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Seeing(1989) Porter of Roosevelt and Dwone Williams of Wirt makes me wonder if we will ever see a champ from Gary ever again?

The Brinks truck made it to Fort Wayne? I thought it unloaded in Delaware County????

I don't think he's been on the staff for a couple of years. He's a really good guy though.

It appears the loss to Rumph at regionals really motivated Black. Black tech'd Rumph at SS and Major'd him tonight. 

I would be curious to see the results if someone broke down the scoring for the 4 semi states based off of placing.

And kudos to the FW semi state on getting 7 guys into the finals. Wrestling looks like it's getting stronger throughout the entire state.

Been a blast watching this rivalry. I'm sure tonight will be another barn burner!

Thanks Y2, just about everything a fan could need all in one link!

FILA needs to send some guys from the region out to lobby with the IOC. Guys like Region Rat know how to get things done behind closed doors. Very simple, problem solved

That's what it's all about. Thanks for sharing SW

5 would be nice, especially considering the fact that the region was down in several weight classes this year.

Isaac Rentas 138 from Merrillville won his sectional and regional this year and beat both tony vasquez and zach slosser this year but he is still not ranked... He has improved greatly this year and can be a sleeper!!!!!! Can someone tell me how exactly these rankings determined?

                                                                                    Thanks!

He's so under the radar I didn't know he was no longer at River Forest! How did he end up in the villes lineup?

How many region rats does it take to get a full set of teeth?  We are gonna water down some cheese for ya this year.

Says the guy who lives south of US 30... :

As long as the Merr.  AD is on the IHSAA Board  the semi-state will be in Merriville.

what he said...  :-[

I'm just glad Caldwell's back healed up enough after injury time that he was able to do a flip.

That was a very good Hobart team from top to bottom. If I recall correctly, they had to scramble to find a 215 after the starter suffered a season ending injury late in the year? 10 of those guys from that lineup were state qualifiers at one point in their careers. Even the guys who weren't state qualifiers were dangerous. Guys like Hurst and Rayner owned plenty of wins over well known wreslters. I recall Rayner knocking off Fred Joseph in a meet at Hobart. Frankie Debusk was very dangerous and was capable of pinning anyone. He placed 5th at state that year and had several big wins via the controversial "slop drop" move he used to use. Weber was a 2 time placer as was Rodriguez. Cantu placed 7th or 8th that year. Ramos was a 3 timer. Definitely the best Hobart team ever.

Welch over Dillon!!! I thought that was a pretty big upset at the time, but I would have to go with Eppert over Wright.

Eppert wrestled the perfect match.

 

i thought that was the biggest upset i think the problem with dillion this year was who did he face all season before tourny time no competition and when he finally did he fell through and didnt know how to react when he was down..

He won the Mishawaka Invite and he finished 5th at state last year so it's not like he's never seen elite competition. Give the kid from Castle some credit too, he brought his "A" game Friday night.

Definitely the Chicagoland area

 

While this is true many of the area's strongest wreslters do not compete in this event.  Congrats to all those invited.

 

right, i was just answering the question of which is Illinois strongest region

 

plus a couple of lake station boys throw a mean one

Speaking of junk, they have their share of junkyards in Snake Nation

Definitely the Chicagoland area

Congrats to Bill and Jennifer. It's been a pleasure watching Anthony grow and mature into the person he is today, a testament to his parents and coaches.

 

 

Are we going to talk about this for the next 362 days.  The boys from that semi state did a very nice job.

Is that horse representing the Evansville Semi State?

I'm as big of a Porrass fan as there is, but to say anybody would "stomp" Tsirtsis is absurd. I also think it's hard to judge who would win a match by common opponents.

Let's continue to beat the dead horse and examine the Merrillville SS success:

Last year: 6 champs, 4 2nds

07: 7 champs, 5 2nds

06: 8 champs, 2 2nds

05: 4 champs, 7 2nds

04: 7 champs, 5 2nds

03: 7 champs, 1 2nd

If you look over the last 6-7 years, Seven champs coming out of the Merrillville SS is about the norm. Not a bad run!

Is Harper going to give it a go this weekend? Too bad Mishawaka and CP are on the same side of the bracket.

How many years has it been since another Semi State was more dominant than the Merrillville SS at state? With 4 of the 7 champs from Merrillville returning next year, coupled with the fact that there weren't as many stud seniors in the Region as in the past, look for Merrillville to continue it's domination. What does the Rat think of this?