ReformedPoster

1 hour ago, GenHeavyHandz said:

 

As we just completed the first month of competition: It's been dry fellas.  I can't jump on anyone unless they say something controversial or diss Snider.  The dumb stuff I've been letting slide by(see what i did?).

I mean Garcia, Brewski, @FCFIGHTER170I mean what's poppin'? Where's the @regionrat1 at?. @Caleb Spires has been on the money I can't complain. @ontherise219 ranked the most kids from Snider than I can recall. What can I complain about? The Al is still 2 plus weeks away. I'm bored.  I'd even take one of @ReformedPoster's ridiculously asinine takes at this point.   

Snider sucks!

Glad you don't charge me rent in that head of yours

16 hours ago, DawgPoundRed said:

Don't worry we killed that tournaments too. It isn't as tough as the Carnahan 

Shouldn't you be in class?

9 minutes ago, DawgPoundRed said:

That's pretty mater dei sided prediction. My boys from the county pull it out, to many Rouixs to not win 

Well, if both rioux's win then that swings it in Avon's favor.  I wouldn't be surprised to see a split or a sweep either way between the Rioux's and the Schaefer's

2004, Portage beat 9x defending champ MD at team state

looks like Gabe Sollars is the only 197 on the roster.  Assume he will be the starter there

3 hours ago, GenHeavyHandz said:

No Snider Panthers?  Must be a Dwenger alum who wrote that program.

The only team on the list that hasn't won a state title is Avon.  If a team gets bumped for the top 10, it's them.  Snider hasn't done enough to crack the top 10 over teams like Bellmont, Bloom South or Delta

Not having Bellmont is borderline criminal

Looks like Mendez will be up at 141 this season.  Flo has him ranked #3 preseason.  How does everybody think he will transition from 133 to 141?  We all saw Micic struggle making the jump.  I think Mendez is easily top 4 at the weight.  How does he stack up against a guy like Real Woods?

What a great run for Micic!  Congratulations!

On 9/11/2023 at 4:18 PM, GenHeavyHandz said:

You “thought” wrong.  

Clearly.  Thanks for pointing that out, chief

On 9/8/2023 at 12:08 PM, GenHeavyHandz said:

Last year doesn’t count. I hear Early got bitten by a radioactive spider.  Either way you try and slice it your guy lost Big E won.  And the rest is history witcho.  “ if coach gave me the ball we would’ve won states” lookin’ azz bwoy.

Terry wasn't my guy.  Just the guy who I though would win in '91.  No biggie.  

26 minutes ago, aoberlin said:

I heard Early was sick that day...... The games we can play.....  It's the past and it really doesn't matter except to us old losers that like to talk nothing but wrestling. Both were great wrestlers and I don't know about Terry now but I know Early is a great coach and still giving back to the sport.

Agreed.  It's a fun debate.  

6 hours ago, GenHeavyHandz said:

No one was beating Eric Early that year.

Maybe not, but you must have forgotten that Terry stomped him in the semis in '90, by a major I believe.  So a healthy Terry would have been the big favorite in '91.  But hats off to Early, he was the champ in '91.

On 9/4/2023 at 10:09 AM, BrodyHardcastle said:

Big get for the Hoosiers, helps out the lineup big time!

Hopefully he regains his form.  It was tough to watch last year.

There were only a couple of wrestlers in '92 that I would have put big $ on to win.  Brandon Ingalls and David McCubbins.  Upsets do happen, but I think those two were the safest bets in the state.  Unfortunately an injury happened and now we have a bunch of what ifs.  LOL

18 hours ago, BrodyHardcastle said:

They would not meet in the ticket round.

Crap.  Brain fart.

3 hours ago, swain358 said:

Potentially yes, that means the better guy that day won. What is wrong with that? Two kids competing against each other to determine the winner at the sectional is better than coach making the decision in my opinion. But after sectional, teammates would not meet in an elimination match during the state tournament. 

That's what wrestle offs are for.  The kids determine who is in the line up and who isn't.

Sure they could.  They could finish 2nd and 3rd at regional and be in the same half of the bracket at semi state.  If they both win their first match, they meet in the ticket round.

53 minutes ago, GenHeavyHandz said:

Yeah that’s what we’ve heard for 31 years.  The record books says Talamantes State Champion.  Can’t take it away.  He not only won but helped coach his brother to two state titles and a runner up.  Yeah he was fortunate to have people like Big Tino Talamentes and Coach Swartzkoft in his corner.  If if was a fifth we all would be messed up.

not taking anything away from him.  He could only wrestle who was in front of him and he earned it.  However, when the defending state champ and best wrestler in the state is missing due to injury, it makes the bracket weaker.  I would have loved to see that match play out.  I have my opinion and you have yours, but we'll never know. 

On 9/1/2023 at 6:50 AM, maligned said:

Rico Talamentes won regional in 1991 the year before his title. Jon Henderson of Snider was the only non-regional winner from a different regional to get through to state; so unless there was a weight or injury issue, that's who beat him at semi-state.

(I feel like it's not uncommon at 160+ that guys make huge 1-year jumps in strength and athleticism, and therefore in performance, in any of the 4 years. So with Rico and Roger Blanton and other bigger guys on this list, I'm guessing they just got beat the years before--and then grew into men and won a title.)

Talamantes is fortunate that McCubbins got injured and wasn't able to wrestle.  Nobody was going to beat him in '92.

FWIW, I was checking some football rosters across the state the other day.  I checked out Snider's roster and Veazy is on the roster as a RB....listed as 8'0" and 320 lbs

https://www.maxpreps.com/in/fort-wayne/fort-wayne-snider-panthers/football/roster/

Masoumi is a monster.  Just watched his match vs. Carroll.  Holy cow he's good.  It wasn't competitive at all.

Medez loses in the finals to Iran 5-2.  

On 7/26/2023 at 7:29 AM, Thor said:

Greg Kerkvliet and Wyatt Hendrickson are jumping for joy. As much as I love Gable, I would much rather see an open heavyweight field. Kerkvliet and Hendrickson would be an awesome finals match. 

Cassioppi and Schultz will have a say in who is in the finals.  Davison could as well

On 6/26/2023 at 8:22 PM, Disco said:

So is anyone sure that he goes back to the rodents.  Is he a grad student? Does he have degrees, profession, in mind? Iu has a great business mBA program. sPEA program is top notch in the country. I have a daylight basement with all the amenities if he were o choose to help Angel out this year. 

I know you are joking, but IU can't even get our elite HS guys to go there, let alone the best hvy in the world

22 hours ago, SIACfan said:

 

Yes, you have to like Hendrickson but I was hoping to see Davison make the necessary improvements to get it done.

 

Back-to-Back HWT NCAA Champs from Indiana would be nice. Gable will make that extremely improbable if he indeed returns next season, unless of course you count Gable as an Indiana wrestler. And if you do then it has already happened.

15 hours ago, MattM said:

I believe he was referring to Davison. If you’re counting Gable in the IN category it would actually be Back to Back to Back to possibly Back again if Davison did win. 

I was referring to the statement in bold above

5 minutes ago, SIACfan said:

 

Yes, you have to like Hendrickson but I was hoping to see Davison make the necessary improvements to get it done.

 

Back-to-Back HWT NCAA Champs from Indiana would be nice. Gable will make that extremely improbable if he indeed returns next season, unless of course you count Gable as an Indiana wrestler. And if you do then it has already happened.

Gable doesn't even count himself as an Indiana wrestler, so we shouldn't claim him.