thomas tournament

[S Cube]

Sollenberger/Otten is the best 5/12 match ever. That is going to be a great PRELIM round at 152.

[TylerRose]

Maybe an obvious question, but to qualify, does a wrestler need an individual record of .500 or better?

[sparky]

they only seed the ones with at least a .500 record

[Chiefwapum]

Now that the seedings are released, I was curious to see what some of the predictions are for the top 4. I follow
wrestling fairly close but, not like some of you that are on this site. Therefore, I will wait and see what you guys think
and then post a opinion on who will be your top four in each class. It might give me a little bit more to root for come finals/consy finals etc

[sparky]

now that the seeds are out ill make a quick prediction

106- Demaske over brown
person to watch- pakstis
113- easter over swarrow
person to watch- crouse
120- Roberts over miller
person to watch- replogle
the miller/ thomas semi-final will be a good one
126- Davis over Huss
person to watch- brett
I'd have to say this is one of the weaker weights top to bottom
132- Dodson over Osselburn
person to watch- mostoller
The top two here are above the rest of the field
138- Dively over Tarr
person to watch- none
id be very surprised if any of these top four get upset. another great semifinal in tarr vs szala
145- Cahill over Bowman
person to watch- fochtman
Again I think the top two will make the finals without too much trouble
152- Schoffstall over williams
person to watch- doak
Where to begin at this weight class? I just noticed bollman from ridge now dropped to 152. so thats another contender. I'm interested to see if whoever makes it through the meatgrinder is any match for someone of Schoffstall's caliber
160- Scheib over Sutton
person to watch -lesko
Another weight that doesnt have alot of big names. Scheib is a physical specimen.
170- Dibert over Conti
person to watch- gibbons
I havent seen inzana yet this year so he may give dibert some trouble in his semi-final match
182- Phillips over Brett
person to watch- strasiser
Im not sold on Nickelson, he wrestles very inconsistent.
195- Troutman over Schaeffer
person to watch- schaeffer
I think Drenner the 4th seed is better than both albright(2nd) and baer(3rd).
220- Rizzo over Craig
person to watch- blough
Craig vs Krupa in the semi's...and im going to say rizzo pins his way through..including craig or krupa
285- hixson over haymen
person to watch- Suspanick
I think hixson also pins this way through. Im interested to see if Buttry can hang with Hixson twice.

[sppawfan]

The thing with pakstis and aikey, they are inconsistent. They can knock off anyone, but they can lose to anyone? If it makes sense! 152 is loaded. wow!