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Anyone on anyday its all who shows up to wrestle

Lake Erie is getting a great wrestler who no matter what the score is can hit the big move to seal the deal, but most importantly, they are getting a great kid.  Whether he was messing with his dad at one of the local tournaments or wearing that Alaskan singlet and sports-goggles, he always found time to come say Hi whenever he saw us at a meet.  Rivals or not, best of luck to Quinn this week and I hope to see him on the podium to finish his HS career!

Here are my thoughts...
 
Pros:
Awesome competition at all levels, I hope we can continue to attract this level of out of state competition with the relatively low support shown from Indiana teams this year. Very nice venue, the exhibition halls were huge and the arena seemed very nice. Showed the HS and younger wrestlers that there are plenty of non-D1 colleges that offer very competitive wrestling at the next level.  It was great to hear the crowd go crazy during some of the college placement matches. The announcers did a great job of highlighting some of the premiere matchups going on through the college division.    Cons:
Price... I'm not sure about the team fees, but for a spectator, it was very expensive compared to a local HS event.  $5-$10 to park, $20 admission, plus very high priced concessions.  My opinion is if you're going to charge a ton for admission, then concessions should be reasonable or vice versa. Although the exhibition halls were massive, they did lack a little bit of seating around the HS mats.  Basically, it left the parents to stand around mat side... then security would come by and ask everyone to step back.  It would have been nice to have some additional seating around mats 23 and 24.  Overall, I'm glad our team was exposed to the competition at this level.  The boys battled their best and I sure hope we are back next year with the same level of out of state competition.
 
 

Miranda/ Mills III should be another good one!!

Here are my thoughts...
 
Pros:
Awesome competition at all levels, I hope we can continue to attract this level of out of state competition with the relatively low support shown from Indiana teams this year. Very nice venue, the exhibition halls were huge and the arena seemed very nice. Showed the HS and younger wrestlers that there are plenty of non-D1 colleges that offer very competitive wrestling at the next level.  It was great to hear the crowd go crazy during some of the college placement matches. The announcers did a great job of highlighting some of the premiere matchups going on through the college division.    Cons:
Price... I'm not sure about the team fees, but for a spectator, it was very expensive compared to a local HS event.  $5-$10 to park, $20 admission, plus very high priced concessions.  My opinion is if you're going to charge a ton for admission, then concessions should be reasonable or vice versa. Although the exhibition halls were massive, they did lack a little bit of seating around the HS mats.  Basically, it left the parents to stand around mat side... then security would come by and ask everyone to step back.  It would have been nice to have some additional seating around mats 23 and 24.  Overall, I'm glad our team was exposed to the competition at this level.  The boys battled their best and I sure hope we are back next year with the same level of out of state competition.
 
 

Here are my thoughts...
 
Pros:
Awesome competition at all levels, I hope we can continue to attract this level of out of state competition with the relatively low support shown from Indiana teams this year. Very nice venue, the exhibition halls were huge and the arena seemed very nice. Showed the HS and younger wrestlers that there are plenty of non-D1 colleges that offer very competitive wrestling at the next level.  It was great to hear the crowd go crazy during some of the college placement matches. The announcers did a great job of highlighting some of the premiere matchups going on through the college division.    Cons:
Price... I'm not sure about the team fees, but for a spectator, it was very expensive compared to a local HS event.  $5-$10 to park, $20 admission, plus very high priced concessions.  My opinion is if you're going to charge a ton for admission, then concessions should be reasonable or vice versa. Although the exhibition halls were massive, they did lack a little bit of seating around the HS mats.  Basically, it left the parents to stand around mat side... then security would come by and ask everyone to step back.  It would have been nice to have some additional seating around mats 23 and 24.  Overall, I'm glad our team was exposed to the competition at this level.  The boys battled their best and I sure hope we are back next year with the same level of out of state competition.
 
 

Here are my thoughts...
 
Pros:
Awesome competition at all levels, I hope we can continue to attract this level of out of state competition with the relatively low support shown from Indiana teams this year. Very nice venue, the exhibition halls were huge and the arena seemed very nice. Showed the HS and younger wrestlers that there are plenty of non-D1 colleges that offer very competitive wrestling at the next level.  It was great to hear the crowd go crazy during some of the college placement matches. The announcers did a great job of highlighting some of the premiere matchups going on through the college division.    Cons:
Price... I'm not sure about the team fees, but for a spectator, it was very expensive compared to a local HS event.  $5-$10 to park, $20 admission, plus very high priced concessions.  My opinion is if you're going to charge a ton for admission, then concessions should be reasonable or vice versa. Although the exhibition halls were massive, they did lack a little bit of seating around the HS mats.  Basically, it left the parents to stand around mat side... then security would come by and ask everyone to step back.  It would have been nice to have some additional seating around mats 23 and 24.  Overall, I'm glad our team was exposed to the competition at this level.  The boys battled their best and I sure hope we are back next year with the same level of out of state competition.
 
 

The Mat Mayhem tournament should produce a ton of solid wrestling matchups.  With only 6 teams entered, hopefully we can get a Round Robin format so we get to face each team.
 
Merrilville, IN - Ranked #6 in Division 3a
113 Michael DeLaPena, Merrilville (10) - Ranked 9th
132 Clarence Johnson, Merrilville (12) - Ranked 5th
145 Jacob Covaciu, Merrilville (11) - Ranked 1st
195 Jarius Perry, Merrilville (12) - Ranked 16th
285 Shawn Streck, Merrilville (11) - Ranked 1st
 
Brownsburg, IN - Ranked #16 in Division 3a
106 Ty Mills, Brownsburg (9) - Ranked 9th
132 Brayton Lee, Brownsburg (9) - Ranked 2nd
152 CJ Damler, Brownsburg (11) - Ranked 12th
170 Nathan Walton, Brownsburg (9) - Ranked 8th
 
Brighton, MI - Ranked #1 in Division 1
112 Lee Grabowski, Brighton (10) - Ranked 7th
119 Grant Morrison, Brighton (11) - Ranked 9th
125 Jackson Renicker, Brighton (11) - Ranked 7th
130 Kyle Bohnsack, Brighton (12) - Ranked 6th
135 Jose Ramos, Brighton (12) - Ranked 8th
145 Ryan Salmon, Brighton (12) - Ranked 5th
152 Tanner Maschke, Brighton (12) - Ranked 7th
160 Beau Mourer, Brighton (12) - Ranked 6th
171 Nick Brish, Brighton (12) - Ranked 3rd
215 Luke Ready, Brighton (11) - Ranked 1st
 
Lowell, MI - Ranked #1 in Division 2
103 Sam Russell, Lowell (10) - Ranked 2nd
119 Lucas Hall, Lowell (11) - Ranked 1st
125 Aaron Ward, Lowell (12) - Ranked 6th
130 Zeth Dean, Lowell (11) - Ranked 2nd
140 Jordan Hall, Lowell (11) - Ranked 2nd
160 Dan Kruse, Lowell (11) - Ranked 10th
215 Josh Colegrove, Lowell (12) - Ranked 1st
285 Logan Wilcox, Lowell (12) - Ranked 10th
 
Richmond, MI - Ranked #2 in Division 3
103 Roy Costello, Richmond (10) - Ranked 7th
112 Connor Behem, Richmond (12) - Ranked 5th
125 Aaron Kilburn, Richmond (11) - Ranked 4th
152 Austin VanAtter, Richmond (12) - Ranked 8th
160 Devin Skatzka, Richmond (12) - Ranked 1st
285 Adam Boyd, Richmond (12) - Ranked 2nd
 
Mechanicsburg, OH - Ranked #5 in Division 3
106 Alex Rhine, Mechanicsburg (10) - Ranked 7th
113 Tyler Wetzel, Mechanicsburg (10) - Ranked 16th
120 Tanner Smith, Mechanicsburg (10) - Ranked 2nd
132 Nick Miller, Mechanicsburg (11) - Ranked 16th
145 Joe Ziegler, Mechanicsburg (12) - Ranked 3rd
152 Kaleb Romero, Mechanicsburg (10) - Ranked 1st

The Mat Mayhem tournament should produce a ton of solid wrestling matchups.  With only 6 teams entered, hopefully we can get a Round Robin format so we get to face each team.
 
Merrilville, IN - Ranked #6 in Division 3a
113 Michael DeLaPena, Merrilville (10) - Ranked 9th
132 Clarence Johnson, Merrilville (12) - Ranked 5th
145 Jacob Covaciu, Merrilville (11) - Ranked 1st
195 Jarius Perry, Merrilville (12) - Ranked 16th
285 Shawn Streck, Merrilville (11) - Ranked 1st
 
Brownsburg, IN - Ranked #16 in Division 3a
106 Ty Mills, Brownsburg (9) - Ranked 9th
132 Brayton Lee, Brownsburg (9) - Ranked 2nd
152 CJ Damler, Brownsburg (11) - Ranked 12th
170 Nathan Walton, Brownsburg (9) - Ranked 8th
 
Brighton, MI - Ranked #1 in Division 1
112 Lee Grabowski, Brighton (10) - Ranked 7th
119 Grant Morrison, Brighton (11) - Ranked 9th
125 Jackson Renicker, Brighton (11) - Ranked 7th
130 Kyle Bohnsack, Brighton (12) - Ranked 6th
135 Jose Ramos, Brighton (12) - Ranked 8th
145 Ryan Salmon, Brighton (12) - Ranked 5th
152 Tanner Maschke, Brighton (12) - Ranked 7th
160 Beau Mourer, Brighton (12) - Ranked 6th
171 Nick Brish, Brighton (12) - Ranked 3rd
215 Luke Ready, Brighton (11) - Ranked 1st
 
Lowell, MI - Ranked #1 in Division 2
103 Sam Russell, Lowell (10) - Ranked 2nd
119 Lucas Hall, Lowell (11) - Ranked 1st
125 Aaron Ward, Lowell (12) - Ranked 6th
130 Zeth Dean, Lowell (11) - Ranked 2nd
140 Jordan Hall, Lowell (11) - Ranked 2nd
160 Dan Kruse, Lowell (11) - Ranked 10th
215 Josh Colegrove, Lowell (12) - Ranked 1st
285 Logan Wilcox, Lowell (12) - Ranked 10th
 
Richmond, MI - Ranked #2 in Division 3
103 Roy Costello, Richmond (10) - Ranked 7th
112 Connor Behem, Richmond (12) - Ranked 5th
125 Aaron Kilburn, Richmond (11) - Ranked 4th
152 Austin VanAtter, Richmond (12) - Ranked 8th
160 Devin Skatzka, Richmond (12) - Ranked 1st
285 Adam Boyd, Richmond (12) - Ranked 2nd
 
Mechanicsburg, OH - Ranked #5 in Division 3
106 Alex Rhine, Mechanicsburg (10) - Ranked 7th
113 Tyler Wetzel, Mechanicsburg (10) - Ranked 16th
120 Tanner Smith, Mechanicsburg (10) - Ranked 2nd
132 Nick Miller, Mechanicsburg (11) - Ranked 16th
145 Joe Ziegler, Mechanicsburg (12) - Ranked 3rd
152 Kaleb Romero, Mechanicsburg (10) - Ranked 1st

I am going to say if the Carmel line up is the same or similar to last nights dual with the #PAINTRAIN then some of the above predictions about them are not correct.