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  1. Mr. Gorilla Voting Results(1st place votes) See article here http://indianamat.com/index.php/page/articles.html/_/mr-gorilla-award/2017-mr-gorilla-award-r778 1st- Andrew Davison(18) 2nd- Breyden Bailey(8) 3rd- Alec White(2) Others with 1st place votes Alston Bane(2) Eli Stock(2) Colton Cummings(1) Past Mr. Gorilla Award Winners 2016- Chad Red of New Palestine 2015- Tommy Forte of Mishawaka 3A Coach of the Year Chris Joll from Chesterton Returning 13 starters from their 2016 squad the Trojans were poised for a spectacular season. Riding the waves of some talented big guys Coach Chris Joll's squad finished 2nd at state. Individually the Trojans qualified six wretlers for the state finals with five of them placing. Andrew Davison became the 5th wrestler in school history to win a state champion joining his father and assistant coach Keith, Joh DeHart, and Jim Popp. Also placing were runner-ups Lucas Davison and Diego Lemley, 4th place finisher Eli Pokorney, and 8th place finisher Jack Tolin. Honorable Mention: Darrick Snyder from Brownsburg and Matt Schoettle from Perry Meridian Past Winners 2016- Darrick Snyder from Brownsburg 2015- Brad Harper from Penn 2A Coach of the Year Trent McCormick from Yorktown Word on the street is that Yorktown will need to add on with all of the hardware just from the wrestling team. The Tigers had two state champions this year in Brayden Curtis and Brad Laughlin. They also had runner-up Christian Hunt and 8th place finisher Jacob Rhoades. On top of placing 4th at the state finals, Yorktown captured their fourth IHSWCA 2A Team State Duals title in five years. Honorable Mention: Maurice Swain from North Montgomery Past Winners 2016- Mark Kerrn from Jimtown 2015- Trent McCormick from Yorktown 1A Coach of the Year Gary Black from Shenandoah The Shenandoah Raiders lead by Gary Black have quickly become a program to watch in the state. With a relatively young line-up the Raiders finished 2nd at the IHSWCA Team State Duals in a match that went down to the wire. Individually, coach Black's squad had four state qualifiers including runner-up AJ Black and 8th place finishers Ryan Surguy and Josh Gee. Honorable Mention: Brett Smith from Prairie Heights Past Winners 2016- Brett Smith from Prairie Heights 2015- Tony Currie from Adams Central 3A Wrestler of the Year Joe Lee from Evansville Mater Dei The rumor on the street is that Joe Lee eats broken glass sprinkled with gunpowder and chugs a gallon of diesel fuel before each match. When you see him wrestle, you understand why that rumor has legs. Lee sliced through the field like a hot knife through butter this year with no one getting within 9 points of him during the state series. Lee has already committed to Penn State with one more year of high school left. Honorable Mention: Brayton Lee from Brownsburg Past Winners 2016- Blake Rypel from Indianapolis Cathedral 2015- Chad Red from New Palestine 2A Wrestler of the Year Mason Parris from Lawrenceburg Mason Parris is good at wrestling. In three years Parris has amassed 159 victories in 160 matches. This year in 53 matches he had 41 pins with only one match going the full six minutes. Parris is already in the talk of one of the best big men in the history of Indiana with one year left to wrestle. Honorable Mention: Brad Laughlin from Yorktown Past Winners 2016- Brock Hudkins from Danville 2015- Brock Hudkins from Danville 1A Wrestler of the Year Eli Stock from Monrovia One of the best stories to come out of this year's state tournament is Eli Stock from Monrovia. This Bulldog defied odds time after time and after the dust had settled he was on top of the podium. After another lengthy football season Stock stepped it up during the state series. He had to fend off numerous challengers in a LOADED regional in which all four competitors punched tickets to state. Stock's run in the post season this year will be talked about for many years go come. Honorable Mention: Evan Ellis from Eastern Past Winners 2016- Evan Ellis from Eastern 2015- Sawyer Miller from South Adams
  2. Mr. Gorilla Voting Results(1st place votes) See article here http://indianamat.co...illa-award-r778 1st- Andrew Davison(18) 2nd- Breyden Bailey(8) 3rd- Alec White(2) Others with 1st place votes Alston Bane(2) Eli Stock(2) Colton Cummings(1) Past Mr. Gorilla Award Winners 2016- Chad Red of New Palestine 2015- Tommy Forte of Mishawaka 3A Coach of the Year Chris Joll from Chesterton Returning 13 starters from their 2016 squad the Trojans were poised for a spectacular season. Riding the waves of some talented big guys Coach Chris Joll's squad finished 2nd at state. Individually the Trojans qualified six wretlers for the state finals with five of them placing. Andrew Davison became the 5th wrestler in school history to win a state champion joining his father and assistant coach Keith, Joh DeHart, and Jim Popp. Also placing were runner-ups Lucas Davison and Diego Lemley, 4th place finisher Eli Pokorney, and 8th place finisher Jack Tolin. Honorable Mention: Darrick Snyder from Brownsburg and Matt Schoettle from Perry Meridian Past Winners 2016- Darrick Snyder from Brownsburg 2015- Brad Harper from Penn 2A Coach of the Year Trent McCormick from Yorktown Word on the street is that Yorktown will need to add on with all of the hardware just from the wrestling team. The Tigers had two state champions this year in Brayden Curtis and Brad Laughlin. They also had runner-up Christian Hunt and 8th place finisher Jacob Rhoades. On top of placing 4th at the state finals, Yorktown captured their fourth IHSWCA 2A Team State Duals title in five years. Honorable Mention: Maurice Swain from North Montgomery Past Winners 2016- Mark Kerrn from Jimtown 2015- Trent McCormick from Yorktown 1A Coach of the Year Gary Black from Shenandoah The Shenandoah Raiders lead by Gary Black have quickly become a program to watch in the state. With a relatively young line-up the Raiders finished 2nd at the IHSWCA Team State Duals in a match that went down to the wire. Individually, coach Black's squad had four state qualifiers including runner-up AJ Black and 8th place finishers Ryan Surguy and Josh Gee. Honorable Mention: Brett Smith from Prairie Heights Past Winners 2016- Brett Smith from Prairie Heights 2015- Tony Currie from Adams Central 3A Wrestler of the Year Joe Lee from Evansville Mater Dei The rumor on the street is that Joe Lee eats broken glass sprinkled with gunpowder and chugs a gallon of diesel fuel before each match. When you see him wrestle, you understand why that rumor has legs. Lee sliced through the field like a hot knife through butter this year with no one getting within 9 points of him during the state series. Lee has already committed to Penn State with one more year of high school left. Honorable Mention: Brayton Lee from Brownsburg Past Winners 2016- Blake Rypel from Indianapolis Cathedral 2015- Chad Red from New Palestine 2A Wrestler of the Year Mason Parris from Lawrenceburg Mason Parris is good at wrestling. In three years Parris has amassed 159 victories in 160 matches. This year in 53 matches he had 41 pins with only one match going the full six minutes. Parris is already in the talk of one of the best big men in the history of Indiana with one year left to wrestle. Honorable Mention: Brad Laughlin from Yorktown Past Winners 2016- Brock Hudkins from Danville 2015- Brock Hudkins from Danville 1A Wrestler of the Year Eli Stock from Monrovia One of the best stories to come out of this year's state tournament is Eli Stock from Monrovia. This Bulldog defied odds time after time and after the dust had settled he was on top of the podium. After another lengthy football season Stock stepped it up during the state series. He had to fend off numerous challengers in a LOADED regional in which all four competitors punched tickets to state. Stock's run in the post season this year will be talked about for many years go come. Honorable Mention: Evan Ellis from Eastern Past Winners 2016- Evan Ellis from Eastern 2015- Sawyer Miller from South Adams Click here to view the article
  3. 1A Coach of the Year Tony Currie- Adams Central In his first year at the helm of the Flying Jets Currie continued the storied tradition of the program. The list of accolades in his first season will set a high standard for the years to come. In early January the Currie lead Jets captured the 1A Team State Duals title in dramatic fashion over Prairie Heights. They kept the ball rolling winning the tournament portion of the Allen County Athletic Conference. Adams Central was also the only 1A team to take more than one wrestler to state, which included 4th place finisher Kaine Luginbill. 2A Coach of the Year Trent McCormick- Yorktown The Yorktown contingent had an outstanding year once again, led by Coach Trent McCormick. The Tigers captured their third straight 2A Team State Duals title in dominating fashion. The won in the finals 45-18 and in total outscored their opponents 229-59. Along the state path they captured a sectional, regional, and semi-state titles. They also qualified eight wrestlers for state and finished 11th in the final standings. 3A Coach of the Year Brad Harper- Penn Adults often joke about the endless energy of kids…and Brad Harper. Harper is a high energy coach that is a master motivator. The architect of the Penn resurgence is the 3A Coach of the Year. With a banged up and patched up team at the 3A Team State Duals Harper’s squad was an eyelash and a tiebreaker from the finals. Then came a state run that was redemption for team state. Penn lost two very important wrestlers in the first round of state and came into the quarter-finals with one less wrestler than Cathedral. They managed to outpace the Irish as Harper’s squad brought home two individual titles along with a runner-up finish. This is Penn’s first wrestling state title in the school’s history along with the first individual titles since 1971. 1A Wrestler of the Year Sawyer Miller- South Adams After being in the semi-finals as a freshman and sophomore, Miller was knocked out of the state tournament at semi-state as a junior. That fueled the motivation to not quit until he was under the lights in his last go-round. He had an unblemished record until the finals where he dropped an overtime bout to Brock Hudkins. Miller wraps up his career as the most decorated Starfire in history with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place medals. His legacy will be hard to top, but he does has a younger brother just itching to break all his records. 2A Wrestler of the Year Brock Hudkins- Danville Luck hasn’t been a friend of Brock Hudkins during any of his three high school seasons. As a freshman he missed the first half of the season with an injury and came into the state tournament with a limited amount of matches. He ended up 5th in a very tough weight class. As a sophomore he came into state as a semi-state champion, weighed in, then became ill and couldn’t participate. His junior year was cruising along until a midseason weight room injury almost sidelined him for the season. Even with a mangled finger Hudkins captured a state title in one of the toughest weight classes in the state. He finished his junior campaign without a loss and will look to build upon it for his final year. 3A Wrestler of the Year Chad Red- New Palestine There are many superlatives that can be used to describe Chad Red. His career to this point is nearly spotless with his only blemishes coming when he attends national events. Along with his three state titles he has championships at the Super 32 and Fargo. He also has a 4th place finish at FloNationals along with leading Team Indiana to All-American finishes at the Cadet Duals. The icing on the cake is his #1 ranking in the country which has prompted visits from top college coaches to New Palestine. Mr. Gorilla Voting Results (1st Place Votes) Tommy Forte- 106(13) Tommy Cash- 90(9) Garrett Pepple- 74(1) Dylan Lydy- 28 Brandon James- 24 Tommy Forte- Mishawaka The experts often say to keep your resume to one page, but for Tommy Forte he will need a forest to print his resume off. One of only two seniors this year with four state medals(Brandon James the other), Forte has cemented a legacy of one of the greatest Cavemen ever. Two state titles to go with a runner-up and third place finish are just the tip of the iceberg. Nationally, Forte has placed at USAW Folkstyle Nationals twice and finished 4th at the Super 32. He also holds national rankings of #8 by Intermat and #15 by FloWrestling. He will be continuing his education and wrestling career at Buffalo with former coach Bryce Hasseman and the Bulls. This year he became only the second wrestler ever to capture four titles at the prestigious Al Smith Classic. He finished his career with an impressive 140 wins with only 5 losses to three different wrestlers(Jarred McKinley 2x, Cody LeCount 2x, and Anthony McHugh). With that he is the first of many Mr. Gorilla award recipients.
  4. 1A Coach of the Year Tony Currie- Adams Central In his first year at the helm of the Flying Jets Currie continued the storied tradition of the program. The list of accolades in his first season will set a high standard for the years to come. In early January the Currie lead Jets captured the 1A Team State Duals title in dramatic fashion over Prairie Heights. They kept the ball rolling winning the tournament portion of the Allen County Athletic Conference. Adams Central was also the only 1A team to take more than one wrestler to state, which included 4th place finisher Kaine Luginbill. 2A Coach of the Year Trent McCormick- Yorktown The Yorktown contingent had an outstanding year once again, led by Coach Trent McCormick. The Tigers captured their third straight 2A Team State Duals title in dominating fashion. The won in the finals 45-18 and in total outscored their opponents 229-59. Along the state path they captured a sectional, regional, and semi-state titles. They also qualified eight wrestlers for state and finished 11th in the final standings. 3A Coach of the Year Brad Harper- Penn Adults often joke about the endless energy of kids…and Brad Harper. Harper is a high energy coach that is a master motivator. The architect of the Penn resurgence is the 3A Coach of the Year. With a banged up and patched up team at the 3A Team State Duals Harper’s squad was an eyelash and a tiebreaker from the finals. Then came a state run that was redemption for team state. Penn lost two very important wrestlers in the first round of state and came into the quarter-finals with one less wrestler than Cathedral. They managed to outpace the Irish as Harper’s squad brought home two individual titles along with a runner-up finish. This is Penn’s first wrestling state title in the school’s history along with the first individual titles since 1971. 1A Wrestler of the Year Sawyer Miller- South Adams After being in the semi-finals as a freshman and sophomore, Miller was knocked out of the state tournament at semi-state as a junior. That fueled the motivation to not quit until he was under the lights in his last go-round. He had an unblemished record until the finals where he dropped an overtime bout to Brock Hudkins. Miller wraps up his career as the most decorated Starfire in history with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place medals. His legacy will be hard to top, but he does has a younger brother just itching to break all his records. 2A Wrestler of the Year Brock Hudkins- Danville Luck hasn’t been a friend of Brock Hudkins during any of his three high school seasons. As a freshman he missed the first half of the season with an injury and came into the state tournament with a limited amount of matches. He ended up 5th in a very tough weight class. As a sophomore he came into state as a semi-state champion, weighed in, then became ill and couldn’t participate. His junior year was cruising along until a midseason weight room injury almost sidelined him for the season. Even with a mangled finger Hudkins captured a state title in one of the toughest weight classes in the state. He finished his junior campaign without a loss and will look to build upon it for his final year. 3A Wrestler of the Year Chad Red- New Palestine There are many superlatives that can be used to describe Chad Red. His career to this point is nearly spotless with his only blemishes coming when he attends national events. Along with his three state titles he has championships at the Super 32 and Fargo. He also has a 4th place finish at FloNationals along with leading Team Indiana to All-American finishes at the Cadet Duals. The icing on the cake is his #1 ranking in the country which has prompted visits from top college coaches to New Palestine. Mr. Gorilla Voting Results (1st Place Votes) Tommy Forte- 106(13) Tommy Cash- 90(9) Garrett Pepple- 74(1) Dylan Lydy- 28 Brandon James- 24 Tommy Forte- Mishawaka The experts often say to keep your resume to one page, but for Tommy Forte he will need a forest to print his resume off. One of only two seniors this year with four state medals(Brandon James the other), Forte has cemented a legacy of one of the greatest Cavemen ever. Two state titles to go with a runner-up and third place finish are just the tip of the iceberg. Nationally, Forte has placed at USAW Folkstyle Nationals twice and finished 4th at the Super 32. He also holds national rankings of #8 by Intermat and #15 by FloWrestling. He will be continuing his education and wrestling career at Buffalo with former coach Bryce Hasseman and the Bulls. This year he became only the second wrestler ever to capture four titles at the prestigious Al Smith Classic. He finished his career with an impressive 140 wins with only 5 losses to three different wrestlers(Jarred McKinley 2x, Cody LeCount 2x, and Anthony McHugh). With that he is the first of many Mr. Gorilla award recipients. Click here to view the article
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