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Nick Crume will be our guest clinician this week at the Avon RTC. Crume is a 4x NCAA Division II All-American, IHSAA State Champion, and current Assistant Coach at the University of Indianapolis. We've had great numbers the last few weeks and hope to see them climb as we get closer to ISWA Freestyle & Greco State. Avon RTC runs from 6:00-7:30 PM on Wednesdays. Please enter Door 20 on the southside of the school. USAW card required. Nick Crume - Assistant Coach at University of Indianapolis 4x NCAA Division II All-American 3x Division II Super Regional Champion 2013 IHSAA State Champion - 126 lbs. 4x IHSAA State Qualifier, 3x IHSAA State Placewinner (SQ, 3rd, 3rd, 1st) HS Record: 181-13

Wow. I really assumed he would have one more final year left in him with having a decent team and bringing in Colman Scott already to help with guiding the program. Heck of a career for him as both a competitor and coach.

Middle School State Champ DoubleB to Ft Wayne and @Y2CJ41 becomes his new Daddy

Seen on Flo that Veazy is committed to Michigan. Go Blue! Michigan De'Alcapon Veazy 49 Ponderosa CO 197

Team sports vs individual sports are very different. If you aren't winning titles eventually as an individual, you're losing matches and can't be considered the best. In team sports, you could lose games but still be clearly the best individual. I do agree that being a 4-timer or being undefeated for a career is overrated. Mason Parris losing a match as a freshman at a big guy weight or Howe losing early to a fellow all-timer shouldn't mean anything when compared to 4-timers that were at low weights and/or didn't face royalty as freshmen.

Announces retirement https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2024/04/11/oklahoma-state-wrestling-coach-john-smith-announces-retirement-osu-cowboys/73294107007/

Legend. There's a bunch of videos from a coaches clinic he did a few years back on youtube that I watch religiously.

In an individual sport, an individual must stand a top the podium to be the best. In team sports, an individual can clearly be the best individual but not win team championships because of a lack of supporting cast members. When it comes to the GOAT, even in team sports, individuals will be judged in the end by titles. But the lack of titles does not eliminate them from the discussion. In individual sports it absolutely does - IMO.

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Like Matt said, I figured OSU had a succession plan with Coleman Scott, who really elevated North Carolina during his tenure there. Those are some massive shoes to fill for Scott. Smith has always been one of my favorite figures in NCAA wrestling and I will miss his scowls matside. He often has a big presence at World Team and Olympic Team Trials and I'm sure this week will be no different.

Finally a tall kid in the family!

Joe's son, who is an avid Cubs fan happens to attend some club at Garrett, so I assume Double B would make his new home in the halls that sit on Houston Street..nothing wrong with that

We will still claim them as Fort Wayne kids for statistical purposes.

From what I understand the kid from Tennessee actually went to CP through like JH. Hoping those Delta boys stay home but wish the best to them no matter where they end up!

Aiden did not disappoint! Some great set ups and freestyle finishes to add in our tool kit! Great job Aiden. We will be back at it next week with Sean Schmaltz from contenders. 6pm, enter door 9. Just a few weeks left to prep for freestyle and greco state.

And there is also not a set number of state qualifiers. If you are 5th in your regional but run/jump or throw "state standard" you advance to state also. One athlete can also compete in 4 events, not just 1 weight class.

We are all set for tonight 4/15/24. We have Aiden Sprague for UInday. Aiden did two of our RTCs last year and was great. Enter door 9 starts at 6. We will have some time at the end for live wrestling tonight.

unknown Andrew, what’s so wrong about posting notable results? We have parents who post when their kid commits to what high school they decide to go to and that seems totally acceptable. What’s wrong with posting a kid who had a good weekend?

The man is a living legend. OSU & the sport of wrestling is losing one of the GOAT's. He is still relatively young, I wonder what his plans are?

I think we now have some clarity for the Olympics team 86 - If Hassan recovers, he goes If not, and if Ghassempour can make weight, he will go If not, then Vaffaie goes, no medal for Iran 97 If Azarpira qualifies, then he will go if not, no one goes Iran so far has only qualified for 65, 86, and 120. I think Iran will most likely qualify for 74 and 97, It would be nice to qualify for 57 just to gain experience, no chance of medal

Iran 190 (5 gold, 8 medals) Japan 130 (2, 5) Kyrgyzstan 121 (1, 4) Kazakhstan 118 (1, 4) Mongolia 92 (0, 4) Uzbekistan 85 (0, 3) India 84 (0, 3) Bahrain gets the 10th gold and 3 other medals...4 for 4 in medals from their import participants.

Brackets Click here for brackets Schedule of Events Friday, April 12 10:00am- 2:30pm U23 Women and U17 Girls Session 1 – Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, and Consolation 3:30pm – 7:30pm U23 Women and U17 Girls Session 2– Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Consolation Saturday, April 13 10:00am to 1:00pm U23 Women and U17 Girls Best 2 out of 3 Championship Finals and 3rd, 5th, 7th place matches 10:00am – 1:00pm Session 3 Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, and Consolation 2:00pm to 8:00pm U20 Women Session 4 Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Consolations 2:00pm – 6:00pm 14U Girls Session 4 – Semifinals, Consolations & All Medals Sunday, April 14 10:00am – 4:00pm U15 Women Session 5 – Preliminaries, Consolations, All Medals, & Best 2 out of 3 Finals 10:00am- 1:00pm U20 Women Session 5 – Consolation, Consolation-Semi, Best 2 out of 3 Finals and Placements 10:00am – 3:00pm 8U, 10U, 12U Girls Session 5 – Preliminaries, Consolations & All Medals Entries from Indiana Division Weight Name Team 14U 108 lbs Corabella Wesley Hobart Wrestling Club 14U 163 lbs Melody Vazquez Highland Wrestling Club U15 50 kg Corabella Wesley Hobart Wrestling Club U15 66 kg Rhaigyn Trenary The Fort Hammers Wrestling U17 46 kg Kendall Moe Contenders Wrestling Academy U17 49 kg Isabel Kaplan Indiana U17 49 kg Olivia Crull Northeastern Wrestling Club U17 49 kg Julianna Ocampo Beast Mode Wrestling Club U17 53 kg Amelia Murphy Wyoming Seminary Wrestling Club U17 57 kg Ava Strayer Region Wrestling Academy U17 65 kg Aleksandra Bastaic Highland Wrestling Club U17 65 kg Maddie Marsh Red Cobra Wrestling Academy U17 69 kg Elly Janovsky Howe Wrestling School, LLC U20 50 kg Heather Crull Northeastern Wrestling Club U20 50 kg Makenize Smith Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U20 50 kg Julianna Ocampo Beast Mode Wrestling Club U20 50 kg Rianne Murphy Wyoming Seminary Wrestling Club U20 53 kg Elizabeth Dollar Indiana U20 55 kg Marisa Moffitt Indiana U20 57 kg Rose Kaplan Indiana U20 65 kg Aleksandra Bastaic Highland Wrestling Club U23 50 kg Makenize Smith Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U23 50 kg Heather Crull Northeastern Wrestling Club U23 53 kg Elizabeth Dollar Indiana U23 55 kg Catharine Campbell Grand View Wrestling Club U23 55 kg Marisa Moffitt Indiana U23 57 kg Rose Kaplan Indiana U23 76 kg Grace Doering Warrior Regional Training Center U23 76 kg Catherine McNulty Warrior Regional Training Center View full article

Great room tonight at RTC. We keep growing our numbers again from multiple area schools to raise levels of the 574 and beyond. Join us again next week for more Freestyle technique and fundamentals for FREE.

The undecided weights are 86 Kg and 97 Kg For 86, they are waiting to see how Yazdani recovers from major surgery. If he recovers well, it's him, if not, it will probably be a wrestle off between Ghassempour and Hadi Vaffaeipour. In 97, I expect it to be Azarpira, now that Mohammadian lost to the Bahraini/Russian world championship. If Yazdani does not recover well, and if Ghassempour can make weight at 86, I personally expect it to be Ghassempour. Ghassempour vs Taylor would be a match of the Olympics.

Big test for vafaeipour in 1/4 final against dauletbekov tomorrow.

It’s happened many times in the past, Public to Private or back Private to Public . Odds are it’s going to happen many times in the future. Lol

Yes, but time, distance, and judge score based sports can do that more easily with a set cut number. It's not a one on one bracket.

I had a couple wrestlers do pretty good this year who are really excelling in track right now according to the coach.

There is also 1 less level in the state series in Track and Field. No Semi State

CP alum Frazier hits the portal out of Va Tech.. Wrestlestat has him at #49 among all 133s on D1 rosters. He'd have immediate national qualifier potential in the right spot.

The rumored Delta to Cathedral move seems odd.

Jesse Mendez back to Crown Point

I've heard rumblings out of the South, but it would be inappropriate to speculate quite yet. The Transfer Portal is always very active this time of year!

Derek Blubaugh will run Franklin's RTC this week. Enter door 21. 6-7:30pm. Also, coming with Derek will be All American teammate heavyweight Cale Gray. Cale will be there to roll around with any big kids. Derek Blub2024 National Champion at 197 ... Earned 2024 Outstanding Wrestler at the DII National Championship ... A two-time NCAA Division II National Runner-up at 197 (2021-22, 2022-23) … Back-to-back GLVC Wrestler of the Year honoree in 2022-23 and 2023-24 … Captured his first Midwest Classic title at 197 in 2023-24 ... First Team All-GLVC in 2022, 2023, 2024 and a second team nod in 2021 … Two- time NWCA Scholar All-Academic and three-time Academic All-GLVC honoree … Led the Greyhounds in victories in 22-23 with 33, while capturing 12 falls … helped lead the Greyhounds to their first GLVC Championship in 2022-23 Four-year letterwinner in wrestling for Bloomington South...two-time state placer, 6th as a junior, 4th as a senior...career record of 153-26...four-time sectional and regional champ...Conference champ as a senior...two-time Team MVP...team captain as a senior...84 pins as a prep. Engineering major...National Honor society member...National art Honor Society member...son of Rene and Dana Blubaugh... Grandson of the Olympic Gold Medalist Doug Blubaugh, winner of the 1960 Olympic gold medal ... Doug Blubaugh was also the 1957 NCAA DI National Champion for Oklahoma State at 157lbs.

Well if he can follow Snyders' path he will end the debate of the Indiana GOAT.

I don't doubt that, but it doesn't change the fact that 97 kg (214 lbs) is a long way away from 197 pounds. That is a lot of weight for someone with Christian Carroll's frame to cut. But if he is able to do it, there is no guarantee that he will be as dominate as he was this past weekend at 97 kg. I'm not trying to knock Christian Carroll here. I'm all about the success of our Indiana guys. My comments were more about raising the topic of the need for a weight class between 197 & HWT at the college level. Christian is one individual that I feel would greatly benefit from just such a weight class.

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