Coach Smith

He and Wesley trained at Fleegers together for awhile. Wesley said he was his favorite training partner because he worked so hard. Made the switch to CP and trains with Howe now from my understanding. Great kid!

I truly believe Hobart did as good as a job as they could have done. But yes, 4 qualifiers is the right play here!

IHSAA as we all comment

Smith isn’t in the semis at 285. Lol

My opinion is I think it is hard to swallow for a lot of wrestlers, coaches and parents when you have a kid who is clearly one of the best wrestlers in the semi state, get put out in the ticket round because he drew the best kid in the semi state. We all know some regionals have weight classes that are deeper than others. If there were wrestle backs, it would be a lil more realistic as to who makes it vs who should have made it. In my particular case, I have a regional runner up draws the eventual semi-state champion. While the quarter bracket above his a kid who was JV makes it through, and the bracket above that a 4 (which I genuinely like the kid) makes it through. With all that being said, we knew going into it that hey, you got to beat this kid or your seasons over. For a senior that worked his tail off and lost to 8th ranked kid at regional by 2 and 5th ranked kid by 4, thats hard to swallow. On the flip side, I love the ticket round as much as I hate it. The suspense is a really awesome experience. Some of this depends on luck of the draw. Take luck out and it becomes more true. All that being said. If it stays the some, we are all used to this and are just happy to be here. I hate the thought of classes though! There can only be one!! LOL