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Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Angel  is baaaaaaadddd!!  gezhhh  terrible look at that high level

Davison really opened up the offense in the semi.. been waiting for that kind of action from him, so capable…off to the finals!
Well done!

Frustrating that schools like Rider, Little Rock (x2), Campbell, and Columbia can put people on the podium, but both our B1G schools are shut out again.  
 
I know IU is getting better, and Purdue had success last year, but still frustrating nonetheless.

2 DAC in the NCAA Finals, just saying😀

Carr v. O’Toole match was a thing of beauty! What a match.

Vito just looked like last year's Vito again. 

Why’s the ref reviewing on a land line? Why’s it take so long? Takedown for godsake 
 

In case you missed it on X or the college thread: Christian Mejia from Elkhart Memorial, Derek Blubaugh from Bloomington South, and Shawn Streck from Merrillville all picked up D2 national titles last night.
 
Mejia had finished 5th twice before, was seeded only 3rd, and was in his final year of eligibility. 
 
Blubaugh had twice been national runner-up to his finals opponent, and had lost to him 5-0 two weeks ago, but finally got over the hump.
 
Streck picked up his second consecutive title. 
 
Congrats, guys!!
 
 

What a match for Lucas Davison! On to the semis!

Why didn't Mendez get near fall points for that spladle?

Why can’t we have an announcer on each mat? @Dingo Brigade too busy? 

This! All of this is true and accurate..and there’s more factors too. Many have been mentioned already.
 
i have been following this thread and enjoying the discussion.
Here comes the purely anecdotal part…worth nothing I know, but just wanted to share.
 
Background: I attended Hobart in the late 80’s and had the good fortune to be a part of 2 State championship teams. I know first hand the sacrifices and dedication it takes to be part of something successful at a larger school. (Only 5 classes back then).
 
I have 6 sons, all wrestlers for a 1A school listed in Y2s list, out here in no man’s land. Wrestling was always the top focus for all my boys, despite participating in football, CC, track, and baseball. Their high school does not have a strong wrestling culture or history. We were blessed to have a coach who was working his azz off to build one, and had built up numbers and some pride, but that somewhat evaporated when he left.
I sent the boys to some camps at Purdue, or even out in Ohio. My boys were very well respected in our area and experienced success at Sectionals and Regionals; however, upon multiple births to EC SS, they were all soundly sent packing…every time.
My boys harbor no sour feelings about any of these things and take great pride in their wrestling accomplishments…so, I have posted all this to relay:
 
I posed this very question to my boys (ages 29-19) and all but one  responded with a resounding NO to class wrestling in IN.  For them, one of the best parts about wrestling was finding out just who the absolute best is, even when they know it’s not them. One of my sons, who was a 3x ECSS qualifier, said it like this, “Yea, maybe I coulda made a deep run in a 1A state tourney, but I would have much rather went out on my shield at ECSS each time, knowing I was seeing the best in our part of the state.”
 
It’s  easier to experience success at a small school wrestling, presuming you work hard and do the grind, than experiencing success as part of a team at a small school.  Reasons like commitment from fellow team mates, injuries, harvest, etc etc all factor in for small rural schools that require 5, 9, or 11 athletes.  Now the success a kid experiences may not culminate in them landing on the podium at state, but it doesn’t negate the success leading up to the day they exit the tournament. Wrestling, ultimately is about preparing for life. The IN tournament is imperfect and downright mean sometimes. Just like life can be. I put my boys into wrestling shortly after their mom passed from cancer. My oldest was 12 at the time. Wrestling helped  them through the grief and prepare them to have the tools to deal with adversity, challenges and also develop character, humility, perseverance, integrity, discipline and determination.   112 athletes hit the podiums each year in IN, which means there are a host of athletes who do not, but are the beneficiaries of tremendous gifts such as motivation, fortitude, humility, perspective, and reality. None of those are bad things.
 
All anecdotal, and worth exactly what you paid for it!

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Thanks guys.  I very much appreciate the support I’ve gotten from the Brownsburg wrestling community, and the Central Indiana wrestling community as a whole.  I’m firmly convinced that being involved in this great sport has been a key factor in my fight.  
“Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy.” -Dan Gable
I don’t know about easy, but it definitely helped!

I coach at the other Brownsburg middle school and am proud to be a colleague of this warrior. You won’t find better man in our wrestling community.
 
Last night, his team won the Hendricks County middle school wrestling tournament by over 100 points! It’s a VERY tough tournament full of current and future state champs. His team is awesome, and brings Coach Frepans warrior attitude each time they walk onto the mat. 

Coach Frepans team will finish the season this Saturday at our conference tournament in Zionsville (another stacked tournament). It Would be pretty cool to see coach Frepans team win him another team title!! 

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

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