Agreed on Migchelbrink and Lloyd. Really wanted to choose Migchelbrink but I see Nathan having a really competitive practice room. Just a slight advantage. The reason I chose Lloyd was because Esterl and Bloom are on the same side of the bracket. You're right...he'll need to wrestle better this weekend

If Dylan will wrestle smart I like his chances.
I do not think he will get sucked under and pinned again. He was really dominating that match before the mistake.

I still say if things break the right way the team championships could get really close, in Sainty slips a couple kids in finals and norton has a couple upsets it could be real close at the end. I think norton will will but i just think it could happen, who knows we will see i guess.

Alright Mike, I just finished my yearly complete bracket predictions. I keep hoping one of these years I'll actually get an ENTIRE bracket correct so I can go out and buy a lottery ticket. It has yet to happen!! By the way if you don't already do it, it's a great way to research the tourney. You learn alot about wrestlers with which you weren't already familiar during the research, plus it exposes some consolation scenerios that could possibly happen. Often times it winds up placing even more importance on some of the championship side matches. Anyways, here goes:

103:
1. Hase
2. Ceman
3. Zoglman
4. Weigel
5. Larsen
6. Frye

112:
1. Burtin
2. Bainter
3. Zahorsky
4. Harshman
5. Rempe
6. Hewitt (or Merriman)

119:
1. Richard (my upset pick)
2. Madden
3. Brachtenbach (that upset REALLY helped)
4. Knapp
5. Spangler
6. Weatherhead

125:
1. Mosley (although he won't pin out this year)
2. Migchelbrink
3. Broeckelman
4. Olson
5. Cook
6. Rempe

130:
1. Baker
2. Swoyer
3. Mann
4. Taylor
5. Chase
6. Miller

135:
1. Loyd
2. Esterl
3. York
4. Bloom
5. Harding
6. Carstenson

140:
1. Warner
2. Richards
3. Meyer
4. Van Eaton
5. Deiter
6. Sherlock

145:
1. Pyle
2. Hazard
3. Gienger
4. Utech
5. Harding
6. Patterson

152:
1. Schamberger
2. Pfannenstiel
3. Corwin
4. Hyman
5. Faught
6. Bailey (or Madison)

160:
1. Roe
2. Austin
3. Mellies
4. Nichols
5. Miller
6. Smull

171:
1. Wright
2. Rogers
3. McGinty
4. Day
5. Mutz
6. Obermeyer (or Urban)

189:
1. Scheer
2. Malay
3. Palmer
4. Berning
5. Brungardt
6. Hawkins

215:
1. Foster
2. Racette
3. Erwin
4. Bliemeister
5. Wall
6. Keenan (or Cline)

275:
1. Wilger
2. Zlatnick
3. Euhus
4. DeMars
5. Schneider
6. Smith (or Claus)


TEAMS:

1. Norton (not a runaway, they'll win it in the consolation semis - barring upsets)
2. St. Francis
3. Smith Center or Silver Lake

NOTE TO BROCK AND HARRY: It comes down to falls/t-falls/maj dec throughout the tourney - have 'em looking for that stuff once the match is in hand.

TOUGHEST TO PICK: 125#

MOST INTERESTING SCENERIOS: 171#

Good luck with the broadcast Mike!!

TR

275 zlatnick and demars are top two easily

Oh yes, eaisly, never mind a heavy weight who hasnt lost a match wrestling in NW kansas all year, good point, i think we should send a memo to all the other heavy weights to stay home cause zlantick and demars are top two eaisly. oh wait, wilger might want to show up and give it a shot just to see if he is any good, i doubt it though.

I would love to Richard win it at 119, keeping the NWKL with the only two 4 Timers from 321A!!!

Boy the bottom side of the 215lb bracket is loaded compared to the top. There are 6 wrestlers with @ least 25 wins (3 with 30), while the top only has 2 with 25 or more (Racette has 21). Depending on how bad the botom side beats each other up, Racette may be the freshest in the finals (assuming he makes it). Here's how I see it:
1. Foster
2. Racette
3. Cline (underrated)
4. Irwin
5. Bliemeister
6. Vargas