randalllynch

Team wise I am calling New Albany the heavy favorite with their solid showing last weekend at the HHC conference tournament. Normally the non HHC teams help break things up at this sectional but this year most of those teams are down. Look for Devil-Dawg-Highlanders to rule the podiums.
 
Top wrestler: Noah Franklin New Washington / returning qualifier looking to make the Bankers Life podium
Darkhorse: Sean Brown Floyd Central / very good wrestler in the toughest weight class. Could be projected 1-3 along with the other 2 guys above him.
Lock: Zach Higdon Charlestown / if Hayes is at 195, I don't see Higdon being beaten barring injury
 
 
 
 
106  The Dawgs get on the board early with their first champ
Aaron Gohl New Albany
Robbie Stein Eastern
Trenton Cunningham Floyd Central
Evan Rodgers Providence
 
113  A battle I am eager to see. I'll take the returning state qualifier over the future state placer in round 1.
Noah Franklin New Washington
Tristan Selmer Floyd Central
Tanner Smith Charlestown
Dakota Erickson New Albany
120 Jones should handle this weight class
Stephen Jones Jeffersonville
Matt Mosely New Washington
Jonathan Davey New Albany
Wayne Nicholas Floyd Central
 
126 The Dawgs strike again.... #2 on the day
Romerro Bradford New Albany
Brant Stewart Eastern
Jack Ferraro Jeffersonville
Chase Shalosky Floyd Central
 
132  The deepest weight class in the sectional. Top to bottom very solid wrestlers
Jimmy Wise New Washington
Tristan Dowell New Albany
Sean Brown Floyd Central
Cameron Hopson Charlestown
 
138  Castleberry and Crowl square off yet again and the Dawgs grab #3
Hunter Castleberry New Albany
Tyler Crowl Floyd Central
Josh Sauer Jeffersonville
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145  Bad blood between these MSC rivals? 
Bryant Haynes Charlestown
Ezra Paden Corydon Central
Freddie Hudson Jeffersonville
Max Hauser Floyd Central
 
152  Dawg champ #4
Tre Lynch New Albany
Brayden Hoke Floyd Central
Donavon Smith Jeffersonville
Trace Blackwell New Washington
 
160  Dawg champ #5
Dalton Mowerey New Albany
Bryan Simpson Jeffersonville
Zach Rodgers Floyd Central
Chase Blackwell New Washington
 
170 Dawg champ #6
D Fredrick New Albany
Dylan Jolley-Little Jeffersonville
Tyler Olson Charlestown
Karl Hauser Floyd Central
 
182 The Pirates gain their second sectional champ as Higdon rolls through this class - Hayes
Zach Higdon Charlestown
Bradley Philpott Floyd Central
David Harrison New Albany
Ashton Smith Jeffersonville
 
195 Will Hayes stay at 195 or drop to 82 setting up an epic showdown with Higdon? Would be another crazy match that this fan will be glad he showed up for.... just saying
Matt Hayes Providence
Chase Thompson Jeffersonville
Josh Harvey Floyd Central
Jaden Sonner New Albany
 
220 Dawg champ #7  Could be a crazy day for New Albany
Chad McClanahan New Albany
Nathan Long Jeffersonville
Tobin Smith Floyd Central
Combs Charlestown
 
HWT  Pretty solid set of heavyweights gathered here. Rinzel is coming in with confidence after a big win over Kolby Mount of Scottsburg
Evan Hickerson Jeffersonville
Patrick Landrum New Albany
Harrison Rinzel Providence
Robbie Leuthart Corydon Central

Craig from Reitz lost a close one to the older Willis from Central in final seconds and beat Clopton from Castle over the weekend at 126.  He also beat Elpers from North and Durcholz from Memorial at 132 a few weeks ago.  He has not wrestled Burke yet this year.

HHC is going to be pretty competative for the next few years.

#5 Kemper fall over #10 Lynch 5:34 @ 152 finals of Old Capital Tourney

152 - Lynch (NA) dec Lehman (MD) 5-1 OT
 
(at Mater Dei Classic)

It has not been loaded into Track (as yet), it is seeded by a committee and we are waiting for the results.

Akers adds a takedown. 7-2 after 2
Akers looks like the weight cut is getting to him. Rode out the whole 3rd period. Looked tired. 7-2 decision for CP.
 
6-3 MV after 2 matches
Covaciu vs. Daylan Schurg at 145
4 takedowns for Covaciu. The last one a foot sweep to the back for a fall! 12-3 pirates
152- Kasch CP vs. Merrillville backup didn't catch the name
Kasch with the 2nd period fall. 12-9 pirates after 4 matches

There were a lot of match-ups with ranked guys going head-to-head with some upsets, and also unranked opponents getting some big wins at the Holiday tournaments and IHSWCA Team State. 
 
Going to be some long scuttle sessions with those spreadsheets that will hopefully lead to a great show this week!  
 
Best of Luck to our Semi-state and State Rankings guys!

Ranked Wrestlers
 
106 Cainan Schaefer, SD (4 ss) (#14); Noah Hunt, BLS (6 ss)
 
113 Noah Franklin, NW (2 ss)(#11), Austin Cook, NV (7 ss)
 
120 Cale McCoy, NV (6 ss), Stevie Jones, Jeff (8 ss); Zane Brown, Male KY, (#13)
 
126 Chayce Young, Mad (4 ss): Hunter Baehl, GS (5 ss); Tristan Garcia, Male KY (#21); Bobby Poynter, Moore KY (#2)
 
132 Griffin Schermer, BLS (2 ss)(#7); James Wise, NW (6 ss)
 
138 Kyle Todrank, GS (3 ss)(#5), Hunter Castleberry, NA (7 ss); Chris Tingle, Mad (8 ss); Bill Ranney, Male KY (#17); Tim Pointer, Moore KY (#20)
 
145 Andrew Herrin, JC (3 ss)(#5) If he is down for this tournament; Bryant Haynes, Ctown (4 ss) (# 8); Trenton Dempler, Mad (7 ss); Leland Phillips, Male KY (#10); Adam Rivera, Moore KY (#17)
 
152 Tre Lynch, NA (3 ss) (#12); Jacob Hendrich, NV (7 ss);    and maybe Herrin
 
160 
 
170 Zach Higdon, Ctown (7 ss); Tanner Young, Mad (8 ss); Ruben Rojas, Moore KY (#12)
 
182 Payton Shepherd, JC (7 ss); Mikey Smith, Moore KY (#3)
 
195 Chase Thompson, Jeff (4 ss); Christian Redmond, JC (6 ss); Marco Ruiz, Moore KY (#11)
 
220 Cory Klem, GS (3 ss)(#10); Brennan Pillman, NV (5 ss); Brady Shepherd, JC (6 ss); Marcus Schoonover, Mad (7 ss); Garrett Chandler, Male KY (#3)
 
285 Kolby Mount, Scott (2 ss) (# 5); Brendan Sutton, JC (#15); Jerry Fow, Male (#12)
 
 
 
 
 
Wrestlers to watch
 
113 Blake Webb, BLS; Christian Pellacer, GS
 
126 Rex Stillions, BLS; Logan Dilbeck, GS
 
132 Nathan Boggs, SD
 
145 Daemon Lane, SD
 
152 Brennan Barlow, BLS
 
160 Brandon Manning, SD
 
170 Chase Webb, BLS
 
285 Patrick Landrum, NA; Mark Miles, PA

They are up on. Trackwrestling.com

Not familiar with Sellmer,but East has a great group of freshman this year in Rooks,Combest,and Pollitt...and Cayden Rooks and Jake schoenegge coming in next year,future and present looks good at east!!!....the lil blonde freshman 220# from Jennings county looks pretty good too,going 5-0;but I'm a little bit biased. Lol

Haha.  My wife and I rarely go to a movie together because we can't agree on what to watch.  We were in a movie discussion earlier this years where I yet again dismissed her idea of going to some sappy Nicholase Sparks style love story movie.  She shot back with a comment about how it didn't need to be "one of those movies" and she would settle for a film with someone like Channing Tatum in it (not knowing he was in Foxcatcher).  I quickly told her that I would hold her to that comment later on in the year.  I guess she's will eventually get what she asked for.

I'm going to be updating the rankings this weekend and putting together the merrillville semi state rankings. Let me know if there are any weight changes. Thanks

Randy Lynch
New Albany