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I wanted to shout out and thank Martin for showing me that in addition to being a great wrestler he is a great young man. After Al Smith day 1 one of my wrestlers left his phone down by the scales on the ground. Martin found it and brought to me to return to my wrestler. As coaches we warn our kids about leaving valuable things unattended at a wrestling meet but if we had more people like this young man we wouldn’t have to worry. Secondly congrats on an Al Smith title really enjoyed watching you in the finals and I am definitely a fan of yours both on and off the mat!

Kid was from the host school....home cooking 100 percent. Leroy let that ref have it!!! Ripped him good.

That was a horrible call

Curious to see the new updated rankings. Should be some changes after this past week of wrestling!

I am a firm believer that you don’t grow unless you fail. And by fail I mean wrestle tough competition to make you better...you only get better when you’re getting beat, most of the time!

-Spartan notables- 126) Viduya over Smiley 6-2 132) Noehre over Phillips fall 138) Moore over Burford major . Burford over Pugsley . Dembowski over Pugsley . Moore over Dembowski Pugsley over Strueder 145) Lohrey over Noehre 7-4 Lohrey over Humbert fall Noehre over Carr dec 152) Lamore over Browning tech 18-3 160) Eitlegeorge over Kasch 5-4 Eitlegeorge over Winner 4-2 (I think) Winner over Coffman 7-2 170) Lowe over Trafiacanti 3-1 182) Allred over Mahan tech 20-2 Mahan over Potosky fall Allred over Christiansen fall Wish I could help more brother. But these are the match-ups and scores I'm most familiar with. There's some other scores/match ups in the Spartan thread that may be helpful as well. They didn't include scores on the brackets by the way. Either way.....hope the info is beneficial.

There is reaction time The ref must have x ray vision

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=brecksville+wrestling+tournament+2017&&view=detail&mid=B4F956795932944BBB07B4F956795932944BBB07&FORM=VRDGAR

Negative consequences for resting starters who are sick?! Lmao you gotta be joking me! I pray McGinely (sp?) and crew never have to rest a few starters due to illness and lose. God forbid a kids health being more important then some local tournament win. But you wanna say they should drop in the rankings, lmao give cathedral the top spot. Brownsburg at full strength runs through that tourney like a hot knife through butter.

Spartan Classic@126 / Freshman Gabe Phillips Centerville over Kyle Holman Carmel 8-0 MD

Great insight with Hull & You, I had the same with Steven Bradley back in our AAU days . I was always counting the lights though. Thank You

That's funny you say that about the 3 point stance because that's exactly what I thought was his best chance to slow him down. I don't think it's possible to stop him no matter if you are in a 3 point stance or a 300 point stance?. When they are that quick all you can hope to do is slow him down. It reminds me of a funny story of when I wrestled. I wrestled Nick Hull in the Spartan Classic Semis or Finals I believe it was and I remember what i was thinking after the first period was over. I was thinking it was physically not possible that another human could be as quick as he was. After watching the video several times over the years including recently with my dad, we always laugh at me when that third period starts. When it starts we were neutral and as the ref was blowing the whistle to wrestle, Hull just kinda flinched his head the slightest at the same time the ref was blowing the whistle to start and my dad swears till this day that I sprawled before the whistle was blown.??. There is no defense for something that you do not have time to react too. So that is why you have to already be down there as low as possible in the 3 point stance or some guys I've seen do very well slowing quickness down by kinda staying down low on one knee. I was really impressed with Decatur. I don't think we have anyone in Indiana that could beat him untill we get up around 138-145. I only see a few guys IN MY OWN OPINION that could beat him at the 138 pound weight class. I couldn't believe he wasn't on the P4P Rankings. Seems like a nice and humble kid too. The crazy thing is even tho he beat Asa convincingly, I think there was a lot of things that Asa did positive and some things that Asa could learn from this match to make him overall alot better wrestler in the future (ex. Knowing which wrestlers to use a 3 point stance against and which ones to have a squared stance against). Maybe they meet again some day in the NCAA Championships(when it truly matters) and he gets his payback. Good luck the rest of the year and more importantly stay healthy.

Observations/Takeaways from the Al Smith: 106 championship match was awesome. Lots of nice scrambles and back-and-forth through the first two periods. Cruz looked great and imo established himself as a contender. A little biased, but I’d still say the 120 Finals was one of the most exciting matches of the day. Lucas Davison is even better than I thought. Penola looked fantastic in the semis and I expected the match to be moderately close, wouldn’t have ever guessed a 10-0. Columbus East has built a squad the last few years and should have multiple kids competing for Al Smith titles in the coming years. Same for Chesterton and Zionsville. Shout Out to Eli Pokorney. Takes a special talent to win the Afton Quadrangular three times, and with a chance at a fourth.

Good for Martin, did a classy thing with no real obligation to. And congrats to him on his championship. Showed no intimidation against Bailey in the finals, came out and just kept firing away.

And it appears Asa is closing that gap, at least since Disney! It’ll only make him better at the state tourney here in Indiana.

I feel for you ontherise...lots of great matches the past week!

Sounds like a great young man! We as coaches love seeing this!

Whitko Inv. #3 Cressell over #2 Graber 5-4

Good luck with that! I hear it’s under lock and key in a ultra secure facility located in the basement of Fort Knox

Not sure, he obviously made weight. Asa a big 26, just body types I guess . Decatur a explosive wrestler, quick on his feet. Like for Asa to stay in a 3 point stance in the match to counter act his attacks on his feet but like most matches your involved in he decides to wrestle him squared up. Decatur capitalizes on that that type of defense. They’ll tangle more through out the spring/Summer Grind . Might even train together again at Jordan Camps . Just gotta keep closing the gap.

I have been updating I would like to see the Connersville backets

Coaches are suppose to be getting final results emailed to them on Monday. I will pass them on when I get them.

Asa wrestled his butt off and represented Avon/Indiana like a true champion. Very proud of why I saw from him and his team mates. Can't speak for TeamGarcia, but IMO weigh outs on day 1, rather than weigh ins on day 2, gave an advantage to weight cutters. Guys in the semi finals finished up around 7-8pm on day 1, weighed out, then didn't compete again until 1pm on day 2. If I had to guess, I'd say some boys put on 10-15lbs over night!

Finals at North Montgomery Holiday Tournament New Haven 182 Jonyvan Johnson dec. Elwood's Jalen Morgan (182 #13) 3-2 195 Jaxson Savieo pins Huntington North's Charlie Agnew in OT

North Montgomery holiday tournament 106-simone(hse) dec pierson (wc) 6-3 113-ross(wc) pins moseley(nm) -kitko(nob) dec peters(wc) 5-0 126-hall(hn) pins johnson(nm) 132-cottingham(w) dec sparks(nob) 7-1 138-kitko(nob) dec coleman(wc)8-7 170-hauke(nc) pins wray(nm) 285-adams(nm) dec stone(elwood) 4-3 Great tournament - ran very well- polite and gracious hosts especially Seth's parents, a truly great wrestling family. Thank you

Try not to brag about my kid, he wrestled well and if you know me I’m his #1 Fan and represent him well . Lol Thank You #teamgarcia

Indiana taking it on the chin this round. But.... in the long run they are all winning. The level of wrestling here is stupid good. Great matchups of D1 kids, one after another. Both teams have had super good sportsmanship. Representing well.

Er’body Odell. Odell lost a lot of weight.

Not a problem. This young man just made us, Portage Wrestling family, proud this weekend. And I want to make sure he gets the recognition he deserves for a great tournament.

Very good luck to your boy in the finals. Just tell him to have fun now. No one expects him to win(not literally) so he has nothing to lose and also make sure no matter what happens that after the match he doesn't regret not doing something. I know it's gonna be probably the toughest match(or one of them) of his career so far but I can tell him one thing I know. He has everyone i know from Indiana and from Indianamat behind him and very very proud of him no matter the outcome. To make the finals in that tournament is probably as hard as winning an Indiana State Title.GOOD LUCK ASA!!!! and rest of Indiana boys still wrestling.

I'd love to watch more finals matches instead of placement and interviews. WTF?

I’d recommend some Thermaflu or DayQuil throw in some Chicken Noodle Soup if your vomiting on #TheCountyFlu, might consider some of that new stuff Gatorade is making, what is it called #hateraid to get back your fluids you lost from #TheCountyFlu its going around bad these days around here. Hope you get well soon .

So in your drunk and bored rant you’re saying it’s a bad thing for a coach to hold on kids that are sick and place back ups? #1 or not, a wrestlers health is more important then winning a tourney or being ranked #1. Kudos to Snyder and his crew. They say drunk thoughts speak the sober mind.

Fair enough. But, how boring would this site be if we all just got on here and had to listen to “The County” vomit on us all their accolades, feeder programs, etc. Somebody’s got to keep those boys in check. And if the #1 team in the state losing isn’t newsworthy on this site, I don’t know what is. Likewise, if Chesterton or Columbus East (who both are wrestling splendidly) knock of Cathedral at #2 at the Al Smith this afternoon, there will be plenty of chatter. But, mainly, I was a little drunk and bored.

Very manly to hide behind screen names! IT WILL BE SETTLED IN THE COMING WEEKS!

He's a die-hard Cathedral fan that feels slighted by his defending IHSAA state champ Irish not having a Number 1 next to their name in the duals rankings. Even though it's clear to all that they could be the best duals team, he sadly has taken it on himself to disparage Team State and diminish Brownsburg on multiple threads in hopes of convincing us. Having no connection to any of the top few teams, I personally think Cathedral is a juggernaut this year, but I definitely wish IWG would just let their performances do the talking.

I am a fan of rankings because I believe it can get your community talking about your team and ultimately grow the sport. This being said you will hear no complaint from Brownsburg regarding our ranking or seed at anything. Seeds and rankings generate discussion of our sport which is good for our growth. We care nothing but the end result. Yorktown brought what they could and beat us at Mooresville. They were not at full strength either. Congrats to them on getting the job done. Snyder

We did not purposely keep anyone out of Mooresville. It’s an awesome tournament. I wish all my starters could have wrestled this year and last year, but we have been banged up and sick. I wouldn’t enter our varsity in a great tournament like Mooresville and then send half of them. We have had 1 starter out all year as he got hurt in football. Another starter is 1-0 and we hope to get back soon. We had every intention of wrestling Mills and Walton Day 2, but they both got sick night of Day one. Lee, Krietzer, and Mulkey are sick. Peterson and Campbell banged up. We got a few back today and more tomorrow and hopefully even more next week. Yes, they would have all wrestled if it was Team State or Sectional time. However, we are not intentionally sitting them at Mooresville. Trust me that they, my coaching staff, and I are very frustrated. I wish we were 100% healthy, but I’ve never had that miracle in my coaching career. Congrats to Yorktown on their well deserved win. They have some studs and it was fun watching them do their thing. Snyder

North Montgomery Holiday a Duals: New Haven Jonyvan Johnson dec. over Elwood's Jalen Morgan (#13) 5-2 Jaxson Savieo dec. over Elwood's Kyle Cornewell (#4) 3-2 Jaxson Savieo dec. over HSE Andrew Irick (#14) 3-1 Team State New Haven Jonyvan Johnson pin over Lawrenceburg's Jonah Rolfes (#12)

170: Wyro (Homestead) Fall Beineke (Jennings County) 1:57 Wyro (Homestead) Dec. Wilham (Greenwood) - who was undefeated, 19-0, at the time - 5-3

George Porter, an IHSAA Champion and Veteran's World Wrestling Champion, from Gary Roosevelt '89 is in the running for a National Award. Let's get behind one of our own and show some support. https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2017/December/11/Vote-for-Associated-Styles-Athlete-of-the-Year

I hate to hear this. He has been one of my favorite wrestlers to watch in our area. Trevor is not only a great wrestler, but he is a great young man. Hope for a speedy recovery. Mark Kirchgassner