Coach McCormick

Army West Point wrestling has made some adjustments to their coaching staff headed into the 2017-18 season.  The Black Knights were also recognized by all 3 major recruiting media outlets as having a top 25 recruiting class for 2017-18 (first time ever).

*  Braden Atwood (4X NCAA Qual. for Purdue) was brought on board the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant.  He is already at West Point and doing a great job with the program.

*  Joe DeAngelo was recently hired as an assistant coach (2X NCAA qualifier for NC State)

*  Cam Simaz has been hired as the West Point WC head coach and will coach in various capacities in the Black Knight program (NCAA champion from Cornell Univ.)

Camp approaches 60 wrestlers with addition of OH State Champion and State Placers from St. Paris Graham

If Sunday is shaping up to be open for you, there is still room in our camp featuring Coach Kevin Ward (HC at Army West Point).  We would enjoy having you at camp.

First session starts at 10:00am (EST).  You can pay at the door.

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State Champions Registered:

          - Brayden Curtis (IN), Brad Laughlin (IN), Mason Parris (IN), Cade Rooks (IN), Ryan Thomas (OH), 

State Runner-Ups Registered:

          - Austin Franco (MI), Christian Hunt (IN), Sandro Ramirez (OH), Corey Shie (OH), Noah Warren (IN)

State Placers/Qualifiers Registered:

          - Brady Chrisman (OH), Ryan Franco (MI), Cody Klettheimer (IN), Luke LaVanway (MI), Jacob Rhoades (IN), Graham Rooks (IN),

                Colt Rutter (IN), Jordan Slivka (IN), Trevor Snipes (IN), Josh Stephenson (IN), Jeffrey Thomas (OH), Aiden Warren (IN), Mason Winner (IN)

Just need a 170 and a 195 to round out the Renegade team for June 3.

Coach McCormick

Still have openings at 126, 132, 138, 170, 182, and 195

Still have openings at 113, 126, 132, 138, 170, 182, 195.

Wrestlers can be of JV and/or V skill level.

This is a "community" based event where we strive to get kids some summer matches.

See the above post for event details.  

Coach McCormick

We have 13 teams competing at Yorktown HS on Saturday, June 3.

- Yorktown, Brownsburg Purple, Brownsburg White, Hamilton Hts, Delta, Columbus East, Knightstown, FW Northrop, Carroll, Rochester, Jimtown, Bloomington South, and North Central

We would like to make a 14th team to even out the pools, and offer action to more wrestlers.

We are planning to make up a "Renegade" team (the 14th team) with any individual wrestlers who would like to come to Yorktown on June 3 and fill one of the weight classes on this team.  (First come- First serve)

Cost is $15/wrestler

8th grade - rising 12th graders are welcome to wrestle

High school weight classes (+5 lbs)

You will get 5 matches on the day

Weigh-ins start at 8:30am; Wrestling begins at 9:30am.

If you are interested in wrestling on June 3 at Yorktown in a dual meet format, shoot Coach McCormick an email.

tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us

A big congrats to David, his family, and the Elkhart Memorial wrestling program.  Purdue is getting a fine young man!

Congrats Coach Weaver!

I would like to see a 3 pt takedown.

I would rather give 1 additional point for a takedown; rather than 1 additional point for nearfall.

Ben Harvey has been a mainstay in the Army West Point varsity line-up all season.  Last weekend, Cael McCormick was called up to the big leagues for Army's two duals against Lehigh and Bucknell at 165.

Both Harvey and McCormick fell short against a very tough Lehigh squad on Friday.  They both bounced back strong on Sunday against Bucknell where they both picked up bonus points for the Black Knights.  It was neat to see two IN boys -- back to back-- in the Army WP varsity line-up.

HOW IT HAPPENED (Lehigh Dual) 
125: #7 Darian Cruz tech. fall over Trey Chalifoux, 22-7 (Lehigh leads, 5-0)
133: #9 Scott Parker tech. fall over Austin Harry, 21-6 (Lehigh leads, 10-0)
141: #14 Randy Cruz dec. over #16 Logan Everett, 3-1 (Lehigh leads, 13-0)
149: #12 Laike Gardner tech. fall over Nick Noel, 19-1 (Lehigh leads, 18-0)
157: #16 Russ Parsons maj. dec. over Cortlandt Schuyler, 15-2 (Lehigh leads, 18-4)
165: #14 Mitch Minotti maj. dec. over Cael McCormick, 12-3 (Lehigh leads, 22-4)
174: #4 Ryan Preisch dec. over Ben Harvey, 3-1 (Lehigh leads, 25-4)
184: Jack Wedholm dec. over Andrew Price, 7-4 (Lehigh leads, 25-7)
197: Rocco Caywood dec. over Thomas Murray, 4-2 (Lehigh leads, 25-10)
285: #16 Doug Vollaro dec. over Trevor Smith, 8-3 (Lehigh leads, 28-10)

HOW IT HAPPENED (Bucknell Dual) (Army had 6 freshmen in the line-up)

125: Trey Chalifoux dec. over Jordan Gessner, 9-3 (Army leads, 3-0)
133: Austin Harry dec. over Joey Gould, 10-5 (Army leads, 6-0)
141: #19 Tyler Smith dec. over #16 Logan Everett, SV-1, 14-10 (Army leads, 6-3)
149: Seth Hogue dec. over Nick Noel, 15-11 (Tied, 6-6)
157: #14 Victor Lopez pins Lucas Weiland at 4:52 (Bucknell leads, 12-6)
165: Cael McCormick pins Logan Kerin at 6:38 (Tied, 12-12)
174: Ben Harvey maj. dec. over D.J. Hollingshead, 9-0 (Army leads, 16-12)
184: Garrett Hoffman dec. over Jack Wedholm, 5-4 (Army leads, 16-15)
197: #15 Tom Sleigh maj. dec. over C.J. Morgan, 14-4 (Bucknell leads, 19-16)
285: Tyler Greene dec. over Trevor Smith, 5-2 (Bucknell leads, 22-16)

http://www.goarmywestpoint.com/news/2017/2/12/wrestling-black-knights-drop-hard-fought-match-to-bucknell.aspx?path=wrestling

Congrats Riley!

 

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Class Wrestling...

         Class wrestling would most definitely help build and grow wrestling in Indiana.  It works in Ohio, Oklahoma, Illinois, and

         and just about every other state across the country.  It would work in Indiana AND the 'middle class' would start to

         thrive again.

 

 

All of the states you list have a greater wrestling traditions than Indiana, and you have no idea whether class wrestling helped or hurt the participation rates. We only have post class #s from those states, without pre-class #s we are only assuming an outcome which hasn't been supported by data.

 

I would highly disagree that all of the states that have class wrestling have a greater wrestling tradition than Indiana.  I don't need statistical data to support every situation/decision that presents itself to me.  I highly doubt that the people, and societies, in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, etc. are too much different than the people in Indiana.  Class football works in Ohio AND it works in Indiana.  The same would absolutely apply and work with Indiana wrestling.

I remember when I was a freshman at Delta HS.  We had a full freshman team and we only wrestled against other freshman teams.  That was in the early 80's and as we all know, times have changed with respect to students participating in high school athletics (especially wrestling).

1.  JV, Varsity 2, Varsity B, Split Squad --   call them what you would like.  If a program/coach feels that his 2nd string needs to 

                   compete at a higher level then so be it.  People (i.e. - fans, some school administrators) get too hung up on what

                   we call our 2nd string teams.  Yes, one school's 2nd string may be better than another school's 1st string.  Get

                    past the labels and let them compete.

2.  Common JV tournaments --  It is becoming very, very difficult to find JV tournaments that offer quality and quantity.  Some

                   schools don't have a large coaching staff, so they cannot afford to schedule a bunch of JV/2nd string events

                   throughout the season.  It is also becoming difficult to even find good JV events throughout the entire season

                   (within a reasonable driving distance).  Too much emphasis has been put on varsity in recent years; and not 

                   enough on JV wrestling.  If kids have an opportunity to compete at the JV level, they will see value in their efforts

                   and your numbers will grow.

What if....

         This is completely hypothetical and would likely never go in our current school environments... but... what if we went back

         to "all freshmen teams?"  Freshmen wrestling teams that practiced together, competed together, and only competed                  against other all-freshmen teams?  I am not insinuating that this would fix all of our sport's ailments, but I do think it would          help in building numbers in programs.  I do think we lose many average/new freshmen because they and/or their parents          don't like the thought of them practicing with upperclassmen.

Class Wrestling...

         Class wrestling would most definitely help build and grow wrestling in Indiana.  It works in Ohio, Oklahoma, Illinois, and

         and just about every other state across the country.  It would work in Indiana AND the 'middle class' would start to

         thrive again.

Coach McCormick

I would have to do further research, but off the top of my head... I think Delta had 4 state champs in 1981.

Campbell, Heintzelman, Gadbury and Palmer.  I would guess they likely had some other teammates place that year as well.

That was one tough squad!

Franklin Duals (1/7) --

Franklin, Holt (MI), Jeffersonville, Ben Davis, Triton Central, Yorktown

Holt has several ranked wrestlers (152, 160 and 189).  Their 160 is ranked #1 in MI (D1).

There are several ranked wrestlers scattered throughout the 5 Indiana teams.

Should be some good duals Saturday in Franklin.

Cael went 6-1 and placed 3rd at the Lock Haven Classic on Thursday, Dec. 29.  He wrestled at 165.

This brings his current record to 19-5 in NCAA "split squad" tournament action.

On an academic note, Cael made Dean's List in his first semester at West Point.

Respectfully Submitted,

Coach McCormick

I want to thank a few people who worked directly with me in preparing for this season's Team State Duals event.  I am sure JD (Minch) will have others to recognize who assisted him at the event.

*  Adrian Troyer --  thank you for all of the work you did last spring during the selection process.  This guy is extremely thorough and his attention to detail is matched by few.  Great job Adrian!

*  Dane Fuelling --  thank you for the massive job you have in gathering data on the teams quickly and seeding the event in a relatively short amount of time.  Please thank your committee personnel as well.  Job well done!

*  JD Minch --  it's always a pleasure working with you JD.  I have enjoyed our trips to Ft. Wayne in the fall, meeting with Coliseum personnel and other planning committee members, and working with you in putting on a                              great event for the teams and fans at this event.

*  Tim Smith -- In addition to Yorktown team responsibilities, this guy has also taken on the task of setting up the mats, taping them, and mopping them the past few years.  If you want something done right, call Tim!

                      You're the best Tim!  Thank you!

*  Melissa Ritchie -- Melissa is our athletic office secretary at Yorktown.  She prepares and handles all of the team contracts for this event.  Great job Melissa... and thank you for being a team player.

*  Pat Culp -- Another great job Pat!  No one has to worry when you are on the job.  You are a true professional and a joy to work with.

*  Patt VanHorn --  Thank you Patt for everything you have done in staffing the event with volunteers.  Your hard work doesn't go unnoticed.

*  Joe Caprino --  Thank you Joe for promoting the event on Indianamat and providing current tournament info. to wrestling fans across the state.

I hope the improvements we made to this year's event met with the teams' and spectators' expectations.  Great job to all of the teams who participated this season.

Happy Holidays,

Trent McCormick

We currently have 20 wrestlers registered for this "small group" camp setting.  Flyer can be downloaded from the initial post in this thread (above).

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Coach McCormick

765-282-9136

tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us

Great job Chase!  I have always enjoyed watching you wrestle.  Keep up the great work!

Coach McCormick

Back to just hard work. No Fun Allowed! Hate him or love him the perfect example is Coach Snyder. Remind me how good Brownsburgs program was before he got there. Or Portage before Vega. Or Penn before Harper. Etc. There are examples out there. It has more to do with coaching and adjusting to the times than trying to recreate an old vision!

 

Coach McCormick, class wrestling? Really? I thought we were kindred spirits!

Here is my experiment.  Let's try this.  In the same spirit that we treat the "team aspect" of wrestling in IN, let's take IHSAA football back to single class.  Yes, that means small and mid-size public schools across the state will have to go through Carmel, Center Grove, Warren Central, (fill in the rest of the big schools here) to win a state football title.  Heck, those smaller schools won't even win sectionals or regionals anymore if this is implemented!  So how long do you think it would take for reality to set in for these small to mid-size football teams/schools?  When the realistic hope of ever getting to shine in the limelight gets squelched, participation will dwindle.

Here's something else I will remind you of (that has certainly been shared before).

Ohio Wrestling (Classed) --  they have pretty darn good wrestling and participation there

Illinois Wrestling (Classed) -- they have pretty darn good wrestling and participation there

Pennsylvania Wrestling (Classed) -- they have pretty darn good wrestling and participation there

Iowa Wrestling (Classed) -- they have pretty darn good wrestling and participation there

Keep filling in the list from here.

"Class Wrestling" is really the only meaningful maneuver at this point that will increase participation in our sport.

Yorktown will be at the Bellefontaine Duals in Ohio this Saturday:

Bellefontaine, Urbana, New Lexington, McClain, Springfield, St. Paris-Graham Black, Mechanicsburg, Yorktown (IN), Canal Winchester, Northridge

Congratulations Coach Allen and family!  He has paid his dues at many levels of football across the midwestern and southern United States.  He will now install his own brand as a head coach in the Big Ten.

He will do a great job.  I have no doubt!

Winter Youth Camp - 2017.doc

With many schools in Indiana out of school until Jan. 4 or 5 on winter break, we will be hosting an overnight (1 night) youth camp at Yorktown on Jan. 2-3.

Please find the camp flyer below with all of the camp details.

If you would like flyers mailed to you, please email Coach McCormick (email below) your mailing address.

I would be happy to email a flyer to anyone as well.

Thank you,

Coach McCormick

tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us

We are still in need of 1 more full size (i.e. - 40x40 or 42x42) mat for the IHSWCA Team State Duals event on Dec. 23.

School/club would need to drop the mat off Thursday afternoon at the FW Coliseum...

and then pick it back up Friday evening.

You will receive a $300 donation to your school/club for providing this mat.

If interested, please contact Trent McCormick at tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us

Teams bringing mats thus far:

Garrett - 1 Mat

IN Tech - 1 Mat

Bellmont - 2 Mats

Adams Central - 3 Mats

New Haven - 1 Mat

Yorktown - 3 Mats

Thank you,

Trent McCormick

Ben Harvey (Army R-Freshman) has claimed the varsity slot at 174 in the Black Knight's starting line up thus far this season.  Ben has been battling hard and placed 3rd at this past weekend's Roadrunner Open in California -  hosted by CSU-Bakersfield.  Ben went 4-1 and had a very strong performance.