BlueBolt

That's a mile UP HILL BOTH WAYS!!!! ;D

Odd thing is..If the WWE showed up in town they would have the entire press crew lined up at the gates...Go figure! LOL

My question is this...how about that Dashing Young Coach from the Flatlands of Newburgh LOL ;D

The SIAC isn't until next weekend. Reitz is at Mt.Vernon this weekend with a couple other teams. Well those other teams happens to include Castle ;-)

And Replace Blood Time with Beer Time ;D

Hey I just voted and a window popped up telling me: "CONGRADULATIONS!!! You have just won an Illinios Senate Seat!"

Somebody help...but I seem to remeber Reitz and Mater Dei tied 2x, like in 78 and 79????? It seems that it was two years close together and I remeber that Reitz team that had Dan Durbin (yes, the teacher of the year) Randy Chips, Allen Grammer, the Barchet brothers... Man you have dropped some names I haven't heard in a long time... Whatever happend to the Barchet brothers????? These teams were a few years before my time, but they were memorable...

This is one VERY important meet for the SIAC teams...Castle and Reitz have not met this year, and I don't think Central and Castle have met either. Conference seedings are going to be interesting after this weekend! Each of the other schools bring some really quailty talent also...It will be a great time on the Far Far Westside...

Would this be the wrong time to mention we have not really had any snow in the Evansville area this season? ;D Of course it is not uncommon for us to have to suffer through the best weather in the state all year round... LOL

For our Neighbors to the North (and around here that is just about EVERYONE!), If you have never witnessed ANY event between Evansville Reitz and Mater Dei, you have NO IDEA what competition is! I don't care if the Panthers and the Wildcats are having a barn painting contest...2,000 people will show up and there will be a WHOLE LOT of jawing going on! Very high spirited and not a lot of love loss, but they seem to keep it civil...I have known families who have kids in BOTH schools at the same time! It's a Real "Hatfields and McCoys" sort of thing. These people literally live next door to one another. It may very well be the BIGGEST RIVALLY in the entire state. Both teams will be PUMPED UP...and may very well wrestle their best matches of the year tomorrow night! Good luck to all the wrestlers!!!!

Reitz has a tough team, and this will be an interesting Dual... But the Panthers also have Castle this Saturday...talk about a great week!

I would have to say that is a rumor...Sims is Sims...

Well that explains why I thought I read "he got 1 for cleaning out the garage and 2 for giving up the remote!" ;D

Having been the oldest person in my class (who wasn't held back) I can tell you it makes a difference in someways, but not so much where athletics are concerned. I think it's more important from a mental aspect than the physical. Of course in my case I was at 119 or 126 (back in the day) all 4 years. So being 18 years old and facing a 15 year old at 119 is a HUGE help both physically and mentally. There are always exceptions, but it comes down to how those years are spent in helping the individual learn the craft they are training for also.

Ok..Here is the answer: We set up a class system that awards State Championship Medals to each school. The last time I checked, Wrestling is a sport based on one person meeting another individual head to head and the winner is determined by who out performs the other in a given match. This expirence has done more to educate many of our youth that the story of David and Golith is not just wishful thinking, but can actually be a fact of life. The point is, at the end of the day, it isn't how many kids are in the class rooms and halls of the school you represent...It's about the effort given by that one wrestler who represents them in each match. If these wrestlers are approching a match with a "Golith" school with the attitude that they can't win, well I am sorry, but that is a failure of the kid and more so the coaches. Wrestling does not reward such failures. From where I sit, a class system is telling these kids that it's ok to claim the highest prize in the state without facing the best competition. And this factor goes BOTH ways! Think back to past State Champions who have had to beat kids from smaller schools to reach that position. It just seems to go against the spirit of the sport of Wrestling to allow it to be watered down in such a way. We have the stats on how many wrestlers have won state from Big schools, but no stats on who they wrestled on their way to that distiction. Who from the smaller schools qualified for the State Tourney and how were their head to head matches decided? For that fact, what are the stats for the Big versus Small schools at the Semi-State level? Or even the Regional level? I think these would give us a better idea of where the level of competition becomes unbalanced. Now if you want to split the Public and Private schools into separate divisions (for ALL sports) then I would be willing to listen. That makes more sense than by size given the history of wresting champions in the state than basing it on size of student population. Even so, I am not in favor of doing that either.

Better yet...Let's have the State Finals in November and then wrestle the season! How about we give each wrestler a medal for making weight? Or maybe we could have each of the top two finishers in the individual State Tourney's parents wrestle to see if the wrestlers themselves are genetically worthy. My point is this, adding more "champions" just dilutes the accomplishments of the individuals and teams. A "Small" school has owned the Team Championship since it's introduction. They have "Loaned" it out a time or two just to take it back in short order. The argument for Classes would be MUCH more valid if this wasn't the case. For that matter, how would these "Classes" be determined? Number of kids in the school, or number of wrestlers in a wrestling room? I have seen schools field full Varsity, JV, and Freshmen teams when they have an enrollment 1/3 the size of a school that can barely fill a Varsity line up. The problem is there is no truly VALID argument for class wrestling given the history of the sport as we know it. Just my 2 cents.

Any word on the results so far? Once again some of us can't get out of work for what is REALLY important! ;D

We will know more after Reitz and Castle actually are in the same gym this year. Castle has a big test this weekend - Corydon is a really nice tourney with quality teams from Indiana and Kentucky...

We will have a better idea about the Reitz/Castle situations in a couple of weeks...It will be a SHOOT OUT though!

Amen to that! It's a real shame the one True Sport is one of the first to go when money is the only concern!

Princeton has produced some darned fine teams over the years, I am fairly sure they know the RIGHT way to find their way into the rankings and the WRONG way to draw attention to themselves. Having a great tourney is one thing, sustaining that level of performance is what makes a wrestler worthy of consideration. Given his youth in an upper weight class, have you considered his coaches my not want him considered to help keep the pressure off? Just a thought...

Just so there is no confusion welch did not win at 130....both of the welch kids won but one was at 135 and one was at 140. Just trying to keep this as accurate as possible Hey He COULD have won at 130 also... ;-) You are correct though, they only let them wrestle in one weight class per a tourney DARNIT!

Castle wins by 5...Yorktown loses in the finals, Castle wins in the 3rd place match... Regarless, it was one heck of a fight obviously!

Let this be a lesson...EVERY MATCH IS IMPORTANT! It would seem this tourney was won in two key matches in the 285 Championship and more importantly in the 3rd place match at 285! Yorktown, you have one REALLY fine team! Congrats to you and to all!!!!

Wish I knew...Other than Richard of Castle winning at 145 I am not sure...