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His brother hasn't been cleared by his doctor and has to have surgery so he couldn't wrestle this year.

Taylor from Cordova is 132.

I know it is a bit early to be posting this, but what is everyone's predictions at every weightclass?

Cordova's 160 and 152 had to resign from the team for personal issues. Also, their 132-138 were injured, however the 138 only recovered. Cordova's 138 and 170 are the only returners.

Any one have any of the individual predictions for region 8? I would like to see them.

Who do you all think has a good chance in placing in individual state as well as team state?

Who do you guys think is going to be a solid wrestler next season from region 8?

These aren’t predictions per se; just my thoughts and impressions about each weight.

 

106 : Morgan has ruled this weight all season. Who will Houston mat here; Ewen or Bowden? I don’t see any other finals threats. Morgan should come out of this weight on top, but you can’t sleep on either Houston wrestler.

 

113: I think Abel (Bol) and Smolin (Hou) make the finals here. I don’t know who wins it. I saw that Abel pinned Smolin earlier this season but was it a case of Smolin getting caught or was it indicative of the difference between the two? I didn’t see the match.

 

120: Arthur (Hou) is the favorite here. I don’t know who will face him in the finals because Dodson, who lost to Arthur in the region duals tournament, has wrestled sparingly all season and did not even make the trip to states. His back-up, Harrison Phillips, is actually very capable and could give Donovan Nason (Kin) a run for his money, but I would have to go with Arthur over Nason in the finals. Should be an interesting weight to follow. Here’s a question: Where is Dalton Ridling from Bolton? 126, 120, 113? Still wrestling?

 

126: I think this is between Keaton Jones (Hou), David Thomas (Bar) and Reid Cacaro (Arl). Should be very competitive. Good luck picking this one. Thomas has a win over Cacaro so that may be a separator but I wouldn’t bet the farm either way. Good weight to follow since Arthur dropped down to 120.

 

132: Zarshenas (Arl) takes any suspense out of this weight. Colin Jones probably comes out of the lower bracket but no guarantee since Justin Taylor(Cor) can challenge here. Either way Zarshenas comes away with bonus points for his team. Also I would keep an eye on Tyler Brown from Munford. He could upset his way into the finals.

 

138: Is Grayson Young (Hou) healthy enough to wrestle? If so expect the 126 returning champ to be in the finals against last year’s 3rd place finisher at this weight, Will Craft (Arl). Should be a great match. Craft has been consistently very good this year and has not had to cut. Young hasn’t been healthy all season and that could be the difference here. Should be a good finals. Diego Scott-McCabe (Col) is a solid qualifier here and Jordan Taylor (Cor) will probably be the other guy to represent at States. Good Depth at this weight.

 

145: Mike Mowery (Arl) is easily the guy here given that Kris Bledsoe (Bol) has not wrestled the second half of the year. Assuming Bledsoe is gone, does Costner (Cor) drop down to challenge Mowery from 152? They met at 152 with Mowery coming out on top but Mowery walks around at 144. If Costner drops I expect he would make the finals over Holley and lose to Mowery to take second.

 

That’s it for now. Will hit the last seven weights later.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Does anyone have up to date region 8 individuals predictions?  Like the ones they did last season where they mentioned who the dark horse qualifier was ect.