We worked on this update early in the week, but late practices and mid-week events prevented me from getting it posted.  A few big notes:

- St X made a big statement at the Jeff Co Tournament; they are in a dead heat with Walton for the 2nd spot and both teams moving even closer to Union

- New #1 at 106 with Grandstaff dropping down

- there are still a number of teams with slow or non-existent posting of results on track

If you see a big result send me a pm to make sure I catch it.  Each week we try to go through results for a lot of the top 10 kids and hit as many of the top 25 as time permits.

Rankings_17_18_0111.pdf

The Dragon will be a good preview for some of these weights.

2 things

1. Very tough situation for those doing the rankings at 195 with Kulmer losing to previously unranked Deprest. Kid goes from unranked to 3rd in state in 9 days. With that being said Kulmer is proven as well. Very very tough indeed.

2. Does anyone know if John Hardin or Male will be at Dragon Invitational? Unsure what else they would be doing on that day?

10 hours ago, 385 said:

2 things

1. Very tough situation for those doing the rankings at 195 with Kulmer losing to previously unranked Deprest. Kid goes from unranked to 3rd in state in 9 days. With that being said Kulmer is proven as well. Very very tough indeed.

2. Does anyone know if John Hardin or Male will be at Dragon Invitational? Unsure what else they would be doing on that day?

Male will not. They will be hosting their own tournament.  

Male, Central, Tates Creek, PRP, Providence (IN), Danville, Walton Verona, Larue Co, Conner, Waggener, Madison Cental,  Fern Creek, Trinity

10 hours ago, 385 said:

2 things

1. Very tough situation for those doing the rankings at 195 with Kulmer losing to previously unranked Deprest. Kid goes from unranked to 3rd in state in 9 days. With that being said Kulmer is proven as well. Very very tough indeed.

2. Does anyone know if John Hardin or Male will be at Dragon Invitational? Unsure what else they would be doing on that day?

Good question on deprest. He was previously ranked (about 11 I believe) before Christmas. As I recall when I pulled him up on track I saw NO results for this season so I pulled him. Then when I saw his win over Kulmer I looked and he has results from earlier in the year. Not sure if I messed that one up or if St X was slow inputting his results. Either way, not a total surprise that he is in the hunt. 

1 hour ago, Ranger123 said:

Good question on deprest. He was previously ranked (about 11 I believe) before Christmas. As I recall when I pulled him up on track I saw NO results for this season so I pulled him. Then when I saw his win over Kulmer I looked and he has results from earlier in the year. Not sure if I messed that one up or if St X was slow inputting his results. Either way, not a total surprise that he is in the hunt. 

He was wrestling JV behind Marrett at 220 until this last weekend. 

1 minute ago, DrBaker said:

He was wrestling JV behind Marrett at 220 until this last weekend. 

Still would have expected to see some results on track. Especially from X who does a very good job getting kids mat time. Again, it is very possible I just missed his results but who knows. 

Did anyone wrestle this weekend?

6 of the top 10 @ 195 will be at the Dragon. Seems like a few Qs will be sorted out there

Kulmer will not be at the Dragon. Trinity JV.

50 minutes ago, PopperK said:

Kulmer will not be at the Dragon. Trinity JV.

Where's their varsity going? 

Male's Herchenrader Tournament. I think it's a new one. First year.

Looks like some really good matchups at the Male tourney as well 

What teams will be at male?

27 minutes ago, zaniac said:

What teams will be at male?

Male, Central, Tates Creek, PRP, Providence (IN), Danville, Walton Verona, Larue Co, Conner, Waggener, Madison Cental,  Fern Creek, Trinity

Definitely not a surprise to see Deprest in the hunt. Should be a fun year and a half from here on out between he and Kulmer. 

A side note - I really, really don’t understand the logic of Male choosing to host a tournament on the same day of one of the most established and well ran tournaments of the year, that is just a stone throw away. Makes no sense to me to pull teams away instead of just picking another date. I’m sure it must be logistics or something, but I find it hard to believe that there would be no other dates available to them. 

6 hours ago, 385 said:

Definitely not a surprise to see Deprest in the hunt. Should be a fun year and a half from here on out between he and Kulmer. 

 

A side note - I really, really don’t understand the logic of Male choosing to host a tournament on the same day of one of the most established and well ran tournaments of the year, that is just a stone throw away. Makes no sense to me to pull teams away instead of just picking another date. I’m sure it must be logistics or something, but I find it hard to believe that there would be no other dates available to them. 

There's a 100 schools that wrestle in Ky and only 16 that can go to the dragon. You also have capital city classic that day and a couple others as well. Coach McCoy runs great tournaments and this gives teams another option to choose. All the teams could still stay at the dragon if they choose and he would still get enough teams for their tournament.  

I will also say that finding a date to start a new tournament is very difficult.  CompetING with basketball for gym time, finding teams not locked in to dates, and working around the tournaments you want to go to makes it difficult.  Coach McCoy saw an opportunity,  and looks like he found a great date. He has some great teams and I have no doubt it will be ran smooth and be a great tournament. 

I will be glad to explain why I am hosting a tournament the same weekend as the Dragon. Michael Herchenrader Jr. was the second person I met from Male when I started the program. He was our athletic directors right hand man and was well beloved by all of the student athletes, coaches, and staff at Male. He would do anything I asked of him and he was one of our biggest fans. As a WWE fan, he would always come in and ask when we could have a tables and chairs match with him. He was known around as Coach Mike. 5 years ago today, Coach Mike passed away unexpectedly at the age of 28. At our first dual after his passing, we left a coaches chair empty with a Male shirt draped over the chair to hold a spot for Coach Mike. Since than I have been planning this for him once I could get the gym. I saw it fitting to have the tournament on this date being his passing was January 17th. The tournament is not named the Male Invitational or the Bulldog. It is the Michael Herchenrader Jr. Memorial Tournament. I hope this clears the air on my intentions.

Not that you needed to explain Coach McCoy, but that is a great story. 

Coach McCoy, its not always about WRESTLING! You are doing a great thing and I look forward to being there this weekend!

Coach Roth

On 1/15/2018 at 5:02 PM, PopperK said:

Kulmer will not be at the Dragon. Trinity JV.

The coaches have decided to send Kulmer to the Dragon instead of Male.

14 hours ago, PopperK said:

The coaches have decided to send Kulmer to the Dragon instead of Male.

Love it. 

RIP Coach Mike

100% Class Coach McCoy.

Good luck the rest of the year. 

126 wt class - #9 Woodward upsets #3 Burton at Campbell County duals 1/20/18

So far these are some upsets:

132: #16 Tyler Hudgins (Harrison) Major Decisions #13 Mikey Whisner (Simon Kenton) 16-3

138: #15 Alejandro Majia (Simon Kenton) Decisions #7 Brent Hudgins (Harrison) 7-2

195: UR Brandon Vera (Bryan Station) Pins #14 Josh Valentine (Central Hardin)

Heavy : UR Chris Benton (Bryan Station) Decisions #15 Nate Humphrey (Owensboro) 3-0

113: #12 Paul Perry (Valley) Major Decisions #10 Brett Shea (Oldham Co.) 12-4

120: #14 Isaac Pledger (St. X) Decisions  #6 Carson Deckard (Oldham Co.) 11-8

132: #18 Bryce Moberly (North Oldham) Decisions #7 Layne Siebert (Scott) 16-9

132: UR Chase Fudold (South Oldham) Pinned #7 Layne Siebert (Scott)

160: #4 Max Powell (Fairdale) Decisions #3 Lucas Carillo (Oldham Co.) 5-0

160: #4@152 Keanon Taylor (Doss) Pinned #3 Lucas Carillo (Oldham Co.)

170: #6 Jared Kelsay (Scott) Pinned #3 Cameron Ward (St. X)

195: #5 Andrew Vasquez (Oldham Co.) Decisons #4 Kadin Kulmer (Trinity Lou.) 4-3

195: #7 Sam Jenkins (North Oldham) Decisons #5 Andrew Vasquez (Oldham Co.) 12-6

126: #9 Jacob Woodard (Campbell) Decisions #3 Dillon Burton (Newport) 5-3

Insko is back from Apollo. Looked rly good as well at 126.

195- Bryan station kid won CCC who was unranked

Great updates!!  Keep them coming

Brandon Miller dropped to 113 this weekend and beat Horton 6-0.

35 minutes ago, GentleBeard said:

Brandon Miller dropped to 113 this weekend and beat Horton 6-0.

I can't believe I missed that match!! Dammit 

I think it's as close as it gets at 182. Almost every match between the ranked kids 1-7 have been within 2 or 1 points. It's gonna be crazy and those are the matches to watch. Someone inform me when anyone of those guys might be wrestling each other soon

Does anyone have the results from the Laker invitational and or the Male tournament? I heard there was a lot of good match ups but I havent heard of any from these tournaments just yet.

120

#5 Gabe Adams defeated #3 Brandon Miller at UC Duels I believe. I cant recall the score

I'm curious to who all dropped this weekend.  

Bacon is sizzling in Union Co.  Big win for Adams.

Not the first time it’s happened and it’s sure to happen again, but 195 Vera vs. Volentine anyone who watched that match saw the kid from Central Hardin get the kid from Bryan Station on his back for much longer than a five count-no pin.  Fast forward and Vera gets Volentine on his backed less than two count-pin called.

It happens.

15 hours ago, slidebymaster said:

Does anyone have the results from the Laker invitational and or the Male tournament? I heard there was a lot of good match ups but I havent heard of any from these tournaments just yet.

Male results posted on results page now. Laker invitational is on track wrestling

Some more upsets from the Male Invitational. Had some trouble finding the Laker Invitational ...

126: UR Jabin Hite (Larue) Decisons #17 Jaydon Streine (Walton Verona) 7-5

132: UR Elijah Phan (Male) Decisions #5 Blake Evans (PRP) 5-4

138: #22 @ 132 Zachary Morgan (Tates Creek) Pinned #19 Damon Smith (Central)

138: UR Sammy Ellston (Conner) Pinned #19 Damon Smith (Central)

138: UR Sammy Ellston (Conner) Decisions #22 @ 132 Zachary Morgan (Tates Creek) 

160: #8 Clayton Boyd (Conner) Pins #5 Tristan Garcia (Male) 

160: #12 Daulton Mayer (Walton Verona) Decisions #10 Daniel Baker (Madison Central) 8-4

182: UR Ben Bush (Central) Decisions #9 Zach Chandler (Male) 6-2

4 minutes ago, slidebymaster said:

Some more upsets from the Male Invitational. Had some trouble finding the Laker Invitational ...

 

126: UR Jabin Hite (Larue) Decisons #17 Jaydon Streine (Walton Verona) 7-5

132: UR Elijah Phan (Male) Decisions #5 Blake Evans (PRP) 5-4

138: #22 @ 132 Zachary Morgan (Tates Creek) Pinned #19 Damon Smith (Central)

 

138: UR Sammy Ellston (Conner) Pinned #19 Damon Smith (Central)

138: UR Sammy Ellston (Conner) Decisions #22 @ 132 Zachary Morgan (Tates Creek) 

160: #8 Clayton Boyd (Conner) Pins #5 Tristan Garcia (Male) 

160: #12 Daulton Mayer (Walton Verona) Decisions #10 Daniel Baker (Madison Central) 8-4

182: UR Ben Bush (Central) Decisions #9 Zach Chandler (Male) 6-2

 

My bad, Laker Inv I saw on trackwrestling was old date. 

57 minutes ago, slidebymaster said:

Some more upsets from the Male Invitational. Had some trouble finding the Laker Invitational ...

 

126: UR Jabin Hite (Larue) Decisons #17 Jaydon Streine (Walton Verona) 7-5

132: UR Elijah Phan (Male) Decisions #5 Blake Evans (PRP) 5-4

138: #22 @ 132 Zachary Morgan (Tates Creek) Pinned #19 Damon Smith (Central)

 

138: UR Sammy Ellston (Conner) Pinned #19 Damon Smith (Central)

138: UR Sammy Ellston (Conner) Decisions #22 @ 132 Zachary Morgan (Tates Creek) 

160: #8 Clayton Boyd (Conner) Pins #5 Tristan Garcia (Male) 

160: #12 Daulton Mayer (Walton Verona) Decisions #10 Daniel Baker (Madison Central) 8-4

182: UR Ben Bush (Central) Decisions #9 Zach Chandler (Male) 6-2

 

Chandler also defeated Bush in the 3rd place match. 

There was also an error at 170. Bloh of Danville finished 3rd. 

On 1/21/2018 at 0:00 AM, slidebymaster said:

So far these are some upsets:

195: #5 Andrew Vasquez (Oldham Co.) Decisons #4 Kadin Kulmer (Trinity Lou.) 4-3

Kulmer beat Vasquez in the consolation finals.