321A Marion Regional

Anybody have any info on this regional as to start times and what rounds will wrestle when. Thanks

This is the times listed in my packet from Marion
First rd starts at 2:00pm
Friday- session 1
Rd 1- first rd
Rd 2 - Championship Quarterfinals
Rd 3 - Consolation First rd
Rd 4 - Championship Semi- Finals

Saturday - Session 2 starts at 11:00am
Rd 5 - Consolation Cross bracketing
Rd 6 - Consolation Quarterfinal
Rd 7 - Consolation Semi- Final
Rd 8 - Consolation finals(Two mats)
Rd 9 - Championship finals(one mat)

Here is a list of the teams in attendance: Burden-Central, Burlington, Caney-Caney Valley, Cherryvale, Cottonwood Falls-Chase County, Douglass, Erie, Eureka, Fredonia, Halstead, Herington, Hillsboro, Howard-West Elk, Leon-Bluestem, Marion, Neodesha, Peabody-Burns, Rosalia-Flint Hills, Sedgwick, St. Paul, Whitewater-Remington, Wichita-The Independent

These are the teams that should make a run for hardware: Marion, Caney Valley, Hillsboro, and Burlington

Here are the wrestlers who have a good chance of qualifying and somewhat of an order of finish:

103
Colt Skillman-Burlington (08 4A SQ, 09 SQ)
Trey Franka-Chase County
Kordell Burch-Douglass
Dakota Shay-Fredonia

112
Clint Solis, Leon-Bluestem (08 SQ, 09 SP)
Nate Hudson-Caney Valley (09 4A SQ)
Steven Howard-Eureka (09 SQ)
Kasey Biddle-Central Burden
Daniel Melcher-Herington

119
Daylen Zaldivar, Douglass (08 4A SQ, 09 SQ)
Michael Vander Linden-Burlington (09 SQ)
Randy Regnier-Marion
Kyle Hubbard-Bluestem
Cody Ray-Eureka

125
Hunter Stalford-Caney Valley (09 4A SC)
Jesse Brown-Flinthills (07 SQ, 08 SP, 09 SQ)
Riley Soward-Halstead (09 SP)
Steson Deets-Central Burden

130
Ky Biddle-Central Burden (09 SP)
Alex Tiabault-Halstead
Jordan Wunder-Caney Valley
Brody Carroll-Marion
Darren Mueller-Hillsboro

135
Matthew Yoder-Hillsboro (09 SQ)
Andy Shipman-Marion (08 SQ)
Chase Mayfield-Eureka
Zachary Wiedmeyer-Fredonia
Ben Castleberry-Herington

140
Tyler McMichael-Central Burden (09 SP)
Cody Wildin-Marion (07, 08 SQ, 09 SP)
Trevor Kraft-Burlington
Brandon Melcher-Herington
Riley Skeen-Remington
Denver Ridgeway-Bluestem

145
Nick Hockett-Cherryvale (08 SQ, 09 SQ)
Dillon Wildin-Marion (07 SQ, 08 SP)
Wyatt JuAire-Fredonia
Cody Fritz-Burlington
Justin King-Hillsboro

152
Tyler Neil-Marion (08 SQ, 09 SQ)
Jared King-Hillsboro
Brandon Line-Chase County
Billy Dickinson-Burlington

160
Nick Tibault-Halstead (09 SP)
Colton Johnson-Marion
Nick Trapp-Herington
Aaron Bina-Hillsboro
Ben Green-Chase County (09 SQ)

171
Riley Denny-Caney Valley
Josh Hoch-Burlington
Dylan Delk-Hillsboro
Cody Simpson-Chase County
Bryce Lob-Wichita Independent

189
Colt Castlebury-Douglass (09 SQ)
Tyler Lowe-Eureka
Thomas Durham-Fredonia (09 SQ)
Brock Ditto-Burlington (07, 09 SQ)

215
Thomas Lowe-Eureka
Tanner Taylor-Burlington
Dustin Blayless-Caney Valley
Jabob Martin-Flinthills
Jared Bean-Halstead

285
Cody Huffman-Douglass (09 SP)
Dakota Denny-Caney Valley (08 SP, 09 4A SQ)
Chance Mildwald-Chase County (09 SQ)
Dylon Voorhies-Fredonia

There are 13 ranked wrestlers in this regional.

Here are the State Ranked wrestlers:
103
5. Colt Skillman-Burlington-11

112
6. Nate Hudson-Caney Valley-11

125
5. Hunter Stafford-Caney Valley-11

130
2. Ky Biddle-Central Burden-10
3. Alex Thibault-Halstead-9

135
5. Matthew Yoder-Hillsboro-12

140
2. Tyler McMichael-Central Burden-10
3. Cody Wildin-Marion-12

145
6. Nick Hockett-Cherryvale-12

160
1. Nick Thibault-Halstead-12

215
5. Thomas Lowe-Eureka-11

285
2. Cody Huffman-Douglass-12
6. Dakota Denny-Caney Valley-11

112, 130, and 189 appear to be the best weight classes with all of them having at least three wrestlers who are or have been ranked consistently this year. Possible finals matchups between Hockett v. Wildin at 145, McMichael v. Wildin at 140, and Biddle v. Tibault at 130 will all major implications on brackets and medals at Hays.

I'm pretty sure you listed alot of wrestlers that aren't even going to be in this regional

Chaparral & Garden Plain will wrestle in Hoisington - Sorry.
Claflin (Chap) is out because he does not have enough matches @ 189.

Just keeping you guys on your toes. It has been corrected.

Jacob Martin of Flinthills will be at 215 for regionals. Maybe he'll fill the empty space up above.

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Marion Regional Results

Some observations from the regional today:

There were two huge upsets in the 112 quarterfinals with Solis of Bluestem getting defensively pinned by Bradfield of Halstead and Howard of Eureka getting taken to the wood shed by Melcher of Herington. Melcher later lost to Hudson of Caney Valley 7-2, the score was pretty tight going into the third at 2-2. I'd look for Solis and Howard to tear it up out the back door and have a rematch of last year's state blood round match.

125 had some pretty strange seeding with Soward of Halstead getting number 1 after losing to Brown of Flint Hills twice this year. Brown got the number 2, while defending state champion Stalford of Caney Valley ended up at 3, even though he finished ahead of Brown at Eureka. Brown and Soward will matchup in the finals after very close semifinals. Soward beat Ray of Eureka after a questionable call where Ray was stopped for a potentially dangerous move on a stack. Brown beat Stalford in a thrilling match that went down to the wire with Brown getting a reversal at the end of the match to win. He had a similar reversal in the second period where Stalford got out of position riding too high. Stalford will likely meet up with Deets of Central-Burden who gave him all he wanted in an overtime match at Eureka.

I'd like to congratulate Cook of Cherryvale and Bayless of Caney Valley, both of who are freshmen and at 152. They made the semifinals of a typically upperclassmen dominated weight class.

At 160 the semifinals match between Johnson of Marion and Trapp of Herington was pretty exciting with Johnson winning in overtime. It went to overtime after Trapp was called for a fleeing the mat in the third period if my memory serves right.

The 215 weight class had some strange seeding with Taylor of Burlington getting the 4th seed even though he had criteria over Bayless of Caney who was the 2nd seed. I think that seeding mistake may have cost Burlington a shot at bringing home team hardware as it would have made roughly a 5-10 point swing between Caney and Burlington.

I was pretty surprised to see only 5 wrestlers entered at 103. This means 80% of the wrestlers at this weight will go to state.

Marion looks poised to win a regional championship after having all of their middle weights make the finals. Caney will get some added backside points from Stalford and Wunder, but I'm not sure it will be enough.

I'm looking forward to these finals matchups tomorrow:
Hockett v. Wildin at 145
McMichael v. Wildin at 140
Biddle v. Thibault at 130
Castlebury v. Lowe at 189
Zaldivar v. Vander Linden at 119
Soward v. Brown at 125

All of them could go either way and will have implications on the medal stand at Hays.

As they say in the journalism industry “I’ve been scooped!”

Or maybe that’s the ice cream industry.

Marion's head coach Chad Adkins won the Regional Coach of the Year, while Dillon Wildin was awarded Outstanding Wrestler.

Quite easily the most enjoyable and exciting match to watch at this regional was the finals matchup of Dillon Wildin of Marion versus Nick Hockett of Cherryvale at 145. Both of these wrestlers executed some excellent scramble sequences and showed some flashy technique. Wildin came out for vengeance it appeared after losing to Hockett earlier in the year at Halstead. During one point Wildin was deep on a single leg and Hockett funked out with a jump kick. Wildin worked a very nice Russian series to a slick single leg later in the match. But Hockett kept coming back with scrambles to a set out that would catch Wildin for some back points. Eventually this tactic hurt Hockett as he gave up some vital backpoints in the third. Final score was 10-9 with Wildin coming out the victor. Upon getting his 1st place medal Wildin hoisted his baby girl in one arm and bracket in the other. This has to be the first time something like this has happened. I really think both of these wrestlers are going to have an influence on the finals at Hays and at least one if not both will be going for a championship next Saturday night. I think that both of these wrestlers have plenty of upside and would make excellent additions on any of the state's college programs.

While Wildin was very deserving of the Outstanding Wrestler, I'm curious how many coaches filled out their sheets and didn't even give any consideration to a returning state finalist and this year's regional champion at heavyweight, Cody Huffman of Douglass. He had a pretty tight finals match with Dakota Denny of Caney Valley, but hardly any coaches were left in the gym which tells me they filled out their sheets without putting a little more thought into the process. I realize that weather was a factor for many teams leaving early, but Outstanding Wrestler is one of those awards where a little thought should be put into it. Not to mention the only top ranked wrestler in the tournament had a technical fall in his finals match, Nick Thibault of Halstead, which had to make the voting process at least a little tougher.

There were some very suspect calls made by the officiating crew during the finals. The most glaring was during the 130 final between Ky Biddle of Central Burden and Alex Thibault of Halstead. In the 2nd period Biddle was in on a low single. He sat with it on the mat for roughly a three or four count with no warning for stalling or stalemate, this was while Thibault was still standing and defending. Then when Biddle picked the single up to work a finish the match was abruptly stopped for a stalemate. I just don't understand the ruling there no stalemate is called when Biddle is on the mat but as soon as he goes for a finish it gets stopped.

In the next finals match at 135 between Yoder of Hillsboro and Mayfield of Eureka there was an awkward call made on a leg scissor from neutral. Mayfield was deep on a single leg and Yoder figure-foured the head from neutral which is illegal. The match was not stopped for 5 to 10 seconds. They stopped the match and gave a technical violation point to Mayfield for scissor from neutral. Then the scoreboard read 3-0 Mayfield. This meant the referee awarded Mayfield with a takedown when no control had been gained and a technical violation point. Then the ruling was changed and it was just a takedown for Mayfield. I don't understand the ghost takedown on a technical violation and then subtraction of a violation point.

Neither of these calls had an effect on the outcome of the match, but they could have. I hope the coaches in this regional took note and try to curb bad calls like this by not voting for those referees for future regional and state tournaments.

Overall it was a well run tournament besides the somewhat bland finals music mix. Just think Jock Jams Light. This is just a suggestion, but I'd recommend 80s montage style music. Think Rocky and Vision Quest. I really liked that the finals were filmed and posted on a projector to help view from a different angle. They also broadcast the tournament on a local TV station. Marion has to have one of the finest gymnasiums of any 321A school. They even let kids go swimming in the adjoined community pool to help keep them from running the halls. Congratulations to Marion High School on your first regional wrestling championship. It was not that long ago that you were a co-op with cross county rival Hillsboro.

I thought the outstanding wrestler award should have represented a wrestlers season performance, not "tournament performance". Thibault was very deserving of this award considering the season he had. His only loss was to Hattabaugh of Andale and I believe all of his wins were either Tech falls or pins. Not sure what else he could've have done..have a close match??? Not to mention, Nick's comeback from a serious back injury his Freshman year and sitting out an entire year. Congrats to Nick...a great Senior year and best of luck at State!

Navy,
I am with you I think Nick had the best "season" of any wrestler at the Marion regional.

Tyler McMichael went undefeated as well.

Congratulations Kasey Biddle, Ky Biddle, and Tyler McMichael on a great weekend!! Good luck Friday!!

Does anyone know what the website is for the T.V. station that was there?

marionmctv.com They should have the videos on by this weekend. That's what we're being told in Marion.