Indysportsfan

I could throw some stats at you about the availability that still exist on Mass Avenue but for once I would be making them up...not my style. With that said I already have my 'socialite' with me so I am good.

I will update as long as I can; not sure when I am going out for a 'night on the the town'.

First off I always enjoy the event, 19th straight year either being on press row or sitting in a suite. I am spoiled and unfortunately that time is coming to an end. I did a preview of each weight where I picked a winner, upset and toughest matches. I won't get into my toughest matches but let's say I had plenty correct and missed on a few. I only picked 6 out of the 14 Champs which is very crappy BUT 9 of my upset picks won out of 14. I believe I can spot the diamond in the rough (probably because I find my golf ball there frequently) but I need to expand my "vision" and start to believe that wrestling does exist outside of Central Indiana....sorry Evansville, East Chicago and Fort Wayne. 106 3 Seniors, 4 Juniors, 3 Sophomores, 6 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 3, Evansville 1, East Chicago 2, Fort Wayne 2 // ALL RANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 3, East Chicago 1 CHAMP -- Jacob Moran, ranked #1 - East Chicago (Regional Champ, 3rd at Semi-State) Question -- Will Moran bump to 120/126 to prepare for College? 113 3 Seniors, 8 Juniors, 3 Sophomores, 2 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 3, Evansville 2, East Chicago 2, Fort Wayne 1 // ALL RANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 2, East Chicago 1, Fort Wayne 1 CHAMP -- Brayden Curtis, ranked #1 - Fort Wayne (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Curtis is the favorite next year so will the other 7 juniors avoid him to get their state title? 120 3 Seniors, 5 Juniors, 5 Sophomores, 3 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 3, Evansville 3, East Chicago 1, Fort Wayne 1 // ONE UNRANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 2, Evansville 1, Fort Wayne 1 CHAMP -- Hunter Watts, ranked #1 - Fort Wayne (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Will Watts make it 3 Final appearances in a row or will one the many underclassmen knock him off? 126 8 Seniors, 3 Juniors, 3 Sophomores, 2 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 3, Evansville 4, Fort Wayne 1 // ALL RANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 1, Evansville 3 CHAMP -- Asa Garcia, ranked #1 - Evansville (Regional 2nd place, Semi-State 2nd place) Question -- Will Garcia, Rooks, Viduya choose the same weight again to battle for the top spot? 132 3 Seniors, 9 Juniors, 4 Sophomores, 0 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 2, Evansville 2, East Chicago 2, Fort Wayne 2 // ALL RANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 1, Evansville 1, East Chicago 1, Fort Wayne 1 CHAMP -- Graham Rooks, ranked #1 - Evansville (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Big class of Juniors, which one has a terrific summer/fall and takes over the drivers seat for their 1st state title next year? 138 13 Seniors, 2 Juniors, 1 Sophomores, 0 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 1, Evansville 3, East Chicago 2, Fort Wayne 2 // ALL RANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 1, Evansville 2, East Chicago 1 CHAMP -- Kristian Rumph, ranked #5 - East Chicago (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Losing 13 seniors and many state appearances, what underclassman seizes the opportunity to make a name for themselves next year? 145 5 Seniors, 7 Juniors, 2 Sophomores, 2 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 2, Evansville 3, East Chicago 1, Fort Wayne 2 // ALL RANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 1, Evansville 2, Fort Wayne 1 CHAMP -- Jordan Slivka, ranked #3 - New Castle (Regional Champ, Semi-State 2nd place) Question -- Slivka has a great room and motivation to be a 2x but can he withstand the barrage of returning underclassman to keep the title? 152 7 Seniors, 3 Juniors, 5 Sophomores, 1 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 2, Evansville 3, East Chicago 2, Fort Wayne 1 // ONE UNRANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 2, Evansville 1, East Chicago 1 CHAMP -- Brayton Lee, ranked #1 - Evansville (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Now that Mr. Lee has vacated his permanent spot (winners circle) who realizes their dream of winning a title? 160 8 Seniors, 6 Juniors, 2 Sophomores, 0 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 3, Evansville 2, East Chicago 1, Fort Wayne 2 // ALL RANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 2, Evansville 2 CHAMP -- Nick South, ranked #5 - Evansville (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- 1/2 of the wrestlers are gone but the champ is not; will South continue his tear and dominate the division? 170 11 Seniors, 4 Juniors, 1 Sophomores, 0 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 4, East Chicago 2, Fort Wayne 2 // ALL RANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 1, East Chicago 2, Fort Wayne 1 CHAMP -- Noah Warren, ranked #1 - New Castle (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Highest returning place was 5th place Mahan; weight class is wide open and who has the summer that puts them over the top? 182 12 Seniors, 1 Juniors, 3 Sophomores, 0 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 1 , Evansville 3, East Chicago 1, Fort Wayne 3 // ALL RANKED FINAL 4 -- Evansville 2, Fort Wayne 2 CHAMP -- Conner Graber, ranked #4 - Fort Wayne (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Allred is the only returning wrestler from the Final 8; will he finish on top of the podium? 195 12 Seniors, 4 Juniors, 0 Sophomores, 0 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 2, Evansville 3, East Chicago 2, Fort Wayne 1 // ONE UNRANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 2, Evansville 1, East Chicago 1 CHAMP -- Lucas Davison, ranked #1 - East Chicago (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Final 8 were all seniors, which is usual, but it gives many wrestlers a great chance to win next year. Who will emerge from the summer as the favorite? 220 12 Seniors, 4 Juniors, 0 Sophomores, 0 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 3, Evansville 1, East Chicago 2, Fort Wayne 2 // ONE UNRANKED FINAL 4 -- New Castle 2, Evansville 1, East Chicago 1 CHAMP -- Mason Parris, ranked #1 - New Castle (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Similar to 152 this weight class was decided when Mr. Parris picked it; Elwood's Kyle Cornwell is the highest returning placer will he excel this summer to be the odds on favorite? 285 13 Seniors, 2 Juniors, 1 Sophomores, 0 Freshman FINAL 8 -- New Castle 3, Evansville 1, East Chicago 4, // TWO UNRANKED FINAL 4 -- Evansville 1, East Chicago 3 CHAMP -- Eli Pokorney, ranked #2 - East Chicago (Regional Champ, Semi-State Champ) Question -- Mr. Pokorney will be the returning champ and the 'heavy' favorite to repeat as the Champ, will anyone be able to knock him off? As usual the rankings represented 106 out of the 112 in the Final 8....incredible.

Upper Bracket -- Pokorney #2, Ault #3, Comer #9, Tipping #16, Parsons #18, Stone unranked, Hillenburg unranked, Watts unranked Bottom Bracket -- McWilliams #1, Crider #5, McCubbins #6, Obst #8, Curtis #19, Majors unranked, Watkins unranked, Conner unranked Toughest 1st rd -- Pokorney vs Ault & McCubbins vs Obst Champ -- Eli Pokorney Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Jacob Obst over Riley McCubbins

Upper Bracket -- Parris #1, Hammond #6, Burton #7, Leffers #16, Schumm unranked, LaFree unranked, Sisk unranked, Kidwell unranked Bottom Bracket -- Streck #2, McClaine #3, Cornwell #4, Boots #5, Hare #20, Simpkins unranked, Bolte unranked, Baumgartner unranked, Toughest 1st rd -- Hammond vs Burton & McClaine vs Boots Champ -- Mason Parris Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Landan Burton over Ryan Hammond

Upper Bracket -- Goforth #5, Hansen #6, Savieo #7, Bynum #9, Ford #10, Hurley #15, Wickersham unranked, Stits unranked Bottom Bracket -- Davison #1, Sonner #2, Penola #3, Rasler #4, Fowler #11, Smith #19, Bohman unranked, Lee unranked Toughest 1st rd -- Bynum vs Ford & Penola vs Fowler Champ -- Lucas Davison Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Bryson Ford over Tremor Bynum

Upper Bracket -- Graber #4, Guerrier #5, Mosely #6, Girgenti #8, Gobeyn #10, Chaffee #11, Morgan #18, Funk unranked Lower Bracket -- Walton #1, Cressell #2, Allred #3, Johnson #7, Below #16, Torres #17, Moore unranked, Washington unranked Toughest 1st rd -- Guerrier vs Gobeyn & Johnson vs Torres Champ -- Nathan Walton Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Max Chaffee over Conner Graber

Upper Bracket -- Warren #1, Brewer #3, Mahern #11, Kleinhenz #14, Moore #15, Lone #17, Crary #18, Guerrero unranked, Bottom Bracket -- Fattore #2, Rader #4, Fuller #5, Lowe #7, Klettheimer #6, Wyro #12, Traficanti #19, Davidson unranked Toughest 1st rd -- Brewer vs Mahern & Fuller vs Klettheimer Champ -- Noah Warren Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Cody Klettheimer over Kameron Fuller

Lost to Alexander

Top Bracket -- Kasch #4, South #5, Winner #10, Coffman #13, Hicks #14, Presson unranked, Kensinger unranked, Mosconi unranked Bottom Bracket -- Mappes #1, Eiteljorge #2, Lemley #3, Reed #6, Davis #12, Schank #15, Woenker #16, Hoover #20 Toughest 1st rd -- Coffman vs Kensinger & Mappes vs Reed Champ -- NIck South Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Brooks Davis over Diego Lemley

Parade of Champions begin around 5:30 pm?

Top Bracket -- Blubaugh #4, Stroud #6, Rodgers #7, Lamore #8, Walker #10, Arney #12, Deters #16, Browning unranked, Bottom Bracket -- Lee #1, Calhoun #2, Washington #3, Wagner #5, Hiestand #18, Warren #19, Pettigrew unranked, Pollitt unranked Toughest 1st rd -- Rodgers vs Walker & Calhoun vs Wagner Champ -- Brayton Lee Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Kody Wagner over Graham Calhoun

Top Bracket -- Hunt #2, Graves #5, Schoenegge #6, Lohrey #8, LaPlace #7, Conley #11, Young #19, Douglass unranked Bottom Bracket -- McIntosh #1, Slivka #3, Sellmer #4, Ball #10, Kunkel #15, Ruble #17, Fitts #18, Ellis #20, Toughest 1st rd -- LaPlace vs Conley & Ball vs Kunkel Champ -- Christian Hunt Friday upset (per rankings) -- Nathan Conley over Jacob LaPlace

Top Bracket -- Combest #3, Rumph #5, Lee #6, Moore #7, Grimson #8, Dembowski #9, Harrington #15, Goudy unranked Bottom Bracket -- Mulkey #2, Melloh #4, Moore #10, Strueder #11, Davis #13, Hunt #18, Risner #19, Goering #20, Toughest 1st rd -- Combest vs Moore & Moore vs Davis Champ -- Blake Mulkey Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Brailen Harrington over Matt Lee

Top Bracket -- Rooks #1, Bryant #2, Dickens #5, Noehre #7, Grimson #9, Betourne #10, Cottingham #12, Wilkerson unranked Bottom Bracket -- Mosconi #3, Kreitzer #6, Rowlett #11, Brooks #13, Barr #18, Burden unranked, Hill unranked, Haught unranked Toughest 1st rd -- Bryant vs Dickens & Rowlett vs Barr Champ -- Manzona Bryant Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Alex Barr over Jarred Rowlett

Top Bracket -- Rooks #2, Viduya #3, Poynter #4, Denny #12, Schoeff #14, Hall #16, Kelly #19, Lawson unranked, Bottom Bracket -- Garcia #1, Smiley #5, Mills #6, Mejia #7, DeMien #11, Wilson unranked, Gomez unranked, Blackburn unranked Toughest 1st rd -- Poynter vs Denny & Mills vs DeMien Champ -- Alec Viduya Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Brycen Denny over Colin Poynter

Top Bracket -- Watts #1, Triana #4, Walendzak #5, Boe #10, Standridge #11, Wagner unranked, Fuqua unranked, Bautista unranked, Bottom Bracket -- Fair #2, Mattingly #3, Peele #6, Campbell #7, Rioux #9, Heath #19, Sparrow unranked, Mosser unranked Toughest 1st rd -- Boe vs Standridge & Mattingly vs Peele Champ -- Sam Fair Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Logan Wagner over Tylor Triana

Top Bracket -- Curtis #1, Diaz #2, Lowery #3, Boarman #5, Conley #11, Oliver #13, Tolin #16, Just unranked Bottom Bracket -- Black #4, Moreno #6, Shearer #8, Casebolt #9, Eldred #10, Petro #12, Hegedus #14, Zadylak #15, Toughest 1st rd: Diaz vs Conley & Black vs Shearer Champ -- Brayden Lowery Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Ricky Hegedus over Devon Casebolt

Top Bracket -- Moran #1, Bailey #3, Montgomery #4, Miller #7, Reagan #11, Todd #12, Gardner #16, Hadley #18 Bottom Bracket -- Cottey #5, Ross #6, Flores #9, Alstott #10, Diaz #12, Pierson #17, Alexander #20, Sturgill unranked Toughest 1st rd: Moran vs Miller & Cottey vs Alstott Champ -- Logan Bailey Friday Upset (per rankings) -- Jace Alexander over Fernando Flores

I have only looked at 126 but your bracket is not even close to what was on the broadcast.

Mr Goebel should have a better stat guy because he is off on 1/2 of them.

Top of 113 has a few good kids in it.

State Rank, Name, Semi-State, Regional & SS Finish 1 Isaiah McWilliams - EC (1st & 2nd) 2 Eli Pokorney - EC (1st & 1st) 3 Dakota Ault - FW (1st & 4th) 4 Reilly Peterson - ELIMINATED 5 Donnie Crider - EC (1st &3rd) 6 Riley McCubbins - EV (2nd & 4th) 7 Alex Cartwright - EC (Eliminated by Pokorney) 8 Jacob Obst - NC (3rd & 1st) 9 Jalen Comer - EV (1st & 3rd) 10 Michael Foster - EC (Eliminated by McWilliams) 11 Darrione Gregory - ELIMINATED 12 Manny Cheam - ELIMINATED 13 DJ Koors - NC (Eliminated by Koors) 14 Avery Jones - FW (Eliminated by Yoder) 15 Alex Faulkner - EC (Eliminated by Crider) 16 Elisha Tipping - EC (4th & 4th) 17 Anthony Atria - EC (Eliminated by Tipping) 18 Holden Parsons - FW (1st & 1st) 19 Garrett Curtis - EV (3rd & 1st) 20 Jack Williams - NC (Eliminated by Stone) UNRANKED Jamichael Watts - NC (4th & 2nd) UNRANKED Marcus Stone - NC ( 1st & 3rd) UNRANKED Tyler Majors - NC ( 2nd & 4th) UNRANKED Harley Hillenburg - EV (3rd & 2nd) UNRANKED Gabe Watkins - FW (1st & 2nd) UNRANKED Nick Conner - FW (1st & 3rd) New Castle 8, Unranked, Unranked, Unranked Evansville 6, 9, 19, Unranked East Chicago 1, 2, 5, 16 Fort Wayne 3, 18, Unranked, Unranked

State Rank, Name, Semi-State, Regional & SS Finish 1 Mason Parris - NC (1st & 1st) 2 Brandon Streck - EC (1st & 1st) 3 Jacob McClaine - NC (1st & 3rd) 4 Kyle Cornwell - NC (1st & 2nd) 5 Michael Boots - EV (1st & 2nd) 6 Ryan Hammond - EV (1st & 1st) 7 Landan Burton - NC (1st & 4th) 8 Alex Lichyter - EV (Eliminated by Hammond) 9 Dalyn Hart - FW (Eliminated by Hare) 10 Caleb Thomas - EC (Eliminated by LaFree) 11 Lawson Aiken - EV (Eliminated by Boots) 12 Frank Hammonds - NC (Eliminated by McClaine) 13 Andy Guhl - NC (Eliminated by Parris) 14 Chester Swopes - EC (Eliminated by Kidwell) 15 Crae Kunkleman - NC (Eliminated by Parris) 16 Levi Leffers - FW - (1st & 2nd) 17 Jayden Williams - EV (Eliminated by Bolte) 18 Cameron Smith - FW (Eliminated by Silvers) 19 James Lewis - EC (Eliminated by Simpkins) 20 Gaven Hare - FW (2nd & 1st) UNRANKED Jacob Bolte - EV (1st & 3rd) UNRANKED Jacob Sisk - EV (1st & 4th) UNRANKED Nate LaFree - EC (1st & 2nd) UNRANKED Joey Kidwell - EC (1st & 3rd) UNRANKED Kyle Simpkins - EC (1st & 4th) UNRANKED Chandler Schumm - FW (1st & 3rd) UNRANKED Isaiah Baumgartner - FW (3rd & 4th) New Castle 1, 3, 4, 7 Evansville 5, 6, Unranked, Unranked East Chicago 2, Unranked, Unranked, Unranked Fort Wayne 16, 20, Unranked, Unranked

State Rank, Name, Semi-State, Regional & SS Finish 1 Lucas Davison - EC (1st & 1st) 2 Jaden Sonner - EV (1st & 2nd) 3 Thomas Penola - NC (1st & 1st) 4 Draven Rasler - FW (1st & 2nd) 5 Grant Goforth - EV (2nd & 1st) 6 Sam Hansen - NC (1st & 2nd) 7 Jaxson Savieo -- FW (1st & 1st) 8 Griffin Stine - ELIMINATED 9 Tremor Bynam - NC (1st & 3rd) 10 Bryson Ford - EC (1st & 2nd) 11 AJ Fowler - EC (1st & 4th) 12 Austin Lane - NC (Eliminated by Penola) 13 Jacob Bondon - EC (Eliminated by Davison) 14 David Delph - NC (Eliminated by Cochard) 15 Rocken Hurley - EC (1st & 3rd) 16 Charlie Agnew - FW (Eliminated by Rasler) 17 Ewan Donovan - EC (Eliminated by Fowler) 18 Beck Davis - FW (Eliminated by Wickersham) 19 Luke Smith - EV (1st & 3rd) 20 Luke Utterback - NC (Eliminated by Hansen) UNRANKED Michael Bohman - NC (1st & 4th) UNRANKED Shane Stits - EV (1st & 4th) UNRANKED Victor Lee - FW (2nd & 3rd) UNRANKED Dan Wickersham - FW (3rd & 4th) New Castle 3, 6, 9, Unranked Evansville 2, 5, 19, Unranked East Chicago 1, 10, 11, 15 Fort Wayne 4, 7, Unranked, Unranked