Jam

5 minutes ago, nkraus said:

We have 591 kids in our school and we’ve started the last two seasons around 50.  We’ve finished both seasons above 40.  I’m sure this isn’t “normal”, but there wasn’t a magic formula to getting the kids out. 

Winning solves everything and theoretically that would happen more often on a level playing field.

14 minutes ago, Galagore said:

One of the issues that I think eludes a lot of people is exactly how small some of the small wrestling schools are.

Prime example, when someone in another thread told you New Prairie was small.  The school has been around 950-975 for the past 7 years. Which firmly puts it in the upper 2A range for wrestling.

Crown Point 152 had all 4 through at semi state. They were also a 4-3 loss away from having all 4 through at 182 as well.

New Prairie 2013-2014 season had 11 seniors in the starting lineup.  I believe we had about 25 seniors on the team in total.

EC 152 could have all 4 from the Crown Point regional go through if the rankings hold true.

The brackets have already been updated to reflect the changes at 126

My predictions

106: I've got Jackson winning it all so of course he wins this.

1st A. Jackson Laporte

2nd J. Cortez Lake Central

3rd E Cruz Crown Point

4th M. Walden New Prairie

113: Take your pick in the finals, start of a lot of Crown Point and Chesterton.

1st A. Bahl Crown Point

2nd H. Demarco Chesterton

3rd G. Rivera Lake Central

4th J Kranz Boone Grove

120: Ditto

1st S. Lemley Chesterton

2nd L. Frazier Crown Point

3rd B Whitmer John Gleen

4th J Abbot New Prairie

126: I think this weight class is very volatile and any of these 4 could go in any order.

1st S. Vitello Valparaiso

2nd S. Goin Crown Point

3rd J. Daniels Chesterton

4th C. Solomey Kankakee Valley

132: Likewise as the prior weight, expect anything to happen between the top 3 here.   

1st A. Torres Chesterton

2nd S. Roberson Crown Point

3rd C. Solomey Kankakee Valley

4th N. Durall Wheeler

138: Jesse Mendez show. Next.

1st J. Mendez Crown Point

2nd E. Contreras Chesterton

3rd A. Glass Lake Central

4th D. Ruoff Wheeler

145: More Crown Point and Chesterton. Are you bored yet?

1st C. Goodwin Crown Point

2nd E. Kaiser Chesterton

3rd K. Bisping Lowell

4th G. Krause Knox

152:

1st B. Ellis Chesterton

2nd J. Estrada Crown Point

3rd A. Pollitt Valparaiso

4th T. Anderson LaPorte

160: 

1st. O. Cruz Crown Point

2nd J. Salary LaPorte

3rd B. Bolin Chesterton

4th J. Serafin Wheeler

170: Sneed avenges his loss to Johnson in the semifinals and takes the title

1st  A. Sneed Kankakee Valley

2nd N. Tattini Crown Point

3rd C. Johnson Chesterton

4th D. Kwiatkowski Valparaiso

182:  Layman cruises to the championship

1st G. Layman Chesterton

2nd C. Kwiatkowski Valparaiso

3rd J. Browder LaPorte

4th J. Sues Lake Central

195: 

1st G. DeMarco Chesterton

2nd C. Antrim Valparaiso

3rd T. Hoffman Hebron

4th W. Clark Crown Point

220: Evan Bates easily

1st E. Bates Chesterton

2nd M. Degrado Lake Central

3rd P. Clark Crown Point

4th D. Csomos Hebron

285: Whitenack has pinned everyone this year that will continue here.

1st. H. Whitenack New Prairie

2nd J. Mollencup Wheeler

3rd. J. Ruess Crown Point

4th S. Garcia Lake Central

A lot of toss ups between Crown Point and Chesterton but I think Crown Point pulls it off.

32 minutes ago, nkraus said:

So it sounds like the kid moved to the new district.  If a family moves it seems hard to justify the kid not being able to compete.  

I should also mention that 9 years ago a student transferred from this same school to Penn and did not have his transfer blocked

8 hours ago, nkraus said:

I don’t know the whole situation, but if having an RTC in town was all it took, don’t you think there’d be more RTCS in Northern Indiana?

 

Again, I have no dog in the fight, but that argument simply doesn’t work.  

He certainly didn't transfer for a better opportunity because he'd wrestle anywhere.  I don't know why he transferred but his personal coach runs a RTC in an old radio shack ten minutes from his new school.  Whereas it was a 40 minute drive from his old school.

Heck with that RTC in town I'd expect this to happen more often.  Maybe they just don't want the extra competition in conference now that Mishawaka is gone.

Glad this tournament is even taking place. Feel like you're missing some heavy weights though