Platte County Invitational

[pcparent]

Has the list of teams participating in the PC invitational on Jan 20-21 been finalized yet? I hope Omaha Skutt is back to defend their title. It is always a great tournament. Maybe this year PC can knock them off.

[Braveheart]

It is listed on the online NSAA schedule that they will be there:

http://www.nsaahome.org/calculate/fbclassout.phtml

[urpinned]

Is Skutt ranked in the nation ? Who/what weights are the ones to look out for

[RP-in-Nebraska]

Skutt is not ranked nationally, however, they are always in the running for the Nebraska Class B (equivalent to Missouri Class 3) title. Think of them as being similar to Park Hill, Ray-Pec, Hannibal, or Farmington.

[Matt Burnz]

Yes, similar to those schools... but with 8 straight state titles.

[RP-in-Nebraska]

Yes, this is true. I tried to give a current analogy - maybe a better analogy would be to equate them with Helias of the 1980's. Private Cotholic school, multiple state championships, mid-size, etc.

For the record, I believe Park Hill would send them back to Omaha with a loss.

Also, Nebraska has a different way of classifying schools than Missouri. Instead of taking the total number of schools and dividing by 4 to have 4 classes with the same number of schools, they assign the 32 largest schools to class 4 (half of the wrestlers are state qualifiers), the next 48 to class B, the next 64 to class C, and the rest (75) to class D. This yields a very lopsided class A with the largest school having 1996 students and the smallest having only 724. Skutt is 6th largest in class B with 512 students. The smallest in class B has only 198 students. This leaves 2 full classes of schools with fewer than 200 students each!

[RP-in-Nebraska]

I found this bit of information where Skutt wrestled Midwest City, OK at the Clash National Dual tournament in Minnesota. Compare that to the OP/Midwest and Blue Springs/Midwest duals below to get an idea of how Skutt might compare with some of Missouri's teams.

103 Willie Gunter Midwest City, OK fall Zach Cottle Skutt Catholic, NE 1:11
112 Tyler Untrauer Midwest City, OK decision Matt Katusin Skutt Catholic, NE 9 - 2
119 Seth Johnson Midwest City, OK fall Tyler Sackett Skutt Catholic, NE 3:26
125 Lance Ledesma Midwest City, OK fall Tyler Kottas Skutt Catholic, NE 5:12
130 Qunitin Cottle Skutt Catholic, NE decision Drew Hill Midwest City, OK 3 - 2
135 Mark Meyer Midwest City, OK fall Mike Corritore Skutt Catholic, NE 1:16
140 Tony Mahan Midwest City, OK major decision Derek Vogel Skutt Catholic, NE 16 - 5
145 Grant Young Midwest City, OK decision David Raetz Skutt Catholic, NE 5 - 1
152 Scott Nordstrom Skutt Catholic, NE decision Andrew Thigpen Midwest City, OK 6 - 1
160 Kyle Svendsen Skutt Catholic, NE major decision Rob Wood Midwest City, OK 11 - 1
171 Brady Todd Midwest City, OK decision Josh Anderson Skutt Catholic, NE 8 - 4
189 Nick Schaefer Skutt Catholic, NE fall Chris Hill Midwest City, OK 0:44
215 Matt Muschall Skutt Catholic, NE forfeit
275 Wayland Latham Skutt Catholic, NE fall Chad Grandstaff Midwest City, OK 2:56

Oak Park 36 Midwest City, Oklahoma 19

103 Mac Bailey (Oak Park) WBF Wille Gunter 4:22
112 Tyler Untrauer (Midwest City, Oklahoma) WBF Marty Uehlin 1:27
119 Jo Green (Oak Park) dec Seth Johnson 5-2
125 Lance Ledesma (Midwest City, Oklahoma) dec Jake Nay 12-5
135 Dylan Joiner (Oak Park) dec Mark Meyer 10-2
140 Tony Mahan (Midwest City, Oklahoma) dec David Weber 6-2
145 Shane Nay (Oak Park) TFALL Grant Young 29-14
152 Ray Hall (Oak Park) dec Andrew Thigpen 10-7
160 Mat Koelling (Oak Park) Mdec Rob Wood 15-4
171 Brent Haynes (Oak Park) TFALL Nick Kretzschmar 16-0
189 Chris Hill (Midwest City, Oklahoma) dec Mikhail Galich 16-4
215 Matt Welch (Midwest City, Oklahoma) dec Kolton Kono 11-6
275 Eric Bradshaw (Oak Park) dec Chad Grandtaff 5-3

Blue Springs 17 Midwest City, Oklahoma 48

103 Gunter (Midwest City, Oklahoma) dec Martell 10-6
112 Untrauer (Midwest City, Oklahoma) TFALL Toon 19-4
119 Johnson (Midwest City, Oklahoma) Mdec L. Greco 9-1
125 Ledesma (Midwest City, Oklahoma) WBF Thompson 3:38
130 Hill (Midwest City, Oklahoma) WBF D. Levee
135 Meyer (Midwest City, Oklahoma) WBF Howk 16-0
140 Mahan (Midwest City, Oklahoma) WBF Chionuma 0:35
145 Young (Midwest City, Oklahoma) dec R. Greco 7-5
152 Thigpen (Midwest City, Oklahoma) WBF K. Levee 1:06
160 Wood (Midwest City, Oklahoma) Mdec Neely 10-2
171 J. Bowman (Blue Springs) Mdec Kretzschmar 10-2
189 N. Bowman (Blue Springs) dec Hill 10-5
215 Ott (Blue Springs) Mdec Welch 14-5
275 Bradley (Blue Springs) WBF Grandstaff

[RP-in-Nebraska]

Just for fun, here’s a hypothetical match-up between Oak Park and Skutt based on head-to-head competition. Skutt is currently ranked #1 in Nebraska (I think for all 4 classes)

103 M. Bailey WBF Z. Cottle
112 Katusin dec Uehlin
119 Green WBF Sackett
125 J. Nay dec Kottas
130 O’Donnell Mdec Q. Cottle (based on national ranking for Scott and the fact that Cottle was only a SQ last year)
135 Joiner WBF Carritore
140 Z. Bailey T-Fall Vogel
145 S. Nay WBF Raetz
152 Nordstrom dec Hall (Nordstrum is 2005 state champ)
160 Svendsen dec Koelling (toss-up, I gave one toss-up to Skutt and one to OP)
171 Haynes T-Fall Anderson
189 Schaeffer Mdec Kono
215 Bradshaw dec Muschall (toss-up - I gave this one to Bradshaw based on the fact that Muschall was not a SQ last year)
HWT Madison dec. Lathum (given to Madison based on National ranking and Lathum went 1-2 at NE state last year losing by fall twice)

Final Score Oak Park 47, Skutt 13

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thanks RP

[Louie]

What are the the other schools attending.

[oxman]

I am not sure what teams have changed for 2006,
BUT here are the results of the 2005 tournament:
01/22/05---Platte County Tournament
1-Omaha Skutt Catholic NE-355.5,2-Platte County-236.5,3-Odessa-187,4-Neosho-170.5,
5-Harrisonville-168.5,6-Kirksville-166.5,7-Helias-163.5,8-Excelsior Springs-103
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[phdude]

i am anxious to see how the 112 # class shakes out,should be some great competition. burns, hunter,schmitz, and who ever from out of state.
schmitz is my pick to win unless someone from out of state surprises the field

[RP-in-Nebraska]

I don't know how good Schmitz is but Katusin from Skutt lost 9-2 vs. Untrauer from Midwest City, OK who pinned Marty Uehlin of Oak Park in the 1st period - to give you some perspective.

[phdude]

hope i haven't spoken out of turn and i certainly wouldnt want to put a target on colton schmitz back. I think that his only loss was to linderman of creston iowa last weekend in the finals at centerville tourny. really good freshman , that is all i am saying.

[mcrib]

I wasn't too far off by making a prediction on the outcome of the tournament, but here I go:

Skutt wins the tournament by more than 80+ points.

9 finalists with 8 champs
4 conso finalists with 4 3rd places
1 DNP

Sorry, Skutt is a power house and I would love to see them go down, but I don't think a MO school can do it.

[RP-in-Nebraska]

There are 3 MO schools that would destroy Skutt but they won't be at this tournament - Oak Park, Fort Zumwalt West, and Park Hill. Why don't you list by weight each of those 8 champs so we can analyze your statement.

For the record, I agree that Skutt will win this tournament. However, if they were in the Winnetonka tournament this weekend, they'd struggle to place in the top 5.

[pcfan82]

Maybe PC will surprise and make it closer than you think. Skutt is
good no denying that. But if I can use your earlier logic, you said
if Skutt was in the Winnetonka Tourn they would have a tough time
cracking the top 5. Well PC finished 5th in the Lee's Summit Tourn.
with OP and company in attendance. Only a few points behind Francis
Howell and Park Hill.
Who knows? You seem to right on with your other picks. Maybe -
Maybe not.

We will see Saturday Night.

:D

[Let's Grapple]

Hello Everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone could post up the results. Or better yet, Take digital pictures of the brackets and send them to me in Kuwait at larry.cottle@us.army.mil

I want to see the brackets seeing how my sons are wrestling there this weekend. I will in return post those brackets up this site as a hyperlink for each weight class.

I'm looking for some help here. Thanks :-)

LG

[banj]

Well we just got home from the tourney and yes Skutt won with Platte County second and Kirksville in third....there was some very good matches in the medal round best match for me was 145,my grandson Dakota Fowler beat the boy from Skutt by decision for first place. Tyler St. Louis also took first with a win over the boy from Odessa and Jake Mallonee took first with a win over Skutt. I don't have the brackett book with me so don't remember the other matches but we did see some good wrestlers today.. was a great tournament.

[pcparent]

Partial results

1 Omaha Skutt 385
2. Platte C 290
3. Kirksville 228
4. Odessa 167
5. Harrisonville
6. JC Helias
7. Ex. Springs
8. Grain Valley

Championship matches

103 Collte SK d Clemons OD
112 Katusin SK d Hunter H
119 Sackett SK d Schmitz K
125 Kottas SK d Bainbridge OD
130 St. Louis PC d Bainibridge OD
135 Cardenas SK d McClain PC
140 Hunter H d Wittmeyer PC
145 Fowler PC d Raetz SK
152 Nordstrom SK d Jones OD
160 Pace PC d Bossert SK
171 Alter K d Steele SK
189 Schaeffer SK d Guthier PC
215 Laudwig K d Scheetz PC
275 Mallonee PC d Latham SK

A couple of notes regarding PC-Henson was out with inury so PC had no one at 171.

Mallonee WBF in all of his matches, all but one in first period.

Great tournament. Skutt was as good as usual, and Kirksville showed really well.

[phdude]

what happened to burns and schmitz at 112?

[Louie]

Schmitz won his pool pinning burns, but got pinned by the hunter in the semis. Burns got beat by the skutte kid in the semis and then lost to schmitz for third. If 112 wasn't the toughest weight class it had to be close. The top four will be state medalist. Great wrestling.

[just a wrestling fan]

The thing about 112 was the Skutt wrestler was by far superior to the others. If you wrestled it 3 times the Skutt kid would win three times.
The real battle was at 130. St. Louis, Bainbridge and Skutt. All had outstanding battles with each other. If you wrestled this 3 times you could very well have three different winners.

[oxman]

Does anyone know the TEAM scores for all EIGHT teams involved??
Thanks.....
8)

[pcparent]

Sorry, couldn't write that fast on Saturday night.

Skutt-385.5
PC-290.5
Kirksville-248.5
Odessa-166.5
Harrisonville-127.5
Helias-117.5
Ex. Springs-114.5
Grain Valley-54.5
PC JV-51
Kirksville JV-8

[oxman]

pcparent---Thanks for all of the info...
8)

[deckman04]

We are pulling for you Colin Wittmeyer at Park Hill. Keep wrestling tough. Remember that the trip to Columbia is where all answers are answered. Keep up the hard work.

[C2Rankingforfun]

Just looking at the numbers for the results of PC Inv., IT APPEARS that Platte Co. is stronger team wise than they were last year (as i thought they might be) +53.5, but the biggest improvement goes to Kirksville +61.5 points.

[pcparent]

You are right-Kirksville was much improved over last year, and wrestled better than Odessa, and least this past weekend. PC would have scored better if Henson had been available-perhaps another 15+ points.

I was bothered by the number of open weights these traditional strong wrestling programs had-I don't know if it was a lot of injuries or what, but except for Skutt and PC, it seemed each team had at least five open weight classes.

[DaNutt]

to who ever does the class 2 rankings-------next ranking for 112 should be something like below--jmho :}

112
1st Nathan Anderson ??? McDonald County
2nd Shannon Fowler ??? Oak Grove
3rd Ben Hunter ??? Harrisonville
4th Colton Schmitz ??? Kirksville
5th Kendall Burns ??? Platte County
6th Craig Addison ??? Smithville
HM
Trey Burkhart ??? Seneca
Kirk Heembrock ??? St. Clair
Joe Lamar ??? Windsor
Zach Patton ??? Monett
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[phdude]

anderson got beat by burkhart at seneca,rankings should be
hunter
schmitz
burkhart
burns
addison
fowler
this is probably more realistic

[DaNutt]

really---didn't know that-----if that is the case I would re-do them like this----I agree with you that Hunter should be way up there.

112
1st Shannon Fowler ??? Oak Grove
2nd Ben Hunter ??? Harrisonville
3rd Colton Schmitz ??? Kirksville
4th Nathan Anderson ??? McDonald County
5th Kendall Burns ??? Platte County
6th Craig Addison ??? Smithville
HM
Trey Burkhart ??? Seneca
Kirk Heembrock ??? St. Clair
Joe Lamar ??? Windsor
Zach Patton ??? Monett


If Burkhart beat Anderson I would say it was a good accomplishment for him
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[Matt Burnz]

Hunter pinned Schmitz at PC tourn. but finished behind him at Belton (don’t think they met there?)
Schmitz pinned and teched Burns.
Burns decisioned Fowler.
Burkhart defeated Anderson at Seneca
Any more results anyone can throw into the mix?

without any more info, my guess would be:
1 Hunter
2 Schmitz
3 Burkhart
4 Burns
5 Fowler
6 Anderson
- Addison
- Lamar
- Patton

If I went with my gut instead of the results, I would switch Burkhart and Anderson, but Burkhart’s win knocks Anderson down a few notches.

[C2Rankingforfun]

I for one would have to agree with MatBurnz, no way should Fowler stay in the #1 slot, or even above Burns PC or the kids that beat him (Burns). Move over boys we have a new #1.

[C2Rankingforfun]

Does anybody have the semi final or pool matchup scores for any of the ranked kids that met there MUST HAVE been some good matches that can affect rankings?

[DaNutt]

Hunter pinned Schmitz at PC tourn. but finished behind him at Belton (don???t think they met there?)
Schmitz pinned and teched Burns.
Burns decisioned Fowler.
Burkhart defeated Anderson at Seneca
Any more results anyone can throw into the mix?

without any more info, my guess would be:
1 Hunter
2 Schmitz
3 Burkhart
4 Burns
5 Fowler
6 Anderson
- Addison
- Lamar
- Patton

If I went with my gut instead of the results, I would switch Burkhart and Anderson, but Burkhart???s win knocks Anderson down a few notches.

Matt-----you just may be right. Knowing that Fowler got beat by Burns changes my mind. IMHO Anderson could take it all but my bet at this point is Hunter. He is very good and fun to watch. I would like to know what Ma and Pa Hunter feed those boys LOL
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[RP-in-Nebraska]

Harrisonville has a pretty good BBQ restaurant called The Branding Iron.

That's what I'd want to be fed if I lived in H'ville.

[DaNutt]

i go to harrisonville quite often---------i'll have to ask the in-laws as they know every eating hole there. give me what the hunters eat please------oh--and make that a double I have some catching up to do LOL
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[Skidd Markz]

I think Matt Burnz hit it on the head. I'd put my money on Hunter to win it all. Could be an interesting bracket though.

[phdude]

dont know how the match between hunter and schmitz played out except that hunter pinned schmitz. that will not happen every time and colton is as good as hunter. but you well know that anyone can get caught and stuck when you have two very good kids wrestling all out.this bracket will definitely be fun to watch

[C2Rankingforfun]

Does anybody have head to head ranked kids in the pools? ANYBODY???

[eatmat]

14 & Under State Placers (2005)

110 lbs
1ST COLTIN SCHMITZ KVL
2ND JOE GREEN COM
3RD BEN HUNTER HAR
4TH MACK MANKOWICH FOX
5TH SEAN FITZGERALD PHY
6TH LUKE GRECO WTZ


Hunter and Schmitz are both GREAT wrestlers. However, these two will always keep us guessing. We wont know until they meet at state and they settle it for us once and for all. (well, at least for this year)