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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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West Vigo's Torieonna Buchanan working to make history
By JEREMY HINES
Thehines7@gmail.com
 
Torrieanna Buchanan’s wrestling coach, Brian Otte, gave her a choice about an upcoming tournament. He told her she could wrestle at 106 pounds and probably win the tournament, or she could wrestle at 113 pounds and face a few ranked wrestlers. The decision was an easy one for the West Vigo senior – she wanted to face the ranked guys.
 
“I want to wrestle all the ranked kids I can in my weight class,” Buchanan said. “Even if I get beat by them, they’re going to make me a better wrestler. You don’t get better wrestling kids you know you can beat. I want to wrestle the ones that are up there, that are going to push me the most.”
 
That mindset is what has fueled Buchanan since she started wrestling at just 4-years-old. She challenges herself to get better every day. That’s led her to three consecutive girls state titles. She also became West Vigo’s first-ever female to reach the IHSAA semistate tournament.
 
“Torrie never backs down from anything,” Otte said. “She is willing to outwork anyone. She’s not been treated as a girl ever in our room. She proves herself every single day.”
 
For Buchanan, the key to her success is in her technique. She believes her strength will help her compete against girls, but it’s her technique that gives her the edge against the guys.
 
“I really have to rely on technique,” Buchanan said. “Technique is the most important thing to me. You can have strength, but the person with the better technique is going to win almost every time. Technique has helped me more than anything else.”
 
Coach Otte also believes Buchanan’s mental toughness is the key to her success.
 
“Her best strength is her mental toughness,” Otte said. “She’s one of the toughest kids I’ve ever been around, mentally. She’s willing to do whatever it takes to become better. She trains here in the spring and summer, then she’ll go over to Red Cobra and train with Coach Red on the same day. She’s willing to work harder than anyone else.”
 
That work ethic helped her with her college search as well. She has committed to wrestle for Campbellsville University. There she will wrestle for Coach Lee Miracle, the father of one of the wrestlers Buchanan has been a fan of for a long time – Kayla Miracle.
 
Miracle was on hand when Buchanan signed with Campbellsville. She was also there when Buchanan tried out for the World Team.
 
“She talked to me and told me I need to have fun in wrestling,” Buchanan said. “I need to go out there with the mentality that I want to win. She talked about not cutting wait and being the best version of me that I can be.”
 
Miracle is one of the wrestlers Buchanan has always looked up to. She is the only female in Indiana to qualify for the state tournament, a goal Buchanan says would be her dream.
 
“I really want to win girls state for the fourth time,” Buchanan said. “But I also want to make a run for boys state. I know Kayla was the last girl to make it to Friday night, and I want to make it past Friday night.”
 
Buchanan has changed her perspective on her losses this season. In the past she would get frustrated at losing. Now she uses those losses to learn how to do better the next time.
 
“I used to think that I sucked after a loss,” she said. “Now I take them as a win and I learn from them. They make me get better. The next time I wrestle the same kid, I’m hoping I can learn from that loss and go out and beat them.”
 
Buchanan would like to get into coaching after college, and ultimately would love to represent the United States at the Olympic level.
 
“She’s a great kid,” Otte said. “You really couldn’t ask for anything better. My wife and I call her one of our daughters. She’s polite and willing to help anyone with anything. She’s been raised right.
 
“She’s the only girl in our room but she’s also the one that I use to demonstrate any move I’m teaching. She’s a leader on our team.”

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2022 IHSWCA Team State Information
Date: January 8th, 2022
 
Qualification Procedures
Click here to see the qualification procedures for teams participating
 
Qualification Leaderboard
Click here to see the leaderboard throughout the state series
 
Locations 
1A and 2A- Martinsville High School
3A- Franklin Community High School
4A- Brownsburg High School
 
Schedule
Weigh-ins 7:30am
Doors open 8:00am
Wrestling beings at 9:00am
 
Admission
$15- Adults and Students
Preschool and IHSWCA members FREE
 
Teams
1A Event Link
1A: Adams Central, Cascade, Centerville, Cowan, Daleville, North Posey, Prairie Heights, Rensselaer Central, Rochester, Southmont, Southridge, Tell City
Vote In: Cascade
 
2A Event Link
2A: Bellmont, Charlestown, Delta, Garrett, Hamilton Heights, Jay County, Monrovia, New Prairie, Oak Hill, Peru, Wawasee, Western
Vote In: Delta and Monrovia(Tippecanoe Valley withdrew from the event)
 
3A Event Link
3A:  Columbus East, East Central, Floyd Central, Franklin Community, Hobart, Mishawaka, Roncalli, Terre Haute South
Vote In: Hobart and Roncalli(Columbia City withdrew from the event)
 
4A Event Link
4A: Brownsburg, Carmel, Cathedral, Center Grove, Evansville Mater Dei, Perry Meridian, Penn, and Crown Point
Vote In: Carmel
 
TrackWrestling Link
****Including Streaming Info****
Streaming is through TrackWrestling/FloWrestling and cost is a yearly subscription of $150.
Click here to access the event
 
*Note: If you want a monthly subscription option you can subscribe to FloBowling and utilize that membership to watch wrestling or any other sports they offer. The cost is $30 per month for a monthly option.
 
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Bulldog Breakdown: Key Pieces Help Elevate Brownsburg Wrestling Under Snyder
By Anna Kayser
If you’ve been an unfamiliar passerby in the town of Brownsburg, Ind. over the past seven years, one of the first things that might catch your eye are the purple street signs – deep purple markers adorned with a bulldog, two on each corner if you’re lucky.
 
At least, that’s what I noticed as I drove through the small – but not too small – suburb of Indianapolis en route to the fourth official practice of the 2022-23 IHSAA wrestling season, with no prior knowledge other than what was scribbled on the notepad next to me.
 
One thing I hadn’t taken note of prior to passing the “Welcome to Brownsburg” sign on Highway 139, and something that might give any other small-town Midwesterner the same familiar wave of recognition: The residents of this town about 30 minutes northwest of downtown Indy live and breathe Brownsburg High School athletics.
 
The 2021-22 Brownsburg wrestling team was nothing to snub at. The Bulldogs went 18-1 in duals and extended their program-record streak to eight consecutive Hoosier Crossroads Conference championships. Jake Hockaday led the lineup with the first state title by a freshman in school history, continuing Brownsburg’s reign of crowning one champion each year since 2016. More on him later – I promise.
 
But that was last year, and while the result is indicative of the journey to get to where they are now, it’s not the full story. What better place to begin than at the beginning – when the Bulldog wrestling program transitioned from a bottom-of-the-barrel finish to an HCC Championship in two years, to an IHSAA State Championship in four.
 
“Regardless of what it is, I have high expectations,” Brownsburg Community School Corporation Superintendent Dr. Jim Snapp said. “My experience has been if you want to have a state contending team, you [hire a coach] who has done it before.”
 
After beginning his head coaching career at Mishawaka High School – a time in which he led the program to three consecutive top-two finishes and a pair of championships in 2008 and 2010 – Darrick Snyder found himself as the subject of a coaching inquiry almost 150 miles dead south of the place where he was a Northern Indiana Conference champion and state place winner.
 
From Snyder’s point of view, there were a number of perks to coming to Brownsburg. And when his wife asked him about the wrestling team’s recent lack of success, he saw the potential to upgrade the team to something special.
 
“Yeah – but there’s no reason [for that lack of success],” he said. “All the pieces are there.”
 
Immediately, things began to shift. During Snyder’s first two seasons, the Bulldog program went 36-12 in duals and was crowned 2015 HCC Champions. Of course, that success comes not entirely from the corner but from the center of the mat itself – it’s a combination of what happens behind the scenes and the performances under the spotlight.
 
That first piece of the puzzle, the one that is encapsulated in the public eye each time the mats are rolled out: The athletes.
 
The success of that 2015 team was boasted by a pair of wrestlers that took center stage on the IHSAA State podium come February – Ty Mills (106), Brownsburg’s first finalist since Mark Meunier’s title in 1977, and Nathan Walton (170). As four-year place winners at the state tournament, they were two of four key athletes named by Snapp as being difference-makers in raising the heights of the program.
 
None was more instrumental under Snyder’s tutelage, however, than All-American and two-time NCAA Division I Championships qualifier Brayton Lee, Minnesota’s current starting 157-pounder. A leader that, without Snyder’s drive to create a pipeline from younger levels into a high school program the town could be proud of, might never have donned the purple Bulldog in the first place.
 
“[My family] knew that [Snyder] was a good coach and had a lot of success, but we weren’t that familiar with him,” Lee said. “We went to Brownsburg for a high school tournament to meet up with him when I was in middle school, and we just talked. He was just supportive and said that he would help me to become the best wrestler I can possibly be. We were really excited about Snyder, he pretty much sold us [on where the Brownsburg program would go].”
 
Not only is building the high school program a key part in escalating success, but also what feeds into it. The implementation and management of a strong program for middle school students ensures that development and love for the sport occurs at a younger age.
 
“We were fortunate enough to get some kids [like Lee] that came here because of him, and he’s worked on [building up] the middle school program – kids want to come here, kids want to stay here,” Snapp said. So, we’ve got this interaction of developing the feeder program and kids that, if they’re going to wrestle in the Indianapolis area, they [want] to come to Brownsburg.”
 
With two established wrestling academies nearby – Contender’s Wrestling Academy in Brownsburg and Red Cobra Wrestling in Avon – growth through both the school program and external coaching elevates athletes even higher.
 
Lee, a product of Red Cobra, was a good example of how development can skyrocket through that extra effort and help outside of a school program. What the Bulldogs standout star lacked early on, however, was the team aspect.
 
“It was definitely different, just because I had never been on a team before – I had just wrestled on my own,” Lee said. “I had grown up going to our very intense wrestling club and on both sides, practices were tough. I appreciated and respected that. [Snyder] was always making us do lots of tough stuff intertwined with wrestling.”
 
Prior to Lee’s first of three IHSAA state titles in 2016 – a year in which he, along with five other state placers, led the charge on Brownsburg’s IHSWCA Dual State championship and IHSAA state runner-up finishes – the Bulldogs had only crowned two individual champions in school history.
 
“We were always focused on the next day,” Lee said. “The first time I won, it was awesome, and I was grateful for it – but there was always a team aspect. I wanted to win with our team, and that idea of winning definitely pushed us. I think me winning helped bring other guys along. Knowing I was kind of a leader, knowing that my success was inspiring other guys on the Brownsburg wrestling team made me want to keep pushing.”
 
For Lee’s career specifically, the results of the drive to win as a team came quickly. His second title at 145 pounds saw seven Bulldogs on the IHSAA podium and a franchise-high three finalists – Mills and Blake Mulkey included as runners-up – to lead Brownsburg to its first IHSAA state championship in school history.
 
That influx of high-performing athletes jumpstarted Brownsburg’s rise to the top of high school wrestling in central Indiana.
 
“You put those kids together – we had a core of four, good kids – and Darrick coached up other kids around them,” Snapp said. “That started [a stretch] of us winning the conference every year for the last eight years, we’re in the strongest athletic conference in the state of Indiana. Our wrestling team has dominated. It hasn’t even been close.”
 
The second piece to the puzzle, where Snapp, the administration and coaching staff as a whole come into play, is the support Snyder continues to have behind him.
 
The best example? The wrestling room at Brownsburg High School, built during Snyder’s reign as head coach and designed by Snapp to help raise the standard of the program and accommodate the growing numbers of the extracurricular.
 
“I knew I was going to have [Snapp’s] support on just simple things,” Snyder said. “My first year here, I wanted to take a fan bus to individual state… and I was told no [by the athletic director]. I said, ‘This is a really important to the program. These guys need to watch this event, it’s incredible.’
 
“I called Jim, and every year [since], just like most teams, we get to take a team bus to state.”
 
The backing from Snapp and the administration is a means to an end in shifting the culture not just in the Brownsburg wrestling room, but in the town that loves its high school athletics.
 
“That first year, there wasn’t really anyone there for the kid that was wrestling [at state]. When you win, you want to look up and see a bunch of purple and sit with those people between rounds,” Snyder said. “We’ve really tried to change that around, anything like that.”
 
It also extends to the actual competition and helping those wrestlers reach the mats at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
 
In order to develop the athletes coming to Brownsburg or growing through school programs the Bulldogs support, the level of competition needed to continuously be raised.
 
“When I first got here, no program did any overnights or anything out of state,” Snyder said. “I went to [the athletic director] and told [them], ‘I’ve got to get out of Indianapolis’ – I was tired of wrestling the same teams over and over again, and then we got to the point that there weren’t many teams in our area that would be competitive.”
 
This upcoming season, the Bulldogs’ schedule includes the Walsh Jesuit Ironman Wrestling Tournament from and the Crown Point Invitational – Crown Point defeated Brownsburg 178-105 in the 2022 finals, setting an IHSAA record for the largest margin of victory by a team champion by over 20 points – on back-to-back weekends in December.
 
That elevation in competition level allows wrestlers to face some of their biggest challenges early and prepares them for high-pressure situations come February.
 
“I always tell [our guys] that our schedule is not meant for them to go undefeated,” Snyder said. “If you do, that’s great, but we’ve set up a schedule where we’re going to take some losses. That took administrative support to be willing to allow us to do overnights, to allow us to go out of state.”
 
Pushing athletes beyond their comfort zone to prepare them for future career hurdles is a common theme in Snyder’s coaching style, something that is on record in helping wrestlers reach their full potential.
 
And, well, maybe no one can attest to that better than a Big Ten starter.
 
“I think just his competitiveness and him pushing us every day helped me,” Lee said. “He helped push me past my comfort zone a little but more than maybe I would myself, and that’s really the main purpose of a coach. Snyder knew I wanted to be great, and he helped me move into a little bit more uncomfortable territories which is important for any athlete, especially when you’re trying to go to the next level.”

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Bulldog Breakdown: Dominant Opening Performances Propel Brownsburg to Avon, Ironman
By Anna Kayser
 
As the clocked ticked down toward the end of November into the beginning of December and the temperature dropped below freezing, the heat of the 2022-23 IHSAA wrestling season was cranked to high and since, the Brownsburg Bulldogs have surged. 
 
No match of which, in the first official varsity competition, was more indicative of that than No. 9 Mason Day’s electric, overtime win over No. 6 Ike O’Neill – a senior and 2022 state qualifier at 138 pounds – with the entire gymnasium on its feet last Wednesday. 
 
Sandwiching a quartet of pins by No. 11 Landon Haines (126), Tommy Gibbs (132), No. 138 Parker Reynolds (138) and No. 20 Jesse Derringer (152), Day gritted his way through a season-opening victory. After opening the match with a takedown late in the first period, he found himself in a one-point deficit in the waning seconds of the third until an escape in the waning seconds forced overtime. 
 
“We went into overtime, and I could see that he was tired,” Day said. “I kind of looked over at my coaches and smiled. I was ready to work.”
 
With an escape forcing a number of overtime periods and his entire team, coaching staff and fanbase behind him as he clung to O’Neill’s leg to avoid a point scored against him, he raised his hand in triumph for his first varsity victory after the ultimate ride out.
 
“We felt pretty good going into overtime because Mason’s a tough kid,” head coach Darrick Snyder said. “He’s only a sophomore, but the kid’s been wrestling his entire life. He’s been in dozens and dozens of overtime matches, so I would just think his mentality [was the biggest part].”
 
And without a number of prominent, ranked wrestlers on the mat, Brownsburg kicked off its season in a frenzy, defeating the Westfield Shamrocks, 60-13. 
 
“I thought we competed well, and I was really excited,” Snyder said. “We had some young kids – some backups –perform really, really well. Overall, I thought it was good considering it was our first meet.”
 
Most notably missing from the Bulldogs’ Wednesday night lineup were No. 1 Preston Haines (113), No. 2 Jake Hockaday (120) and No. 2 Leighton Jones (285), but as the week came to a close, those three made their presence known.
 
In Harrison, OH at the William Henry Harrison Invitational, the Bulldogs continued their dominant opening to the season with a perfect 5-0 record in duals against Oak Hills, Miamisburg, Lebanon, East Central and Harrison. Leading the squad were nine undefeated wrestlers donning purple singlets – Revin Dickman, Kyle Callahan, Preston Haines, Hockaday, Landon Haines, Gibbs, Brady Ison, Gunner Henry and Jones. 
 
As the campaign – and winter cold and flu season – progresses and the Bulldogs lineup shifts due to injury and illness, having a stacked lineup of wrestlers who can compete at a high level brings advantages not only to team success, but individual success as well. 
 
“You can’t replace their experience and success,” head coach Darrick Snyder said. “I think when you’re competing for a team state championship, when you have all your guns and you have some of the dudes we have, it leaves a little room for error.
 
“I think it allows everyone to relax a little more, wrestle free because they know they’ve got some friends that can pick up the slack if they have an off match or a tough tournament.”
 
After getting into the weeds on how the Bulldog wrestling program – now rated No. 2 in the IndianaMat State Power Poll behind Crown Point – was built from the ground up with Snyder at the helm over nearly a decade, now we look forward. 
 
Snyder isn’t shy about building his schedule to make the athletes better in their quest to reach the podium at Gainbridge Fieldhouse come February. 
 
Tonight, Brownsburg opens its home schedule to take on Avon before heading to – arguably – its biggest non-championship event of the season: the Walsh Jesuit Ironman Invitational.
 
Dickman, Preston Haines, Hockaday, Ison, Reynolds, Caden Brewer, Henry and Jones will take the mat in the nationally recognized tournament to kick the season into full gear, especially with the lack of matches leading up to the tournament from Dec. 9-10. 
 
“We’re hoping everyone gets at least four or five matches just because the way I [put together] our season, we don’t compete early because I think it takes a lot of time to get into wrestling shape,” Snyder said. “We’re not going to have a lot of opportunities to compete before Ironman, so we’re trying to get as many matches as we can this weekend.”
 
Of the Bulldogs’ eight representatives at Ironman this weekend, four are returning placers at IHSAA state last season and are anchors to a lineup that is hard to score points against: Hockaday, who became the first freshman to win a state title in team history; Preston Haines, runner-up at 113; Henry, third-place at 182 and Jones, who is entering his senior season with a drive for a title after placing third at heavyweight. 
 
Following this weekend, the schedule doesn’t slow until the holiday break approaches. On Dec. 17, Brownsburg travels to the Crown Point Invitational, hosted by the team’s main competitive rival following a second-place team finish in the state tournament last year. 
 
Even as the level of competition rises, one of the main focuses of Bulldog wrestlers is keeping an even mentality, despite what might have occurred – good or bad – in the last match. 
 
“I wouldn’t say [my win against Westfield] really changes anything. I go into every match thinking the same – that I need to win it no matter what,” Day said. “You’ve got to keep a good, good, good head. You’ve got to stay clear minded and just work for your goals.”
 

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2023 Regional Streaming Links
Crown Point Regional
 
Hobart Regional Opening Round and Semi-Finals
Hobart Regional Finals
 
Penn Regional
 
Jay County Regional
 
Carroll Regional Mat 1
Carroll Regional Mat 2
Carroll Regional Mat 3
 
Richmond Regional
 
Mooresville

Jeffersonville
 

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2023 State Finals #WAYL2
The phrase you hear 100's of times during a seeding meeting is always "who are your losses to?" This year 17 wrestlers will enter the state finals without a blemish on their record. On top of that there are about five wrestlers entering the tournament without a loss to an Indiana opponent. This year we have three weights without an undefeated wrestler, 160, 182, and 220lbs. In total the state qualifiers have 1047 losses of which 657 are to Indiana state qualifiers. Many of the wrestlers with out of state losses will be to eventual state qualifier also.
 
As always if you can help with the missing data it is greatly appreciated.
 
Random Stats
Most losses to state qualifiers
Gavin Bragg- 10
Jason Rooney and Logan Haney- 9
Max McGinley, mason Day, Isaiah Wilson, and Sonny Sessa- 8
 
Most wins over state qualifiers
Ashton Jackson- 11
Eddie Goss, Aidan Torres, and Revin Dickman- 9
Beau Brabender, Devin Kendrex, Charlie LaRocca, Luke Penola, Christian Chavez, Sam Goin, Jake Hockaday, and Leighton Jones- 8
 
Non-State Qualifiers with the most wins over state qualifiers
Trevor Gallagher- 7
Evan Roudebush- 6
Hosia Smith, Anthony Rinehart, and Luke Rioux- 5
 
Undefeated Wrestlers106 Ayden Bollinger- Delta
113 Jalen May- Kokomo
120 Ashton Jackson- LaPorte
126 Tylin Thrine- New Castle
132 Joey Buttler- Whiteland
132 Easton Doster- New Haven
138 Tony Wood- Jay County
138 Michael Major- Carmel
138 Cheaney Schoeff- Avon
145 Aidan Torres- Chesterton
145 Wyatt Krejsa- Center Grove
152 Bryce Lowery- Roncalli
170 Delaney Ruhlman- Bloomington South
195 Christian Chavez- Mishawaka
195 Alex Deming- Rochester
195 Luke Hansen- Roncalli
285 Titus Waters- Muncie Central
 
#WAYL2
Who are your losses to?
 
Key
*- State Qualifier
(Losses/ State Qualifier Losses/ State Qualifier Wins)
106lbs
Ayden Bollinger- Delta(0/0/2): 
Mason Jones- Lake Central(1/1/7): Julianna O'Campo*
Layne Horn- Rochester(1/1/4): Ayden Bollinger*
Matthew Baylor- Milan(1/1/1): Hruai Lian*
Julianna O'campo- Fort Wayne Snider(2/1/5): Ayden Bollinger*, Baker(MI)
Hruai Lian- Perry Meridian(4/2/5): Jeff McGuise, John Bissmeyer, Nathan Rioux*, Revin Dickman*
Cameron Meier- Bloomington South(4/4/4): Isaac Campbell*, Mason Jones*, Nathan Rioux(2)*
Isaac Campbell- Floyd Central(4/4/1): Cameron Meier(2)*, Nathan Rioux*, Revin Dickman*
Revin Dickman- Brownsburg(5/0/9): Harrison(OH), Seacrist(OH), Smith(PA), Timar(OH), Yarbrough(OH)
Nathan Rioux- Avon(5/5/4): Revin Dickman(5)*
Kaleb Salazar- Wawasee(5/3/3): Cameron Meier*, Hunter Douglas, Julianna O'Campo*, Kealen Fuller, Mason Jones*
Rex Moore- Manchester(6/6/0): Julianna O'Campo*, Layne Horn(4)*, Levi Johns*
Xavier Chavez- Mishawaka(8/4/1):  ???(2), Benton Kanable, John Bissmeyer, Julianna O'Campo(2)*, Kaleb Salazar*, Mason Jones*
Gunner Butt- New Palestine(8/3/1): Gavin Ash, Heather Crull, Hruai Lian(3)*, Jett McGuire(2), Joey Cline
Connor Bayliss- Mount Vernon (Fortville)(8/5/0): Cameron Meier*, Cole Vandygriff, E'Shawn Tolbert, Gunner Butt*, Jackson Elliott*, Jett McGuire, Joey Cline, Kaleb Salazar*, Matthew Baylor*
Logan Haney- Crown Point(14/9/0): Benton Kanable, Cameron Woods, Garcia(OH), Hruai Lian*, Kaleb Salazar*, Marinopoulos(IL), Mason Jones(4)*, Revin Dickman(2)*, Talon Jessup, Xavier Chavez*
113lbs
Jalen May- Kokomo(0/0/5): 
Charlie LaRocca- Center Grove(2/1/8): Cichocki(MI), Gavin Jendreas*
Gavin Jendreas- Crown Point(2/1/5): Mendoza(IL), Preston Haines*
Drew Waldon- DeKalb(2/1/1): Blake Byerley, Jalen May*
Ryan Taylor- Perry Meridian(3/2/4): Gavin Jendreas*, Preston Haines*, Quinten Schoeff
Levi Johns- Bluffton(3/1/2): Daniel Moore, Isaiah Fye, Jalen May*
Aiden Dallinger- McCutcheon(4/3/3): ???, Gavin Jendreas*, Isaac Ash*, Jalen May*
Jackson Heaston- Indian Creek(4/2/1): Charlie Larocca*, Eddie Goss*, Luke Rioux, Toby Billerman
Isaac Ash- Monrovia(6/4/2): Charlie Larocca(2)*, Luke Rioux(2), Preston Haines(2)*
Seth Aubin- Hobart(6/3/1): Aiden Dallinger*, Charlie Larocca*, E'Shawn Tolbert(2), Gavin Jendreas*, Ryann Schmidtendorff
Jackson Elliott- Carmel(6/6/5): Aiden Dallinger*, Charlie Larocca*, Isaac Ash*, Ryan Taylor(2)*, Tommy Frazier*
Preston Haines- Brownsburg(9/3/4): Brown(OH), Charlie Larocca(2)*, Cichocki(MI), Dyler(OK), Jackson Heaston*, Johnson(IL), Lambers(OH), Rossell(OH)
Tommy Frazier- Zionsville(9/5/3): Eddie Goss*, Gavin Bragg*, Gavin Jendreas*, Isaiah Schaefer*, Luke Rioux, Quinten Schoeff, Raney(KY), Ryan Taylor*, Terry Easley
Brayden Raber- Maconaquah(9/3/0):  ???(2), Braylon McIntire(3), Drew Waldon*, Isaiah Fye, Jalen May*, Levi Johns*
Cameron Sentner- Wawasee(10/2/0): ???, Aiden Dallinger*, Blake Byerley, Braylon McIntire, E'Shawn Tolbert, Josh Kite(2), Kamaron Straw, Matthew Senn, Seth Aubin*
Porter Temples- Westfield(14/7/0): ???, Charlie Larocca*, Demario Ezelle, Jackson Elliott(4)*, Luke Rioux, Revin Dickman, Ryan Taylor, Ryann Schmidtendorff(2), Tommy Frazier(2)*
120lbs
Ashton Jackson- LaPorte(0/0/11): 
Neal Mosier- Delta(1/1/5): Tanner Tishner*
Tanner Tishner- Western(1/1/4): Ashton Jackson*
Bryce Doss- New Palestine(2/2/3): Elijah Broady*, Neal Mosier*
Isaiah Schaefer- Evansville Mater Dei(3/1/4): Jake Hockaday*, Raney(KY)(2)
Jake Hockaday- Brownsburg(4/0/8): Butler(OH), DeLuca(NJ), Raney(KY), Stewart(IL)
Dominic Brown- Lowell(4/4/5): Ashton Jackson(2)*, Eddie Goss*, Sonny Sessa*
Peter Nguyen- Guerin Catholic(4/4/1): Elijah Broady*, Gavin Bragg(2)*, Neal Mosier*
Eddie Goss- Center Grove(5/5/9): Isaiah Schaefer(2)*, Jake Hockaday(2)*, Tanner Tishner*
Elijah Broady- Mount Vernon (Fortville)(6/4/3): ???, Bryce Doss(2)*, Dominic Brown*, Dylan Bennett, Neal Mosier*
Carter Fielden- Garrett(8/7/2): Eddie Goss*, Isaiah McCue, Linkin Carter(3)*, Neal Mosier(2)*, Sonny Sessa*
Linkin Carter- Eastside(9/4/4): ???, Ashton Jackson*, Bohls(OH), Carter Fielden(2)*, Estep(OH), Isaiah McCue, Nemitz(OH), Tanner Tishner*
Logan Bickel- Cascade(9/6/0): Eddie Goss(2)*, Ethan Holloway, Jake Hockaday(2)*, Jalen May*, Jayden Owsley, Peter Nguyen*, Quinten Schoeff
Gavin Bragg- Indianapolis Cathedral(13/10/3): Ashton Jackson*, Bryce Doss*, Dominic Brown*, Eddie Goss(2)*, Elijah Broady*, Isaiah Schaefer*, Jake Hockaday*, Moreland(OH), Quinten Schoeff, Rahul(OH), Ryan Taylor*, Sonny Sessa*
Isaiah Wilson- Chesterton(14/8/1): Ashton Jackson(3)*, Dominic Brown(2)*, Hank Phenicie, Isaiah McCue, Linkin Carter*, Matthew Maldonado(2), Owen Bunton(2), Sonny Sessa(2)*
Sonny Sessa- Crown Point(16/8/5): Ashton Jackson(3)*, Butler(OH), Dominic Brown*, Dylan Bennett, Eddie Goss*, Gibson(OH), Isaiah Wilson*, Jake Hockaday*, Matthew Maldonado(2), Nasdeo(PA), Rsendez(IL), Ryan(WI), Tanner Tishner*
126lbs
Tylin Thrine- New Castle(0/0/5): 
Keegan Schlabach- Lakeland(1/0/4): Braylon Meyer
Logan Frazier- Crown Point(2/0/6): Campbell(OH), Davino(IL)
Aden Reyes- Indianapolis Cathedral(2/1/5): Sears(OH), Tylin Thrine*
Jackson Bradley- Cowan(2/1/2): Cole Stuffel, Keegan Schlabach*
Evan Seng- Evansville Mater Dei(3/1/3): Aden Reyes*, Raney(KY)(2)
Cody Rowles- Jay County(3/3/1): Hayden Brady*, Jackson Bradley(2)*
Griffin Ingalls- Fishers(4/4/2): Aden Reyes*, Jake Hockaday*, Tylin Thrine(2)*
Hayden Brady- Garrett(4/4/1): Cody Rowles*, Keegan Schlabach(3)*
Alejandro Ramirez- River Forest(5/6/2): Griffin Ingalls*, Guillermo Rivera(3)*, Jesus Aquino-Morales(2)*
Chase Stephens- Tell City(5/2/1): Evan Seng(2)*, Liam Krueger, Toby Billerman, Zane Schreck
Guillermo Rivera- Lake Central(7/5/6): ???, Ayden Campbell, Hyatt Yeager*, Logan Frazier(4)*
Jesus Aquino-Morales- Union County(7/4/2): ???, Aden Reyes*, Blake Wolf, Griffin Ingalls*, Jack Davis, Tylin Thrine(2)*
Hyatt Yeager- Center Grove(8/4/2): ???, Aden Reyes*, Blum(MI), Caleb Mattingly, Evan Seng*, Landen Haines(2)*, Liam Krueger
Landen Haines- Brownsburg(10/3/2): Aden Reyes*, Chase Stephens*, Davis(MI), Garcia(IL), Hyatt Yeager*, Jett(OH), Keith Parker, Liam Krueger, McBurney(OH), Sanderfer(OH)
Nasir Christion- Merrillville(13/7/0): Alejandro Ramirez(2)*, Ayden Campbell(2), Dalton Robson, Guillermo Rivera(3)*, Liam Bumgardner(2), Logan Frazier(2)*, Quinton Buckmaster
132lbs
Joey Buttler- Whiteland(0/0/4): 
Easton Doster- New Haven(0/0/2): 
Kyrel Leavell- Warren Central(1/0/5): ???
Zar Walker- Mishawaka(1/0/3): Hayden Demarco
David Maldonado- Merrillville(2/1/5): Hayden Demarco, Zar Walker*
Odin Fortune- Evansville Reitz(2/1/1): Joey Buttler*, Landen Horning
Mikey Kallimani- Jimtown(3/2/5): David Maldonado*, Easton Doster*, Hayden Demarco
Justice Thornton- Columbus North(3/2/0): Brady Ison*, Odin Fortune*, Seth Syra
Hayden Fritz- West Central(4/2/0): ???, Caleb Oliver, David Maldonado*, Griffin Van Tichelt*
Jacob Weaver- Rossville(4/2/0): ???, Josh Johnson*, Kyrel Leavell*, Quenton Riley
Brady Ison- Brownsburg(5/2/4): Brown(OH), Joey Buttler(2)*, King(OH), Robinson(IL)
Keaton Morton- Perry Meridian(6/6/3): Brady Ison*, Griffin Van Tichelt*, Joey Buttler*, Kyrel Leavell(3)*
Brody Hagewood- Prairie Heights(6/5/3): Dallas Davidson, David Maldonado*, Easton Doster*, Essiah Kamer*, Mikey Kallimani(2)*
Griffin Van Tichelt- Crown Point(7/5/3): Brady Ison*, Brody Hagewood*, David Maldonado(2)*, Tye Linser(2), Zar Walker*
Essiah Kamer- Fremont(8/5/1):  ???(2), Brody Hagewood(2)*, Gabe Miller, Mikey Kallimani(3)*
Josh Johnson- Indianapolis Cathedral(9/6/1): Griffin Van Tichelt*, Keaton Morton(3)*, Kyrel Leavell*, Markour(OH), Tommy Gibbs, Trumble(KY), Wesley Harper*
138lbs
Tony Wood- Jay County(0/0/7): 
Michael Major- Carmel(0/0/5): 
Cheaney Schoeff- Avon(0/0/5): 
Jeffrey Huyvaert- New Prairie(1/1/5): Cole Solomey*
Cole Solomey- Kankakee Valley(1/1/4): Jeffrey Huyvaert*
Kelby Glenn- Tell City(3/3/3): Branson Weaver*, Cheaney Schoeff*, Reese Courtney*
Gavyn Whitehead- New Castle(3/2/1): Michael Major*, Silas Foster, Tony Wood*
Cooper Baldwin- Peru(4/3/2): Jordan Lear, Lucas Clement*, Reese Courtney*, Tony Wood*
Christian Arberry- Warren Central(4/2/2): Cooper Baldwin*, Gavyn Whitehead*, Michael Ortega, Romeo White
Wesley Harper- Penn(5/5/2): Cole Solomey*, Jeffrey Huyvaert*, Lucas Clement*, Michael Major*, Zar Walker*
Brock Hagewood- Prairie Heights(5/4/0): Cooper Baldwin*, Evan Cruz, Logan Uhlman*, Lucas Clement*, Max McGinley*
Lucas Clement- Merrillville(6/5/3): Aidan Torres*, Cole Solomey(2)*, Evan Cruz, Jeffrey Huyvaert*, Max McGinley*
Branson Weaver- Owen Valley(6/5/1): ???, Cheaney Schoeff*, Jeffrey Huyvaert*, Kelby Glenn(2)*, Michael Major*
Reese Courtney- Center Grove(8/4/6): Cheaney Schoeff(2)*, Chinavare(MI), Gates(MI), Michael Major*, Parker Reynolds, Tyler Vanover, Wesley Harper*
Max McGinley- Indianapolis Cathedral(9/8/2): Ayoub(OH), Brady Ison*, Cheaney Schoeff*, Christian Arberry(2)*, Michael Major*, Reese Courtney(3)*
Logan Uhlman- Adams Central(9/7/1): Aidan Carter, Jeffrey Huyvaert*, Kelby Glenn*, Tony Wood(5)*, Wyatt Price
145lbs
Aidan Torres- Chesterton(0/0/9): 
Wyatt Krejsa- Center Grove(0/0/4): 
Wesley Smith- Plymouth(2/2/3): Aidan Torres*, Anthony Bahl*
Cameron Clark- Jay County(2/2/3): Braxton Miller*, Brevan Thrine*
Braxton Miller- DeKalb(2/1/2): ???, Luke Teusch*
Luke Teusch- Huntington North(2/2/1): Cameron Clark*, Kolten Rhonemus*
Brevan Thrine- New Castle(3/1/3):  ???(2), Dillon Graham*
Luke Robards- Evansville Central(3/1/2): Cash Turner, Nayl Sbay, Wyatt Krejsa*
Jack Todd- Pendleton Heights(3/3/0): Brevan Thrine*, Dillon Graham*, Ike O'Neill*
Dillon Graham- Indianapolis Cathedral(4/2/4): Aiden Kiner, Wesley Smith*, Woodcock(OH), Wyatt Krejsa*
Ike O'Neill- Westfield(4/3/2): Aidan Torres*, Dillon Graham*, Jessie Franklin, Mason Day*
Anthony Bahl- Crown Point(6/2/4): Aidan Torres(2)*, Dominique(OH), Herriman(MI), Robinson(IL), Schneider(OK)
Kolten Rhonemus- Delta(6/5/1): Braxton Miller*, Brevan Thrine*, Cameron Clark(2)*, Cash Turner, Luke Robards*
Jayden Lewis- New Prairie(7/5/0): Aidan Torres(3)*, Alex Smith, Anthony Bahl*, Caleb Solomey, Wesley Smith*
Bradley Owen- Jeffersonville(9/1/1): Alex Smith, Asher Ratliff, Braedon Spears, Brown(KY), Jase Robinson, Keegan Williams, Lee Spencer, Montoya(KY), Wyatt Krejsa*
Mason Day- Brownsburg(11/8/1): Anthony Bahl(2)*, Bradley Owen*, Chase(OH), DiFazio(OH), Dillon Graham*, Guerra(OH), Ike O'Neill*, Luke Robards*, Silas Stits*, Wyatt Krejsa*
152lbs
Bryce Lowery- Roncalli(0/0/5): 
Hunter May- Evansville Mater Dei(1/1/5): Bryce Lowery*
Mitchell Betz- Western(1/0/5): Anthony Rinehart
Beau Brabender- Mishawaka(4/3/8): ???, Bryce Denton*, Gavin Davis*, Silas Stits*
Bryce Denton- Penn(4/4/2): Adrian Pellot*, Beau Brabender*, Hunter Miller*, Reese Courtney*
Tyce DuPont- Tell City(4/3/1): Evan Roudebush, Hunter May(3)*
Adrian Pellot- Merrillville(5/2/2):  Anthony Rinehart(2), Beau Brabender*, Evan Roudebush, Hunter Miller*
Gavin Davis- Bellmont(6/5/7): Aidan Torres*, Beau Brabender*, Evan Roudebush, Mitchell Betz(3)*
Hunter Miller- Wawasee(6/5/3): Anthony Rinehart, Beau Brabender(3)*, Bryce Denton*, Evan Roudebush, Gavin Davis*
Jackson Todd- Carroll (Fort Wayne)(6/6/2): Beau Brabender*, Gavin Davis(3)*, Hunter Miller*, Wesley Smith*
Zach Lang- Hamilton Southeastern(7/2/6): Bryce Lowery*, Mitchell Betz*, Trevor Gallagher(5)
Christian Wittkamp- Jay County(8/5/0):  Caden Funk(2), Deaglan Pleak, Gavin Davis(2)*, Jackson Todd(2)*, Mitchell Betz*
Silas Stits- Center Grove(9/3/3): Anthony Rinehart, Evan Roudebush(2), Gage Eckels*, Hunter May(2)*, Katschor(MI), Long(MI), Simcoe(MI)
Gage Eckels- Ben Davis(9/6/1): Bryce Lowery*, Chase Carrington(3), Jason Rooney*, Silas Stits*, Tyce DuPont*, Zach Lang(2)*
Jason Rooney- Westfield(11/9/2): Adrian Pellot*, AJ Steenbeke*, Beau Brabender*, Brenton Russell*, Carter Richardson*, Ethan Smith, Nathan Powell*, Trevor Gallagher, Zach Lang(3)*
Carter Richardson- Noblesville(14/3/1): Xavier Smith, Blake Wahl(3), Bryce Lowery(2)*, Chase Carrington, Gabe Bragg, Greyson Gard, Jaylen Covington, Jesse Derringer, Larz Hughes, Trevor Gallagher, Zach Lang*
160lbs
Logan Farnell- Maconaquah(1/1/4): Brant Beck*
Sam Goin- Crown Point(2/0/8): Garcia(PA), Lamer(OR)
Nathan Powell- Carmel(2/2/4): AJ Steenbeke*, Brenton Russell*
Luke Kemper- Evansville Central(2/0/3):  Jeb Prechtel(2)
AJ Steenbeke- Penn(3/3/7): Conner Watts*, Sam Goin(2)*
Brenton Russell- Warren Central(3/3/5): Andre Merritt*, Chase Wagner*, Sam Goin*
Levi Abbott- Cowan(4/2/1): Brant Beck*, Jordan Ayres, Logan Farnell*, Silas Loshe
Andre Merritt- Center Grove(5/3/7): AJ Steenbeke*, Davis(MI), Luke Kemper*, Marines(MI), Sam Goin*
Brant Beck- Rochester(5/5/4): AJ Steenbeke*, Conner Watts*, Levi Abbott*, Logan Farnell(2)*
Chase Wagner- Zionsville(5/5/4): Andre Merritt(2)*, Brenton Russell(2)*, Nathan Powell*
Conner Watts- Jimtown(5/4/2): AJ Steenbeke*, Ben Shaffer*, Brant Beck*, Deaglan Pleak, Logan Farnell*
Michael Hutchison- Cascade(5/5/1): Andre Merritt(2)*, Brant Beck*, Luke Kemper(2)*
Cameron Crisp- Merrillville(8/7/0): Aidan Costello*, Ben Shaffer(2)*, Carlos Perez-Xochipa*, Chase Wagner*, Manolo Hood, Sam Goin(2)*
Zach Huckaby- Perry Meridian(9/6/0): ???, AJ Steenbeke*, Brenton Russell*, Chase Wagner*, David Oyebode, Jason Rooney*, Nathan Powell(2)*, Sam Goin
Braden Moore- Charlestown(9/2/0):  ???(2), Andre Merritt*, Corbin Scott, Hayden Newell, Jack Rose, John Rushenberg, Michael Hutchison*, Wojcicki(KY)
Ben Shaffer- Chesterton(11/6/3): AJ Steenbeke*, Andre Merritt*, Chase Wagner*, Duke Myers*, Isaiah Rivas, Kenneth Bisping(3), Manolo Hood, Sam Goin(2)*
170lbs
Delaney Ruhlman- Bloomington South(0/0/6): 
Noah Weaver- Rossville(2/2/3): Anthony Cashman*, Jaquan East*
Jaquan East- Kokomo(2/2/2): Braxton Russell*, Evan Tilton*
Duke Myers- Bellmont(3/2/7): Gavin Malone, Kyle Harden*, Noah Clouser*
Aidan Costello- Hobart(3/3/5): Cody Goodwin*, Kyle Harden*, Noah Clouser*
Kyle Harden- Indianapolis Cathedral(4/3/6): Aidan Costello*, Clay Guenin, Noah Clouser(2)*
Noah Terry- Tell City(4/3/3): ???, Delaney Ruhlman(2)*, Jett Goldsberry*
Cody Goodwin- Crown Point(4/0/2): Cramblett(OH), Flip(PA), Kelly(IL), Snyder(NJ)
Tanner Reed- Columbia City(4/4/1): Duke Myers(3)*, Jaquan East*
Noah Clouser- Center Grove(5/3/6): Boone(MI), Delaney Ruhlman(3)*, Vincent Tinoco
Anthony Cashman- Warren Central(5/4/3): Aidan Costello*, Clay Guenin, Delaney Ruhlman*, Kyle Harden(2)*
Carlos Perez-Xochipa- Harrison (WL)(5/4/2): Aidan Costello*, Cody Goodwin*, Daeveon Cheeks, Noah Clouser*, Tanner Reed*
Jett Goldsberry- Heritage Hills(5/4/1): Gavin Malone, Noah Clouser*, Noah Terry(3)*
Braxton Russell- Delta(5/3/1):  Clay Guenin(2), Duke Myers(2)*, Zach Wagner*
Zach Wagner- Hamilton Southeastern(6/6/1): Ethan Popp*, Kyle Harden*, Luke Penola*, Noah Weaver(3)*
Isaac Valdez- Mishawaka(10/7/0): ???, Aidan Costello*, Anthony Cashman(2)*, Carlos Perez-Xochipa*, Duke Myers*, Kaden Lone*, Kyle Harden*, Zymarion Hollyfield(2)
182lbs
De'Alcapon Veazy- Fort Wayne Snider(1/1/5): Orlando Cruz*
Hunter Page- Monroe Central(1/1/3): Kaden Lone*
Evan Tilton- Hamilton Heights(1/1/3): Mike Durham*
Connor Cervantes- Griffith(1/1/2): Orlando Cruz*
Luke Penola- Zionsville(2/1/8): Ricketts(KY), Orlando Cruz*
Orlando Cruz- Crown Point(2/0/6): Heeg(OK), McDaniel(OH)
Bray Emerine- Floyd Central(3/2/1): Caden Brewer*, Luke Penola*, Ricketts(KY)
Mike Durham- Warren Central(4/3/3): ???, De'Alcapon Veazy*, Luke Penola(2)*
Laish Detwiler- Goshen(4/4/1): De'Alcapon Veazy*, Hunter Page*, Kaden Lone(2)*
Ethan Popp- Harrison (WL)(4/2/1): ???, Andy Warren, Connor Cervantes*, Vinny Freeman*
Kaden Lone- NorthWood(5/5/4): De'Alcapon Veazy(2)*, Laish Detwiler*, Luke Penola*, Mike Durham*
Brayden Tincher- Eastern Hancock(6/6/0): Evan Tilton(2)*, Hunter Page(2)*, Luke Penola*, Mike Durham*
Jackson Fox- Columbus East(7/3/2): Bray Emerine*, Christian Chavez*, Jonathan Tanner, Julian Weems*, Shaun Glass, Spencer Fain, Trent Kersey
Julian Weems- Center Grove(8/5/2): Adams(MI), Caden Brewer(4)*, Ethan Risner, Jaxson Walters, Luke Penola*
Vinny Freeman- Penn(8/5/1):  ???(2), Connor Cervantes*, De'Alcapon Veazy*, Jaylen Young, Julian Weems*, Orlando Cruz(2)*
Caden Brewer- Brownsburg(9/3/5): Barr(MI), Havill(OH), Jackson Fox*, Luke Penola*, Miller(OH), Neitenbach(OH), Orlando Cruz*, Shulaw(OH), Westpfahl(OH)
195lbs
Christian Chavez- Mishawaka(0/0/8): 
Alex Deming- Rochester(0/0/4): 
Luke Hansen- Roncalli(0/0/2): 
Wyatt Woodall- Southmont(1/1/3): Luke Hansen*
John Purdy- Castle(1/1/2): Reid Schroeder*
Reid Schroeder- Southridge(1/1/2): John Purdy*
Neil Johnson- New Prairie(3/2/4): Anthony White, Christian Chavez*, Nash Shupert*
Kaden McConnell- Center Grove(3/3/1): Christian Chavez*, Gunner Henry*, John Purdy*
Orlan Foster- Connersville(3/1/1): ???, Jaxon Copas, Luke Hansen*
Chad Washburn- Kokomo(5/4/1): Alex Deming*, Armen Koltookian*, Nash Shupert*, Neil Johnson*, Peyton Cross
Nash Shupert- Elkhart(6/5/3): ???, Alex Deming*, Armen Koltookian*, Donovan Blair*, Jackson Fox*, Neil Johnson*
Armen Koltookian- Concord(7/5/5): ???, Alex Deming(2)*, Chance Harris, Christian Chavez*, Nash Shupert*, Wyatt Woodall*
Gunner Henry- Brownsburg(8/3/1): Bennie(UT), Kaden McConnell*, Menifee(VA), quillin(OH), Ray(OH), Reid Schroeder*, Sell(OH), Will Clark*
Bazle Owens- Tippecanoe Valley(10/5/0):  ???(2), Armen Koltookian*, Austin Farris, Christian Chavez*, Donovan Blair(2)*, Mickey Daring, Neil Johnson*, Preston Duffy
Cael Albaugh- Clinton Central(10/5/0): Chad Washburn*, Elijah Cox, Jacob Jones, Neil Johnson*, Orlan Foster*, Ray Townsend, Seth Richardson, Trevor Currie, Wyatt Woodall(2)*
Donovan Blair- Wawasee(13/5/3): Anthony White, Armen Koltookian(2)*, Austin Smith, Christian Chavez(3)*, Henry Kukelhan, Josiah Williams, Nathaniel Rosas, Parker Hart(2), Paul Dewitt
220lbs
Tommy Morrill- Columbus East(1/1/4): Will Clark(2)*
Brady Beck- Rochester(1/1/3): Julante Hinton*
Julante Hinton- Fort Wayne Northrop(1/0/2): Chance Harris
Keagan Martin- Bellmont(2/2/3): Brady Beck*, Devin Kendrex*
Will Clark- Crown Point(3/0/7): Gallo(PA, Shulaw(OH), Snider(OH)
Cole Chicoine- McCutcheon(3/3/2): Alex Rose*, Jackson New*, Will Clark*
Nate Johnson- Center Grove(3/4/1): Devin Kendrex*, Jackson Weingart, Keagan Martin*, Tommy Morrill*
Devin Kendrex- Mount Vernon (Fortville)(4/2/8): Brandon Johnson*, Jackson Weingart(2), Tommy Morrill*
Austin Hastings- Noblesville(4/4/4): Brady Beck(2)*, Brandon Johnson*, Devin Kendrex*
Brandon Johnson- Lawrence North(4/4/3): Austin Hastings(2)*, Devin Kendrex(2)*
Alex Rose- Terre Haute South(4/2/2):  Eli Hinshaw(2), Tommy Morrill(2)*
Hadyn Ball- Triton Central(6/2/0):  , ???(3), Jackson Goodyear, Austin Hastings*
Jayden Bartoszek- Hanover Central(7/6/1): ???, Austin Hastings*, Clayton Deutscher*, Cole Chicoine(2)*, Will Clark(2)*
Spencer Watson- Tri-West(7/2/0):  , ???(3), Alex Rose*, Jakarrey Oliver, Josh Brown, Nate Johnson*
Clayton Deutscher- New Prairie(8/2/1): Eli Hinshaw, Jack Aranowski(2), Jayden Bartoszek*, Jonathan Neese, Kaleb Abad, Travis Henke, Will Clark*
Jackson New- Yorktown(10/7/1): Brandon Johnson*, Devin Kendrex(2)*, Eli Hinshaw, Hudson Kahn, Jonathan Tanner, Julante Hinton*, Keagan Martin(2)*, Titus Waters*
285lbs
Titus Waters- Muncie Central(0/0/5): 
Kelton Farmer- Evansville Memorial(1/1/3): Leighton Jones*
Dom Burgett- Hamilton Southeastern(2/1/4): Jack Milligan, Leighton Jones*
Aramis McNutt- Highland(2/2/1): Anthony Popi*, Paul Clark*
Jordan Cree- Rensselaer Central(2/2/1): Aramis McNutt*, Titus Waters*
Andrew Just- Franklin Central(3/3/4): Dom Burgett(2)*, John Broadwell*
Paul Clark- Crown Point(3/2/3): Leighton Jones(2)*, Moore(CO)
Anthony Popi- Plymouth(4/3/3): ???, Jordan Cree*, Paul Clark(2)*
Tyler Wright- Eastern (Greentown)(4/2/0): Brandt Thornburg, Brayden Jellison*, Mason Moran, Zac Wurm*
Leighton Jones- Brownsburg(5/0/8): Fockler(OH), Hosia Smith, Neves(NJ), Thomas(OK)(2)
Brayden Jellison- Elkhart(5/2/2): ???, Anthony Popi*, Christian Carroll, Peyton Kendall, Titus Waters*
John Broadwell- Beech Grove(5/3/1):  ???(2), Andrew Just(2)*, Eli Smith*
Zac Wurm- Adams Central(7/2/1): Joseph Orisadare, Juan Cruz(4), Titus Waters(2)*
Eli Smith- Zionsville(8/7/1): Andrew Just*, Brayden Jellison*, Dom Burgett(2)*, Hosia Smith, Leighton Jones*, Tyler Schott(2)*
Austin Vanover- Evansville Mater Dei(9/4/1):  , ???(3), Guillaume(KY), Jack Milligan, Kelton Farmer(2)*, Leighton Jones*, Tyler Schott*
Tyler Schott- Center Grove(11/6/3): ???, Acosta(MI), Andrew Just*, Anthony Popi*, Austin Vanover*, Hosia Smith(3), Kelton Farmer*, Leighton Jones(2)*
 
 

3588 2 8
Indiana, It’s Time to Go Bigger
By Anna Kayser
 
I guess the best way to start this off is with a story – my favorite wrestling story to tell, actually, and one that tells you all you need to know about where I came from and why I’m here.
 
There’s no pretty table-setting for this story, except that I’m an Iowa Hawkeye through-and-through. I’ve been attending Iowa football games at Kinnick Stadium since I was a kid, attracted to the sports world from a young age. Wrestling, however, wasn’t on my radar. Not even as I moved up to one of the biggest wrestling high schools in the state of Iowa.
 
Fast forward to college, my junior year in Iowa City. I don’t remember what the weather was that day in October or how I felt as I walked into Carver-Hawkeye Arena for my second ever experience with Iowa wrestling. I was blissfully unaware of what the next year or two of my life would hold for me.
 
My introduction to the Hawkeye program had come just a few weeks earlier – yes, two and a half years into my college career, roughly 20 years into growing up in the middle of wrestling country – but that one’s not important. I was informally introduced to Hawkeye head coach Tom Brands, it was chill.
 
It was less chill on media day as I sat facing the press conference podium at CHA, watching in fear as Brands tore apart – for lack of a better term – a reporter sitting on the other side of the room. I don’t remember what question was asked, I don’t remember the exact response. All I remember was feeling VERY in over my head.
 
I wasn’t a fan of the sport. The opposite, in fact, bored and completely unaware of the rules in high school. So, when my editor approached me about covering Iowa wrestling a year prior, I wanted none of it.
 
Thankfully, I changed my mind. But as I sat in that room, I couldn’t help but wonder if I made the wrong decision.
 
Following the press conference in which I doubt I dared to even think about speaking, the cohort of Iowa media made its way downstairs to the “Room that Gable Built” for interviews with athletes.
 
As I attempted to get my bearings on the room, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned, and there was Tom Brands: The guy that just barked at a reporter not more than 10 minutes ago.
 
He asked me how I was doing and if everyone was treating me okay – a complete 180 in demeanor from what I had witnessed upstairs. I felt… at home.
 
The first Iowa dual I went to was the nail in the coffin. I have no idea who they wrestled (UT-Chattanooga, maybe?) or what the score was (I wouldn’t be surprised if they shut their opponent out completely). All I remember was feeling in complete awe of the spectacle, the lone mat in the middle of thunderous applause and the deep rumble of 15 thousand fans yelling “TWOOOO” in unison.
 
I covered Spencer Lee’s second NCAA championship, traveling out to Pittsburgh by myself with one photographer to survive only on midnight IHOP and press meals. I felt CHA rumble as Michael Kemerer defeated No. 1 Mark Hall to lead the Hawkeyes to a win over Penn State in early 2020.
 
So, why am I here now? Because there’s nothing I love more than being able to tell the stories of tremendous athletes and what it takes to stand atop a field of excellence – and I believe Indiana is full of these stories.
 
Wrestling is growing here, exponentially. The first dual meet I attended in Indiana blew me away, from the invested crowd to the spotlight highlighting all of the action. The State Finals, my first experience of finals action in Indiana, brought a number of separate communities together in a way that celebrated each athlete’s achievements.
 
I saw Jake Hockaday look unbeatable as an on-paper underdog in the 120-pound state finals. I witnessed future Hawkeye Leighton Jones finally tackle (nice use of a football pun here, don’t ya think?) the walls in his mind and stand atop the heavyweight podium in February. Spending my first year covering wrestling in Indiana immersed in the Brownsburg program opened my eyes to the tight-knit community this state never fails to disappoint.
 
The IHSAA State Finals showcase the best the state has to offer in the best way – center stage, on a single mat with a lone light on the middle circle. It’s a best-of-the-best battle. The fans are enthralled.
 
But there’s room for growth, as there always is from youth to professional sports, and Indiana’s wrestling community has the chance foster it. The more wrestlers that have their chance at a state title – hell, even just a chance to wrestle in that arena – the more will crave that experience. The more families that come out, the more siblings, cousins or friends will want to try their hand at wrestling.
 
As the sport grows, so do the number of powerhouses. No longer is there one powerhouse for the state of Indiana, but multiple at different levels of competition and school size, growing the sport exponentially and the exposure to smaller schools often overshadowed.
 
And as the years progress, as the word spreads about how Indiana puts on a show for its wrestlers, the more will pack that house year after year in anticipation for the greatest spectacle in amateur sports.
 
Those stories are here. Those kids are here. The opportunity is here. Trust me – I’ve grown in my wrestling career surrounded by the best fans, the best environment wrestling has to offer. It’s time to emulate that in the state of Indiana.

3893 2 8
Reynolds Overcomes Surgeries, Long Road to Recovery Ahead of Comeback Campaign
By Anna Kayser
 
When Brownsburg opens its doors to kick off the 2023-24 wrestling season on Nov. 29 vs. Westfield, it will be the first time in 291 days that Parker Reynolds steps onto the mat in competition. Nine months and 18 days full of doctor’s visits, blood tests, surgeries, physical therapy and pushing himself to the limit, all for a young athlete to return to wrestling stronger than he left it.
 
Parker, the 138-pound freshman starter in last year’s Bulldog lineup, had his first high school campaign riddled with a then-mysterious condition causing numbness in his hands. A season which had incredible high points – on Dec. 10 at the Walsh Jesuit Ironman, he defeated the eventual 138-pound state champion from Ohio – was challenged by a mix of physical and mental hurdles.
 
“When I wrestled, I would lose all feeling. It was almost like there were knives in my forearms, it hurt really, really bad,” Parker said. “It started to almost become a mental thing because before a lot of matches, I wouldn’t know if it was going to come up or not and it almost freaked me out before every match. I was worried that my hands were going to go numb, and it really started messing with me when I wrestled.”
 
Following a semi-state loss to end his freshman season, Parker immediately began seeing a series of doctors to diagnose his condition. They tested his heart, musculoskeletal system and blood for autoimmune diseases before being referred to a group of specialists on thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) – one being Dr. George G. Sheng, a vascular surgeon with Ascension Medical Group.
 
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, TOS – a condition often found in pitchers due to their repetitive throwing motion – refers to a series of syndromes where compression of nerves, arteries and veins in the lower neck and upper chest causes pain or numbness in the surrounding areas.
 
Parker, after undergoing another series of tests with Dr. Sheng, was diagnosed with both neurogenic and venous TOS, two of the three syndromes related to TOS causing his hands to turn purple, numbness and the sensation of feeling knives in his forearms.
 
The constant movement of the shoulder forward – similar to a pitcher’s throwing motion – at a young age can affect the placement of ribs before they’re entirely developed, leading to a partial blockage of different nerves and veins making up the spinal system. Parker became the first wrestler Dr. Sheng had seen with TOS, and in turn became the first to undergo a procedure to remove the first rib on his right side in an effort to alleviate his symptoms. The recovery timeline for this surgery to treat TOS is one year.
 
“Nobody thought he was going to be able to wrestle this year – not even the surgeon, not even us,” Josh Reynolds, Parker’s dad, said. “He was going to have to put the work in, he was going to have to go to physical therapy and see how his body [healed].”
 
Parker has TOS on both sides of his body, but an early expectation of having two rib-removal surgeries faded as the April 3 surgery on his right side relieved most symptoms on both. However, the doubt of a possible second surgery and how his body would rebound expanded the unknown from one year to potentially never wrestling again.
 
“This is the longest I’ve ever gone without having a match, I felt like so much was getting taken away from me. There was a lot of doubt [if I would ever wrestle again],” Parker said.
 
The beginning stages of Parker’s recovery can be summed up in two words: Boring and grueling. Unable to do anything where he might feel pressure in his left side, the rising sophomore found himself unable to do all of his favorite things – wrestling, as well as enjoy fishing and a number of water activities at his family’s vacation home in Florida.
 
After months of being in a dark place mentally, from not knowing what was going on with his body to possibly being unable to wrestle for at least a year, Parker began seeing a mental coach.
“[Parker’s mental coach] has probably been one of the biggest influences in all of this,” Josh said. “He was a calming voice to Parker and saying ‘Listen, you’ve got to listen to your body. If you’re not right, you can’t come back prematurely.’”
 
Taking the next step in his rehab process by beginning light, lower body-focused workouts helped, too, and Parker’s parents saw a noticeable change mentally.
 
And then, a lump on his neck appeared and severe nosebleeds began, sparking a series of blood tests with the possibility of lymphoma or leukemia. The average size of a lymph node is under 1.5 centimeters in diameter, and Parker’s grew to near 3 centimeters.
 
“He’d make comments like, “I don’t know what I can do if I can’t wrestle. That’s all I’ve ever done, I’ve been wrestling since I was four.’” Josh said. “As a family, it was tough especially for my wife and I because we’re just saying we want [Parker] healthy and in his eyes, ‘Well if I’m healthy I can wrestle.’”
 
Parker had another surgery in July to remove the entire growth from his neck. The tests for leukemia came back negative, and instead he was diagnosed with Epstein Barr virus – another form of mononucleosis – likely caused by the hit his immune system took with the removal of his rib.
 
He was cleared to return to practice in August, with stipulations from his surgeon: He couldn’t be taken down and was only allowed to be in situations which he could control. But he could build his entire daily routine around wrestling and gaining strength for the season.
 
“Coach [Chad] Red said, “You tell me when and where and I’m with you every step of the way,’” Josh recalled. “That’s when we saw this mental transition. [Parker] was working with the mental coach, doing one-on-ones with Coach Red, practicing twice a day [plus lifting weights] and he was changing his mindset.”
 
Over the summer, Parker lost close to 10 pounds. After being cleared by his physicians, he began working out and practicing three times a day, before school and after school, to get himself back in wrestling shape for Brownsburg’s impending Oct. 30 practice.
 
“After a couple months, you can see he’s getting smoother and feeling better,” Brownsburg head wrestling coach Darrick Snyder said. “Now, we’re working through with him that he’s not going to be the same dude at our opening meet that he will be at the end of the year. He’s going to take some leaps this season.”
 
Now, Parker’s coming back with a vengeance – finally stepping onto the mat with more answers than questions. Along with a renewed sense of confidence in his health and wrestling ability, he’s entering this season with three things he didn’t have last year:
 
A tattoo on his lower ribs of a quote by Moliére, a French playwright, reading, “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
 
A list of all the wrestlers he beat last season who placed at the state championships in Indiana or surrounding states.
 
And a necklace with his first rib, removed when this all started, to wear around his neck before each of his matches during his improbable comeback campaign.  

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2024 Girls State Information Center
Schedule
Friday, January 12th, 2024
Weigh-Ins: 10:00am
First Round: 11:00am
 
Location
Kokomo Memorial Gymnasium
200 S. Apperson Way
Kokomo, IN 46901
 
Streaming
All matches on Friday will be streamed on TrackWrestling.
 
Brackets
IndianaMat Brackets with State rankings
StateGirls.pdf
TrackWrestling Brackets
 
Semi-State Results
Rochester Semi-State Results
Penn Semi-State Results
Mooresville Semi-State Results
Muncie Semi-State Results
 
Gorilla Radio
Coming soon!

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2024 State Finals By the Numbers
Overall
Another year, another ranking breakdown for the state finals. As always Mike Reiser does a knock out job. He has consistently done a great job with our rankings even with locking them before the first whistle at sectional. This year's total of 193 ranked wrestlers is second only to last year's 200. Most of these wrestlers were in the state rankings at some point and are currently in the semi-state rankings. While ranking high school wrestling is not an easy job, Mike and the rest of the crew make it look easy. As we always say, the best part of the rankings is you get to prove them on the mat. Good luck to all the wrestlers in Evansville.
 
As always our information center has brackets and will be updated multiple times with information throughout the week. Bookmark this page and check it often for updates.
Click here for the Info Center with links to download the brackets
 
Season by season ranked wrestlers advancing to state
*Note Mike Reiser took over the rankings in 2012
2024- 193
2023- 200
2022- 190
2021- 186
2020- 180
2019- 175
2018- 179
2017- 169
2016- 175
2015- 172
2014- 171
2013- 171
2012- 170
2011- 157
2010- 159
2009- 143
 
Wrestlers not in either the final state or semi-state rankings:
106lbs Caleb Morrow (Indianapolis Lutheran)
113lbs Bradyn Volz (Eastern Hancock)
132lbs Dylan Fernandez (Lafayette Harrison)
190lbs Nathan Shafer (New Castle)
215lbs Aiden Beadles (South Putnam)
 
106lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Caleb Morrow (Indianapolis Lutheran)
Charlie Fleshman (Central Noble)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#5 Peyton Schoettle (Roncalli) vs. #17 Joseph Hamilton (Center Grove)
#9 Rex Moore (Manchester) vs. #13 Teigan Newell (Crown Point)
#11 Alonzo Chantea (Plymouth) vs. #7 Julianna Ocampo (New Haven)
#1 Jensen Boyd (Delta) vs. #25 Grant Holloway (Rochester)
#14 Mason Goelz (Avon) vs. #10 Heather Crull (Northeastern)
#15 John Bissmeyer (Indianapolis Cathedral) vs. #8 Talon Jessup (Columbus East)
 
113lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 12
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Beck Doughty (Rensselaer Central)
Bradyn Volz (Eastern Hancock)
Karrington Cooper (New Haven)
Sully Frazier (Zionsville)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#3 Ayden Bollinger (Delta) vs. #19 Gavin Ash (Monrovia)
#12 Nathan Reyes (Indianapolis Cathedral) vs. #13 Brady Harper (Penn)
#8 Caleb Schaefer (Evansville Mater Dei) vs. #4 Jalen Sawyer-May (Kokomo)
#16 Kaleb Salazar (Wawasee) vs. #2 Nathan Rioux (Avon)

120lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 13
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Cameron Woods (Portage)
Henry Faurote (Bellmont)
Hunter Douglas (Norwell)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#1 Gavin Jendreas (Crown Point) vs. #23 Tony Kessinger (Floyd Central)
#5 Charlie LaRocca (Center Grove) vs. #18 Adrian Origel (North Newton)
#15 Kaid Jackson (Delta) vs. #14 Jett McGuire (Greenfield-Central)
#6 Tanner Tishner (Western) vs. #13 Richard Rogers (Franklin Central)
#2 Seth Aubin (Hobart) vs. #7 Isaac Ash (Monrovia)
 
126lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Bradin Daniels (Union City)
Fynn Douglas (Floyd Central)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#2 Landon Hawkins (Crown Point) vs. #5 Neal Mosier (Delta)
#8 Gavin Bragg (Indianapolis Cathedral) vs. #4 Braylon Reynolds (Brownsburg)
#3 Luke Rioux (Avon) vs. #9 Eli Broady (Mount Vernon (Fortville))
#7 Layne Horn (Rochester) vs. #18 Cody Rowles (Jay County)
#16 Drew Waldon (DeKalb) vs. #10 Matthew Maldonado (Merrillville)
#1 Isaiah Schaefer (Evansville Mater Dei) vs. #14 Peter Nguyen (Guerin Catholic)
 
132lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 13
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Cole Stuffel (Yorktown)
Dylan Fernandez (Lafayette Harrison)
Hayden Fritz (West Central)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#15 Jack Davis (Indianapolis Bishop Chatard) vs. #4 Eddie Goss (Center Grove)
#13 Keith Parker (Ben Davis) vs. #20 Cole Vandygriff (New Palestine)
#1 Jake Hockaday (Brownsburg) vs. #19 Isaac Kuhn (Hamilton Heights)
#7 Carter Fielden (Garrett) vs. #8 Sonny Sessa (Crown Point)
#2 Tylin Thrine (New Castle) vs. #10 Quinten Schoeff (Avon)
 
138lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 12
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Blake Jones (Lawrence North)
Jaylen Covington (Pendleton Heights)
Josh England (LaPorte)
Taiden Chambers (West Noble)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#11 Chase Stephens (Tell City) vs. #10 Luke Reid (Valparaiso)
#5 Wesley Smith (Plymouth) vs. #13 Justice Thornton (Columbus North)
#25 Cam Dews (Elkhart) vs. #6 Gavyn Whitehead (New Castle)
#1 Clinton Shepherd (Crown Point) vs. #14 William Vander Luitgaren (Center Grove)
 
144lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 16
 
Unranked qualifiers:
None
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#6 Zar Walker (Mishawaka) vs. #25 Marlin Williams (Southmont)
#23 Colton Bollenbacher (South Adams) vs. #2 Parker Reynolds (Brownsburg)
#4 Christian Arberry (Warren Central) vs. #17 Avery Stanley (Rensselaer Central)
#8 Branson Weaver (Owen Valley) vs. #10 Brody Hagewood (Prairie Heights)
#1 Reese Courtney (Center Grove) vs. #18 Emilio Liscano (Oak Hill)
#16 Bryce Doss (New Palestine) vs. #3 Jeffrey Huyvaert (New Prairie)
#12 Marlone Kirksy (Merrillville) vs. #7 Dillon Graham (Indianapolis Cathedral)
#5 Easton Doster (New Haven) vs. #24 Gabe Rose (Switzerland County)
 
150lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Aidan Elkins (New Haven)
Mason Adams (Western Boone)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#21 Luke Teusch (Huntington North) vs. #10 Christopher Bohn (Munster)
#8 Braden Getz (Roncalli) vs. #11 Alex Smith (Heritage Hills)
#9 Kaptur Nowaczyk (Crown Point) vs. #19 Jayden Jett (Cowan)
#5 Wesley Harper (Penn) vs. #12 Brock Hagewood (Prairie Heights)
#6 Tyler Vanover (Evansville Mater Dei) vs. #16 Carson Fettig (Hamilton Heights)
#20 Moses Stevenson (Franklin Central) vs. #2 Hunter May (Floyd Central)
 
157lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 15
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Cael Hickok (Bloomington North
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#3 Mitchell Betz (Western) vs. #11 Michael Cain (Hamilton Heights)
#7 Mason Day (Brownsburg) vs. #1 Beau Brabender (Mishawaka)
#5 Anthony Cashman II (Warren Central) vs. #14 Kevon Russell (Fort Wayne Snider)
#10 Griffin Van Tichelt (Crown Point) vs. #6 Silas Stits (Center Grove)
#4 Silas Foster (Purdue Polytechnic) vs. #15 Teegan Clouse (West Noble)
#8 Gavin Davis (Bellmont) vs. #12 Aidan Kincaide (Noblesville)
#9 Asher Ratliff (Columbus North) vs. #19 Javon Frost (Delphi)
 
165lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Emilio Tirado (Lake Central)
Ethan Smith (Fort Wayne Snider)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#15 Xavier Smith (Fishers) vs. #16 Jesse Derringer (Brownsburg)
#14 Coy Bender (Terre Haute South) vs. #17 Zach Huckaby (Perry Meridian)
#2 Waylon Cressell (Warren Central) vs. #8 Oliver Hallett (Indian Creek)
#7 Isaac Sinks (Harrison (WL)) vs. #4 Kaeb Stebbins (Delta)
#10 Levi Abbott (Cowan) vs. #6 Brant Beck (Rochester)
#3 Evan Roudebush (Bloomington South) vs. #25 James Dozier (Roncalli)
 
175lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 15
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Aidan White (Crown Point)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#11 Kyle Harden (Indianapolis Cathedral) vs. #6 Braxton Russell (Delta)
#1 Aidan Costello (Hobart) vs. #14 Noah Sumner (Martinsville)
#8 Laish Detwiler (Goshen) vs. #16 Michael White (Lawrence North)
#3 Brenton Russell (Warren Central) vs. #17 Ethan Farnell (Maconaquah)
#18 Cooper McCloy (Terre Haute South) vs. #13 Zymarion Hollyfield (Penn)
#7 Ethan Popp (Harrison (WL)) vs. #4 Noah Clouser (Center Grove)
#2 Chase Leech (Garrett) vs. #19 Silas Frye (Greenfield-Central)
 
190lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 13
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Keith Miller (Northwood)
Nathan Shafer (New Castle)
Trey Dunning (Mishawaka High School)
 
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#4 Vinny Freeman (Penn) vs. #3 Luke Penola (Zionsville)
#20 Elias Cressell (Wabash) vs. #11 Collin Casad (Terre Haute South)
#25 Colin Whetsel (New Palestine) vs. #16 Aleksandar Tatum (Hobart)
#6 Noah Terry (Tell City) vs. #14 Eli Coolman (Leo)
#23 Donovan Blair (Wawasee) vs. #2 Kaden McConnell (Center Grove)
 
215lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Aiden Beadles (South Putnam)
Preston Duffy (Manchester)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:
#2 Cole Chicoine (McCutcheon) vs. #13 Wyatt Woodall (Southmont)
#18 Travis Henke (Northridge) vs. #19 Parker Hart (Heritage Hills)
#6 Brandon Johnson (Lawrence North) vs. #12 Jayden Bartoszek (Hanover Central)
#1 Will Clark (Crown Point) vs. #9 Devin Kendrex (Mount Vernon (Fortville))
#4 Julante Hinton (Fort Wayne Northrop) vs. #17 Landon Terry (Tell City)
#8 Jackson Weingart (Indianapolis Cathedral) vs. #5 Alex Deming (Rochester)
 
285lbs
Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14
 
Unranked qualifiers:
Max Amberger (Batesville)
Perris Green (Warren Central)
 
First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers:#1 Paul Clark (Crown Point) vs. #22 James Hartleroad (DeKalb)
#10 Juan Cruz (Bluffton) vs. #3 Aramis McNutt (Highland)
#11 Justin Brown (Floyd Central) vs. #8 Hosia Smith (Indianapolis Cathedral)
#7 Austin Hastings (Noblesville) vs. #18 Hayden Smith (Heritage Hills)
#5 Anthony Popi (Plymouth) vs. #23 Ethan Dodson (Fort Wayne Snider)
#20 Isaiah Coolman (Leo) vs. #2 Brady Beck (Rochester)

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2024 Pritchard Companies US Open Entries from Indiana
Brackets
Click here for brackets on FloArena
 
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, April 24
U20 Greco-Roman (10 Mats) Main Arena
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Consolations
10:00AM – 3:00 PM
U15 Greco-Roman (5 Mats) Concourse
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Consolations
10:00AM – 3:00PM
Masters Greco-Roman (5 Mats) Concourse
Preliminaries to Medal Matches (If Needed)
4:00PM – 8:30PM
Futures Greco-Roman (2 Mats) Main Arena
Preliminaries to Medal Matches
4:00PM – 8:30PM
U20 Greco-Roman (4 Mats) Main Arena
Consolation and Consolation Semifinals 
4:00PM – 6:30PM 
U15 Greco-Roman (4 Mats) Main Arena
Consolation and Consolation Semifinals 
4:00PM – 6:30PM 
U20 Greco-Roman (4 Mats) Main Arena
All Medal Matches
6:30PM – 8:00PM 
U15 Greco-Roman (4 Mats) Main Arena
All Medal Matches
6:30PM – 8:00PM 
 
Thursday April 25
U17 Greco-Roman (10 Mats) Main Arena
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Consolations 
10:00AM – 3:00PM 
U15 Freestyle (5 Mats) Concourse
Preliminaries and Consolations
10:00AM – 3:00PM
U17 Greco-Roman (4 Mats)  Main Arena
Consolations, Consolation Semifinals, Medal Matches, and Best 2 of 3 Finals
4:00PM – 7:30PM
U15 Freestyle (6 Mats) Main Arena
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Consolations
4:00PM – 8:00PM
Futures Freestyle  (2 Mats) Concourse
Preliminaries and Consolations
4:00PM – 8:00PM
Masters Freestyle – Day 1 (3 Mats) Concourse
Preliminaries
4:00PM – 8:00PM

Friday, April 26
U20 Freestyle (15 Mats) Main Arena and Concourse
Preliminaries and Consolations
10:00AM – 3:00PM
Masters Freestyle-Day 2 (3 Mats) Concourse
Preliminaries to Medal Matches
10:00AM - 3:00PM
U20 Freestyle (8 Mats) Main Arena and Concourse
Preliminaries and Consolations
4:00PM – 8:30PM
Futures Freestyle  (2 Mats) Concourse
Consolations to Medal Matches
4:00PM – 8:00PM
U15 Freestyle (4 Mats) Main Arena
Consolations and Consolations Semifinals
4:00PM – 6:30PM 
U15 Freestyle (4 Mats) Main Arena
All Medal Matches
6:30PM – 8:00PM 

Saturday, April 27
U20 Freestyle (8 Mats) Main Arena
Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations and Consolation Semifinals
10:00AM – 1:00PM
U17 Freestyle (7 Mats) Concourse *Will take over U20 Mats at 1:00
Preliminaries and Consolations
10:00AM – 3:00PM
U20 freestyle (4 Mats) Main Arena
All Medal Matches
4:00PM – 5:30PM
U17 Freestyle (6 Mats) Main Arena
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolations
4:00PM – 8:00PM
Girls HS Showcase Freestyle (5 Mats)  Concourse
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolations
4:00PM – 8:00PM 

Sunday, April 28
U17 Freestyle (6 Mats) Main Arena
Semifinals, Consolations, Consolation Semifinals, Medal Matches and Best 2 of 3 Finals
10:00AM – 2:00PM
Girls HS Showcase Freestyle (8 Mats) Main Arena and Concourse
Semifinals, Consolations and Consolation Semifinals
10:00AM – 1:00PM
Girls HS Showcase Freestyle (4 Mats) Main Arena and Concourse
All Medal Matches
1:00PM – 3:00PM
 

U20 Freestyle (8 Mats) Main Arena
Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations and Consolation Semifinals
10:00AM – 1:00PM
U17 Freestyle (7 Mats) Concourse *Will take over U20 Mats at 1:00
Preliminaries and Consolations
10:00AM – 3:00PM
U20 freestyle (4 Mats) Main Arena
All Medal Matches
4:00PM – 5:30PM
U17 Freestyle (6 Mats) Main Arena
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolations
4:00PM – 8:00PM
Girls HS Showcase Freestyle (5 Mats)  Concourse
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolations
4:00PM – 8:00PM 
 
Sunday, April 28
U17 Freestyle (6 Mats) Main Arena
Semifinals, Consolations, Consolation Semifinals, Medal Matches and Best 2 of 3 Finals
10:00AM – 2:00PM
Girls HS Showcase Freestyle (8 Mats) Main Arena and Concourse
Semifinals, Consolations and Consolation Semifinals
10:00AM – 1:00PM
Girls HS Showcase Freestyle (4 Mats) Main Arena and Concourse
All Medal Matches
1:00PM – 3:00PM
 
 
Entries from Indiana
Division Style Weight Name Team Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 100 lbs Aaliyah Brown Howe Wrestling School, LLC Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 105 lbs Madisyn Mikels Indiana Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 105 lbs Rianne Murphy Wyoming Seminary Wrestling Club Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 115 lbs Amelia Murphy Wyoming Seminary Wrestling Club Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 125 lbs Naima Ghaffar M3 Wrestling Academy Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 135 lbs Ella Gahl Spartans Wrestling Club Masters A Freestyle 62 kg Caleb Bourland Chicago Wrestling Club Masters A Freestyle 88 kg Alex Skipper Brownsburg Wrestling Club Masters A Greco-Roman 62 kg Caleb Bourland Chicago Wrestling Club Masters A Greco-Roman 88 kg Alex Skipper Brownsburg Wrestling Club Masters B Freestyle 100 kg Michael Burke Yorktown Wrestling Club Masters B Freestyle 58 kg Daniel Coyne Edgewood Wrestling Club Masters B Freestyle 78 kg Michael Morgan Legends of Gold Wrestling Masters B Greco-Roman 100 kg Michael Burke Yorktown Wrestling Club Masters B Greco-Roman 58 kg Daniel Coyne Edgewood Wrestling Club Masters B Greco-Roman 78 kg Michael Morgan Legends of Gold Wrestling Masters C Greco-Roman 78 kg Seth Gleave Indiana U15 Freestyle 38 kg Ezra Cappa Edgewood Wrestling Club U15 Freestyle 38 kg Joshua Sanders Red Cobra Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 41 kg Spenser McCammon Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U15 Freestyle 41 kg Cameron Schofield Red Cobra Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 41 kg Nathanial Sanders Red Cobra Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 44 kg Jeremy Carver Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 44 kg Traevon Ducking Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 48 kg Connor Maddox Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 48 kg Daniel Brown Jr. Howe Wrestling School, LLC U15 Freestyle 52 kg Xavier Flores Center Grove Wrestling Club U15 Freestyle 57 kg Grayson Baumann Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U15 Freestyle 62 kg Bo Jackson Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 62 kg Lincoln Hinchman Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 62 kg Donald Bowie Warren Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 68 kg Deacon Dressler Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U15 Freestyle 68 kg Peyton Hornsby Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Freestyle 68 kg Anthony Lopshire The Fort Hammers Wrestling U15 Freestyle 75 kg Sean Breedlove Center Grove Wrestling Club U15 Greco-Roman 38 kg Ezra Cappa Edgewood Wrestling Club U15 Greco-Roman 38 kg Joshua Sanders Red Cobra Wrestling Academy U15 Greco-Roman 41 kg Spenser McCammon Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U15 Greco-Roman 41 kg Nathanial Sanders Red Cobra Wrestling Academy U15 Greco-Roman 44 kg Jeremy Carver Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Greco-Roman 44 kg Traevon Ducking Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Greco-Roman 48 kg Connor Maddox Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Greco-Roman 52 kg Xavier Flores Center Grove Wrestling Club U15 Greco-Roman 57 kg Grayson Baumann Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U15 Greco-Roman 62 kg Bo Jackson Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Greco-Roman 62 kg Lincoln Hinchman Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Greco-Roman 68 kg Deacon Dressler Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U15 Greco-Roman 68 kg Peyton Hornsby Contenders Wrestling Academy U15 Greco-Roman 68 kg Anthony Lopshire The Fort Hammers Wrestling U15 Greco-Roman 75 kg Sean Breedlove Center Grove Wrestling Club U17 Freestyle 110 kg James Hartleroad Midwest Regional Training Center U17 Freestyle 48 kg Samuel Westfall Howe Wrestling School, LLC U17 Freestyle 48 kg Case Bell Contenders Wrestling Academy U17 Freestyle 51 kg Peyton Schoettle Roncalli Wrestling Foundation U17 Freestyle 51 kg Teigan Newell Howe Wrestling School, LLC U17 Freestyle 55 kg Ty Henderson Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U17 Freestyle 55 kg Colin Strayer Region Wrestling Academy U17 Freestyle 55 kg Gavin Lewis Howe Wrestling School, LLC U17 Freestyle 55 kg Ryann Schmidtendorff Midwest Xtreme Wrestling U17 Freestyle 57 kg Gavyn Kemp Contenders Wrestling Academy U17 Freestyle 60 kg Clinton Shepherd Howe 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Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U17 Freestyle 80 kg Xavier Smith Fishers Wrestling Club U17 Freestyle 80 kg Sam Howard Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U17 Freestyle 80 kg Miguel Rojas Indiana U17 Freestyle 80 kg Vincent Freeman Midwest Xtreme Wrestling U17 Greco-Roman 110 kg James Hartleroad Midwest Regional Training Center U17 Greco-Roman 55 kg Ty Henderson Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U17 Greco-Roman 57 kg Gavyn Kemp Contenders Wrestling Academy U17 Greco-Roman 60 kg Gunner Butt Contenders Wrestling Academy U17 Greco-Roman 60 kg Caelyb Sides Edgewood Wrestling Club U17 Greco-Roman 60 kg John Orman Edgewood Wrestling Club U17 Greco-Roman 71 kg Camden Baumann Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U17 Greco-Roman 71 kg Michael Neidigh Edgewood Wrestling Club U17 Greco-Roman 71 kg Lucas Boe Red Cobra Wrestling Academy U17 Greco-Roman 71 kg Cayleb Stephens Edgewood Wrestling Club U17 Greco-Roman 71 kg Cale Bonenberger Maurer Coughlin Wrestling Club U17 Greco-Roman 80 kg Conner Hoar Maurer 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Indiana natives in the hunt for World Team spots
The spring is always “rather throw you than know you’ season and while our state freestyle and Greco championships are complete the regional and national events are just getting started. Last week saw two Indiana natives make the World Team for women. Kayla Miracle, now wrestling out of Iowa City, won the U23 Trials along with Yorktown’s Alara Boyd making her first Junior World Team.
This weekend we will have the Junior World Team Trials and the final spots for the seniors for Final X determined in Raleigh, North Carolina. There will be a handful of Indiana natives looking to make the World Team and we’ll highlight them for you here.
Junior Men’s Freestyle
Bracket Link
Three Indiana natives from the class of 2018 will be looking to join Alara Boyd in Tallinn, Estonia in mid-August. Leading the way will be Lucas Davison who will not wrestle until the best of three series on Saturday. He won the Junior Open, thus giving him an automatic berth in the finals. His biggest competition will be Arizona State’s Kordell Norfleet and North Carolina’s Brandon Whitman. Note that Indiana fans saw Whitman at the Dream Team Classic last year against Mason Parris.
Speaking of Parris, it seems as if he will be entered at heavyweight. He did not wrestle at the open and thus could see his seed affected by that. He also has very limited freestyle credentials, but he is training with Adam Coon, so that should help him. His biggest competition will be Iowa’s Anthony Cassioppi who is sitting until the best of three on Saturday. Cassioppi is also a two-time IHPO champion if you’re keeping track at home.
Brayton Lee is another contender for a trip to Tallinn at 70kg(154lbs). He was second at the open to Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso and should come in as the challenge tournament top seed. Lee’s budding rival, Jacori Teemer, looks to be dropping to 65kg which will make this weight a little “easier.” However, he will have to fend off Missouri true freshman All-American Brock Mauller along with Peyton Robb, and former Dream Teamer Jared Franek. Even without Teemer this is still a really tough weight class.
Thomas Penola had a great redshirt season for Purdue and continued doing well with a 6th place finish in Vegas. At 86kg, he will have to navigate a deep field of top level talent. Currently he is not registered, so we won't know for sure until Friday morning if he is attending the event.
The schedule for Juniors starts on Friday at 10am with the challenge tournament. The winner of the challenge tournament will wrestle Saturday in the best of three series against the Junior Open champion.
Senior Greco-Roman
One former and one current Indiana Hoosier will be wrestling on the Greco side of things. Current Hoosier sophomore Liam Cronin will be at 60kg, while former Former Hoosier upperweight Lucas Sheridan will be at 97kg where he has been one of the top guys in the country recently. 
Senior Women’s Freestyle
With Sarah Hildebrandt automatically advancing to Final X due to her silver medal at last year’s World Championships there is only one Indiana native to watch here. Kayla Miracle made the move from Kentucky to Iowa last year and it seems to have paid dividends. She won the US Open and thus will be in the best of three finals on Sunday. Just last week she earned what seems to be her 100th spot on a World Team by winning the U23 trials. She will be looking to make her first senior world team after advancing to Final X last year and losing to eventual world bronze medalist Mallory Velte.
The schedule for the women’s freestyle portion begins on Saturday with the challenge tournament. The best of three finals will be on Sunday starting at noon.
Senior Men’s Freestyle
Men’s freestyle is always exciting and provides a great crop of dream match-ups throughout the weekend. This weekend we will have four guys with Indiana ties looking to earn a spot in Final X in either Lincoln, Nebraska or Piscataway, New Jersey.
Current college star Ben Harvey is entered at 79kg after finishing 7th at the US Open. Harvey was a state runner-up at Cathedral and made the round of 12 for Army West Point this past season. He is currently a Junior and has one more year of NCAA eligibility left. The 79kg weight class is highlighted by the likes of three-time NCAA champion Alex Dieringer, three-time NCAA finalist Mark Hall, and freestyle extraordinaire Chance Marsteller. Harvey will likely be one of the lower seeds due to his US Open placement.
Another state runner-up still making an impact is Riley Lefever. Before he won four DIII NCAA titles for Wabash he was a runner-up for Carroll High School…the one in Fort Wayne. He has been training in State College, Pennsylvania with the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club for the past two years. He placed 6th at the US Open and is likely going to slot in at the 5th seed in the challenge tournament at 92kg. He will likely see Ohio State’s Kollin Moore in the round of 8 and then Hayden Zillmer in the semi-finals.
Two others with ties to Indiana to keep your eye on is Indiana University All-American Nate Jackson. He is being coached by former three-time Indiana state champion Reece Humphrey at the New Jersey RTC. He will be entered at 86kg. Last, but not least we always like to keep tabs on Gable Steveson. Even though he is eligible for the Junior age group he has once again entered the Senior division. He didn’t wrestle at the US Open so he will get knocked down a little with his seed. The winner of the challenge tournament here will see Adam Coon in the best of three finals on Sunday.
The schedule for the men’s freestyle will start with the challenge tournament bracket on Saturday and finish with the best of three finals on Sunday. The challenge tournament should be about a 7-10 man bracket for most weight classes. You can follow along on FloWrestling.com and as always check out our social media, especially Twitter(@IndianaMat) for updates throughout the weekend.
Full Schedule
Friday May 17
Session I
UWW Junior Freestyle: 1st Round, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rd. 1-2
10:00 am – 2:00 pm – UWW Junior Freestyle (2 MATS)
Senior Greco-Roman: 1st Round, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rd. 1-2
10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Senior Greco-Roman (2 MATS)
Session II
UWW Junior Freestyle: Semi-Finals, Finals, Consolation Rd. 3-Semis
4:00 pm – 8:30 pm – UWW Junior Freestyle (2 MATS)
Senior Greco-Roman: Semi-Finals, Finals, Consolation Rd. 3-Semis
4:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Senior Greco-Roman (2 MATS)
Saturday May 18
Session III
Senior Women’s Freestyle: 1st Round, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rd. 1
10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Senior Women’s Freestyle (2 MATS)
Senior Men’s Freestyle: 1st Round, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rd. 1-2
10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Senior Men’s Freestyle (2 MATS)
Session IV
UWW Junior Freestyle: Best 2 out of 3 Championship, 3rd Place, True 3rd (If Necessary)
1:30 pm – 5:15 pm – UWW Junior Freestyle (2 MATS)
Senior Greco-Roman: Best 2 out of 3 Championship, 3rd Place, True 3rd (If Necessary)
1:30 pm – 5:15 pm – Senior Greco-Roman (2 MATS)
Session V
Senior Men’s Freestyle: Semi-Finals, Finals and Consolation Rd. 3, Cons-Semis.
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Senior Men’s Freestyle (2 MATS)
Senior Women’s Freestyle: Semi-Finals, Finals and Consolation Rd. 3, Cons-Semis.
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Senior Women’s Freestyle (2 MATS)
Sunday May 19
Session VI
Senior Men’s Freestyle: Best 2 out of 3 Championship, 3rd Place, True 3rd (If Necessary)
12:00 pm – 3:45 pm – Senior Men’s Freestyle (2 MATS)
Senior Women’s Freestyle: Best 2 out of 3 Championship, 3rd Place, True 3rd (If Necessary)
12:00 pm – 3:45 pm – Senior Women’s Freestyle (2 MATS) 
 

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Kevin Lake Hired at Manchester
Former New Haven graduate and Manchester wrestler Kevin Lake has been hired to head the Manchester University wrestling team. Lake comes to Manchester after stints at Princeton, South Dakota State, and Fresno State. Most recently he was the program director at Beat the Streets Los Angeles.


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Ersland Announces Purdue Wrestling’s Class of 2016
Five early signees all ranked among nation’s top 20 at their weight
 
Nov. 18, 2015
 
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue has inked five nationally ranked wrestlers, including four of the nation’s top overall recruits, during the early signing period head wrestling coach Tony Ersland announced Wednesday. These elite future Boilermakers include Indiana’s top heavyweights, multi-time state champs from Michigan and Minnesota and a top-20 195-pounder with family roots in Purdue athletics.
 
“I think the overwhelming thing about this group is they really bought into our message, which is the transformation of Purdue and where we are taking this program,” Ersland said. “They saw the impact of what we did in year one and how the guys bought into our message.
 
“This same group was excited about what that message was and that’s accomplishing a lot of firsts for Purdue wrestling,” Ersland said. “I love that those kids want to be a part of doing something the first time, not just be another cog in the wheel of another program. They understand the special opportunity that they have before them.”
 

 
Christian Brunner (East Dundee, Illinois) is a two-time Illinois High School Association class 3A state placewinner for Dundee-Crown High School with a third-place finish at 195 pounds as a junior and was the 182-pound runner-up as a sophomore. He is currently ranked among the nation’s top-20 prep wrestlers at 195. Brunner’s family has roots in Purdue athletics with a pair of uncles, Jeff Zgonina and Frank Kemt, playing football for the Boilermakers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Click on the image above to learn more about Brunner.
 

 
The nation’s No. 19 overall recruit and a top-five wrestler at 152 pounds, Griffin Parriott will make his way to West Lafayette from New Prague, Minnesota. Parriott is a two-time Minnesota State High School League Division AA champion and four-time tournament qualifier. In May he took third at the UWW Junior Nationals at 66 kg, finishing behind a World Cadet gold medalist and an NCAA All-American. Click on the image above to learn more about Parriott.
 

 
Devin Schroder becomes the second wrestler from Grand Rapids Catholic Central to commit to Purdue during Ersland’s tenure, joining former high school teammate Nate Limmex, who is a 149-pounder for the Boilermakers. Schroder, the No. 56 overall recruit, is a three-time Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 champ. He has won back-to-back titles at 119 pounds after winning the 2012 championship as a freshman. The Northview native is a two-time FloNationals finalist, taking top honors at 113 pounds in 2014. Click on the image above to learn more about Schroder.
 

 
Indiana’s own Shawn Streck, the country’s second-ranked high school heavyweight and No. 21 overall recruit, will make the move an hour south to join Coach Ersland’s squad. Streck pinned his way to the 285-pound title as a junior, capping off a 46-0 season. As a sophomore he placed third and seventh as a freshman. The Merrillville native also has a trio of top-four finishes at national tournaments. Click on the image above to learn more about Streck.
 

 
Streck is joined by fellow Indiana product and close friend Kobe Woods. Hailing from Mishawaka, Woods is tabbed as the No. 54 overall recruit and is currently listed as a top-six 220-pounder nationally. Woods is the defending IHSAA champ at 220, which he won with a perfect 44-0 record. Outside of the high school mat, Woods’ resume is highlighted by a finals appearance at the 2015 Cadet World Team Trials at 100 kg and in 2014 he claimed the 195-pound title at the Cliff Keen USA Wrestling Cadet Folkstyle Nationals. Click on the image above to learn more about Woods.

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2015 Al Smith Preview
By Chad Hollenbaugh
Senior Writer
 
Seven state ranked teams will invade Michiana over the next few days as Mishawaka High School will once again play host to the state’s premiere individual tournament. Several new teams will be making their Al Smith debut this year or will be returning after an absence of several years. Warren Central will not be there this year but Portage and Fort Wayne Carroll will add plenty of strength to the tournament. Leroy Vega’s Portage Indian squad and Brad Harper’s Penn Kingsmen are probably in a class by themselves when it comes to the team race. Penn has won the event several years in a row but should be severely tested by Portage. The team state duals event at the end of the week might have some effect on the event as wrestlers who have been dinged up might not be able to compete in both events.
 
106
Four state ranked flyweights including returning state placer (7th) Tanner DeMien of Northwood headline the 106 pound class. Kory Cavanaugh of Penn is a state qualifier from last year is actually rated one spot higher than DeMien and might just meet him in the finals. Freshman Cayden Rooks of Columbus East has likely been beat up often enough by big brother to be extra tough and he no doubt wants to break out state wide with a victory in the frozen north.
113
Lowell’s Colton Cummings is a two time Al Smith champ at 106 and the returning state champ from last February. He is the clear #1 in this year’s field. Penn’s Austin Slates was banged up last year but has looked outstanding so far this year. A budding rivalry with Elkhart Memorial’s Christian Mejia might be relived in the semi finals on Wednesday. There might be a bitter fight to avoid the #4 and #5 seeds as to avoid Cummings but those slots are probably going to go to Portage’s Colin Poynter, Columbus East’s frosh, Jake Shoenegge, and placer from last year, Kyler McKinney of Princeton.
120
Things get real interesting at 120 where a couple of high state placers stand out from the field. Penn’s Drew Hildebrandt is a Division 1 signee to Central Michigan and a returning state runner up. On the other side of the bracket will likely be Columbus East’s Graham Rooks. Rooks has a 3rd place medal from last year’s state meet as well as a runner up finish is last years Al Smith. Bellmont’s Mason Mendez and Lawrence North’s Miguel Castro appear to be in good shape to also place high this year.
126
An absolute stacked field awaits the fans at 126, including a possible preview of the state title matchup. The top dog in the field is Northern Illinois recruit, Brock Hudkins. Hudkins won the state title last season at 120 but has never won an Al Smith title. Portage’s Gaige Torres also wrestled under the lights last season and will make his debut in Mishawaka over the next couple of days. Torres is ranked 3rd and is the prohibitive favorite to meet Hudkins in the finals. Both of these studs will have to navigate a talented group looking to make a name for themselves by knocking off one of the big boys.
132
The Danville Duo of Hudkins and Molloy have had a statewide reputation for quite some time but have yet to click at the same time at Mishawaka. Injuries or weather have both been the culprit denying the Michiana fans from seeing these two back to back. Molloy is legitimate threat to wrestle under the lights and was quite possibly the only Hoosier wrestler to take down Chad Red last season. Hobart’s Brendan Black (ranked 4th) and Bellmont’s Daniel Gunsett (ranked 6th) are both state streeters that can give Molloy a run for his money.
138
Two studs that have plenty of experience at both Mishawaka and on the state level highlight the 138 pound weight class. Warsaw’s Kyle Hatch and Munster’s Jason Crary are virtual locks for the top two seeds here. Both juniors have two state medals and an Al Smith title to their name. If the bracket holds chalk this should be a very entertaining final on Wednesday.
145
The race for the team title should be close between Penn and Portage and this weight class might go a long way in determining who takes the team title. The likely #1 seed is Portage’s Kasper McIntosh, Penn’s Cameron Beam might not get a top 6 seed but has the skills to knock off McIntosh. Throw South Bend Riley’s always dangerous Austen Laughlin into the mix and you have a bracket that might break several different ways and skew the team race.
152
One of Indiana Mat’s favorite grapplers leads the charge at 152 in Portage’s Steven “Bam” Lawrence. Bam is the top ranked wrestler in the state and big favorite to win here. Peru’s Peyton Sturgill and Prairie Heights’ Doug Levitz both have state experience and top four finishes at Al Smith. Penn’s Denzyl Prentice did not qualify for state last year but did reach the finals at the Al Smith and holds a higher state ranking. This is another weight class where seeding will be important in the team race.
160
The Merrillville Pirates have long been a mainstay at Mishawaka and are often among the top two or three in the team race. They may need some Maldonado magic to stay that high in team standings this year but they should have two of the most dominant individuals in the entire field. Senior Jacob Covaciu was last year’s state and Al Smith champion and should cruise to another title this year. There will, however, be a melee to figure out the other places. Seven other wrestlers are ranked, five have state experience, and two or three others have common opponent or head to head victories over higher ranked athletes. This one might extend the seeding meeting.
170
Lowell’s Drew Hughes has been a fixture at the top of the Al Smith podium and will attempt to become a rare four-time champion. Last year he spent less than eight minutes total on the mat in five matches when he wrapped up his 3rd title. The Michigan State recruit has 4 other top ten ranked wrestlers in the bracket but it shouldn’t matter much for the Red Devil hammer.
182
The region offers up another potential champion at 182 in Chesterton’s nationally ranked Andrew Davison. Despite the lofty ranking, Davison might not have as easy a route as Hughes or Covaciu. Lawrence North’s Cameron Jones has a state medal but has also improved significantly from last year. Jones is ranked 3rd in the state and might have a rematch with Elkhart Memorial’s David Eli in the semis to earn a crack at Davison.
195
This weight class is probably the most wide open bracket in field. Lake Central’s Jake Kleimola is ranked 3rd in the state and placed 3rd last year at 182. Besides Kleimola, the field has Erik Hobbs from Peru who is ranked 15th and Andrew Williamson at 16th. Will Portage or Penn be able to sneak a guy into day two and score some valuable team points?
220
Penn’s Kobe Woods is another wrestler looking to repeat as both Al Smith and Indiana state champion. The Purdue recruit will probably not be challenged as 8th ranked Garrett grappler Blake Davis is the probable two seed. Goshen’s Derek Paz has the talent to do very well at both this tournament and in the state tournament.
285
Merrillville will likely have its second champion on the day at 285 with big Shawn Streck looming at the top of the bracket. The rest of the bracket will be difficult to seed but there are potential state level talents here in Lawrence North’s 9th ranked Robert Samuels, Portage’s 6th ranked Gio Murillo, and Prairie Heights’ 13th ranked Braxton Amos.

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Penn's team, Lowell's Drew Hughes win fourth straight Al Smith Classic
By STEVE KRAH
Five Penn wrestlers made it to the championship mat and helped the Kingsmen take the team title at Mishawaka High School’s famed Al Smith Classic for the fourth straight time.
Seniors Drew Hildebrandt (22-0 at 120 pounds) and Kobe Woods (12-0 at 220) were winners and junior Kory Cavanaugh (21-2 at 106) and seniors Austin Slates (20-1 at 113) and Cameron Beam (19-4 at 145) were both runners-up in helping Penn hoist the hardware at Mishawaka for the fifth time in six years.
“This was the most grinding,” Kingsmen coach Brad Harper said. “There were no easy matches.”
While Woods won at 220, Hildebrandt, placed second at 113 at the 2015 IHSAA State Finals. He is taking it up a notch or two this winter.
“I’m trying to open up a lot more,” Hildebrandt said. “I want to be more aggressive this year. I was second last year. There’s more to get.”
U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier Sarah Hildebrandt helped coach her brother along with Harper.
“It’s pretty nice,” Drew Hildebrandt said. “Sometimes I hear her and say that’s not coach Harper and coach (Chad Hershberger).”
Penn, which took its first IHSAA team title last February at Bankers Life Fieldhosue in Indianapolis, tuned up for the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association State Duals (the event is Saturday, Jan. 2, at Fort Wayne’s Memorial Coliseum) by amassing 226 points. Rounding out the top five were Portage (191), Columbus East (150), Lawrence North (149) and Merrillville (136).
The 32-team event wrapped up its two-day run and 37th year Wednesday, Dec. 30, with Lowell senior Drew Hughes (23-0 at 170) taking MVP honors (he pinned all five of his opponents in 6:50) and his fourth Al Smith Classic individual title.
“I was sick Monday,” Hughes said. “It was about getting on and off the mat. I had to take care of business.”
With a pile of early pin falls, Hughes said he has not wrestled in a third period yet this season.
Senior Steven Lawrence (16-0 at 152) was a champion for Portage. The Indian is ranked No. 1 at his weight.
Freshman Cayden Rooks (18-1 at 106) took a title for Columbus East. The Olympian is ranked No. 8. His last two wins Wednesday came against No. 4 Tanner DeMien (at NorthWood sophomore) and No. 3 Cavanaugh of Penn.
Two Merrillville senior athletes — Jacob Covaciu (18-0 at 160) and Shawn Streck (21-0 at heavyweight) — were winners. The Pirates are both ranked No. 1 and coming off state titles in 2015 (Covaciu at 145 and Streck at heavyweight).
A pair of Danville senior grapplers — Brock Hudkins (24-0 at 126) and Elliott Molloy (23-0 at 132) — took top honors back-to-back. Hudkins ranks No. 1 at 126 and Molloy No. 2 to three-time state champion Chad Red of New Palestine at 132.
With his best move — the “blast double” — not paying off Wednesday, Molloy focused on continuous movement and said it benefitted both he and Hudkins that they are Warrior workout partners.
“We are like brothers,” Molloy said. “He’s gotten a lot better at neutral. He keeps moving and gets a lot of points. He’s better on top, too. He can take someone down and finish them.”
Three other first-placers came from The Region in Lowell junior Colton Cummings (23-0 at 113), Chesterton junior Andrew Davison (18-0 at 182) and Lake Central senior Jake Kleimola (20-0 at 195). Cummings is ranked No. 1 in his weight class while Davision is No. 2 and Kleimola No. 3.
Jimtown junior Kenny Kerrn (145) turned up the intensity and took his weight class with father, Mishawaka graduate and IHSWCA Hall of Famer Mark Kerrn (Jimtown’s head coach) in his corner. The unranked wrestler who began the season at 152 said recent ramping up in practice was helpful for him at this tournament.
“We’ve been working really hard in practice this past week,” Kerrn said. “We’ve got (IHSWCA) Team State coming up (Saturday in Fort Wayne). I’ve been practiced with (former Jimtown state champion) Nick Crume and (former Jimtown state runner-up) Colin Crume and athletes.”
AL SMITH CLASSIC
(At Mishawaka)
Team scores (final): Penn 226, Portage 191, Columbus East 150, Lawrence North 149, Bellmont 146, Merrillville 136, Lowell 134, Prairie Heights 132, Chesterton 129, Fort Wayne Carroll 121.5, Jimtown 117, Garrett 114, South Bend Riley 104.5, Elkhart Memorial 103.5, Center Grove 98.5, Hobart 87.5, Lawrence Central 86.5, Danville 77.5, South Bend Adams 77.5, Zionsville 77, Peru 73, Goshen 69, Mishawaka 69, NorthWood 69, Warsaw 55, Princeton 48, LaPorte 42, Munster 40, Rochester 28, Calumet 25, West Noble 15.5.
Championship Summary
106 — Cayden Rooks (Columbus East) dec. Kory Cavanaugh (Penn) 8-3. 113 — Colton Cummings (Lowell) dec. Austin Slates (Penn) 5-0. 120 — Drew Hildebrandt (Penn) maj. dec. Graham Rooks (Columbus East) 12-4. 126 — Brock Hudkins (Danville) dec. Gaige Torres (Portage) 7-1. 132 — Elliott Molloy (Danville) pinned Brendan Black (Hobart) 4:23. 138 — Kyle Hatch (Warsaw) dec. Jason Crary (Munster) 3-0. 145 — Kenny Kerrn (Jimtown) maj. dec. Cameron Beam (Penn) 14-3.
152 — Steven Lawrence (Portage) pinned Doug Levitz (Prairie Heights) 3:11. 160 — Jacob Covaciu (Merrillville) dec. Tavonte Malone (South Bend Adams) 9-2. 170 — Drew Hughes (Lowell) pinned Bryce Baumgartner (Bellmont) 1:24. 182 — Andrew Davison (Chesterton) dec. Cameron Jones (Lawrence North) 6-2. 195 — Jake Kleimola (Lake Central) dec. Erik Hobbs (Peru) 5-0. 220 — Kobe Woods (Penn) dec. Derek Paz (Goshen) 3-2. Hwt — Shawn Streck (Merrillville) tech. fall Ethan Bunce (Lawrence Central) 24-9.
Consolation Summary
106 — Tanner DeMien (NorthWood) pinned Brayden Shearer (Garrett) 1:26. 113 — Colin Poynter (Portage) dec. Jake Schoenegge (Columbus East) 3-1. 120 — Mason Mendez (Bellmont) dec. Isaac Castro (Lawrence North) 7-3. 126 — Marcus Mejia (Elkhart Memorial) dec. Michael DeLaPena (Merrillville) 6-3. 132 — Daniel Gunsett (Bellmont) dec. Jack Tolin (Chesterton) 5-2. 138 — Kris Rumph (Portage) dec. Riley Rasler (Prairie Heights) 6-4. 145 — Austen Laughlin (South Bend Riley) maj. dec. Logan Coyle (Center Grove) 13-4.
152 — Denzyl Prentice (Penn) dec. Diego Lemley (Chesterton) 6-4. 160 — Jarod Swank (Penn) dec. Jordan Rader (Peru) 6-2. 170 — Tristan Goering (South Bend Riley) dec. Ricky Samuels (Lawrence North) 8-5. 182 — David Eli (Elkhart Memorial) pinned Isaac James (Lowell) 1:39. 195 — Lucas Davison (Chesterton) dec. Michael Leonard (NorthWood) 5-1. 220 — Maliq Carr (Lawrence North) dec. Tyler McKeever (Fort Wayne Carroll) 10-3. Hwt — Sean Galligar (Columbus East) dec. Robert Samuels (Lawrence North) 3-2.
MVP: Drew Hughes (Lowell), five pins in 6:50.
Other placers
106 — 5th, Brock Peele (Portage); 6th, Lucas Finger (Lowell); 7th, Fernando Flores (Goshen); 8th, John Gobeyn (Zionsville).
113 — 5th, Christian Mejia (Elkhart Memorial); 6th, Matt Gimson (Jimtown); 7th, Kyler Mckinney (Princeton); 8th, Joey Zahl (South Bend Adams).
120 — 5th, Azariah Ellis (Zionsville); 6th, Joel Byman (Fort Wayne Carroll); 7th, Datrion Vaughn (Lawrence Central); 8th, Dylan DeMarco (Garrett).
126 — 5th, Ryan Hardesty (Mishawaka); 6th, Jon Becker (Bellmont); 7th, Dawson Combest (Columbus East); 8th, Zane Standridge (Fort Wayne Carroll)
132 — 5th, Preston Risner (Mishawaka); 6th, Cody Crary (Munster); 7th, David Roth (Center Grove); 8th, Kameron Hile (Warsaw).
138 — 5th, Jacy Leon (Hobart); 6th, Trace Manspeaker (Penn); 7th, Anthony Williams (Center Grove); 8th, Malik Hoover (Merrillville).
145 — 5th, Chase Wilson (Princeton); 6th, Kasper McIntosh (Portage); 7th, Dante Colza (Hobart); 8th, DeShawn Bayless (Peru).
152 — 5th, Tavris Evans (South Bend Adams); 6th, Kassius Breathitt (South Bend Riley); 7th, Peyton Sturgill (Peru); 8th, Lucas Scott (Lowell).
160 — 5th, Tony Busse (Bellmont); 6th, Josh Garman (Fort Wayne Carroll); 7th, Jed Levitz (Prairie Heights); 8th, Austin Wilson (Columbus East)
170 — 5th, Ismael Cornejo (Portage); 6th, Steven Trammell (Lawrence Central); 7th, Jonah Hays (Center Grove); 8th, Coy Park (Columbus East).
182 — 5th, Joey Blakeley (Prairie Heights); 6th, Caleb Hankenson (Bellmont); 7th, Cameron Simmons (Lawrence Central); 8th, Rhett Mappes (Center Grove).
195 — 5th, Beck Davis (Garrett); 6th, Jarod Hayes (Jimtown); 7th, Jake Grossnickle (Fort Wayne Carroll); 8th, Nate Williams (Elkhart Memorial).
220 — 5th, Blake Davis (Garrett); 6th, Andrew Brock (Warsaw); 7th, Cory Heinrichs (Center Grove); 8th, Dan Mochen (Chesterton).
Hwt — 5th, Givoni Murillo (Portage); 6th, Braxton Amos (Prairie Heights); 7th, Jessie Lawson (Fort Wayne Carroll); 8th, Scott Fuller (Zionsville)
MVP: Drew Hughes (Lowell), five pins in 6:50.

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Miracle Takes 4th at Olympic Trials
By STEVE KRAH
stvkrh905@gmail.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Kayla Miracle is studying education at Campbellsville (Ky.) University.
The Culver Academies graduate knows about learning.
Miracle, 19, learned more about her herself while preparing for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials.
And while she came away from the event Saturday, April 9, at the University of Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena with a 3-2 mark, fourth place at 58 kg (127.75 pounds) and disappointment, she also saw the positive in her performance and started looking toward her mat future.
Miracle, a Campbellsville sophomore who counts father Lee as her head coach, pinned Axa Molina (age 22) in 2:59 and beat Randi Beltz (25) 8-3 before losing 6-4 to national champion Alli Ragan (23) in the winners' bracket.
With her chances at the Rio Olympics gone (only the champion moved on), Miracle beat Jenna Burkert (22) 10-5 before losing 12-4 to Beltz in the fourth-place match.
“I feel like I’m ready technically to be with these girls,” Miracle said. “But there’s so much more. There’s the mental side and the game planning. I’ve never really had to gameplan for a match. I need to do that so I know exactly what I need to do.
“I just need to continue to develop. I’ve gotten so much better. I’ve made so many great strides.”
Miracle, who turns 20 on April 26, said she “took a really bad shot” near the end of the match against Ragan.
“I don’t know what was going through my mind,” Miracle said. “I just dove in.
“I had like 45 seconds left, so I had plenty of time to set up the perfect shot and score. Even 40 seconds seems like five hours.”
The freestyle matches were contested with two three-minute periods and criteria was used to break ties.
After dominating Beltz earlier in the day, Miracle was not able to duplicate her result in the rematch.
“I just wasn’t myself,” Miracle said. “I went against all these tough girls all day and then I just bogged down.”
She said she also let a tweak to her back get the best of her.
“I don’t know what was going on with my head,” Miracle said. “(Finishing in the top three) was definitely important because it would have put me on the senior national team and I would get to train with these girls.
“I just lose a lot of respect for people who drop out after they lose. If you’re going to retire as an Olympic athlete, that’s different. But if you’re still and up-and-coming athlete, you can still get third and be on the national team. To forfeit is far worse.”
Miracle, who came into Iowa City with University Nationals and Dave Schultz Memorial International championships on her 2016 resume, sees herself being in the 2020 Olympic Team Trials with a shot at the Tokyo Games.
“I won’t be satisfied until I’m on top of that Olympic podium,” Miracle said. “I had a goal and I didn’t meet it. But give me four years and I’ll be back.”
But her immediate focus will now turn to getting ready for University Worlds and Junior Olympic Trials and, of course, her studies back in Kentucky.
Saturday’s two Olympic Trials sessions drew 21,922 fans (11,067 for the finals).
Sunday’s action from Carver-Hawkeye Area will air on NBC Sports Network on a tape-delay basis starting at 9:30 p.m. (CDT). All matches will be streamed live on the Internet at NBCOlympics.com.

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Karl's Komments: Quarterfinal Clashes
As we move to the 2nd round on Saturday morning, the following commentary is based purely on my opinions. Please feel free to use anything said as motivation. In this article, I will feature what I believe will be outstanding quarterfinal matches. It could be based on rankings, rivalries or just a hunch.
 
Karl’s Quarterfinal Clashes
 
106
Don’t stay out too late on Friday night as the lightweights will be rocking and rolling early Saturday morning. My top potential match up at 106 is a doozy:
 
#7 Drake Campbell – Brownsburg vs. #4 AJ Black – Shenandoah
 
Coach Snyder will have his flyweight ready as he will be firing up his troops in order to make a run at the state title. Campbell getting to the semi finals would be a huge bonus for the Bulldogs. To reach the semis Campbell will have to be the sophomore Black. Black is from little school Shenandoah but don’t sell him short. He as wrestled and beaten some of the best.
 
113
The final quarterfinal clash in the 113 bracket is most definitely semi final or state final quality:
 
#4 Kory Cavanaugh – Penn vs. #1 Asa Garcia – Avon
 
Cavanaugh went into last weekends semi state as the prohibitive favorite. A little hiccup puts him in the same quarter bracket with the defending 106 champion Garcia. This match up has the makings of a classic. Penn kids are always able to execute a game plan and Garcia is wrestling with extreme confidence this post season.
 
120
If you only look at the ranking, my pick for the outstanding second round match in the 120 pound class might not make much sense because it pits the 5th ranked wrestler versus the 18th ranked. If you dive deeper you see details that make this a great Saturday morning scrap.
 
#18 Tyce Freije – Roncalli vs. #5 Colin Poynter – Portage
 
Freije navigated a wicked 120 bracket at New Castle to come out as champion. In the preseason, he was one of the most highly touted freshman in the state. After a few hiccups during the season, Freije has turned it on in the post season. Striving to be his kryptonite is the talented junior from Portage, Colin Poynter.
 
126
In the bottom half of the bracket looms a whale of a potential semifinal battle between #1 ranked Blake Mulkey of Brownsburg and #6 ranked, semi state champion from Cathedral, Jordan Slivka. Slivka avenged an earlier season loss to Alec White at New Castle and like several other Irish, appears to be peaking at the right time. Mulkey was on the same side of the semi state bracket as 2nd ranked Graham Rooks. He lost a narrow one point decision which put him in this quarter bracket. The entire bracket is awesome but this match up stands out.
 
132
The top quarterfinal match up at 132 might be dubbed the “2018 State Finals”. The potential tilt pits the two top ranked juniors in the state. Yorktown’s 4th ranked Christian Hunt is the semi state champ from Fort Wayne. He has just two losses on the season, one of which was to 2nd ranked Breyden Bailey of Cathedral. 5th ranked Ethan Smiley of Beech Grove suffered his first loss of the season last weekend to Bailey. This should be a beauty of a match in order get to the semi finals.
 
138
The unstoppable force versus the immovable object. Yes it is a cliché but it aptly describes the best potential quarterfinal match in the 138 pound class. From the region, it is the very offensive takedown artist, #3 ranked Kris Rumph of Portage. Rumph broke out last year with a fourth place medal at the state meet. His likely opponent from the deep south is Tristan Sellmer of Floyd Central. Sellmer sent notice to the state that he was a contender with an out standing effort at the Calumet Traicoff tournament where Rumph narrowly edged him 3-2. This should have the feel of a semi final.
 
145
The bracket gods were unkind to Portage’s 2nd ranked Kasper McIntosh this year. After being upset by Jason Crary of Munster at the semi state, McIntosh got placed in the one quarter bracket he would have liked to have avoided. Brownsburg’s returning state champ, # 1 ranked Brayton Lee is likely to be waiting for McIntosh on Saturday morning. A matchup of a state champ and a state runner up on Saturday morning is just awesome for the fans.
 
152
New Castle semi state winner Noah Warren of Perry Meridian is ranked 2nd in the state. He was a 7th place finisher at 160 last year and has come down a weight for the 2017 season. His likely Saturday morning foe should be Mount Vernon’s Austin Bethel. Bethel is a four time state finalist but has never wrestled on Saturday. A 4th ranked kid versus the second ranked kid is deserving of a semi final or even final match. Fans should be treated to an high energy, exciting tilt.
 
160
Gleason Mappes of Center Grove might be the most under appreciated wrestlers in the state. A 39-1 record, an Al Smith title, and a fourth place medal from last year have only resulted in a sixth place ranking for the Trojan senior. Another trip to the semifinals might be on the line Saturday morning and his adversary should be Oszkar Kasch of Crown Point or it could be the one wrestler that has beaten Mappes this year, Matt Wertz of Zionsville. Kasch is a junior with a fine 33-3 record and is ranked just behind Mappes in 7th.
 
170
Can you believe that we get to see another epic #1 vs. #2 showdown early Saturday morning. A narrow win by Eli Stock of Monrovia over the state’s top ranked Burk Van Horn, has put Van Horn in a quarter bracket with non other than the state’s second ranked wrestler, Tanner Webster of North Montgomery. Van Horn was a state runner up last year at 160 and Webster, a Purdue recruit, finished sixth at this weight class a year ago. Plan your potty breaks accordingly because this one is not to be missed.
 
182
As we move to the 182 class, the bracket shows that the top four ranked kids in the state are in four separate quarter brackets. Second ranked Thomas Dull of Terre Haute North, is in the same semi state as top ranked Nathan Walton of Brownsburg. Walton defeated Dull last week in the semi finals at Evansville. Dull probably got the best state draw he could have hoped for when he was put in the same quarter bracket with the champ from the New Castle semi-state, Alec Jessop of Hamilton Southeastern. Jessop is largely unknown to fans statewide so it should be an interesting battle versus last year’s 5th place finisher at 170.
 
195
A whale of a Saturday morning match should be on tap between Cathedral’s Ben Stewart and Elkhart Memorial’s David Eli. The second ranked Stewart has finished 3rd at this weight class last year. Strong and fast, the Irishman is tough to deal with as his 33-1 record indicates. The fourth ranked Eli will not take a backseat to any one in this weight class. He has an outstanding 42-1 record, two state medals to his name, and a ton of confidence after blitzing the field at Fort Wayne last week. He pinned all four opponents and spent about six total minutes on the mat. Eli’s lone loss was in the championship match at the Al Smith, where he was defeated by Chesterton’s Andrew Davison.
 
220
The light heavyweight class might have been the most difficult of the fourteen to select an outstanding quarterfinal bout. Sixth ranked Donnie Crider of Lafayette Harrison should tackle top dog, Mason Parris of Lawrenceburg. Interesting, but until someone proves me wrong, I think Parris will dominate anyone in his path. My choice then for the top second round match is between Daleville’s Corbin Maddox and Brownsburg’s Isaac McCormick. Maddox is currently ranked 4th in the state and has state hardware on his resume. However, the 8th ranked McCormick will be wrestling, not only for himself, but also for his team in their efforts to get a state crown. The match up also pits a wrestler from the smallest school with a qualifier against the prohibitive favorite for the team title. Interesting indeed.
 
285
The big fellas have always held a special place in my heart and this year is no different. All four 2nd round bouts have an appeal bu the first one stands out in my mind. A potential match up between third ranked Wade Ripple from Mount Vernon and defending state runner up, Robert Samuels of Lawrence North. Ripple has torn through everyone this year after coming up one match short of making the state finals last year. Mount Vernon has an outstanding tradition in the heavyweight class. Samuels, currently ranked 9th, has had a few hiccups this year but obviously has the talent and experience needed to make a deep run this weekend.

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Lefever reflects on what it took to become four-time NCAA D-III national champion
By STEVE KRAH
stvkrh905@gmail.com
Riley Lefever could win wrestling matches 1-0 or 2-0.
But what’s the fun it that?
On his way to a fourth national championship, the Wabash College senior was named NCAA Division III’s most dominant wrestler by averaging 5.79 points per match during the 2016-17.
To punctuate his fourth crown, he scored a pin in the 197-pound finals to help the Little Giants place third in the team standings. Lefever left the meet in LaCrosse, Wis., with the National Wrestling Coaches Association Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet Award.
“I like to push the pace,” Riley said. “Once you wear them down, it’s going to be easier to get to the legs.
“That’s the way I approach wrestling, wear them down, push the pace and score a lot of points.”
Riley often finishes in a decisive way.
“He’s got a lot of horsepower,” Wabash head coach Brian Anderson said. “He’s big with cradles, bundling them up.”
Lefever, who was an IHSAA state runner-up at 170 for Carroll High School (Fort Wayne) as a senior in 2013, became the first national championship in Wabash history as a freshman (Chris Healey placed second for the Little Giants in 2005) and went on to go 129-0 against D-III competition during his collegiate career while joining Augsburg's Marcus LeVesseur (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007) as the division’s only four-time champions.
Overall, Riley was 158-6 (38-0 as a freshman, 37-3 as a sophomore, 44-0 as a junior, 39-3 as a senior).
“His aggressive style and his approach to never stop scoring, it is exhausting to his opponents,” Anderson said. “He is a great example of wrestler who likes breaking people on the mat.”
In putting away Ithaca College senior Carlos Toribio in 4:52, Lefever took his foe from his feet to his back — something he’s done countless times in drills and matches.
After taking each of his first three titles — all at 184 — Lefever trained with a purpose during the summer and came back better for the intercollegiate season.
Competing against grapplers in higher divisions, Riley won the Iowa State University/Harold Nichols Open and placed second at the Eastern Michigan University Open at the beginning of his senior season.
For his last college go-round, Riley was bigger and was even tougher on his feet.
“I talked to Coach Anderson and wanted to do what is best for the team,” Riley said. “I knew I got a little bigger. I saw it as just another challenge, facing bigger guys and wearing them down.
“I want to move guys around, snap them to the mat and score.”
As it had been at 184, getting those big guys off their feet was the focus.
“Takedowns, that’s where most matches are won,” Riley said. So, he worked on singles, doubles, ankle picks and more. His lunch break was often coupled with watching video of the sport’s finest and how they execute moves.
“The best wrestlers are moving all the time and finding those angles,” Riley said. “It’s fun wrestling to watch.”
As a Little Giants assistant, Reece Lefever got to watch Riley make history from the corner of the mat.
“It was pretty awesome,” Reece said. “Riley likes to have fun and get after it. Winning 1-point matches isn’t as fun as scoring a ton of points. That’s what the fans like to see, too. He put on a show for people.”
Kent and Nancy Lefever’s sons earned eight All-American honors on the mat for Wabash — four for for Riley, three for Reece and one for Conner (twin to Reece). In 2015, all three brothers were in the D-III national finals with Riley (184) and Conner (174) winning and Reece (157) placing second.
Reece was the first Little Giant to achieve All-American status three straight seasons.
Conner, a volunteer assistant at Wabash, says it’s his little brother’s drive that takes him to the top of the podium.
“He wants to get better,’ Conner said. “He’s not satisfied with just winning. He wants to dominate.”
Reece and Conner sparred with Riley a couple times a week during his tournament run. A few years ago, there was a chance of taking little brother down once in awhile,
“I could hang with him,” Conner said. “Since he went up and weight class and gotten so much better, it’s tough to keep up with him.”
Conner has watched Riley consistently put it on opponents.
“Riley likes to lift the guys and slam them down hard,” Conner said. “As a fan, it’s fun to watch the guys who can take anybody down at will.
“He breaks them down mentally.”
Anderson has watched the twins show the younger brother the way and seen him take the program to new heights.
“(Conner and Reece) are perfect examples of how you need to live your life, stay on the tracks with your training and always do one more thing in pursuit of a national title,” Anderson said. “Conner attained it and Reece just missed it.
“The whole Lefever family and guys on those teams, these are the groups that took it up a notch and believe they were good enough to challenge for national trophies.”
The bar has been set higher in Crawfordsville and Conner knows where the credit lies.
“Riley changed the whole atmosphere of Wabash wrestling,” Conner said. “Nobody believed anyone could win a championship.
“That’s how we’ve been able to make that big improvement.”
And to think his mat career almost ended before it really got started.
“I played soccer and planned on playing soccer instead of wrestling, but I was practically dragged to practice by my brothers, teammates,” Riley said. “My parents made me go.”
Riley, who placed sixth at the Carroll Sectional as a 125-pound freshman with an 11-18 record, counts his brothers as his biggest influence.
“I get to train with them everyday,” Riley said. “They were studs when I was growing up. They pushed each other.
“I still work on technique with them and they are the main reason I came to Wabash.”
Riley wrestled with Conner and Reece for three years at Carroll.
“Those are memories I’ll never forget,” Riley said.
The brothers are also products of the Roadrunner Wrestling Club. Besides the Lefevers, college All-Americans from that Garrett-based organization are Travis Barroquillo (three times) and Matt Hurtford (twice).
After thriving in the competitive atmosphere at Wabash, Riley intends to continue his mat career and Anderson will still be there to guide him.
“My ultimate approach is that I will feed them as fast as they want to eat,” Anderson said. “You have different levels of committed athletes in your program. Riley is one of the most elite. He is hungry for opportunities. I’ve made sure he’s being challenged as much a humanly possible. That that will continue. I will work to help him.”
Anderson sees a possible World University Games or U.S. Open appearance for Riley this summer and he could wind up at a Regional Training Center or the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
“He definitely has the ability and the build where he can do it,” Reece said. “He can get pushed by guys his size and at his level.”
In May, Academic All-American Riley is scheduled to graduate from Wabash as an English major and History minor. He is scheduled to marry longtime girlfriend Madison in August.
When he hangs up his shoes, Riley said he plans to be a wrestling coach.

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2017 IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open Stud List
Check this page frequently for updates on the studs that are entered at this year's IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open. For more information on the tournament follow click the link below.
IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open Information


Weight Name(Grade) State Credentials 2016 IHPO 109 Jacob Moran(11th) Indiana State 8th '16 1st 109 Brayden Lowery(10th) Indiana State 3rd, Cadet Freestyle 8th   109 Thomas Deck(10th) Kentucky State 4th   109 Raymond Rioux(10th) Indiana State 6th   109 Colton Drousias(10th) Indiana State Qualifier   109 Chase Caprella(10th) Ohio State Qualifier   109 Caleb Hernandez(11th) Ohio State Qualifier   109 Dustin Norris(9th) Ohio Cadet Freestyle 7th   109 Jesse Mendez(8th) Indiana USAW Schoolboy Triple Crown   116 Brayden Curtis(11th) Indiana State 1st   116 Noah Horst(10th) Tennessee State 1st   116 Zac Cowan(9th) Kentucky State 2nd   116 Christian Isbell(10th) Tennessee State 3rd   116 Tom Dineen(12th) Wisconsin State 3rd   116 Brayden Littell(10th) Indiana   3rd 116 Jack Wrocklage(12th) Missouri State 4th   116 Samuel Fair(11th) Indiana State 5th   116 Migdoel Ocasio(11th) Kentucky State 7th   116 Raymond Adams(11th) Ohio State 7th   116 Edward Suber(11th) Ohio State 7th   116 Logan Boe(10th) Indiana State 8th   116 Jose Diaz(12th) Indiana State 8th   116 Alex Barbarise(10th) Illinois State Qualifier   116 Joe Just(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   116 Brendan Mattingly(9th) Indiana State Qualifier   116 Caleb Oliver(10th) Indiana State Qualifier   116 Brayden Shearer(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   116 Reece Goss(8th) Kentucky State Qualifier   116 Dylan Preston(9th) Kentucky State Qualifier   116 Ben Manly(11th) Michigan State Qualifier   116 Joey Dima(11th) Ohio State Qualifier   116 Gavin Ritter(11th) Ohio State Qualifier   116 Dominic Williams(11th) Tennessee State Qualifier   116 Anthony Talamonti(11th) Illinois Junior Freestyle 4th   123 Travis Ford-Melton(11th) Illinois State 1st 2nd '16, 1st '15 123 Asa Garcia(11th) Indiana State 1st, 3rd   123 Kai Orine(11th) Missouri State 1st, 3rd   123 Ty Mills(12th) Indiana State 2nd   123 Brayden Palmer(11th) Tennessee State 2nd   123 Tylan Tucker(12th) Kentucky State 3rd 2nd '15 123 Ethan Turner(10th) Ohio State 3rd 2nd 123 Cian Fischer(11th) Wisconsin State 3rd, 4th   123 Seth Johnson(11th) Indiana State 4th   123 Terrin Machart(12th) Michigan State 4th   123 Jack Lenox(11th) Missouri State 4th   123 Drake Campbell(10th) Indiana State 5th   123 Rickey Garcia(11th) Kentucky State 5th   123 Luke Dezember(11th) Tennessee State 5th   123 Gavin Rose(11th) Indiana State 7th   123 Anthony Federico(10th) Illinois State Qualifier   123 Christian Valadez(10th) Illinois State Qualifier   123 Alex Petro(11th) Indiana State Qualifier   123 Morgan Sallee(10th) Kentucky State Qualifier   123 Luke Hewitt(12th) Ohio State Qualifier   123 Hunter Olson(11th) Ohio State Qualifier   123 Jalen Spuhler(10th) Wisconsin State Qualifier   129 Alec Viduya(10th) Indiana State 1st   129 Hassan Johnson(12th) Illinois State 2nd 1st 129 Christian Mejia(12th) Indiana State 2nd   129 Zachary Pledger(9th) Kentucky State 3rd   129 Colin Poynter(12th) Indiana State 4th   129 Blake Saito(10th) Ohio State 7th   129 Jordan Ward(11th) Ohio State 7th   129 Jabari Thomas(11th) Ohio State 8th   129 Sammy Dietz(12th) Illinois State Qualifier   129 Shawn Sparacino(12th) Illinois State Qualifier   129 Matt Gimson(11th) Indiana State Qualifier   129 Trey McCartney(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   129 Zane Sullivan(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   129 Gentry Deck(11th) Kentucky State Qualifier   129 Sheridan Willoughby(10th) Kentucky State Qualifier   129 Caleb Conedera(11th) Missouri State Qualifier   129 Travis Waldner(10th) Missouri State Qualifier   129 Sam Glassco(11th) Ohio State Qualifier   129 Matt Zuckerman(11th) Ohio State Qualifier   129 Bristin Hulsey(10th) Tennessee State Qualifier   135 Skyler Crespo(10th) Michigan State 1st   135 Matt Fields(12th) Ohio State 1st   135 Corbyn Munson(12th) Michigan State 2nd   135 Garret Kloeppel(11th) Missouri State 2nd   135 Jacob Edwards(11th) Ohio State 2nd, 3rd   135 Nate Wheeler(11th) Kentucky State 3rd   135 Wade Monebrake(11th) Ohio State Qualifier 4th 135 Manzona Bryant(10th) Indiana State 5th   135 Cameron Henderson(11th) Tennessee State 5th   135 Matt Lee(10th) Indiana State 7th   135 Alex Mosconi(11th) Indiana State 7th   135 Ethan Harsted(12th) Illinois State Qualifier   135 Reece Heller(11th) Illinois State Qualifier   135 Jesus Mancera(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   135 Carter Noehre(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   135 Reese Rodriguez(11th) Indiana State Qualifier   135 Peter Deaton(12th) Michigan State Qualifier   135 Justin Kempf(11th) Wisconsin State Qualifier   141 We Rachal(12th) Illinois State 1st   141 Blake Mulkey(12th) Indiana State 2nd 1st 141 Kris Rumph(12th) Indiana State 2nd 1st 141 Trent Johnson(12th) Kentucky State 3rd   141 Carson Price(11th) Michigan State 3rd   141 Trevor Robinson(11th) Michigan State 3rd   141 Tony Williams(12th) Michigan State 3rd   141 Holden Heller(12th) Illinois State 4th 4th 141 Mason Miranda(12th) Indiana State Qualifier 2nd 141 Luke Wymer(12th) Ohio State 4th   141 Jared Ford(12th) Ohio State 5th   141 Jarrett Bischoff(10th) Ohio State 6th   141 Caden Blust(11th) Ohio State 8th   141 Johnathan Walker(11th) Colorado State Qualifier   141 Hunter Cottingham(10th) Indiana State Qualifier   141 Adam Davis(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   141 Ryan Lester(11th) Missouri State Qualifier   141 Jackson Hugentobler(11th) Ohio State Qualifier   141 Jacob Potok(11th) Ohio State Qualifier   141 Jeremiah Herron(11th) Tennessee State Qualifier   148 Kendall Coleman(12th) Illinois State 2nd   148 Kasper McIntosh(12th) Indiana State 2nd, 5th 2nd 148 Jacob Laplace(10th) Indiana State 4th   148 Kolbi Caffey(12th) Illinois State 5th   148 Jordan Slivka(11th) Indiana State 5th   148 Graham Calhoun(10th) Indiana State 7th   148 Patrick Ryan(12th) Illinois State Qualifier   148 Grant Pauli(10th) Missouri State Qualifier   148 Jack Tangen(12th) Illinois State Qualifier   148 Eric Hiestand(11th) Indiana State Qualifier   148 Griffin Dulak(12th) Kentucky State Qualifier   148 Kyle Yuhas(10th) Michigan State Qualifier   148 Michael Clark(12th) Ohio State Qualifier   148 Demetri Monroe(12th) Ohio State Qualifier   155 Brayton Lee(12th) Indiana State 1st 1st 155 Peter Enos(12th) Missouri State 1st(Nevada)   155 John Manning(12th) Ontario State 1st(Utah)   155 Donnell Washington(11th) Illinois State 2nd   155 Derrick Smallwood(12th) Kentucky State 3rd 2nd 155 Elliott Rodgers(10th) Indiana State 4th   155 Doug Ferrier(12th) Michigan State 5th   155 Baan Rachal(12th) Illinois State 6th   155 Noah Lamore(12th) Indiana State 6th   155 Jakob McClintic(11th) Kentucky State 6th   155 Farouq Muhammed(11th) Ohio State 6th   155 Jax Leonard(10th) Ohio State 8th   155 Mike Volkmar(11th) Illinois State Qualifier   155 Jake Roberts(11th) Michigan State Qualifier   155 Jared Musci(12th) Ohio State Qualifier   155 Ben Yost(12th) Ohio State Qualifier   155 Dajun Johnson(10th) Wisconsin State Qualifier   163 Zac Bellaire(12th) Michigan State 1st   163 Mason Sauseda(12th) Illinois State 3rd   163 Samuel York(12th) Michigan State 3rd   163 Brian Case(11th) Michigan State 3rd, 4th   163 David Johnson(12th) Ohio   4th 163 Luke Silva(12th) Illinois State 4th   163 Zach Lee(12th) Wisconsin State 4th   163 Oszkar Kasch(12th) Indiana State 5th   163 Hunter Reed(12th) Indiana State 8th   163 Dante Colza(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   173 River Shettler(11th) Michigan State 4th   173 Kyle Smith(12th) Tennessee State 6th   173 Brahm Ginter(12th) Ohio State 7th   173 Eliseo Zamora(12th) Illinois State Qualifier   173 Jed Levitz(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   173 Mario Traficanti(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   173 Garrett Barth(12th) Ohio State Qualifier   173 Noah Clary(12th) Ohio State Qualifier   173 Eric Vermillion(12th) Ohio State Qualifier   173 Lennox Wolak(11th) Ohio State Qualifier   185 Chase Stegall(10th) Missouri State 3rd   185 Ryan Yarnell(12th) Missouri State 3rd   185 Ashton Eyler(12th) Ohio State 3rd   185 David Heath(12th) Ohio State 3rd   185 Brad Lowe(12th) Indiana State Qualifier   185 Jackson Fuller(11th) Kentucky State Qualifier   185 Noah Cressell(12th) Indiana FloNationals 6th   198 Victor Marcelli(12th) Ohio State 3rd, 6th   198 Jaden Sonner(12th) Indiana   4th 198 Bradley Williams(11th) Tennessee State 6th   198 Thomas Penola(12th) Indiana NHSCA Juniors 5th   223 Jacob McClaine(12th) Indiana State Qualifier 3rd in '15 223 Cameron Sauerwein(12th) Ohio State Qualifier 4th 223 Cortez Woods(12th) Missouri State 4th   223 Kyle Cornwell(11th) Indiana State Qualifier   288 Anthony Cassioppi(12th) Illinois State 1st 1st 288 Keaton Kluever(12th) Wisconsin State 1st 3rd 288 Jack Williams(12th) Indiana   4th
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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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Penn salutes World silver medalist Sarah Hildebrandt
By STEVE KRAH
stvkrh905@gmail.com
Sarah Hildebrandt has been traveling the planet.
The Team USA wrestler has already filled up her passport book. She’s been to more than 30 countries.
“It’s definitely a great perk,” says Hildebrandt. “I was in like 12 countries this past year. Rome. Thailand. Spain. Amazing places.”
Hildebrandt, 25, went to Budapest, Hungary in October and came back with a silver medal at the 2018 World Championships.
Competing at 53 kg (117 pounds), the graduate of Penn High School in Mishawaka, Ind., and King University in Bristol, Tenn., received a first-round bye and then bested Kazakhstan’s Zhuldyz Eshimova 5-1 in the second round, Azerbaijan’s Anzhela Dorogan 15-9 in the quarterfinals and Canada’s Diana Mary Weicker by 10-0 technical fall in the semifinals.
In the finals at Laszlo Papp Arena, Hildebrandt lost lost by 11-0 technical fall to returning world champion Haruna Okuno of Japan. A month later, Hildebrandt was back at Penn to be saluted by the wrestling community.
Hildebrandt was the guest of honor on a night where challenge matches for the current team were held  and the “Long Black Line” of mat alums
marched into Penn Arena.
She’s back in Granger, Ind., to see her family and rest up. She will leave in about two weeks for training China as she gets ready for the 2019 competition season. For her, it begins in January at the Dave Schultz Memorial International in Colorado Springs, Colo., where she recently purchased a house and moved out of the U.S. Olympic Training Center complex.
“I’ve really grown to love this process — the nitty gritty of it all and the grind of the season,” says Hildebrandt. “In a weird way, that monotony of training and keeping to a schedule (eating, working out and going to sleep at the same time everyday) and when I’m out of it, I’m miserable. I love the structure and I love the grind.”
This past year, she competed about once a month and plans to be in about seven meets in 2019, including the World Championships in Kazakhstan. Then comes the run-up to the U.S. Olympic Trials and, Hildebrandt graduated from Penn in 2011 and King in 2015 with a marketing degree. She uses that knowledge to market herself.
“It’s part of the job,” says Hildebrandt. “Especially as a female wrestler, you’ve got to be able to get people to care about the sport. “Marketing myself and the sport is how you do that. Social media is a big tool for us and pairing up with sponsors.”
Those sponsors have approached her about collaborating with her. “That will do a lot for exposure not just for myself but for women’s wrestling and USA Wrestling.” 
Kingsmen head coach Brad Harper, who coached Hildebrandt in high school and was in her corner providing support in Hungary, made sure she was recognized in the same place where she put in so much work at the beginning of her wrestling career.
“We’ve been together since her freshmen year,” says Harper of Hildebrandt. “We’ve developed an awesome bond. I know what gets her calmed and what gets her energized."
“I’ve been with her through the thick and the thin. We’ve been together through a lot. That’s why we have that good relationship.”
Being ranked No. 1 in her weight class going into the Worlds and being a three-year in-residence athlete at the OTC, Hildebrandt has the skill and the know-how.
“I’m just there as an extra support to bring the energy and give her a little bit of strategy on what the other wrestler is doing,” says Harper. “I want to keep her in the moment.
“Sometimes she gets so excited because she loves to compete. I try to slow her down and let it come natural and wrestle her match.”
Wrestling as the lone girl on a boys team, competing at a high level in college and then on the international stage has made Hildebrandt physically and mentally tough.
“She’s been through it all,” says Harper. “She’s going to wrestle and ‘Be Sarah.’” 
Hildebrandt and Harper form a game plan going into competition. “I like those check-in points and for him to say them real intensely,” says Hildebrandt. “It’s two or three things. It changes from match to match and tournament to tournament. One is ‘next position,’ which is telling me to focus on the very next position I’m going to be in.
Where are your hands? Where is your head? Where are your hips? I don’t like to get too far ahead of myself, even by 20 or 30 seconds. It’s each chunk of time. It calms me down a little. I can’t get too high and can’t get too low in terms of emotion.”
Harper helps make that happen.
“He’s the most encouraging man to be around which is one of the main reasons I love having him in my corner and around still,” says Hildebrandt. “But, on top of that, he’s so good at not just talking to a group of people. He’s good at speaking directly to one person and making them feel his compassion toward them.
“He makes them believe they can do this. He’s changing lives.”
It’s with that enthusiasm that Penn now has a girls wrestling program with more than 20 athletes and coached by Matt Selis, Amy Hildebrandt (Sarah’s younger sister), Kristin Hills and Mariah Eberhart.
“It’s really amazing to share a goal like that with my sister — to empower women and break down these barriers and the prejudice people might have toward this sport and even women,” says Sarah of Amy. “I love that she’s teaching and giving back to this sport. It’s really a gift for me. The more she opens doors for girls in wrestling, it’s opening up everything for women in wrestling. That comes back to be because I’m a woman wrestler.”
Sarah says she gains motivation from younger brother Drew Hildebrandt, a highly-ranked 125-pound wrestler at Central Michigan University.
“My whole family inspires me, but my little brother is very much involved in the sport and he’s like the baby of the family,” says Sarah, daughter of Chris and Nancy Hildebrandt. “It’s cool to see him chasing goals and reaching them and improving right alongside with me. He understands what it takes."
“We give each other advice on the mental game and staying positive.”

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Allred is headed to the Big Red
The top ranked 195lber in the state an our top Junior wrestler, Silas Allred, has committed to wrestle for Nebraska. Allred, hailing from Shenandoah just north of Indianapolis, will join four-time state champion Chad Red on the Husker roster. 
Allred is ranked anywhere from 5th-7th by all the national ranking services and atop 30 prospect for the class of 2020. Currently he sports a spectacular 90-2 record over his three years that includes a 5th place finish at state in 2018. His long list of national accolades includes placing 3rd at the Super 32 this past fall, a Cadet Folkstyle National title, and a 4th place finish in Cadet Greco-Roman. 
Allred had plenty of offers from many of the top programs in the country. The programs on his final list included state schools Purdue and Indiana along with North Carolina State and Maryland. Currently he is undecided on a major, but is leaning towards a business degree at Nebraska.
Projecting at 197lbs for his collegiate career, Allred stated he was drawn to Lincoln for a plethora of reasons.
“I chose Nebraska because it felt like home. After visiting a few colleges, no place made me feel even close to the way Nebraska did,” Allred said in response to his commitment. “I knew in my spirit the search was over. Not to mention the coaching staff and RTC is absolutely incredible. It is the perfect fit for my athletic and academic goals.”
Good luck to Silas as he pursues not only his state goals, but national and international goals thi off-season.

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Top 5 Storylines for #INWRState19
1. Team Race
This will be a good one. We have many teams that could take home the gold here and every match from Friday to Saturday night will matter. Bonus points will matter, getting kids to the semi-finals will matter...oh and don't get team points deducted either. Brownsburg and Mater Dei will bring nine horses to the race, while defending champs Cathedral could have 3-5 finalists. Don't count out Cooper's crew in Columbus as they made a very good run last year. Roncalli surprised many at New Castle and have some very tough title contenders that could pose a threat. Merrillville could be a sleeper team with some guys in solid spots and even Perry Meridian is one to watch. There are so many matches that could win or lose the title and it starts with Friday night.
2. The freshmen
This is a very talented freshman class and for many of us it will be the first time seeing them against top level competition. The Culver three will be fun to watch and we have all heard rave reviews about them. Add to that guys like Jesse Mendez and Zeke Seltzer who are more than battle tested. Look for the freshmen to have great showings this weekend.
3. Will Silas get gold?
He is our top ranked junior and also very highly ranked nationally, but has yet to win gold in the state tournament. This should be his time, but if he looks past any of the competitors h
4. Big guys up for grabs
The 220lbs and 285lbs weights are going to be fun to watch with so many that could bring home a title. There are some team race implications also up here with Brownsburg, Columbus East, and Roncalli to add some spice to the mix. 
5. Tonte's Suit
When I think of fashion I ask myself, would Jim Tonte wear this? If the answer is yes, then I know I'm hip and going to look good. Tonte pulls out all the stops with his suit collection. What will he wear this weekend? Who knows, but it will look good!