Virginia State Wrestling Tournament Predictions

For the fourth year, Mat Talk On-Line will have complete predictions and analysis of the three VHSL state high school wrestling tournaments. Also for the fourth year, an "experts" panel will be constructed with some of the state's top wrestling fans/sports writers. Note: In the case of Scott Tucker and Bill Swink, neither will be picking weights in which wrestlers from their respective teams will be competing-- Swink in AAA, Tucker in A.

The Panel:

Jason Bryant: Editor, Mat Talk On-Line/Wrestling Writer, Daily Press
Bill Swink: Editor, Virginia Wrestling Roundup
Scott Tucker: Editor, Single A Wrestling Zone
Paul White: Wrestling Writer, The Virginian-Pilot
Frank Lipoli: Broadcaster, WCTV-48
"Spectator": Central Region Wrestling aficionado
Skip Parker: Long time wrestling aficionado
Kevin Malone: Webmaster of Region II website
Earl Smith: Eazy-E of MP, and wrestling aficionado

Group AAA
analysis by Mat Talk On-Line

Jason Bryant Bill Swink Scott Tucker Paul White Frank Lipoli "Spectator" Skip Parker
103 Faison - Faison Faison Rosen Faison Faison
112 Dozier Dozier Dozier Dozier Dozier Dozier Dozier
119 Staylor - Staylor Staylor Staylor Taylor Staylor
125 Frishkorn - Frishkorn Frishkorn Frishkorn Frishkorn Frishkorn
130 Barksdale - Barksdale Barksdale Barksdale Barksdale Barksdale
135 Pearman - Chichester Pearman Pearman Horst Horst
140 Jenkins - Jenkins Jenkins Pittman Jenkins Jenkins
145 Davenport - Fitterer Davenport Davenport Davenport Davenport
152 Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown
160 Buddles Ginley Wells Wells Buddles Buddles Buddles
171 Conyers Conyers Lagares Conyers Weimer Conyers Conyers
189 Bond - Bond Bond Bond Bond Bond
215 Jones - Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones
275 George - George George George George George
TOT 11 2 10 11 9 9 10

Group AA
analysis by Mat Talk On-Line (coming soon)

Jason Bryant Bill Swink Scott Tucker Frank Lipoli Kevin Malone
103 Shiley Shiley Shiley Moore Shiley
112 Weeks Metzler Weeks Weeks Weeks
119 Smiley Smiley Pollock Pollock Smiley
125 Burke Riggleman Riggleman Riggleman Riggleman
130 Powars Powars Powars Powars Powars
135 Compton Compton Compton Compton Compton
140 Epperly Epperly Epperly Epperly Epperly
145 Buck Buck Buck Buck D. Artusio
152 Moore K. Artusio K. Artusio Hoffer K. Artusio
160 Toney Toney Toney Toney Toney
171 Scanlan Scanlan Scanlan Scanlan Scanlan
189 Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson
215 Gardner Gardner Martin Gardner Ross
275 Holmes Holmes Holmes Yanchuk Yanchuk
TOT 12 11 10 11 9

Group A
analysis by Earl Smith

Jason Bryant Bill Swink Scott Tucker Frank Lipoli Earl Smith
103 Hunsucker Hunsucker - Hunsucker Hunsucker
112 Chutsz Chutsz - Chustz Chutsz
119 Flood Flood - Le Le
125 Smoot Smoot - Smoot Smoot
130 Childs Childs Childs Childs Childs
135 Holbert Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson
140 Flint Flint Flint Flint Flint
145 Jenkins Musterman - Jenkins Jenkins
152 Wade Wade - S. Chavez S. Chavez
160 Thornton Thornton - L. Chavez Thornton
171 Talbott Talbott Talbott Talbott Talbott
189 Smith Smith - Smith Smith
215 Buchanan Weyer - Madison Weyer
275 Quigley Quigley - Quigley Hitt
TOT 8 9 2 8 9
Overall 31/42 22/32 22/32 28/42

Analysis Breakdown

AAA RE-CAP by Jason Bryant
11/14 champions: 78.5%
62/84 placewinners: 73.8%
33/84 place-winners exact: 39.2%
Blue= correct pick
Red= correct placer, wrong placement
Black= unpicked placer/no placement

103
Mat Talk On-Line Picks: (5 of 6, 3 exact)

  1. Walker Faison (Cox)
  2. Matt Rosen (Great Bridge)
  3. Mostafa Ibrahim (West Springfield)
  4. Kyle Terrill (Forest Park)
  5. Brian Wright (Kempsville)
  6. Michael Carter (Massaponax)

112 (4 of 6 placers, four exact)

  1. Collin Dozier (Cox)
  2. Ronnie Mills (Hayfield)
  3. Jeremy Adams (Osbourn Park)
  4. Gene Allgood (Hanover)
  5. Nathaniel Barbee (Stonewall Jackson)
  6. Bryan Peterson (Great Bridge)

119 (5 of 6 placers, five exact)

  1. Justin Staylor (Great Bridge)
  2. Johnny Olanowski (Kellam)
  3. Matt Taylor (Colonial Forge)
  4. Raymond Banaag (Green Run)
  5. Dwayne Kelly (Meadowbrook)
  6. Casey Hall (Lee-Davis)

125 (5 of 6 placers, two exact)

  1. Jordan Frishkorn (Great Bridge)
  2. Robert Douglass (Tallwood)
  3. Tony Martinez (Mount Vernon)
  4. Brandon Bradley (Henrico)
  5. Tyler Bowers (Gar-Field)
  6. Mike Allen (Western Branch)

130 (4 of 6 placers, one exact)

  1. Arsenia Barksdale (Kempsville)
  2. Casey Staylor (Great Bridge)
  3. Brian Graney (Stonewall Jackson)
  4. Huy Vu (Douglas Freeman)
  5. T.J. Baker (North Stafford)
  6. Ryan Schalk (Westfield)

135 (4 of 6 placers, two exact)

  1. Junior Pearman (Great Bridge)
  2. Jay Chichester (Colonial Forge)
  3. Aaron Brown (Denbigh)
  4. Mark Malbon (Kellam)
  5. Matt Perry (Oscar Smith)
  6. Curt Jones (Lee-Davis)

140 (3 of 6 placers, two exact)

  1. Bubba Jenkins (Cox)
  2. Duder Edmunds (Gloucester)
  3. Matt Jones (Robinson)
  4. Adam Pittman (Great Bridge)
  5. Tommy Timothy (Hayfield)
  6. Cory Tyler (Lee-Davis)

145 (5 of 6 placers, five exact)

  1. Hunter Davenport (Great Bridge)
  2. Ryan Hord (Colonial Forge)
  3. Joe Fitterer (Fairfax)
  4. Kristian Parker (Hanover)
  5. Devon Alston (Heritage)
  6. Dennis Ing (West Springfield)

152 (5 of 6 placers, two exact)

  1. Chris Brown (Great Bridge)
  2. John Gryzcewski (Marshall)
  3. John Villanueva (Hayfield)
  4. Bryan Lenhardt (Gloucester)
  5. Jonathan Simmons (Ocean Lakes)
  6. Douglas Crigger (Varina)

160 (5 of 6 placers, one exact)

  1. Luke Buddles (Bayside)
  2. Bryan Wells (Tallwood)
  3. Dustin McCabe (Gloucester)
  4. Patrick Weiler (Osbourn Park)
  5. Kelly Ginley (Madison)
  6. Peter Rushin (Lee)

171 (6 of 6 placers, one exact)

  1. James Conyers (Western Branch)
  2. Richard Weimer (Tallwood)
  3. Ivan Lagares (Woodbridge)
  4. Lewis Dixon (Robinson)
  5. Nick Brooks (Green Run)
  6. Aaron Peterson (First Colonial)

189 (4 of 6 placers, two exact)

  1. Patrick Bond (Great Bridge)
  2. Johnnie Bauman (Woodbridge)
  3. Jay Prock (Cox)
  4. Paul Roseboro (Oscar Smith)
  5. Elder Ramos (Forest Park)
  6. Glen Jackson (Deep Creek)

215 (3 of 6 placers, one exact)

  1. Brent Jones (Robinson)
  2. Jason Fuller (Kempsville)
  3. Bryan Evans (Forest Park)
  4. Antoine Adams (Bethel)
  5. Willy Johnson (Colonial Forge)
  6. Louis Freeman (Norcom)

275 (4 of 6 placers, two exact)

  1. Mike George (Cox)
  2. Justin McClelland (Stafford)
  3. Travis Talley (Petersburg)
  4. Steve Kocevar (Western Branch)
  5. Brandon Thomas (Landstown)
  6. Sean Wilson (Colonial Forge)

 

 AA RE-CAP by Jason Bryant
12/14 champions: 85.7%
70/84 place-winners: 83.3%
30/84 place-winners exact 35.7% 
Blue= correct pick
Red= correct placer, wrong placement
Black= unpicked placer/no placement

103
Mat Talk On-Line Picks (4 of 6, none exact)
1. S.R. Shiley (James Wood)
2. Ben Canning (Bruton)
3. Roger Moore (Martinsville)
4. Jason Mangrum (Lord Botetourt)
5. Bryan Hartman (Christianburg)
6. Gabe Curry (Fort Defiance)

112 (5 of 6, 4 exact)
1. Jeff Weeks (Fort Defiance)
2. Joey Metzler (Turner Ashby)
3. Sid Humphreys (Christiansburg)
4. Ben Sheets (Hidden Valley)
5. Nhat Nguyen (Northside)
6. Dennis Ardinger (Sherando)

119 (5 of 6, 2 exact)
1. Marshall Smiley (Turner Ashby)
2. Sergio Pollock (Christiansburg)
3. Grant Wilson (Fort Defiance)
4. Colin McNair (Northampton)
5. Blake Kattan (Tabb)
6. Kris Stiltner (Grundy)

125 (6 of 6, 1 exact)
1. Anthony Burke (Poquoson)
2. Jesse Riggleman (Turner Ashby)
3. Andrew Gusler (Christiansburg)
4. Daniel Anthony (Brookville)
5. Joe Wood (Orange)
6. Kyle Smith (Lord Botetourt)

130 (5 of 6, 2 exact)
1. Will Powars (Potomac Falls)
2. Caleb Shank (Turner Ashby)
3. Brian Meurer (Tabb)
4. Ryan Smagalski (Lafayette)
5. Matt Stump (Christiansburg)
6. Mike Caporaletti (Liberty-Bealeton)

135 (4 of 6, 2 exact)
1. B.J. Compton (Christiansburg)
2. Dan Hardy (Courtland)
3. Justin Wheaton (Potomac Falls)
4. Dan Bernier (Park View)
5. Kaci Payne (Pulaski Co.)
6. Kenny Green (Fauquier)

140 (5 of 6, 3 exact)
1. Matt Epperly (Christiansburg)
2. Brian Scott (James Wood)
3. Luke Siler (Brentsville District)
4. Chris Shifflett (Monticello)
5. Matt Evans (Northampton)
6. Parker Stone (Poquoson)

145 (5 of 6, 1 exact)
1. Robert Buck (Christiansburg)
2. Kovash Dastan (Potomac Falls)
3. Thomas Stevens (Blacksburg)
4. Billy Sheridan (Poquoson)
5. Danny Artusio (James Wood)
6. Josh Booher (Virginia)

152 (4 of 6, 4 exact)
1. Austin Moore (Lafayette)
2. Andrew Hoffer (Christiansburg)
3. Kyle Artusio (James Wood)
4. Troy McGuinness (Fauquier)
5. Mitch Tisdell (Turner Ashby)
6. Petey Henley (Poquoson)

160 (5 of 6, 3 exact)
1. Jackie Toney (Christiansburg)
2. Josh Damico (Park View)
3. Jimmy Young (Turner Ashby)
4. Davey Simmons (Warren County)
5. Stephen Wilkes (New Kent)
6. Bob Jones (King George)

171 (6 of 6, 2 exact)
1. Dan Scanlan (Loudoun County)
2. Nate Shook (Lafayette)
3. Dylan McGreevey (Warren County)
4. Joby Shreckhise (Fort Defiance)
5. Daniel Caison (Northampton)
6. John Skelly (Broadway)

189 (4 of 6, 3 exact)
1. Bucky Anderson (Broadway)
2. Aaron Looney (Grundy)
3. Nick Buck (Christiansburg)
4. Jacob Sanders (Martinsville)
5. Joe Holderfield (Rockbridge County)
6. Ian Gallagher (York)

215 (3 of 6, 2 exact)
1. Cody Gardner (Christiansburg)
2. Matt Woods (Blacksburg)
3. Brian Martin (Tabb)
4. Wes Basham (Brentsville District)
5. Trahern Vinnie (Nandua)
6. David Moran (Liberty-Bealeton)

275 (6 of 6, 1 exact)
1. Antoine Holmes (York)
2. Stephen Yanchuk (Brentsville District)
3. Leon Barrow (Lafayette)
4. Aaron Hull (Liberty-Bealeton)
5. J.J. Hickman (Lord Botetourt)
6. David Pennington (Abingdon)		 A RE-CAP by Earl Smith
9/14 champions: 64.2%
67/84 placewinners: 79.7%
20/84 place-winners exact: 23.8%
Blue= correct pick
Red= correct placer, wrong placement
Black= unpicked placer/no placement

103
Earl Smith Picks (4 of 6, 2 exact)
1. Jake Hunsucker
2. Sergio Ortiz
3. Patrick Price
4. Jason Scearce
5. Garrett Slagle
6. Zach Duty

112 (6 of 6, 1 exact)
1. Matt Chutsz
2. Jonathan Woods
3. Lorenzo Rios
4. Zach Rexrode
5. Nick Pitas
6. Jonathan Angle

119 (5 of 6, 1 exact)
1. Lam Le
2. Brandon Flood
3. John Chidester
4. Jason Jenkins
5. Hunter Desper
6. Patrick Oliver

125 (5 of 6, 1 exact)
1. Todd Smoot
2. Brian Brown
3. Brian Flood
4. Chris Chambers
5. Michael Coleman
6. Billy Morse

130 (4 of 6, 2 exact)
1. Brett Childs
2. Zach Mowery
3. Steven Frankson
4. Josh Jordan
5. Aaron Blomberg
6. Jeff Brown

135 (5 of 6, none exact)
1. Greg Johnson
2. Dos Allen
3. Brandon Holbert
4. Mike Seibal
5. Drew Lester
6. Adam Blomberg

140 (5 of 6, 2 exact)
1. Josh Flint
2. Ronald Pomposini
3. Will Campbell
4. Colin Ehmer
5. Justin Cox
6. Brian Borron

145 (4 of 6, none exact)
1. Chad Jenkins
2. Jeff Musterman
3. Devlin Melancon
4. Jake Crvich
5. Billy Crouse
6. Randy Phillips

152 (4 of 6, none exact)
1. Sergio Chavez
2. Chris Witt
3. Mike Wade
4. James Keel
5. Simon Taylor
6. Eric Deaver

160 (5 of 6, none exact)
1. David Thornton
2. Luis Chavez
3. Cooper Anderson
4. David Lipes
5. Joseph Fell
6. Michael Powell

171 (4 of 6, 4 exact)
1. Josh Talbott
2. Mac Cohe
3. Jared Squires
4. Rich Hollenbeck
5. Kerry McKroskey
6. Kyle Robinson

189 (5 of 6, 2 exact)
1. Colin Smith
2. Chris Wade
3. Shane Conlon
4. Elliott Horton
5. Matt Perdue
6. Ben Clark

215 (4 of 6, 3 exact)
1. Galen Weyer
2. Billy Buchanan
3. Levi Madison
4. Michael Schultz
5. Joel Velazquez
6. Billy Lewis

275 (5 of 6, 3 exact)
1. Daniel Hitt
2. Eric Quigley
3. Bobby Hoffert
4. Joel Surber
5. Jeremy Smith
6. Jamien Banks