DamonMBarnes

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  1. DamonMBarnes

    All time Goats

    Agreed. It's the best I ever saw. Metzger had beaten him earlier in the year to if I remember correctly.
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    All time Goats

    IMO, Scott Cooper never gets the credit he deserves in these discussions. Freshman Year - 2000 - 3rd place - 125 Sophomore Year - 2001 - 2nd place - 130 Junior Year - 2002 - 1st place - 140 Senior year - 2003 - 1st place - 140- beat 2x State Champ Luke Metzker in the finals.
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    Venue for next year..

    I don't know this for sure but when you look at JUST the schools with wrestling I'd say the center becomes even further away from Lexington. Might be a fun exercise to do one day.
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    Venue for next year..

    One thing I always hate in these discussions is the notion that Lexington is the center of the state. Geographically it is in Marion or Taylor county depending on what source you use. Population it is in Washington County. Both of those are roughly the same distance from Louisville as they are from Lexington. The one thing I know is it desperately needs to leave the Horse Park. I think a suitable facility could be found but getting the KHSAA on board with anything not in their backyard might be the real issue.
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    Ky wrestling history 2021

    I thought semi-state is technically the first round(s) of the state tournament which would keep the first one alive as Paxton Ervin made it to SS1.
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    State Updates

    Wow. I have to imagine if a former state champ lost in the first round before it hasn't happened often.
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    Schedule for Friday and Saturday

    Anyone know around what time quarters usually start?
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    Large School State Duals

    Not sure who is in charge but 2001 is incorrect. LaRue beat St X in the championships and not Woodford County.
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    State recap

    You point number 2 was so bad. I still can’t believe they did that. It’s sad how much the atmosphere of the state wrestling tournament has been ruined by having it at Alltech Arena. I really hope the powers-that-be get it moved soon.
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    WCI MOW

    You’re smarter than this. Should strength of opponent not be considered at all? Based on this answer it doesn’t seem you think it should. However, in reality I have to believe you think it’s a factor. Both Hoppes and Smallwood faced the #10 wrestler in the state and both pinned. Hoppes also faced the #2 wrestler in the state and won without giving up an offensive point. Smallwood faced nobody ranked higher than #10. Surely that has to be factored into the equation, right?
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    WCI MOW

    I'll start this off by saying that Derrick Smallwood is a fantastic wrestler. However, I cannot imagine how any coach in their right mind would vote for him MOW over Thomas Hoppes. Derrick -- who was ranked first and expected to win -- had a fine tournament and took care of a #9, #12, and #13 wrestler in dominating fashion. That being said, Thomas Hoppes as a freshman ranked 10th in a higher weight class pinned the #10 kid in the state then upset the #2 kid in the state while not giving up an offensive point. The only thing I can think of was that most coaches had already turned in their ballot by the time Hoppes had concluded his upset. That's the only good reason I can come up with because the resumes speak for themselves. If there are any coaches who would like to back up their vote I'd love to hear the reason.
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    2018 youth state wrestling tournament

    Marion County is the geographic center of Kentucky so there isn't much of a difference between the Horse Park and Broadbent. In fact, Broadbent might be closer. Population-wise, I'd imagine Louisville is much closer to being centrally located than Lexington.
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    2018 youth state wrestling tournament

    I personally would like to see high school moved from the horse park. I'm really glad to see that it's probably not an option for youth and middle school going forward.
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    Region 2 Predictions

    Should be a good region tournament with a lot of competitive wrestling. Here are my predictions: 106 Mattingly Hoppes Garcia Perry Slight upset here but Hoppes is wrestling extremely well and I think he is poised to revenge his Garcia loss. Mattingly is a potential finalist at state! 113 Miller Morgan Kirkman Butler I think it’s fairly open after the first two and again I see a potential finalist in Miller. 120 Insko Miller Haverstick Philpott The pending semi match between Miller/Haverstick should be close. Would be crazy, but R2 could have three straight finalist at the lower weights with Insko here. 126 Grimsley Nard Hite Medley Places 3 – 6 are really wide open. This weight class will be a factor for team race. 132 Metcalf Wallace Williams Whitaker Expect Metcalf to score bonus points for LaRue here. 138 Johnson Davis Thornton Broich Tip my hat to T. Johnson for staying here. 145 Young Goodin Jarrow Tilley Now that Trent is down this one becomes pretty wide open. I see a really close finals match between these two. Flipped my prediction multiple times. Hoping I'm wrong and Levi goes out a champ! 152 Smallwood Leak Fuller Johnson Loaded weight class. Both Smallwood and Leak have what it takes to make finals at state. 160 Bell Nichols Dulak Lee Bell is healthy and wrestling well. This will be a tight bracket. Could see any result among these four. 170 Williams Bingham Santiago Lawrence Mild upset with Santiago outwrestling his seed here. 182 Shantz Page Pierce Brecker Shantz should rack up valuable bonus points in this weight class. 195 Steven Jett Volentine Mills #1 vs #2. Should be a good one. 220 Jones Pratt Wright Miller HVY Shelton Humphrey Morriss Holifield The freshman pulls one out at heavy! Team score 1. LaRue 2. Meade 3. John Hardin I think LaRue wins by more than people are expecting. John and Meade are super close for 2nd.
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    HEADS UP

    This. Parking wasn't ideal by any means but it was free.