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Come get down on some of this bull penis girl. I’ll tell you something you might not know about me Joe Rogan, I smoke rocks

I think I tasted eggs and cinnamon!

Anyone got Jasper tickets?

I'm not sure if this speaks more to MD's JV or the balance of the SIAC...

2008 Semi-State Ticket Round Jacob Lamb (Lowell) vs Anthony Napules (Merrillville) 119lbs
 

I was lucky enough to sit matside for that one, since Seymour hosted back then.  Sorry though no video to offer up.  I don’t recall it being the most dynamic ticket-round match ever, but the tension of what was at steak was there and pretty much the whole crowd was glued on that match.  
 
While a few people are posting state credentials from the years after their big ticket round match, what make this match so talked about still today was the fact Rossbottom was the prior years state champ at 145 and Jankowski was the prior years state runner-up at 140. Not to mention those results were both classes not heavily populated by underclassman.  Thus there were proven results before that moment for the crowd to hang on rather than the potential of what they would accomplish over the next year or two.  In the age those prior results before advance internet scouting and ranking, that was about as good of a picture of talent as you could get for rating the talent that was on the mat.
 
I do recall a huge crowd pop and the “did that just happen” feeding at the end of the Minton vs. Rosbottom Regional match. Although no one knew at the time it would put Rossbottom in the ticket round with Jankowski, you knew it wasn’t the assumed result and Rossbottom would likely ruin someone’s Regional champ from a state appearance.   
 
But to Minton credit he deserves more of a mention than just being named as the spoiler that set up this epic ticket round match.   As pointed out in another post Minton was one of the top competitor at the weight and you couldn’t never count out of a big match.  It’s worth noting he had placed 3rd in state the prior year (a few legendary names in that bracket) and then ended up placing 2nd in state that year to Rosbottom.   

This year's MD squad has 6 senior starters which seems about right for an MD team. 

Raw right now, I don’t think he knows how good he can be. Nice get ,for Angel and the Hoosiers. Just Hope he stays healthy this year, and finishes. 

I concur, that's huge when it comes to getting off bottom.

Jordan and Tsirtsis need to get their toughness engrained in Washington. He will go places. 

Rosbottom vs Debusk was a War Saturday morning in the Quarters. Debusk would go on to pin Jankowski at team state 

Call made, Washington replaces Hughes.

Semi-State is a tough week. It's where many dreams are realized and others are crushed. Every year, we see quality matches take place in the ticket round that would've been better suited the next weekend at Bankers Life, but unfortunately in our system, we only get to see them once. What are some of the best ticket matches you have ever seen?
 
Off the top of my head
2015
#5 Mason Parris (Lawrenceburg) vs. #12 Ben Stewart (Cathedral)
- A brawl for the ages that saw Mason Parris was not to be played with. The freshman came out swinging and beat Stewart 3-1.
 
2016
#4 Zach Melloh (Cathedral) vs. #13 D.J. Brookbank (Perry Meridian)
- Fireworks... First word that comes to mind when I think about this match. Melloh was a returning state medalist up from 126 and had beaten Brookbank in two prior meetings, including a senior night thriller at Perry Meridian, and was heavily favored in their third match-up. Brookbank, however, became a man possessed and put Melloh to his back in the opening moments of the match and upended him 13-11 to punch his ticket to state in his first trip to New Castle as a senior.
 
2020
Riley Rust (Center Grove) vs. Justice Cash (Bloomington North)
- An emotional match-up that saw the Center Grove stud beat probably one of the best to never qualify for state.

Potential 132 NCSS #14 Thrine vs 3x placer stud Pierson is another tough one!

It was 7-5.  I had to go back and look it up.  I can't forget Ferguson's 1st Round match at State against Jeremiah Reitz.  Reitz was coming off a State Title and Ferguson was out most of the season until the tournament.  Ferguson started strong and was up 13-2 after the 2nd period, but ran out of gas in the 3rd.  Reitz outscored him 11-4 in the 3rd period as Ferguson's only points came on allowed escapes.  Final score Ferguson wins 17-13.  One of the best Friday night matches I can recall.

All my tickets rounders I would've have mentioned have been listed... How about a 1st round death draw from 2002?
 
Jason Woodson (FW Snider) vs Jared Hargis (Muncie Central)
 
Woodson was the returning State runner-up @ 160 and Hargis was a returning 2X State placer @ 160 & 171

Pay 25 and watch them all!

Yes it's him! He does show the kids stuff and he's still in great shape.. Couldn't ask for a better AD especially for wrestling... He already has seen to it the team is getting resources and not putting the team on the back burner to basketball, our school is really really big into basketball 

Yes that was the only error. The check is in the mail for your reimbursement.

is that the only change?  I printed out two copies of the brackets yesterday.  With this mistake I feel like I should be reimbursed for two pieces of paper and the appropriate ink.  You owe me $.16, Y2!!!

Does anyone know if its gonna be worth watching Jasper Semi State on track wrestling this weekend? How was it at regional? Good quality? Just wanna make sure i can somewhat see it good lol. Thanks in advance

Some recent ECC SS death draws
Triana (2x state placer) vs Cummings (2x state champ)
Colza (SQ) vs Lemley (placer)
Kleimola (champ) vs Davison (champ)
Fattore (2x placer) vs Malone (2x SQ)
Haskins (Q) vs Tolin (Q)
Moreno (placer) vs Rodriguez (3x Q)
Bates (Champ) vs LaPlace ( 2x placer)
Haskins (Q) vs Bettich (champ/placer)
 
 

2018 Tyce Freije vs Alex Mosconi
2020 Tyce Freije vs Bryer Hall
 
Unfortunately our guy came out on the losing end of those wars.  Mosconi was state runner up in 2018, Freije was sidelined the majority of the regular season due to injury that season and then went ahead and wrestled the postseason even though his hand needed surgically repaired.  Hall was state runner up in 2020.  Freije lost an overtime bout to Kervin at EMD Holiday Classic, and Kervin would go on to win state title over Hall in that exciting match.  Tyce won the NC Semi-State at 120 in 2017 and went on to finish 8th in the state, only state qualifying freshman in the weight class.   Tyce again won the semi-state in 2019 and went on to finish 4th at state at 138.  Bias, but if we were one of the 49 states that has wrestlebacks, then Freije would have likely been a 4x state medalist.   That’s how it goes though.   It’s a tough tournament, you have to win your matches. 

2018 Conner Gimson Jimtown vs Colt Rutter  Yorktown 
 
2007 Travis Dale McCutcheon vs Marcus Shrewsbury CP