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I totally agree that the refs missed that call early in the match, but to say that the result would've been the same seems kind of silly to me. Obviously it would be impossible to know really, but I definitely think an early score would've changed the way the rest of that match played out. And I don't think the call on that last takedown was necessarily a bad one, just looked like it could've probably gone either way from where I was sitting. But it sure does stink when the call isn't made in favor of the guy you're pulling for. I may be totally bias, but I don't see how anyone could've watched that match and not thought that Osbourne was the better wrestler on that night. Best finals match for sure!

I really thought Shotwell would win this one, but I'm not sure if he could ever get a takedown on davis after watching this match, seemed like he took a million shots and never really came close. Davis was too short and his stance is so low he couldn't get under him, and he's so fast that he couldn't get around him. How do you take that guy down?!? It was a pretty sweet match, both guys worked hard the whole time. Although my guy didn't win, I wasn't at all disappointed with this match.... accept for the fact that it wasn't under the lights.

1. John Fahy 103 2. Harrison Courtney 160 3. Brad Hitchings 171 4. Jordan Whiting 285 5. Josh Johnson 135 6. Myron Bradbury 112 7. Jacob Bradford 189 8. Aaron Carr 125 9. Korey Shotwell 140 10. Michael Osbourne 119 11. Stephen Norberry 130 12. Ryan Kelly 215 13. Dusty Brown 145 14. Court Mace 152 Ryle - 189 Wild Card - Zack Roland 135

I'll have to jump in and disagree. I have only seen Lenz on one occasion, and I was definitely unimpressed. He's not going to be muscling around 125 pounders like he could the 112's, and even though I'm sure he's stronger than Caleb, Caleb is used to wrestling against guys with that strength. Schneider's too good to just be out muscled, and that's all I've seen out of Lenz. Unforunate draw for Schneider to have to wrestle in the first round, but I'll never complain about getting to see a good match!

Someone told me it was like 11-5, I didn't actually see it though so I'm not sure. Heard he handled him pretty good though

You were right the first time, he only lost two matches. Both to the same kid from Eastwood.

Interesting... I wonder how that will play out. Palmer definitely can't get lower than a #2 seed then. He got hurt in the match before he lost to that Sycamore kid, which may have had something to do with his loss. I doubt that factor will come into play though. You'd have to bet on the fact that Palmer is better than Supe, but Schneider could be better than Palmer, and Supe could be better than Schneider. The #1 seed will probably be determined by the best orator out of Bankemper and Ruschell.... or maybe a fight. I'll bet on Ruschell for the latter, Bankemper probably has the edge on the other. :-D Either way I don't really see it mattering, I think it will be a Schneider vs. Palmer finals match up.

I'd go with one of the fellas from 119... seems interesting that you included Demery as an option from 125 but not Palmer? :?

hmm... I think you might have something mixed up in that post tc. Caleb will probably get the #1 seed over Palmer since they have a common opponent in a kid from Sycamore, which someone commented on earlier, Caleb beating him and Palmer losing to him. Palmer will get the #2 seed and Supe the #3 seed. Palmer handled Supe at the dragon, don't see Supe beating him. Supe will take third, which I agree sucks for whatever #2 draws him at state. It should be Schneider and Palmer in the finals, a match that I am very much looking forward to.

Oz is fine

I don't think anyone sees any of these guys losing, but I would rank them from least to greatest like this: Fahy/Courtney - I give them a basically 100% untouchable rating Hitchings - Nobody near his skill level, but under very unlikely circumstances there are some guys that are big enough at this weight that a desperation move could spell disaster Johnson - I've got a sleeper pick that I think could keep it close.... beat him? I dunno.... Bradbury - A lot of talent at this weight class, will probably see three rounds of pretty tough kids Whiting - Pretty much based solely on the fact that he's a heavyweight... some pretty crazy stuff can go down with the big guys And, for the others that WC added (again, from least to greatest): Bradford - Very strong (physically and especially mentally) and he doesn't make mistakes - someone will have to be better than him on that day Ervin - Norbury took it to Murphy, and Murphy gave Ervin a run for his money, I'm just not sure how well Norbury will match up with Ervin Ohlman - I think a healthy Dusty Brown takes him, but is he healthy? Think Jude could give him a run as well... Zarth - Has wrestled Osbourne 1-1 with an overtime loss and a 1 point decision

If we're talking which region is gonna put up the most points at state I'll stick with region 6. If we're talking about dual team strength from top to bottom, I'm not sure. I think that both Ryle and Campbell are better than Woodford and any other region 7 team, but there's a drop off from those two teams to SK and Cooper, then a very large drop off for all of the other teams. I could be wrong, but I don't recall any of the other region 6 teams even having full teams.

Actually, if you look at the rankings of the wrestlers it will show you that region 6 is, no question about it. Check out region rankings at the bottom. Not to say that region 6 is necessarily the toughest just because the rankings say so (although I think it is) but if you're gonna go by rankings then you've got to accept the numbers...!

real tough kid...don't know if he's necessarily the best in this class, but i think he could definitely beat anyone... even ervin

I don't see this happening again... should be a fun match to watch at region though!