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Lots of familiar names in action at this weekend's Michigan State Open Michigan State Open trackwrestling brackets Paul Konrath (133) and Andrew Davison (197) won the Freshman/Sophomore division Other names I saw included Josh Stephenson 125 Kyle Luigs, Michael De La Pena 133 with a nice run back to 3rd Hunter Langeloh, JaVon Phillips, Alec White 141 David Kitko, Stephen Kitko 165 Tanner Webster 174 David Eli 197 In the main feature Open division Luke Welch won the tournament at 125. Purdue's Ben Thornton won at 133 Drew Hildebrandt 125 Chase Wilson 141 Jordan Napier, Kyle Todrank 149 Jason Tsirtsis, Jake Tucker 157 Alex Arney 165 Jacob Covaciu, Isaac Ray, Dylan Lydy, Drew Hughes 174 Mitch Sliga 184 Koby Woods 197 Shawn Streck, Jacob Aven 285 Note that Streck lost 10-3 to tourney champ Adam Coon of Michigan, then came back on a run to 3rd place. Tried to get all the Indiana guys, but sure I probably missed a few. Cool to see so many hoosier wrestlers at the next level

Meeting Minutes: Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 Ben Davis HS I. Call Meeting to Order II. Minutes from Spring Clinic Business Meeting (SAM) i. Sam Riesen read the meeting minutes from the Hall of Fame business meeting and the spring clinic. III. Financial Update/Status of Association (JD) i. JD Minch ii. $9,500 in our account iii. Explained that we would make a good amount at the clinic iv. JD stated that the association was doing “O.K” in terms of finances. v. Membership was roughly over 200 vi. Membership cards would be mailed IV. New Business a. IHSWCA Team State Duals Update (JD) i. 36 teams ii. Fort Wayne Coliseum will be the location iii. 2 years ago the event made a lot of $ iv. Last year was down due to the date v. Discussion took place about possible changes to a permanent date vi. Discussion took place about possible change to location vii. Greg Ratliff mentioned that he sent a questionnaire out to all teams who had participated in the Duals in the past about changing the date b. M.S. State i. Discussion took place about adding a qualifier ii. Discussion took place about a probable change in location for the event next year c. Regional Rep update – (Greg) i. Logansport Regional needed a representative- Tom Miller Lafayette Jeff Volunteered ii. Nick Kraus will replace Sam Riesen as Carroll Regional Representative (took place after the meeting) iii. Pendleton Heights regional needed a representative- Courtney Duncan of Frankton was named as a possible replacement (took place after the meeting) d. Committees i. Greg Ratliff mentioned the need for volunteers for the IHSWCA Committees ii. Jr. Academic All-State coordinator is needed V. NWCA Update (Dave Cloud) i. Discussed NWCA Duals ii. Discussed Indiana having a CEO leadership academy 1. Free NWCA CEO Leadership academy 2. Looking for 40-50 coaches 3. Looking for location 4. Best practices for your program 5. Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Pennsylvania have had one 6. Contact Dave Cloud at dcloud@smcsc.com VI. Old Business a. Membership Update (JD) 1. Covered during financial business VII. Other Business i. Dave Cloud asked about the feasibility of doing a Sophomore Academic All-state ii. Greg Ratliff said it would be on the next survey VIII. Any ideas or “items of concern”? IX. Good of the Order and Adjourn

Chad Red looked good winning the DakTronics Open beating the Number 6th ranked kid in the country in the final. Indiana Native Gable Stevenson also looked dominating winning the HWT bracket with ease....Man im pumped college wrestling is back At Clarion Nick Lee Made the Finals but lost to a tough #13 Brock Zacherl from Clarion. Definetly a winnable match. Look for him to improve throughout the year.

125 - Sunny Nier (3-1) placed 2nd. 2 tf and 1 md 125 - AJ Belden (3-2) placed 7th. 2 md and 1 dec 125 - Kory Cavanaugh (3-2) placed 5th. 1 fall, 1 md, and 1 dec. 133 - owen Doster (2-3) placed 6th. 1 fall and 1 md. Had to injury def. out of tourn. 133 - Jonah shillings (0-2) 133 - Chris Diaz (3-1) placed 2nd and scored 19.00 team points. 1 fall, 1 inj def, and 1 dec. 141 - Jacob Stevenson (1-2) 1 md 141 - Daylan Schurg (4-2) placed 4th. 3 falls and 1 md 149 - Austin Bethel (4-2) placed 4th. 2 falls, 1 inj def, and 1 dec 149 - Jared Timberman (5-0) placed 1st and scored 26.00 team points. 3 falls and 2 dec 149 - Jacob Ferris (2-2) 1 fall and 1 dec 149 - Collin Meggison (0-2) 157 - Micah Keller (1-2) 1 fall 157 - Kyle Hatch (5-0) placed 1st and scored 29.00 team points. 3 falls and 2 tf. 165 - Anthony Cicciarelli (3-2) placed 4th and scored 15.50 team points. 2 falls and 1 dec. 174 - Darden Schurg (3-0) placed 1st and scored 21.50 team points. 1 tf, 1 md, and 1 dec. 184 - Will Amberger (1-3) placed 8th. 1 md 184 - Hunter Bates (4-0) placed 1st and scored 22.50 team points. 1 fall, 1 tf, and 2 dec. 197 - Kyle Shaffer (4-0) placed 1st and scored 26.00 team points. 2 falls, inj def, and dec. 197 - Heath Ault (4-1) placed 3rd. 1 fall and 3 dec 197 - Grant Gough (4-2) placed 4th. 2 falls, 1 md, and 1 dec 197 - Chris Wilson (4-2) placed 5th. 2 falls, 1 dec, and a ff 285 - Christian Redmond (3-3) placed 6th. 2 falls and a dec. 285 - Wade Ripple (3-1) placed 2nd and scored 21.00 team points. 3 falls. Lost in overtime in finals.

I did watch it as I was grading papers yesterday and I thought the first stall was warranted (in the first period) as Streck backed up a lot and really made no attempt to get back in bounds, but the last 2 in the third period, you could argue that Coon was not allowing Streck back in. Coon would bully Streck to the line, then post hard as Streck tried to push back in. As big as Streck is, Coon made him look small and easily pushed him out of bounds. The official was consistent, calling it stalling every time, but Coon was not trying to score, he was just driving Streck out and it cost Streck a point in Unsportsmanlike too as he looked to have told the official what he thought about his stall penalties in the third. Long way to go, but promising start for him and a lot of Purdue's Varsity Lineup.

Very well done as usual! Gets better every year.

Great Job on it......Thank's for all your guys hard work and time putting it together. Not an easy task