Now that we are through most of the season, what are your Class Team forecasts?
Class S:
Killingly 7 ranked and 2 on the fringe: Richardson 145; LeDuc 285
HK: 6 ranked and 2 on the fringe: 112 Wright; 160 Martone
Montville: 6 ranked 1 on the fringe: 138 Wynowsky
Gilbert: 6 ranked unknown fringe
Ledyard: 5 ranked 1 on fringe: 106 Garcia
Here are mine for Class L based on my rankings at this point:
Team Ranked Points
1 Simsbury 12 112
2 Xavier 8 93
3 Bristol Eastern 8 88
4 Bristol Central 6 67
5 New Milford 4 53
6 Middletown 4 40
Estimated points are based on placing with no consideration for bonus points. 1st - 16 pts, 2nd - 12 pts, 3rd - 9 pts, 4th - 7 pts, 5th - 5 pts, 6th - 3 pts.
Class S is definitely Killingly's to lose. ...however, they had 4 kids out last weekend for varuius reasons. We will see how that shakes out. I'm moving Ledyard up to third and Montville and Gilbert down. Killingly and HK have the most potential for kids to match their ranking.
Class M probably falls out something like this:
Foran
Suffield
Guilford
Barlow
RHAM
Branford
Barlow is the wild card with multiple scoring wrestlers sidelined and questionable for conference and class tourney. Suffield took a big hit losing Hunter Adams this year. Class M is pretty soft this year.
East Haven has a good chance to win it this year
@theman I think they may be the favorite after seeing the results at Jonathon Law. Leaning toward a finish more like this:
East Haven
Guilford
Suffield/Windsor Locks
Branford
Barlow
Foran
RHAM
Who else besides Licastri is down for Barlow?
I saw on Floarena that McNeary had a Medical Forfeit in his last match at Eagle classic (placed 4th). Do not know though if he is currently injured.
It also looks like Prather didn't wrestle at the Eagle Classic
Class S
I assigned every ranked wrestler a score, based on the absolute minimum points a wrestler can score by earning that place (Placement points + minimum advancement points) So
1st - 24, 2nd, 20 3rd, 13 4th, 11 5th - 8 6th- 6 and 3 points extra for an HM wrestler
Killingly - 115
HK - 101
Gilbert - 89
Ledyard - 83
Northwestern - 74
Montville - 72
Canton- 70
Oxford - 58
Killingly has a sizable lead, but bonus points from HK and the depth that they have beyond their ranked wrestlers should keep things close, pin points and kids making the blood round can really add up. Gilbert doesn't have much of any depth beyond there 5 ranked guys, so I doubt we see them repeat. Ledyard has enough depth to be a dark horse, especially if Killingly and HK have injuries or under-performers. Below that it looks like a tight 3 way race for 5th between Northwestern, Montville and Canton.
Nicely done. Thanks.
Killingly 6 (1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 4) HMs-3
Ledyard 5 (1, 4, 3, 1, 2) HMs- 1
Gilbert 5 (1, 1, 3, 2, 6) HMs-0
Montville 7 (5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 4, 3) HMs-1
HK 7 (2, 2, 4, 6, 5, 2, 1) HMs-0
Based on Current S Rankings this is what the top 4 have. Based on Ledyard v. Montville dual results, I would think Ledyard would do better at tourney than Montville.
Looks like McNeary for Barlow is fine as he wrestled on Wednesday, but I see that Prather did not wrestle on wednesday and not in the brackets to wrestle at the Jonathan Law invite tomorrow.
I would put Branford in top 3.
Saw they beat Guilford right? Osler and Lee are legit.
@mophie And Cody McHenry at 195.