Watkins Memorial Invitational 2/2

• 1prouddad

  Will this be the same meatgrinder as last year? I am wondering if the same teams will all be back or if any dropped or any added?
  
  Last year's teams and scores:
  
  1. Steubenville (ST) 302
  2. Marysville (MA) 292
  3. Teays Valley (TV) 208
  4. Reynoldsburg (RB) 147.5
  5. Watkins Memorial (WM) 146.5
  6. Canal Winchester (CW) 129.5
  7. Licking Valley (LV) 128
  8. Central Crossing (CC) 68.5
  9. Highland (HI) 74
  10. Big Walnut (BW) 53
  
  Predictions?
• theviking

  Marysville and steubnvill are out
  
  Big Walnut, Canal Winchester, Central Crossing, Hilliard Bradley, Lakewood, Licking Valley, Reynoldsburg, Teays Valley, Union Local, and Watkins Memorial.
• bump_and_run

  theviking;1376006 wrote:Marysville and steubnvill are out
  
  Big Walnut, Canal Winchester, Central Crossing, Hilliard Bradley, Lakewood, Licking Valley, Reynoldsburg, Teays Valley, Union Local, and Watkins Memorial.

  Cool -- a bit of a preview with Reynoldsburg, Bradley, Canal and Watkins at the same sectional. I think someone already mentioned this? but 160 should be a good weight here with lancia, wogan and harness.
• 1prouddad

  bump_and_run;1376029 wrote:Cool -- a bit of a preview with Reynoldsburg, Bradley, Canal and Watkins at the same sectional. I think someone already mentioned this? but 160 should be a good weight here with lancia, wogan and harness.

  I believe Lancia cut to 152 - Lennyrox - can you confirm?
• 1prouddad

  theviking;1376006 wrote:Marysville and steubnvill are out
  
  Big Walnut, Canal Winchester, Central Crossing, Hilliard Bradley, Lakewood, Licking Valley, Reynoldsburg, Teays Valley, Union Local, and Watkins Memorial.

  Thanks for the update Viking!
• bump_and_run

  1prouddad;1376032 wrote:I believe Lancia cut to 152 - Lennyrox - can you confirm?

  he seems to bounce around? hopefully he goes 60 here for the competition.
• 1prouddad

  That would be great - add to the competition in 160!
• iGranby

  

  I would think the wise move by coaches would be to have him at 52, for sectional seeding.
• bump_and_run

  iGranby;1376063 wrote:I would think the wise move by coaches would be to have him at 52, for sectional seeding.

  normally i would agree with this especially with three other teams coming to the same sectional at this tourney but lancia will be 1 or 2 seed without question. coaches voting might give the nod to pick central's yarger for the sectional 1 seed, but if they do or don't what happens here probably won't make much difference.
• bump_and_run

  Just looking at other weights, 220 should have lacey, teay's kinzer, and watkin's george. will reynoldsburg's reed be here or has he dropped to 95?
  
  145 should see gershom and canal's hammond in finals. Good test for hammond going into sectionals. CC's Farris will be in play here, as well. Also, any one know what's up with bradley's Driscoll? he wasn't in the lineup for Cruiser's invite.
• Dad4Sports

  theviking;1376006 wrote:Marysville and Steubenville are out

  Ouch! Hate to lose those two!
• Cthelites

  iGranby;1376063 wrote:I would think the wise move by coaches would be to have him at 52, for sectional seeding.

  i would go wherever gives him the best challenge.
  1 or 2 seed wont make any difference at sectional with this type of caliber wrestler.
• Cthelites

  bump_and_run;1376078 wrote:Just looking at other weights, 220 should have lacey, teay's kinzer, and watkin's george. will reynoldsburg's reed be here or has he dropped to 95?
  
  145 should see gershom and canal's hammond in finals. Good test for hammond going into sectionals. CC's Farris will be in play here, as well. Also, any one know what's up with bradley's Driscoll? he wasn't in the lineup for Cruiser's invite.

  driscoll should be back. Had to sit cause of a flagrant foul at gahanna duals against llanza.
• bump_and_run

  Cthelites;1376086 wrote:driscoll should be back. Had to sit cause of a flagrant foul at gahanna duals against llanza.

  that's good lol "good" that he's coming back that is -- not good he got the foul. anyway, should make for some real good comp at 45.
• Cthelites

  bump_and_run;1376092 wrote:that's good lol "good" that he's coming back that is -- not good he got the foul. anyway, should make for some real good comp at 45.

  yes good tgat it wasnt an injury especially after what that kid went thru this summer. Its great that he is walking let alone wrestling.
• Dad4Sports

  bump_and_run;1376092 wrote:that's good lol "good" that he's coming back that is -- not good he got the foul. anyway, should make for some real good comp at 45.

  Hammonds needs these matches to get ready for the post-season. He has been flying a bit "under the radar" and is a little under-sized at 145. He has the talent to make some noise.....should be ready after last year's post-season disappointment.
• bump_and_run

  Dad4Sports;1376101 wrote:Hammonds needs these matches to get ready for the post-season. He has been flying a bit "under the radar" and is a little under-sized at 145. He has the talent to make some noise.....should be ready after last year's post-season disappointment.

  are canal's hammond and bradley's luke hammond related? just curious.
• theviking

  yes they are and dennis hammond coaches at Teays Valley and Jeff is the coach at WM
  
  family reuion
• bump_and_run

  theviking;1376186 wrote:yes they are and dennis hammond coaches at Teays Valley and Jeff is the coach at WM
  
  family reuion

  lol -- hopefully enough coaches to go around so we don't have any uncles or dads coachin against their own lol
• lennyrox55

  1prouddad;1376032 wrote:I believe Lancia cut to 152 - Lennyrox - can you confirm?

  He has made the cut to 52 and plans on wrestling 52 the Rest of the year.
• lennyrox55

  Dad4Sports;1376079 wrote:Ouch! Hate to lose those two!

  They had to opt out of this tournament because of their duals with Blair, and Eds
• cruiser_96

  

  Rumor has it there may be a special guest making an apperance on Saturday. And his 8 year old boy. I mean, allegedly. Just a rumor though.
• USMCdevil2005

  

  lol Bring the Camera!
• bump_and_run

  Just thinking about some potential match-ups here. If this works like previous years, it's two pools going into a finals match vs. wrestler with like record from other pool.
  
  106: Nace, Campell and Lasko. Nace wins, but who do you think he sees in finals? Campell or Lasko, assuming they are seeded 2-3 and in the same pool?
  113: Dooley and the younger Wimer brother... Anyone else?
  120: Hopefully the finals here are a showdown of watkin's Lieb and the older Wimer boy, assuming Wimer's not at 26. Have these two wrestled this year?
  126: I think this is another two-man race battle between Watkin's Bankes and Bradley's Rob McGrath. Both should walk though their pools, unless Wimer's at 126.
  132: Other than the other McGrath from Bradley and canal's Barnes, i'm not that familiar with this group. Teays Dunn should be here or at 38. Also what is the deal with Watkin's Scott? If he's here, I think he makes it to finals over Barnes.
  138: Big Walnut's Martin has been ranked by the D2 coaches. Dunn might be here. Bradley's freshman 38 has some good wins this year, or there is some speculation that Driscoll is at this weight now. WM's Holter always seems in the mix. Licking Valley's Johnson is at 38. this should be a nice balanced weight.
  145: I think this will be the best finals match of the day between Gershom and Canal's Hammond, although Bradley's Driscoll could spoil Hammond's party for sure assuming Hammond and Driscol are 2-3. Have Driscol and Hammond wrestled at this weight yet? I'm sure they met up last year.
  152: if WM's Lancia is here as reported earlier, then he will win easily. If he is challenged at all, it will be by Canal's Zach Snyder.
  160: This will be a great weight if Lancia is here adding to a group that should include Valley's Wogan and Big Walnut's Harness as mentioned earlier in this thread. I would like to see a Lancia/Wogan finals.
  170: another good balanced weight -- bradley's stratton, rey's johnson, valley's Nethers and walnuts Esniecher
  182: valley's Nate Mcown vs. bradley's Riggs.
  195: i think i asked this before, but did Reynoldsburg's Reed drop to 95 or is he still at 220? Would like to see Vally's senior Smith step up and challenge him.
  220: The only question here is probably who will win the opportunity to face Canal's Lacey in the finals, but that battle should be a good one...Licking Valley's Redman, Watkin's George or Kinzer. Seeding will play a big role here. I'm guessin git will be Redman 2, Kinzer 3 and George 4, meaning George will face Lacey in the pool.
  285: I like Valley's heavy here, but not really familiar with the other guys at this weight.
  
  the team battle should be a close one between Bradley and Licking Valley, although watkins could make some noise if their lightweights rack up a lot of pins. I think Bradley and Valley are just too balance, though. I'll take Valley in the team race.
• 1prouddad

  bump_and_run;1379207 wrote:Just thinking about some potential match-ups here. If this works like previous years, it's two pools going into a finals match vs. wrestler with like record from other pool.
  
  106: Nace, Campell and Lasko. Nace wins, but who do you think he sees in finals? Campell or Lasko, assuming they are seeded 2-3 and in the same pool?
  113: Dooley and the younger Wimer brother... Anyone else?
  120: Hopefully the finals here are a showdown of watkin's Lieb and the older Wimer boy, assuming Wimer's not at 26. Have these two wrestled this year?
  126: I think this is another two-man race battle between Watkin's Bankes and Bradley's Rob McGrath. Both should walk though their pools, unless Wimer's at 126.
  132: Other than the other McGrath from Bradley and canal's Barnes, i'm not that familiar with this group. Teays Dunn should be here or at 38. Also what is the deal with Watkin's Scott? If he's here, I think he makes it to finals over Barnes.
  138: Big Walnut's Martin has been ranked by the D2 coaches. Dunn might be here. Bradley's freshman 38 has some good wins this year, or there is some speculation that Driscoll is at this weight now. WM's Holter always seems in the mix. Licking Valley's Johnson is at 38. this should be a nice balanced weight.
  145: I think this will be the best finals match of the day between Gershom and Canal's Hammond, although Bradley's Driscoll could spoil Hammond's party for sure assuming Hammond and Driscol are 2-3. Have Driscol and Hammond wrestled at this weight yet? I'm sure they met up last year.
  152: if WM's Lancia is here as reported earlier, then he will win easily. If he is challenged at all, it will be by Canal's Zach Snyder.
  160: This will be a great weight if Lancia is here adding to a group that should include Valley's Wogan and Big Walnut's Harness as mentioned earlier in this thread. I would like to see a Lancia/Wogan finals.
  170: another good balanced weight -- bradley's stratton, rey's johnson, valley's Nethers and walnuts Esniecher
  182: valley's Nate Mcown vs. bradley's Riggs.
  195: i think i asked this before, but did Reynoldsburg's Reed drop to 95 or is he still at 220? Would like to see Vally's senior Smith step up and challenge him.
  220: The only question here is probably who will win the opportunity to face Canal's Lacey in the finals, but that battle should be a good one...Licking Valley's Redman, Watkin's George or Kinzer. Seeding will play a big role here. I'm guessin git will be Redman 2, Kinzer 3 and George 4, meaning George will face Lacey in the pool.
  285: I like Valley's heavy here, but not really familiar with the other guys at this weight.
  
  the team battle should be a close one between Bradley and Licking Valley, although watkins could make some noise if their lightweights rack up a lot of pins. I think Bradley and Valley are just too balance, though. I'll take Valley in the team race.

  Good Stuff Bump!