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Jesse Mendez back to Crown Point

It could be worse. Michigan doesn't even exist in a tier.

Hartleroad was the aggressor throughout his semifinal. I spent most of the match wondering why the refs didn't call stalling against his opponent, who would only give ground and not directly attack throughout the match. 

Man it is hard to figure out when someone is serious and when they are joking. 
 
Like the buddy of mine who used to post that cannibalism wasn't so bad. You think you know someone.

Wrestle backs you say? What an interesting idea. 
 
Please tell me, have any other states implemented these "wrestle backs" , or would Indiana be the first?

We are always going to disagree here.
You may see the lack of wrestlebacks as exciting but I see Henderson vs Haines in the ticket round, with only one of them going, as an abomination. Both wrestlers have put in the work and are the bad draws, but blind luck of the draw combined with the lack of wrestlebacks means that the question of the top 4 semistate wrestlers on the day is not even considered. And it easily could be.
Add a round of wrestlebacks to semistate and qualifying gets harder. You have to win 3 matches instead of 2 to qualify, and the third will always be against someone out of your pod who has already won 2 matches. Add wrestlebacks to the State Finals and you need to win 2 matches to place instead of 1. That is way more exciting to me. If you really want exciting, watch the blood round at Fargo or Super32 or NCAAs.
Wrestlebacks would make Indiana HS wrestling better.
 

Wrestle backs you say? What an interesting idea. 
 
Please tell me, have any other states implemented these "wrestle backs" , or would Indiana be the first?

We are always going to disagree here.
You may see the lack of wrestlebacks as exciting but I see Henderson vs Haines in the ticket round, with only one of them going, as an abomination. Both wrestlers have put in the work and are the bad draws, but blind luck of the draw combined with the lack of wrestlebacks means that the question of the top 4 semistate wrestlers on the day is not even considered. And it easily could be.
Add a round of wrestlebacks to semistate and qualifying gets harder. You have to win 3 matches instead of 2 to qualify, and the third will always be against someone out of your pod who has already won 2 matches. Add wrestlebacks to the State Finals and you need to win 2 matches to place instead of 1. That is way more exciting to me. If you really want exciting, watch the blood round at Fargo or Super32 or NCAAs.
Wrestlebacks would make Indiana HS wrestling better.
 

Wrestle backs you say? What an interesting idea. 
 
Please tell me, have any other states implemented these "wrestle backs" , or would Indiana be the first?

Wrestle backs you say? What an interesting idea. 
 
Please tell me, have any other states implemented these "wrestle backs" , or would Indiana be the first?

Wrestle backs you say? What an interesting idea. 
 
Please tell me, have any other states implemented these "wrestle backs" , or would Indiana be the first?

Wrestle backs you say? What an interesting idea. 
 
Please tell me, have any other states implemented these "wrestle backs" , or would Indiana be the first?

Here's my predictions:
 
106: Henry Asilkyan dec. Peyton Schoettle (Asilkyan beat #18 Arseni Kikiniou in the finals 6-3)
113: #11 Revin Dickman dec. #17 Rocklin Zinkin
120: Ronnie Ramirez dec. Charlie Larocca (Ramirez, although UR, won a loaded bracket with the #7, #8, #14, and #15)
126: #17 Nikade Zinklin dec. Luke Rioux (Rioux did beat #13 Isaiah Schaefer in the finals, but has been not as consistent, and Zinklin won his bracket with the #6 in it, although they never met)
132: #18 Jake Hockaday dec. G. Elias Navida (#19 and #20 were both in the CA bracket but lost in the semis. Still think Hockaday wins)
138: #1 Daniel Zepeda dec. Kyrel Leavell (CA might hate, but Leavell is talented enough to keep it competitive)
144: Moses Mirabal dec. Easton Doster (Mirabal upset #8 in the country in the finals)
150: #1 Brock Mantanona dec. Wyatt Krejsa
157: #6 Grigor Cholakyan maj. Mitchell Betz (Cholakyan has been good for a while, despite Betz's success this season)
165: #8 Collin Guffey dec. Waylon Cressell (Cressell is probably a top 20 guy at this point but Guffey won a very deep CA bracket)
175: #14 Angelo Posada dec. Chase Leech
190: #11 Sonny Kling dec. Noah Weaver (Weaver could also upset here)
215: #7 Robert Platt dec. Will Clark (CA has some hammers, man)
285: #2 Cody Merrill wbf. Nate Johnson (don't mean to disrespect our big guy but Merrill could beat good college guys right now)
 
Final Score: CA- 40    IN- 6
 
Sorry, Indiana, CA's state brackets are ridiculously tough.

Yes, just like all other states, they use wrestlebacks to ensure proper placing and that the best guys get through, and not award lucky favorable draws. 

Flo also has an interview with Julianna Ocampo live now on the site.
 
https://www.flowrestling.org/video/12155484-julianna-ocampo-on-historic-win-it-felt-amazing

Flo also has an interview with Julianna Ocampo live now on the site.
 
https://www.flowrestling.org/video/12155484-julianna-ocampo-on-historic-win-it-felt-amazing

Flo also has an interview with Julianna Ocampo live now on the site.
 
https://www.flowrestling.org/video/12155484-julianna-ocampo-on-historic-win-it-felt-amazing

Flo also has an interview with Julianna Ocampo live now on the site.
 
https://www.flowrestling.org/video/12155484-julianna-ocampo-on-historic-win-it-felt-amazing

Hartleroad was the aggressor throughout his semifinal. I spent most of the match wondering why the refs didn't call stalling against his opponent, who would only give ground and not directly attack throughout the match. 

Completely irrelevant question. Why do they call it semistate when there are four of them? That makes two states in total. Who gets the second title?
 
IHSAA has a lot to answer for.
 
Do you know what would fix all of these problems? You know ...

Who thinks @DawgPoundRed should win IndianaMat Rookie of the Year award?

This is the Jesse Mendez-Cole Solomey situation. After coming second to Mendez at sectionals, Solomey was guaranteed not to hit Mendez until the finals of Regionals. Keep coming second at regionals and semistate, and he was the only wrestler in the field who was absolutely guaranteed not to hit Mendez until the championship match, even before the draw. 
 
It may hurt your ego, but having a monster in your sectional or regional bracket guarantees that you will not see him early in the next week's round.
 
 

This is the Jesse Mendez-Cole Solomey situation. After coming second to Mendez at sectionals, Solomey was guaranteed not to hit Mendez until the finals of Regionals. Keep coming second at regionals and semistate, and he was the only wrestler in the field who was absolutely guaranteed not to hit Mendez until the championship match, even before the draw. 
 
It may hurt your ego, but having a monster in your sectional or regional bracket guarantees that you will not see him early in the next week's round.
 
 

But if we were doing it right, the dialogue would only be a quarter interesting. Where does the other bit come from?

But if we were doing it right, the dialogue would only be a quarter interesting. Where does the other bit come from?