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I'm just glad the Wildcats will get a second serving of Oriole Wings.
 
Wilcats over Cathedral in the finals

Im sorry my friend but it will not even be close.  No one touches MD in a dual meet this year!
 
Las Vegas would have the Wildcats at +15 pts

Im sorry my friend but it will not even be close.  No one touches MD in a dual meet this year!
 
Las Vegas would have the Wildcats at +15 pts

106 Egli-Not bad for skipping a few years of wrestling.  Glad you came back out so we can have a couple more years of Egli
113 Ross-Expect him to be under the light.  Has offense and defense
120 Freeman-Like stated earlier expect him to face Seltzer/Bettich in February
126 Don't know much about Hayhurst
132 Kane Egli can wrestle against ANY 132lber in the state except for one SuperSoph from up North
138 Boarman is Boarman.  Looks much much stronger than previous years.  Will make top 10 greatest MD wrestlers of all time
145 Bauman proved he could wrestle with any 145llber in state.  Doesn't matter what weight class he's not afraid to wrestle.
152 Already holds the MD record for DQs at 2.  
160 Eli will get it done in February
170 Sollars is only a sophmore and looks like he jumped over the hump.  No more freshman baby fat and now man muscles.  I have high expectations for him in February
182 McCartney should have another metal this year
195 McGrew is a warrior.  RESPECT for going out there underweight
220 
HWY Ralph puts on another 20lbs he should be fine by his senior year
 
Shout out to North Posey's Nathan Willman.  Respect for going out there underweight and devouring opponents like Pac Man

Finals & Placements Thoughts
106  - Bryce Lowery was the class of the tourney.  He won the final 11-2 over Blake Zirklebach.  No one challenged him.  
- Kyler West looked impressive avenging a season opening loss to Reed Egli and dominating Coy Hammack to take 3rd.  West was up 10-0 before the final turn and fall.          
- I see a lot of interesting possibilities from this weight class.
 
113 - This was Cole Ross' tournament and he won it as expected beating Trayce Eckman 6-2 in the Final.
- Eckman and Matt Meyer were impressive as well and could see each other again deep in the KY State Tourney.
- But the wrestler who impressed the most was Lane Gilbert of Sullivan.  He gave Ross all he could handle and was the aggressor.  He beat Meyer, last years KY State 4th Placer to finish 3rd.  Expect a lot of good things to come from him.
 
120 - Alec Freeman looks excellent at 120. Will be curious if he can find a way to make Zeke Seltzer or Riley Bettich sweat a little.
- Memorial's Keegan Williams is a freshman and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does down the line.  His only two losses were to Freeman and a 7-6 dec to Kody Glithero, who also did a nice job finishing 3rd.
 
126 - Josh Koderhandt from Belleville West is legit.  He handled Gavin Alstott fairly easily.  Granted the blood time stoppages killed any kind of flow in that match. He'll definitely vie for an Illinois State Title again.
- Alstott was impressive in beating Brayden Lowery in the Semifinal.  Again, blood time kind of hampered the flow of the match, but Gavin showed he's a contender
- Ashton Hayhurst has me interested.  His only losses were to Brayden Lowery and the 2nd was close and a tough match. He's aggressive and dominated everyone else he wrestled. Will be interested to see how he does at Team State and  how much better he makes MD's lineup
 
132 - This was one of the most boring weights for me, no disrespect to the wrestlers.  Gabe Adams of Union Co. got revenge on the Egli family after losing in the final last year to Clay.  He beat Kane Egli 6-3 to take the Title.
- Sam Slivka beat Bradley Conrad 4-3 to take 3rd.
 
138 - The match of the tournament so far, or at least the Finals! J Conway gave Blake Boarman all he could handle dropping a 7-6 decision that was in doubt to the very end.   It seemed as if Boarman was trying to be a little cute early on, but that may just be because Conway wasn't letting him do what he wanted.  Look forward to seeing them paired off again!
 
145 - Alex Viduya did what a #1 seed and former State Champ should and won.  But he was challenged in the Final by Garrett Bowers of Christian Bros.TN 6-4.
- Brody Baumann finished 3rd, beating KY State 3rd Placer Trevor Pogue.  Baumann struggled a big against Viduya, but didn't go down easily.  I think he's a step behind the elite at this class right now, but has big potential.  Will be interested to see where he is come State Tournament time.  
 
152 - Jonathan Kervin is a legit State Title contender.  He's impressive anytime he doesn't have Matt Lee in front of him.  And that's not an issue this year.  Kervin beat Tyce Freije in the final in a wild 5-4 win.  
 - Freije was impressive finishing 2nd and has a shot to beat anyone on a given day.
 - Still not sure what to make of Scott Fitts.  Fitts lost to Freije 1-0 on a penalty point.  He then gave up another penalty point for the same kind of move in his next match and was DQ'd shortly after doing it again.  He was also DQ'd last year at Team State in a very tight match against Brice Coleman.  Fitts can compete with the upper echelon, but needs to control himself or be more aware of what he's doing in terms of illegal moves.
 
160 - Eli Dickens took the title with a 5-3 win over KY State Champ Dalton Russelburg.  Dickens is a definite contender.
 
170 - Gabe Sollars gets a big win over Union Co's Stephen Little 7-2.  Little was KY's 2nd Place finisher last year at State and beat Sollars last year in the consolation bracket in this tournament. With Sollars win earlier over Tristan Ruhlman, he feels like a legit contender for a State Title.  170 is going to be so tough, both at the Evansville SS and at State!  Sollars and Little were the best of this class by far.

182 - Another awesome match!  A scramble went the wrong way for Macartney Parkinson and Micah Ervin ended up with a takedown and two back points from that scramble. Parkinson falls to Ervin for the 2nd year in a row, this time 7-4. Ervin, last year's KY State Champ and is already a 4 time placer! Ervin has won the MD Holiday Classic 3x and finished 2nd and 3rd to boot. Parkinson may not quite be at the level of Joseph Walker, but I think he can compete with the rest of the 182 lb. class.  
- Another name to watch that could possibly break into the rankings is Wyatt Willman of North Posey.  He won every match by fall other than his loss to Ervin in the Semifinal
 
195 - Parker Peterson of TN Father Ryan stole the show dominating the field, including a 10-0 route of Franklin Community's Harris Eason.
- In the 5th Place Match, Mater Dei's John McGrew WBF over Michael Fletcher of Roncalli.  Fletcher entered with a losing record and came out of the gate strong winning his first two matches before hitting a bumpy road.
 
220 - North Posey's Nathan Willman is getting no love from the rankers, State or SS.  I think that will change soon! 
- Willman beat Christian Bros TNs Al Wooten 7-6 in another great match!  Wooten was the 2019 DII State Champ and ranked #1 this year at 220.  Wooten did not take the loss well and CB lost a team point after not shaking hands and showing outward displeasure.  I'm guessing he's not used to losing.  He was talented and seemed to be in control of the match, but Willman kept plugging and got the winning takedown with :13 left.
 
285 - Belleville West takes home a 2nd Title as Dustin Olmstead became a 2x MD Classic Champ with a 1-0 dec over Damari Dancy of Portage. 
 - James Ralph of Mater Dei is a sophomore and really rough around the edges.  But I see potential there if he sticks with it and put in the work.  MD isn't known for their prowess at HWT, but I'm looking forward to seeing what Ralph can do in the next 2 years. 

Parkinson of EMD @ 182 ranked #2? Didn’t he beat #1 ranked Mcpike last year in the go to round 15-0?

Gonna throw Scott Fitts as a darkhorse.  State qualifier as freshman and had to sit the bench sophmore year cause he couldn't fit in the strong lineup.
 
He's out for a vegeance

How is a 2-4 team ranked #8?

The rest of the state should fear the Wrath of the Mater Dei Wildcats

How is a 2-4 team ranked #8?

I don’t think there’s really anyone in the state the can compete with MD right now..

MD is finally resembling the MD of the late 90’s and through the early 2000’s. This team is stacked even without their best wrestler Matt Lee. Hope this dominance continues. I didn’t go to MD but a world without MD dominating state so bad that the crowd is MD vs the rest of the state. And MD occupies half of the Market Square Arena.

My new pick is Brody Bauman

Purdue wins.  IU stinks.
 
 

Saturday's menu for the Wildcats will be buffalo Oriole wings, Red Devil salad, and Panther filet mignon with some mashed Knights, 

They are definitely way down.
 
Congrats to the Wildcats. Looking forward to some fur flight in Ft. Fun. 

SWIN,
 
106 Reed Egli (Mater Dei) over Landen Moore (Avon) (Fall 1:06) 0 6   113 Cole Ross (Mater Dei) over Cheaney Schoeff (Avon) (Dec 4-3) 0 3   120 Matt Herrmann (Mater Dei) over Wendel Hollister (Avon) (Fall 5:47) 0 6   126 Alec Freeman (Mater Dei) over Matthew Burkett (Avon) (Fall 1:00) 0 6   132 Raymond Rioux (Avon) over Kane Egli (Mater Dei) (Dec 5-0) 3 0   138 Blake Boarman (Mater Dei) over Tyler Conley (Avon) (MD 15-5) 0 4   145 Brody Baumann (Mater Dei) over Jaden Reynolds (Avon) (Dec 7-2) 0 3   152 Scott Fitts (Mater Dei) over Colton Roberts (Avon) (Fall 1:40) 0 6   160 Eli Dickens (Mater Dei) over Trenton Richards (Avon) (TF 19-4 3:03) 0 5   170 Gabe Sollars (Mater Dei) over Jared Shafer (Avon) (Fall 0:31) 0 6   182 Macartney Parkinson (Mater Dei) over Joshua Jones (Avon) (Fall 1:26) 0 6   195 Ke`Shawn Dickens (Avon) over John McGrew (Mater Dei) (Dec 8-7) 3 0   220 Nick Boots (Mater Dei) over Carson Snow (Avon) (MD 12-4) 0 4   285 James Ralph (Mater Dei) over Ke`Tre Dickens (Avon) (Fall 3:56) 0 6 Team Score: 6 61

You should know the rankers have biases against parochial schools
 
 

It was a total bloodbath!!!  The Wildcats started the 5 way with a appetizer of Orioles.  Many Many Oriole counting the lights of the Castle gym.
 
61-6!!!  
 
Again I question these rankers

Kudos to Avon for their early scheduling. That said, the Vegas spread for Mater Dei is -27. I don’t think Avon is a Top 10, but they are a good comparison squad. 
 
#1 Brownsburg 27 point dual win
#2 Cathedral 37 point dual win
#5 Warren 27 point dual win 
 
I’d be surprised if EMD doesn’t win by 30. 

Cole Ross 113

Cole Ross 113

Cole Ross 113

Purdue wins.  IU stinks.
 
 

Some of these Freshman are so so so badass as they will devour their upperclassman opponents.
 
Simply put Boys shanking Men