Any body have any predictions on Beloit 1/23,1/24

Abilene, Belleville-Republic County, Beloit, Bennington, Clay Center, Colby, Concordia, Hill City, Hoxie, Lincoln, Marysville, Minneapolis, Oberlin, Plainville, Sabetha, Salina South, Silver Lake, Smith Center, Stockton

why the angry face? Scary

Colby
Clay Center
Smith Center
Beloit
Silver Lake

1. Colby
2. Clay Center
3. Smith Center
4. Abilene
5. Beloit
6. Silver Lake
#1,2,&4 ranked 4A teams
# 2,3,4,&8 ranked 321A teams
103, 119, 125, 135, 145, 152, 160, 171, 189, 215, & 285 all will have some excellent wrestling going on. Several highly ranked wrestlers in all of these classes.
This is an excellent 4A vs 321A tournament.

Can anyone tell me when the finals start?

Schedule of Events:

Friday, 1/23
2:00 pm 1st Round--4 mats
4:00 pm Quarterfinals--4 mats
6:00 pm 1st Round Consolation--4 mats
WEIGH-IN

Saturday, 1/24
9:30 am Wrestlebacks 2nd Round--4 mats
11:00 am Semi-finals--2 mats
Consolation Quarterfinals--2 mats
2:00 pm Consolation Semi-Finals--4 mats
3:15 pm Consolation Finals (3rd, 5th)--4 mats
5:00 pm Championship Finals--1 mat

Just going off the rankings, here is who is at Beloit (assuming they are healthy and ranked at the weight they will wrestle this weekend??)

Ranked Teams
Abilene #4 in 4A
Clay Center #2 in 4A
Colby #1 in 4A
Oberlin #8 in 321A
Salina South #8 in 5A
Silver Lake #3 in 321A
Smith Center #2 in 321A

Ranked Individuals

103
4. Skylar Goepfert-Marysville-11
6. Skylar Constable-Minneapolis-9
1. Luke Cole Abilene 12
3. Konnor Kriss Colby 9
6. Ty Kolterman Clay Center 9

112
4. Nathan Reed Colby 11

119
1. Dan Weigel-Plainville-12
3. Brett LaMar-Silver Lake-11
5. Carlos Galloway-Stockton-12
2. Blaine Smith, 11, Salina South
2. Logan Singular Clay Center 11

125
4. Steven Plott, 11, Salina South
6. Brandon Charbonneau Clay Cnt 9

130
1. Colt Rogers-Smith Center-11
6. Kasey Lien, 11, Salina South
5. Jayde Kolterman Clay Center 10

135
2. Cade Hewitt-Beloit-12
3. Ricky Creek-Marysville-12
3. Tyler Anderson Clay Center 11

140
1. Dustin Zharhorsky- Silver Lake-12
5. Jason Seibel, 11, Salina South

145
1. Cas Spangler-Beloit-12
3. Trevor Rempe-Smith Center-12
4. Kyle Wichman-Silver Lake-12
4. Tyler Harradine, 11, Salina South
2. Quinton Wuthnow Abilene 12

152
1. Collin Loomis-Beloit-12
2. Marshall McCall-Smith Center-12
3. Evertt Urban-Oberlin-12
5. Colten Picking Abilene 10
6. Ethan Stickle Colby 11

160
1. Travis Rempe-Smith Center-12
2. Ryan Wuthnow Abilene 12
3. Zach Anderson Clay Center 11

171
2. Nathan Simonsson-Oberlin-12
5. Matt Atwood-Smith Center-11
1. Breck Arnberger Colby 12
2. Tyler Hassenbank Concordia 12

189
1. Sawyer Krone-Beloit-12
1. Joel Marrs Clay Center 12
3. Treat Bugbee Colby 12
4. Taylor Wuthnow Abilene 11

215
1. Tanner Kriss Colby 12
2. Michael Patenaude Clay Cnt 12
4. Levi Kindel Concordia 12

285
3. Dillion Salmans-Hoxie-10
5. Tyler Jamis-Beloit-12
3. Tyler Gjerstad Abilene 11

I just did a quick copy and paste and may have missed a ranked guy or two by mistake, but here you go. I'm sure there are unranked guys that will also make some noise and I predict nothing!

When did Manhattan stop attending this tournament?

This year

Interesting test of the big school bias in the individual all classification rankings at 119.

(weigel and lamar, ranked 1 and 2 in 3-2-1a are ranked 10th (tie) in all-classification rankings and two of the bigger school kids ranked ahead of them will be there). results won't prove anything but it does provide an interesting test of the bigger is better theory.

Rusty Yarrow from clay center i know has held jason siebel to a couple of close matches. should be an interesting tournament

Orr from hill city wull be in the top 4 at 130 also tyler johnson from stockton will be in the mix

If Hill City makes the trip.

That's too bad. I always thought this was one of the best tournaments of the year. I believe MHS was the only 6A team that regularly attended the Beloit tournament. I was always surprised that more 5 & 6A schools didn't take advantage of the great competition that can't be found anywhere else that week of the year.

Damon:

If I remember correctly, Coach Gonzales reworked the Manhattan High School schedule in order for his team to attend the Flatwater Fracas; a two day dual team tournament in Nebraska, and in order to comply with the KSHSAA points regulation, the Beloit Tournament was dropped.

Richard please correct me if I’m wrong but I believe that Blue Valley is a two day tourney which is the same as Beloit so points are not an issue. My gut says that Coach was trying to mix more 6A schools into his bag than standing with “ in your face Western Kansas style” Beloit is if not the best, one of the finest venues for High school wrestling in the State. I was personally and truly disappointed to see Manhattan get out of the tremendous opportunity to be part of the Beloit tradition. The kids from the west always brought their A game to prove that East Kansas just think they know smash mouth wrestling. Damon understands what I'm talking about!

I talked to Gonz at the Newton tourney and he told me it was because they needed to face more 6A teams for seeding purposes when it came time for regionals.

welp, you're going to find out if all that trash talk is true. lots of ranked 4 and 5 a kids going up against ranked 3a and below kids (who are for the most part "western." Overall rankings don't give the small school kids much of a shot.

Some of us have learned to never underestimate the small school kids.

Let’s let the matches do the jawin' and not worry about some fancy pants overall rankin'. You might jest be in fer a surprise when sum of yer “big school” boys is countin’ lights.



But seriously the overall talent in 3A is not as up to snuff as it has been in years past. But, nevertheless this should be an interesting tournament with some of the top “small programs” in the state squaring off.