GBaldwin

The Beck brothers of Rochester.
 
Brady Beck 41-1 (11)  2nd FW.
 
Brant Beck 37-5 (9) 4th FW.

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hOw ComE bOLliNgEr iS rAnKEd fIrSt In tHe seMi-StaTe BuT nOT tHe StAte RaNkIngS???

I know I am not the only one who enjoys this weekend the most in the state series.  For some, I know they expect to be here and at next week's slamdango for the precious metals.  Yet, I think a lot of wrestlers making it here for perhaps the first or the last times have to be gratified to see their hard work paying off.  Every lap, sprint, shark tank, four-hour drive, close loss and quick pin....the growing wrestler has endured so, so much on this uphill journey.  Some will reach a career highlight in the second round, while some will not.  Others, again, will expect to be here and will move on.  Yet, some expectations will be unmet.
 
Oh, how well we know this is an individual sport!  By this time, the wrestler has pushed their body and mind to their known limits in hopes of attaining success.  Many may not realize that during this pursuit, greatness has already been achieved.  Acts of perseverance, willingness, and respect for the sport and those who continue to carve legacies add up.  The discipline it takes to properly nourish the mind in the classroom and the body at the dinner table does build the toughness needed to get to this stage as well.
 
Clearly, the spirit of victory can be felt by flesh and blood and the pain of loss can likewise be as deeply known.   As exhilarating and stark the extremes may be for the wrestler, the coaches, parents and teammates have played a game or two of Chutes and Ladders themselves.  They will continue to venerate your name and deeds no matter the outcome.  May you continue to profit both in wrestling and in every facet of life from your priceless sacrifices.
 
 
 
 

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Well written

Well written

Thanks, If there was ever a dark horse in the race it would be him.
 

Awwww… yea we’re doing the percentages game at the Tropicana Casino in Evansville ! Lost my ash tray last time I went into that $ suckin place .
 
ok … ok … Give me …. 5 leg Same Arena Parlay (SAP) 
 
3.5 Under on MD 
Brownsburg - Moneyline 
30+ Points - Semi State Championship 
+10 Brownsburg SQ 
+4.5 Avon SQ 
 

 
 
 

FW takes 2-3 State champs this year! Not listing names for the safety of stats/names and everyone knows when you put a stat/name up, it’s compromised! 

Lesser known,  ill go Unknown.
Glen "deuce" Baldwin @ 126lb from Peru  with a 21-15 record 
He's my Dark horse and I'll ride him till he's eliminated again. Yes I said again.
 Finished 5th at Sectionals and was an alternate at Regional  won his match over #6 Bumgardner (western) by pin.
  The odds are stacked against him in every way but he fights, he won't win a title but he's going to try to stop who ever is in front of him from moving on.
 
 
 
 
 

That would be a long long day, The anticipation of that lottery draw would kill most parents, Especially if your wrestler is in the upper weight classes.

Peru's super 6- conference -Sectional Regionals  no one scored on him.  

Peru's super 6- conference -Sectional Regionals  no one scored on him.  

Should do a live lottery drawing and make public not the behind the scenes here you go brackets 

Then it's not random...IMO.  I'm a math teacher and the combinations and permutations that are possible make it almost impossible to come out with the exact same draws in consecutive years.  Again, I really don't care.  I just thought it was interesting what we were able to find.  What'd I'd really like is the for the IHSAA to be honest and actually make it random. 

As my old coach use to say. Sometimes it's not about the points you score it's about the points you don't give up.

I see horn more than most people I believe the kid can and will do great things . I believe he will make a deep run at state, but I also believe that's a tough match for both parties and it could go either way.  I won't be shocked if he wins I also wont be shocked to see a 4-3 match either.

I preface my next statement knowing that we only looked at our guys and our regional BUT something interesting one of my assistants found when he had some time on his hands back in the fall...
 
After looking at about 8-9 years of data, he predicted with 100% accuracy our draws for this Semi-State.  While the IHSAA says they are random...they are not.  There is a pattern to them and the pattern he found held true when he was predicting where we would fall.  Obviously he couldn't predict the match ups but he predicted the spots.  
 
It doesn't matter either way, but it's something we thought was interesting given that we are always told it's "Random".  Matter of fact...we are pretty sure the IHSAA used the same formula as last year.  Again, we haven't looked at all cases, but our 120/126/152 quarter brackets are in the exact same spots as last year wrestling the same regional spots.  Those are just 3 examples.

He is very looooonnggg  for a 106 and could cause a lot of problems for some match ups!!

106:Bollinger Ocampo horn Moore 
113:May Straw Weldon Johns
(Johns vs McIntire)
120 Tishner Holloway McCue Fielden
( Holloway vs Mosier  blood round)
126 Schlabach Rowles Bradley Stuffel 
132: Killimani  Doster Linser Reiley 
138 ------Invested------------
145 Clark Rhonemus Teusch Miller
152 Betz  Gurd Wittcamp Lawrence 
160 Beck Farnell  Pleak  Abbott 
170 Myers East Reed Russell 
182 Veazy Page Ringeisen Lone
195 Deming Washburn Koltookian Shupart 
220 Hinkle Beck Hilton Martin 
285 Waters Wright Jellison Wurm
 
 
 

Lesser known,  ill go Unknown.
Glen "deuce" Baldwin @ 126lb from Peru  with a 21-15 record 
He's my Dark horse and I'll ride him till he's eliminated again. Yes I said again.
 Finished 5th at Sectionals and was an alternate at Regional  won his match over #6 Bumgardner (western) by pin.
  The odds are stacked against him in every way but he fights, he won't win a title but he's going to try to stop who ever is in front of him from moving on.
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks, If there was ever a dark horse in the race it would be him.
 

Thanks, If there was ever a dark horse in the race it would be him.