5_CrossFaced

I'm not fired up until I press this button! But honestly, would love to know the breaking point of when people would consider class wrestling and how far we have to go for people to realize we need to look at a change.

As stated in another thread, at what point do we trash tradition?

Would losing 25 programs do the trick? How about 50, 100, more?
 
Would participation levels at an all-time low do it?

One word... right or wrong...
 
Tradition

Danny Williams - Justin Mora?

Mendez/Boarman in the semifinals. Probably the final nail in the coffin for Mater Dei's chances at a team title. Ouch.

Is everyone sleeping on Dull at 152? 

I did really well in my Jay County Regional picks, so here it goes...
 
106: Tishner, Rowles, Weimer, Clark
113: Ruble (and then the rest...), Brooks, Brady, Martin
120: Sprague, Wood, Lewis, Puckett
126: Bertsch (and then the rest...he looked outstanding the last 2 weeks), Olsen, Kinnick, Higgins
132: Heath (and then the rest...), Stroud, Baker, Litchfield
138: Arthur, Gerencser, Hooley, Tuttle
145: Chacon (and then the rest), Abbott, Shepherd, Levits
152: Currie, Ulrick, Hardcastle, Jones
160: Hilger, Johnson, Buchanan, Farnell
170: Porter, Myers, Lundy, Morris
182: Brege, Summersett, Lockwood, Thompson
195: Heyerly, Khaoucha, Lepper, Grider
220: Clifford, Hinton, Beck, Dilbone
285: Erb, Muncie, Orr, Villafuere

106 Tishner, Eckman, Malott, Rowles
113 Ruble, Brabender, Brady, Brooks
120 Pucket, Sprague, Wood, Belt
126 Bertsch, Olson, Higgins, McCormack
132 Stroud, Heath, Baker, Hawkins
138 Miller, Hooley, Gerenser, Lounsbury
145 Levitz, Shepherd, Chacon, Abbott
152 Currie, Ulrick, Stockman, Dull
160 Buchanan, Lone, Jones, Sheets
170 Myers, Lundy, Porter, Morris
182 Summerset, Brege, Lockwood, Thompson
195 Lepper, Khaoucha, Heyerly, Jenkins
220 Dilbone, Bills, Clifford, Higgins
285 Erb, Muncie, Villafuerte, Orr
 
 
 

no certain order just top to bottom of bracket
106 Rowles, Eckman, Tishner, Weimer
113 Cornewell, Brooks, Brady, Ruble
120 Veatch, Wood, Lewis, Sprague
126 Uhlman, Bertsch, Olson, Dedman
132 Stroud, Clark, Litchfield, Heath
138 Hooley, Gerencser, Tuttle, Arthur
145 Chacon, Levitz, Abbott, Sheppard
152 Jones, Ulrick, Hardcastle, Currie
160 Hilger, Jones, Buchanan, Johnson
170 Morris, Myers, Porter, Lundy
182 Brege, Thompson, Summersett, Page
195 Lepper, Heyerly, Khaoucha, Grider
220 Dilbone, Hinton, Clifford, Beck
285 Orr, Muncie, Erb, Villafuerte

106: Tishner, Rowles, Weimer, Eckman
113: Ruble, Brooks, Brady, Martin
120: Wood, Sprague, Veatch, Lewis
126: Bertsch, Krejsa, Uhlman, Dedman
132: Heath, Stroud, Ltichfield, Clark
138: Arthur, Gerenscer, Tuttle, Hooley
145: Chacon, Abbott, Shephard, Levitz
152: Currie, Ulrick, Hardcastle, Stockman
160: Johnson, Lone, Jones, Buchanon
170: Porter, Myers, Lundy, Morris
182: Brege, Sumerset, Thompson, Lockwood
195: Heyerly, Khaoucha, Lepper, Grider
220: Bills, Higgins, Clifford, Beck
285: Erb, Muncie, Loudon, Orr
 
Top 5 Teams (Alphabetically): Bellmont, Carroll, Jay County, Oak Hill, Western

Rosbottom vs jankowski.

Hello:
 
Portage is excited to be hosting the Indiana Frosh-Soph North Qualifier. We hope that all will follow the below rules for the event.
 
Frosh/Soph State Qualifier: 
 
February 14th, 2021
 
COVID-19 Protocol & Procedures 
 
Schools attending will only be allowed 3 coaches for the event.  Also, each athlete will be allowed to designate two attendees for the event. The attendees can only be the parents of the wrestler participating in the tournament. The Coach of each school attending needs to designate the person(s) attending via email by Friday February 12th, 2021. (andrew.bradbury@portage.k12.in.us)
 
All attendees MUST wear face masks. Athletes will be exempt from this when they are warming-up or competing.
 
If you are not feeling well, experiencing symptoms or may be at a higher risk for getting very sick, we recommend you stay home.
 
Each person entering the event will be subject to a screening for COVID-19 symptoms.
 
In order to encourage social distancing there will be extremely limited seating, it is highly recommended that spectators bring their own "camp" chairs for seating. 
 
Spectators from different households must always be seated 6’ away from each other. 
 
A designated monitor will be assigned to ensure social distancing and mask wearing throughout the tournament. 
 
There will be no physical interaction with the referee. The referee will maintain 6’ distance as much as possible. Handshaking and normal match procedures such as raising an athlete's hand will be eliminated from this tournament.

Wait!!!... the AD is Ben Wissel? The same one that wrestled at Purdue and coached at Duke??? He’s the AD at New Castle? If that is him.... does he come in and wrestle? That dude is awesome. 

Thinking about the Warren Central lineup and its 11 senior starters got me thinking: what's the highest number of senior starters a team has ever had? Really, 6 or 7 is a high number to have. Having 11 is about the highest I can recall. Anybody have that many or more that they remember?

Does Eli Dickens vs. Alex Mosconi in 2017 count?   I'd say yes.  

I was going to suggest Tyler Fergusen 54-1 of Reitz vs. DJ Smith in 2013, but then noticed they had freaking wrestlebacks and there was no Ticket Round in 2013!  What they hell??  How did I forget that?

AJ Black vs Sammy Fair 

Exactly 

Should of put a bigger emphasis on the yet I guess.

That’s good, cause I know Ike and the rest of the 113lbers have been slacking. 

McCartney Parkinson just got the worst draw in the history of this tournament on paper. Wow. 
 

I know and understand that Hardcastle has dreams of being a State Qualifier and that is why I said nothing negative about him. What I was frustrated with was that Josh wasn't given the opportunity because of a "Caution" and a questionable one at that. I was not impressed with the Oak Hill coaching staff and how they handled the situation and am pretty sure they are aware of that. I am sorry for the subtle comments I will make them clear! 
 
Ryan Landis - head coach at Southern Wells if that wasn't clear?? 

I appreciate all those comments made. I was at mat side. The referee signaled a false start, the Oak Hill wrestler was tended and their was discussion taking place between the head coach of Oak Hill and the referees along with one of those in charge refs. I am not being critical but what I would have liked to have seen would have been that the ref would have signaled the “false start” on him, given the appropriate “recovery time” and then let the match continue. That would eliminate some of the more negative effects.

There was a rule change a few years ago where if a kid was injured on a false start and couldn't continue that they would win via injury default. It was a good rule change for instances where a false start causes an injury to an opponent.
 
This situation is very interesting as it was a ticket round and the injured wrestler recovered enough to win semi-state.

Beeks started on Mat 2’s whistle and got a caution for it. I saw it clearly while watching the Berne Witness live stream. 
 
 
I didn’t think it was a caution if you went on another mat’s whistle.