LHAC Championship

[SportsFan96]

Wt. Chestnut Ridge         W  L   Westmont Hilltop   W L
106 Kai Burkett              15  3    Connor Lamantia   12 9 (Burkett by TF)
113 Nathan Holderbaum 12  6    Tanner Kushner     17 4  (Holderbaum by DEC)
120 Ross Dull                 10  4    Zane Blackburn       9 2 (Blackburn by MDEC)
126 Gryphon Callihan    14  6    Connor Polacek     17 4  (Polacek by DEC)
132 Trevor Weyandt       11  4    Roy Dunn              17 8 (Dunn by DEC)
138 Luke Moore              9  8    Noah Korenoski     21 4 (Korenski by MDEC)
145 Baltzer Bollman       7  6     Ethan Kelly            20 1 (Kelly by PIN)
152 Daniel Moore           7  5     Hudson Holbay      21 3 (Holbay by PIN)
160 Seth Holderbaum     9  8     Camden Moors     13 11 (Moors by DEC)
170 Mason McVicker     2  0     Mason Muto          15 6 (MUTO by MDEC)
182 Jared McGill          18  0     Hunter Holbay        5 3 (McGill by PIN)
195 Austin Crouse        14  6    Tanner Dluhos        17 5 (Dluhos by DEC)
220 Duane Knisely       17  3    Noah Gresh             8 9 (Knisely by PIN)
285 Dalton Seace          16  4    Max Yonko            20 2 (Yonko by DEC)


A couple of those are toss-ups, but I still think Westy wins, more convincingly than people think.

This prediction didn’t age well 
Just bustin’ your chops a bit. 

[EricKnopsnyder]

So ... was the coin toss critical?

Seems like match would have been 42-24 if coin toss goes other way (assuming Muto wins by fall and McGill wins by fall) ... or am I missing something?

Nope, you're not missing anything at all. Ridge won the coin toss, but it wouldn't have mattered. When you win 10 of 14 bouts, you make sure that's not a factor. Ridge wrestled very well and was definitely the better team. 

[rspring]

I had 33-25 on my blog, but gave the disclaimer that I am rarely right so tonight backs that up. I thought CR's key wins were 113, 120, 160, and 170. N. Holderbaum and Dull got the Lions out of the gate well, then S. Holderbaum and McVicker set up their stud upperweights to close it out. Chestnut Ridge clearly the better team. 

[everett]

Wt. Chestnut Ridge         W  L   Westmont Hilltop   W L
106 Kai Burkett              15  3    Connor Lamantia   12 9 (Burkett by TF)
113 Nathan Holderbaum 12  6    Tanner Kushner     17 4  (Holderbaum by DEC)
120 Ross Dull                 10  4    Zane Blackburn       9 2 (Blackburn by MDEC)
126 Gryphon Callihan    14  6    Connor Polacek     17 4  (Polacek by DEC)
132 Trevor Weyandt       11  4    Roy Dunn              17 8 (Dunn by DEC)
138 Luke Moore              9  8    Noah Korenoski     21 4 (Korenski by MDEC)
145 Baltzer Bollman       7  6     Ethan Kelly            20 1 (Kelly by PIN)
152 Daniel Moore           7  5     Hudson Holbay      21 3 (Holbay by PIN)
160 Seth Holderbaum     9  8     Camden Moors     13 11 (Moors by DEC)
170 Mason McVicker     2  0     Mason Muto          15 6 (MUTO by MDEC)
182 Jared McGill          18  0     Hunter Holbay        5 3 (McGill by PIN)
195 Austin Crouse        14  6    Tanner Dluhos        17 5 (Dluhos by DEC)
220 Duane Knisely       17  3    Noah Gresh             8 9 (Knisely by PIN)
285 Dalton Seace          16  4    Max Yonko            20 2 (Yonko by DEC)


A couple of those are toss-ups, but I still think Westy wins, more convincingly than people think.

This prediction didn’t age well 
Just bustin’ your chops a bit. 

I was just gonna post this morning that I completely missed on my prediction, lol.  Gotta admit that Ridge won literally every toss-up bout, which is why they owned Westy. 
What is the outlook for Ridge in next few years?  I had originally thought their time was about up, but after seeing this and seeing some Jr. High results, I'm not sure anyone can touch them for next few years. 

[Manfred]

The next few years (except maybe next year) will be as Artie Johnson used to say: Veeeeeryy IN-teresting!

[everett]

The next few years (except maybe next year) will be as Artie Johnson used to say: Veeeeeryy IN-teresting!

I'm no Ridge fan, but I just don't see anyone upending them anytime soon.  I know you think FH is going to challenge them, but judging from JH scores, I just don't see that happening. 
FH may have more star power, but Ridge just has an entire team of kids that just seem to rise to the occasion, with very few weak spots.  I know there numbers in Elem are down, so maybe in 4-5 years that will change, but I just don't see it in the near future.

[SportsFan96]

I know CR’s JR High team has done very well the past couple years. I’m pretty sure they are undefeated so far this season and I think CR has won the JR High Mt. Conference tournament for the past couple years, which has a lot of the LHAC teams that participate in it. The elementary program numbers have grown the past couple of years too and they had over 70+ kids sign up for the elementary program this year.

[bcor]

Here's a link to the results in an easy to see/read format ...

http://www.pa-wrestling.com/hs/teams/ch ... m?id=51801

[west33]

That wasn’t even a match! People underestimate how good ridge wrestling is and has been for years. But forest hills is the team closing in on ridge, not westmont.