city did great. Most people found criticism with the IHSAA leadership. They could have moved the state tournament. Do it the same time as swimming. Ncaa does it all the time especially at the D2 level. It's a great atmosphere. . . It's also cheaper for most schools. 1bus, better hotel rates, AD only has to be in one place. Communities love it. Ihsaa leadership wanted to be at all the state events. Even came out and stated travel to and from the different sites on competition day was not something they were interested in doing. I think some of you would feel differently if your loved one was competing in this tournament for possibly their first and/or only time. Easy to blow off poor planing and tickets problems if you already have a "hookup" or you don't mind spending $102 on tickets. moving wrestling was the path of least resistance. Wrestling is a second class citizen in Indiana. It probably won't change until we get a "wrestling guy" on the ihsaa staff. So was this year's state tournament perfect? ? ? No... is it time to move on? Definitely Ps. Shout out to this 2024 class, Guys like May, Leavell, Ison, and Myers only got one "normal" year 2021- no fans present 2022- split parade of champions 2023- Normal year**** 2024 moved tournament

@Y2CJ41 did our subscription just start over? Had access all year and now I don't

Anyone selling ncaa tickets? Or have a idea on where to buy them from.

Poway California and Edmond North Oklahoma are the 2 top public schools. Wyoming sem (1) and Blair (2) are the top ranked teams in the country. It's behind a paywall for most, so I get why it doesn't get seen be everyone. But that's why it's super impressive and important to give credit were it's due. I feel like @Y2CJ41 does a good of posting about it on X (Twitter) when he can.

https://www.rokfin.com/ranking/3515/Fab-50-National-Team-Rankings-3424 It includes all schools public or private, state and prep national teams. The rankings are managed by Willie (aka the brain) and Josh (themat.com) they are what I would call the most accurate/ real rankings in the country

Looks like Indiana will finish with 3 teams ranked in the top 25 in the country. Big congratulations to Brownsburg, Center Grove , Crown Point. For context has Cali has 5 and Pa has 4

This is what I've been talking about for years. When was the last time the champ and runner-up team came from the same place. Throw in a very good Avon and a bunch of "small school super teams". Zero place to hide and good kids absolutely get left behind in that regional. Also look at the numbers and then realize that Franklin Community should be in that regional. This was the first year they weren't. Annnnnn wow o wow they suddenly have 9/10 semistate qualifiers. Franklin has always been good. It's just a meat grinder of a regional. Everyone complained about how the Perry regional got altered and the good teams that got added. (Those teams are great btw) and still with the added teams it still didn't get to the level of Mooresville (minus a good team) The crown point regional is tough because Cp is in it. The Perry regional just got tougher. But they still fall short of Mooresville by a lot. It's honestly kinda ridiculous the ihsaa let's it continue. Yes it is a soure of pride for those that have to deal with it, but that doesn't always make it right or fun.

Last update all 3 teams are top 25 in the National rankings.

Interesting take. So LaRocca, VanderLuitgaren, Courtney, Krejsa and Johnson are all boring? Wow, not sure who you are, but you must be dominant in wrestling and just a physical specimen, scoring at will. Sounds like you just didn't like the outcome of one match or weight class. I get it, its hard to watch people you like lose but also with center grove bringing so many kids to state, simple math would say that not every kid on the team every match would be up to your clearly high standards.

But why? I'm surprised Warren Central is seeded below Mater Dei ?

Correct, crazy too because some of that talent must have stayed with west central. They just got the 2 seed at team state.

Dude had to come through 2 semistates in the same year. #Mooresvillesemistate

Totally agree, the strength of a team is the sum of all parts not just the superstars. FSU got hosed they should be in the college football playoffs........

Yall have a nice quiet drive home now. Be safe on the roads. Brownsburg, Center Grove, and Cathedral all played them significantly closer. Or did you mean they would only score 3? Hey @DawgPoundRed I like your conference, truly. But now you gotta take your lumps and all the light-hearted jokes. Ps. Mt. C by 6 this year on 1-12-24