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106 - Cummings v Rooks

W: Cummings

113 - Hildenbrandt v Turner, Pepple v Luigs

W: Konrath

120 - Ferguson v Reitz (Was looking forward to Bailey v Egli until bracket got changed)

W: Hudkins

126 - Red getting in a weight class that he won't automatically dominate

W: [Yawn....] Red

132 - Coy v Ellis

W: Lee

138 - James v Lee

W: James

145 - Covaciu v McCormick

W: McCormick

152 - Forte v Kemper

W: Forte

160 - Koontz v Hughes, Gray v Helm

W: Hughes

170 - Lydy v Harvey (Would have liked to have seen Harvey v Stevenson)

W: Harvey

182 - Shaffer v Osborn - winner v Hinkle

W: Hinkle

195 - None

W: Tonte

220 - None

W: Woods

285 - None

W: Streck

Just a few thoughts before I move on to state

 

Miranda came up big against Hunt at 106, great match

 

AJ Dixon was a nice surprise

 

Bethel was HUGE although I did want to see the Lee vs. Lee matchup.

 

Todrank - guy has a lot of energy but doesn't seem to use it very well.   sure wish he would go after lee and not back up the entire match.

 

Luigs gave Konrath a great match, almost pulled it off.

 

still not sure what happened in Johnson Molloy match

 

Elmore stepped it up big time

 

AVON stepped it up and won a lot of critical matches.   not sure what the tiebreaker criteria is .

I thought many of the refs at the Evansville semi-state seemed "lost" & unsure of the rules/what calls to make. I saw a lot of faces I didn't recognize, so I am guessing this was the first time at Semi-State for some of these guys.

Brownsburg! Wow - Impressed with these young studs & just as I was thinking to myself "what the heck happened at Brownsburg", I caught a glimpse of the coach and had my "aha" moment - with Schneider @ the helm this team will just continue to improve and impress.

Luigs held his own with Konrath & impressed the hell out of me - great top wrestler & he's just a sophomore!!!

Nick Lee proved that he should have been a "Ford Tough Lock" just like his brother Joe.... and Austin Bethel - well, he just showed Evansville what happens when you underestimate someone - and again - just a sophomore!!!! Bethel v B Lee was so exciting - I did feel a bit bad for B Lee, as someone earlier said, "the crowd went wild" - but everyone loves the underdog!!!!

AJ Dixon - nice surprise! Great showing from him @ semi-state and he had a great fan base!

Avon - had a great showing & rumor has it they have some incoming freshman studs, so I'm sure we will be seeing a lot of them in the coming years!

Johnson and Stevenson both defaulting in heated matches. My prayers for both of these seniors - want to see them both healthy & competing @ State!

Yes, Luigs is a Soph. but Konrath is as well. Konrath was obviously babying his leg that everyone was grabbing, including Luigs. Not saying in any way that I don't understand why the leg was being grabbed. In almost every situation it was a good defense to the countless shots Konrath got off on Luigs. However, I have watched Konrath for years and that defense wouldn't have stopped him unless he were babying the leg. I also would like to say that Luigs in no way ever looked as if he might score an offensive point. This is not even bringing to light that Konrath scored an obvious two points that was inexplicably taken away by the ref. Never the less, this was not a close match. Konrath controlled it like a smart wrestler, protecting an injury against a formidable opponent.