Ironically I would have picked Burns before the Regional and logically I know he will wrestle better after the loss than before. i didn't hesitate to pick him over the kid who beat him last week, but if he is the kid i am thinking of from two years ago, he wrestled much better the first day than the second. Some coaches just do a better job of having kids mentally ready to wrestle at state. To me that is the x factor and why I took Roe.

At 171, I think either of these two and also Kingsbury of Smith C and Alexander of ACCHS could win it. I know it is hard to argue against an undefeated state champion. That is why I put Foster in the finals but I have been impressed with Ross for quite a while and thought he was better than Foster last year even though he didn't win state that is why he got my pick.