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From the results that I saw, it looked like Atwood pinned every opponent today. I was wondering if this was the third week in a row that he had done so.
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Has anyone pinned their way to state this postseason? Honorable mention for pinning/TF all postseason opponents.
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Returning Fort Wayne Semi-State Champion At Lower Weight
hammer replied to Tito Santana's topic in Past Discussions
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What is the record for most kids on one team going to state?
hammer replied to goul149's topic in Past Discussions
I may be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure that EMD got 11 through one year in the early part of this decade. I thought that was a record at the time. -
I have learned that "The older I get, the better I was"
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If any of the Jay County regional wrestlers are unable to compete on Saturday, are the kids who were added to the pigtail matches the alternates, or would you move the other guys up and have them wrestle against an alternate?
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This Week in Indiana High School Wrestling - A sad state of affairs
hammer replied to KarlHungus's topic in Past Discussions
I think it was posted by someone with the screen name of RochZebs, or something like that, but the coach at Rochester came on here and said it wasn't him that posted it. I don't think anyone put a name behind the post. Great post, though. There's a lot of truth in it. -
I agree. The way we determine the State alternate, while not perfect, seems fair under our current system. The Semi-state alternate makes no sense. There has to be a better system to determine it. The obvious would be to have a losers bracket at Regionals and wrestle back to 5th place from the quarters, but we all know that the IHSAA doesn't like wrestlebacks, or much anything that make obvious sense..
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I think you hit the nail on the head. Taking 4 from Regionals is all about revenue, where as leaving it at three, but giving wrestlebacks wouldn't increase gate receipts.
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I said it at the beginning of the season, and I got blasted for it by a few people, but I stand by it. "The toughest weight will be either 130 or 135, whichever one Tsirtsis isn't in!" There are lots of high level kids in each semi-state at this weight.
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If a kid is the second best kid in his sectional, but gets seeded 4th; or gets seeded 3rd, when the best kid is seeded 2nd, then there could be only one kid better than him in his sectional in that case. A good example of this was this year's Shelbyville's 125# class.
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Often, the 2 vs. 3 first round eliminates one of the 4 best kids in the Regional in quite a few weight classes.
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Just for discussion: What are your thoughts on combining the Sectional and Regional together? If you feel that going to the super Sectional was a good idea, would you be in favor of making this change for the same reason? The big positives would include the best chance of getting the best 16 kids to Semi-state. They would also include having wrestle-backs at the level before Semi-state. The biggest drawbacks I can think of would be logistical things. You would need bigger venues for this Super Regional. You would have to wrestle them somewhere that you could put 4 mats on the floor, and also have enough spectator and team seating. and locker room space. You would also have to wrestle the first round on Friday night. Can you think of other positives or negatives to consider? Would you be willing to go to this if doing so would give us wrestle-backs as Semi-State?
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Yorktown has an outside shot at taking 7 matches against Mishawaka, so I would say that they probably would match up best with them. However, I could see them losing all of the swing matches, and only winning 3 matches against Mishawaka.
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Fryar must have peaked at the right time his Senior season, too. I remember him losing by Major Decision to Beatty fron FW Concordia, earlier in the season.
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Congratulations to Yorktown for breaking Bellmont's very impressive streak! I give a lot of credit to Bellmont for working their butts off to build that streak, and for not giving it up without one heck of a fight!
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Only because Caliboy189 was banned at the time!
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You'd have to stop posting for at least a few weeks for there to be any chance for him to catch you.
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I hate to be the English teacher here, since I'm not one, but it's not acedimic or acedemic. It is academic! I don't think you can stereotype wrestlers when it comes to academics. I've seen wrestlers who graduated first in their class, and others that were close to last in their class. It takes all types.
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First, no disrespect to anyone who wins a state championship, or any championship for that matter. They earned what they did through their hard work. I'm not sure what part of what I wrote doesn't make sense to you. I'm not taking anything away from the guy who wins state, but loses at team state. He was the best wrestler on the day he won that state title. Just as if he wins and a Junior, and fails to repeat as a Senior, he still was a state champ the week before. Once you win it, it can't be taken away from you. Just as if we had 2 or 3 state champs per class. They would each be state champions. What if we had 28 weight classes instead of 14? Would you say that the guy that won 165 wasn't really a state champ, because he couldn't beat the guy that would win at 170, 175, 180, etc.? Wouldn't it still be that your goal is to go out and wrestle against the competition in front of you, and do your best to win every time out?
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This is the oldest, and worst argument against class wrestling. Just because you win state at a certain weight, it doesn't guarantee that you are the best kid at that weight in the state, it just says that you had the best 2 days at the state tournament of anybody in your class. What about the guy that wins a state title, but loses the following week at Team State while wrestling in the same class? Isn't the guy that beat him better, since he beat him?
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I don't think that any of the conferences in the FW Area send teams to 4 different sectionals, unless maybe the NHC does?
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I'll give you a "wahoo" for realizing that your posts sometimes make you look like a "dumbass"!
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No surprise to me. Kiefer is good, but not on Wright's level.
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He's not going anywhere. He's Perry Meridian's biggest supporter! More specifically, he's their 189#'s biggest fan.
