PPmothman

Any information about team Ky. (The team that competes at VA beach duals). Anyone know when and where they will be practicing?

He will be 19 like a lot of the seniors here now. He’s a tough tough competitor. Kids focused and can flat out wrestle. 120 is a crazy weight this year.

14 Jaydan Raney 13 Jordyn Raney 12 Landon Evans 11 Malachia Harris 10 Lane Kiser 9 Lucas Ricketts 8 Tj Meyer 7 Roman Valera 6 Dalton Matney 5 Hunter Jenkins 4 Carter Guilliaume 3 Christian Delos Santos 2 Ayden Lehman 1 Jack James

Seeding the ones would fix it. If the second best wrestler in the state is in the same region as the one they go opposite side of the bracket. Then they can prove they’re the second best and we get the best finals. I get boring 1st and 2nd rounds. We are going to have some pins and techs in the finals instead. Not many but a couple brackets have cake walls to the finals with the top 3-4 guys being in the other side.

He had a good showing on team Kentucky last spring. I think he was on team 2

When do they release the brackets for state? Have they released the regional draws yet?

Their out

Union vs everyone else in the finals.

I understand the issue with teams ducking out of matches for seeding. No one wants to go to a dual and see that. However, that’s a small amount of teams. Really you’re talking about Louisville, Lexington and Northern Ky. Right now Paducah, Union, Great crossing and Johnson Central are all wrestling the majority of their matches out of state. It’s not to avoid competition. It’s to get tougher matches. There is no reason for them to wrestle any instate tournaments. If they did seed the regional champs you might see those teams enter a couple in state tournaments to get criteria not avoid it.

Looks like Evans from Ryle and Smith from JC just dropped to 120. There were rumors of Williams from PT dropping. 120 just became the deepest weight class in the state. 144 also filled in quite a bit. What was once the easiest class in state now looks like a good weight. I believe this is the last weekend to certify a weight class. Could see some big changes this week.

I would expect the bigger weight class to win. But a number 10 over a 2 is big. I went and looked and don’t think that kid should be a 10 anymore. Probably more of a 6 ifni was guessing but rankings will be interesting on the next round.

The number 4 ranked 120 Dennis beat the number 2 ranked 126 Williams at state duals.

All they need to do is seed the ones like middle school. The KHSAA just don’t care.

I’ve said all year Ricketts is the man. Talented and has out worked everyone. I know the number 1 got beat but I don’t think it surprised a lot of people. Kid is talented and had a great tournament last year but not on the same level as Ricketts and the other top kids. Hall got beat by Dingess. Strayer and Duke has battled injuries through the last couple years it seems. James looks really good. Depending on the draw should come down to Ricketts and James.

I’m honestly surprised Boyle and Harrison was ok with it

Yes. Ryle is young but really a lot better than expected this year.

Yes the goal is to win after all. But interesting match ups in there. Would like to see Boyle/JC/PT all wrestle each other. Matchups make this one wild. They could all split with each other.

PT hasn’t wrestled 7 duals and got the 3. Looks like JC has wrestled a much tougher schedule than Boyle or Harrison. Seems crazy to not take that into account. Discourages teams from going out and wrestling anyone.

How did JC end up a 4? Harrison co above JC and PT. Seems a little off.

I’m excited for the Harris v Pinkston match if it happens. Harris attacks but Pinkston scrambles well. Could make it interesting. But I do believe Harris is the clear favorite.

157 is going to be fun to watch. Have some kids that really attack and scramble.

120 or 126. While we might know who is favored to win 2-8 are extremely close.

Yes 144 really turned around. Especially if TJ Meyer is going there. You nailed the toughest weights in the state this year, in my opinion. Ky has some depth at these weights.

This is probably the biggest toss up of the state duals. Going to come down to match ups. PT with the upper weights and Boyle with the young middle weights. Harrison has a couple really good lower weights. JC solid throughout but don’t have the big boys they usually have. Boyle and PT in the finals could give us a close dual with very few close matches.

Union win’s obviously. Does Caldwell take 2nd? Haven’t seen Larue this year. But seems likes it’s Caldwells year to get to the finals.