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I would say the Genius Rankings still had the Baldwin factor added into the 160 weight class, but that was not in effect for the actual event. I'm guessing it also didn't taking into account Noblitt going to 103 and the anomaly of him catching Kennedy for the pin. Having the rankings which doesn't factor in those to events would give a somewhat different outcome than what happened at HHC over the weekend. Very, solid win for Columbus East as they found several different wrestlers to gain valuable extra points throughout the day to prove the were the most well rounded team.

With the WEC merger I was really looking forward to a TUF with little guys soon. Hopefully next time around.

I see it as Indiana stepping up a level in the talent our top guys have. Some of it may be due to specialization and some of it just comes from the level of competition and skills improving at a younger age than we have traditionally seen in Indiana in the past. We are no longer just developing those upper level skills through high school competition, but several guys are already starting to improve in them before they reach their freshman year. I think the academy, RTC, top level camps, more head and assistant coaches with a greater knowledge of the sport, and expanded off season competition has increase the talent level of our under classman to a level that some can now compete for a state title at a younger age than previous. I think their is a reason many of these top level guys come from areas that offer more of those benifits than from areas that do not have as many oppertunties and options. More wrestlers are at a spot where if they have a great tournament they can win a state title before their senior year. I would guess that the amount of none-seniors that have made it to state has increased slightly, as well, over the last 10 years or so. I think reaching that next level of talent is something Indiana needs to be more noticed on the national level. But it may be causing a slight talent gap or sorts within the state. You are starting to see a fine line between true state level talent and the next level down of good athletic wrestlers that have just developed their skills through high school practice. If we can close this gap through the mostnly high school trained guys wanting to step up theirr abilities it will increase Indiana's overall talent as a state. However, if that talent gap continues to grow we will have several more years of being called the average wrestling state with a few top level guys mixed in. The question is how do we take the next step to get more of our freshman and sophmores to already have the solid wrestling base to develop more from isteand trying to teach them it during their underclassman years. The difference I see between us and the next level (surrounding states) is many at that level have a larger percentage of under classman who have alread mastered solid wrestling basics instead of walking in the room green and wide eyed hoping to developing into decent wrestlers by their junior and senior year.

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Not sure HWTs are the best to coach welter-weights but at least they are mobile style big boys. I would have figured they would have gave them light-heavy's. At least they were smart enough not to attempt another HWT competition so soon.

Having conference teams winning multiple sectionals is a good accomplishment. However, in many conference the teams are only split into 2 or 3 different sectional. So the most possible teams from a conference could win would be 2 or 3 sectional titles in a given year. And also the level of competition involved would be a factor for both too. So in some cases looking at just the factor of sectional titles may not tell the complete story on a conference. And vis versa with trying to pick the toughest sectional by the most conference winners. It again depends on how the conference and sectional split up is and the level of competition involved.

Something else worth noting may be which conference is the toughest at each weight class.

We do have to remember Chamberlain was on his back against Hiestand before he superman pressed him, rolled ,and grabbed a very tight pinning combination. Not saying he shouldn't be ranked at all, but that circumstance probably does come into play when figuring out where to put him in relation to Hiestand. I will say he did have a very impressive two days at Mooresville and has the potential to make the rankings.

Hoosier Hills Conference Tournament held at Madison. Bedford New Albany Jeffersonville Columbus East Floyd Central Jennings County Seymour Madison

Seymour 47 Triton Central 29 Seymour 3 Columbus East 74 Seymour 21 Northview 49 Seymour 36 Greenwood 39 Seymour 3 Center Grove 72 Seymour is now 8-9 in duals on the season. http://www.tribtown.com/sports/saturday-26936-seymour-edge.html

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Yup, completely slipped on that one. Definitely a fighter one worth watching.

While I was attending Ball State I know a small group of swimmers from Muncie Burris had to do this because their school did not field an official team. Some of the information posted about about having to participate under your own school is correct. I would say checking with Burris on what they had to do may be the best step to finding out what can be done here.

This name on the main card sticks out: Daniel Cormier

Yeah it can be a shade less than stalling if your opponent isn't going to do much. We are talking about the same thing. Basically turning your opponents offensive move into a scoring opportunity for yourself. He shoots, you stop it, and then while he still off balance you shoot/front headlock/scramble to score.

Not sure if defensive is the best choice of words considering that would mean not scoring yourself. I don think some wrestlers and coaches are prone to approaching a match in a "Counter-Offensive" style rather than a "Control the pace" style. Both styles I think have advantages and disadvantages. In most matches the "control the pace" style is what you will see from good wrestlers since that is all you would need against an average opponent. I have heard people say that for many wrestlers starting out the "counter-offensive" style will allow for most of them to stay in match longer, build confidence, and give them opportunities to score without messing up. In big match-ups its probably depends on your opponent but clearly the "counter-offensive" style may mean taking a big chance that you can clearly sit back and shut down a top wrestlers first attacks.

9-7 end of match score. 10-7 final after riding time. Burroughs did ride Howe for a large portion of the match. Even if riding time didn't count the amount of time Burroughs spend on top in the middle of the match was a major factor in why Howe couldn't mount a come back.

The funk was sure the factor in this one. Askrens (via MMA training) still being able to funk at will and Herbert (via Freestyle training) not finding an answer for it. At this point the two just have a clash in styles based on their area of expertise now. With Askren not liking Freestyle wrestling I doubt we will see these to lock up in an official match ever again. Great match for the fans to watch though and something I hope they continue to do each year at Midlands.

Do you make it a 4 way dual and add in MD and Mooresville since they have some tough guys too? One issue would be the rankings by themselves may not be best to guesstimate this one since after this week many of the rankings were shook up.

I know there are some rules and regulations that differ between what amateurs and professionals can and can't do in a match in IN. But after that I'm not very up to date on all the rules other than knowing they were going to make some changes. The other question would be does this fall under just the MMA striking side of thing and if so I would assume submission type contests wouldn't be effected. Seems as though this would be a very fuzzy rule considering Karate, Taekwando, boxing, etc also involve youth competitions with striking. Seems they would really need to word the law this more of the emphasis what gear is used for protecting the fighters.

Do you have a summery of the new rules? Are they just regulations to fight professionally in state or does that cover amateur fights too? I haven't keep up on to much of it lately.

Burroughs early speed busts and good riding in middle made the difference here. Andrew just didn't have time left to get the points back. You give that guy some open room to move around and and his athletic ability is scary. Howe I'm sure will game plan this one out differently for their next meeting.

Way to pick them Wendall. if the one you missed was the obvious one for you I'm guessing he'll learn and rebound well from it.

That begs the question who is Turtle, Drama, and Ari?

Good two days of wrestling. What impressed me. 119 Carroll staying very tough on L. Welch and did not giving an inch. 130 Kelley Ev. Central I didn't expect him to pick appart Brown like he did. Both older Welch's Castle We knew they were top notch good but they proved it by completely dismantled two tough opponents in the finals. 215 Bass Jen. County I knew what I was going to see but glad to see him wrestle solid in his first meet. Yorktown still able to staying solid from top to bottom and have the confidence to win several close matches. Homestead had several wrestlers step up big and help their team reach 4th. TC Howe wasn't able to bring many wrestlers to the event but those that made it showed they want to help Coach Brown develop something.