I'm looking forward to another action packed dual/duel meet and am sure another two matches will happen at the same time forcing a tough choice for the fans.  Last year Larue went against Seneca while Trinity wrestled on the other side (against ?Union) splitting two great matches.  I doubt Union will fall but think Wayne and Ryle have the best chance if everyone is healthy.  LaRue won last year with some sickly looking young men so it will come down to excellent coaching and determined wrestlers, without a doubt.  Who else could be in the top four?  My heart will be with Larue and I'm hoping they will be healthy and ready to rumble but don't see the depth needed to make it an unprecedented third win in a row.  Here is my guess:

Head:

1) Union

2) Wayne

3) Ryle

4) Trinity

Heart:

1) Larue

2) Ryle

3) Wayne

4) Union

Good health and a little luck to all!

This team has a couple of gaps but should make it in the top ten (I picked North Oldham to watch last year and they did pretty good):

Wt    Rank    School                        Name-grade

103 27 South Oldham   SO  Corey Edons 

112 25 South Oldham   SO  Roy Bisenius    8

125 18 South Oldham   SO  Brandon Whitehouse  10

130 19 South Oldham   SO  Steve Vaughn  11

135 25 South Oldham   SO  Jay Gatto 

140 4 South Oldham   SO  Andrew Mitchell  12

145 10 South Oldham   SO  Cole Proctor    9

160 18 South Oldham   SO  Spencer Warren  10

171 5 South Oldham   SO  Cody Lasseigne  12

189 3 South Oldham   SO  Ryan Houchens  11

215 8 South Oldham   SO  Cameron Hartman  12

285 27 South Oldham   SO  Forrest Williams 

my predictions for the finals will possiably be IN MY OPINION will be union and trinity or union and ryle

This team has a couple of gaps but should make it in the top ten (I picked North Oldham to watch last year and they did pretty good):

Wt    Rank    School                        Name-grade

103 27 South Oldham   SO  Corey Edons 

112 25 South Oldham   SO  Roy Bisenius    8

125 18 South Oldham   SO  Brandon Whitehouse  10

130 19 South Oldham   SO  Steve Vaughn  11

135 25 South Oldham   SO  Jay Gatto 

140 4 South Oldham   SO  Andrew Mitchell  12

145 10 South Oldham   SO  Cole Proctor    9

160 18 South Oldham   SO  Spencer Warren  10

171 5 South Oldham   SO  Cody Lasseigne  12

189 3 South Oldham   SO  Ryan Houchens  11

215 8 South Oldham   SO  Cameron Hartman  12

285 27 South Oldham   SO  Forrest Williams 

South will do just fine, and so will North.  The oldham Co teams are always tough.  I got hooked on them back when WC was in their region.  They've only gotten better, and then North came around and started the same good quality wrestling.  South, North, OC, always quality teams.

I've seen how keeping away from the pin can change the whole attitude of the team in the dual tournament format.  Any ideas which one of the wrestlers at the Duals will be the toughest to pin?

I see this thread is pretty much dead but I had one more question about the potential refs.  Would this be the same staff that worked the Dragon Invitational?  I saw a post about how good they were with penalty points and stalling calls and hoped that would be the case this weekend since last year it seemed stalling was a popular tactic.