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106 1. Miller -SA 2. Todd - Y 3. Hutker - Bel 4. Johnson - Nor (I do not see any of these 4 losing and I think you have a clear top 2 where Miller wins handilly, with an entertaining 3rd/4th matchup) 113 1. B. Curtis - Y 2. Zadylak - N 3. Robinson- Del 4. Rupp - SA (Robinson and Ortiz is the best first round matchup but I expect Robinson to take it, no one challenges Curtis) 120 1. Moser - AC 2. Atkins - JC 3. Schliessman - De 4. Tighe - Da (Again I do not see anyone besides these top 4 moving on, with no real entertaining matchups to look at besides the Delta sectional rematch of Schliessman and Tighe) 126 1. Lawson - Be 2. Blackburn - De 3. X. Curtis - Y 4. Shaffer - AC (These top 4 should all qualify with a clear top 3, I like Lawson today with common opponent victories but wrestling is not won with the transitive property) 132 1. Barr - Y 2. Perry - SW 3. Liter - AC 4. Summersett - SA (Great senior/freshman first round matchup in Summersett vs. Wills, I like the freshman in this one. Barr will have some tough competition but I think he wins every match by at least 3) 138 1. Rutter - Y 2. McCammon - MC 3. Fiechter - SW 4. Meiring - WD (Good ECIC rematch of Meiring and Wells, but I think Meiring gets it done again. The match of the weight will be the semi of McCammon and Fiechter) 145 1. Hunt - Y 2. Young - MC 3. Ruble - Be 4. Mounsey - Bluf (Best weight of the tournament where the only thing I know is that Christian Hunt will win, outside of that this weight will be fun the whole day, especially the very enticing Young and Ruble semi) 152 1. Macklin - AC 2. Hiestand - Y 3. Moore - W 4. Hemmelgarn - JC (I like Macklin over Hiestand in the finals in a regional rematch from last year and the other first round matchups are very enticing, any of those 4 guys could qualify) 160 1. Winner - JC 2. Bates - AC 3. Metz -Bel 4. Swanson - WD (A couple of good first round matchups here where Jay County could potentially sweep, Winner pins his way through again) 170 1. Friedt - B 2. Chapman - JC 3. Bell - Cowan 4. Smith - SW (Solid first round matchup of Prybylla and Smith but I like Smith in that one, clear top 3 here where I'll take the Belmont kid in a rematch, anyone of these 3 could win it though) 182 1. Abbott - Mun Cen 2. Gray - Nor 3. Frasher - JC 4. Wright - UC (I think these 4 make it easily to Fort Wayne but I love the rematch of Gray and Abbott again in the finals, I'll take Abbott but don't count out this Knight) 195 1. Pease - Del 2. Lykins - JC 3. Enis - Y 4. Berlanga - AC (Pease will run through this one but the remaining 2-4 spots are up for grabs, I like Enis to be a strong 3rd here) 220 1. Baumgartner - SA 2. Shumm - AC 3. Hare - JC 4. Gerwigg - Bel (I'm calling the sweep here with a very strong 220 class from Jay County, I'll keep the same top 4 finish as well) 285 1. Parsons - Y 2. Swallow - Mon C 3. Shaffer - W 4. Baronick - Bla (Weaker weight here with the loss of Shaw of Belmont and Dunn of Muncie Central pre-sectionals here but I like the Delta sectional to show out with the heavies, same 1-3 finish as last week with Baronick getting by, a lot of great first round matchups though)

106 Todd, Cline, Lee, White (clear top 4 where Todd is the heavy favorite as a senior 106) 113 Curtis, Robinson, Marrs, Cunnington (only 4?? Curtis runs through) 120 Schliessman, Tighe, Barr, Tinsman (Too bad for Abbott of Wes Del as he would have ran through this weight) 126 Curtis, Blackburn, Walker, Hoover (Possibly the best finals match up of the day, I like Curtis in the rematch with some Yorktown adjustments) 132 Barr, Wills, Fox, Thomma (Clear top 2 with Barr pinning his way through, decent depth with an interesting 3-6 finish here) 138 Rutter, McCammon, Meiring, Heskett (Clear top 4 again where Rutter is too much, fun semi with MnM) 145 Hunt, Young, Love, Tinsman (#2 vs #17 in the only state ranked final, the Tinsman vs Johnson quarter is huge) 152 Heistand, Moore, Jones, Wills (Another Yorkie runs away with it with a great semi in Moore vs. Jones) 160 Swanson, West, Duncan, Willis (Solid top 3 here that could have 3 different champs on 3 different days, the Ashburn vs. Willis quarter is vital here) 170 Bell, Caldwell, Brown, Prybylla (Another weight that is wide open but has a clear top 4, Bell is the heavy favorite but you could have 4 different champs on 4 different days) 182 Abbott, Franklin, Wilson, Womack (Abbott will run away with it but the 2-6 spots again are very intriguing) 195 Pease, Minton, Enis, Ullom (Pease will pin his way through but the semi of Minton and Ullom will be entertaining, I think Enis is the 2nd best guy at the weight) 220 C Brown, Ice, K Brown, Thompson (Strong top 3 where Brown of Daleville is the favorite but any of them could bring the title home on Saturday) HWT Parson, Shaffer, Swallow, Hill (if Dunn of Muncie Central was here this would be the best weight by far, but as is you have a strong top 3 where I like Shaffer in the rematch and Parson to avoid his dangerous headlock and start his treck as a future 3 time sectional champ) Yorktown runs away again with their last run of dominance, they may win more titles going forward but not like they will this year and have grown accustomed to

Not sure on Muncies heavy but it definitely hurts them with them already being top heavy! I like hein but Johnson of Marion has looked tough this year, and he beat Hein last year so I’m somewhat basing it off of that... and the 145, 160, and 170 championships look especially interesting this weekend!

Without brackets being released until Saturday, here is my best prediction of champs based on the “auto seeds” 106- Cline (MC) over Johnson (MA) by decision in a close one - I think Hein of Harrison and Barr if Jeff give someone a tough semi but not quite enough to knock of either of these two legit lightweights 113- Patrick (J) over Brubaker (McC) by a “close” decision where Patrick is in no real danger of losing the match - Fab freshmen Bayley of Harrison and former conference champ Dennison of Anderson both give someone pesty semi’s but not enough to knock off the top two dogs 120- McCartney (H) rolls past Williams (A) in the finals by some sort of bonus points - Williams of Anderson and Smith of Marion provide an interesting semi, with the “best” match of the bracket, this weight class is very top heavy 126- Burge (McC) over Barnes (M) by a decisive major - this bracket is top heavy, literally... the 1, 4, and 5 seeds of Burge, Wade, and Walker are the 3 best wrestlers at this weight, making the top half of the bracket the real entertainment 132-Betourne (H) over Williams (A) by pin - Betourne will bonus his way through the weight class with Williams of Anderson and Worley of Jeff providing a fun semi but Betourne is head and shoulder above everyone else here 138- Linder (McC) over McCammon (MC) by a close decision - this weight class isn’t very deep but has a strong top 3, I expect Linder to roll to the finals and the McCammon/Maggard match to be a fun one 145- Young (MC) over Merkel (H) by a few takedowns - This is a fairly deep weight class with the 7 seed being 20-9, but I expect Young of Muncie Central and Merkel of Harrison to cruise to the finals 152- Ruble (McC) over Ruiz (H) by decision - Ruble of McCutcheon and Lucky of Anderson should provide a high scoring entertaining semi for us with Ruble coming out on top, Ruiz should cruise to the finals but his run ends there 160- Adkins (J) over Conklin (H) in a close minor decision - Adkins and Conklin should cruise to the finals where Adkins avenges his earlier season loss to last years conference champ 170- Krintz (H) over Lopez (McC) by pin - in a bit of a surprise here I have Krintz upsetting Lopez and doing so by pin, Krintz has a tough road with Prybylla of Muncie Central and Franklin of Lofanspoet to get there, but he gets it done. Lopez wins in a fun semi between him and Fair of Lafayette Jeff. A weight that could have many different combinations of championship matches 182- Abbott (MC) over Younker (H) by a few takedowns - Abbott cruises to the finals and gets the job done against the Younker/Moore of Jeff winner in a pretty good semi 195- Barron (J) over Lee (M) by a minor decision in a low scoring bout - Barron and Lee should roll to the finals with no one else in the weight class on the same level as them 220- Duncan (McC) over Krider (H) by minor decision - this weight could be anyone’s come Saturday, there are a legit 7 or so guys who could win this tournament, I am nervous to make any big predictions here 285- Krider (H) over Watkins (M) by pin - I fully expect Krider to pin his way through the weight and look forward to the semi between Williams of Jeff and Watkins of Marion, I’ll take last years conference champ in that one though Team score- Harrison should run away with this one with Jeff and Marion coming in at second and third. The only teams that I think have the firepower to sneak into the top 3 are McCuthcheon and Muncie Central Should be a good Saturday of wrestling, excited for another NCC Battle!

Here’s my champs.... 106- Hardcastle (OH) 113- Zadylak (N) 120- Lacey (GV) 126- Blackburn (D) 132- Sanders (JC) 138- Evans (OH) 145- Young (MC) 152- Hemmelgarn (JC) 160- Winner (JC) 170- Prybylla (MC) 182- Abbott (MC) 195- Pease (D) 220- Hare (JC) 285- Schwieterman (CW) I’ve got Jay County with the most champs but Oak Hill with the team victory... any thoughts??

They are posted on this site in rankings.....

Any thoughts on the first set of rankings?? Possible sleepers who aren’t ranked high or who aren’t ranked at all??

I remember this great match from Parris's freshman year. The young freshman vs. the experience senior! It was an exciting 11-10 match in the semi finals of state! Anyways, does anyone have this match or know where I can find it? I would love to see it again!

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106 Curtis West Abbott Rupp 113 Miller Mosser Todd Robinson 120 Stephenson Liter Lawson Perry 126 Curtis Fiechter Sanders Shaffer 132 Hunt Mosser Schliessman McCammon 138 Hiestand Macklin Cooper Beeks 145 Winner Barr Young Bates 152 Rutter Torbush Leonard Laughlin 160 Laughlin Busse Hemmelgarn Bell 170 Baumgartner Pease Hayden Smith 182 Gray Friedt Chapman Goodson 195 Hankenson Reyes Watson Maxwell 220 Maddox Hare Brunner Gerwig 285 Rhoades Shaw Dunn Schoeneman

106: Curtis, Abbott, West, Evens (The semis match of West and Abbott will be exciting and whoever wins between Evens and Tinsman will qualify) 113: Todd, Robinson, Winans, Smith (I believe Todd and Robinson are the class of 113 but just have much tougher schedules) 120: Stephenson, Tinsman, Schliessman, Thomas (Won't be too many exciting matches here, I believe everything will kind of fall in to place as is with Schliessman having some exciting wrestle back matches) 126: Curtis, Blackburn, Hale, Lloyd (The matches to watch here is the semis match of Blackburn and Hale and the 3v6 matchup of Willen and Lloyd) 132: Hunt, Schliessman, McCammon, Meiring (Schliessman and Hunt will cruise to the finals with McCammon, Meiring, and Muzzarielli fighting it out for 3rd-5th) 138: Heistand, Cooper, Jones, Love (Exciting semis match with Jones vs. Cooper here but I think there is a strong top 4 in this weight) 145: Barr, Prescott, Young, Richardson (By far the pest weight class. I love the 4v5 matchup with the winner giving Barr a match and the semis rematch of Prescott vs. Leonard will be exciting) 152: Rutter, Torbush, Green, Prybylla (Very excited for the semi finals matchup of Torbush vs. Green and will be excited to see who squeaks out the 4th spot here) 160: Laughlin, Bell, Huser, Wills (The West Point commit is by far the class here but the semis matchup of Bell vs. Huser is very exciting as well, with the loser most likely getting 3rd) 170: Hayden, Pease, Jiminez, Duncan (Strong top 2 here which should make for a good finals and Jiminez, Duncan, and Hicks will fight it out for 3rd-5th) 182: Gray, Sanchez, Richards, Calvert (Gray will run away with it but 2nd-4th is up in the air) 195: Watson, Maxwell, Alley, Sofronko (Maxwell, Watson, and Alley are a strong top 3 and either of them could win it on Saturday but the winner of Sofronko and Minton should qualify as well) 220: Maddox, Parsons, Campbell, Ice (Maddox will handle this class with Parsons most likely seeing him in the finals but Campbell, Ice, Finchum, and Bell will fight for 3rd and 4th) 285: Dunn, Rhoades, Shaffer, Swallow (Very solid weight class here with an exciting championship match of Dunn and Rhoades but Shaffer, Swallow, and Brown could all qualify)

After about a month of action and seeing where guys are fitting in weight wise, who are the top contenders now?? I've got this as mine.... 106- Black 113- Littell 120- Rooks 126- Cummings 132- Bryant 138- Black 145- Lee 152- Lee 160- Laughlin 170- Webster 182- Davison 195- Davison 220- Parris 285- Ellis

182 is pretty solid too, possibly the best, no clear front runner but real Top heavy with the first 6 or so... Walton, Dull, Davison, Blakeley, Baumgartner, and Gray are all legit title contenders

Any big results from today? Upsets? Surprises? Ranked matchups? Anything??

Who will bring home a gold medal this year?? My predictions are....... 106- Whitman (Upset pick but this weight seems pretty open) 113- Turner 120- Cummings 126- Mulkey 132- Bailey 138- Rumph 145- Lee 152- Lee 160- Laughlin 170- Webster 182- Davison 195- Davison 220- Parris 285- Ellis

Does anyone know the cheapest/most reliable option for getting a High School Wrestling Rules book?

Just curious, how does Indiana decided who represents the state? Is it just whoever finished higher in the state tournament has preference and then they can accept the invitation or how does it work?

After you win a State Championship, especially the 4th to cap an undefeated career and against the #4 ranked dude in the county, then you can showboat as much as you want in my opinion. My only issue is with Red Sr's showboating. I felt like he was trying to make it about him and was stealing the show from his own son.

Just my initial first thoughts after seeing the brackets, little research has been done yet. 106- TR Match to watch: (Herring vs. Miller) Underdogs: (Zadylak & Lechner/Just) My Picks: 1. Curtis 2. Streeter 3. Demien 4. Miller 113- TR Match to watch: (Meija vs. Johnson) Underdogs: (Liter & Whitman) My Picks: 1. Davis 2. Wright 3. Stephenson 4. Meija 120- TR Match to watch: (Glogouski vs. Mosser) Underdogs: (Mosser & Moore) My Picks: 1. Glogouski 2. Langeloh 3. Hunt 4. Mendez 126- TR Match to watch: (Cooper vs. Standridge) Underdogs: (Elmore/House & Barr) My Picks: 1. Meija 2. Becker 3. Franklin 4. Cooper 132- TR Match to watch: (Gunsett vs. Raypole 1st round) Underdogs: Hissong & Raypole My Picks: 1. Rhodes 2. Doster 3. Gunsett 4. Luevano 138- TR Match to watch: (Arney vs. Rutter) Underdogs: (Housholder & Hall) My Picks: 1. Coy 2. Brown 3. Rasler 4. Arney 145- TR Match to watch: (Roberson vs. Hicks/Scott) Underdogs: (Weimer & Heztner/Prescott) My Picks: 1. Laughlin 2. Kerrn 3. Eicher 4. Hicks 152- TR Match to watch: (Levitz vs. Bates & HC vs. Dietrich) Underdogs: (Miller & Bates) My Picks: 1. McCormick 2. Levitz 3. Sturgill 4. Hardcastle 160- TR Match to watch: (Levitz vs. Potter) Underdogs: (Perry & Potter) My Picks: 1. Garman 2. Busse 3. Harrison 4. Levitz 170- TR Match to watch: (Richie vs. Burns) Underdogs: (Moore & Johnson) My Picks: 1. Gray 2. Baumgartner 3. Richie 4. Davis 182- TR Match to watch: (Ault vs. Blakely 1st rd & Kohler/Clem) Underdogs: (Nix & Clem) My Picks: 1. Eli 2. Hankenson 3. Kohler 4. Ault 195- TR Match to watch: (Maddox vs. Hobbs) Underdogs: (Hayes & Baumgartner) My Picks: 1. Davis 2. Elliot 3. Maddox 4. Evans 220- TR Match to watch: (Kilgore/Clark vs. Pier) Underdogs: (Isaacson & Butler) My Picks: 1. Ellis 2. Paz 3. Davis 4. Kilgore 285- TR Match to watch: (Perkins/Lawson & Campbell/Hodge) Underdogs: (George & Montanez) My Picks: 1. Amos 2. Lawson 3. Mammolenti 4. Hodge Obviously I picked a few upsets but the whole tournament won't be chalk. We'll see how it plays out next Saturday.

Anyone see any locked in 4's who should be the favorite over the 1 seed at Regionals this weekend?

106- 1. Curtis 2. Miller 3. Zadylak 4. Mosser 113- 1. Stephenson 2. Wills 3. Liter 4. Schoaf 120- 1. Hunt 2. Mendez 3. Mosser 4. Wable 126- 1. Becker 2. Barr 3. Goodwin 4. Atkins 132- 1. Gunsett 2. Dudelston 3. Richardson 4. Thompson 138- 1. Coy 2. Rutter 3. Brown 4. Macklin 145- 1. Laughlin 2. Green 3. Prescott 4. Bell 152- 1. McCormick 2. Bates 3. Leonard 4. Laughlin 160- 1. Busse 2. Perry 3. Hayden 4. Stuckey 170- 1. Gray 2. Baumgartner 3. Ashley 4. Hummel 182- 1. Kohler 2. Hankenson 3. Pease 4. Reyes 195- 1. Maddox 2. Baumgartner 3. Evans 4. Schumm 220- 1. Brunner 2. Pier 3. Butler 4. Hare 285- 1. Schumm 2. Shaw 3. George 4. Adney

He did pin him at conference but it was a tough match throughout. I can see it going either way the second time around.

I have to admit, I was a little upset with some of the seeds. The two better guys meet in the semi's in a couple of weight classes. Specifically 126 with Barr and House in the semi's (that's the real championship match).

106- 1. Curtis 2. Tinsman 3. Abbot 4. Frantz 113- 1. Stephenson 2. Wills 3. Thomas 4. Smith 120- 1. Hunt 2. Wable 3. Love 4. Hale 126- 1. House 2. Jones 3. Barr 4. Cooper 132- 1. Richardson 2. Young 3. Boyd 4. Thompson 138- 1. Coy 2. Brown 3. Rutter 4. Moore 145- 1. Laughlin 2. Prescott 3. Green 4. Bell 152- 1. McCormick 2. Abbot 3. Duncan 4. Redwine 160- 1. Fox 2. Hayden 3. Hicks 4. Huser 170- 1. Gray 2. Morris 3. Furnish 4. Prybylla 182- 1. Reyes 2. Pease 3. Allen 4. Lopez 195- 1. Maddox 2. Evans 3. Stites 4. Harold 220- 1. Pier 2. Brown 3. Ingenito 4. Keever 285- 1. Watson 2. Heffernan 3. George 4. Dunn

106- 1. Zadylak 2. Miller 3. Mosser 4. James 113- 1. Harris 2. Shoaf 3. Liter 4. Fillers 120- 1. Mendez 2. Mosser 3. Sanders 4. Wynn 126- 1. Becker 2. Goodwin 3. Schwartz 4. Schwaller 132- 1. Gunsett 2. Dudelston 3. Strait 4. Wilson 138- 1. Macklin 2. Barkdull 3. Siefring 4. Compton 145- 1. Gutierrez 2. Beeks 3. Thieme 4. Hemmelgarn 152- 1. Bates 2. Leonard 3. Laughlin 4. Smith 160- 1. Busse 2. Perry 3. Hemmelgarn 4. Stuckey 170- 1. Baumgartner 2. Hummel 3. Ashley 4. McCune 182- 1. Kohler 2. Hankenson 3. Hicks 4. Douglas 195- 1. Baumgartner 2. Schumm 3. Roberts 4. Ostrowski 220- 1. Hare 2. Brunner 3. Butler 4. Baronick 285- 1. Schumm 2. Shaw 3. Adney 4. Ferguson