Sutton047

Logan Bailey to the finals!

1 hour ago, Y2CJ41 said:

Congratulations to Elijah Anthony from Frankfort for signing with Indiana Tech. Projected to wrestle 133, 141.

 

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Excellent signing for them!

46 minutes ago, MattM said:

Heck of a career for Ruble but we won’t see him under the lights this time around.  Give credit to Vest for finding the scramble position that worked for him.  

Yeah sucks that either he or Lane Gilbert will now have to battle and one will have to wrestle for 7th and the best the other can do is 5th, when both guys are better than 7th in the state. If only there were a solution to this

6 minutes ago, TeamGarcia said:

 

 
 

Indiana Poster Death Match ! 

Always, haha

1 minute ago, Cricket21 said:

Has Mendez lost anytime during the Indiana high school wrestling season in his 4 years?  If so, regular season losses I’m assuming? 

I do not believe so. Not to anyone in Indiana at least

6 minutes ago, bigballerb said:

So proud of Elijah Anthony. Watched him grind in the CIA room since he was young, and has always been a great friend to my brother couldn’t be more happy for him.

Elijah v Zeke under the lights, calling it

54 minutes ago, Mattyb said:

Henry took him down 4 times to 1. Probably thought he was better off turning him. Got in a stalemate position for a good while. Probably was committed to the turn after that. Hindsight is 20/20. 

Speaking of stalemate position… anyone watch the Cast-Phillips match wanna weigh in on their opinion as to how quick a stalemate was called with Cast trying to get to his butt vs how long they waited/didn’t call one when the situation was reversed and Cast got hit for scissoring the head? (Before things go off the rails as they tend to do here, Phillips was the clear winner of the match and this situation had no real effect on the outcome, just looking for opinions)

1 hour ago, Thor said:

State is always wild, and the perfect state bracket is more impossible than a perfect March madness bracket. So I decided to do a coin flip pickem along with my usual pickem. I followed a few rules, because straight up coin flip was way too chaotic. First, I put Seltzer, Mendez, and Carroll into the finals. Those aren't changing. So heads is the top man, tails the bottom man on the bracket. True tossups were a straight one shot coin flip. If I deemed someone as a favorite, than the underdog had to win two coin flips in a row. So say, I get tails for Jackson Ingenito vs Gabe Sollars. The next flip would have to be tails for me to pick Ingenito. Heads would auto put Sollars moving on. And in that specific scenario, I did have Ingenito pulling the upset, and to appease the coin flips rulers, I flipped several more times and continued getting tails. So here are my picks, and honestly feels like a standard chaotic state bracket. Definitely some longshots, but I'm still interested to see how much better this bracket plays out than my actual pickems. Thoughts? 

 

 

106
1st	Jake Hockaday Brownsburg
2nd	Gavin Jendreas Crown Point
3rd	Luke Rioux Avon
4th	E'Shawn Tolbert Portage
5th	Jeffrey Bailey River Forest
6th	Oliver Wilson North Central
7th	Jalen May Peru
8th	Nathan Smith Southport
113
1st	Preston Haines Brownsburg
2nd	Ashton Jackson LaPorte
3rd	Tanner Tishner Western
4th	Wyatt Davis Rochester
5th	Evan Dickey Cathedral
6th	Gavin Thompson Carmel
7th	Evan Seng Evansville Mater Dei
8th	Trevor Schammert Hobart
120
1st	Isaac Ruble Bellmont
2nd	Noah Lykins Columbus East
3rd	Hayden Brady Garrett
4th	Lane Gilbert Sullivan
5th	Hayden DeMarco Chesterton
6th	Christopher Bohn Munster
7th	Kyrell Leavell Warren Central
8th	Toby Billerman Perry Meridian
126
1st	KT Nelson Castle
2nd	Isaac Ward Carmel
3rd	Matteo Vargo Penn
4th	Keaton Morton Perry Meridian
5th	Joey Buttler Whiteland
6th	Braden Haines Brownsburg
7th	Aidan Sprague East Noble
8th	Blake Wolf East Central
132
1st	Zeke Seltzer Cathedral
2nd	Dylan Stroud Manchester
3rd	Anthony Bahl Crown Point
4th	Cheaney Schoeff Avon
5th	Landon Bertsch Bluffton
6th	Wyatt Krejsa Center Grove
7th	Elijah Anthony Frankfort
8th	Bryce Denton Penn
138
1st	Jesse Mendez Crown Point
2nd	Cole Solomey Kankakkee Valley
3rd	Gavin Garcia Brownsburg
4th	Ashton Hayhurst Castle
5th	Bryce Lowery Roncalli
6th	Dillon Tuttle Delta
7th	Cameron Clark Jay County
8th	Julius Gerencser Daleville
145
1st	Matthew Koontz Perry Meridian
2nd	Aidan Torres Chesterton
3rd	Toby Abbott Cowan
4th	Hayden Watson Center Grove
5th	Ben Miller Lakeland
6th	Blaze Garcia Brownsburg
7th	Nick Tattini Crown Point
8th	Rider Searcy East Central
152
1st	Delaney Ruhlman Bloomington South
2nd	Sam Goin Crown Point
3rd	Hunter May Evansville Mater Dei
4th	Tyce DuPont Tell City
5th	Aidan Costello Hobart
6th	Kenneth Bisping Lowell
7th	Nick Cicciarelli Brownsburg
8th	Tyler Jones Warren Central
160
1st	Kade Law Columbus East
2nd	Duke Myers Bellmont
3rd	Landon Boe Avon
4th	Jared Landez Carroll
5th	Logan Farnell Maconaquah
6th	Chris Newman Mt Vernon Posey
7th	Kaden Lone Northwood
8th	Bradley Pittman Plymouth
170
1st	Conner Svantner Valparaiso
2nd	Ryan Cast Hamilton Southeastern
3rd	Brody Baumann Evansville Mater Dei
4th	Codei Khawaja Floyd Central
5th	Landon Buchanan Jimtown
6th	Aiden Farmer Evansville Memorial
7th	Isaac Valdez Mishawaka
8th	Brodie Porter Eastern Greentown
182
1st	Orlando Cruz Crown Point
2nd	Drake Buchanan Center Grove
3rd	Luke Hansen Roncalli
4th	De'Alcapon Veazy Snider
5th	Reid Schroeder Southridge
6th	Jake Simpson Hobart
7th	Kooper Kinsler Delphi
8th	Gunner Henry Brownsburg
195
1st	Connor Barket West Lafayette
2nd	Max Broom Hamilton Southeastern
3rd	Aataveon Jordan Franklin Central
4th	Will Clark Crown Point
5th	Jacob Behm Fremont
6th	Jackson Ingenito Daleville
7th	Wyatt Willman North Posey
8th	Samuel Saunders Terre Haute North
220
1st	Christian Carroll New Prairie
2nd	Jackson Weingart Cathedral
3rd	Nathan Critchfield Evansville Mater Dei
4th	Blake Heyerly Adams Central
5th	Paul Clark Crown Point
6th	Devin Kendrex Mt Vernon Fortville
7th	Brady Beck Rochester
8th	Kelton Farmer Evansville Memorial
285
1st	Leighton Jones Brownsburg
2nd	Jacob Johnson Franklin Community
3rd	Ashton Hartwell Columbus East
4th	Ian Clifford Columbia City
5th	Hunter Whitenack New Prairie
6th	Hunter Brahnam Frankton
7th	Brayden Jellison Elkhart
8th	Josh Clark New Haven

While I hope to see my boys Ryan Cast and Max Broom under the lights, I just don’t see the stars aligning that well unfortunately. 

I think the real issue that needs to be debated is would you rather have lanyards or shaved ice?

9 hours ago, IndianaWrestlingGuy said:

I agree. Rotten draws for sure. You have to question his weight class decision though. 
 

He knows he has to go through Seltzer at New Castle and he could draw him in the semis (which is exactly what happened). And you know 1 of the next 2 best kids in the state are coming in as either a #2 or a #3 depending on the EV Semi-state bracket. Both of which have eliminated him from the state tourney in the previous 2 years. 
 

If it were me, I probably would have dropped to 126 (if he had the ability) to go through Blake Wolf at NC or bump to 138 to go through Bryce Lowery. This opens up the debate on running from someone, but Zeke is 10 points better than him. I'd say Lowery and Wolf would be toss-ups. But maybe, just maybe, he has the fortitude to want to avenge his state loss. I'm pulling for him. He was the most consistent kid in the CIA room. Furious worker. 

Ive only spoken to Elijah a couple of times personally, but my nephew was with him at CIA and from what he’s told me and the brief interactions I’ve had with Elijah himself, I feel like he welcomes the challenge.Nevertheless, definitely brutal draws all 4 years.

3 hours ago, nkraus said:

I don't think you meant to quote me, but heck yes for Elijah!

Yup, my bad

20 minutes ago, nkraus said:

neutral Buchanan was in complete control...he was not in complete control of the match as he got ridden out a period and turned...I'm not picking Veazy to win, nor am I guaranteeing he will get to this or that match, but destroy and complete control aren't the terms I would use...anything can happen

chris norman valpo vs. josh garza ring a bell to anybody?  Two times in a row if I'm not wrong...Garza was in complete control of the match until Norman chose top

Ive only spoken to Elijah a couple of times personally, but my nephew was with him at CIA and from what he’s told me and the brief interactions I’ve had with Elijah himself, I feel like he welcomes the challenge. Nevertheless, definitely brutal draws all 4 years.

BRUTAL draws left and right. Off the top of my head I can’t remember one weight class where I looked and was like ‘yeah that looks and equitable’. If only there were a solution

Ryan Cast, HSE, 170

31 minutes ago, MUD said:

So really he’s not a true frst year wrestler if he wrestled in 7th grade and before!!!

10 minutes ago, Silence Dogood said:

"Senior wrestling for the first time in high school (but did wrestle in 7th grade) to State"  isn't as catchy of a title for the thread.

I mean c’mon guys he hasn’t been on a mat in 5 years, nor was it mentioned in the post how long he had wrestled prior to stopping in 7th grade. Now if he started at like 4 years old, wrestled til 7th while doing high level comps and placing well in that time period it does take a little bit away from it. But nevertheless to take 5 years off from a sport that preaches putting in the work year round, still quite the feat.

7 hours ago, blueandgold said:

Lately, I’ve been stressing as the state tournament series progresses and I will be relieved once state is over. I just want to see the kids I’ve put the time into be successful, but I get 100 times more nervous for them than I ever did myself, and the idea of seeing them disappointed pains me. It’s what makes me not want to coach much after this year because wrestling is emotional as is, and I can’t bear to witness them not get what they want. Is this normal?

Super normal, I just finished coaching a season of 3rd grade basketball. We had a great team, we lost the first game of the year and then won 9 in a row to finish 9-1. We had a bye in the tournament and lost our first game last night by 3 to a team we beat by 16 three weeks ago. I was a wreck all day yesterday and was even worse today, I felt so bad for those boys. After the game I told them if they remember anything from this season it should be that game and that anything is possible and any team (or individual) can overcome any obstacle and prevail at anytime. I think someone said it best earlier, when you lose that passion it’s time to move on. Best of luck this weekend (and hopefully next) to you and your squad.

6 hours ago, Coach Brobst said:

In 2020, at 120, Jacob Simone of HSE was ranked #4 or 5 (I don't recall exactly) and drew #1 Zeke Seltzer (Who won state) in the ticket round after having lost by 2 to #2 and eventual runner up Carson Eldred from Westfield at Regionals. I believe that Diaz from Wheeler took 3rd that year and he and Simone had split that offseason in two tight matches.

 

Obviously no way to predict what he would have placed, but worst draw I've ever had dealt to a wrestler in my program for sure.

Yeah that one was rough

1 hour ago, MerkleKing said:

New Castle Ticket Round Match-Ups

 

#15 Ashton Brandon (Franklin Central) v. #6 Blake Wolf (East Central)

#6 Tyler Jones (Warren Central) v. #9 Max Naselroad (Alexandria Monroe)

#10 Josh Johnson (Cathedral) v. #14 Griffin Ingalls (Fishers)

#11 Michael Major (Carmel) v. #21 Drew Willis (Roncalli)

#11 Brac Hooper (Zionsville) v. #8 Devin Frazier (Centerville)

#9 Rider Searcy (East Central) v. #12 Zach Wilson (Roncalli)

The whole bottom half of 126 is silly, only 1 non SS ranked wrestler. Gonna be some great matches from a “down” SS ().

106: Smith, Wilson, Crull, Halevi

113: Dickey, Thompson, Getz, Whitley

120: Billerman, Leavel, Vest, Reyes 

126: Wolf, Morton, Johnson, Ward

132: Zeke, Thrine, Anthony, Major

138: Lowery, Johnson, Gonzalez, O’Neil

145: Koontz, Searcy, Hooper, Cain

152: Rinehart, Walston, Glithero, Jones

160 (most wide open IMO): Farrell, Wagner, Euson, Powell

170: Cast, Braun, Cashman, Johnson

182: Hansen, Tilton, Albaugh, Jones

195: Jordan, Broom, Hastings, Bovard 

220: Weingart, Kendrex, Lewis, Johnson

285: Burgett, Platonov, Watts, Smith

1 hour ago, Jstephenson1356 said:

Just checked it today. Ben Milius in 02-03 season had 336 takedowns. Chandler Carroll 4x placer phenomenal neutral wrestler and cut just about every kid he wrestled 165 takedowns in 11-12 season... thats insane

Totally misread that and thought you were saying he had 165 TDs in a season he went 11-12, was like HOW?!? Haha

11 minutes ago, Wrestlingfan937 said:

I think demarco has an older brother at like 80 95 ish that qualified as well this year

Hayden and Gage if I’m not mistaken 

5 hours ago, SWINfan said:

One example of someone predicting someone else to win does not support your argument, weak as it is.  Nor, is any of your drivel necessary.  Just enjoy the result.  

At the end of the day Isaac Ruble is a great wrestler, will undoubtedly capture 1 if not 2 titles. Cottey scored big early and did what he needed to do to capture another state title. I’d venture to say that any wrestler in Cottey’s position would’ve wrestled the same. You’re under the lights with a 5-0 lead in the first. You’re gonna wrestle more defensive at that point, you’re gonna be cautious, you’re gonna hang out on the edge, you’re gonna take a stall call or 2. This is state, period. Cottey had proven himself, he’s got his letter signed, but he still had the hunger to win. Call it chippy, call it what you will, I’ll call it good smart wrestling and it brought him a 2nd state title. Not to mention a 2nd state title that he didn’t need to solidify himself as a great wrestler in IHSAA history 

2 hours ago, 1prouddad said:

Way off

9 minutes ago, FWwrestling1996 said:

I thought Jones could’ve done more to win. He didn’t score offensively and he got 2 points on stalling calls I thought were unnecessary. Let them wrestle it out

Definitely “could’ve” done more, but didn’t have to. Alexander should’ve done more. Jones wrestled his match, continued upper body action trying to work in his trips off his ties. Alexander got up early and tried to kick it in cruise control. They can only wrestle it out if there’s 2 guys trying to actually wrestle.

Just now, Sutton047 said:

Shafer vs Jones final, calling it now

Alexander with 3 quick points as I hit submit