Tyce Freije of Roncalli really impressed me at New Castle this past weekend. To pin that whole field at 120 (which included a number of state ranked wrestlers) really shows that this freshman is legit. With that said, I do think Noehre wins the next one if they meet in a future match up.
Way over on New Castle with Parris, Tonte and Stewart, all of the 106lbers, Webster, Bane, Bailey, Melloh, Jessop, Elijah Bailey and Robert Samuels, Slivka, Viduya, and even Noah Warren. I think any of these guys have realistic shots at winning a title. I'm not saying all these guys will even come close to winning it, but I'm almost positive it will be more than 2. Also, 5 seems a little high for East Chicago.
This is truley an awful draw, but it may not even be the worst one this year! Friday night has some crazy matches, my vote being for #1 Curtis vs #3 Mattingly. 106 is so wide open this year!
Again, I did not mean to offend anyone or criticize the original poster. I appreciate the time and effort that he put into writing out his personal thoughts, and I largely agree with the majority of his views. However, I thought I would take the opportunity to shoutout a hometown kid that has been underrated for the majority of the year. Forgive me for having a differing opinion!
I was using the term "seed" as a synonym for semi state placement. I wasn't trying to knock your thoughts or the talent of Dull, just wanted to say that 182 will be one hell of a dogfight!
I think you are overlooking Jessop of HSE @182. Dull will have to get through him before he even gets a chance of beating Gray, let alone getting a shot at Walton.
Having injury time cost wrestlers a point is counterintuitive. Injury time is in place to protect an athlete's health and safety, and I'm sure many wrestlers would NEVER call injury time in a close match if they knew it was possibly going to cost them the victory. I do believe some uses of injury time are less than valid, but which would you rather have: Kids who aren't hurt calling injury time or kids who are hurt not calling injury time? I cannot speak on this individual match, however, as I was busy watching all the crazy upsets at New Castle!
Sometimes the competitors from these deeper sectionals and regionals are still massive underdogs, considering the quality of some of their opponents. For example, even though Spencer Irick came from a tough regional and sectional, I can guarantee almost no one had him defeating Davison on Friday night.
Anyone else notice how wrestling made an appearance in a Ford Commercial? Great to see wrestling get some publicity during the "biggest night in sports".
Couple notables from the North Montgomery Regional:
106: #2 Seth Johnson (North Mont) vs #3 Brenden Mattingly (Carmel) in the finals
170: #2 Tanner Webster (North Mont) vs #3 Thomas Penola (Zionsville) in the finals
182: #6 Evan Stambaugh (Lebanon) vs #19 Isaac Fruits (North Mont) in the semis
The winner goes on to face #9 Alec Jessop (HSE) in the finals
195: #11 Cole Slavens (North Mont) vs #12 Andrew Williamson (Zionsville) in the semis
The winner goes on to face #10 Liam Jagow (Westfield) in the finals
Some rematches that will be fun to watch if they occur:
126- #9 Adam Jerde (Carmel) vs Jacob Garcia (HSE)
John Gobeyn (Zionsville) vs Alexander Strueder (Fishers)
138- #13 Kody Wagner (Zionsville) vs Noah Robinson (Westfield)
#13 Kody Wagner (Zionsville) vs Tyler Wagner (HSE)
220-#7 Jacob McClaine (Lebanon) vs Joe Myren (HSE)
285- Austin Dollens (Westfield) vs Jack Williams (Carmel)
While I completely agree with you that the way Black went about the whole biting situation was correct and fair , I lost some respect in seeing him throw Rumph into the scorers table. While he may have seemed concerned after the fact, there is no doubt in my mind that it was intentional and that he only seemed "concerned" for Rumph's health because he realized he may have just caused himself a point or even the match.
From most confident to least:
220- Mason Parris
145- Brayton Lee
152- Joe Lee
113- Asa Garcia
120- Ty Mills
160- Brad Laughlin
182-Nathan Walton
126- Blake Mulkey
170- Burk Van Horn
132- Jeremiah Reitz
195- Tristen Tonte
138- Brendan Black
285- Isaiah McWilliams
106- Brayden Curtis
(Note that these are not my picks for who I think will win, but the wrestlers who are currently ranked #1)
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