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With CP favored to win 5: will any Semi-State have more than CP? That leaves 7 spots for the other 3 semi-states because Costello is favored as well as Brabender. Let'em wrestle it out first then bump your chest as the overall nationally ranked favorite. It will get redundant though really quick.  See people get on me for supporting my alma mater but we've won nothing of late so nobody thinks we're on ish. If you win 6 state titles no one will be surprised or impressed. If we get a placer: we will get all types of adulation. Enjoy the wrestling.

Oh great, this dude has infiltrated our Ft. Wayne safe-space now. 😒

How about the best wrestler that day. He wins he advances. The best have bad days. Not separating so called best kids to please the big programs. Separating big programs only helps them and takes away from smaller programs ability ro have success.

because seeding those events would ignore the performance in the previous round of the tournament.  That would mean that some kid who won his sectional/regional/semi-state could theoretically be seeded lower than someone who placed 4th in theirs because of how the criteria is shaped.  

I just talked to the ticket office at the Coliseum and tickets can be purchased at the ticket office during regular hours.  Today until 5, Wednesday until 7 (PFW Basketball game), Thursday 5 & Friday the lady thought 7 with the boat show going on.
Ticket office will open at 7:15 AM Saturday and doors will open at 7:45 AM for the bull rush to get seats!!  Good luck everyone!!  
#wedemDAWGS 

I just talked to the ticket office at the Coliseum and tickets can be purchased at the ticket office during regular hours.  Today until 5, Wednesday until 7 (PFW Basketball game), Thursday 5 & Friday the lady thought 7 with the boat show going on.
Ticket office will open at 7:15 AM Saturday and doors will open at 7:45 AM for the bull rush to get seats!!  Good luck everyone!!  
#wedemDAWGS 

My Brain be buzzing from typing.... so took a break and came up w/ this gem
 
Is it Saturday yet?!?!?!
 
We got winners
We got losers
Dippers and boozers
We got WildCats
We got Bulldogs
We got angry fathers
And the moms all dressed up in their glitter
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love the FORD
We got Trojans
We got Olympians
Broken-hearted wrestlers and seniors
And we got state placers
We got fighters
Early-pinners and over-timers
And the old timers in letter jackets talk about their battle scars
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love the FORD
I love THE FORD
It's my kind of place
Just walkin' through the front door
Puts a big smile on my face
It’s actually pretty far
Come as you are
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love the FORD
 

Kudos to Snider for getting 8 to semi-state, and I enjoy your steadfast devotion to your Panthers, I have enjoyed watching the Snider program for years.  A wonderful mindset to teach and have but the reality is not always so.  Especially when Tun draws Bollinger, Maple draws Lil Mosier and Prochaska draws Denwan all in the 1st round or with Krouse who has losses to Butt and Broady gets Mosier who has wins over both, then if Maple defeats lil Mosier you have a date with Linser next as if those draws aren’t bad enough Quoi gets to dance with Wood to get through in addition should Prochaska win his first match he gets Jett all ticket round.  We have already talked about Russell and Smith, and while I like Dodson to get through, he has a heck of a ticket round match against Hillman-Conley should they both win their first one. 
Now I don’t have a crystal ball, and this is totally just for fun so I might be completely wrong.  I hope all these wrestlers and the rest of the field win against the scale and stay healthy making the most of their opportunity.
And to answer yes, I wrestled a while ago and I know and believe in the mindset of being the bad draw.  As for last week's results your right, I didn’t foresee Mosier getting beat by Rowles or Trevino losing to Smithley with that being said that is why the matches are wrestled. 

I just talked to the ticket office at the Coliseum and tickets can be purchased at the ticket office during regular hours.  Today until 5, Wednesday until 7 (PFW Basketball game), Thursday 5 & Friday the lady thought 7 with the boat show going on.
Ticket office will open at 7:15 AM Saturday and doors will open at 7:45 AM for the bull rush to get seats!!  Good luck everyone!!  
#wedemDAWGS 

I did this more as a stream of consciousness, so I apologize if it’s a little incoherent and if there are some grammatical errors, but I thought this was something important I wanted to get out there

Till this day I remember my lost at semi state my senior year. I had done everything I could possibly due that summer leading into to make it to state. Well at least I had thought I did, a lot of those kids making It to state and the state podium put in countless hours of practice, have a strong support system, are true students of the sport. 
 
Either way I remember being sad, hurt, and disappointed. However wrestling does not define who we are, winning is awesome, being the best in the state I imagine is amazing, but the most important thing is who we become once it is all said and done. Who are we once we stop competing? How do we carry ourselfes professionally after this? Are we helping the sport grow? 
 
This sport will teach you many things, but I feel the number  one thing it shows you is how to work for something you want. 

Great Story @Adam_glass, great read of perseverance . 

Adam, I have seen you wrestle on several occasions and you always came looking to score, even though you did not always come out on top.  Best of luck to you in the future and all of the LC wrestlers this week.

God is teaching you about character. He has something planed for you later. That is your missing piece.

Felt the same way, great stuff.

I'm sure most of us on here can relate to you in some way, shape, or form. Well said, sir.. 

Great read. Your story is not an uncommon one. Your perspective at such a young age is rare. Keep at it.

Riley Lefever is French for "the fever"

100% Agree Krejsa is on an another level, right up there with Hockaday in Indiana High School wrestling. 

Working on the preview and holy cow... that's all I can say. 

I think it will be interesting this year with a different venue but being down town Indy is a special feeling!!

I know right.  Maybe the old Hickory gym in the back ground??

TAKE THAT JACKET OFF AROUND THIS WRESTLING  FAN!!!!  Don’t invade our space!!!!  #wewantIndyback