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It is 2017. We need more than final score. Post results people-come on As a member of the IHSWCA Team State Seeding Committee-those 36 teams need to be posting full results-what we have seen so far just isn't acceptable!2 points
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Article: #MondayMatness: Stroud leading Elkhart Central back to the top
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By STEVE KRAH stvkrh905@gmail.com A willingness to work toward constant improvement has helped raise Elkhart Central High School’s wrestling profile on the bigger stage. The 2016-17 Blue Blazers forged an 11-5 dual-meet record, beat crosstown rival Elkhart Memorial in a dual meet for the first time in many years then raised an Elkhart Sectional team trophy for the first time in 28. With Nick Conner (285 pounds), Tykease Baker (160) and Xander Stroud (145) winning their respective weight classes Blue Blazers edged Northridge by two points. It was the ECHS program’s first sectional team title since 1989. The Blazers won the sectional with a come-from-behind pin victory in a consolation match. “It takes a lot of team effort,” says Central head coach Zach Whickcar, now in his sixth season of leading the wrestling program at his alma mater. He grappled for four seasons, graduating in 2006. “Everybody needs to pull their weight. “We won sectional with 14 guys, but it was the 14 behind them were every bit as important. They needed someone to practice with.” “It’s been a total buy-in. We took 11 kids to the Jeff Jordan’s State Champ Camp (during the high school off-season). The kids genuinely like being around each other. “It’s consistency and being present that gets you to where you want to be.” While they want to win during the regular, everything the Blazers do is focused toward the postseason. “I’m always telling them that we want to be peaking at sectionals,” says Whickcar. “We want to put out a product that’s competitive. But we want to do what is best for the kids. We want to win a sectional (team title) and we want to do well (as individuals) in the state tournament.” Since Whickcar took over as head coach for the 2012-13 season (the Blazers were 2-16 in duals that year), Central has produced five IHSAA State Finals qualifiers — Johnny Tredway (eighth place at 160 pounds in 2013), Eliseo Guerra (sixth at 220 in both 2014 and 2015), Stroud (eighth at 145 in 2017) and Chaz Boyd (did not place at 138 in 2017). Whickcar calls Stroud a “mat junkie.” “He’s always wrestling,” says Whickcar of a grappler who regularly attends Indiana State Wrestling Association Regional Training Center sessions at Jimtown High School and Midwest Extreme Wrestling Club events at Penn High School besides going to places like Virginia Beach and the Iowa Nationals during the summer. “He takes advantage of those opportunities.” Stroud said competing in big tournaments has one effect and practicing against good wrestlers has a another. “The wrestling is done in the RTC’s,” says Stroud. “The tournaments help you with your mindset. It’s about not being worried about who you are facing and just working on your stuff. You wrestle like how you want to wrestle. “It’s just you wrestling that other kid.” Plenty of time in the circle has led to acute mat awareness for Stroud. “He has a real feel for what he needs to do,” says Whickcar. “Like all of our wrestlers, he is able to find a couple of good things he is good at and uses them. He has pretty good leg attacks. But he definitely can get better.” The wrestler talks about what mat awareness means to him. “Where I’m at on the mat and the moves I chose to make depends on where I’m at,” says Stroud. “If I’m we’re the outer edge of the mat and I’m on the inside part of the mat and he’s closer to the line, I might shoot him out to get him out-of-bounds to re-set my position to the center.” “Or maybe he has my leg, I’ll watch my position and step out so we can re-set and go back to the center.” A rule change this season also allows wrestlers to get pins outside the circle. Before they could get “back” points but not falls. “You still have to have a supporting part (of your body) inbounds,” says Stroud. “Now you can go for a pin instead of just getting points. “You have to really watch your position more now since you can get pinned out-of-bounds.” The current Central lineup features Sean Johnson (106), Eric Garcia (113), Brad Felder (120), Jacob Hess (126), Tony Lopez (132), Raul Martinez (138), Peyton Anderson or Austin Garcia (145), Nathan Dibley (152), Xander Stroud (160), Carlos Fortoso (170), Peterson Ngo (182), Alex Lucias (195), Omar Perez (220) and Nick Conner (285). Stroud, Conner, Lucias, Martinez, Perez and Ngo (back after wrestling for Central as a sophomore) are seniors leading the 2017-18 Blazers. “Those six seniors have busted their butt,” says Whickcar. “They love the sport.” Stroud, who is planning to study biomedical engineering in college and may wrestle at the next level, says he prefers to lead by example. “Omar Perez and Alex Lucias — They are pretty vocal,” says Stroud. “I only yell when I have to. “Our team is pretty good about doing what they are supposed to (be doing). During the season, we do larger things. At the end of the season, we fine-tune things. That’s when you want to peak — at the end of the season.” The Blazers opened the 2017-18 varsity season Saturday, Nov. 25 by placing second to Central Noble at the Elkhart Central Turkey Duals. Before the New Year, the Blazers have home dual meets slated against Northridge Dec. 5 and Mishawaka Dec. 7. Then comes the Jim Nicholson Charger Invitational at Elkhart Memorial Dec. 9 and dual meets at Elkhart Memorial Dec. 12 and South Bend Adams Dec. 14 followed by the 32-team Al Smith Classic at Mishawaka Dec. 29-30. Coming down the stretch of the regular season, there’s a dual at Penn Jan. 4, East Noble Invitational Jan. 6, Northern Indiana Conference meet Jan. 13 and dual at Jimtown Jan. 18. Besides Whickcar, ECHS wrestlers are pushed by a coaching staff with Central graduates Abe Que, Trevor Echartea and Zack Kurtz, Elkhart Memorial graduates Carson Sappington and Steven Vergonet and Concord graduate Brian Pfeil. View full article2 points -
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Knightstown is up to date now with individual results2 points -
And on the flip side.... I subscribed to Flo for the Who's No 1 event. Had all kinds of problems and couldn't get a reliable feed at all. Note, I've watched other events on Flo on the same computer and internet connection with no problem. I emailed them asking for a refund. They're response. The problem was on your end and you didn't contact us during the event for support. Since you had access to the event, we are charging you the $29.99 monthly fee (which wasn't available when I purchased) and refunding the rest of your annual payment. So I paid $29.95 for a sh*tty unwatchable feed for one night and was basically told to like it. I'll take TW any day over that BS. Add to that I can pick and choose which events I pay for on TW, rather than be forced to pay annually.2 points
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By STEVE KRAH stvkrh905@gmail.com A willingness to work toward constant improvement has helped raise Elkhart Central High School’s wrestling profile on the bigger stage. The 2016-17 Blue Blazers forged an 11-5 dual-meet record, beat crosstown rival Elkhart Memorial in a dual meet for the first time in many years then raised an Elkhart Sectional team trophy for the first time in 28. With Nick Conner (285 pounds), Tykease Baker (160) and Xander Stroud (145) winning their respective weight classes Blue Blazers edged Northridge by two points. It was the ECHS program’s first sectional team title since 1989. The Blazers won the sectional with a come-from-behind pin victory in a consolation match. “It takes a lot of team effort,” says Central head coach Zach Whickcar, now in his sixth season of leading the wrestling program at his alma mater. He grappled for four seasons, graduating in 2006. “Everybody needs to pull their weight. “We won sectional with 14 guys, but it was the 14 behind them were every bit as important. They needed someone to practice with.” “It’s been a total buy-in. We took 11 kids to the Jeff Jordan’s State Champ Camp (during the high school off-season). The kids genuinely like being around each other. “It’s consistency and being present that gets you to where you want to be.” While they want to win during the regular, everything the Blazers do is focused toward the postseason. “I’m always telling them that we want to be peaking at sectionals,” says Whickcar. “We want to put out a product that’s competitive. But we want to do what is best for the kids. We want to win a sectional (team title) and we want to do well (as individuals) in the state tournament.” Since Whickcar took over as head coach for the 2012-13 season (the Blazers were 2-16 in duals that year), Central has produced five IHSAA State Finals qualifiers — Johnny Tredway (eighth place at 160 pounds in 2013), Eliseo Guerra (sixth at 220 in both 2014 and 2015), Stroud (eighth at 145 in 2017) and Chaz Boyd (did not place at 138 in 2017). Whickcar calls Stroud a “mat junkie.” “He’s always wrestling,” says Whickcar of a grappler who regularly attends Indiana State Wrestling Association Regional Training Center sessions at Jimtown High School and Midwest Extreme Wrestling Club events at Penn High School besides going to places like Virginia Beach and the Iowa Nationals during the summer. “He takes advantage of those opportunities.” Stroud said competing in big tournaments has one effect and practicing against good wrestlers has a another. “The wrestling is done in the RTC’s,” says Stroud. “The tournaments help you with your mindset. It’s about not being worried about who you are facing and just working on your stuff. You wrestle like how you want to wrestle. “It’s just you wrestling that other kid.” Plenty of time in the circle has led to acute mat awareness for Stroud. “He has a real feel for what he needs to do,” says Whickcar. “Like all of our wrestlers, he is able to find a couple of good things he is good at and uses them. He has pretty good leg attacks. But he definitely can get better.” The wrestler talks about what mat awareness means to him. “Where I’m at on the mat and the moves I chose to make depends on where I’m at,” says Stroud. “If I’m we’re the outer edge of the mat and I’m on the inside part of the mat and he’s closer to the line, I might shoot him out to get him out-of-bounds to re-set my position to the center.” “Or maybe he has my leg, I’ll watch my position and step out so we can re-set and go back to the center.” A rule change this season also allows wrestlers to get pins outside the circle. Before they could get “back” points but not falls. “You still have to have a supporting part (of your body) inbounds,” says Stroud. “Now you can go for a pin instead of just getting points. “You have to really watch your position more now since you can get pinned out-of-bounds.” The current Central lineup features Sean Johnson (106), Eric Garcia (113), Brad Felder (120), Jacob Hess (126), Tony Lopez (132), Raul Martinez (138), Peyton Anderson or Austin Garcia (145), Nathan Dibley (152), Xander Stroud (160), Carlos Fortoso (170), Peterson Ngo (182), Alex Lucias (195), Omar Perez (220) and Nick Conner (285). Stroud, Conner, Lucias, Martinez, Perez and Ngo (back after wrestling for Central as a sophomore) are seniors leading the 2017-18 Blazers. “Those six seniors have busted their butt,” says Whickcar. “They love the sport.” Stroud, who is planning to study biomedical engineering in college and may wrestle at the next level, says he prefers to lead by example. “Omar Perez and Alex Lucias — They are pretty vocal,” says Stroud. “I only yell when I have to. “Our team is pretty good about doing what they are supposed to (be doing). During the season, we do larger things. At the end of the season, we fine-tune things. That’s when you want to peak — at the end of the season.” The Blazers opened the 2017-18 varsity season Saturday, Nov. 25 by placing second to Central Noble at the Elkhart Central Turkey Duals. Before the New Year, the Blazers have home dual meets slated against Northridge Dec. 5 and Mishawaka Dec. 7. Then comes the Jim Nicholson Charger Invitational at Elkhart Memorial Dec. 9 and dual meets at Elkhart Memorial Dec. 12 and South Bend Adams Dec. 14 followed by the 32-team Al Smith Classic at Mishawaka Dec. 29-30. Coming down the stretch of the regular season, there’s a dual at Penn Jan. 4, East Noble Invitational Jan. 6, Northern Indiana Conference meet Jan. 13 and dual at Jimtown Jan. 18. Besides Whickcar, ECHS wrestlers are pushed by a coaching staff with Central graduates Abe Que, Trevor Echartea and Zack Kurtz, Elkhart Memorial graduates Carson Sappington and Steven Vergonet and Concord graduate Brian Pfeil.1 point
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there are a lot of weights that 17-25 have guys who could medal. The depth is crazy1 point -
Article: #MondayMatness: Stroud leading Elkhart Central back to the top
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As always, Steve Krah does justice to the story. Hats off to Coach Whickcar for and staff for a storybook season last year - capped off with a sectional title that came down to 5 teams in the final round. As for Xander, I'll be one of the most vocal of all his fans. If anyone has watched this team in recent years you'd remember Xander b/c he used to be the one who would almost get disqualified for using all of his blood time every match! He has always been a gritty, tough competitor. With a coach like Whickcar it was only a matter of time until Xander was top tier. Like the other outstanding athletes Whickcar has produced thus far: Tredway, Guerra, Boyd... Xander is also an outstanding person. He is the kind of person you want your kid to hangout with (for help with homework, character, or mat technique)! Thanks again to Steve for always supporting wrestling and telling the wrestling story from the Thanksgiving tournaments all the way to the 'Big Dance'.1 point -
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I wonder if it is a situation like my son's first meet. He didn't quite get down to 170 (weighed 171), and then bumped up to 195 to wrestle. I'm betting Tucker will be 70 or less at some point this season - but I'm don't know for sure.1 point -
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182 Jalen morgan (elwood) dec. Tucker Coffman (union city) 3-11 point -
I don't think that Lemley will be moving up IMO. I think the ECSS ranks will be a little mixed up the next few weeks, heard some studs lost wrestle offs, and also probably some weight changes here and there. OTR will get it squared up once everything lines up.1 point
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Feel free to add results here http://indianamat.com/index.php?/individual_result.html/1 point -
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195- Conner Graber (Northridge) dec Jonyvan Johnson (New Haven) 4-2 195- Conner Graber (Northridge) dec Grant Goforth (Indian Creek) 4-21 point -
Don't you worry. Portage will have all of our results posted for you, typically within 15 minutes of our last match being completed on a given day. I went on this rant last year that TW makes it real easy to just print the box score of the event. Hope people actually start doing it soon.1 point