Here is the pairing bracket for the Consolation Round:

Idaho vs. Oregon
Colorado Gold vs. Texas
Illinois vs. Wyoming
California vs. Minnesota Blue Collar Rednecks
Washington vs. North Carolina
Wisconsin vs. Nebraska
Kansas Gold vs. Iowa
Indiana Gold vs. Utah

For your assistance, Idaho is the number 1 seed and Utah is the number 2 seed.

Here are the pools for the Championship Round:

RED POOL:
Pennsylvania Penguin Thumpers
Minnesota Get'er Done
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania Pounders

BLUE POOL:
Ohio
Michigan
New Jersey
Missouri Crush

Geeze is Pennsylvania stacked or what? They won this last year too and here they are again with 2 teams in the championship...and another thing that boggles me...is shumate's weight tougher than nails or what...I mean this is a national runner-up from last year and I see him losing way more than I thought he would...

Well, we are done. We beat Iowa and then went on to hold Indiana until the last. We lost all of the matches from 160 on. This was a big switch for us but the boys were really worn out. They are off to the showers and on to the food. We'll be heading home in the am. We do have some injuries but nothing serious and don't want to go into it on the web. Thanks for all your support KS. The teams really did doyou proud.

Ms. Jenni

Consolation matches:

Kansas Gold 52, IA Purple Cobras 20
84 - Long (IA) won by forfeit
91 - Altman (IA) won by forfeit
98 - Ely (KS) tech fall Reams (IA), 10-0
105- Shumate (KS) tech fall Justin Rau (IA), 12-2
112- Fisher (KS) dec Jeff Rau (IA), 3-1
119- Bahe (KS) won by forfeit
125- Koethe (IA) dec Freeman (KS), 4-2
130- Crumes (IA) tech fall Nill (KS), 10-0
135- Elliott (KS) tech fall Crumes (IA), 12-1
140- Frein (IA) dec Eck (KS), 5-4
145- Hentzen (KS) tech fall Balsley (IA), 12-2
152- Bailes (KS) tech fall Herrick (IA), 15-4
160- Smull (KS) pin Kellogg (IA), 1:01
171- Edison (KS) tech fall Breitkrentz (IA), 11-0
189- Born (KS) dec Wagner (IA), 7-6
215- Hardy (KS) tech fall McDonald (IA), 10-0
275- Rodas (IA) won by forfeit

Indiana Gold 38, Kansas Gold 29
84 - Schoettle (IN) won by forfeit
91 - Altman (KS) tech fall Fields (IN), 10-0
98 - Ely (KS) tech fall Urich (IN), 11-0
105- Shumate (KS) dec Harris (IN), 13-4
112- Fisher (KS) dec Meister (IN), 3-0
119- McGill (IN) dec Bahe (KS), 6-3
125- Howe (IN) inj. def. over Freeman (KS),
130- Buehler (KS) dec Brown (IN), 10-2
135- Kenny (IN) tech fall Elliott (KS), 13-2
140- Eck (KS) tech fall Bash (IN), 11-0
145- Znika (IN) dec Hentzen (KS), 7-5, ot
152- Bailes (KS) dec Deutsch (IN), 11-7 (lost team point)
160- Hinton (IN) dec Smull (KS), 11-3
171- Justice (IN) dec Edison (KS), 5-4
189- Day (IN) pin Born (KS), :33
215- Johnson (IN) pin Hardy (KS), 3:52
275- Whyde (IN) pin Starr (KS), 3:58

Congrats cadet wrestlers/coaches on another strong showing at the National Duals.

Kit Harris
Baldwin HS

Go Cadets! Another strong showing at the Cadet Duals. I coached this team for the first 4 years of the cadet Duals existance and this was the first year I did not attend. I sure did miss being there, but the coaches called me and kept me updated everyday.

Kansas once again proved that we are for sure one of the top Cadet Greco Roman teams in the country placing top 8 every year. Great job Kansas! Now onto Fargo to bring home the "STOP SIGNS" baby! Oh yeah!

Guys-

Great job!! You all impressed me

I do want to give one piece of advice though (I think this would have made the results even better):
Be confident in your technique and yourselves. In a few of the matches I did manage to catch I saw some opportunities that we should have risked (well, not really risked, more of seized). Remember guys, it's not folkstyle; you will not be penalized (points against) for risking the attack.

I know you all have the ability (or you wouldn't be on the team) and the technique (we have the best coaches) now use it to you fullest in Fargo and do what Coach Fergola said (he knows a little

Again, amazing job; you all should be proud: wrestlers for the job well done and their parents for being the parents of their well trained sons!!

Glad to be back in Kansas!

Your boys battled like true Southwind Warriors. We had some tough draws and still was able to place in Greco and come down to the wire with Missouri in Freestyle. We suffered in the Par Terre position with some of our wrestlers lacking in greco/freestyle experience. I was very proud of everyone and expect big things from all of the young men that participated. We had a few wrestlers that were just outstanding and some that took some lumps and just kept battling back. I was a little disappointed because I think we could have done better but I had and still have high expectations of this group they have some talent but have a hard time focussing on the task at hand. I think if they train hard for the next few weeks we will be bringing back more stop signs then a driver on his way to work would like to encounter. So train hard, do the work and enjoy the journey. For some will win and some will lose but becoming a Southwind Warrior will be deep in your soul Forever.

Congratulations gentlemen I am very, very proud of all of you.

Coach Peterman

I am very busy right now with paperwork from the duals and substituting teaching summer school but plan to put down all the thanks to those who helped this Kansas Team succeed in a later post. So get ready to see your name and the much appreciation and respect I have for you and plan to make public so others can appreciate and respect all you did for these young men and the state of Kansas.

Coach Peterman

Great job Team Kansas Cadets!!! You have made Kansas proud. Good luck to all of you a Fargo.

Congrats to Donnie Altman who was named to the Freestyle Intermat All Tournament Team. Way to go Donnie we are proud of you and the hard work put in by all of the other wrestlers.

Curious why Ely at 98 would not have been All-tournament? I cannot see from the results where he lost a match. I am not sure of the parameters, but it looks like he had a heck of a week.

Congrats to all the kids that competed!!!!

Twister

Twister:

Ely did have a good tournament. Clark (IL) had a better one.
Ely
3(Tech Falls), 3(Dec: 8-0, 7-1 & 5-1), 1 OT Win(5-4) & 1 FF
Clark
6(Tech Falls), 2(Dec: 10-3 & 5-1) & 2 FF
Even if you take out the FF (Forfiets), Clark's results are better than Ely's.

Jhayes:

Makes sense to me. I was not following other states as close.

Again great job to all.

Twister

Under the rules of the cadet dual tournaments the All Star team is selected by adding up the classification points each wrestler earns during the tournament. The kid w/ the highest points at each weight is named the outstanding wrestler for that weight. You get 4 points for a pin, tech fall or forfeit. You get 3 points for a decision. The points you allow are not considered. If I added everything up then under this system Ely would have had 28 points while Clark had 30. It may have some flaws (ex: sitting out a match to allow the second stringer on your team wrestler someone will hurt you) but at least this system has a set criteria for picking the OW.