Columbus East wins state

[Hutt]

Congratulations to the Columbus East Elementary team for winning ISWA team state championship.

[CoachZ62]

Congrats! 

[wwatson]

Great Job!

[philoe bedoe]

That was a tough bunch of kids! Well deserved Columbus East.

[dinubus]

Congratulations. Is there anywhere where we can see results posted or brackets posted?

[takedown]

Did Colunbus east wrestle Avon?  If so, what was the score?   Thanks

[cyoguru]

Did Colunbus east wrestle Avon?  If so, what was the score?   Thanks

Yes in the finals. 47-45.

[IU89]

EMD beat Avon 56-25 at Perry Meridian.

[DLane]

EMD beat Avon 56-25 at Perry Meridian.

That was the same weekend that 9 Avon kids and 4 Columbus East kids were wrestling on Team Indiana at Hoilday Duals in Michgian.

missing from Avon Teams
Gold - Tyson Lane, Ray Rioux, Trey Lane, Carson Brewer, Andrew Frank, Aaron Conde
Black- David Marcum, Luke Rioux, Camden Chatterton

missing from Columbus East
Caden Rooks, Graham Rooks, Logan Bailey, Brady Shepard

[aalejado]

Yes in the finals. 47-45.

Who wins? That was a close score..  By the way Congrats Columbus East!!

[philoe bedoe]

EMD beat Avon 56-25 at Perry Meridian.

AND...Columbus East and Avon showed up to the fight for a state championship while EMD stayed home. EMD won the Perry Meridian Duals...Columbus East and Avon are state champs and state runner-ups, I think those young men will be OK with that.

[DLane]

Very close between Avon and Columbus East came down to HWT match. Not only that but fans of both teams were great cheering. Which made the dual even more exciting from match to match.  This dual meet was better then most High School duals hands down.

[Mattyb]

That was the same weekend that 9 Avon kids and 4 Columbus East kids were wrestling on Team Indiana at Hoilday Duals in Michgian.

missing from Avon Teams
Gold - Tyson Lane, Ray Rioux, Trey Lane, Carson Brewer, Andrew Frank, Aaron Conde
Black- David Marcum, Luke Rioux, Camden Chatterton

missing from Columbus East
Caden Rooks, Graham Rooks, Logan Bailey, Brady Shepard

Tyler Miner and Mason Miranda were also not at Perry. With this said, the Perry tourney falls on the same week as xmas duals every year. There will be studs from many teams missing every year (at Perry).

Mason was playing basketball! Please, if  anyone sees Mason this season. Tell him that he is too short to play basketball!

Lets not take anything away from EMD. I have never seen their youth team, but I am sure that they are very good. They should be very proud for their win at Perry.

By the way, great job Columbus and hats off to all of your parents that congratulated our boys and our families. The sportsmanship was great.

[TSchaefer]

Congrats to Columbus East and Avon, two great teams with great kids...and thanks to the the ISWA, it was a very well run event...I must send congrats to the fans and coaches as well, especially for CE and Avon, the sportsmanship was second to none...at some point every coach from both teams and many parents congratulated us as well (CG)...says a lot for Indiana Wrestling....its growing on me...a great wrestling state.

[Armbar Cradle]

Just a quick note...  Columbus East beat the teams that finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.  That is a pretty good way to prove you are the champs.

[DLane]

Just a quick note...  Columbus East beat the teams that finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.  That is a pretty good way to prove you are the champs.

4 pools with 4 teams in team, then bracket #1 vs #2 blind draw....

Columbus East #1 and Indy West #2 in the same pool
Avon Gold #1 and Center Grove #2 in same pool

So all of the top 4 teams wrestled eachother at one point during the day

[Armbar Cradle]

Well I didn't watch all of the matches, just ours.  If you go back and re-read my post, I said Columbus East BEAT all of the other teams in the final four not that we wrestled them!

[feez]

Very close between Avon and Columbus East came down to HWT match. Not only that but fans of both teams were great cheering. Which made the dual even more exciting from match to match.  This dual meet was better then most High School duals hands down.

The hwt wrestler from from Columbus East really had a gutsy performance. He had hurt his elbow earlier and was wearing a slight brace. In the semi-final round he started wrestling and reinjured his elbow again. He was up 2-1 when he had to default. He was in tears due to the pain and could not continue.He came back in the final round and won by fall. Truly a gutsy young man. Please someone post his name and let's give this young man the credit that he deserves. GREAT JOB!   

[Mattyb]

The hwt wrestler from from Columbus East really had a gutsy performance. He had hurt his elbow earlier and was wearing a slight brace. In the semi-final round he started wrestling and reinjured his elbow again. He was up 2-1 when he had to default. He was in tears due to the pain and could not continue.He came back in the final round and won by fall. Truly a gutsy young man. Please someone post his name and let's give this young man the credit that he deserves. GREAT JOB!   

That was Brady Shepard from Jennings County. He injuried that elbow down in Georgia a few weeks ago. He is in fact a stud. His team (team Indiana) was very upset when he got injured down there. They decided (as a team) to give big Brady the second place trophy after the meet. Another example of how the kids from this age group are good sports and care for eachother. I have been very lucky to coach many of  these boys.