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This Week in Wrestling January 12th-18th
Dual Schedule
Date/Time Event Jan 13 06:00 pm Castle at Evansville North Jan 13 06:00 pm Hammond Gavit at East Chicago Central Jan 13 06:30 pm New Haven at East Noble Jan 14 07:30 am Hobart at Kankakee Valley Jan 14 05:00 pm Boonville at Heritage Hills Jan 14 05:30 pm North Judson at Boone Grove Jan 14 05:30 pm Gibson Southern at Evansville Memorial Jan 14 06:00 pm Guerin Catholic at Anderson Jan 14 06:00 pm Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter at Roncalli Jan 14 06:00 pm Sullivan at Cloverdale Jan 14 06:00 pm North Putnam at Covington Jan 14 06:00 pm Knightstown at Eastern Hancock Jan 14 06:00 pm Paoli at Washington Jan 14 06:00 pm Eastern (Greentown) at Clinton Prairie Jan 14 06:00 pm Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at Danville Jan 14 06:00 pm Western at Frankfort Jan 14 06:00 pm Southern Wells at Frankton Jan 14 06:00 pm Wes-Del at Alexandria Jan 14 06:00 pm Indiana Deaf at Faith Christian Jan 14 06:00 pm Batesville at Greensburg Jan 14 06:00 pm Southwestern (Hanover) at Switzerland County Jan 14 06:00 pm Avon at Ben Davis Jan 14 06:00 pm Edgewood at Bloomington North Jan 14 06:00 pm Carroll (Flora) at Clinton Central Jan 14 06:00 pm Benton Central at West Central Jan 14 06:00 pm Franklin Central at Greenwood Jan 14 06:00 pm Tecumseh at Henderson County(KY) Jan 14 06:00 pm South Putnam at North Vermillion Jan 14 06:00 pm Westview at Churubusco Jan 14 06:00 pm Greencastle at Owen Valley Jan 14 06:00 pm Eastern (Pekin) at New Albany Jan 14 06:00 pm Southridge at Princeton Jan 14 06:00 pm Cowan at Winchester Jan 14 06:00 pm Peru at Maconaquah Jan 14 06:00 pm South Dearborn at East Central Jan 14 06:30 pm Carroll(Fort Wayne) at Fort Wayne Snider Jan 14 06:30 pm Leo at Norwell Jan 14 06:30 pm Monrovia at Mooresville Jan 14 06:30 pm Richmond at Daleville Jan 14 06:30 pm Fishers at Pendleton Heights Jan 14 06:30 pm Tri-West at Western Boone Jan 14 06:30 pm Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger at Angola Jan 14 06:30 pm North White at West Lafayette Jan 14 06:30 pm Southmont at Fountain Central Jan 14 06:45 pm Concord at Warsaw Jan 14 06:45 pm Jimtown at Northridge Jan 14 06:45 pm Elkhart Memorial at Plymouth Jan 14 07:00 pm Rensselaer Central at Winamac Jan 15 05:00 pm Indianapolis Lutheran at Indiana Deaf Jan 15 06:00 pm Center Grove at New Palestine Jan 15 06:00 pm Evansville Memorial at Castle Jan 15 06:00 pm Indianapolis Cathedral at Perry Meridian Jan 15 06:00 pm Terre Haute South at Bloomington South Jan 15 06:00 pm South Adams at Muncie Central Jan 15 06:00 pm Hamilton Southeastern at Lawrence North Jan 15 06:00 pm Union City at Northeastern Jan 15 06:00 pm Decatur Central at Rushville Jan 15 06:00 pm Charlestown at Jeffersonville Jan 15 06:00 pm Tell City at Crawford County Jan 15 06:00 pm Indianapolis George Washington at Indianapolis Crispus Attucks Jan 15 06:00 pm Mount Vernon (Fortville) at North Central Jan 15 06:00 pm North Miami at Northfield Jan 15 06:00 pm Griffith at Wheeler Jan 15 06:00 pm Elwood at Hamilton Heights Jan 15 06:00 pm Twin Lakes at McCutcheon Jan 15 06:00 pm North Harrison at Scottsburg Jan 15 06:00 pm Peru at Cass Jan 15 06:00 pm Borden at Silver Creek Jan 15 06:00 pm Plainfield at Pike Jan 15 06:00 pm Taylor(OH) at Lawrenceburg Jan 15 06:00 pm Delphi at Rossville Jan 15 06:00 pm Hebron at River Forest Jan 15 06:00 pm Northview at West Vigo Jan 15 06:00 pm Connersville at Hagerstown Jan 15 06:30 pm Bellmont at Adams Central Jan 15 06:30 pm Michigan City at Crown Point Jan 15 06:30 pm DeKalb at Columbia City Jan 15 06:30 pm Columbus East at Columbus North Jan 15 06:30 pm South Dearborn at Franklin County Jan 15 06:30 pm Culver Community at Bremen Jan 15 06:30 pm Tippecanoe Valley at Rochester Jan 15 06:30 pm Triton at Manchester Jan 15 06:30 pm Westfield at Carmel Jan 15 06:30 pm Tri-Central at Kokomo Jan 15 06:30 pm Portage at LaPorte Jan 15 06:30 pm Hanover Central at Illiana Christian Jan 15 06:30 pm Chesterton at Valparaiso Jan 15 06:30 pm Lowell at Hanover Central Jan 15 06:30 pm West Noble at East Noble Jan 15 06:30 pm River Forest at Calumet Jan 15 06:30 pm Western at Wabash Jan 15 06:30 pm Evansville Bosse at North Knox Jan 15 06:30 pm South Bend Clay at Bremen Jan 15 06:45 pm Wawasee at Penn Jan 15 07:30 pm Oak Hill at Tipton Jan 15 07:30 pm Lake Central at Merrillville Jan 16 05:00 pm North White at South Newton Jan 16 05:30 pm Owen Valley at Bedford North Lawrence Jan 16 06:00 pm Adams Central at Delta Jan 16 06:00 pm Purdue Polytechnic at Guerin Catholic Jan 16 06:00 pm Southport at Roncalli Jan 16 06:00 pm Daleville at Madison-Grant Jan 16 06:00 pm Providence Cristo Rey at Brebeuf Jesuit Jan 16 06:00 pm New Castle at Shenandoah Jan 16 06:00 pm Pioneer at Tri County Jan 16 06:00 pm Winamac at LaVille Jan 16 06:00 pm Mount Vernon (Posey) at Gibson Southern Jan 16 06:00 pm Brownsburg at Ben Davis Jan 16 06:00 pm Maconaquah at Caston Jan 16 06:00 pm Evansville Central at Pike Central Jan 16 06:00 pm Cascade at Terre Haute North Jan 16 06:00 pm Heritage at Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Jan 16 06:00 pm Southridge at Floyd Central Jan 16 06:00 pm Lakeland at Westview Jan 16 06:00 pm Evansville Reitz at Evansville Mater Dei Jan 16 06:00 pm Sheridan at Lafayette Central Catholic Jan 16 06:30 pm Fremont at Prairie Heights Jan 16 06:30 pm Marion at Logansport Jan 16 06:30 pm Central Noble at Garrett Jan 16 06:30 pm Fort Wayne Northrop at Fort Wayne Concordia Jan 16 06:30 pm Churubusco at Huntington North Jan 16 06:30 pm Bellmont at Fort Wayne Snider Jan 16 06:30 pm Jay County at Homestead Jan 16 06:30 pm Indianapolis Scecina Memorial at Crawfordsville Jan 16 06:30 pm Eastside at Angola Jan 16 06:30 pm Union County at Centerville Jan 16 06:30 pm Seymour at Scottsburg Jan 16 06:30 pm West Central at Knox Jan 16 06:30 pm Heritage Hills at Jasper Jan 16 06:30 pm Whitko at Fort Wayne South Side Jan 16 06:30 pm Leo at Woodlan Jan 16 06:30 pm Goshen at Warsaw Jan 16 06:30 pm Cowan at Bluffton Jan 16 06:30 pm Beech Grove at Triton Central Jan 16 06:45 pm Concord at Plymouth Jan 16 07:00 pm Princeton at Evansville Harrison Jan 16 07:00 pm Culver Academies at South Bend Riley Jan 16 07:00 pm Munster at Hobart  
Multi-Dual Schedule
 
Date/Time Event Teams Jan 13 06:30 pm Double Dual at North Judson at North Judson Teams: Caston North Judson Pioneer Jan 15 12:00 am Double Dual at Providence at Providence Teams: Corydon Central New Washington Providence Jan 15 06:30 pm Double Dual at North Posey at North Posey Teams: Evansville North North Posey Vincennes Lincoln Jan 18 09:00 am Double Dual at Evansville Central at Evansville Central Teams: Castle Evansville Central Evansville Reitz Jan 18 09:00 am Circle City Conference at Guerin Catholic Teams: Brebeuf Jesuit Guerin Catholic Indianapolis Bishop Chatard Roncalli Jan 18 09:00 am Neil Muse Invitational at Lapel Teams: Anderson Clinton Central Eastern Hancock Fort Wayne South Side Lafayette Jefferson Lapel Jan 18 09:00 am Tri invitational at Tri Teams: Blue River Valley Centerville Daleville Tri Wapahani Jan 18 09:00 am Tri Central Duals at Tri-Central Teams: Carroll (Flora) Clinton Prairie Faith Christian Sheridan Tri-Central Jan 18 09:00 am Boonville Invitational at Boonville Teams: Boonville Jan 18 09:00 am Boonville Invitational at Boonville Teams: Boonville North Knox South Spencer Tecumseh Wood Memorial Jan 18 09:30 am County Meet at Monroe Central Teams: Monroe Central Randolph Southern Union City Winchester Jan 18 06:00 pm Double Dual at Sheridan at Sheridan Teams: Clinton Central Sheridan Tri-Central Tournament Schedule
Date/Time Event Teams Jan 17 07:00 pm Central Indiana Conference at Oak Hill Teams: Alexandria Blackford Eastbrook Elwood Frankton Madison-Grant Mississinewa Oak Hill Jan 18 08:00 am Boonville Invitational at Boonville Teams: Boonville North Knox South Spencer Tecumseh Wood Memorial Jan 18 08:30 am Hoosier Heritage Conference at Pendleton Heights Teams: Delta Greenfield-Central Mount Vernon (Fortville) New Castle New Palestine Pendleton Heights Shelbyville Yorktown Jan 18 08:30 am Southern Indiana Wrestling Classic at Scottsburg Teams: Borden Charlestown Corydon Central Eastern (Pekin) Forest Park Milan Mitchell New Washington North Harrison Paoli Providence Salem Scottsburg Southwestern (Hanover) Switzerland County West Washington Jan 18 09:00 am Wild Bill Invitational at Fort Wayne Concordia Teams: Carroll(Fort Wayne) Churubusco Fort Wayne Concordia Fort Wayne Snider Homestead Maconaquah Muncie Central NorthWood Wabash Jan 18 09:00 am Northern Indiana Conference at Mishawaka Teams: Bremen Elkhart Central Jimtown John Glenn Mishawaka Mishawaka Marian New Prairie Penn South Bend Adams South Bend Clay South Bend Riley South Bend St. Joseph South Bend Washington Jan 18 09:00 am Mid-State Conference at Mooresville Teams: Decatur Central Franklin Community Greenwood Martinsville Mooresville Perry Meridian Plainfield Whiteland Jan 18 09:00 am Metropolitan Conference at Lawrence North Teams: Ben Davis Carmel Center Grove Lawrence Central Lawrence North North Central Pike Warren Central Jan 18 09:00 am Sagmore Conference at North Montgomery Teams: Crawfordsville Danville Frankfort Lebanon North Montgomery Southmont Tri-West Western Boone Jan 18 09:00 am Hoosier Conference Tournament at Western Teams: Benton Central Cass Hamilton Heights Lafayette Central Catholic Northwestern Rensselaer Central Tipton Twin Lakes West Lafayette Western Jan 18 09:00 am Garrett Invitational at Garrett Teams: Angola Carmel DeKalb East Noble Fort Wayne Northrop Fort Wayne Wayne Fremont Garrett Norwell Shenandoah South Adams Southern Wells Warsaw Jan 18 09:00 am Goshen Invitational at Goshen Teams: Columbia City Eastern (Greentown) Fort Wayne North Side Goshen Lakeland Tippecanoe Valley Whitko Winamac Jan 18 09:00 am Adams Central Invitational at Adams Central Teams: Adams Central Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger Frontier Huntington North Richmond Southwood Jan 18 09:00 am Conference Indiana at Southport Teams: Bloomington North Bloomington South Columbus North Southport Terre Haute North Terre Haute South Jan 18 09:00 am Indiana Crossroads Conference at Monrovia Teams: Beech Grove Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter Indianapolis Lutheran Indianapolis Scecina Memorial Monrovia Speedway Triton Central Jan 18 09:00 am Wabash River Conference at Covington Teams: Attica Covington Fountain Central North Vermillion Parke Heritage Seeger South Vermillion Jan 18 09:00 am Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference at South Dearborn Teams: Batesville Connersville East Central Franklin County Greensburg Lawrenceburg Rushville South Dearborn Jan 18 09:00 am Woodlan Invitational at Woodlan Teams: Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Heritage Logansport Northfield Providence Cristo Rey Woodlan Jan 18 09:00 am Hoosier Hills Conference at Madison Teams: Bedford North Lawrence Columbus East Floyd Central Jeffersonville Jennings County Madison New Albany Seymour Jan 18 09:00 am Hoosier Crossroads Conference at Noblesville Teams: Avon Brownsburg Fishers Franklin Central Hamilton Southeastern Noblesville Westfield Zionsville Jan 18 09:00 am Western Indiana Conference at Edgewood Teams: Brown County Cascade Cloverdale Edgewood Greencastle Indian Creek North Putnam Northview Owen Valley South Putnam Sullivan West Vigo Jan 18 09:00 am Mason Invite at Mason(OH) Teams: Colerain(OH) Evansville Mater Dei Harrison (WL) Indianapolis Cathedral Lakota East(OH) Mason(OH) St. Xavier(OH) Jan 18 10:00 am DAC Tournament at Valparaiso Teams: Chesterton Crown Point Lake Central LaPorte Merrillville Michigan City Portage Valparaiso Jan 18 10:00 am Northwest Crossroads Conference at Lowell Teams: Andrean Highland Hobart Kankakee Valley Lowell Munster Jan 18 10:00 am Greater South Shore Conference at Hanover Central Teams: Boone Grove Calumet Griffith Hammond Bishop Noll Hanover Central Hebron Lake Station Edison River Forest Wheeler Whiting
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2021 Women's Nationals Preview
This week the women get a change to make some world teams in Texas. The annual Women’s Nationals(formerly Body Bar) is taking place with competition at the 14U, U15, Cadet, Junior, and U23 age levels. There will be 19 competitors from Indiana participating with some doubling up in age divisions. Competition starts today and will run through Sunday.
 
UWW Juniors
Four girls will be taking the mat in the Junior age group. Leading the way is Alara Boyd who was a team member in 2019. She was 4th at the Olympic Trials and is a favorite to make another world team. Three others that are still in high school will take the mat against a mixture of high school and college stars. State champions Trinity Malave and Torieonna Buchanan will be at 50kg and 53kg respectively. The last one to participate is Delta’s state runner-up anna Krejsa at 57kg.
 
U23
Three girls will be on the mats for this age division with two of them doubling up as both Alara Boyd and Torieonna Buchanan will also participate in the Junior division. Mishawaka’s Salome Walker will be the other competitor in this division. She attends McKendree University with Boyd and will wrestle at 59kg.
 
UWW Cadets
Indiana will have six representatives in the cadet division at the Women's Nationals. Wrestlers that are doubling up include Heath Crull, Rianne Murphy, and Trinity Malave. The three that are going only this division include Devyn Moore at 49kg, Sydney Delois at 53kg, and Kaylie Petersen at 65kg. Moore was an IHSGW runner-up in 2019 and an ISWA freestyle champ this year. Delois was 4th at the IHSGW finals along with being a runner-up last week at ISWA freestyle state. Petersen was champion at both ISWA state and IHSGW state this year.
 
U15
This is the largest representation for Indiana natives at this age division with 9 participants. This is a young and tough group of girls that will be tough outs and we could see more than one on the Pan Am team. Leading the way is Rianne Murphy who is attending Wyoming Seminary currently. Heather Crull was second at middle school state against the boys and placed 8th in freestyle against the boys. The O’campo sisters, Ysabella and Julianna, have both had a lot of success within the state and could surprise some folks in Texas. Amelia Murphy has had some success within the state and should be one to watch at 42kg. Joy Cantu is the daughter of former Hobart placer John Cantu and is another one with a lot of success within the state.  Highland’s Aleksandra Bastaic and Pendleton’s Maddie Marsh will both be at 54kg and have won multiple ISWA titles during their short careers.
 
14U
This age division will see five representatives from Indiana. Both Aleksandra Bastaic and Maddie Marsh will be doubling up age divisions here. The others include a pair of girls from Muncie in Paislee Chambers and Ella Gahl. Gahl won ISWA freestyle and folkstyle titles while she was runner-up at middle school state. Chambers was 2nd at freestyle state and middle school state, while winning a folkstyle title. Lastly, Olivia Crull will take the mat for Indiana. She was a runner-up in both ISWA freestyle and folkstyle state while finishing third at middle school state.
 
Brackets
https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/2c98bfde-365d-1d75-26b1-ca5128585398
 
Schedule
Friday, May 7th
Session I - Preliminaries
UWW Junior Women
9:30am to 1:00pm
 
Session II - Quarterfinals, semifinals, consolations
UWW Junior Women
2:00pm - 6:00pm
 
Session III - Best 2 out of 3 Championship Finals and 3rd, 5th, 7th place matches
UWW Junior Women
6:00pm - 8:00pm
 
Saturday, May 8th
Session IV - Preliminaries
14U & 10U girls
9:00am - 12:30pm
 
UWW Cadet Women
10:00am - 12:30pm
 
Session V - Quarterfinals, semifinals, consolations
UWW Cadet, 14U & 10U Girls
1:30pm - 4:30pm
 
Session VI - All placement matches
14U & 10U
4:30pm - 6:00pm
 
Best 2 out of 3 Championship Finals and 3rd, 5th, 7th place matches
UWW Cadet Women
6:00pm - 8:00pm
 
Sunday, May 9th
Session VII- Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations
UWW U23, UWW U15, 12U & 8U Girls
9:30am to 2:00pm
 
Session VIII - All placement matches
12U & 8U Girls
3:00pm - 4:30pm
 
Best 2 out of 3 Championship Finals and 3rd, 5th, 7th place matches
UWW U23 and UWW U15 Girls
3:00pm - 5:00pm
 
Participants
Division Weight Name Club 14U Girls 119 lbs Aleksandra Bastaic Highland Wrestling Club 14U Girls 119 lbs Maddie Marsh Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES 14U Girls 127 lbs Ella Gahl Spartans Wrestling Club 14U Girls 136 lbs paislee chambers Spartans Wrestling Club 14U Girls 92 lbs Olivia Crull Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES U15 Women 42 kg Amelia Murphy Crown Point U15 Women 42 kg Ysabelle Ocampo Penn Wrestling Club U15 Women 46 kg Heather Crull Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES U15 Women 46 kg Julianna Ocampo Penn Wrestling Club U15 Women 50 kg Joy Cantu Legends of Gold Las Vegas U15 Women 50 kg Rianne Murphy Wyoming Seminary U15 Women 54 kg Aleksandra Bastaic Highland Wrestling Club U15 Women 54 kg Maddie Marsh Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES U15 Women 58 kg Ella Gahl Spartans Wrestling Club U23 Women 53 kg Torieonna Buchanan Team Green Wrestling Club U23 Women 59 kg Salome Walker McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club U23 Women 65 kg Alara Boyd McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club UWW Cadet Women 46 kg Heather Crull Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES UWW Cadet Women 46 kg Rianne Murphy Wyoming Seminary UWW Cadet Women 49 kg Devyn Moore Region Wrestling Academy UWW Cadet Women 49 kg Trinity Malave Munster UWW Cadet Women 53 kg Sydney Delois Indiana Girls Wrestling IGNITES UWW Cadet Women 65 kg Kaylie Petersen Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club UWW Junior Women 50 kg Trinity Malave Munster UWW Junior Women 53 kg Torieonna Buchanan Team Green Wrestling Club UWW Junior Women 57 kg Anna Krejsa Delta UWW Junior Women 65 kg Alara Boyd McKendree Bearcat Wrestling Club  

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Paul Rademacher to Lead Indiana Tech Women’s Wrestling Program
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Indiana Tech has hired Paul Rademacher to lead its women’s wrestling program, Director of Athletics Debbie Warren announced Monday.
“We are ecstatic to bring Paul into the Warrior Family and lead our women’s wrestling program,” Warren said. “His background in freestyle wrestling, knowledge of the NAIA and overall experience elevated him in this highly competitive search and we look forward to seeing him build the program and grow the sport of women’s wrestling in the Midwest.”
A former wrestler at Oregon State University, Rademacher comes to Tech following a two-year stint at Southern Oregon University, where he was the Associate Head Coach for the women’s wrestling team.
“I am very excited and honored to be selected to be the first Women's Wrestling Head Coach at Indiana Tech,” Rademacher said. “It was very obvious that Indiana Tech was fully invested in starting this program and being successful. I believe Fort Wayne will be a great place for Women's Wrestling and that student-athletes will come from around the country to join the Warriors and be a part of the Indiana Tech community.”
During his two years with the Raiders he went 14-14 and led the team to an eighth place finish at the first-ever NAIA National Invitational this past March and a 12th-place performance at the Women’s College Wrestling Association (WCWA) Championships in 2018. He mentored six All-Americans during his time in Ashland.
“The opportunity to start the program from scratch and set a culture of character, integrity, academic and athletic excellence was a major draw for me,” Rademacher said. “I look forward to working with the other athletic programs to continue the national success that Indiana Tech has produced. I would like to thank AD Debbie Warren, Dr. Daniel J. Stoker (VP for Student Affairs), and President Dr. Karl W. Einolf for believing in me and for this opportunity.”
Prior to his time at SOU, Rademacher served as the head coach for the boys and girls wrestling teams at Henley High School (Ore.) for two seasons and was in charge of Mount Vernon High School (Wash.) before that. he had 40 wrestlers place during his time at the prep ranks while four became state champions under his tutelage, while he recorded two top-four finishes in the Oregon State Athletic Association (OSAA) Tournament.
A 1999 graduate of Chiloquin High, Rademacher competed from 1999-2003 at Oregon State, where he named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team as a senior. He continued to compete post-collegiately, and in 2014 placed second in the Veteran’s Greco Roman Division B 76-kilogram class and third in the Veteran’s Freestyle Division B 76-kilogram class. He was a quarterfinalist in the 2014 US Open Freestyles at 74-kilograms and won the 2012 Washington State Tournament Greco-Roman in the 85-kilogram division.
Rademacher is a USA Wrestling Bronze Certified Coach and was the head coach of the Oregon Junior National Team from 2015-18. He served as a wildland firefighter from 2000-15 at Baker River IHC was a member of the U.S. Forest Service in Washington.
He received his Master’s Degree in Teaching – Science from Western Governors University in 2017 and graduated from OSU with a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise and Sports Science with a concentration in Fitness Management. Rademacher and his wife, Gretchen, have been married since 2004.
The Warriors will begin competing as a team in the 2020-21 academic year. To learn more about women’s wrestling in the NAIA click here. To learn more about Indiana Tech women’s wrestling, click here. Interested student-athletes may fill out a recruit questionnaire here.

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Preview Magazine Release November 1st
Well...that's the latest it will come out, maybe sooner!
 
We are now taking pre-orders for the physical copies of the magazine and have something special in store for everyone. We have SIX different covers, one each featuring the five returning champions that are seniors this year and then one with all five of them together.
 
We are taking preorders for the individual covers until November 3rd and after that you will only get the one with the five seniors together. So if you want Jesse, Zeke, J, Brody, or Gabe solo you need to order soon!
 
You can purchase your copy in our store
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/store/category/17-preview-magazine/
 
After you purchase the magazine you can go to our new downloads section for the digital copy to keep you occupied until the physical copy arrives.
https://indianamat.com/index.php?/files/
 
Here are the cover previews







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Freshmen Shine for Indiana Tech at Patriot Open
11/8/2014 9:07:00 PM
 
 
| Zach Shore | @INTech_SID88
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – Freshman Thomas Garty led a trio of Indiana Tech wrestlers who won their respective weight classes at the Patriot Open hosted by the University of the Cumberlands on Saturday.
 
Garty went 5-0 en route to his first collegiate individual title, including wins against the defending national champion from Cumberland University in the championship and Isaac Thomas of Lindsey Wilson who is the sixth ranked wrestler at 149-pounds. Garty won his a pair of matches by major decision and the other by a 12-6 decision to make an appearance in the semifinals where he defeated Thomas via fall at 4:08 and then won the title with a fall at 1:46.
 
In the 141-pound weight class the Warriors dominated, placing first, third and fourth in the bracket.Travis Barroquillo, competing unattached at the event, won weight class, going 4-0, including registering a fall against teammate Robert Humphrey in the quarterfinals. Humphrey then proceeded to win three consecutive matches before losing to teammate Matthew Miller in the consolation championship, taking fourth. Miller lost in the quarterfinals as well, but then won four straight matches, including two via fall, to take third.
 
Another freshman, Stone Neese, won his first collegiate individual title at 174-pounds while teammate Tyler Goldman took fourth in the same class. Neese received a bye in the opening round before winning via decision 8-2 over Hunter Smith of Life University then registered a fall at 1:47 over Dustin Harris of Cumberland University in the semifinals. To win the title, Neese defeated the hosts, Daniel Toth via a 2-0 decision. Goldman loss to Toth in the quarterfinals then won three straight matches, falling in the consolation championship by an 8-3 decision.
 
Four other Warriors placed in their weight classes at the open with two runner-up finishes by Brett Yarbrough at 133-pounds and Jake Johnson at 165-pounds and two fourth place finishes by Kristopher McKinley at 125-pounds and Brandon Sunday at 184-pounds.
 
The Orange and Black return to the mat on Saturday, Nov. 22 when they travel to Campbellsville, Ky. to take part in the Campbellsville Duals. Tech is scheduled to face St. Andrews Presbyterian at 9 a.m. followed by duals against Campbellsville (10:30 a.m.) and St. Catharine (12:30 p.m.).

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Team Race Breakdown
By Drew Hughes
 
With the 2021 state tournament approaching the team race looks to be as exciting as ever. The way that I see it there are 5 teams that will be neck and neck this year for the title: Evansville Mater Dei, Crown Point, Indianapolis Cathedral, Chesterton, and Perry Meridian. While all of these teams have a shot at the crown, they will all need certain things to go their way.
 
Mater Dei:
With 7 state qualifiers but 4 of those 7 receiving some unfavorable draws they will need some big wins to stay in the team race. With these bad draws being semi-state champ Reed Egli drawing into #1 Alex Cottey first round, Cole Ross potentially running into #1 Sergio Lemley in the quarters, Alec Freeman potentially having #3 Aidan Torres in the quarters, and returning state champ Blake Boarman on the same side as #1 Jesse Mendez. These draws possibly limiting the number of people they can put in the finals it might just kill their chances at a team title.
Potential team scores not including bonus points:
Worst case: 59 points
Best case: 136 points
My Prediction: 78 points
 
Crown Point:
With the loss of a potential title contender Cody Goodwin, they might be just short of what they need to win the title. With 8 state qualifiers and 6 of those qualifiers ranked higher than their Friday night opponents, the Bulldogs are going to need to pick up some big wins on Saturday morning to win the title. These key potential quarters match ups that they need to go their way are #5 Sam Goin over #4 Bryce Lowery, #7 Stephen Roberson over #4 Kysen Montgomery, #3 Javen Estrada over #5 J Conway, and #5 Orlando Cruz over #4 Kade Law. With a few of these wins and their other guys wrestling up to their rankings they do still have a shot at the title.
Potential team scores not including bonus points:
Worst case: 52 points
Best case: 146 points
My Prediction: 93 points
 
Indianapolis Cathedral:
The reigning team state champs for the last 3 years, Cathedral will be looking for its 4th in a row on Saturday. Bring 6 qualifiers with them they are going to need to be at their best to get it done. With everyone ranked above their Friday night opponents they will need some big wins Saturday morning to have a chance at the title. Some of these big potential quarterfinal matches include #2 Evan Dickey vs. #1 Jeffery Bailey, #12 Dillion Graham vs. #9 Tony Wood, #9 Ulrik Urasky vs. #2 Pate Eastin, and #4 Johnny Parker vs. #6 Harris Eason. Cathedral will need to win a few of these matches as well as #3 Andrew Wilson potentially upsetting #2 Brody Baumann in the semis to repeat as team state champions.
Potential team scores not including bonus points:
Worst case: 44 points
Best case: 98 points
My Prediction: 72 points
 
Chesterton:
Coming off a tight semi-state title over Crown Point and bringing 8 guys to Bankers Life Chesterton is in a good spot to steal this team title. With only one wrestler ranked under their Friday night opponent they will need some big wins on Saturday. With some key potential quarterfinal matches being #10 Hayden DeMarco vs. #6 Coy Hammack, #1 Sergio Lemley vs. #4 Cole Ross, #3 Aidan Torres vs. #1 Alec Freeman, #10 Ethan Kaiser vs. #6 Hunter May, #6 Brock Ellis vs. #7 Tyer Conley, #4 Gavin Layman vs. #1 Drake Buchanan, and #10 Gage Demarco vs. #6 Harris Eason. Chesterton will need to a few upsets in theses matches to stay in the title race.
 
Potential team score not including bonus points:
Worst case: 45 points
Best case: 121 points
My Prediction: 91 points
 
Perry Meridian:
Perry comes into this weekend with 9 state qualifiers and only 3 of those 9 being ranked under their Friday night opponents if things go their way, we could see Perry bring home their first title since 2013. With their key potential quarterfinal matches being #3 Toby Billerman vs. #4 Evan Seng, #2 Mathew Koontz vs. #11 Aidan Hardcastle, #13 Jajuan Dale vs. #11 Codei Khawaja, and #10 Jeffrey McClure vs. #5 Josh Howell. The real key for Perry’s path to a title will come from their returning champ and 3-time finalist Alex Cottey to be health after injury defaulting to 4th place last weekend.
 
Potential team score not including bonus points:
Worst case: 39 points
Best case: 107 points
My prediction: 74 points
 
Based off of my predictions before taking bonus points into account I have the team placement going:
 
#1 Crown Point with 93 points
#2 Chesterton with 91 points
#3 Mater Dei with 78 points
#4 Perry Meridian with 74 points
#5 Cathedral with 72 points
 
Bonus points are going to be the deciding factor in this team race with the potential for any of these 5 teams to come away with the title come Saturday.

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Brayton Lee Commits to Minnesota
For a kid that has a motor that is full throttle 24 hours a day, Brayton Lee slowed down when it came to the recruiting process. Starting the list with six schools that included traditional powers Oklahoma State and Iowa State, Lee narrowed down it down to Nebraska and Minnesota. Many people thought it was a foregone conclusion that he'd land in Nebraska, however he ended up going with the Gophers. With his committment the Gophers have added to an already stellar incoming class. Region natives Kasper McIntosh and Gable Steveson, now in Minnesota, are two familiar faces that Lee will have when he gets to campus. On top of that Lee has become very close to another incoming freshman in Patrick McKee from his visit to Minnesota and Flo's Who's #1 event.
Lee is slotted to fill in nicely at 157lbs and should be a force from the get go for the Gophers. He is the third Brownsburg wrestler to commit to wrestling in college following Ty Mills who is going to Duke and Nathan Walton who is headed to Cumberland University in Tennessee. 

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Five Storylines to watch
1. Will Viduya get the golden bookend?
Alec Viduya won a state title as a freshman at 113lbs, but since then his nemesis Asa Garcia has tripped him up twice. Garcia is in Bloomington now and the path seems clear to end on top of the podium. The other likely contenders include Brock Ellis, Jaden Reynolds, and Reece Luhmann. Luhmann went to overtime with Viduya last week.
 
The "golden bookend" has been done three other times throughout Indiana history. The first was Ray Webb of Bloomington University who won titles at 120lbs as a freshman and 145lbs as a senior. The next to do it was current Evansville Mater Dei coach Greg Schaeffer. In 1995 he won a state title at 100lbs and again reached the top step of the podium in 1998 at 119lbs. The last person to accomplish this feat was Indian Creek's Ethan Raley. He won a title as a freshman at 103lbs, then again at 135lbs as a senior.
 
2. Team Race
The team race is going to be hotly contested from the getgo. Mater Dei looks to be the favorite on paper early on. Crown Point has some brutal Saturday morning matches that could determine the state title. Brownsburg is lurking with a couple state title contenders and other placers. Never count out two-time defending champions Cathedral. 
 
Friday night could set the stage for one or more of the contenders to pull away from the field. However, a couple slipups could mean another team or two comes into contention. 
 
Saturday morning will be filled with fireworks that will give us a great indication of who will come out on top of the team race.
 
3. Will the class of 2021 get a title?
As of this writing the current junior class has yet to win an individual state title. This can and possibly will change on Saturday night. Top contenders for a title include Alex Cottey(113), Blake Boarmann(138), Evan Bates(220), and Brock Ellis(145).
 
Cottey has one loss on the year, but his opponent did not qualify for state. Boarman has a wide open weight class where the top guys have all beaten each other. Bates and Ellis both have yet to be defeated by an Indiana opponent this year.
 
4. Famous firsts
Indianapolis Lutheran's Hayden Flipiovich is the school's first state qualfiier. Will he be able to crack the code and be their first placer as well? Attica, Monroe Central, and River Forest have never had a state placer in their history. Will Jeffrey Bailey be the first Ingot state placer? Logan Swallow won a semi-state title last week and could be the Golden Bear's first state placer. Jordan Douglass was the first state qualifier in Rambler history two years ago, but has yet to reach the podium.
 
There are 32 schools that have a state qualifier that has yet to have a state champion. The ones that might just break through this year include Garrett's Clayton Fielden, Hamilton Southeastern's Andrew Irick, North Montgomery's Drew Webster, Norwell's Cale Gray, Sullivan's Lane Gilbert, and Wheeler's Giovanni Diaz.
 
5. Best dressed
From shiny pants and shorts to Tonte's custom taylored suits, who will stand out in the fashion department? Will Cathedral be wearing their robes this weekend? Which coach will have the strongest beard game? All of these are valid questions that will get answered this weekend.

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2011 IHSAA Sectional Brackets
Date: Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.
Admission: $5.
Advancement: The top four place winners in each weight class advance to the regional tournament. Also, the championship team in the individual sectional tournament advances to the regional round of the team tournament.
 
1. East Chicago Central (10) | 9 am CT
East Chicago Central, Hammond, Hammond Bishop Noll, Hammond Clark, Hammond Gavit, Hammond Morton, Highland, Lake Central, Munster, Whiting.
 
2. Calumet (9) | 9 am CT
Calumet, Gary Roosevelt, Gary Wallace, Gary West Side, Griffith, Hobart, Lake Station Edison, Merrillville, River Forest.
 
3. Crown Point (9) | 9 am CT
Andrean, Boone Grove, Crown Point, Hanover Central, Hebron, Kankakee Valley, Lowell, North Newton, Valparaiso.
 
4. LaPorte (8) | 9 am CT
Chesterton, Glenn, Knox, LaPorte, Michigan City, New Prairie, North Judson, Portage.
 
5. Mishawaka (9) | 9 am ET
LaVille, Mishawaka, Mishawaka Marian, Penn, South Bend Adams, South Bend Clay, South Bend Riley, South Bend St. Joseph’s, South Bend Washington.
 
6. Plymouth (9) | 9 am ET
Bremen, Culver Academies, Culver Community, Plymouth, Rochester, Tippecanoe Valley, Triton, Warsaw, Wawasee.
 
7. Twin Lakes (11) | 9 am ET
Cass, Caston, Frontier, Logansport, North White, Pioneer, Rensselaer Central, South Newton, Twin Lakes, West Central, Winamac.
 
8. Lafayette Jefferson (10) | 8:30 am ET
Attica, Benton Central, Carroll (Flora), Delphi, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lafayette Central Catholic, Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon, Seeger, West Lafayette.
 
9. Elkhart Memorial (8) | 8 am ET
Concord, Elkhart Central, Elkhart Memorial, Fairfield, Goshen, Jimtown, Northridge, NorthWood.
 
10. Westview (10) | 9 am ET
Angola, Central Noble, DeKalb, East Noble, Fremont, Howe Military, Lakeland, Prairie Heights, West Noble, Westview.
 
11. Carroll (Fort Wayne) (11) | 8 am ET
Carroll (Fort Wayne), Churubusco, Columbia City, Eastside, Garrett, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Northrop, Leo, Whitko.
 
12. New Haven (9) | 8:30 am ET
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne, Harding, Heritage, Homestead, New Haven, Woodlan.
 
13. Peru (9) | 9 am ET
Huntington North, Maconaquah, Manchester, North Miami, Northfield, Peru, Southwood, Wabash, White’s.
 
14. Oak Hill (10) | 9 am ET
Eastbrook, Eastern (Greentown), Kokomo, Madison-Grant, Marion, Mississinewa, Northwestern, Oak Hill, Taylor, Western.
 
15. Jay County (9) | 8:30 am ET
Adams Central, Bellmont, Blackford, Bluffton, Jay County, Norwell, South Adams, Southern Wells, Union City.
 
16. Delta (10) | 9 am ET
Daleville, Delta, Monroe Central, Muncie Central, Muncie Southside, Randolph Southern, Wapahani, Wes-Del, Winchester, Yorktown.
 
17. Crawfordsville (9) | 9 am ET
Covington, Crawfordsville, Fountain Central, North Montgomery, North Vermillion, Rockville, South Vermillion, Southmont, Turkey Run.
 
18. Zionsville (12) | 8:30 am ET
Carmel, Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Fishers, Frankfort, Hamilton Southeastern, Lebanon, Rossville, Sheridan, Western Boone, Westfield, Zionsville.
 
19. Hamilton Heights (11) | 9 am ET
Alexandria, Anderson, Elwood, Frankton, Guerin Catholic, Hamilton Heights, Lapel, Noblesville, Pendleton Heights, Tipton, Tri-Central.
 
20. Lawrence Central (11) | 8:30 am ET
Indianapolis Arlington, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Broad Ripple, Indianapolis Cathedral, Indianapolis Howe Academy, Indianapolis Manual, Indianapolis Scecina, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central (Indianapolis).
 
21. Decatur Central (12) | 9 am ET
Ben Davis, Decatur Central, Indiana School for the Deaf, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Indianapolis Crispus Attucks, Indianapolis Northwest, Indianapolis Washington, Park Tudor, Perry Meridian, Pike, Southport, Speedway.
 
22. Warren Central (11) | 9 am ET
Beech Grove, Eastern Hancock, Franklin Central, Greenfield-Central, Indianapolis Marshall, Mount Vernon (Fortville), New Palestine, Roncalli, Shelbyville, Triton Central, Warren Central.
 
23. Shenandoah (11) | 9 am ET
Blue River Valley, Cambridge City Lincoln, Centerville, Hagerstown, Knightstown, New Castle, Northeastern, Richmond, Rushville, Shenandoah, Tri.
 
24. South Dearborn (10) | 9 am ET
Batesville, Connersville, East Central, Franklin County, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, Milan, Oldenburg Academy, South Dearborn, Union County.
 
25. Avon (10) | 8:30 am ET
Avon, Brownsburg, Cascade, Cloverdale, Danville, Greencastle, North Putnam, Plainfield, South Putnam, Tri-West Hendricks.
 
26. Mooresville (8) | 9 am ET
Center Grove, Franklin, Greenwood, Indian Creek, Martinsville, Monrovia, Mooresville, Whiteland.
 
27. Northview (9) | 9:30 am ET
Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Edgewood, Northview, Owen Valley, Sullivan, Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South, West Vigo.
 
28. Jennings County (9) | 9 am ET
Bedford North Lawrence, Brown County, Columbus East, Columbus North, Jennings County, Madison, Seymour, Scottsburg, Southwestern (Hanover).
 
29. Jeffersonville (10) | 9 am ET
Charlestown, Christian Academy of Indiana, Corydon Central, Eastern (Pekin), Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, New Albany, New Washington, Providence, Salem.
 
30. Southridge (10) | 8 am ET
Crawford County, Forest Park, Jasper, Mitchell, North Knox, Paoli, Pike Central, Southridge, Vincennes Lincoln, Washington.
 
31. Castle (9) | 8:30 am CT
Boonville, Castle, Gibson Southern, Heritage Hills, Princeton, South Spencer, Tecumseh, Tell City, Wood Memorial.
 
32. Evansville Central (9) | 9 am CT
Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville Memorial, Evansville North, Evansville Reitz, Mount Vernon, North Posey.

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IndianaMat Silverback Subscription Plan
The increasing reality of the internet is subscription plans. Looking at other state websites almost all of them have some sort of subscription in order to view most of the content. IndianaMat has bucked the trend and continued to be a free site utilizing other revenue streams that pay the bills. One of our revenue streams over the past few years has been our extremely popular preseason magazine. This year we set a record with the sales which will help us add staff members and equipment to better cover the sport.
 
However, with increasing coverage and content comes higher bills and expenses. This year we are going to implement our Silverback subscription program. Many of you may have noticed that some people are tagged as Silverbacks on the forum. That basically means they have purchased a magazine whether a physical or digital copy. With that perk comes the ability to view our preseason rankings. We are not going to stop there though. We are giving early access to all of our rankings to these people for the first 24 hours after each individual ranking set is released. As we move along this season there will be more perks added to this membership.
 
If you do not want to purchase a magazine you can become a subscriber by going to the subscriptions tab at the top or in the mobile menu and subscribe. Once you purchase a subscription plan or a magazine you will be upgraded to the Silverback group.
 
The cost is $10 and will give you access to our Silverback subscription plan for a year. There will be more perks later this year for members as we add more features to the website.
 
Click here to purchase a subscription
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2021 NFHS Rule Changes Reactions
Every spring the NFHS makes rule changes within the sport. Some years the changes are small in nature and just small clarifications to existing rules. Last year there were grumblings that the NFHS was ready to pull the trigger on reducing the number of weight classes. With participation levels different in each state the threat of losing weight classes is always looming.
 
This year there are three major rule changes that were highlighted by the NFHS. Here they are and a quick reaction to each of them.
 
Change #1
Each state has an option of three different weight class sets for boys and girls that includes 12, 13, or 14 weights effective for the 2023-2024 season.
Girls weight class options
12 Weight Classes – 100, 107, 114, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 165, 185, 235.
13 Weight Classes – 100, 106, 112, 118, 124, 130, 136, 142, 148, 155, 170, 190, 235.
14 Weight Classes – 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 155, 170, 190, 235.
Boys weight class options
12 Weight Classes – 108, 116, 124, 131, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 190, 215, 285
13 Weight Classes – 107, 114, 121, 127, 133, 139, 145, 152, 160, 172, 189, 215, 285
14 Weight Classes – 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 144, 150, 157, 165, 175, 190, 215, 285
Reaction:
This is a great move by the NFHS to allow states to have flexibility in their weight class options. This gives states with lower participation the option of having less weight classes without going against the NFHS’ wishes. For the most part, states do not like to go against the NFHS’ rule recommendations and having this option gives each state solid options to choose from. This also keeps things as close to uniform as possible.
 
Having different options for girls weights is great as the sport is growing on the girls side of things. This gives state the option to start with 12 weights and as the sport becomes more popular go up to 13 or 14 weights. 
 
As far as the weight classes go, they look to be geared a little closer to the old weights, but with a little more separation in the middle weights. In all honesty, teams and coaches will adapt to the weight classes. There are no perfect set of weights as each team has different demographics and even each season provides different obstacles for filling of the weight classes in the best possible manner. 
 
Change #2
Head and neck injury time will be a separate injury time.
Reaction:
This should make it easier for referees and coaches to keep track of this time. Previously there were many nuances to the rule that combined this type of stoppage versus blood or injury time. Hopefully this clears things up and referees don’t have to spend hours trying the if this, then that scenarios of stoppages.
 
Change #3
Allow athletes to have six matches during one day during a state series event.
Reaction:
For high school wrestling this is great. This could mean a lot for Indiana wrestling as currently we have the one and done round at most sectional sites. This would allow the state to give those wrestlers a full wrestle-back to placement if they wish. I do not know if the IHSAA will look into utilizing this exception but having it on the table can lead to good discussions with making our state series better.
 
Click here to read the full NFHS press release
 

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#6 Indiana Tech Finishes 7th
Zach Shore | @INTech_SID88
 
RESULTS | FORT WAYNE, Ind. – For the second straight year, the sixth-ranked Indiana Tech wrestling team took seventh place at the NWCA National Duals Championships with a 39-14 win over No. 10 Missouri Valley in Expos Center III at the Allen Country War Memorial Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
 
For the first time in three matches at the event, senior 125-pounder, Kristopher McKinley took a 6-5 loss to begin the dual, but top-ranked 133-pounder, Mitchell Pawlak, returned from yesterday's loss with a fall in 1:08 to take a 6-3 lead. A pair of forfeits by the Vikings sandwiched a tech fall by MVC to give Tech an 18-8 lead.
 
Eighth-ranked 165-pounder, Jacob Johnson, recorded his fourth fall in five matches for another six points and junior Tyler Goldman followed with a 9-2 decision to make it 27-8 Warriors. Sixth-ranked 184-pounder, Darryl Grayson, and sophomore 197-pounder, Brandon Sunday, both recorded first period falls to seal the win.
 
The Warriors return to action next weekend, Jan. 16-17, when they travel to Marshall, Mo. to compete in the Missouri Valley Invitational.
 
To stay up-to-date on all things Indiana Tech, be sure and follow the Warriors on Facebook and Twitter. You can also get updates sent directly to your phone by registering for SMS updates.
 
Wrestling Contact: Zachary Shore | 260-422-5561 Ext. 2492 | zrshore@indianatech.edu
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Hildebrandt, Olympic training camp comes to South Bend
By STEVE KRAH
stvkrh905@gmail.com

Sarah Hildebrandt is an Indiana girl.
 
And even though she now lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., the 50g Tokoyo Olympics qualifier for the U.S. has gotten a chance to come back to her back yard as the Games approach.
 
An Olympic Wrestling Training camp for women is happening June 27-July 7 at Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, not far from where Hildebrandt grew up in Granger and attended Penn High School.
 
An Olympic-style tournament and simulation was begun June 28 and concludes June 29.
 
Through donors and the work of Penn head coach Brad Harper, her father Chris Hildebrandt and many others, the camp was established in Indiana as part of a circuit that came out of the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs being closed to non-residents because of COVID-19 concerns.
 
“I’m so so grateful,” says Hildebrandt, 27. “There's so much to it and then I just feel so supported and loved.
 
“It’s so special to me and it really made me emotional like when we finally got the clearance for it. So many people who have put a lot into this dream and I feel like right now we kind of all get to share that and that's really cool.”
 
Jen Seltzer, mother of two-time IHSAA state champion Zeke Seltzer (Indianapolis Cathedral Class of 2022), is an executive with Kroger and helped supply snacks.
 
Led by U.S. national women’s coach Terry Steiner, the camp includes four of six Olympians (Hildebrandt, Jacara Winchester at 53kg, Tamaya Stock Mensah at 68kg and Adeline Gray a 76kg) and many national team members. Olympic qualifiers Kayla Miracle (62kg), a 2014 Culver Academies graduate, and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis (57kg) are working on strength training in Arizona.
 
Hildebrandt has been working with Harper since she was a Penn freshman and the two have been around the world for competitions. Harper will be in her corner in Tokyo.
 
Harper knows what makes Hildebrandt tick. She has to find something that makes it fun for her and cuts the tension.
 
“When you see Sarah joking and laughing it's like, yep, she's ready,” says Harper. “When she does that it means she's ready flip the switch.”
 
Hildebrandt’s using the camp to refine as Tokyo (freestyle wrestling is Aug. 4-7).
 
“I really like that to be able to recognize a mistake in the middle of a fast-paced match, correct it and convert it into offensive points,” says Hildebrandt. “It’s nice to have this atmosphere. I do feel nervous and I do feel a lot how I do in competition so I’m able to navigate those emotions as well.”
 
There are invitation-only spectators at the camp, including some adoring youngsters.
 
Those admirers help fuel Hildebrandt.
 
“If I see a picture of little girls watching us or asking for my autograph it doesn't get old every single time,” says Hildebrandt. “It’s so just inspiring and motivating.
 
“I didn’t have that growing up.”
 
With the pandemic the Tokyo Games were delayed by a year and international fans won’t be allowed.
 
Hildebrandt has learned to put the situation in perspective.
 
“If you could just let me get my shot at my medal, I won't complain about anything,” says Hildebrandt. “I won't go to opening ceremonies. I won't need any of the hoopla.”
 
Steiner points out the qualities of Indiana products Hildebrandt and Miracle.
 
For Hildebrandt, it’s here positive attitude and drive.
 
“She’s a competitor and you can see that in her family,” says Steiner. “She’s making the right choices, not just on the mat but lifestyle choices.
 
“I can never predict outcome, but I know she’s as prepared as she’s ever been stepping into a major competition.”
 
What makes 25-year-old Miracle go?
 
“She’s a very different athlete,” said Steiner. “She has a lot of confidence in herself and a very unique style. She’s very explosive and very strong.”
Steiner, who was an NCAA champion wrestler at the University of Iowa in the early 1990’s, notes that U.S. women are veteran that all six were the top seeds going into the Olympic Trials — the first time there were no trial upsets.
 
“They're very professional in what they're doing when they come in they have their plans set and they go about their business,” says Steiner.
 
“They're really dialed-in. They know what's at stake.
 
“My biggest job right now is to keep reminding them that — with or without Olympic gold — it’s not likely to change.
 
“They've already won. I mean that. The attributes that win gold medals, they're showing me on a daily basis.
They’ve got to keep looking at it in a positive light and there’s an opportunity in front of them to do great things.”

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Brownsburg Breakdown: Dickman Overcame Injury in State Final Run
By Anna Kayser
Freshman Revin Dickman wrestled through rib pain for two weeks prior to state championship
 
On the Monday leading up to the Evansville Semi-State, freshman and 106-pound IHSAA state champion Revin Dickman suffered an injury to his ribs.
 
When a guy is hurting in the Brownsburg wrestling room, there’s a series of check-ins that head coach Darrick Snyder goes through in tailoring practices following an injury. Depending on what level the pain is on a scale of one to 10 and if things are progressing positively from the day before, action can be limited.
 
Over the first few days of practice, Dickman was limited. And then at the end of the week, when Snyder followed up to gauge how the pain was either improving or not, Dickman made a decision that would lead to his dominate run at the state title just over a week later.
 
“It’s kind of a cool story about him,” Snyder recalled. “I was like ‘Alright, how are we doing and how do we feel?’ And he’s like, ‘I’m done with that coach… I’m fine. I’ve just got to wrestle with it. I’m done talking about it and I’m done adjusting my practices.’
 
“A rib injury is no joke and he literally just didn’t want to talk about it anymore. He’s a tough kid. We had people look at him and they [told him] it was going to hurt really bad, but he could wrestle with it. He got better over the week [leading up to State], but he was definitely in some pain.”
 
Dickman took home titles in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference and Mooresville Regional and Evansville Semi-State – the latter of which came during his injury – with a number of wins against State Finals opponent Nate Rioux.
 
The freshman was a large part of Brownsburg’s success throughout the season, reaching the finals in all but one tournament since December. He was one of the Bulldogs’ only placers at the Walsh Ironman tournament, placing eight on Dec. 10.
 
The adjustments that came from a number of losses on the season propelled him to success when it mattered most.
 
“He just has very few flaws in his game,” Snyder said. “He’s a kid where getting out of state to the Ironman and Brecksville, he took losses there. He’s the type of kid that’s like ‘Okay, I lost. What did I do wrong? What do I have to improve on?’ He was a contender at the beginning of the year, but he’s not the same dude because he took those losses and learned from them.”
 
Those larger tournaments not only improved his physical game, but the mental side of wrestling as well.
 
Throughout the state series, Snyder reminded his wrestlers that regardless of the arena or the stakes attached to the tournament, it was just another wrestling match.
 
The State Finals was no different.
 
“I’ve been to other pretty big tournaments equal to this, so it had kind of already prepared me for this big tournament,” Dickman said. “I had to keep a good mindset going into this and I was excited. My mindset was good so I wrestled good.”
 
Dickman was the first of three Brownsburg wrestlers to win their respective brackets at the State Finals, setting a school record.
 
“We just ran out of room in our wrestling room for our wall of state champions, so that will be a fun problem to figure out,” Snyder said. “We wrestled lights out, and overall, it was an outstanding tournament. Any time three of your guys accomplish their goal, it’s pretty awesome to be a part of.”
 

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15 Years of IndianaMat
By Anna Kayser
In 2008, IndianaMat emerged as an informational resource for high school wrestling across the state of Indiana, filling a communication void and connecting the wrestling community from border to border. Fifteen years later, it continues to serve as the epicenter of the Indiana wrestling community, from providing feature stories on prominent athletes to weekly rankings across regions.
 
This is the story of how it began.
 
For years, a message board run by the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association (IHSWCA) served as the main source of communications for wrestlers, fans and coaches – both high school and college coaches looking to recruit – on lineups, rankings (loose rankings, if any at all) and results.
 
It was late-November, peak holiday and weight-cutting season for wrestlers across the state with less than one month of official practice under their belts, when the message board got hacked and effectively rendered useless. There was no Twitter – or X, as it’s now known – to provide instantaneous information like there is today. Facebook was just gaining traction, officially surpassing MySpace as the most used social media app earlier that year.
“[The message board] was your go-to place to get wrestling information,” Joe Caprino, creator of IndianaMat, said. “You didn’t have access to cell phones and such – everyone was communicating that way. It was really popping at times, especially during the season.”
The old message board served as an initial connection for wrestling fans in the state, which is how the trio of Caprino, Chad Hollenbaugh (who had previously coached with Caprino) and Eric McGill ­(a former two-time state champion at Munster High School and Cornell University wrestler) formed to create a new information center.
With the first week of competition looming, there was a frenzy for information and no resource to turn to. Caprino, Hollenbaugh and McGill knew something new was needed – and quickly.
“Everyone was just needing information,” Caprino said. “Matches were starting and they wanted to know who won where. Everyone was looking for lineups. For about a week or 10 days, people were just going nuts trying to figure out how to get results and everything.”
It took some encouraging on Hollenbaugh and McGill’s part to convince Caprino to create the website and provide a new alternative for fans to turn to, but that encouragement quickly turned to action. After going back and forth on the possibility of creating a website, Caprino pulled the trigger on Dec. 2, with help from the two that convinced him in the first place.
“[The old message board] was a really convenient way for people to chat and keep in touch with their friends, so when that website went down it kind of created a void,” McGill said. “I think my role was more of just offering support and being willing to help out wherever it was needed.”
McGill – who was then in his sophomore year at Cornell – took over the rankings in between practice and schoolwork. Hollenbaugh wrote articles early on and was instrumental in getting the word out about the website by placing an advertisement in a program for upcoming duals.
News traveled quickly, and within 24 hours of the site being up, Caprino had to replace the server to keep up with the traffic they were experiencing. Word of mouth helped as well, with fans who were aware of the site sending out information to the masses.
Within the first few days, Caprino estimates that the website had hundreds of members, something that never could have been reached without the goals they set and exceeded in the early days.
“[We just wanted to] provide great coverage: Rankings, articles and obviously results. Put everyone onto the encyclopedia of [Indiana] wrestling, is what it’s kind of evolved into,” Caprino said. “The goal is to just continue to get information and results, and then to obviously promote the sport. We wanted to give recognition to kids and coaches for all of their work.”
Over the years, the website has grown beyond the borders Indiana – and the internet. Caprino has continued to build on the website’s foundation for years, becoming recognized nationally through tournaments and college coaches seeking information.
“I know that the website now is extremely popular in terms of college coaches going and checking the rankings and making decisions about recruiting based on those things, so it’s really been taken to new heights,” McGill said. “It’s just kind of a cool thing to be a part of in the beginning because I know what IndianaMat has become, and to have just a small part in getting started is pretty cool to reflect back on.”
Now, the website and growth of IndianaMat and the wrestling community can only continue to move forward.
With the evolution of social media and the reach that’s possible, the ceiling for IndianaMat and the sport in Indiana is sky-high. However, the goals haven’t necessarily changed.
“The goal is just to keep doing a lot of great coverage and promotion of the kids.” Caprino said. “I think [the sport] has grown a lot in the 15 years and it’s pretty neat to see that growth with the kids and how people use IndianaMat.”

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2012/2013 Regular Season Tournament Brackets
John Hurrle Memorial
 
Jeff Classic
 
Twin Lakes Invite
 
Hamilton County Championship
 
Indianapolis City Championship
 
Marion County Championship
 
Crown Point Carnahan Invitational
 
Hendricks County Championship
 
Columbus East Invitational
 
IHSWCA Team State
 
Mooresville Holiday Classic
 
East Central Indiana Classic
 
Al Smith Invitational
Al Smith Team Scores
 
Connersville Spartan Classic
 
Mater Dei Holiday Classic
 
Ben Davis Giant Super 16
 
Garrett Invitational
 
Goshen Invite
 
Concordia Wild Bill Invite
 
Woodlan Invite

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2011 IHSAA State Finals Brackets
Dates & Times
Friday, Feb. 18, 5:30 pm ET Parade of Champions.
Friday, Feb. 18, 6 pm ET (First Round).
Saturday, Feb. 19 (Quarterfinals at 9:30 am ET with semifinals to follow; Consolations at 5 pm ET; Finals at 7:30 pm ET).
Admission: $8 per session or $20 both days.
Site: Conseco Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis
Doors will open to the general public:
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 5:00 p.m. (Session I)
Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 8:30 a.m. (Session II)
Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 4:00 p.m. (Session III)
 
Click here for brackets

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2022 IndianaMat State Finals Pick'ems
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Little State Tournament Final Matches
125lbs 3RD PLACE: (#3) Brandon Harvey of Trine U. over (#4) Josh Boyer from Wabash College Dec. 10-4
 

133lbs (#1) Eric Ellington of Rend Lake coll. over(#2) D'Marcus Spencer from Lincoln College Dec. 5-4
 

141lbs (#3) Jake Strausbaugh of Wabash over (#1) Austin Bautista from UW Whitewater Dec 7-6 Part 1 of 3
 

141lbs (#3) Jake Strausbaugh of Wabash over (#1) Austin Bautista from UW Whitewater Dec 7-6 Part 2 of 3
 

141lbs (#3) Jake Strausbaugh of Wabash over (#1) Austin Bautista from UW Whitewater Dec 7-6 Part 3 of 3
 

149lbs (#1) Nick Walpole Indianapolis over (#2) Elias Larson From Trine University Dec. 5-3

157lbs (#2) Bryce Lumzy of Lincoln College over (#1) Kyle Long from Trine U. Dec. 4-3
 

165lbs (#1) George Markou of Trine U. over (#3) Jake Holler Indianapolis 4-2

174lbs (#2) Greg Rhoads of Wabash over (#5) Ryan Pieper from Trine U. Dec. 3-1: SV1

184lbs (#1) Nick Kraus of Trine U. over (#2) Sean Pietrzyk UW Whitewater Fall 4:09

197lbs (#1) Michael Burke of Wabash over (#2) Alex Fleet Trine U. Dec. 6-2

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Heart-warming end to senior night
By Kassie Barroquillo
k.barroquillo@gmail.com
 
KENDALLVILLE — Despite losing to Columbia City, 40-29, Wednesday, East Noble ended its senior night with a cheering crowd, a trophy, and an excited team — all thanks to a wrestler who has become the heart of the squad.
 
Senior John Herron pinned fellow senior Jake Weimer in an exhibition match immediately following the end of the Knights’ varsity meet. He has been on the wrestling team for three years. Herron has been the recipient of the team spirit award for the past two years; he is always one of the loudest people cheering for his teammates; and he has Down Syndrome.
 
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2023 East Chicago Semi-State Pickems
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IHSWCA Update from Cale Hoover
2/8/10
 
IHSWCA Members and Wrestling Community:
 
I believe the time has come for me to address several situations that have occurred over the past few weeks. We have seen blatant weight loss program violations, the integrity of our state tournament put in jeopardy, a weigh-in controversy, and sadly kids being eliminated from our tournament series without an opportunity to compete.
 
The coaches association sits squarely in the middle of these controversies and we will stay strong and lead through these times. I am disappointed and upset that things have come to this, but I will work and do what I can to make things right. I obviously can make no promises, but we are working with the IHSAA.
 
Coaches are obligated to help wrestlers develop into outstanding citizens and responsible adults. Winning of course is fun and great, but it is a byproduct of doing things right. I cringe when I hear stories of defaulting matches trying to get a better match-up the next week. We need to be mentors and role models for our wrestlers. Coaches, we must do a better job of following the weight loss program whether we like it or not. We will be working to make the system more user friendly, but we have people who knowingly violate the program.
 
The situation at the Jay County Regional is unacceptable to me. This event should not have taken place. I will not cast blame because many factors went into the decision. We are working to try to give the student-athletes involved their opportunity. I can make no promises, but I hope a solution can be reached that is fair.
 
Finally, I have heard and been told the IHSWCA does not care about small schools. I will repeat this until everyone listens and believes. I love wrestling and I care about all schools and wrestlers. I wrestled at Central Noble HS where the largest team we finished with in my four years had nine wrestlers. We won two dual meets in four years! After my junior year, our AD went to the school board and recommended the program be dropped. It was saved with a fight from the community, and I went on to wrestle at Purdue for two years. I came up short on my dream of being a state champion, but wrestling has taught me many lessons that have helped me get to where I am at today.
 
The wrestling community must stick together stay the course in these tough times. If we ever want to improve our sport through the IHSAA we must conduct ourselves in a professional and ethical manner and stop making decisions that put wrestling in the crosshairs of the governing body.
 
Sincerely
 
Cale Hoover
IHSWCA President
Head Coach, Center Grove HS

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2021 NCAA D2 Preview
By Drew Hughes
 
The NCAA D2 national tournament has always been a tough tournament to qualify for but this year it was even harder. Due to Covid, the NCAA decided to reduce the number of participants by 27% meaning that while in a normal year there would be 180 qualifiers, this year there are only 132. To put that into perspective, the D1 tournament will still have 330 competitors this year giving them almost 200 more spots then the D2 tournament. Even with this reduced field there will be 4 Indiana natives competing in St. Louis this weekend.
 
Christian Mejia of McKendree University will be competing in the 125-pound bracket. Mejia comes into the tournament with an 8-1 record and will face 8 seed Cole Jones of MSU Moorhead in the first round. In High School Christian wrestled for Elkhart Memorial where he was a 3-time state placer and a 1-time state runner-up.
 
Logan Bailey of the University of Indianapolis will be competing in the 149-pound bracket. The true freshman holds a record of 11-2 and will face 8 seed Jacob Ealy of Pitt-Johnstown in the first round. Bailey wrestled for Indianapolis Cathedral in High School where he was a 2-time state placer and a 1-time state runner-up. In addition, Bailey was also an IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open champion in 2019.
 
Dawson Combest of the University of Indianapolis will be competing in the 157-pound bracket. Combest comes into the tournament with a 10-2 record as well as being the 2 seed of the tournament. Combest has a bye first round but will face Caden Moore of Northern St. in the quarterfinals. Combest qualified for the cancelled 2020 tournament last year and was named an NWCA All-American as the 7th seed that year. In High School, Dawson wrestled for Columbus East where he was a 3-time state placer. Like Bailey, Combest was also an IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open champion in 2016.
 
Gleason Mappes of the University of Indianapolis will be competing in the 184-pound bracket. Mappes comes to the tournament with a 6-6 record and will face the 4 seed Dan Fillipek of McKendree first round. Mappes also qualified for the cancelled 2020 national tournament. In High School Mappes wrestled for Center Grove and was a 3-time state placer and a 1-time state runner-up.
 
The tournament will be on March 12-13 and the brackets can be found on track wrestling. Also, for those that are interested, all of the matched will be streamed live on the NCAA website.
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Kieffers ranked individually in 1st Wrestling Coaches poll
Jackie Paquette, Asst. AD for Student Support & Sports Information
Link to rankings
EDMOND, Okla.- In the first edition of the NCAA Division Wrestling Coaches Association poll of the 2014-15 season, UIndy wrestling is receiving votes as a team, while brothers Josh Kieffer and Justin Kieffer both earned individual rankings in their respective weight classes.
Josh Kieffer earned the #5 spot at 125, returning down to the lightest weight class after wrestling at 133 a season ago. An All-American (6th) at 125 two seasons ago, Josh is a two-time national qualifier for the Greyhounds heading into his third season wrestling for Head Coach Jason Warthan.
 
Justin Kieffer is ranked #6 at 141, where he was the Super Region #2 champion a season ago. Also a two-time national qualifier for the Greyhounds, Justin will most likely redshirt this season.
 
As a team, UIndy is just outside the top 20, receiving votes in the preseason edition of the poll. The Greyhounds posted their best-ever NCAA Division II finish a season ago, taking eighth at the NCAA Division II National Championships behind four senior All-Americans in Alex Johns (125), Cameryn Brady (149), Jeff Weiss (165) and Evan Wooding (285). UIndy returns just three starters from a season ago, including both Kieffer brothers and 2014 national qualifier Shelden Struble.
 
Maryville topped the team rankings, followed by Ouachita Baptist, Nebraska-Kearney, Notre Dame (OH) and St. Cloud State.
 
The Greyhounds kick off the 2014-15 season officially Nov. 15 at the Trine Invitational, but will show off this year's team Saturday at their Intersquad/Alumni Roll Around. Wrestling begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center on three mats.

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Indiana Wrestling Season Preview: 125-157
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– The Indiana wrestling team begins the season this week with the Michigan State Open on Nov. 2. The Hoosiers will host their first dual on Nov. 22 against North Dakota State.
 
IU head coach Angel Escobedo said he has been pleased with the energy at the start of the season.
 
"We have a new focus," he said. "When you get a lot of new guys they are hungry. They want to change the program and elevate it and elevate themselves. That has been the theme of the room, how great can I be and that has been great to see. They are putting in extra work because they want to be great. We have fresh bodies and fresh mind and they are motivated."
 
125 POUNDS
125 will be very competitive between returner Liam Cronin and transfer Brock Hudkins. Cronin finished with a 17-13 overall record and was in and out of the lineup with Elijah Oliver. Cronin finished fourth at the Hokie Open and second at the Cleveland State Open. This past summer he was one spot away from making the U23 World Team in Greco Roman. Hudkins is a transfer from Northern Illinois and a two-time national qualifier. Hudkins was ranked No. 26 by TrackWrestling. Both guys are motivated and hungry, are putting in extra work and they understand someone is right behind them. They are trying to outwork each other and it is creating a good dynamic with good competition.
 
133 POUNDS
133 is a little up in the air. Kyle Luigs will be coming down from 141. Luigs went 19-16 last season with a highlight win by fall at Iowa against No. 12 Max Murin. Luigs wrestled for the Hoosiers at the Big Ten Championships. Cayden Rooks will be redshirting at 133. Jonathan Moran will also be in the mix. Moran redshirted last season.
 
141 POUNDS
Paul Konrath will be moving up from 133. He cut a lot of weight last year and this is more of his natural weight. Konrath posted a record of 20-11 last season with a 5-5 dual match record. At the South Beach duals Konrath beat No. 4 Tariq Wilson of NC State. The Hoosiers are looking for Konrath to have a great season. Konrath was ranked No. 27 by TrackWrestling.
 
149 POUNDS
Graham Rooks will be the starter at 149. Rooks was the best freshman last year, as he posted a record of 15-7. Rooks won the Cleveland State Open at 149 last season. He beat multiple guys that qualified for NCAAs on the season last year.
 
157 POUNDS
Fernie Silva will be going up from 149. Joey Sanchez will also be in the mix after coming off a redshirt. The plan is to use the first few tournaments to determine a starter. Also Diego Lemley will compete for a spot at 157.  Sanchez finished in third place at the Greyhound Open. Silva lost a tight 8-7 decision against No. 1 Anthony Ashnault.
 
Tomorrow look for 165-Heavyweight in our season preview part two.