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Prairie Heights?

I will take the Ft. Wayne comment a step further. If you factor out the schools that are on the periphery of the semi state, Ft. Wayne area wrestling had a very poor showing this past weekend. I see the core of the Ft. Wayne area as Allen, Dekalb, Steuben, Lagrange, Noble, Whitley, Adams, Jay, Wells, Huntington, and Wabash counties. From those counties there were 6 placers total: 3-8th, 2-7th, 1-5th. Three of those were from Adams County. Allen county had zero placers. Let me repeat, the third largest county in the state had zero placers. Joe mentioned this area has a lot of small schools, but it is the big schools in the area that are not keeping pace with the big schools in the rest of the state. Just look at the team state results since the new format. The Ft. Wayne area represents very well in AA and A. I'm not trying to call out any individuals, teams, etc., but the first step to fixing a problem is to recognize that there is a problem. Years ago FWCS dropped middle school wrestling. Is that the biggest factor? Do other parts of the state conduct their off season differently? I don't know. I am merely a fan. I don't know what can be done to improve wrestling in the greater Ft. Wayne area, but I am sure there are people on this board who could probably come up with some great suggestions or ideas.

If I can't watch live, does the subscription come with access to a replay?

All the FW 220 ticket round matches should be interesting

I think Chuck brings up a really good small school/big school point here. It's pretty obvious that we need to have classed forums for wrestling because of how different the sport is depending on the size of school you attend. No one from a big school can relate to the achievement of a class A wrestler reaching the 100 win milestone. Or maybe just once, someone could read a post, and if they don't have a positive thing they can add just back away from the computer and don't throw in your two cents. Crap...that's what I just did. Guess I better add something positive. Nice job everyone who has achieved 100 wins. This posting stuff is hard. I'm going back on my two year hiatus from posting. By the way the class wrestling was firmly tongue in cheek.

I have been to every IHSWCA Team State, and this was the best I have attended and here is why: I could sit in the top row and watch all the 3A powerhouses battle, then I could look to my left and watch Bellmont dominate the 2A competition. I could look to my right and watch PH and Southmont's teams and fans go crazy over every take down, decision or fall. I could find a ranked kid wrestle almost all the time, with my biggest problem being deciding which match to watch. I could watch Sage Coy kick flip out of a single leg. I could watch the Levitz brothers pin their opponents and turn the championship match around. I could see Jimtown scrap and stay ahead of Yorktown, and end their run of 2A titles. I also could see Yorktown's 106# give up an escape at the end of the third, so the match could go to overtime because his team was down by 4 and he needed a pin instead of a decision. In previous years at Westfield and Ball State, I had to traverse from gym to gym to try to catch the best matches, and honestly the views were not much better. Having everything under one roof is the way to go. If there is a better facility great. But I hope future events are not in a split venue.

Biberstine reminds me of Vieck(?) from Vincennes Lincoln(?) a few years ago. Came into state under the radar then powered his way to a title. I'm not saying he will win state but his stature and wrestling style are very similar.

106-Lee G, Aldrich NO, Marquez SN, Cauffman CA 113-Lovejoy BL, Johnson SS, Unger CA, Humphrey SN 120-Early SN, Lockett HE, Wilde NO, Downing CH 126-Meling SN, Cardenas CA, Appel HO, Hammond WO 132-George HO, Busz WH, Braun NS, MacDonald BD 138-Nix BD, Moreau G, Elkins SN, Letourneau WH 145-Zink WO, Bays WH, Malcomb CA, Johnson BL 152-Martin HO, Delaney BD, Wilson CA, Eicher L 160-Steury L, Lefever CA, Shepherd CC, Corey SN 170-Linnear NS, Weber L, Jones CO, Nicodemus CH 182-Conrad HE, Evans BD, Carr L, Hazelet CC 195-Raypole CA, Gibson G, Green BL, Richardson CH 220-Wilson L, McCullough HE, Carunchia G, Ruckman E 285-Walker NS, Beard ES, Tanner NO, Reyes WA

106-Lee G, Cauffman CA, Aldrich NO, Loraine L 113-Unger CA, Garrett BD, FAwcett L, Werstler WH 120-Wilde NO, Egolf CC, Downing CH, Cozad WH 126-Cardenas CA, Letourneau WH, Odom NO, Angulo BD (If Odom out 4 will be Forrester CC or Shroyer CH) 132-Busz WH, McCray G, McClure CA, Braun NS 138-Nix BD, Moreau G, Letourneau WH, Boggess CH 145-Bays WH, Malcolm CA, Zehr BD, Harris L 152-Delaney BD, Eicher L, Lanning G, Wilson CA 160-Lefever CA, Steury L, Shepherd CC, Glick CH 170-Nicodemus CH, Weber L, Linnear NS, Bostwick BD 182-Evans BD, Siddons CH, Carr L, Hazelet CC 195-Raypole CA, Gibson G, Richardson CH, Wilson NO 220-Wilson L, Carunchia G, Ruckman ES, Sadilek CA 285-Walker NS, Beard ES, Fahl CC, Tanner NO

With a lot of rat tail and 1st round matchups between Busco and Angola, the tournament could be decided early.

The one potential matchup I am looking forward to is @ 170 with Nicodemus and Weber. I don't think Nico has seen anyone as good as Weber yet this year, so it will be interesting to see how he does.

Ft. Wayne 103- Bowman 3 112- Kern 2 119- Carroll 2 125- Poynter 2 130- Echartea 3 135- Bradley 2 140- Faurote 3 145- Hiestand 1 152- Zurbrugg 2 171- Newton 3 189- Crabtree 3 215- Chalfant 2 285- Mitchell 3

It's going to be awesome next decade when the Peru area gets phones and the internet, so we don't have to wait for a horse and buggy to drag regional results out of the stone age.

103-Bowman, Lee, Mckinnley, Nino 112-Richman, Lockett, Early, Wilmer 119-Busz, George, Meling, Al-Timeemy 125-Gilbert, Rushing, Wilson, McCray 130-Moreau, Elkins, Boggess, Malcolm 135-Nix, Botts, Kryder, Clark 140-Zink, Bays, Armstead, Lee 145-Timmerman, Francois, Schedel, Nicodemus 152-Lefever, Zurbrugg, Steury, Delaney 160-Lefever, Conrad, Weber, Brenneke 171-Enrietto, Messman, Cooper, Salmon 189-Striggle, Siddons, Raypole, McCurrie 215-Talamantes, Jakacki, Davis, Quinn 285-Mitchell, Walker, Starks, Beard

I hadn't heard anything about Mills. Why wouldn't he wrestle?