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    55 minutes ago, Ranger123 said:

    Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season. 
     

    Things are starting to round into form with most everyone getting on the mat and on weight. I’ve removed everyone (I believe) who hasn’t tested and will adjust everyone to the weight they have competed at after this weekend (wanted to give everyone a week at the +2). 
     

    Couple interesting notes:

    - To be the champ you have to beat the champ; with a few changes in lineups, Union has just edged Ryle in the current rankings. This is shaping up to be a fantastic battle between two really really good lineups. Would be a great dual. 
    - We had round 1 of one of my most anticipated matchups of the year. No, not the northern Ky match, but Giannone v Kinley. A back and forth battle that I can’t wait to see the last few weeks of the season. 
    - Most weights are pretty straightforward, but heavyweight has a lot of chaos so there are about 35 kids who could argue to be in the top 25. 

    Rankings_21_22_0104.pdf

    Might get that dual at the Bryce Sheffer Duals later on. 

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    5 hours ago, El cucuy said:

    I think Union placed 3rd. With 2 of their best wrestlers at the Ironman. 4 kids In the finals 3 winning. I think Ryle had their whole team and only had 3 in the finals. 

    Ryle Rumble is a rough draft of the season and final outcomes. Union has won state the last 6 years and can’t ever remember them winning the Rumble. Never have a full team there due to sending their best to the Ironman, ACTs, etc., plus out of state teams throw a wrench in some weight classes, whereas that wouldn’t be the case down the road for other teams kids to place higher without getting knocked off by a non KY wrestler. Ryle placed many more kids higher overall. 

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    Team A and B wrestle at a location on a Tuesday then turn around and both teams A and B cancel a Thursday dual at Team C for no reason. I would stop scheduling these teams that cancel year after year, or do contracts. Their cancelation was non Covid related as both Teams A and B wrestled a tournament on that Saturday. Team C can't hardly get teams to wrestle them during the week. 

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    43 minutes ago, Ranger123 said:

    For the record, folks are welcome to go back and check how previous studs with limited HS matches were ranked (Mark Hall, David Carr, Lawsons, etc). Yes they were studs and quickly moved up the rankings, but I never just assume they are better than kids who have proved HS results. 

    To be honest, I don’t have any evidence to back my statement up. But if I had to bet my horse farm on Jayden being the top 106lb wrestler,  I wouldn’t blink an eye. 

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    I am highly in favor of combining four regions to make two semi states if having a semi state is the route decided to go. Prefer the 32 man brackets, but semistates of two regions gives those louisville schools chances to place when other kids are left out. If there are two semi states, there will be plenty of regions that send all four kids through to the final round in certain weight classes by placing top 8 at semi state, and some regions maybe not send a single kid through in certain weight classes.

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    On 6/15/2021 at 6:04 PM, naplesme said:

    Which sounds great until a state champion goes unseeded and then blows up your seeding.

     

    On 6/15/2021 at 11:41 AM, grappler-of-old said:

    Tennessee uses the previous year to seed. (1. Must be a regional champ, 2. must have placer in high school career) Is this better than what we have? Don't know, I personally would rather get a bad draw because of randomness than a technicality (did not place the year before)

    Jayden Raney who will be in 8th grade is screwed by past criteria. Almost certain to be at 106 this year, was not on the varsity team due to his size and no lower weight class. He won't have previous regional champ or placement, but assuredly will be one of the top, if not the top kid at 106. Union will be in Ryle's position if it is a normal season, wrestling out of state for almost the entire season. So this kid might go into regions with a few losses to out of state kids and end up with a 3 or 4 seed at regionals due to past criteria and his record. 

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    1 hour ago, 385 said:

    It was a close match and he got pinned in the third then threw his headgear and walked off without shaking hands. It wasn't terribly egregious but the officials looked justified to me. Unfortunate for Seth.

    I think what got him the second time was he took his singlet off while still on the mat

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    10 hours ago, Ranger123 said:

    Looks like they did. Weird we didn’t do that last week. 
     

    Giannone has been a kid I really enjoyed watching and working with the last couple years. Hate to see his season end like this but I’m sure he will be back and better next year. 

    Yeah the fact they didn't do that last week and did do it this week makes absolutely no sense. It should have been done at both tournaments. SMH