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Ruble in a Major, at least. Not even close.

Rowles with size and experience. 10-6 Ruble with length and experience. 14-6 Litchfield. Speed/power/quickness 9-8 Currie all day. Speed/power/technique 12-6 Myers in a tough one. Both have to be about the same age. Duke is a more complete and cerebral wrestler. 5-4 I want to say Page, as he impressed me. Igenito did as well. Another great match I'd pay for. Ingenito because of size 7-4 Heyerly all day. If not by pin by Major at least. He's on another level. Great hypothetical post. Love thinking about those matchups.

Ocampo has a great SS draw with Levi Johns and Jalen May on the opposite side of her bracket. If she wins her first 2, and she more than likely will, she'll probably meet up with Straw or Bollinger in the semi's.

What a crazy Regional. I heard from the ticket sales table it was the 5 largest crowd on hand since Jay County started hosting Regionals. Packed gym. My predictions.....47 out of 56 placers... but 13 out of the 14 Champions (I had 195 flip flopped in the finals). My brief 2¢ on a few of them, and a few others: 106 Johns majored Bollinger, which I think most expected. But...Johns looked much bigger. Bollinger will be a force next year. I think Bellmont's Smedley could have finished 2nd had he not been injured. 120 Ruble vs Overby in the Semi's....Overby came out aggressive and looked to slam Ruble...but appeared to hit heads and Overby took the brunt of it. I think Ruble pinned him soon after in the 1st but it looked to be a fun match before the slam. The Overby/Curtis match for 3rd was a battle too. 132 Bertsch vs Ulman. Man....I really though Uhlman would have something for Bertsch this time. I think last week was Bertsch doing just enough to win...when I thought Uhlman closed the gap. Wrong. Bertsch then went full throttle and Tech'd him with ease at Regional. 138 I REALLY wanted to see Gerencser vs Litchfield in the finals. The much improved Clark took him out in the Semi's in a great match. Litchfield went on to win again. Gerencser then went on to have a great match vs Tuttle for 3rd and won. Tuttle has a very winnable match vs Eberhart 1st round at SS. We all knew 138 was loaded this year at Sectional and Regional. Loshe came out aggressive and got a takedown on Gerencser, which only lasted seconds until he got out of position and pinned. Some kids with great records went out fast, although I often question some of these loaded records by who they've wrestled. 152 Currie over Dull yet again. The biggest match here was 1st round Evan Watt vs Drew Barr. I'm not sure if there were words or prior history between the 2 but....Barr took it too far. I didn't even get to watch McAfee who was wrestling 1 mat over because I was watching the cheap shots from Barr. Absolutely awful. The ref did a great job of awarding penalty points to Watt twice before the final crossface from Barr got him DQ'd. Kudos to that ref. The Yorktown staff handled it professionally. Watt Injury Forfeited the rest of his matches. It's on Berne Witness if you'd like to check it out. Mat 3 a little over and hour into the broadcast. The 2nd penalty point is hard to see but they both go out of bounds. Barr pushes straight down on Watts face getting up. Terrible way to act and go out. 160 Duke vs Jones was great. Both had great defense. Duke seemed a little quicker on his feet to spin around and get a couple takedowns for the win. I hope both do well at SS. 182 Hunter Page looked GOOD. I didn't want to see Currie on that side of the bracket, but he came back to 3rd. Very surprised Friedt didn't do more but he looked like a small 182 for how physically fit he is. 220 I think Martin at this point is sick of wrestling Heyerly. Martin will be a tough out at SS and his next 2 years. He wrestles like a 160 pounder. Heyerly on his way to placing again, probably a bit higher this year. HWT Cruz got pinned fast by Orr but I'm very impress by the Sophmore. He'll be tough too the next couple of years.

Ike hasn't, to me, looked himself this year. I don't know if sloppy is the word but....he needs to find his leg attacks like he's had the previous 2 years. With that said, Ruble by a Major.

Jay County is very young as well. This bodes well for the future Regionals vs some of the typical powerhouse area schools.

My Sectional predictions were top notch. 13 out of 14 Champions and had almost every finals correct. 106 Johns-Bollinger-Cline-Keen 113 Rowles-Smithley-Keith-Stuffel 120 Ruble-Mosier-Curtis-Overby 126 Wood-Cook-Jett-Brooks 132 Bertsch-Uhlman-Reiley-Bollenbacher 138 Litchfield-Gerencer-Tuttle-Clark 145 Abbott-Kinnick-McAfee-Lewis 152 Currie-Dull-Manley-Barr 160 Myers-Jones-Abbott-Funk 170 Johnson-Summersett-Russell-Gourley 182 Page-Friedt-Currie-Wenk 195 Kukelhan-Ingenito-Bluhm-Jones 220 Heyerly-Kennedy-Waters-Martin 285 Orr-Cruz-Hiatt-Robinson

I do know SA has a few kids coming up, a couple Loshe's and a Patterson. They might be able to compete in a year or two with the big programs of the county. I need to find their Middle School schedule and check them out.

Bellmont would have smashed AC in team score at Sectional if they weren't missing 2 high ranked starters and the Faurote match ended like it should. Not sure why their HWT doesn't attack the legs. He's a very athletic kid but uses his upper body strength instead of going legs. He should have won it Saturday too. With that said, they're very Senior loaded this year. They might have a down year or two coming at them but they have some great JV kids. I watched their middle school vs us a week or two ago. Bellmont won by a few points but overall I think our kids looked a lot better. Bellmont has 2 or 3 decent 8th graders but they're mid-weights. I think Jay County owns next years Sectional as they're squad is young, we'll give them a run but we have some stud Seniors graduating too. It's all about building the youth programs, and I think Currie does an amazing job attracting great numbers out of a small community.

You know the fine folks at Double Eagle will hook you up with some wings and a beer if you get the Jay County Regional brackets up soon....j/k lol

It won't happen, ego's and bravado but......I'd love for the ref to come out with a full explanation in the Decatur Democrat (if Dane could get an interview) of what exactly he saw. Did he just call 2 reversal early thinking Uhlman was scooting around...and it just didn't happen and his pride kept him from taking the 2 away? Did he see something everyone (including the camera) missed? There was another terrible call (IMO, I could be very wrong), I think in the Currie/Dull match where Dull was out of bounds and Currie had the ankles and got rewarded 2. For control, doesn't the wrestler have to control at least 1 knee with an ankle? I didn't understand that either.

Awful call. It was the first thing I pulled up on Berne Witness when I got home. No reversal in any sense of wrestling that I've ever experienced. And to see that ref LAUGHING about it after he sat down made it worse. He had 1 other terrible non-call in Luginbill's match I believe the next round when the opponent was just laying flat. I hardly ever complain about ref's, as I used to do a lot of umpiring little league baseball games. This ref however, downright pitiful. I told y'all AC would push Bellmont, and nearly pulled it off. After Bellmont won the 195 weight class it was over. Dull and Currie did not disappoint again. I'll have to review my predictions and see how I did. The Hernandez 138 impressed me. Beat Loshe for 3/4. Going to be a tough Regional for those guys. 138 is stacked.

Going with my predictions in the other thread I agree with 5 champs from Bellmont. I think they'll push more through to the finals though.

With the 106 and 145 for Bellmont potentially out tomorrow I think AC or Jay County could steal the team win. If Bellmont's studs all win in the finals it'll be hard to beat them though.

Can't wait to see you guys in Regional next week. Loaded brackets top to bottom.

Y'all need to lay out your predictions or go to another thread and talk about boring CP vs BB or EMD or Cathedral or.......... After I pretty much nailed every single weight class in my ACAC predictions (with a few minor slips).....2 sips of ol Grand Dad has me knowing this for our Sectional at Jaytucky...... 106 Levi over Moore (I heard Smedley is hurt, or else he would be 2nd) 113 Rowels over Smithley 120 Ruble over Curtis 126 Wood over Cook in another battle 132 Bertsch over Faurote (although I hope Uhlman's conditioning is better and beats Faurote this time) 138 Litchfield over Clark (LOADED bracket...Loshe probably won't make it out of Regional...2x blood round kid at SS) 145 McAfee over who knows...Gage again? With Davis potentially being out this bracket is weird. Wish Carter Thomas was still available... 152 Currie over MANLEY (Manley over Dull in Semi's...take it to the pay window now) 160 Duke over AJ in a tough match 170 Eli over Summersett 182 Friedt over Wenk (yes, you read that right...Friedt beats Currie again) 195 Kukelhan over Bluhm (Bluhm will get revenge on Bravo!) 220 Heyerly over...probably Martin 285 Cruz over Robinson again My edit: 145 McAfee over Lewis of Bluffton

That's terrible. I was hoping when it happened it was just a stinger or a joint separation. This brings up Aiden Miller as the backup? How does that change brackets? I'll have my (heavily Bellmont favored) predictions tomorrow. Should be fun to see others as well. Albeit it's just Sectional and most will be fairly easy to pick the champs.

Oh don't worry, the Sectional predictions will be loaded with Bellmont names.

I can see AC making a good push against Jay County, but I think Jay takes it easily. Reiley, man, that's tough. I'm guessing he's too big for 120 and can't beat Wood out at 126. Faurote man handled him at Team State at 132. That's 2 years in a row Reiley has been in a tough spot come Sectional/Regional. Predictions after a few sips of ol' Grand Dad..... 106 Levi doesn't break a sweat...probably won't until Regional or SS 113 Rowles with ease 120 Taye Curtis 126 Wood over Cook in a good one 132 Berstch over Uhlman 138 Loshe over Clark (this could go either way and will be a preview of the next few weeks in a loaded class) 145 McAfee over Gage (I think he gets Wanner this time) 152 Currie over Dull...rinse repeat through Regional 160 Funk over Myers (although Apps is a solid bodied kid and could be in the finals) 170 Kahn over Summersett...over flip this 182 Currie over Wenk 195 Bluhm over Farmer 220 Heyerly doesn't break a sweat 285 Cruz has impressed me for only being a sophmore. Athletic big man.

I feel you. One of my grandsons turned 14 early his freshman year. For years at the smaller local tournaments he had to wrestle up to at least have a few matches.

Wow. What happened to Loshe at 138 in the Semi's? TW had it all messed up. Had him up 4-0 then he was pinned?

Can't wait to see those 106'ers vs local boys in a few weeks at Regional. Levi Johns of Bluffton has been outstanding this year. It's going to be a blast.

I want to see how AC stacks up with the southern schools. We're getting healthier and the football kids are now in wrestling shape. With that said, Tell City in the 2nd is tough. I think PH wins it though, easily. 2A Bellmont smashes the field. I'm guessing JayCo gets revenge on Delta and puts on a good show against Bellmont. JayCo's lightweights will score a lot of points against Bellmont's, sans Ruble. Once they get to 132 or 138 Bellmont walks away with it.

Someone mention Buschhhhhhhhhh???

I understand you don't see it that way as an entire body of work. In terms of the title of "Head Coach" and the stats that come with it, it's inherited by definition. That's all I meant. Everyone in the area knows what he's done from the DWC and the Elementary program. Nothing but love for it, and a bit of envy.