D4 State Semifinal Previews

#1 Hudson (35-3) vs. #4 Decatur (37-6)

These predictions are based mostly on these teams standard type of line-ups and what mostly likely would happen if nobody bumped.

Hudson	Weight	Decatur	Match Prediction	Total Score
Kimling (35-10)	106	Cady (35-12)	Hud +5	5-0 Hud
Beal (43-5)	113	Bowlby (6-4)	Hud +6	11-0 Hud
Kimling (23-13)	120	Burns (48-2)	Dec +4	11-4 Hud
Butts (18-6)	126	West (26-21)	Hud +4	15-4 Hud
Rising (20-8)	132	Pena (18-13)	Hud +6	21-4 Hud
Sorrow (46-2)	138	England (6-23)	Hud +6	27-4 Hud
Perry (40-7)	144	Gardner (36-17)	Hud +5	35-4 Hud
W. Kimble (42-4)	150	DeJesus (27-24)	Hud +6	41-4 Hud
Campbell (48-0)	157	A. Wiggins (43-12)	Hud +6	47-4 Hud
B. Kimble (13-13)	165	Morales (51-4)	Dec +6	47-10 Hud
Loop (29-14)	175	B. Mead (23-5)	Dec +3	47-13 Hud
Brigman (37-10)	190	Docekal (23-16	Hud +6	53-13 Hud
Marshall (34-14)	215	P.Wiggins (39-14)	Hud +3	56-13 Hud
Linton (10-9)	285	R. Bradford (39-1)	Dec +6	56-19 Hud
Final		Final	Hud	56-19

Arellano Hurtado did not wrestle for Decatur and McClain did not wrestle for Hudson so we will assume they are still out for the semis.  Decatur has the best chance to pick up points with Burns, Morales, and Bradford but the Tigers will roll in the finals.  It was a great run for the Raiders as most people outside of Decatur did not see them getting out of regionals. 

#2 St. Louis (24-3) vs. #3 Clinton (28-8)

St. Louis	Weight	Clinton	Match Predictions	Total Score
Ramirez (23-17)	106	H. Miller (37-13)	+6 Clin	6-0
Clapp (36-10)	113	Taylor 42-8)	+3 Clin	9-0
Rodriguez (39-0)	120	Driscoll (10-23)	+6 SL	9-6 Clin
Fogel (48-3)	126	K. Miller (5-2)	+6 SL	12-9 SL
Grollimund (35-15)	132	Worden (24-20)	+4 SL	16-9 SL
Haworth (41-8)	138	Cooley (31-26)	+3 SL	19-9 SL
Schulz (9-18)	144	Benschoter (23-9)	+6 Clin	19-15 SL
Anger (33-19)	150	Bolton (36-16)	+3 Clin	19-18 SL
Borie (10-2)	157	Randolph (31-10)	+6 Clin	24-19 Clin
Tweh (37-17)	165	Jones (36-8)	+4 Clin	28-23 Clin
Challender (43-6)	175	Lakatos (25-13)	+6 SL	29-28 SL
Zacharko (34-20)	190	Randolph (46-2)	+6 Clin	34-29 Clin
Geer (27-15)	215	Wright (19-17)	+3 SL	34-32 Clin
Russell (30-24)	285	Whelan (38-3)	+4 Clin	38-32 Clin
Final		Score		38-32 Clin

Geer did not wrestle on Friday and several wrestlers below him all bumped up but their lineup appears stronger with him in it and they may have been holding him back for the Semis.  Clinton will likely keep the above line-up in the lower weights instead of bumping Miller and Taylor down.  Before doing this write-up, I thought St. Louis would win but now I am not so sure.  Both teams have the ability to mix and match and bump and I believe they will.  Both teams are also wrestling extremely well, and I expect this to be a dogfight.  Either team could easily win this for the chance to face Hudson in the finals.