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The toughest summer duals event in the state is taking shape. Committed teams as of 4/2/24. Got room for 4 more teams. Avon Crown Point Columbus North Columbus East Owen Valley Cathedral Terre Haute North Bloomington South Evansville North Evansville Memorial Tell City North Posey

From a local guy who is a foodie. Two words.....FRANKLIN STREET. Take the free trolley and go there. Gerst Haus - Authentic German food Franklin Street Pizza Factory - It's pizza, so it good right? Chasers Bar and Grill - Owned by a wrestling family and they support local wrestling. Great food. Buds - Most unique menu on Franklin Street - awesome food. Noche - new taco and tequila place, just opened. Smitty's Italian Steakhouse - Great Pastas, Steaks, and Sammiches. Other Great Places Downtown but may be packed due to proximity to Ford Center. Samuels Bru Burger Comfort

The Third Annual Adidas Midwest Scholastic Duals will take place June 8-9 in Evansville. The event is sponsored by Adidas Wrestling and the competition level at this event is unmatched in Indiana in an offseason event. Come join programs such as Indianapolis Cathedral, Crown Point, Mater Dei, Avon, Bloomington South, Columbus East, Rochester, Tell City, and Owen Valley, just to name a few. This is a Dual meet event for High School teams, NOT ALL STAR TEAMS. The event is based on Disney Duals roster rules so it serves as a great warm up for Community Teams going to Disney. Each team will get 8-10 duals over two days. Information is attached. 2024 ADIDAS MIDWEST SCHOLASTIC DUALS.pdf

Updated Teams list 4/18/23 Cathedral Avon Bloomington South Columbus East Tell City Evansville Memorial Evansville North Terre Haute North Lafayette Jeff Columbus North Mater Dei North Posey Mt. Vernon (Posey) Crown Point Owen Valley We have room for 5 more teams. It’s going to be a great 2 day event with outstanding competition.

I would like to congratulate Larry Mattingly on his retirement and on an awesome career. I never met another coach or athlete who didn't think he was a great person. If you ever met him him you know he is the best joke teller on the planet. He is the definition of a great mentor to Memorial HS Wrestlers and fellow coaches for 36 years! I feel fortunate to say I was his assistant for most of them. Congrats Larry! Link to local news story- https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/memorial-wrestling-coach-larry-mattingly-stepping-away-after-36-years/70112761007/

Click on All Forums and then look in the Tournament Information page. I think Joe like for this info to be hidden. haha

Teams Committed for 2023 so far... Cathedral Avon Bloomington South Columbus East Tell City Evansville Memorial Evansville North Terre Haute North Lafayette Jeff Owen Valley The best summer duals in the State. We have room for 10 more teams.

Bumping this to the top. Info for the 2023 event was just posted on the Tournament Forum page. Please take a look and consider sending your full and competitive team to this years event for outstanding competition. We have Several commitments from last years teams already.

We got stuck with 12 single session tickets for Friday only. Got a group that wants to sit together as a group? Lets talk. Section 20 Row 20 - 12 seats in a row Paid $17.25 each / $207 for the group. Will sell in multiples of 2 for $15.00 each or all at once at deeper discount. Can transfer through Ticketmaster. Email jeffs@eisportsandapparel if interested.

June 10-12 2022 Host schools are Evansville Memorial and Evansville North. Event will be held at Evansville North. (Amazing Facilities!!) Union County was invited. They have a camp that same weekend and cannot attend. As mentioned, full information on this event is posted in the "Tournament Information" forum. or at this link

There is a new summer tournament on the block and it's the real deal!! The event information is listed in the Tournament Information Forum, where it should be. I am hoping Joe leaves this post here as it becomes a discussion. After many years of consideration and thought of trying to make this event happen, We finally jumped in feet first and made it a reality. We contacted Adidas Wrestling and they jumped at the chance to be the title sponsor of this new event. I am wondering what everyone's thoughts are. This event strives to much more than a typical high school hosted Summer Duals. (You know, the summer events that unorganized teams verbally commit to and then cancel 2 weeks prior to the event, leaving the host school with the mess filling the spot and everything that goes with it.) We want an event that is full every single year, with great programs, who show up ready to compete at a high level. We want a waiting list of hammer teams. We want an event, that quite honestly, is not for everybody. This event has been "copied" after the Disney Duals. We want it to be a smaller version of the Disney Duals, right here in Indiana. We had a "soft opening" so that we could reach out to specific programs and get a wide representation state wide. We also reached out to other states hoping to get a much different flavor, but have had little or no luck. We have had some outstanding programs commit for this year. (see the list below) and we still have a few openings. This should be a great event. So tell us, what can we do to make it grow from 16 to 36 teams from all over the Midwest in the next 2-3 years? What are the little things that make an event like this something everyone wants to do? What separates an event like this from the others? Talk to us. Help us make this something Indiana can be proud of. Here are the teams entered so far- Team List (verbally committed 100%) 1. Cathedral 2. Lafayette Jefferson 3. Evansville Memorial 4. Evansville North 5. Mt. Vernon (Posey) 6. Westfield 7. Avon 8. Mater Dei 9. Edgewood 10. Carmel 11. Columbus East 12. ?? 13. ?? 14. ?? 15. ?? 16. ?? Jeff Schaefer Evansville Memorial HS E.I. Sports and Apparel.

Evansville Semi State 106 Jaylen Carter (Evansville Reitz Memorial) 120 Carson Yamashita (Evansville Reitz Memorial) 132 Andrew Barfield (Evansville Reitz Memorial) all Freshmen

Bad boys bad boys...whatcha gonna do?? I’m hearing from a reliable source that trouble is coming....should be fun.

A quick update... Brute and Cliff Keen, Both are true WRESTLING SUPPLIERS and have been for many years. Both have supplied NCAA and HS teams across the country as long as any of us can remember. Both are producing singlets is the Good Ol USA. Cliff Keen in Michigan and Brute in Pennsylvania. At this time both are running 3 weeks MAX on uniform production. If your up for new uni's this season and want to get an American made product, at a great price, with a great lead time....Give E.I. Sports and Apparel a call. 812-474-1836 or eisports@sigecom.net.

I wanted to reach out to all coaches in the state that I have coached in for 30 years, and supplied uniforms for for 20 years. This is not a topic to solicit business. This is simply advice from somebody who knows the business and wants all wrestling programs to have good experiences. If you need (or plan to buy) uniforms or any type of apparel this season, (whether you are purchasing from me or not), Please take my advice and be sure to ask where the items are being manufactured. Whether your vendor tells you the truth or not, the fact is that the "supply chain" is broken world wide due to COVID. We are seeing weird things happen that the manufacturers do not have control over. These issues WILL effect deliveries. Some cannot get raw material (the cloth used to produce your garments), some factories are running at less than 50% capacity due to not being able to bring back enough employees, and we have even seen huge disruption in the ability for Fed Ex, UPS, and DHL type companies to even get the product out of those countries and into the states. If you order from some companies you are taking a huge risk. You may or may not ever see your gear. It's a cruel hard fact in this crazy world right now. Be Careful coaches and now more than ever, ORDER EARLY and BUY AMERICAN!!

Coach Duncan- email me at eisports@sigecom.net and I can help you size your warmups. Been doing it for 20 years. I know the cliff keen line very well. Glad to help.

I have been asked recently by coaches, and have had some discussion with some officials about the new rule that went into effect this year about Headgear only having 1 manufacturers logo on them. The IHSAA recently told the officials that the new rule was going into effect despite the fact that Cliff Keen, Adidas, and Asics all had 2 logos on their headgear and that schools would have to mark logos out with a sharpie or cover them up with tape etc etc. Today I got word, through Adidas Wrestling, and saw a copy of a letter from the NFHS to Adidas Wrestling, that states the new rule would NOT be going into effect this season because the manufacturers of headgear have not had time to comply with the new rules. The information has been sent to the IHSAA. I assume they may notify everyone officially on this. If anybody has any questions, feel free to email me at eisports@sigecom.net Jeff Schaefer E.I. Sports and Apparel Asst Coach - Evansville Memorial HS

E.I. Sports has decided to add another gift to our Fall Clinic booth giveaways. The first 100 coaches to visit our booth next Thursday will get this IHSWCA tee shirt.

E.I. Sports and Apparel out of Evansville will be in attendance as a vendor for the 20th straight year and we have huge news! We are thrilled to announce that Cliff Keen Wrestling and a member of their management team will be in our booth this year. Be sure to register for this awesome clinic and then be sure to stop by and take a look at the samples and talk with us about one of the top wrestling brands in the world that supplies many of the best programs in the world. Cliff Keen has also announced that they are going to give away 14 of their new BEAST locker backpacks (see picture) with personalized sublimated team logos. These bags are all the rage in the wrestling world and some lucky program is going to get 14 of them for free. This prize is valued at $1260. E.I. Sports and Cliff Keen will also be teaming up on an unbelievable promotional offer that offers a free sublimated team gear bag free with every singlet ordered. That’s a $40 gear bag FREE with each singlet ordered for the upcoming season. We look forward to seeing everyone in a couple weeks as we continue our support of the IHSWCA!

19 years providing wrestling uniforms to Indiana High Schools and this is Our lowest price ever on Brute Singlets! Only $52 each from now until Sept 10th. if your gonna buy new Singlets this year, this is the deal for you. Brute is one of the original “wrestling” manufacturers. They have great quality and one of the quickest lead times in the industry. Made in the USA!! Top of the line quality at the price of the imported product lines. -6 pc minimum order. email eisports@sigecom.net for more info!

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Last Minute fill in needed!! The Indiana Renegades need a 113 for the upcoming USA Wrestling Scholastic Duals. The event is 4/4 - 4/6 at Wabash College. 5 lb allowance - 1 weigh in. 7 semi-state / state level dual meets. serious inquiries only please - email eisports@sigecom.net or call or text Jeff Schaefer at 812-589-9301. This is an underclassmen event - NO SENIORS per event rules.

Evansville Memorial is looking for a tournament on January 12. We had to adjust our schedule due to our football success and we need to find an event. willing to travel and open to Duals or individual formats. Can anybody squeeze us in? call or text 812-589-9301 or email eisports@sigecom.net please

126 SPOT IS FILLED...WE STILL NEED A 195. WHO'S UP FOR A CHALLENGE?

The event is this week and we have some openings due to an injury and somebody who backed out. We are looking for a 126(131) and a 195(200). Please let us know right away if you are interested. NWCA Duals at Wabash on April 4-6. - 5lb allowance. 1 weigh in. 8 dual meets. No seniors. Only $125 to compete....includes gear! Need to be Semi State or State Level Wrestler to compete in this event. Very tough tournament. entry packet with cost etc etc can be emailed to you. If your interested please Email your “resume” to Eisports@sigecom.net and I will get in touch with you right away. Thanks Coach Jeff Schaefer