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I'm sick and tired about hearing the "bad parking" sob stories. I have no concerns with the parking...you just have to know where to park. I got there at the beginning of the ticket round and only had to walk a block and a half, and parked for free...and there were three other open spots on the street. Basically, I parked closer to the Ford Center than I did at the Castle Regional. There are numerous side streets that have street parking on both sides. They got rid of all the one way streets, so its easy to get around.

That what happens when you have a Castle alum coaching a westside school!! ;D ;D

The C&P Honor Roll stated that Warren had one loss...anyone know who this was too?

Here's a review from the Wall Street Journal. It also contains a short video. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704261504576205100986681340-lMyQjAxMTAxMDEwODExNDgyWj.html

The Kelley v. Hoehn match was crazy!!! Kelley came out ready to wrestle. He pushed the tempo early a got a quick takedown with 3 near fall. After that Hoehn tried to match tempo, but couldn't quiet keep up. There were a lot of reversals and near falls on both sides. The match ended with Hoehn almost getting the pin before time ran out. Credit to Kelley, he really pushed the tempo, took Hoehn out of his element, and got the W to show for it.

In 1999 Mater Dei won team state, but had a very poor showing at Market Square Arena. They had six wrestlers qualify, but only three actually placed. With the highest place winner being 4th. This year's Mater Dei team is very solid top to bottom, and while I think they have a legitimae shot at winning state, I don't think they will make a good showing at Conseco. This is why team state is so important, you can have a number of solid semi-state qualifiers and be better than a team with just a handful of superstars. Look at Castle, they will do very well in the individual tourney (and could make a run at the coaches trophy), but they have a number of subpar underclassmen preventing them from making a run at the team state.

1996-1999 Dan Jankowski (Mater Dei)...

Everyone knows that Doug is the better wrestler...or is it Chad...my head hurts.

No matter where they place, I think all four (Stein, Ozer, Warren, and Haire) have the ability to run the table at the Castle Regional and qualify for semi-state... Everyone already knows that Stein is the best in the state. Warren already proved that he could beat both Brandenstein (MD) and King (RE). Anybody who has watched Haire wrestle knows that he has a lot of natural ability (although imo, he may be slightly undersized for a 171). I haven't watched Ozer wrestle, but if he beat Warren earlier in the year then he must have some talent. I do question Haire's choice to move up to 171. It seems like he would have an easier path to semi-state if he stayed at 160...but if he feels more comfortable at 171, then more power to him.

Anybody have any results from Bo Henry yesterday??

While Castle does have some very strong individuals, their lineup has quite a few holes...especially in the upper weights. They have quality wrestlers at 103, 119, 130, 140, 152, 160, and 171. These will be the matches that Castle needs to win, and probably score bonus points. I think you will see MD getting a lot of pins in the other weight classes. I don't think it will be as close as it has been in years past. MD 42 CA 15 .

I hate to say this, but I was not impressed by either Chad or Doug Welch. They both looked rusty...and somewhat sloppy. Chad even got put to his back by some kid from Boonville!! No disrespect to Boonville, but I expected more from the twins. Hopefully, they can get their act together by the time state rolls around. I love rooting for Southern Indiana boys!!!

It was called a reversal (then changed to an escape) in the semi-final Welch-Bennett match. But I guess you have to be in sudden death overtime to get that call..just sayin.

Bringing it back to Welch/Bennett. It seems that the ref anticipated the call. The call still baffles me...how can Tsirtsis not get the escape at the end of finals regulation...yet Bennett does. Let the boys finish the scramble and see if control is maintained.

Welch/Wedding: 1st period -- scoreless 0-0. Wedding working hard on a fireman's carry and slideby...Welch trying to work in a single/double. 2nd period -- Welch rides Wedding for a minute and a half, put him to his back with no back points called...Harmon was very upset (it was very close to three seconds, probably 1/2 of the refs would have given the two points and the other half not). Wedding with the reversal at the thirty second mark. Welch trying to get a reversal, Wedding in a dangerous position, barely hanging onto to a leg...no reversal...no escape (Harmon furious). End of second period 0-2 Wedding. Third period -- Welch with an early escape (1-2), and takes down Wedding with about a minute left. Again Wedding reverses with 30 seconds left. Welch tries to escape both wrestlers scramble their hearts out. Wedding again in a dangerous position with 10 seconds left, Welch needs to get his head out...doesn't happen. Wedding wins 4-3. Great match by both wrestlers...Wedding had great time management. Hopefully, these two will wrestle it out for the next three years.