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    4 hours ago, Tbagnky said:

    But my kid beat this kid who beat that kid...

    So and so has been a beast on the summer tour...

    You obviously have bias against Harrison County...

    Did I miss any?

    I have a lot of kids at the wrong weights...

    It's all good.  I'm going to work on being more patient with folks this year.  Ask myself what would Jesus do?  And listen to my wife who sings to me "Let it go".  Ha Ha.

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    Ok, way way too busy, but figured I need to post this before we get into the school year and the season gets closer.  I just removed the seniors and maybe added a few guys that didn't finish the season.  Also added a tribute to a great wrestler and young coach that we lost recently, Max Emerson.  Two letters on a page don't really mean a lot, but it is a small gesture of appreciation to a great person that appreciated these rankings.

    I will be working on adjusting weights over the next couple months based on what I have seen/heard over the summer.

    Rankings2324_Aug6.pdf

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    5 minutes ago, grappler-of-old said:

    Time to change gears a little bit. 

    Here are the stats on State. 

    Semi Stat in Order

    Placers----------------Finalists--------------Champs--------------Team points

    SS1----56               SS1----17               SS1----11               SS2----799

    SS2----56               SS2----11               SS2----2                 SS1----773

    Region in order

    Placers---------------Finalists----------Champs-------Team Points

    R1----22                 R1----8              R1----6            R1----392

    R5----21                 R3----6              R3----3            R5----278

    R3----18                 R4----4              R2----2            R3----266

    R6----14                 R5----3              R5----2            R6----229.5

    R7----13                 R2----2              R7----1            R7----159.5

    R4----9                   R7----2              R4----0            R8----131

    R8----8                   R8----2              R6----0            R4----120.5

    R2----7                   R4----1              R8----0            R2----115

    Good stuff there GOO.  Sort of surprised at the balance between semi-states, but with only a 16 man bracket (8-8 split) it almost forces a certain level of balance.  I think the finalist and champ numbers confirm SS1 was clearly stronger at the top this year.  And region 1 is TOUGH right now.

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    6 hours ago, Granby said:

    I posted this a few years back in a forum and found the picture again (albeit a small picture LOL.) 

    For the old timers that remember Frankfort and the Dungeon. 

    Not a "get off my lawn" post at all, but this was by far the best setup for state...........loved every minute of it. 

    dungeon.jpg

    Absolutely awesome experience at the Dungeon.

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    3 minutes ago, BeastMode23 said:

    Thanks Ranger for the time and  work you put into the rankings. Also thanks for the kind words for JC kids we try to raise them right. 

    There a few teams that I feel like have some great coaches and great kids.  But this weekend it really stood out in an overcrowded gym in a highly competitive environment.  Not unexpected, but very noteworthy.

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    9 minutes ago, ClamChowder said:

    It was unfortunate what transpired with Hunter Pogue this past weekend, whether warranted or not is for another blog. This young man worked very hard to rise to sixth in the rankings, I can’t imagine him dropping completely out. 

    Couple things.  He did have a great run late in the year and it is terrible what it sounds like happened to him, but these rankings won't do anything to fix that.  It does bring up a good consideration though as to my process.  In general when a kid isn't in a post season bracket I remove them, but when kids simply don't advance I let them fall wherever they fall in the rankings.  That isn't exactly consistent and I should give it some thought.  I also treat seniors differently knowing they won't be back, but I don't want to skew where the younger guys are in the rankings as I prepare for next season.

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    4 minutes ago, Matguy123 said:

    Ranger! Love the rankings you do a great job. Just curious on how badida is ranked 9th when he is 2-0 against madden brown and 1-0 against del santos and pinned koller and is also 1-0 against him and 1-1 against Phillips 

    It's more of a momentum thing.  Lost most recent to Phillips and his loss to East pulls him down.  Brown had a great semi-state with a couple top 10 wins.

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    Final rankings of the year heading into State Final round.  This is not a list of who is left or a prediction of finish (doesn't consider the bracket).  Over the next few days I will be working on the write-up and predictions.

    Only comments I will add from the weekend...

    - Semi-state in a HS gym (even large gyms) is painful; a great, competitive event with some awesome matches, but not a fun experience

    - Johnson Central has a great team with great kids beyond wrestling

    Rankings_22_23_0220.pdf

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    11 minutes ago, Bulldoglife said:

    Ranger,

     

     

         Looking at the 215# brackets I noticed you have 4 wrestlers ranked that aren't even going to the semi state rounds? Are you counting them in as participants because they may get in Via an Alternate spot? Just curious. 

    21. Dylan Smith - Knox Central - Region 7

    25. Travis Moten - Fern Creek - Region 4

    26. Gemel Smith - Central - Region 3

    27. Joshua Decius - Doss - Region 3

    When I update rankings I don't totally remove someone just because they didn't qualify, because I still view them as a top 30 wrestler.  For example, if a region had 5 top 10 guys, the #10 guy shouldn't fall off by finishing 5th at region, but obviously won't place at state.

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    After a great first weekend of the post season, we head to the semi-state round at Atherton and Ryle on Saturday.

    Highlights and big results from Region weekend:

    - East over Badida at 106

    - Heady beats Campbell at 113

    - Condi over Davis at 120

    - Williams over Teutsch at 126

    - Whorton moves back up to 132

    - Brown over Johns at 138

    - Mays over Mayes at 144

    - Faucett over Burchett at 165

    - Johnson Central moves = McCoart to 190 and Davis to 175

    - Brown over Wimberly at 190

    - Pogue and Nicodemus over Sherrill at 215

    - Arnold over Rodriguez and Guillaume over Lewis at 285

     

    That was a lot.  There will be a ton of great matches this weekend so this won't even scratch the surface, but here are some interesting Round 1 and potential Round 2 matches at each semi-state:

    - SS1 106 #1 Valera v #8 Smith

    - SS2 106 #6 Badida v #9 Phillips

    - SS2 113 #9 Gardner v #10 White, #6 Roberts v #9 Gardner, #2 Evans v #8 Joseph, #4 Orth v #7 Smith

    - SS1 120 #3 Hardin v #10 Bailey, #9 Motta v #11 Brown

    - SS2 120 #6 McCloskey v #8 Cano (this could be a barnburner)

    - SS1 126 #7 Teutsch v #8 Gonzalez

    - SS2 126 #5 Nelson v #11 Page (Page didn't have his best day at Region), #5 Nelson v #9 Thompson, #4 Ferraro v #10 Cantrell

    - SS1 132 #6 Walls v #9 Harrod

    - SS2 132 #10 Sulfsted v #11 Nardelli, #5 Roberts v #8 Tucker

    - SS1 138 #6 Frazier v #10 Collins, #5 Ray v #11 Durbin, #3 Johns v #4 Lehman

    - SS1 144 #9 Latin v #10 Williams, #3 Mays v #5 Villums, #4 Mayes v #7 McGill, #1 Beane v #8 Nichols

    - SS1 150 #8 Jarvis v #10 Arnold, #1 Rider v #8 Jarvis, #7 Fletcher v #9 Ball

    - SS1 157 4 Ricketts v #6 Millet, #7 Krebs v #11 Fulkerson

    - SS2 157 #5 Butler v #9 Banfield, #10 Ross v #12 Hutchison

    - SS1 165 #5 Faucett v #8 Wilson, #11 Murphy v #12 Poynter

    - SS2 165 #4 Matney v #9 Lamier, #7 Young v #10 Dennemann

    - SS1 175 #9 Soeder v #12 Allen, #2 Ricketts v #9 Soeder, #6 James v #8 Harris

    - SS1 190 #2 Virzi v #7 Roth, #3 Mettling v #9 Wimberly, #1 Kiser v #8 Brown

    - SS1 215 #4 Cranfill v #8 Sherrill, #5 Bertin v #6 Pogue, #1 Silva v #7 Nicodemus

    - SS1 285 #2 Mooney v #7 Kays

    - SS2 285 #4 Rodriguez v #9 Tallent

     

    Man, that was a lot as well.

    Rankings_22_23_0215.pdf