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Calhoun a national finalist!! 

11 minutes ago, Darrick Snyder said:

I know it happens at all semi-states some, but there were so many state placer level dudes left in Evansville.  Not just from Brownsburg...studs going down for a lot of schools.  It is freaking brutal - win your regional and draw into a top ranked guy who lost to another top ranked guy.  Lose at regional to a state high placer and draw into another high state placer.  This is always a concern for any semi-state, but it is freaking bananas at the Evansville Semi-State.

150 was infested with talent in ECSS, 6 kids in that bracket were ranked in the top 16. 3 of the 4 placed top 6 on Saturday. Just an absolute stacked bracket. 150 was a tough weight class across the state this year.

Wrestle backs is the answer to all the problems. 

3 minutes ago, hogleg said:

 

Great write up.  Only mistake I saw is that Origel is from North Newton.  

Thats my mistake, i must've looked at the regional hes out of and put that instead. Thank you

3 minutes ago, Y2CJ41 said:

It's tradition, why make it easier to qualify for state? Are we really wanting all these kids to be soft and have wrestle-backs? Man up and work harder, then you don't have to worry about a supposed bad draw.

Making wrestle backs doesn’t make kids soft? For example, should Hunter May or Tommy Gibbs not be able to wrestle back to the state tournament? The number 2 and number 3 kid in the state aren’t qualifying because of poor tournament structure. I’m sure Hunter and Tommy both have worked as hard as they possibly could. Again, tradition doesn’t justify IHSAA not looking at different routes to produce the best state tournament possible. I understand there won’t ever be a “perfect” tournament but there can 100% be more effort put into giving us a better tournament series.

3 minutes ago, Y2CJ41 said:

It's always been that way, why change it now? It's a part of our history and the lore of wrestling. If we change it we will never have the topics such as the worst ticket round matches. No one here is smart enough to figure out cross bracket consolations with potential "blood round" matches.

 

It's the most exciting round, if we change to wrestle-backs then it's just a normal boring round of wrestling. I probably wouldn't even go to semi-state if they had wrestle-backs.

 

Just work harder and be the bad draw.

 

Life isn't fair, sometimes you're the hammer, sometimes you're the nail. Deal with it.

The idea that “ it’s always been this way why change it now” is an odd way to look at it to me. I get the excitement about the “worst ticket round matches”. But this isn’t about spectator excitement. this is about the best 16 kids making it. Until there is a change you’ll never have the top 16 of each weight on the state floor. I can appreciate you love for the randomness and exciting semi state matches. But just because it has been this way doesn’t mean it shouldn’t ever change. 

6 minutes ago, mcnorthcarolina said:

Beck had an 8-7 match with Kennedy. Rhinehart pinned him. Rhinehart owns that wieght class in East Chicago

again, the names aren’t in order of what i think they’ll place. just my pick for the top 4, either way i’m excited for beck vs Rhinehart

So I will start this prediction off with a warning, I will be showing some biased towards my kids. I think that is common knowledge as most people would assume. I like to think my kids can beat anyone if they wrestle well. Also these are not in place order just who i think the top 4 will be. So now that we got that outta the way, here are my predictions.

106

Mason Jones

Alonzo Chantea

Teigan Newell 

Kolby Robinson

106 is a weight that I personally think there are only 3 real locks. Mason Jones is the obvious top dog at this weight. Coming at 32-0 he is having a pretty impressive senior year. Last year placing 5th at the state finals with his only loss being Nathan Rioux. The next lock is Alonzo Chantea, this kid is having a year that I dont think anyone expected. As it stands he is 42-2 and his only losses are to John Bissmeyer and Justus Thrasher. Alonzo was put out last year at regionals at 113. Now to be a top 16 ranked wrestler in the state is impressive to say the least. I'm excited to see he and Mason Jones in the finals this weekend. The next lock is Teigan Newell he is currently 17-8. Currently he is ranked number 13 putting on a good freshman season for Crown Point. He has lost to Chantea this season at the Al smith 11-4. Teigan and Alonzo will meet in the semis Saturday. Next I'm not sure, I think the last ticket will come down to Kolby Robinson and Grant Holloway. I'll admit I do not know much about Kolby he is currently 43-2 having himself a great freshman year, I have seen Grant wrestle a few times this year. Grant is currently 17-4 and if I'm not mistaken 2 of those losses are to Chantea.  I'm not sure what to expect of this match. But I think im going to lock in Kolby Robinson of Rensselaer.

113

Lewis

Harper

Halfarce

McNees

113 is our next stop of weights. Im kind of in the same boat as 106 when it comes to who I think punches their ticket. I think the two most obvious are Gavin Lewis and Brady Harper. Two very tough freshmen from two very good programs. This is a match that I hope we get to see Saturday evening. The next kid is Bryce McNees. From what I have seen out of McNees this year it wouldn't surprise me if he punches his ticket. Very tough wrestler with a mission to end his senior year with a trip down to Evansville. But he will have a test with Rensselaer Centrals Beck Doughty. This junior is currently sitting with an impressive 42-5 record. Im excited for this ticket round match for sure. The last quarter bracket will lead us to Mario Orueta and Caleb Halfacre. This is a match up of number 14 and number 18. These always excite me because of the amount that's on the line. One senior and one a junior makes more a heck of a match. In the end I think Halfacre walks away with a ticket, but I wouldn't be surprised if the outcome was reversed. 

120

Jendreas

Aubin

Dallinger

Origel

The more I write my predictions the more I realize the competition level across the board at all weights is tight. I believe Jendreas and Aubin are 2 locks for obvious reason. Just sucks that they will have to meet in the semis, I really wish that was the finals match. The 3rd quarter bracket is an interesting one. Ryan Schmidtendorff looks great this year but will run into Crown points Adrian Origel. This is one of those matches that could go either way IMO so picking one is tough. But if I had to put marbles on one of them I would put them on the senior Origel. Lastly I'll take the senior Aiden Dallinger, currently he is 33-2 and if im not mistaken he has past state experience. A senior with a mission to make it back is a scary senior. 

126

Bennett

Maldonado

Horn

Hawkins

I think 126 is the most clear cut and dry so far when it comes to who is punching their ticket. Starting with Bennett, he will more than likely have Wyatt Strickler in the ticket round and this comes down to two hungry seniors. Im going to put my marbles on Dylan Bennett. Next is a hard one for me, Obviously Plymouths Coen Kramer is one of my kids and he has wrestled Maldonado twice this year.  The first time Maldonado won by points and the second time was by fall. I'm not making excuses for my kid or taking anything away from Matthew but neither of those matches was Coen healthy, with that being said I'm excited to see this match again with both kids hopefully at their best. Lastly, Hawkins. Not much else needs to be said.

132

Demarco

Robson

Rivera

Wright

I think we all can agree that Demarco is the clear number 1 in this weight class. Sitting at 40-0 his senior year, he has put on an impressive campaign so far. I wouldnt be surprised to see him under the light in Evansville. The next quarter bracket is actually really interesting. We dont have a single state ranked wrestler in this weight. First round is a tough draw for Drews and Fritz. Two tough kids with impressive records this year. Drews has lost to Demarco and Sessa this year but it wasnt without a fight. His lost to Demarco was only a 1 point difference and the Sessa match was a 2 point difference. Fritz does have state experience being a qualifier last year. This is a bummer of a match to have first round. On the other side of the bracket there is Seth Wright. Senior with a record of 34-8. Having a good senior year and hoping to punch his ticket before the shoes are unlaced. Either of these 3 kids can make it through, it's going to be an exciting match up in the ticket round for this quarter bracket. I'll take my chances with Dalton Robson in the next quarter bracket. A sophomore with a 30-5 record. Currently ranked number 25 in the state, he will have Devin Basham of Rochester. Devin is a tough kid and wants to cap off his senior with a trip down to Evansville but it will be a tough match between Basham and Robson in the ticket. Next is an unfortunate quarter bracket. Number 6 and number 8 are meeting in the ticket round. These are the kind of matches that make me hate the way semi state is ran. No wrestle backs mean one of these potential state placers aren't going to be punching their ticket. With that being said I'm going to take the Junior from Lake Central Guillermo Rivera.

138

Shepherd

Smith

Reid

Fritz

Here we are at a weight where in my mind its a pretty clear picture for our 4 qualifiers. Shepherd is putting on one of the most impressive freshman campaigns that I can remember. Ranked number 1 in the state. Beating Kyrell former state champ and state place winner Wesley Smith at the Al Smith is as hard as it could get. So hats off to Clinton for that. With that being said Im showing biased here again, Wesley Smith is that kid who has been working to get back the only loss he has this year, that coming from Shepherd. This is another example of poor work on the IHSSA. These two kids are the obvious number 1 and 2 in the semi state and will meet in the semis. Either way an exciting match that I cant wait for. Next Im taking Luke Reid who is 22-1 and ranked number 10. I dont see anyone in this quarter bracket stopping him. For my last pick give me the undefeated senior Drake Fritz. Number 19 in the state with a pretty 40-0 record is something to be proud of.

144

Huyvaert

Stanley

Kirksy

Walker

Again another weight where the top 4 seem very clear. Jeffrey Huyvaert is putting on an absolute amazing season. He has done everything you could do this season. He now holds the single season takedown record. The only thing left to do with get his hand raised saturday night down in Evansville to have a perfect season. A tough match to watch first round is Christopher Firebaugh and Michael Ortega . This is going to be an excting first round match. Avery Stanley is the next pick for 144. 36-3 ranked number 17 and only a junior. Having an impressive year and i see him punching his ticket this weekend. Marlone Kirksy is having a great junior year currently sitting at 33-2 and ranked 12th. This is a sleeper kid who could be a placer down in Evansville. And to wrap up 144 is Zar Walker. Zar is a senior on a mission to end his high school career with a win under the light down in Evansville. He has looked good so far this year and has the potential to go very far.

150

Harper

Kasprzak

Bohn

Smith

Man oh man, this weight class breaks my heart. With 5 ranked seniors who are all capable of being state placer and on top of that 6 kids in this weight are ranked top 16 and we will lose a couple of them. This will be the weight class to watch Saturday. Please IHSSA let this bracket be an example of why we need to run things differently. But, onto my predictions. Wesley Harper and Jayden Lewis is an exciting match up. Two tough kids with state experience. Sucks to see one of these kids not punch their ticket. Wesley is a physical upper body wrestler with a leg riding top game. Jayden is a very technical and efficient wrestler. This is such an exciting match up and I cant wait to see this.  Next is a little easier of a pick with Chase Kazprzak, he has losses to Bohn, Smith and harper, but he got the draw to avoid all of them. So I see him punching his ticket. The next match up is undefeated Christopher Bohn and Wyatt Davis. Another one of those electric match ups. Two top 16 kids battling it  out to punch their ticket. I going with the undefeated senior from Munster. Lastly the most unfortunate draw of this weight class. Two top 10 wrestlers who both were one win away last year from being down at Gainbridge. This is a match up that intrigues me. Caydn Smith is a bull on his feet and has been a hammer on top this season. Kaptur Nowaczyk is a counter wrestler and a backpack on top of kids. I think this is a close competitive match all the way through. But again, Im taking the Plymouth kid Caydn Smith.

157

Van Tichelt

Pellot

Frost

Brabender

An exciting weight where the number 1 and 2 are separated and will meet in the finals. With our first ticket puncher I have Griffin Van Tichelt. Ranked number 10 I think its safe to say he will get through his quarter bracket. He will have a senior from Rensselaer Central. I never count seniors out. They are wrestling with nothing left to prove, that makes anyone dangerous. Next Pellot is gonna cruise through his quarter bracket. Very tough kid with great cardio. Excited for him and Brabender in the finals. Again, another quarter bracket with only one clear kid. Javon Frost 31-1 ranked 19th is the winner of that quarter bracket. Last but not least number one in the state, Beau Brabender. Last match up with Pellot was a barn burner and I can't wait for this rematch. Both kids are great in the respective ways.

165

Mavros

Beck

Rinehart

Sinks

I enjoy weights where the top 4 are pretty easy to point out. The only real unfortunate match up is Rinehart and Kennedy. Will Kennedy is the number 11 ranked 165lber in the state and has a tall mountain to climb with the number 1 ranked wrestler Anthony Rinehart. The rest is pretty much a lock. Beck should get through without many problems. This also goes for Mavros, he is looking like the clear one to walk away with the ticket out of that quarter bracket. Lastly Issac Sinks will punch his way through and make a trip down to Evansville to compete for a spot under the infamous light. 

175

Popp

Crisp

White

Costello

This is an interesting weight. We have one quarter bracket with the number 10 and 13 ranked kids wrestling each other for a ticket down to evansville. Then just one quarter bracket down we have 4 unranked kids battling for a spot. It always sucks to lose a top 16 kid at semi state and its going to happen again at this weight. Popp number 7 will wrestle John Glenns Kobelt in the ticket round, although Kobelt is tough I see Popp punching the ticket. Next is the awful draw and number 10 and 13. Merrillvilles Cameron Crisp and Penns Zymarion Hollyfield. Two really tough kids with some crazy athleticism trying to end their senior year down in Evansville.  Im taking Crisp with the only reasoning being his loss to Costello was 3-1 and Hollyfield was pinned by Costello in 54 seconds. I know styles make match ups, thats why im excited for this match up.

190

Weiand

Reading

Bisping

Freeman

Another one of those pretty clear brackets. All except for the first quarter bracket. Where number 16 ranked freshman Aleksandar Tatum will faceoff against Senior Colin Weiand. There is something exciting about a freshman vs senior for a ticket down to the state finals. Aleksandar is wrestling for a chance to be a 4 time qualifier and Weiand is wrestling to close his senior year down south at the state tournament. With all that I will take the senior 90% of the time and that is the case with this match up. The next 3 quarter brackets are pretty one sided IMO. Crown Points Reading and McCutcheons Finney will battle for their ticket. Reading is 18-5 and Finney is 27-3. I'll take my chances with Austin Reading. In the 3rd quarter bracket Kenneth Bisping is having a pretty dominate season currently sits 33-1 and ranked 7th in the state. Lastly Vinny Freeman will punch his ticket down to evansville.  This 31-2 sophomore is the number 4 ranked kid in the 190 weight class. Im amped to see his and Bispings match in the Semis this weekend.

215

Chicoine

Clark

Deming

Bartoszek

This is another bracket that kinda stinks because the number 1 and number 2 kids in the state will wrestle in the semis. But I'll

 take Chicoine in his quarter bracket. Last year was a runner up and hes looking to change that this year. In the next quarter bracket we have Will clark. As we all know the Clark brothers are absolute tanks. This is an exciting match up to have between Clark and Chicoine, just a bummer that it has to be the semis. Next up we have Alex Deming of Rochester Another undefeated Senior currently ranked number 5. This is another kid who is eager to get under the light. The winner of Clark and Chicoine will have Deming and thats a very fun match up. Lastly is our hardest quarter bracket. Between number 15 Everett Mcclelland and number 12 Jayden Bartoszek. These two have wrestled once this year and Bartoszek came of with the win. It was a close match and I expect the same thing this weekend when these two battle for a ticket to the state finals.

285

Beck

McNutt

Popi

Clark

Here is another example of poor draws for good kids. But how lucky are we as a semi state to have 4 of the top 5 heavy weights? In the first quarter bracket number 2 Brady Beck of Rochester will face number 6 Collin Foy of Hanover Central. These two kids should both be leaving the Ford Center with state medals but, only one will leave this weekend with a ticket down to Evansville. There is something heart breaking about 2 seniors wrestling to either continue their season or go home. With that being said I think the undefeated Brady beck leaves that quarter bracket with the ticket.  The next 3 quarter brackets are simple. Aramis McNutt clears his quarter bracket to meet Beck in the Semis and we will have the Number 2 and 3 battle to face Paul clark in the finals. The 3rd quarter bracket Anthony Popi should punch his ticket for the second time and meet Clark in the semis. The final quarter bracket is the monster of a kid Paul Clark. I don't think I need to say anything else?

I plan on making my list here this afternoon. 

8 minutes ago, JORVILLE said:

Just making it out 

4 minutes ago, JORVILLE said:

Moving to State my top 4 not in order

106- Jones .Newell , Chantea, Robinson

113- Lewis, Harper, Mcknees, Orueta

120-Jendreas, Dallinger, Aubin, Origel

126 Hawkins, Horn, Bennett, Maldonado 

132- Demarco, Robson, Rivera, Fritz

138 Shepherd, Smith, Reid, Fritz

144 Huyvaert, Walker, Kirksy , Stanley

150 Harper, Kaptur, Bohn, Kasprzak

157 VanTichelt , Pellot, Brabender, Sessions 

165 Rinehart, Beck, Mavros, Sinks

175 Costello, Crisp, White, Popp

190 Bisping ,Freeman, Weiand, Reading

215 Clark ,Chicoine,Deming, Bartoszek

285 Clark , Beck, McNutt, Johnson

 

 

are you putting this in placement order or just who is making it out in general?

Every other semi-state have a predictions thread so I might as well open up the talks for east chicago, lets hear the predictions.

Has anyone mentioned Gunner Butt?

14 minutes ago, SIACfan said:

Now I only concentrated on the potential Ticket Round matches & only if both wrestlers are ranked in the top 10 in the State. There are plenty of other bad draws, but to me these are the ones that standout.

 

Fort Wayne Ticket Round

113    #4(#2) Jalen Sawyer-May (Kokomo) vs. #7(#3) Levi Johns (Bluffton)

 

East Chicago Ticket Round

132    #6(#2) Guillermo Rivera (Lake Central) vs. #8(#3) Sonny Sessa (Crown Point)

150    #9(#3) Kaptur Nowaczyk (Crown Point) vs. #7(#2) Caydn Smith (Plymouth)

215    #1(#1) Will Clark (Crown Point) vs. #7(#5) Kameron Kauffman (Warsaw)

285    #2(#2) Brady Beck (Rochester) vs. #6(#5) Collin Foy (Hanover Central)

 

New Castle Ticket Round

138    #6(#2) Gavyn Whitehead (New Castle) vs. #7(#3) Peyton Hornsby (New Palestine)

150    #8(#3) Braden Getz (Roncalli) vs. #4(#1) Jacob Weaver (Rossville)

190    #10(#4) Clay Guenin (Greenfield-Central) vs. #3(#1) Luke Penola (Zionsville)

215    #8(#3) Jackson Weingart (Cathedral) vs. #10(#5) Shaun Glass (New Palestine)

 

Evansville Ticket Round

106    #6(#3) Royce Malone (Monrovia) vs. #4(#2) Brady Byrd (Washington)

120    #3(#1) Ty Henderson (EV.  Mater Dei) vs. #4(#2) Preston Haines (Brownsburg)

120    #9(#5) Walter Hagedorn (Tell City) vs. #7(#4) Isaac Ash (Monrovia)

126    #1(#1) Isaiah Schaefer (EV.  Mater Dei) vs. #6(#4) Dominic Brown (Center Grove)

150    #2(#2) Hunter May (Floyd Central) vs. #3(#3) Tommy Gibbs (Brownsburg)

190    #8(#4) Jett Goldsberry (Heritage Hills) vs. #2(#2) Kaden McConnell (Center Grove)

 

Given 16 wrestlers per weight get to go to the State finals, anyone ranked in the Top 10 who gets eliminated by another Top 10 wrestler in the Ticket Round at SS without the chance of wrestle-backs is a complete injustice. JMO!

IHSAA is forever going to ruin potential state placers with the lack of work on their end. I understand that some kids are going to have hard ticket round match ups, thats unavoidable. But a lot of the time there are ways to relocate matches and truly have the top 16 in each weight class make it through. But, until someone at IHSAA really takes a look at things with a mindset to fix it and make it better, every year we are going to be unsatisfied with the way this state runs the state tournament series. 

18 hours ago, AndyStJ said:

Let me ask a slightly different question:

How many SS weights will have one ticket round match in a weight with 2 top-16 wrestlers meeting, and another ticket round in the same weight with zero top-16?

 

I bet this happens at least 4 times per SS. If you seeded, the number would be close to zero, and if there were wrestlebacks it wouldn't matter. But we are going to see good wrestlers staying home in two weeks because IHSAA doesn't do basic things that every other state does.

 

We will be able to answer this question as soon as brackets are released.

"The best 16 wrestlers will make it through"-IHSAA 

150 at ECSS is pretty wild

13 minutes ago, AndyStJ said:

ECSS 150. Smith-Nowaczyk in ticket round. Two potential state placers. Uncool, IHSAA.

 

uncool ihsaa very uncool

1 hour ago, buttler73 said:

106: Malone, Olge, Hamilton, Goelz

113: Leonard, Rioux, Ash, Dickman

120: Haines, Ash, LaRocca, Dennison

126: Roiux, Murray, Reynolds, Brown

132: Schoeff, Goss, Hockaday, Parker

138: Vander Lutigare, Syra, Faulkenburg, Ison

144: Davis, Reynolds, Courtney, Cannon

150: Gibbs, Sanders, Krejsa, Hutchinson

157: Hamblin, Day, Stits, Farmer

165: Eckles, Oyebode, Derringer, Breedlove

175: Clouser, LeClerc, Sumner, Campbell

190: Lewis, Henry, McConnell, Biven

215: Brewer, Beadles, Watson, Thompson

285: Orisadare, Jones, Mowery-Shields, Johnson 

is this in place order or just in general? 

2 minutes ago, ArgyllWrestling said:

 

Madison-Grant uses an auxiliary gym that is a shared space between JH cheerleading, various MS basketball teams, and baseball/softball. 

We used to share the AUX gym with gymnastics, then got moved to a small loft area above our multipurpose gym and now were currently in the main gym behind the bleachers. I dont mind the spot because its pretty spacious, but having to roll up mats whenever there is a basketball games gets pretty annoying. 

How many schools dont have rooms? Plymouth has never had a room. We just bounce around from different areas of the school depending on the AD.

Might be biased but Graham Calhoun his Senior year. He went into the state series undefeated and without giving up any points. Out of his 46 matches he scored bonus points on 39 of them. He scored 249 team points with a 60% fall rate. Not being taken down until the state semi finals where a last second controversial call put the match into OT.  Ended his senior year with a 3rd place medal.

I’d say 138 is the deepest, but i think 144 is pretty close as well 

How did Caydn Smith of Plymouth drop 2 spots? What criteria went into that? Thats a genuine question, not being crappy. 

46 minutes ago, decbell1 said:

Their results were not uploaded into our system until after the rankings were completed Monday morning. I can't scour every thread on here to find scores. Plymouth certainly deserves it after learning of those results, I agree. We will update again next Monday. 

21 minutes ago, brickfor6 said:

All good! Thanks for the hard work

Thank you, I understand rankings arent easy, and thank you brickie for the vouch 

8 hours ago, brickfor6 said:

Plymouth deserves the #10 spot. 

30 minutes ago, brickfor6 said:

Plymouth loses to Hobart, Hobart Loses to Harrison, Plymouth beat Harrison, Harrison loses to Mville 

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