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31 minutes ago, MitchRobb said:

Where is this sectional actually held at?

Huntingburg memorial gymnasium 

And as I said, that's not the wrestler's fault if someone forfeits to them.

as I explained earlier my teams schedule is made by the AD and I haven't been able to change it for 3 years.

we wrestle a team 4 times, and two others 3 times because they happen to be at the same tourneys we are

my 145lber has received forfeits from each of these 3 teams, because none of them have a 145, and one doesn't have a 152 so he couldn't bump (plus I have a 152)

his season record is currently 22-4, with 12 pins and 10 forfeits, hate that this will hurt him for something he can't control 

It's not the wrestlers fault in most cases. The wrestlers, and in some cases including mine, the coach doesn't make the schedule. My AD finds our tourneys.

We have wrestled in only two tourneys this year where at least one team filled all 14 weights. Not the wrestler's fault that other teams don't have kids in their weight at a tourney or dual

I would guess mater dei, any 4 year stretch from 95-03

We started with 17 on the first day of practice. We currently have 6.

reasons-

4 are ineligible with grades and have decided to stop showing up

3 had decided to quit to get jobs. (At the present time only 1 of them has a job)

1 has been expelled

1 quit because he still has to let his arm heal from when he broke it in the spring (odd considering he played the entire football season, starting both ways, without any padding on said arm)

1 quit after the first tourney saying it wasn't for him

1 decided to tell me he didn't care if I thought him wrestling in a tourney was important, he had dinner with his girlfriend and he was meeting her family, so that mattered more to him.

plus I lost my manager because she was the aforementioned girlfriend

plus my assistant has mono and hasn't been cleared to help.

so yeah

A think a lot of people forget Jasper use to be the second best team in this tourney for many many years. The 90's and early 2000's they were a very solid team. I think it was about 5 or 6 years ago they were a top 20 state ranked team

If it's the same as last year-

it's jasper

mater dei

castle

bloomington south

hobart

jeffersonville

It's the best in Indiana vs the best in the country. Lee and parris would be for indiana, because they are the best in indiana

Aaron Cissell is the new wrestling coach at Washington

I took a group there two years ago and it was an amazing experience. Very solid competition and great hospitality 

Wood memorial summer wrestling slam

july 28-29 at wood memorial high school Oakland city indiana

Here is the link to the event page on Facebook, scroll down through the posts to find tourney information. If you have any questions contact me here or coachthompson189@gmail.com

Speaking of Castle, who voted to move the regional to North? Castle sets the bar for hosting a tournament: great facilities, extremely organized, starts/ends on time, great concessions and outstanding volunteers.

Has North ever hosted a tournament?

North entered nine wrestlers in the sectional. Nine.

In the dual meet against Mater Dei, the Huskies brought six varsity wrestlers and zero jv wrestlers. Are they going to have enough volunteers to staff and run a regional?

Here's a novel idea-- let North host the SIAC or sectional. See how it goes for a couple of years, THEN let them host the regional. This is a case study of being set up to fail.

North hosts a 6 way tourney over the holidays, so I think they can get volunteers to run three mats for regional

The facilities look pretty decent. Having coached teams in regionals in jeffersonville, Bloomington south, and castle I think their facilities are comparable

As far as the number of their wrestlers in a mater dei dual, don't know if that matters in hosting a regional. Evansville central had 10 wrestlers entered in the sectional, but they do a great job hosting a sectional, probably would great at a regional also.

Can the New Albany and Floyd Central kids switch homes with the Tell City kids Friday night before sectional? There will be very little head to head for a couple of years as well. Hopefully Floyd County schools can get a nice boost in budget to cover the extra cost of travel. Was this an Obama or Trump proposal??

You mean to add to the travel budget Floyd central already makes to go to Edgewood, calumet, and mater dei during the season?

They have bright futures

Mauer vs Rypel at a catch weight

 

Dickerson vs Ruggeri 2 HW that pinned their way through state

 

Parris vs Radnovich..why not?

 

Red vs Angel Escobedo

Ruggeri won his semifinal match against brenner of Benton central by tech fall instead of pin im pretty sure

Mauer vs Rypel at a catch weight

 

Dickerson vs Ruggeri 2 HW that pinned their way through state

 

Parris vs Radnovich..why not?

 

Red vs Angel Escobedo

Ruggeri won his semifinal match against brenner of Benton central by tech fall instead of pin im pretty sure

I wouldn't change the top 5, but possibly the order.

 

#4 is definitely low for Joe Lee IMO. I don't remember seeing any MD wrestler look more dominating than he has these past 2 years.

 

I understand why you have Nick Lee ranked #1, but I would have to put Blake there. If for no other reason because Nick chose not to wrestle his senior year. I'm not trying to knock the Lee's for their decision, but we are talking greatest MD wrestler ever & to put a 1X State Champ who decided to forego his senior season for personal reasons ahead of Blake...

Didn't Joe Lee lose twice last year? Don't know if you could be so dominant and had lost twice.

Not a criticism of him, just a thought

A Harrison(WL) kid could potentially have this opportunity if they made team state.

But if they made team state, they'd have to drop a tourney, so matches would probably stay the same

I'm pretty sure Arthur never even qualified to state

Who said Harrison gets 4 to state??? What does having "a" state champ have to do with Team State?? Turkey Run has had a state champ.....should they be in? I see Harrison getting 3 there next year and 2 past Friday night....not claiming they have a bunch of state placers next year...most likely 2 if things go right! But solid lineup of ticket round talent, that makes for a decent dual match team. Anyone ever hear of the undefeated Miami Dolphins?? Do you know they had the easiest schedule in the NFL that year....know how many playoff teams they played during the season??? The answer is ZERO !! Just saying it is a possibility that Harrison will make a good showing, the numbers show they deserve a chance!! Maybe we should talk about Butler basketball......Cinderella two years in a row.....don't think so....maybe they were for real ??? Sometimes people just know too much!!

Technically, the Dolphins would have had to play 3 playoff teams to go undefeated

I always wondered why Brimm wore a black and purple singlet in the finals when their colors were brown and yellow

I know I'm a little partial, but my old school I coached, Washington, would be a great SemiState venue..........but there is no floor space. Truly built only for basketball. The goals are in the floor, so no space to put three mats across.

But if they could reconfigure the goals to be off the floor, the seating (7100 plus) is perfect. The first row of seats is about 15 feet above the floor so everyone would get great viewing.

But, it's just a dream. Unless the goals were fixed, it would never be an option

I'd say Mater Dei's regional champs that didn't advance are for good reasons- the people who beat them were top notch quality

Dickens lost to mosconi- a two time state qualifier

Happe lost to wathen- a two time state qualifier

Boots lost to Lee- a two time state qualifier

Their other regional champs made it to state. I would say that's not bad

North will be hosting the regional next year not Castle.

 

In other news, apparently Reitz is moving back to the Evv Central Sectional and Wood Memorial to Castle. Those two sectionals will be extremely lopsided next year as Reitz got 11 wrestles through to Regional. Wood memorial none to Regional.

That's true, we didn't advance anyone, but a positive note for us it's been extra motivation to not repeat that failure again.

Cooper Samuels of Floyd central won 4

Blake Mauer and Matt coughlin won 4