Semi-State Qualifiers:
Evansville Central - 33
Castle - 23
Mater Dei - 11
Mt. Vernon - 6
Boonville - 5
Castle - 5
Memorial - 5
Gibson South - 4
Heritage Hills - 4
North Posey - 4
Central - 3
Reitz - 3
Harrison - 2
S. Spencer - 2
Princeton - 1
Vincennes - 1
On a different note, I guess I don't understand the beef on here with Boonville. Am I missing something? Am I not in the know? I'm just a casual onlooker on here, but it seems when discussing Regionals, people on this site dog Boonville do to their schedule. I mean, I’m a former wrestler and totally agree with the strength of schedule argument. But, I’m also not blind to results and what good coaching and talent can achieve regardless of the strength of ones schedule. I'm sure anyone of us on here could bust out a high school, college, or professional team in any given sport and show teams that are talented and win without having the toughest schedule out there. Now...I don't think Boonville wrestles an extremely tough schedule like some schools do, but I don't think they wrestle a weak schedule either. I'd say they're somewhere in the middle. They haven't had a lot of kids make it to State, but most of the programs in our area, except for Mater Dei, don't make it to State. And the ones who do, usually only send 1, maybe 2-3. I mean, I'm a numbers guy and when I look at the numbers over the last couple of years....I don't get the rub.
Last Years Semi- State Qualifiers:
Mater Dei - 13
Gibson Southern - 8
Boonville - 6
Castle - 5
North Poesy - 5
Central - 4
Heritage Hills, Memorial, Mt. Vernon, and Reitz - 3
Harrison - 2
South Spencer - 1
Semi-State Qualifiers Over the Last 2 Years:
Mater Dei - 24
Gibson Southern - 12
Boonville - 11
Castle - 10
Mt. Vernon - 9
North Posey - 9
Central - 7
Heritage Hills - 7
It would seem to me, and I would presume any reasonable onlooker, that over the last couple of years Boonville is a top program in the region, regardless of the strength of their schedule. But by all means...check my numbers and tell me why my perception is faulted.