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State Pop Wrestlers % Iowa 3155000 6523 0.002068 Ill 12671000 14170 0.001118 NJ 8882000 9648 0.001086 Indiana 6732000 6363 0.000945 Michigan 9987000 9167 0.000918 Ohio 11689000 10313 0.000882 Penn 12802000 9460 0.000739 Cali 39512000 22602 0.000572 Kentucky 4468000 1902 0.000426

So I dont really want to get dragged into this argument again. I am against classing the individual tournament. Every year the numbers statically show that there is no advantage to an individual in terms of making semi-state or state. When it comes to placers/ champs there will be an advantage to bigger schools, I think there are arguments for the stats on that. With that being said I was interested to see two stats. 1- How other states around us, and with one class systems looked in terms of numbers. 2. How we looked in terms of % of our population that wrestles (I realize that there are surely better ways to quantify how not classing effects our numbers, but I didnt have time to look up the number of HS boys who live in the various states). So anyhow I used NFHS Data, and a website that estimates the population of the state in 2019. Here is what I got. Take of it what you will.

East Noble 106- Wrestling, construction work **** 113- Football, Wrestling, Possibly Track*** 120- Football, Wrestling, Track ***** 126- Wrestling, Baseball * 132- Wrestling *** 138- Football, Wrestling Baseball ** 145- Wrestling *** 152- Wrestling** 160- Football, Wrestling** 170- Tennis, Wrestling **** 182- Football, Wrestling * 195- Football, Wrestling, Baseball* 220 -Football, Wrestling, Baseball* 285- Football, Wrestling, Track* * Sectionals ** Regionals ***Semi State ****State *****State Placer

I agree. I was asked by numerous people about it though, so I am just passing along what I was told.

The email from the IHSAA contained the following information on rule 50-4. Additionally, all requests for waivers due to COVID are due Friday, January 23, 2021. Those waivers must come from your Athletic Director to the IHSAA offices. The waiver request can be an email listing the reason for the waiver, dates of quarantine, and number of affected events. The waiver speaks to Rule 50-4 solely. Below is the rule 50-4 In order for a student to qualify for participation in the IHSAA tournament series in an Individual Sport (cross country, golf, tennis, swimming & diving, track & fi eld and wrestling) the student must have participated, during the preceding regular season in a minimum of (i) Seventy-fi ve percent (75%) of the Season Contests in which the student’s school participated, and (ii) Twenty-fi ve percent (25%) of the maximum number of authorized Season Contests in that sport. a. This requirement by the Commissioner can be waived provided the student can demonstrate that the reason the student did not participate in the minimum number of Season Contests was because of illness, injury, ineligibility or because of circumstances beyond the control of the student, such as illness, injury, the cancellation of a Contest(s) or the student’s failure to qualify for a spot on the roster. b. A waiver will not be available for students failing to participate in the minimum number of Season Contests because of the Virtual Education School rule (rule 12-6), because of the Academic rule (rule 18), because of the Transfer rule (rule 19), because of the Undue Influence rule (rule 20) or because of volunt I reached out to Mr. Faulkens, below was his response Does it (rule 50-4) apply to single sport athletes or just those doing 2 in a season? - Yes it applies to all individual sport athletes. Does an athlete with 6 qualifying weigh-ins need a waiver? - Yes. If they do not meet the 75%/25% requirements What does the general waiver request need to include? - The name of the wrestler, the grade, the events missed and the reason for missing the events. Is this new for wrestling? Essentially does it apply to us? - No, this rule is not new. Every season it is needed for kids who are injured, sick, ineligible, or due to weather cancellations, etc.

Has anyone heard this directly from Robert Faulken's mouth? He was pretty clear on his stance on the rumor mill at the officials/coaches meeting in Fort Wayne. Obviously there is a lot that is out of the IHSAA's control in this situation... it really seems like the situation depends on the color coding of the area, and the venues themselves as opposed to the IHSAA.

What date does the preregistration need to be in by?

East Noble, Jimtown, Northwood, Northridge, Prairie Heights and Busco are getting together the 22nd at Jimtown. It will be interesting to see all of the events that come from Mishawaka being cancelled. We were told no overnight trips, thus we had to drop from Connersville for the year. Will be interesting to see what takes place there as well.

Curious as we are less than two weeks from the start of the season, are there any schools still open? If so is anyone aware of what the plans are for those teams?

See attached 2020-2021 Fall Clinic Meeting Minutes.docx

EI Sports/ Cliff Keen/ Brute are offering two really high end prizes for the clinic raffle this year. The IHSWCA Fall Clinic is a long-standing event on he Indiana HS wrestling calendar. E.I. Sports and Apparel is proud to announce that for the 20th consecutive year they will be able to step up and help support this great event. Jeff Schaefer and the team at E.I. Sports in Evansville have worked with two of the longest running manufactures in the wrestling world to provide two great raffle prizes for this years event. E.I. Sports will be donating a set of Cliff Keen Beast gear bags valued at $1350.00 and a set of Brute team singlets valued at $1150.00. They will also be sponsoring Lunch for the clinic attendees on Thursday!! https://www.cliffkeen.com/product/1401/abp18-the-beast-athletic-backpack https://www.brute.com/wrestling https://www.eisportsandapparel.com/

Just got word of our first big raffle prize! EZ Flex mats will be donating a 9X9 home mat to the raffle. https://www.ezflexmats.com/wrestling/

I probably missed this somewhere, but does anyone know what time the athletes for session 3 are allowed to show up? I know they wrestle at 1:00, but what is the earliest they can arrive? Thanks!