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    Dwilly reacted to Loki27 in Did not look like Viduya was pinned....   
    You have two state champions battling for a state title and you call a very questionable and very fast pin fall (IMO). Ruined what could’ve been an epic match. Fans lost that one.
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    Dwilly reacted to MackG in Did not look like Viduya was pinned....   
    When I asked “was the ref in position?”... I meant did he see the scapulas on the mat for two seconds?   Which is the rule. 
     
    Watching the video on Track....  :49 cradle is in position the pin was called in and the ref is up on his feet... by the time :48 hits the clock he is smacking the mat.  Assuming he had full view even if he saw it when he was up on his feet, it still couldn’t have been a two count.
     
    And when they release, you can see vidyua’s left shoulder was on top of garcia’s chest. 
     
    This is the type of call that needs to be reviewed, imho
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    Dwilly reacted to Silence Dogood in Did not look like Viduya was pinned....   
    Garcia almost pinned himself on the roll through. 
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    Dwilly reacted to Indysportsfan in Moran vs. Seltzer   
    You need to bet $185 to make $100 with Moran.  A $100 bet pays you $175 with Seltzer.
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    Dwilly reacted to Indysportsfan in semi state draws   
    State ranked kids they will probably face to advance to BLF
    106 — vs #9, then #5
    120 — vs #5
    132 — vs #2
    145 — vs #20
    152 — vs unranked, Good draw
    220 — vs #16, then #4
    So you consider that a good draw for the South Dearborn wrestlers?  Wow.
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    Dwilly reacted to Indysportsfan in Semi-State Bracket Links   
    Would agree that KT is wrestling well and could be ranked higher.  I thought when you made the statement you were actually using the rankings and not an opinion....I digress and will go back to just spitting our reports for the enjoyment of people on the website.
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    Dwilly reacted to Mattyb in Ticket Round MATCHES!   
    Hate to see Watson vs Alstott those are two of my favorite kids. Both work super hard. Hate it! 
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    Dwilly reacted to SWINfan in Best Regional and Undefeated matchups?   
    I'll say it again... panties in a wad for no reason.  There were no posts on here knocking any of the Boonville wrestlers other than saying that the matches would be close until a handful of people with no history of posts from Boonville came on and started whining about getting picked on.  No one was rooting against any kid to lose outside rooting for their own.  But the comments and replies after "boonville joined in" were made by several people that have no affiliation to Mater Dei and are just wrestling fans.
    People have opinions on who will win and who won't.  The "knocking on" Boonville wrestlers came after nonsense posts like yours.  Don't like the truth?  Can't see the truth?  Oh well.
    What you are missing, is that people from the Evansville area especially will be HAPPY to see the Boonville kids succeed next week and beyond.  And would have been the first to congratulate them if they pulled off any big upsets today.  Might even say their root for them.  But whiny posts don't help your cause.
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    Dwilly reacted to SWSpectator in Best Regional and Undefeated matchups?   
    Definitely wasn’t knocking Fulks. This a public forum that IMO designed to discuss wrestling and matchups. This was a hyped up match not only on the board all week but the announcer today made sure everyone was aware it was two undefeated guys going at it. 
    If you read my post again, I gave my opinion on the match that Lee controlled from start to finish, but also praised Fulks for his effort and giving Lee a tough battle and that he would be a tough draw next week at Semi State. 
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    Dwilly reacted to Indysportsfan in Perry Meridian Regional   
    Allow me to provide analysis for this weekend with probably the most unbiased opinion on this forum.  🙂   Let me apologize in advance this will be slanted toward 3 teams who will be battling for the Ship.
    It is a 3-way race with Warren Central in the drivers seat.  Throughout the year the Warriors have proved they are the better overall team than both the Rebels and Falcons.  They defeated them at County by a healthy margin, unless we see a few upsets along the way I believe the Warriors will prevail once again.  The Rebels defeated the Falcons at County and last week in Sectionals the Falcons returned the favor by winning with approximately the same margin.  As you will see there are many matches that could sway the team race to either Perry or Roncalli based on a mild upset and/or a toss-up going the other way this time.....it will be a fun day at Perry!
    All 3 teams advanced their 14 wrestlers in the following fashion:
    Warren -- 10 Champs & 4 Seconds; Roncalli -- 6 Champs, 4 Seconds, 4 Thirds; Perry -- 7 Champs, 5 Seconds and 2 Thirds.
    1st round matches (3-seed vs 2-seed):
    Warren vs Roncalli -- 2 (182 & 220 -- HUGE matches for team scoring)
    Warren vs Perry -- 0
    106
    This weight class belongs to Mr. Cottey, with a close battle for 2nd.  Cottey has wins this season over #7 Carlton Perry and #15 Kody Glithero; it would surprise me to see him get a serious challenge before Saturday morning at Bankers Life.  Second place should be a tough battle between the other state ranked contenders.  This season Perry is 2-0 vs Glithero but the results were 3-1 & 3-2.  If the Roncalli frosh can pull off the mild upset it would definitely tighten up the team race.
    Cottey, Perry, Glithero, Smith
    113
    Similar to 106 I see a clear cut favorite in #4 David Pierson.  He finished 4th in the state last year and I am certain a deep run will occur again this year.  The battle for 2nd should be hotly contested between Andrew Haggerty and Christian White.  I don't believe they have faced each other and common opponents are not easily found.  White has the better record, Haggerty has the tougher schedule.  Wilson, from Roncalli, has a win over ss #8 Brac Hooper so he has the potential to find some magic and take 3rd place.
    Pierson, White, Haggerty, Wilson
    120
    The favorite is #4 Brayden Lowery, sitting at 32-0, but he has been challenged on 2 occasions from #12 Chris Stewart (3-0 & 4-2).  Both wrestlers have faced an array of challengers this year, and although Stewart has 7 losses they have come at the hands of Littell, Montgomery, Lowery, etc....  With that said I still have Lowery being the winner in convincing fashion, regardless of the score.
    Lowery, Stewart, Morton, Donlan 
    126
    #11 Jeivan Ross is the wrestler to beat here and ss #7 Sam Slivka will be the opponent giving it a try in the Finals.  Ross owns 2 wins over Slivka this year (Fall & 8-0) but I believe Slivka will continue to close the game on Saturday.  Slivka has 4 losses on the year (Rioux & Curtis) so he has been tested plenty of times and should be ready on Saturday.  Ross, who was shot in the forehead last year while laying in bed, has had an outstanding year and I pull for him in any match outside of facing a Rebel.
    Ross, Slivka, Mckee, Cotter
    132
    #2 Alec Viduya should succeed on Saturday facing a well-known wrestler in ss #5 Aundre Beatty in the final.  Alec has 2 wins over Beatty (20-5 & 15-5) and should continue that streak while moving on to New Castle.  This weight was deprived of an outstanding wrestler in Gavin Rose when he was forced to withdraw due to an injury; who will seize the opportunity to gain an invite to New Castle that probably would not have been available?
    Viduya, Beatty, Taylor, Defreese
    138
    One of the best weights in the Regional.  You have #2 Tyce Freije, #9 Gabe Smith and #12 Jarred Rowlett battling for that #1 seed at New Castle.  Freije is the favorite having multiple wins over Smith and a Team State win over Rowlett.  Smith defeated Rowlett earlier in the year but that semi-final match could go either way.  I believe Goodwin (Southport) has been ranked this year in the semi-state so he is a wrestler you can not overlook...quite the entertainment should be provided from this group.
    Freije, Smith, Rowlett, Goodwin
    145
    Two thoroughbreds are gearing up the finals at this weight.  #4 Aiden Warren and #5 Antwaun Graves are set to do battle for the Regional crown.  Warren holds the advantage this year with a 4-3 UTB victory in the County so it is obvious the 2 wrestlers are evenly matched.  Given the New Castle SS will have 3 other top 10 wrestlers waiting in the wings (Mosconi, Hall & Dunasky) being the top dog at Perry will provide you a 66% chance of avoiding one of them in the ticket round vs a 66% chance of wrestling one of them if you get 2nd.
    Graves, Warren, Wright, Page
     
    I will finish the last 7 weights tonight -- something called 'WORK' is bothering me at the moment.
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    Dwilly reacted to Y2CJ41 in Sectional Brackets   
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    Dwilly reacted to Y2CJ41 in Great story on Center Grove wrestler   
    This is a great read 
    http://www.dailyjournal.net/2019/01/17/center_grove_wrestler_uses_troubled_past_as_motivation_for_the_future/
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    Dwilly reacted to Wrestling Scholar in Chad Red   
    Coach Manning sure seemed to develop "Jordan Burroughs".    As a coach, has been in the top 10 in NCAAs 9 times out 18 years including the last 4 and should be this  year.  I think college programs in Indiana would take his success rate at developing all-Americans.
    Wrestling in college is tough and a lot of reasons why kids don't get to the AA status.   Its a mental marathon, kids are used to being the Alpha wrestler and  get to college and you're just  one of the guys.  Finding your way to motivate yourself can be extremely difficult.  Some kids peak earlier and some get girlfriends and see other distractions.   Lot of cool stuff going on at colleges also like learning, maybe some kids just don't dedicate  their whole life to it.  Chad Red Jr is  still top 20 so still doing pretty good.  Look at the ranks of Mannings upper classman.   Maybe Chad Red is still going through his system to get him there. 
     
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    Dwilly reacted to navy80 in Elliott Rodgers CATHEDRAL   
    Since most of us have a snow day today, let’s talk about an inspirational story from an outside perspective. 
    Elliott Rodgers of Cathedral and his rise to the top. Again, I don’t know the kid but have been following since his remarkable freshman season.
    Elliott was a freshman wrestling 145 for the always tough, Cathedral team. Elliott’s record was 20-11 going into regionals, after he had just won a weak sectional. He won his first round match 7-5. Win by pin in his second match and lost in the finals 3-6. 
    Elliott was NOT on anyone’s radar to punch his ticket to state. His ticket round match was Antwaun Graves of Warren Central who was 35-2 at the time and ranked high in state. Elliott drew a 17-15 kid from Carmel first round… in which he won 1-0 in a close match. Elliott then upset Graves in a 8-6 match that sent him to the state finals. But he wasn’t done yet, as he beat a North Central kid who was 33-12 at the time in the semifinals to send him to the Semi-State Championship match with a record of 25-13. Elliott was pinned by undefeated Boone Welliever in one minute. Great story right? Kid has a killer day and performs well…really well. But, is it really a Cinderella story if it happens again?
    Elliott drew Corban Pollitt of Col. East first round at state. Corban was 34-12 but was part of the elite CE wrestling team. Elliott pulls out the win 5-3 and advances to the second state. Elliott then beats Mason Winner (38-4) 3-0 to advance to the semi-finals. Elliott then lost 1-4 to Jason Crary of Munster and lost by pin to Welliever for 3rdand 4th. Elliott finished his freshman season 27 wins and 15 losses and a 4thplace finish on the podium. 
    No imposter syndrome for Elliott… a kid who out performed his skill level? A kid who never placed in middle school state (according to track). 
    Elliott comes back for his sophomore season and wins Semi-State with a record of 35 wins and 5 losses. He took 5that the Al Smith and DNP at the IHPO.
    Eliott went on to finish 2ndwith 2-1, 3-2, and 8-4 wins to eventually lose by TF to Brayton Lee in the finals. Elliott finished with 38 wins and 6 losses his sophomore year and a second place finish on the podium.
    As a junior, Elliott has wins over ultra-tough wrestlers Brock Ellis and Jake Schoenegge already.. but has a loss to Eli dickens and we also seen Elliott lose his #1 ranking, sliding him to #2. 
    You may never find a wrestler who has so many losses after two years who has placed 4thand 2nd. 
     
    Here is a kid who can teach us adults a life lesson.. 
     
    You WILL fail in life, you may fail a lot, but as long as you don’t quit and keep getting better, you will be successful. 
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    Dwilly reacted to FCFIGHTER170 in Undefeated Wrestlers Left   
    bingo... the kid can only beat who they put in front of him.
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    Dwilly reacted to Jim calhoun in Character counts   
    Let me first say I in no way am putting down anybody in particular or acting like I’m the role model cause I’m the furthest from perfect, but I really think coaches need to take a step back and look in the mirror and realize our wrestlers watch our lives more than they listen to our words. I’ve been blessed at Plymouth to coach with coaches that in many years have impacted hundreds of lives. I’ve never heard a foul word out of their mouth nor is any wrestler aloud to use profanity. Their goal is always create young men of integrity first and champions in life then champions on the mat. I’m amazed when I see and hear coaches and athletes cuss back and forth.....see wrestlers yell at refs.....throw things in anger and nothing is done. On a positive I’ve watched people I respect and look up to like coach Snyder get in wrestlers faces yet put his arm around them and build them up....coach Harper from little kids to high schoolers speak life into his kids yet in their face. I don’t know a man in the world that loves winning more than coach Read or a man that hates to lose more than him but you ask anyone that’s gone through his program in 30 plus years and you will hear nothing but the utmost respect because of the integrity he walks in. Coaches your integrity is the most 8mportant part of your job with the kids we have in front of us. Impact lives. As our coach always says....”Do the right thing simply because it’s the right thing to do”. Your reputation is what others think of you but your character is what people see and you really are. It’s time coaches we lead from the front! 
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    Dwilly reacted to IU89 in State Rankings #6   
    Dude, you cannot be serious. He would start for every team in the state except maybe six or seven. He pinned a returning Michigan state champion earlier this season. Ask that kid if Brody felt like a JV wrestler.   Everyone in Indiana acknowledges that Brody is a bad ass, I guess except for you. 
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    Dwilly reacted to coachnabb in 3A Team State   
    As the Ben Davis guy who has been around a long, long time I will try to give you a couple. Don't get me wrong, they sound like excuses and I don't like excuses much. And, none of this is personal, hopefully my comments aren't construed as being a shot at anyone. Some comments i won't make in this forum as it isn't the right forum. However, there is my list, top of my head.
    1. Resources - many programs develop talent by charging their kids $ every month or kids go to a "pay to play" facility like CIA, Red Cobra, Contenders, etc... In a lot of cases, we have kids who can't afford shoes, the sport fee or don't even know where they are staying tonight. Now, add on the cost of a USA card, tournaments, etc... and that is money our families need to spend elsewhere. Sure, we fund raise, but you can't cover costs for 50+ kids in a youth program to develop them in wrestling the way we would like. By the way, very few of our kids have a great support system. I can't imagine, as a 16 year old kid trying to cut weight, get to a Saturday practice, pay for a sport fee, new shoes, etc... without any parental support
    2. All of the BD families from my era and later have moved to Avon, Brownsburg, Plainfield, Danvile, etc... i.. And, no families move into Ben Davis. Everyone is heading out West over the last 15 years, ncluding my family.  I know I have coached a dozen or so kids in Junior High that have gone on to be successful at the state level in other programs. Good for those families for getting themselves into what they see as better situations personally.
    3. I think BD has a remarkable amount of kids that start as Sophomores and Juniors. Sounds great to have bodies in the room, but wrestling in the MIC, Marion County and the same Sectional as Avon (you), Brownsburg and Plainfield - 90- percent of the time these kids just can't compete with someone who has had 4+ years of experience get frustrated and quit. And, how hard is it to sell this story "If you bust your butt, give everything you can you might win half of your matches" and "to be the most competitive you can, you need to learn how to eat right and maybe watch what you eat a little". They can't because they don't have quality food in the house.
    4. The sport has no "middle class" anymore, there are elite wrestlers and everyone else. We all know the sport is hard - if you are getting beat up all the time it isn't fun, if it isn't fun you quit (unless you are an idiot like me and wired differently). We have a lot of great kids in this state who do well nationally. So, I am a 3rd year kid who has grown up wrestling some of the many studs on the WestSide and Marion County and I get pounded every time, I get discouraged. I get discouraged and just don't love the sport the way I need to love it to get better - I could have been a good wrestler, not elite, but good, maybe a Semi-State or even a State qualifier, but I can't get out of sectionals. I tihnk it was 2 years ago at the Avon Sectional at 106, 3 of those kids placed in the top 7 at state and I believe 3 others from MIC and Marion County placed as well.
    5. I can keep going, but will conclude with this... I would rather build better young men (as I am sure we all do). It has taken me a while to admit that winning isn't as important to me as making someone successful at life (and this statement in no way makes me think that the previous 2 statements are exclusive, I am a better person, employee, boss, etc.... for being a wrestler). At some point, we are trying to get kids to graduate because we are now their parents. I could throw in a bunch of stats, but they don't change the situation. I would love to be singled out in a post about our wrestling, not the lack of our wrestling, but that isn't where we are at right now. 
    Don't misinterpret any of this, I want to beat everyone. I don't want to lose. but, spend a few months inside the program and you will see it isn't just a numbers game. 
    For better or worse, I am BD wrestling - as are a group of guys that I am proud to coach along side who also fight the daily battle to keep this program together and moving forward. 
    Brett Nabb
    BD 1987 and 20 years coaching wrestling in Wayne Township
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    Dwilly reacted to lewdwar in Team State updates   
    I say we add wild cards. Pick up a couple super studs and tell the kids that  has been wrestling all year sorry you’re just not good enough we found someone to take your spot. 
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    Dwilly reacted to greco165 in Hot Mic mat 4   
    Won't someone think of the children *clutches pearls*
     
    News flash, I have children, I presume you have children,  they have access to the internet and humans in general, they hear foul language, get over it.
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    Dwilly reacted to TripleB in College Wrestling On HS Mats   
    State shouldn't be classed, one tourney one champ.
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    Dwilly reacted to ontherise219 in College Wrestling On HS Mats   
    First I am not sure I even know you. I don’t want you to take that as disrespect. I am aware of you because some one told me Saturday but I was really busy. We are letting this topic go in a direction I don’t like. I view a lot of the officials there as friends and would have defended their style of officiating the same way. 
    The way you presented the situation you knew other officials and coaches would know who you were referring to which by your own post is wrong. 
    Do I agree with every call I see no, absolutely not. But these men are humans and will call matches different let. I agree to disagree 
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    Dwilly reacted to Jeff Combs in Spartan greed   
    This is Jake’s dad. Thanks for the advice and kind words. We definitely knew going into the match yesterday Trizton was wrestling as well as anyone in 182 in Indiana. He is a great wrestler! And Jake was excited for the opportunity but probably let his emotions get the best of him and got off his game a bit during the match. Anton (Jake’s coach) had a talk with him after the match and it was a great learning experience for him hopefully come tourney time. He is still pretty new to wrestling and matches like the one with Trizton will just make him better in the long run. Good luck to you guys the rest of the way and hopefully we will see you guys again in Indy in February. 
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    Dwilly reacted to FCFIGHTER170 in Spartan greed   
    jake you are very tough especially being a ssq your first year.. trizton is like my nephew and I train him in off season and I wanted tell you that you did a solid job and don't get frustrated if you are in a tough match vs a very tough experienced young man..if you can keep your cool during those tough matches it'll help you a long way come tourney time.. you're a very good athlete keep working hard and don't let your temper hinder your growth..I had a talk with trizton about the exact same thing after you 2 wrestled  and your match got lil heated... regardless if you were a foe at the time I am a wrestling fan first and I am a fan of a good wrestling stories like yours..so good luck the rest of the season and stay healthy young man! 
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    Dwilly reacted to meiteljorge in 3A Team State   
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