The state tournament can be won with 5 people. Last year Abilene took 5 to state, alomst the exact same 5 they have this year, only a year better, and your saying they don't have depth? Let me add this up for you

Tanner Dawson 3rd or better = 18 pts.
Lucas Geske 2nd or better = 21 pts.
Jake Kriegbaum 1st = 24 pts.
Josh Peterson 4th or better = 17 pts.
Ross Taplin 1st = 24 pts.

Thats 104 points, this would be the worst case scenario for me, these 104 points is still more than the second place team last year. However I thin at least two of those wrestlers should place at least 1 place higher than I have them listed. Also Matt Rein might make it to state and score a few points, as well as Brice Dawson. Its might be a close race, or it might not. It all depends on how the seediing went. So Goodland kids might slip through the cracks and make it to state easy but that won't save them at the state tournament where they will most likely meet up with a Columbus kid.


William Nigel Isom
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