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Well deserved Francisco!

Although they should both be near the top of the mix, I believe a young man from Indian Creek may play in to the equation as well

Again... well put Terry. Doesn't sound to me like you accused anybody of anything. A nice observation, though.

Well put, Terry!

My question would be how do you know it was intentional, how close were you to the action, and how do you know what was going through his head? I don't think that his opponent or the coaching staff from Columbia City were as upset as you seem to be??? I'm not defending the wrestler or his past behaviors, but I haven't seen any incidents of this nature having been reported this sseason, so it seems like sour grapes to bring up what occurred last year. The Brown County coach is Mark Bruner, former state champion from Homestead, and he's a class act that will address any issue in a stern and appropriate manner. You can count on life lessons being taught by coach bruner, and it's my understanding that mitchell Ritchey has been coaching at BC as well, so there's another reason to believe that he's getting good direction.

He's the principal at your school and he officiates your matches ??? :-\ :-X

Mike Golando is the official and Mike Rowe is the assistant official.

Crown Point has other opportunities to wrestle their Duneland conference dual against Portage, they strictly choose not to go to the Lake County meet because coach Vlink proposed this tournament several times over the past 30 years and it was shot down. Coach Vlink choosing not to go is mostly sour grapes on his part. That's not a slam on Coach Vlink or CP wrestling, just a fact, and one that he will openly admit to if you ask him.

I noticed that Hawkins, and 3-4 other CP varsity starters were out on Thursday night when they wrestled Lake Central. I think the sickness thing goes in waves with different teams, and they all go through it each year. Luckily, most teams get over it early in the season, but it's tough when it happens at Conseco like it did for Roach last year. Hawkins and Bradley will get more opportunities to face one another, and I'm sure we'll see them both on the podium in Indianaplois. Hoepfully under the lights, as they'll come through the same SS and would be in opposite brackets. PS Brian Waddle rules when it comes to wrestling coverage!

Are you sure it was Medina that wrestled 119 against LN, because Brandon Nelson pinned whoever he wrestled from Munster at 119 in less than a minute, and it didn't look like Medina.

Coach Wadkins sent an email to all coaches, AD's, and officials which listed such as the official seeds

125: 4) Justin Kieffer 11 Roncalli 5) Ethan Raley 11 Indian Creek This Friday night match up at Conseco last year was one of the best matches of the entire state finals... OT, I believe.

2008 finish: 1. Mishawaka 2. Crown Point 3. Cathedral 4. Lawrence North Factors taken into consideration for 2009 pairings: 1. Nov 11th IHSWCA & Dec 7 IndianaMat.com Team Rankings 2. Early results from 2009-10 season thus far 3. Advancement in last season's IHSAA State Team Tournament & returning starters 4. Avoiding 1st Round rematches from last year while attempting to keep Conference & Regional rivals separated for 2 rounds There's no way to make it perfect, and there's certainly no intention to slight any team, coach, or particular region of the state. There are several top 20 teams here, all deserving of a chance to win. Coach Wadkins does a FANTASIC job of putting on this meet, brings in great competition, has 8 state finals officials working, has an excellent hospitality room, and does his best to be equally fair to all.

Kudos to cbarnett for the explanation. Whether TAE meant it as a "joke" or not, I had no idea how things worked when selecting officials and often wondered why there were so many officials from Indianapolis and the north. I appreciate the explanation and it doesn't sound to me like cbarnett was offended by the post, he just explained it.

I thought we sent state finals officials from Indiana? I've never even heard of 3 of these guys???