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Johnson beats Sheffer in the quarters and ultimately wins 138. Wallace wins 113. Jett rebounds from his 2d place finish and wins the championship.

My bad, not sure why that duplicated like it did-

Johnson's gamble pays off with a championship at 138-yes I am saying he upsets Sheffer-Wallace stays undefeated and brings home the championship in his weight class.

Trent Johnson's gamble pays off and he wins at 138. Wallace stays undefeated and wins at 113.

Trent Johnson's gamble pays off and he wins at 138. Wallace stays undefeated and wins at 113.

I think Johnson beats Sheffer in the quarters and wins the 138 championship. Upset special. Watch out for Shantz-Meade County as another wrestler poised to steal a championship. Wallace looks simply unbeatable to me...Stevens wins at 182...although Jett is having a great season and is flying a bit under the radar. Definitely someone to watch. Zane and Ervin, and Blanton are done deals. Another guy with upset ability written all over him is Hanson...Your thoughts?

Saul Ervin-Cagen Wallace-Zane Brown-Trent Johnson-Andrew Ackley-Tyker Frankeone-Max Andreoni are my top picks-

How many TOP rated wrestlers have committed to the BG games

Great Job guys-I think you have it dead on at 138-TRENT JOHNSON #1 no doubt about it!!

Cael Sanderson-no question-

Yeah my bad-How the heck did I leave Saul off the list-He definitely belongs on that list with the other great wrestlers that I mentioned earlier-Trent Johnson, Brown, Moore, Smallwood-and Saul are all are on my list for sure.

Trent Johnson, Brown, Moore, Smallwood are on my list.

Whew-lots of negativity about this subject. I have had wrestlers attend the Belt series over the past 3 years also. Let's be honest. Brackets are usually very small; and the competition is normally not top notch, more beginner and/or novice levels. But it is local, centrally located for most everyone, completed in one day, very cheap in comparison to Major competitions, and there are no major multiple day expenses for hotels/food/gas. Out of state teams, primarily from Indiana and Ohio, have also made the journey and based on what I saw this year, whooped up on some of our Ky boys. So the competition is there and worth coming for. Yeah your kid may have to move up-so what-it's about the competition opportunity. No one should be that concerned about wrestling a particular weight at a local tournament in the off season. Kids cut weight enough during the regular season. Maybe someone needs to take a look at the timing of these events and consider scheduling them at a later date to increase attendence. I do think we need to do a better job of giving kids a little more time to recover between matches. Honestly; I am just glad that there are coaches and volunteers and for that matter volunteer refs to help promote these competitions; especially for the less experienced kids and the kids without the funds to travel long distances to compete. Thanks for all that you do to promote wrestling.

113-120-145-170

Great write up. Great recognition. I watched every minute of the championship rounds. Unfortunately more people couldn't be there. FC and Union County fought hard to the finish. Looking forward to seeing the preseason preseason rankings. Thanks for all that you do to keep us in the loop and for allowing us to speak our minds.

Cagen wallace placing 5th at 106-Bender had a bad call at the end of his match- ref blew it

I was just wondering if any 5 seeds have received the call to replace any of the top 4 in any weight classes yet. I know we still have weigh-ins and skin checks to get thru tomorrow morning...just trying to verify if there are any early bracket adjustments where an alternate has received the early nod to wrestle tomorrow.

Have there been more bracket changes? what weight classes.

Well Believe it or not, I feel the excitement and can't wait for the competition to begin. Good luck to all of the competitors.. Let the Big Show begin.

All kinds of rumors about 1-3 pounds being given to wrestlers participating in upcoming KHSAA state wrestling tournament due to the weather, missing practice due to school closures, and just because the state moved the tournament out 3 weeks to no fault of the wrestlers. Most of these rumors have been generated by the wrestlers (big surprise). Anyone know the official word on this?

This sounds awesome-we need more emphasis on this type of training throughout the STATE to get more of our kids into the College wrestling programs. Thanks for putting this info out. I will pass it on-

Great synopsis and probably on target-I agree 138 is loaded. Lots of different styles. Loaded with kids with technical skills. Jacob Dodd has over 5o wins with most at 120. He is the kid at 113 that is dangerous and seemingly so what overlooked. Great report-thanks for putting this together. Still believe ST X is team to beat.

I get what you are saying Ranger and was surprised to find out that they already received a pound after the last storm. I think the weight advantage talk comes more from the boys that have dropped a wt class or two or some of the older guys trying to keep their wt down that count on practices to get down. Guys who are wrestling where they should be based on the wt table rules should make weight fine.

With all of this crazy snow schools will be closed thru Fri and teams will HOPEFULLY be headed to Lexington on Monday-no more practices most likely -any chance the boys get ANOTHER pound now? Any word from State or coaches.

Looking forward to Bender rolling through 106, Johnson claiming 138 championship, and Andreoni winning what should have been his second straight state championship. ST. X wins the team championship.