Much like the Sports Illustrated cover curse, these are picks sure to backfire on the wrestlers' chose. These pics will be in the Thursday edition of the Hays Daily News pick 'em. I'm a radio guy going up against a newspaper guy. Bye Bye newspaper guy. Here we go:
Team:
1. Norton...by 40 points
2. St. Francis
3. Silver Lake
Honorable mention: Phillipsburg, Oberlin, Smith Center, Beloit and Garden Plain
Individual:
103# Collin Hase...Silver Lake
112# Nash Burtin...Eureka
119# Clay Madden...Norton
125# Nathan Broeckelman...Norton. Most difficult weight to choose
130# Tyler Baker...Hoxie
135# Dylan Lloyd...St. Francis (hard to not choose Esterl of Beloit)
140# Travis Warner...Smith Center
145# Jason Pyle...Sabetha
152# Michael Schamberger...Hoxie
160# Lance Roe...Norton (best 321A wrestler)
171# James Wright...Beloit
189# Jeren Scheer...Garden Plain (very tempting to take Michael Malay...no offense Mikey)
215# Steven Foster...Sedgwick
275# Duane Zlatnik...Rossville
Toughest weight class: 145
Weight class that doesn't look difficult on paper: 140 - possibly 189
Most exciting semifinal: Tie..103# Colin Hase and Cole Zogleman and 135# Kade Bloom and Brad Esterl
Team that could vault into Top 3: Beloit or Smith Center
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.