Great tournament as always, great matches, and fun to watch. No doubt this is an early assessment for many of these guys. Some of the matches were intense to say the least.
My takeaways- Bacon from Union- tough kid. Pushed Wells as far as he wanted for sure. Had a cradle locked up twice on Brady but couldn't turn either one for points. He will be a contender by year end. Zane looks great. He's hard to score on. He beat Smallwood again, and controlled the entire match against Craig from Elder who is tough as nails. Yost looked good against Yenter, this weight at state (along with 120 will be insane). Saul was Saul, but little Andreoni wrestled a tough tourney. Big question here is does Saul drop to 126. Andreoni/Buckman was a great match. Buckman hung in there and battled. Curious on how the game plan changes had they awarded Avery the 2 at the end of the first period.
Match of the tournament for me was Murphy (Elder) vs. Johnson. Unbelievable match, scrambles, attacks, defense. I thought for sure Murphy wouldn't be able to hold him down. It was crazy, one guy would hit a sweet duck, scramble no points, so then the other guy would hit a duck, scramble no points. Then they did the same thing with high crotches. Unreal match.
This weekend for me definitely let me know the season is under way!