A lot of excitement and movement in the rankings since the last update. I don't think I can recall anywhere near this much chaos in the 20+ years I've been doing this. As soon as I think I've found the weight that is the biggest disaster I shortly find another with an even bigger mess. Last night I literally was looking at a 9-10 way mess of kids who all beat each other. CRAZY. Add to that 3 new #1s this week and tons of shakeups in the placer spots.
- On the team side, Union continues to extend their projected lead. They showed their dominance at state duals. That semis win over Larue (a really good team) was scary.
- It will be interesting to see how the team dynamics play out with Region 1 being SO tough and Semi-state 1-4 being much deeper than 5-8. I don't think it affects Union a ton, but may impact the other trophy teams.
- At 113 we have the wonderful A beat B beat C beat A at the top of the rankings for spots 1-3. I gave the nod to the returning state runner-up for now.
- New #1 at 132 as Trumble beats Reeves at the Dragon (also a battle of teams who are struggling to keep track up to date)
- New #1 at 215 as Silva beats Price in a dual on 1/21 and then Price beats Adams at state duals
- Wrestler of the week is Lane Kiser the new #1 at 190. Deciding he didn't like that weight cut all the way down to 175 and moves back to a more comfortable 190 and pins #1 Virzi and gets 2 wins over #3 Mettling.
- Question: What is the deal with all of the forfeits entered on track. I know we often have inexperienced computer operators, but there are dozens and dozens of match results listed as a forfeit between 2 kids. Makes it really hard to know if a match actually happened or not.