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Kesterson is a joke

Posted by Transparency on 2/17/2025, 5:51 pm

Justin Kesterson
via FinalForms

It has taken some time, but the Mat Classic Brackets are once again live on TrackWrestling (TW). Here is the information for the postseason SOPs, which includes seeding criteria and the Zoom link for tonight’s meeting. That meeting is primarily for Head Coaches: 2025 Wrestling Postseason SOPs.

For transparency, the issues we encountered yesterday and today were due to how the criteria for District Qualifying were set up in TW and how team rosters were labeled. Initially, the system was pulling all placers from qualifying events instead of just the qualifying tournament champions, as outlined in the criteria. Once that issue was corrected, another change affected the seeds when they were updated today. We have since worked with TW to correct all qualifying tournaments, re-captured all available data, and re-seeded the brackets.

The brackets now reflect all the data in TW, along with what coaches have entered on their schedule pages. Please refer back to the SOPs for all seeding criteria. There may be instances where a wrestler has a win against a higher seed but is ranked below them. This is due to the total points earned through the criteria.

In the wrestling bracket, wrestlers are compared to each other using specific criteria, one at a time. Each wrestler is evaluated based on the given standard, earning either a point or no points depending on how well they meet the criteria. This process continues for each criterion until all wrestlers have been assessed. Once all points are awarded, wrestlers are ranked in the bracket according to their total score, determining their position and seeding for the competition.

Thank you,
Washington Interscholastic Activities Association

Hey Justin what about 3 way ties? How did you in all of your ever knowing brilliance handle that? That is a start to being transparent.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by Agree on 2/17/2025, 5:56 pm, in reply to "Kesterson is a joke"

And why didn’t they just do this the first time around? They released shut down and released the brackets how many times? Who exactly is looking at these and going one by one through each person? Do they even know anything about wrestling? dumb

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by So.... on 2/17/2025, 6:09 pm, in reply to "Kesterson is a joke"

So how do you explain a kids who dropped two weight classes and have no common opponents, didn't win their district meet, and are seeded #3 etc?

Lots of bias going on from what I can see.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by Correct on 2/17/2025, 6:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

Definitely Bias. Someone doesn’t like how a bracket looks they throw a fit and it gets changed? Or depending on who ya know or if your kid is cool then you get a better seed? Should be easy. Numbers don’t lie
Wa needs to get it figured out. WIAA needs to figure it out.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by opinion on 2/17/2025, 6:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

number one sop says head to head though. its ridiculous go to track, click on weights, click on seed and click on your athlete. Then click on head to head and it shows no one has beat anyone.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by If only on 2/17/2025, 8:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

If only we had a regional tournament to sort this out.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by 4A Coach on 2/19/2025, 9:54 am, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

If we had regionals, 4A 144 would have Daeton Johnson and Noah Koyama wrestling in the second match at state.

Noah and Izzy opposite sides, Daeton goes into the top quarter.

Regional placement in the bracket was horrible. Let's not rewrite history here. There couldn't be a worse format than what we had previously.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by Wrong on 2/19/2025, 5:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

If they both won their regions, they wouldn't meet until the semis. The only way to meet in the quarters is if one or both didn't win regionals. Even then, it wouldn't be guaranteed. Sorry coach, but you don't seem to understand bracketology.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by Coach is Right on 2/19/2025, 7:16 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

Johnson lost to Izzy in the finals of districts. Anyone who knows anything about this particular group of wrestlers, they are excellent.

Johnson or Izzy vs Koyama for the second match ain't right.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by It happens on 2/19/2025, 7:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

It happens all the time when we used to have one region that was particularly good in on weight. There have been years when all 4 semifinalists came from the same region. Right or wrong, you have to beat everyone at some point to win. With 4 returning champions, this is definitely the weight to watch. I love that these guys all chose to go the same weight and not run from the challenge. This weight will be epic. BTW, imagine being in Pennsylvania. There is a weight with 5 Division 1 commits and 3 ranked in the top 15 in the country

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by 4A Coach on 2/19/2025, 9:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

Acosta and Johnson have to be on opposite sides if they come from the same region.

That means Johnson sees Koyma in the 2nd round

It’s obvious that you have zero idea how the current or past placement in the bracket work or worked. You look like an idiot.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by Wrong on 2/19/2025, 10:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

Maybe you should read the post again. I clearly stated that they would only see each other in the quarters if one or both lost at regionals. Either way, it is still 50% whether they would meet in the quarters or semis. If you need me to explain the math, I can.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by 4A Coach on 2/19/2025, 10:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

Good system, state finalist likely meeting in round 2. Listen to yourself. The regional model for placing into the bracket was the dumbest way possible.

There’s no world where the old system was even close to what they showed this year.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by Trump on 2/17/2025, 9:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

The mat classic is just as rigged as all the elections I lost.

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by Shut up on 2/17/2025, 10:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

Just shut up!

Re: Kesterson is a joke

Posted by Momma on 2/19/2025, 10:06 am, in reply to "Re: Kesterson is a joke"

I shut your mom up

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