randalllynch

The excessive use of injury time must stop. There is a difference between being injured & being hurt or tired. As a wrestler you are going to feel pain and be fatigued to the point where you believe you can not go on; and then you will push further. That is part of what makes wrestling the greatest sport in the world. With that said coaches need to govern their wrestlers better than this.
 
Once in an offseason tournament I was losing 8-4 in the third period and i signaled for injury time to catch my breath. I was 14 at the time and had seen other wrestlers do this. It only lasted a few seconds but it was enough, as after the break I went on to win 12-9. My coach told me there was nothing honorable about what I did, and had me forfeit that match. He told me I was done for the day and I should reflect on why what I did was wrong. That was the only time in my wrestling career that i used injury time and the lesson hit home.
 
It taught me that in wrestling and in life you are often presented with an easy way out, and that the type of man you are is determined by what you do in those situations. I am just grateful that I had wrestling and those coaches who groomed me into the man I am now rather than the man I could of been without.
 
So unless you're in a situation like Jay Jaggers in the '08 NCAA finals, don't use Injury Time:

Lee probably still has night sweats full of regrets.

Nah, constant themes cutting weight, moves guys used to beat us, and always how tough our practices were. Everyone beat someone to get to regional, semi state, and state; only 14 end their career with a win. Respect for doing what we all had to do to compete has made the accolades less important and fellowship strong.
 
Do what ever we need to do to get more kids involved and 35 years after it is all over they will still be thanking and remembering their coaches!

Nah, constant themes cutting weight, moves guys used to beat us, and always how tough our practices were. Everyone beat someone to get to regional, semi state, and state; only 14 end their career with a win. Respect for doing what we all had to do to compete has made the accolades less important and fellowship strong.
 
Do what ever we need to do to get more kids involved and 35 years after it is all over they will still be thanking and remembering their coaches!

I am not defending the officiating this year, but I accept it, because kids I coach (to include my son) had the opportunity to wrestle this year!
 
 I originally only officiated in emergencies or so events would not get cancelled and I got a lot of calls.  I did this for three years and the number of matches I worked kept growing.  I did not officiate this year for several reasons, but mostly to be with my son for his senior year, I let people know last year I would most likely not be available and I still got a lot of calls and requests to work events.  I did not renew my license this year just so I would not accept matches out of guilt for kids not being able to wrestle or having events last all day since only 2 mats were used instead of 3.   All this attention was not because I was good but because the schools couldn't find any officials for their events.  
 
If there are not enough officials with our current group of Great/Good/Indifferent/Inexperienced/Bad officials how can we place additional limitations or regulations on who deserves to do what events? There were 12 officials at Evansville (guessing the other 3 were the same), and as always some officials will be better than others, but how do we know these are not the best 48 available?   You may think that is a sad state of affairs, but unless we as community start growing the pool of officials this could be the standards our matches will see for a long time.  
 
There also should be some perspective added to the view of who is qualified.  At some point in time each official will have the first sectional, regional, semi-state, or state when would our community like that to happen?  Two, three, five, ten years experience what if there are not 48 officials with 10 years experience, would you prefer to cancel a semi-state or use what we have?
 
A question I would pose to people is would you cancel a wrestling event before you would use a less experienced official or one you know to be lacking skills?  Why do you think the same officials are scheduled for your local events each year?   Ask yourself these questions at the beginning of the season when excitement is high and kids are ready to go, not when the season is over.
 
Someone already said they disagree with the argument that they should put a striped shirt on and grab a whistle, well if not you then who?
 
And yes it looks like I will get my license again next year, but I am not looking for any events.  : )

Nah, constant themes cutting weight, moves guys used to beat us, and always how tough our practices were. Everyone beat someone to get to regional, semi state, and state; only 14 end their career with a win. Respect for doing what we all had to do to compete has made the accolades less important and fellowship strong.
 
Do what ever we need to do to get more kids involved and 35 years after it is all over they will still be thanking and remembering their coaches!

Nah, constant themes cutting weight, moves guys used to beat us, and always how tough our practices were. Everyone beat someone to get to regional, semi state, and state; only 14 end their career with a win. Respect for doing what we all had to do to compete has made the accolades less important and fellowship strong.
 
Do what ever we need to do to get more kids involved and 35 years after it is all over they will still be thanking and remembering their coaches!

Nah, constant themes cutting weight, moves guys used to beat us, and always how tough our practices were. Everyone beat someone to get to regional, semi state, and state; only 14 end their career with a win. Respect for doing what we all had to do to compete has made the accolades less important and fellowship strong.
 
Do what ever we need to do to get more kids involved and 35 years after it is all over they will still be thanking and remembering their coaches!

Nah, constant themes cutting weight, moves guys used to beat us, and always how tough our practices were. Everyone beat someone to get to regional, semi state, and state; only 14 end their career with a win. Respect for doing what we all had to do to compete has made the accolades less important and fellowship strong.
 
Do what ever we need to do to get more kids involved and 35 years after it is all over they will still be thanking and remembering their coaches!

I coached a young man that went to multiple state finals as a youngster.  He was very talented. Talented enough to qualify for state a couple of times.  He has told me since that he thought the state meet was out of reach.  Why?  Our school had had 3 total state qualifier (all before his time), a parade of coaches, no real weight room or weight program and marginal school and community support.  In short, he didn't think he could run with the big dogs even though some of those factors changed while he went through high school.

If this is your first time or in my case the last time.  Make sure you enjoy the ride.
What a absolute privilege it has been to go on this journey with my son.
There has been some incredible highs and some bitter disappointment.  But
the journey has been awesome!
   I can remember when his first goal was to get threw an open tournament without getting pinned.
His second match was against the ISWA champion.  A girl named Kayla Miracle.  Needless to say.
He lost.  His second goal was to win half his matches.  After that they just kept getting a little harder
and a little harder.  It was a long journey to get to this point and It could not have had more fun.
   In the end,  there is only one guy who gets his hand raised.  But if you
made it this far you are a Champion in my book. 
Good luck to everyone this weekend.  Hope you enjoy the ride!

Some symmetry there Quinn and Tre getting interested in the sport all those years ago and meeting in a gym on a November day and ending their careers same day, same round. Good luck in both your futures!
 
Randy and Tre
Gingers from New Albany

152 - Dunn vs. Swank (these might be the #3 & #4 wrestling to just place) This is a crappy draw.

You all keep missing the point of advocating for two classes.
It's about improving the sport for as many programs as possible.
 
The program at South Adams is a perfect example of why we need classes, lol
 
 
And for those referencing the "feelings" of our state champs, who cares?
 
 
There are four thousand varsity wrestlers in the state, I couldn't care less about the self esteem of our champs lol

Here are my experiences at a big school and small school
 
Small school
More multi-sport athletes, such as about 95% of the kids, which makes it tough to do anything in the summer as they are being pulled 2-3 different ways. The kids that want to succeed come, the others...well don't as much. The one thing I noticed is some kids that were already varsity did not come too much. The ones that put in the time were ones who knew they needed to to stay varsity. Most knew that they would be varsity no matter what they did in the off-season, so they didn't come as much. In turn they would work harder at other sports where they weren't full-time varsity or were more "games."
 
Big school
We have a lot of freshmen that play other sports, but that number is probably cut in half when they are sophomore. Most the kids that want to be varsity know they must wrestle close to year round in order to make the lineup. That also goes for the other sports they are in like football, cross country, or track.  The multi-sport athletes are usually behind these kids because they split their time between sports. We have a great relationship with our football coach and that helps, but at the end of the day the kids begin to realize if they want to be the starter they need more focus on their favorite sport.

Egli will control the match.  Ferguson has been off the mat far too long to beat Egli.

i don't even have to check the rule book...five-point move, right there.

not the same thing.   open palm to the crown of the head and to the face is not the same.  likewise college and olympic wrestling IS NOT the same as high school wrestling...perhaps you should get off this website and look up some of the differences between the two.
 
but...if this is what high school wrestling is evolving to, then we will see a lot more wrestlers doing it.     The Iron Shiek  had a mean camel clutch and when he loaded that boot up, you better watch out.

106  Hunt is in a class by himself on this day
 
 
Noah Hunt Bloomington South
 
Logan Meyerholtz Southridge
 
Morgan McGlothlin Bloomington North
 
Jake Wilson Washington
 
 
113 Pemberton and a near repeat from Bloomington North
 
 
Darin Pemberton Terre Haute South
 
Luke Stull Bloomington South
 
Caleb Gosney Bloomington North
 
Jacob Ray Bedford North Lawrence
 
 
120  Hurst will have his hands full but comes out on top
 
 
Dillon Hurst Jasper
 
Austin Cook Northview
 
Rex Stillions Bloomington South
 
Keagan Koenig Terre Haute South
 
 
126 David Lewis in a tight matchup
 
 
David Lewis Terre Haute South
 
Tommy Brock Jasper
 
Drew Dearing Southridge
 
James Archer Bloomington South
 
 
 
132 Schermer and McCoy once again
 
 
Griffin Schermer Bloomington South
 
Cale McCoy Northview
 
Colten Glenn Forest Park
 
Wes Bedwell Sullivan
 
 
138 Hannah sets himself up for a state berth with a regional title
 
 
David Hannah Edgewood
 
Ryan Koerner Washington
 
Stephen Gibson Northview
 
Blake Webb Bloomington South
 
 
145  My top pick for a must see final
 
 
Thomas Dull Terre Haute North
 
Brennan Barlow Bloomington South
 
Reid Eckert Jasper
 
Phillip Rogier Forest Park
 
 
152 Mundy pulled out a nail biter last week, zebras wont be getting a christmas card from the Recker household
 
 
Mitchell Mundy Southridge
 
Landon Fleck Forest Park
 
Rhett Blake Edgewood
 
Jesse Tapia-Agular
 
 
160 Koontz takes the least competitve weight class with ease
 
 
Gabe Koontz Edgewood
 
Conor Hay Bloomington South
 
Austin Rominger Paoli
 
Brandon Oxley Southridge
 
 
170  Should be a competitive weight class
 
Chase Webb Bloomington South
 
Joey Thomas North Knox
 
Jacob Hendrich Northview
 
Cole Kreilein Jasper
 
 
 
182 Dalton should roll
 
 
Hunter Dalton Bloomington North
 
Bryce Harter Southridge
 
Marcus Duregger Northview
 
Joe Creasey West Vigo
 
 
195 Songer muscles his way to a title
 
 
Ian Songer Jasper
 
Zachary Wade Bloomington North
 
David Wilson Edgewood
 
Brett Nordhoff Southridge
 
 
220 Short takes a balanced weight class
 
 
Dakota Short West Vigo
 
Cameron Meade Washington
 
Kell William Sullivan
 
Abel Rivera Terre Haute South
 
 
HWT Dwyer brings home the 2nd regional title for the northsiders
 
 
Conor Dwyer Terre Haute North
 
Noah Miller North Knox
 
Caelan England Mitchell
 
Tristan Hancock Sullivan

I do not see a Madison repeat at regional this year but the regional champs do hail from the same sectional. Jennings County is loaded and will rack up the points. The big boys up top will provide fireworks as the brackets are very balanced and can end up several different ways. New Albany will challenge JC but unless they get some big time help I don't see them pulling off a regional title.
 
Going to state:  Graham Rooks, Tristan Sellmer, Hunter Castleberry, Andrew Herrin, Bryant Haynes
Hopefulls: Noah Franklin, James Wise, Tristan Dowell, Sean Brown, Tre Lynch, Matt Hayes, Zach Higdon
 
 
Locks: Jeff will have 3803484 coaches on the floor, Madison coaching staff will clear the hospitality room, Clipp will not wear socks
 
106 Rooks .......
 
Graham Rooks Columbus East
Dalton Craig Jennings County
Aaron Gohl New Albany
Robbie Stein Pekin Eastern
 
113 Sellmer was all buisnes last week, expect more of the same
 
Tristan Sellmer Floyd Central
Noah Franklin New Washington
Dawson Combest Columbus East
Tanner Smith Charlestown
 
120 Bullock dominates this class
 
Evan Bullock Brown County
Stevan Jones Jeffersonville
Logan Applegate Jennings County
Wayne Nicholas Floyd Central
 
126 Young brings the defending regional champions their first regional champ
 
Chayce Young Madison
Brandon Butz Greensburg
Jake Martindale Columbus East
Chase Shalosky Floyd Central
 
132 1/2 on my Mustang picks last week but this one came through big
 
James Wise New Washington
Sean Brown Floyd Central
Tristin Dowell New Albany
Jackson Michalski Greensburg
 
138 All HHC as the top 4 there are your top 4 here
 
Hunter Castleberry New Albany
Tyler Crowl Floyd Central
Anthony Engelking Jennings County
Chris Tingle Madison
 
145 Herrin and Haynes should be fun to watch again, same gym same result.
 
Andrew Herrin Jennings County
Bryant Haynes Charlestown
Ezra Paden Corydon Central
Trenton Dempler Madison
 
152 Hate to see the Lynch and Chandler matchup in the semi's but Hoke finally broke through for the W
 
Tre Lynch New Albany
Brayden Hoke Floyd Central
Cole Chandler Jennings County
Donovan Smith Jeffersonville
 
160 Furgason gets revenge for his lack of a HHC title this year
 
Wes Furgason Jennings County
Dalton Mowery New Albany
Bryan Simpson Jeffersonville
Jacob Blackwell New Washington
 
170 Frederick captures a regional title to go along with his HHC and sectional titles
 
Idris Frederick New Albany
Tanner Young Madison
Dylan Jolley-Little Jeffersonville
Peyton Gerkin Jennings County
 
182 Top 3 guys could go any which way
 
Matt Hayes Providence
Zach Higdon Charlestown
Peyton Shepherd Jennings County
Coy Park Columbus East
 
195 A conference and sectional re-match Redmond continues his roll
 
Christian Redmond Jennings County
Quade Greiwe Columbus East
Chase Thompson Jeffersonville
Jaden Sonner New Albany
 
220 Upsets (seeds) abound and Jeff sectional is a no show
 
Brady Shepherd Jennings County
Brandon Woods Columbus North
Marcus Schoonover Madison
Dylan Cain Greensburg
 
HWT WOW Hickerson v Hayes and Landrum v Mount are crazy win or home matches.
 
Brendan Sutton Jennings County
Evan Hickerson Jeffersonville
Patrick Landrum New Albany
Sean Galligar Columbus East

Last year the Northview Sectional dominated the Southridge Sectional but it doesn’t appear it will be that way this year!
This year the Bl. South regional is down but they will still send a few to state.  Koontz, Schermer, Dull, and Hunt are a sure lock to make it to state.  McCoy, Barlow, Dalton, and Songer have an outside shot.  Semi state ranked wrestlers are below
Hunt BS 36-0 #1 @ 106
Hurst JA 30-5 #10 @ 120
Lewis THS 29-8 #6 @ 126
Schermer BS 32-3 #3 and McCoy NV 36-6 # 6 @ 132
Dull THN 25-4 #2 and Barlow BS 32-8 #8 @ 145
Koontz ED 36-0 #1 @ 160
Webb BS 31-8 #7 @ 170
Dalton BN 36-3 #6 @ 182 and Duregger NV 29-10 @ 182
Songer JA 25-5 #3 at 195
Dixon BS 30-13 #8 at 220
 
106: Hunt BS 33-0 looks to be the clear favorite. He should meet up with Meyerholts SR  38-7 or Sullivan ED 27-14 in the finals.  McGlothin BN 22-14 looks to battle it out for 3rd place with the loser of Meyerholtz/Sullivan/
 
113: Last year Stull  BS 25-11 beat Pemberton THS 32-6 in the Sectional Championship match.  This year Pemberton won in the finals.  These two should meet for a Regional title for the rubber match!  Gosney BN 27-11 and Ray BNL 23-5 will battle for 3rd.
 
120: Hurst JA 30-5 is the defending regional champ at 106 and is the favorite again, but don’t count out Cook NV 35-5 who is having an exceptional year.  Two first round barn burners include super tough Patton CC 36-4 against Stillions BS 27-16 both of whom won sectionals last year and went to semi state.  Bromser FP 31-13 faces Koening THS 19-17 in the other tough first round matchup. 
 
 
126: Lewis THS 29-8 is a defending regional champ and will have his work cut out for him in the finals against Jasper’s Tommy Brock 22-8.  Dalton BN 23-13 and Fleck FP 25-12 will battle for third. 
 
 
132: Schermer BS 32-3 is the clear favorite and has beaten McCoy NV 36-6 several times in the last two years but each time has been a decision.  Will McCoy get his vengeance when it matters most?  Look for Schermer and McCoy to punch their ticket to state in Evansville.  Third place will be between sectional champ Glenn FP 32-15 and newcomer Bedwell SU 26-8.
 
138: This looks to be the deepest weight class with several key first round matchups.  Grissom MI 26-3/Webb BS 21-13 will battle to face Hannah ED 34-5 in the semifinals.  Gibson NV 32-10 will face a tough freshman from SR Kane 31-16 for the chance to wrestle two time semi state qualifier Koerner WA 30-6.  Don’t count out Williams from THS 22-11 to upset Koerner first round.
 
145: Dull THN 25-4 and Barlow BS 32-8 will battle for a third time in the finals.  Dull pinned Barlow once this year and their second match got cut short with a Barlow injury.  Look for the winner of this match to punch their ticket to the state finals!  Eckert JA 14-10 will face the winner of Rogier FP 32-9 and Aydelott ED 26-14 for third place.
 
 
152: Mundy SR 33-3 looks to surpass his older brother with a regional championship.  Standing in his way is experienced grappler from Edgewood Blake 26-10.  Blake has probably the state’s best practice partner in Koontz.  Agular NK 35-7 should battle Fleck FP 29-13 for third place. 
 
 
160: When you make the cut to be in the commercial for the best high school camp in the nation you know you are a somebody.  Gabe Koontz ED 37-0 looks continue his dominance with another regional title.  Koontz will meet a wrestler he is familiar with in the finals in Hay BS 25-18.  Don’t count out his 18 losses because B. South wrestles one of the toughest schedule in the state.  Rominger PA 13-9 and Inman BN 28-13 will battle for third. 
 
 
170: Joey Thomas of NK 36-4 showed he can compete with the best when he pinned Webb of BS 31-8.  Webb recently went a one point match with Koontz.  170 is the deepest in this regional and will produce four solid wrestlers onto semi state.  Cole Kreilin JA 24-8 has been to semi state two times in his career and looks to make it a third trip.  Webb and Kreilin will meet up in the semifinals (Webb won by pin in their last meetin).  The other semifinals will be between Thomas and Hendrich NV 32-6.  My upset is Hendrich beats Thomas and then beats Webb to calim a regional title.  This weight class is truly a pickems!
 
182: Dalton BN 36-3 should meet up with Harter SR 35-8 in the finals.  If Tedrow MI 19-3 and Smith JA 22-9 can slip past their tough first round matchups they will battle for third.
 
195: Jasper’s Ian Songer 25-5 made it to semi state as a sophomore but not as a junior.  He will be the favorite and has already beaten BN Wade 21-9 earlier in the year 8-2.  Bringing up the rear will be Wilson ED 20-12 and Nordhoff SR 23-14. 
 
220: Short of WV 24-2 is the clear favorite but don’t count out Washington’s Meade 31-6 or Sullivan’s Williams 25-8.  The fourth place finisher will be between two super tough sophomores Michel SR 22-10/Rivera THS 24-7.
 
285: the young and large sophomore from THN looks to win his first of many regionals.  Dwyer THN 27-6 will battle England MI 24-6 in the finals.  Miller NK 29-8 and Hancock SU 29-7 will fight to not get a regional champ at semi state.  

In the Evansville and Central sectionals, the big names rolled, while several upstarts made their presence known. The Castle regional--traditionally one of the toughest in the state--will feature a host of nail-biting first-round matches, semifinals and championship bouts.

106- Castle's Baxter Annakin bounded to a sectional title and is the favorite for a regional championship. In semifinal action, North Posey's Levi Miller will see the winner of the Harley Gorman (Mt. Vernon) and Kyler McKinney (Princeton) bout.

113- Southern Indiana wrestling fans breathed a sigh of relief when Mt. Vernon's Paul Konrath returned to action after a potential season-ending injury at the Big 8 championship. Konrath should see Mater Dei's Kyle Luigs in the semifinal. Logan Dilbeck of Gibson Southern will likely fill the other slot in the final. The trio also holds the top three rankings in the Evansville semi state. Don't be surprised to see them go at it again at the Ford Center.

120- After a two-month injury recovery, Reitz's Tyler Ferguson returned to action on Saturday. With only one match under his belt, Ferguson was sharp and mopped up the field. Mater Dei sophomore Will Egli has produced another stellar season and hopes to improve upon his fifth-place finish from the 2014 state tournament. Expect the duo to butt heads on the center mat.

126- Mater Dei's Alex Johnson looks to capture his third regional title. In order to do so, he will need to get past the winner of the Caleb Craig (Reitz) and Michael Polen (Gibson Southern) match. Craig and Polen are both very solid and will produce an interesting dust-up. The other side of the bracket will also be competitive, as Castle's 32-7 Braedon Clopton and North's 34-4 Nick Burke will meet for a title shot opportunity.

132- In his last six matches, Mater Dei's Nick Lee has spent less than six minutes on the mat. Ranked number-one in the state, expect Lee's rampage to continue. Mt. Vernon's Austin Bethel and Princeton's Chase Wilson should meet for a rematch of their Big 8 championship bout. The winner will meet Lee for the title.

138- A couple of weeks ago, southern Indiana 138-pounders began to re-think their weight class choice. There are five, top-shelf grapplers here; only four will advance. Gibson Southern's fifth-ranked Kyle Todrank will see Memorial's Johny Wargel in the first round. Both are seniors; one of them will see their high school career end here. Mater Dei's third-ranked freshman, Joe Lee, will likely meet Reitz's AJ Dixon in one semifinal. The Todrank/Wargel winner will meet Castle's ninth-ranked sectional champ, Austin Ramsey, in the other semifinal. Do not miss a match at 138!

145- Fifth-ranked Blake Jourdan of Mater Dei and Castle's tenth-ranked Patrick Schnell headline this very competitive weight class. Both are dynamic. Expect another exciting match. Memorial's Chance Williams, Central's Hunter McCormick and Mt. Vernon's Peyton Whoberry will fight it out to earn a semistate berth.

152- With a title this Saturday, Central's Isaiah Kemper will have earned three consecutive regional championships. Ranked second, Kemper will likely realize the accomplishment. On the other side of the bracket, Pike Central's Colton O'Neal and Castle's Jacob Farmer will meet. The winner gets Kemper in the final. Heritage Hills' Cordell Miller and Mater Dei's Mitch Lehman will also be in the medal hunt.

160- Populated by wrestlers who are defined by action, this class give the fans something for which to cheer. Castle's veteran senior Turner Lockyear has put up 37 wins on the season, in addition to SIAC and sectional titles. Lockyear's Warrick county rival, Tecumseh's Tristan McDaniel, scorched the field at Central. A senior, McDaniel looks poised for a post-season run. Do not overlook Tell City's Elliot Brown or Mater Dei's Nick Buedel, as both are capable of big wins and upsets.

170- 170 is a very balanced class, possessing three individuals with the potential to win. The toughest road belongs to Mater Dei's Ashton Forzley and Memorial's Noah Huelsing, as they will meet in the semifinal. Forzley, with a pair of state qualifications, is a big-match wrestler. Huelsing counters with a sizable gas tank and an early-season win over Forzley. Castle's Blake Jeffress, who finished second to Forzley at the SIAC meet, will inhabit the other slot in the final.

182- Mater Dei's 182-pound senior, Sam Bassemier, has wrestled a brutal schedule en route to a 26-1 record and continues to slide in the rankings, ending the season at 14th. On Saturday afternoon, expect to see him on the center mat. After this coming weekend, Tecumseh's Jeremy McKinley will no longer be off the radar. Expect him to give Mt. Vernon's Tyler DeKemper a very tough match. The winner earns a ticket to the final.

195- Beginning in the first round, when Central's Gabe Patterson meets the sectional champion, Jake LaMar of Castle, you will find many competitive matches at 195 pounds. Patterson, with his never-say-die attitude is likely the best fourth-place finisher in the field. Marcus Gahagen of Memorial will meet Tecumseh's Adam Lytle in another huge first round match. Gahagen has accumulated 21 wins against the backdrop of a tough schedule. Lytle suffered his first loss of the season at the Central sectional and will look for redemption. On the other side of the bracket, South Spencer's Keith Barclay will put his 38 wins against Vincennes Lincoln's Nic Dellion, the owner of 35 wins. The Barclay/Dellion winner will meet Mater Dei's Chase Anslinger in the semifinal. Try to pick 1-2-3-4!

220- If you have not seen Gibson Southern's Cory Klem, after Saturday, you will understand his sixth-ranking. Klem is up-tempo, strong and slick. He will be in the face off. Harrison's LaTerrance Kyles and Mater Dei's Kurtis Wilderman will dance in the bottom half of the bracket, in a rematch of their SIAC final. Mt. Vernon's Tristan Choate is formidable. He has spoiler potential and will look to maximize his regional performance.

285- Like 195, 285 has a number of potential champions. Mt. Vernon's Wade Ripple will square off with Tecumseh's Colton Dossett in the opening round. The duo has accounted for 53 wins against 12 losses. Pike Central's 24-2 Bryce Manning will meet Memorial's 27-11 Will Page, in another first-round barn burner. As sectional champs, Mater Dei's Adrian Butler and South Spencer's 42-7 RJ Shaw will also be in the hunt for a title.

Hook's Random Comments:

· Watch the Tecumseh fans. They are loud, rowdy and highly partisan. This tiny school provides the model of what wrestling fans should be!
· Hook's daugther, Hookticia, pointed out that Castle not only has huge slices of pizza, but offers baked potatoes "as big as your head."
· I love the intensity of Central's head coach, Mike Lapadat. How many calories does Lap burn on a typical Saturday? He is to coaching wrestling what James Brown was to show business.
· North Posey's coaches, Cody Moll and Sam Goebel, look lean and mean. I will wager, that with a week to cut, both could make weight.

I have been criticized for the fact that my previews are light on predictions. Since this is my last one of the year, I will go out on a limb.

These predictions are guaranteed.

· Mt Vernon's head coach, Tim Alcorn, will get very excited.
· At least once, in unison, the Mater Dei crowd will yell, "Two!"
· Castle will do an outstanding job of hosting.
· The Castle regional will produce a number of state placers...maybe a couple of champs.
· A Castle sectional vs. Central sectional post will be started on Indiana Mat.

"Your" welcome.

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I finished the Final update it isn't a prediction so some weights will be heavier from one regional I only did 10 138 was the toughest
11. Krintz CMA
12. Grammer Laf Jeff
13. Kepchar Griffith
14. Evans SB Adams
really a deep weight

Season recap: New Albany started the year off not quite living up to expectations but they found their stride as of late. Jeffersonville and Floyd have quite a bit of youth and new varsity wrestlers in the lineup and their seasons have been up and down as one would expect. Corydon went from a player in the sectional to nearly invisible, the losses of Kauffer, Lahue, Kopp and Robinson were huge as all 4 should have been going to semi-state.
 
State hopefuls: Noah Franklin New Washington, Tristan Selmer Floyd Central, Hunter Castleberry New Albany, Bryant Haynes Charlestown, Tre Lynch New Albany
None are locks and will need a few breaks to do it but I am saying there is a chance
 
Sectional Champ locks: Aaron Gohl New Albany, Stephen Jones Jeffersonville
 
Outta nowhere (3 seed or worse): Sean Brown Floyd Central, David Brann Corydon Central, Josh Rinzel Providence
While Brown is the best of this bunch the big boys may have the best chance at an upset title.
 
Now the picks
 
 
106  Gohl should roll
Aaron Gohl New Albany
Robbie Stein Eastern
Trenton Cunningham Floyd Central
Evan Rogers Providence
 
113 The gem matchup of the sectional
Noah Franklin New Washington
Tristan Sellmer Floyd Central
Dakota Erickson New Albany
Tanner Smith Charlestown
 
120 Jones catches grief for this class being down at conference and sectional but he is a quality wrestler and deserves more credit
Stephen Jones Jeffersonville
Wayne Nicholas Floyd Central
Matt Moseley New Washington
Jonathon Davey New Albany
 
126 Bradford is the top dawg here
Romerro Bradford New Albany
Brant Stewart Eastern
Chase Shalosky Floyd Central
Darian Zeis Charlestown
 
132 The nastiest weight class from top to bottom.
James Wise New Washington
Tristin Dowell New Albany
Sean Brown Floyd Central
Cameron Hopson Charlestown
 
138 Another Castleberry and Crowl matchup goes to Castleberry
Hunter Castleberry New Albany
Tyler Crowl Floyd Central
Josh Sauer Jeffersonville
Logan Gurr Charlestown
 
145 Haynes hangs another loss on his Mid-Southern Conference rival
Bryant Haynes Charlestown
Ezra Paden Corydon Central
Freddie Hudson Jeffersonville
Max Hauser Floyd Central
 
152 Lynch stays on his feet this weekend and brings a title home
Tre Lynch New Albany
Brayden Hoke Floyd Central
Donovan Smith Jeffersonville
Tristan Blackwell New Washington
 
160 Mowery comes through as a 2 seed
Dalton Mowery New Albany
Jacob Blackwell New Washington
Bryan Simpson Jeffersonville
Zach Rodgers Floyd Central
 
170 Frederick bests the young and talented Jolley-Little
D Frederick New Albany
Dylan Jolley-Little Jeffersonville
Karl Hauser Floyd Central
Tyler Olsen Charlestown
 
182 Very interesting matchup with brawn v quickness.
Zach Higdon Charlestown
Matt Hayes Providence
David Harrison New Albany
Bradley Phillpott Floyd Central
 
195 Thompson takes the top spot over his arch rival Bulldog foe
Chase Thompson Jeffersonville
Jaden Sonner New Albany
Josh Harvey Floyd Central
Zach Brough Eastern
 
220 Wide open weight class I wouldn't bet a penny on
Chad McClanahan New Albany
Nathan Long Jeffersonville
David Brann Corydon Central
Tobin Smith Floyd Central
 
Hwt  One move two seconds, who knows.
Patrick Landrum New Albany
Evan Hickerson Jeffersonville
Josh Rinzel Providence
Robby Leuthart Corydon Central

One of the funniest things I see in gyms every weekend is the Coach that immediately wants a stalling call for backing up in neutral, not coming off the hips on top, or not coming up on bottom but when their wrestler does the exact same thing and stalling is call its the worst call the ref made all day.  If coaches want refs to be more consistent at calling stalling maybe coaches should be more objective in their views on stalling calls.