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that is true, you wanna get the best 4 kids out, but still, lets say someone is in a very tough reginal, hmm, lets say rochester 215 per say... where there are arguably 4 guys good enough to compete at state, and one of them takes 4th, like in Gallegos's case... so because he was in a solid weight class where at any givin day number 2-4 in that sectional/regional could lose to the other, he doesn't even deserve a chance? when at semi-state he comes out and takes 3rd? the reason the good wrestler got a bad draw is either him or another good wrestler lost at regionals, and considering there are some regionals who are weaker then others, you might get a situation where one's number 4 is better then anothers number 1... im just saying its not fair when there are situations where 4th seeds have shown they can compete, and even qualify, and you wanna make it so they don't even have a chance

Yeah, i think everyone would be having that problem, but not sure. I know Sam Ferdig won at 103, it looked pretty onesided, but Im not sure, then he got the pin, and Josh Olsen won at 119 (both south bend Adams), Josh won by tech fall.

I'm also going to have to say Gregory's going to take it this year, I've seen this kid wrestle a lot, and he has stepped it up, at the beginning of the year I was skeptical about his take down ability, not anymore.

nope, Bradley took 8th, at 119, Hawkins won it at 112, Bradley's losses came from Brooks at semi-state, then Wright, Keiffer, and Bevans, who are 1, 2, and 3 in state at 125 this year

don't forget adams, they are pretty solid this year, and they did beat washington

Idk about the Laville's kids, but i'd say 119 has gregory, olsen, binion, and hinton as top 4 period, thats a pretty solid group, and if the number 5 guy is close to those 4 id actually be really surprised, now at 152, with stahl, alwine, and hummer, its solid too, those being my top three pick, but then again, i don't know lavilles kid, he might be able to find his way in but reynolds-smith is going to be tough

Yeah, he looked alittle out of it startin the next match, but he ended up pinning the kid

You probably already know this but Josh Olsen beat Binion from Mishawaka7-5 at the al smith, great match

Haha, none of the quick pins from side headlocks, and our heavyweights pin was the only throw (for the quick pins)

Chesterton was 5-0 Adams 4-1 with Adams only losing to Chesterton 39-36

my brother talked to Bradley early in the year (CMA early bird) and Bradley said he was going to try to drop to 119, and i personnally wouldn't say that it wasn't the upset of the year, its an upset, but not of the year, Bradley is a very very solid wrestler!!!

I haven't seen much out of him, but I was very impressed by him in his match with Ferdig, it was a very solid match

Thats for sure, but he just seemed like a good example

I was going to tell them that the rankingsguy doesn't do the semi-state rankings... u sorta made that obvious ontherise *shakes fist at ontherise*

I emailed u also, but at 125 Josh Olsen from South Bend Adams had a :13 sec pin on 11-28-09 and at 160 Dorian Stroud from South Bend Adams had a :12 sec pin, on 11-28-09 also

The points might of been close, but Herring could have still dominated (idk, I have no say in the matter, just puttin out my 2 cents), Lets say a guy goes out, and yeah, he isn't a powerhouse scorer, but he puts the guy in bad positions, and ends up getting his points, if hes on top, still has the guy in bad position, to the point where the guy on bottom cant score, the guy on top is dominating, just not dominating the score board, thats just my say in things, one prime example for me that comes to mind would be josh harper, his sophmore year at sectionals, he only won the final match 3-0 but he controled that match, in a dominating fashion, you don't always need to score big to control the whole match

adams at New prairie i think

thats awesome lol, not that he got introuble for it, but because he did it

This is from the south bend tribune WARSAW INVITATIONAL: WARSAW 54, EASTSIDE 30; WARSAW 51, LAVILLE 27; Dekalb 51, Warsaw 22 At Warsaw Warsaw top wrestlers: 103: Josh Frantz 3-2; 125: Kyle Duzan 4-1; 130: Jordan Horney 4-1; 140: Paul Manbu 5-0 (Most Outstanding Wrestler); 171: Zach Erba 4-1; 189: Ross Hoover 4-1. Records: Warsaw 3-2.

This is from the South Bend Tribune CLAY SUPER DUAL: CLAY 4-0, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 3-1, ROCHESTER 2-2, HIGHLAND 1-3, RIVER FOREST 0-4 At South Bend 103: Danny Hamm (PH) 4-0 112: Danny Rodriguez (H) 4-0 119: Garrett Gleuckert © 4-0; 125: Travis Barroquillo (PH) 4-0; 130: Mitch Hartman © 4-0; 135: Zack Beebe (PH) 4-0; 140: Cody Stroud © 4-0; 145: Laquan Lunford © 4-0; 152: Zack Amberg © 4-0; 160: Devon Alwine © 4-0; 171: Mike Manning (RF) 4-0; 189: Eric Johnson (H) 4-0; 215: Joe Gallegos © 4-0; 285: Evan Nixon © 4-0.

I only have the Adams results, but I do know that Adams took first as a team Plymouth took 2nd, and Knox took 3rd Adams 4-0 Plymouth 3-1 Knox 2-2 Tippecanoe Valley/Arlington 1-3, 0-4 South Bend Adams 41 Knox 27 103: Sam Ferdig (SBA) pin Kyle Cummins (K) 0:10 112: Tyler Rayl (SBA) win by forfeit 119: double FF 125: Josh Olsen (SBA) pin Kyle Hernandez (K) 5:41 130: Danny Bradley (K) pin Juan Mendosa (SBA) 2:18 135: Chance Martin (K) dec Demitrie Davis (SBA) 6-4 140: Devann Biddle (K) pin Mike Somanje (SBA) 3:38 145: Nick Acosta (SBA) tech Garrett Majchrzak (K) 3:21 152: Tyler Potthoff (K) dec Brandon Markovich (SBA) 13-11 160: Dorian Stroud (SBA) pin Waylon White (K) 0:47 171: Jimmy Krause (K) dec Alex Skipper (SBA) 4-1 189: Matt Clark (K) pin Traquon Newhouse (SBA) 2:46 215: Matt Barlow (SBA) win by forfeit 285: Thomas Neely (SBA) pin Logan Short (K) 3:25 South Bend Adams 72 Indianapolis Arlington 6 103: Sam Ferdig (SBA) win by forfeit 112: Tyler Rayl (SBA) win by forfeit 119: double FF 125: Josh Olsen (SBA) win by forfeit 130: Juan Mendosa (SBA) win by forfeit 135: Demitrie Davis (SBA) win by forfeit 140: Mike Somanje (SBA) win by forfeit 145: Nick Acosta (SBA) win by forfeit 152: Brandon Markovich (SBA) pin Orr (A) 3:39 160: Dorian Stroud (SBA) pin Day (A) 1:00 171: Alex Skipper (SBA) pin Graves (A) 1:00 189: Flores (A) pin Traquon Newhouse (SBA) 1:55 215: Matt Barlow (SBA) pin Heath (A) 0:29 285: Thomas Neely (SBA) pin Dorsey (A) 5:31 South Bend Adams 57 Tippecanoe Valley 18 103: Sam Ferdig (SBA) win by forfeit 112: Scott Armstrong (TV) win by injury default over Tyler Rayl (SBA) 119: double FF 125: Josh Olsen (SBA) pin Seth Fincher (TV) 0:35 130: Ethan Harshman (TV) pin Juan Mendosa (SBA) 1:30 135: Demitrie Davis (SBA) win by forfeit 140: Mike Somanje (SBA) dec Brody Cook (TV) 14-10 145: Nick Acosta (SBA) maj dec Austin Nelson (TV) 11-2 152: Brandon Markovich (SBA) pin Trent Bauters (TV) 0:36 160: Dorian Stroud (SBA) pin Nico Sheng (TV) 0:32 171: Alex Skipper (SBA) win by forfeit 189: Roberto Cervantes (TV) pin Traquon Newhouse (SBA) 0:23 215: Matt Barlow (SBA) pin Sam Warren (TV) 0:27 285: Thomas Neely (SBA) pin Brogan Kennedy (TV) 1:15 South Bend Adams 46 Plymouth 25 103: Sam Ferdig (SBA) pin John Mills (P) 0:59 112: Tyler Rayl (SBA) pin Clay Corsbie (P) 5:06 119: Austin Lee (P) win by forfeit 125: Josh Olsen (SBA) pin Steven Abair (P) 0:55 130: Calvin Eads (P) pin Juan Mendosa (SBA) 1:32 135: Demitrie Davis (SBA) dec Gage Egierski (P) 8-5 140: Caleb Kelly (P) maj dec Mike Somanje (SBA) 9-0 145: Chase Lewandowski (P) dec Nick Acosta (SBA) 6-0 152: Brandon Markovich (SBA) maj dec Aaron Robbins (P) 19-8 160: Dorian Stroud (SBA) pin Ryan Evans (P) 1:25 171: Alex Skipper (SBA) pin Vernon Miller (P) 3:23 189: Scott Barry (P) pin Traquon Newhouse (SBA) 215: Matt Barlow (SBA) dec Danny Stephenson (P) 7-3 285: Thomas Neely (SBA) pin Gaines (P) 4:30 Adams individual champs 103: Sam Ferdig 125: Josh Olsen 135: Demitrie Davis 160: Dorian Stroud 215: Matt Barlow 285: Thomas Neely Congrats Adams

Yeah, quench gum worked well for me, to bad I discovered it way late in my career

for me I think it hurt me, maybe not up front, but in the long run for sure, by the time state series came in 2008 (my senior year), I was a little warn down I think, and my head wasn't in it as much

I pretty much always went up 15 pounds after a match, not fun...

I wouldn't say I managed my weight well, but with cottonmouth, I would just get some water in my mouth, and spit it out, the problem was it would come back... so I would try to make weight, and then id have about a pound of w/e I could take in, cause personally I usually lost 1 and a half pounds sleeping, so id lose the weight and have a little bit of room to drink/eat... that being said, despite the weight I lost I still seemed to be small for my weight, which was annoying considering I was losing about 15 pounds to make weight