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Overall Top 20
1. Perry Meridian
2. Crown Point
3. Evansville Mater Dei
4. Cathedral
5. Merillville
6. Roncalli
7. Elkhart Memorial
8. Penn
9. Franklin Community
10. Evansville Reitz
11. Hamilton Southeastern
12. Bloomington South
13. Center Grove
14. Bellmont
15. Warren Central
16. Greenfield Central
17. Portage
18. South Bend Clay
19. Mishawaka
20. New Palestine
Also receiving votes: Adams Central, Connersville, DeKalb, East Noble, Evansville Memorial, Fishers, Jeffersonville, Jennings County, Jimtown, Lake Central, Lowell, South Adams, Pendelton Heights, Yorktown
1A Wrestling Team Rankings
2A Wrestling Team Rankings
3A Wrestling Team Rankings
1. Evansville Mater Dei
1(tie). Bellmont
1. Perry Meridian
2. Adams Central
1(tie). Yorktown
2. Crown Point
3. South Adams
3. Jimtown
3. Merillville
4. Fountain Central
4. Ev Memorial
4. Roncalli
5. Churubusco
5. Hanover Central
5. Elkhart Memorial
6. Southridge
6. Danville
6. Penn
7. Frankton
7. CMA
7. Franklin Community
8. Alexandria
8. Southmont
8. Evansville Reitz
9. Lewis Cass
9. Delphi
9. Hamilton Southeastern
10. Speedway
10(tie). Peru
10. Bloomington South
10(tie). Garrett
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High School News11232012 Conference Tournament Brackets
Hoosier Crossroads Conference
Teams: Avon, Brownsburg, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lafayette Jefferson, Mccutcheon, Noblesville, Westfield, Zionsville
Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference
Teams: Christian Academy, Crawford County, Charlestown, Eastern (Pekin), Forest Park, Milan, Mitchell, New Washington, Paoli, Providence, Salem, Scottsburg, Southwestern, Switzerland County
Hoosier Conference
Teams: Benton Central, Delphi, Rensselaer Central, Twin Lakes, Central Catholic, Tipton, and West Lafayette.
Sagmore
Team Scores
Teams: Crawfordsville, Danville, Frankfort, Lebanon, North Montgomery, Southmont, Tri-West Hendricks, Western Boone
Conference Indiana
Teams: Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Columbus North, Franklin Central, Lawrence Central, Perry Meridian, Pike, Southport
Hoosier Heritage Conference
Teams: Delta, Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), New Palestine, Pendleton Heights, Rushville, Shelbyville, Yorktown.
Duneland Athletic Conference
Teams: Chesterton, Crown Point, Lake Central, Laporte, Merrillville, Michigan City, Portage, Valparaiso.
Allen County Athletic Conference
Teams: Adams Central, Bluffton, Garrett, Heritage, Leo, South Adams, Southern Wells, Woodlan.
North East Corner Conference
Teams: Angola, Central Noble, Churubusco, Eastside, Fairfield, Fremont, Lakeland, Prairie Heights, West Noble, Westview.
Western Indiana Conference
Teams: Brown County, Edgewood, Northview, Owen Valley, South Vermillion, Sullivan, West Vigo.
Northern State Conference
Teams: Bremen, Culver Community, Glenn, Jimtown, Knox, Laville, New Prairie, Triton.
Northern Lakes Conference
Teams: Concord, Elkhart Memorial, Goshen, Northridge, Northwood, Plymouth, Warsaw, Wawasee.
Summit Athletic Conference
Team Scores
Teams: Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Concordia, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne.
High School News11042011/2012 Regular Season Tournament Brackets
Hamilton County Tournament
Jeff Classic
East Central Indiana Classic
John McKee Memorial
Spartan Mat Classic
Al Smith Invitational
Al Smith Team Scores
Mooresville Holiday Classic
Mater Dei Holiday Classic
Woodlan Invite
Garrett Invite
Goshen Invite
Concordia Wild Bill Invite
Team Scores
High School News413Indianamat.com Team Rankings 1-10-2012
1. Perry Meridian
2. Crown Point
3. Evansville Mater Dei
4. Merrillville
5. Cathedral
6. Elkhart Memorial
7. Roncalli
8. Franklin
9. Penn
10. Evansville Reitz
11. Bloomington South
12. Greenfield Central
13. Hamilton Southeastern
14. Warren Central
15. Center Grove
16. New Palestine
17. South Bend Clay
18. Lowell
19. Portage
20. Bellmont
High School News359Indianamat.com Team Rankings 1-3-2012
1. Perry Meridian
2. Crown Point
3. Evansville Mater Dei
4. Merrillville
5. Cathedral
6. Roncalli
7. Elkhart Memorial
8. Hamilton Southeastern
9. Franklin Community
10. Penn
11. Evansville Reitz
12. Center Grove
13. Mishawaka
14. Bloomington South
15. Jimtown
16. South Bend Clay
17. Portage
18. Bellmont
19. Warren Central
20. New Palestine
High School News389Indianamat.com Team Rankings 12/24
1. Perry Meridian
2. Crown Point
3. Roncalli
4. Evansville Mater Dei
5. Merrillville
6. Mishawaka
7. Cathedral
8. Franklin Community
9. Elkhart Memorial
10. Hamilton Southeastern
11. Penn
12. Evansville Reitz
13. South Bend Clay
14. Warren Central
15. Center Grove
16. Bellmont
17. Bloomington South
18. New Palestine
19. Portage
20. Jimtown
High School News345Genius Ratings Potential 12/17/2011
POTENTIAL is specifically designed to be the best possible predictor of future results. It was designed 5 years ago by Maligned and is virtually identical to rating systems currently being incorporated Jeff Sagarin at USA Today, Joe Lunardi at ESPN, baseball analyst Bill James, top Las Vegas odds-makers, and others. This system locks in a team’s true potential by measuring its score differential within the context of its schedule, considering a team’s context to the 100th degree of separation from other teams, if necessary. The difference in rating between your team and another is the expected point differential in a dual meet. Multiply the difference in rating by three to arrive at the expected differential in a full-team individual tournament event. The predictive effect is most useful for teams within about 40 points of each other. (The top teams and bottom teams are separated by impossibly large margins because a top team can beat a good team by 40, which can beat a mid-level team by 40, which can beat a bottom team by 40).
Rank
Team Name
Rating
SOS
SOS Rank
1
Perry Meridian
113.61
49.87
34
2
Evansville Mater Dei
99.32
43.69
85
3
Crown Point
97.96
49.68
36
4
Merrillville
94.78
60.78
10
5
Mishawaka
93.53
62.94
5
6
Penn
91.60
46.61
55
7
Roncalli
90.48
50.93
31
8
Elkhart Memorial
89.54
47.19
50
9
Franklin Community
88.85
65.60
3
10
Hamilton Southeastern
85.88
46.53
57
11
Indianapolis Cathedral
84.95
31.68
201
12
Bloomington South
83.81
43.56
86
13
Evansville Reitz
81.64
35.93
157
14
Greenfield Central
81.33
39.51
123
15
Bellmont
79.76
45.64
61
16
New Palestine
78.92
25.72
242
17
South Bend Clay
78.80
42.97
90
18
East Noble
77.49
43.42
88
19
Center Grove
76.99
51.10
30
20
Evansville Memorial
76.46
36.13
156
21
East Central
76.27
40.00
118
22
Adams Central
75.95
30.53
208
23
Portage
75.51
56.74
16
24
Jimtown
74.17
36.57
150
25
South Adams
72.35
37.66
141
26
Martinsville
72.08
46.63
54
27
Goshen
71.98
33.65
177
28
Fishers
71.65
40.87
108
29
Lowell
71.61
51.77
28
30
Pendleton Heights
70.01
41.22
106
31
Yorktown
69.35
55.87
19
32
Lake Central
69.00
44.37
75
33
Westfield
68.80
50.19
33
34
Warren Central
67.40
44.15
77
35
Southmont
67.33
33.38
179
36
South Bend Riley
65.97
43.70
84
37
DeKalb
65.41
46.81
53
38
Zionsville
63.72
54.02
22
39
Jennings County
63.37
29.82
214
40
Carroll (Fort Wayne)
62.15
41.30
103
41
Fort Wayne Snider
61.63
38.63
128
42
Kokomo
60.48
29.29
217
43
Jeffersonville
60.24
40.60
113
44
Floyd Central
60.05
32.55
192
45
Noblesville
59.37
49.40
38
46
Ben Davis
58.43
42.97
91
47
North Montgomery
57.11
27.31
234
48
Mooresville
56.96
61.08
8
49
Bishop Dwenger
56.94
37.44
143
50
Terre Haute South
56.93
35.76
161
51
Delphi
56.71
47.29
48
52
Heritage Hills
55.66
27.82
227
53
Harrison (WL)
55.27
58.18
13
54
Connersville
54.99
16.00
279
55
Jay County
54.20
33.00
186
56
Danville
53.75
39.76
121
57
Peru
53.04
45.94
59
58
Chesterton
53.02
66.61
2
59
Avon
52.86
55.94
18
60
Fountain Central
52.76
20.90
261
61
Brownsburg
52.53
47.01
51
62
Valparaiso
51.72
43.78
82
63
Homestead
51.33
46.83
52
64
Carmel
50.88
55.12
21
65
Northridge
50.86
57.70
15
66
Culver Academies
50.57
32.30
193
67
Logansport
49.63
44.30
76
68
Twin Lakes
49.47
29.85
213
69
Churubusco
49.08
30.87
205
70
Leo
48.81
52.81
25
71
Castle
48.67
51.56
29
72
Angola
48.13
27.58
231
73
Jasper
47.91
37.84
137
74
West Central
47.76
16.19
278
75
Lawrence Central
47.35
47.95
44
76
Lewis Cass
47.02
27.72
229
77
Lawrence North
46.71
57.85
14
78
Southridge
45.76
29.28
218
79
Hanover Central
45.66
22.27
256
80
McCutcheon
45.57
44.99
68
81
Griffith
44.98
44.14
78
82
Evansville North
44.94
29.10
220
83
Frankfort
44.93
45.52
64
84
Huntington North
43.44
52.31
26
85
North Central
43.41
41.55
102
86
Franklin Central
43.30
45.13
67
87
Glenn
43.21
37.71
139
88
Pike
42.61
48.59
41
89
Muncie Southside
42.42
35.42
165
90
Wawasee
41.77
39.02
124
91
Kankakee Valley
41.71
44.54
73
92
Frankton
41.68
9.98
294
93
Franklin County
41.60
37.30
145
94
Hobart
41.49
37.00
148
95
Elkhart Central
41.30
44.03
79
96
Benton Central
40.94
22.61
253
97
Triton Central
40.76
19.63
270
98
Norwell
40.39
56.59
17
99
Washington
40.06
20.27
266
100
Rensselaer Central
40.02
29.72
216
101
Greencastle
39.66
61.99
7
102
Maconaquah
39.48
35.61
163
103
Boonville
39.31
16.26
276
104
New Haven
37.98
64.18
4
105
Fort Wayne Northrop
37.70
38.60
130
106
South Bend Adams
37.58
33.93
175
107
Lebanon
37.34
53.94
23
108
Fairfield
37.10
23.67
250
109
Plymouth
36.97
32.91
189
110
Tri Central
36.93
14.76
281
111
Winamac
36.77
42.84
94
112
Shenandoah
36.59
38.42
132
113
Western Boone
36.51
45.48
65
114
Tippecanoe Valley
36.21
13.59
286
115
Garrett
35.89
44.89
70
116
Union City
35.38
38.38
133
117
Columbus East
35.26
38.91
127
118
Mount Vernon (Posey)
34.88
26.58
239
119
Northfield
34.74
37.40
144
120
Union County
34.22
22.08
257
121
North Miami
34.03
18.74
272
122
LaPorte
33.99
53.19
24
123
Fort Wayne South Side
33.95
24.66
247
124
Evansville Central
33.27
25.49
243
125
Whitko
32.75
34.75
170
126
Lafayette Jefferson
32.68
45.43
66
127
Southport
32.51
41.55
101
128
Beech Grove
32.31
42.85
93
129
South Vermillion
31.99
19.63
271
130
New Prairie
31.94
58.44
12
131
South Bend Washington
31.50
40.31
116
132
Madison
31.28
32.28
194
133
Woodlan
30.90
42.55
95
134
Oak Hill
30.68
36.55
153
135
Prairie Heights
30.54
40.67
111
136
Columbus North
30.39
46.23
58
137
Western
30.38
33.23
182
138
North White
30.34
40.77
110
139
Northview
30.25
35.85
158
140
Alexandria
30.06
44.55
72
141
Culver Community
30.02
41.22
105
142
West Noble
29.75
28.87
221
143
Lapel
29.58
12.01
291
144
Columbia City
28.90
50.70
32
145
North Newton
28.69
27.98
225
146
Princeton
28.66
40.55
114
147
South Dearborn
28.63
36.56
151
148
New Castle
28.50
55.28
20
149
Brown County
28.07
31.36
203
150
Clinton Central
28.06
16.22
277
151
Marion
27.93
45.70
60
152
Fremont
27.92
13.64
285
153
Shelbyville
27.91
33.75
176
154
Warsaw
27.89
37.76
138
155
Heritage
27.86
41.78
100
156
Indianapolis Bishop Chatard
27.65
9.58
296
157
Crawfordsville
27.33
34.22
172
158
Hagarstown
27.30
3.63
306
159
South Putnam
26.93
6.93
303
160
North Posey
26.84
20.64
262
161
Indian Creek
26.53
35.68
162
162
Indianapolis Arsenal Tech
26.34
21.33
260
163
Calumet
26.22
30.25
212
164
Cascade
26.21
34.01
174
165
Sullivan
25.99
31.99
196
166
Munster
25.59
59.84
11
167
Fort Wayne Wayne
25.54
33.41
178
168
NorthWood
25.34
33.22
183
169
Speedway
24.97
45.61
62
170
Decatur Central
24.80
37.65
142
171
Vincennes Lincoln
24.77
27.92
226
172
Hammond Gavit
23.55
41.97
98
173
Seymour
23.25
22.00
258
174
Rushville
22.81
41.81
99
175
Winchester
22.58
25.32
244
176
Charlestown
22.20
34.93
167
177
Anderson
21.61
15.18
280
178
Fort Wayne Concordia
21.56
32.56
191
179
Tell City
21.53
40.84
109
180
Plainfield
20.51
28.26
224
181
Gibson Southern
19.97
34.99
166
182
Terre Haute North
19.89
31.89
198
183
Edgewood
19.49
20.50
264
184
Bremen
19.32
33.32
181
185
Knightstown
19.04
23.04
251
186
Concord
18.73
66.64
1
187
Monroe Central
18.31
3.91
305
188
Tipton
18.31
36.56
152
189
Fairhaven
18.22
49.72
35
190
Greenwood
18.01
44.94
69
191
Eastern (Greentown)
17.43
44.43
74
192
Paoli
17.26
14.32
284
193
Hammond Morton
17.20
31.51
202
194
Indianapolis Scecina
17.19
8.26
300
195
New Albany
16.71
37.08
147
196
Laville
16.26
42.86
92
197
Cloverdale
16.20
20.00
268
198
Hamilton Heights
15.98
38.62
129
199
Lake Station Edison
15.92
32.98
187
200
South Spencer
15.54
36.74
149
201
Elwood
14.99
40.13
117
202
Michigan City
14.85
47.95
43
203
Seeger
14.69
30.69
207
204
Tri West
14.47
34.69
171
205
Rochester
14.43
36.43
154
206
Centerville
14.43
1.31
309
207
River Forest
14.35
41.18
107
208
Southern Wells
14.23
31.96
197
209
Mississinewa
13.66
49.16
39
210
Carroll (Flora)
13.54
42.35
97
211
Manchester
13.33
32.93
188
212
South Newton
12.71
37.71
140
213
Richmond
12.43
33.05
185
214
Mount Vernon (Fortville)
12.42
43.42
87
215
Westview
12.16
38.15
134
216
New Washington
12.02
27.13
237
217
Delta
11.79
47.88
45
218
Muncie Central
11.50
35.79
160
219
Evansville Harrison
11.04
29.23
219
220
Wapahani
10.88
11.88
292
221
Batesville
10.85
38.00
136
222
Scottsburg
10.68
3.08
307
223
Bishop Luers
10.31
27.75
228
224
Knox
10.00
33.33
180
225
Eastbrook
9.89
62.39
6
226
Wes-Del
9.87
13.02
289
227
Lakeland
9.60
27.42
232
228
Pike Central
8.62
24.74
246
229
Fort Wayne North Side
7.82
42.42
96
230
Hebron
7.70
38.05
135
231
Bloomington North
7.39
40.52
115
232
Greensburg
7.04
47.33
47
233
Caston
6.37
46.57
56
234
Faith Christian
6.11
9.11
297
235
Sheridan
6.05
43.33
89
236
Hammond Clark
5.94
32.72
190
237
Pioneer
5.91
43.91
81
238
Milan
5.80
47.80
46
239
Monrovia
5.54
52.04
27
240
Indianapolis Northwest
5.40
24.10
249
241
Lawrenceburg
5.22
34.22
173
242
Southwestern (Hanover)
4.40
30.32
211
243
Whiteland
4.39
31.10
204
244
Forest Park
4.31
40.61
112
245
Highland
4.25
48.56
42
246
West Vigo
3.28
14.53
283
247
Eastside
3.13
34.79
168
248
Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter
2.75
13.02
288
249
Gary Wallace
2.45
36.18
155
250
Hammond
2.44
27.60
230
251
Indianapolis Howe Academy
2.23
20.25
267
252
Mitchell
1.71
18.71
273
253
Blackford
1.60
45.60
63
254
Covington
1.24
20.53
263
255
Taylor
0.63
35.43
164
256
Brebeuf Jesuit
0.56
44.76
71
257
West Lafayette
0.50
48.90
40
258
Mishawaka Marian
0.37
60.82
9
259
Andrean
0.36
39.65
122
260
Central Noble
-0.31
24.49
248
261
Park Tudor
-0.39
39.88
120
262
Northwestern
-0.44
49.56
37
263
Christian Academy
-0.63
26.60
238
264
Southwood
-0.70
41.30
104
265
Eastern (Pekin)
-0.93
1.57
308
266
North Vermillion
-0.98
20.35
265
267
South Bend St. Joseph
-1.03
19.77
269
268
Whiting
-1.54
38.96
125
269
Providence
-1.88
22.98
252
270
North Judson
-2.12
31.88
199
271
Madison Grant
-2.46
38.47
131
272
Rockville
-2.94
12.69
290
273
East Chicago Central
-3.44
31.70
200
274
Tecumseh
-3.52
14.53
282
275
Indianapolis Washington
-4.34
13.30
287
276
Triton
-4.58
43.71
83
277
Indianapolis Manual
-5.81
26.02
241
278
Indianapolis Broad Ripple
-6.84
7.75
301
279
North Knox
-7.01
39.99
119
280
Bedford North Lawrence
-8.84
29.76
215
281
Cambridge City Lincoln
-8.86
43.94
80
282
Wabash
-10.22
30.78
206
283
Bluffton
-11.25
27.15
236
284
Eastern Hancock
-11.41
34.79
169
285
Tri
-13.02
28.32
223
286
Crawford County
-14.12
7.10
302
287
Boone Grove
-14.17
28.72
222
288
Owen Valley
-14.96
27.37
233
289
Daleville
-15.19
9.10
298
290
Switzerland County
-15.39
4.04
304
291
Corydon Central
-15.41
25.19
245
292
North Putnam
-15.52
22.51
254
293
Frontier
-15.58
47.27
49
294
Lafayette Central Catholic
-18.06
38.94
126
295
Indianapolis Crispus Attucks
-18.37
18.10
274
296
Guerin Catholic
-18.71
17.58
275
297
Rossville
-18.89
33.11
184
298
Anderson Prep
-19.14
32.09
195
299
Hammond Bishop Noll
-20.92
37.21
146
300
Blue River Valley
-21.10
8.90
299
301
Evansville Bosse
-22.07
27.28
235
302
Randolph Southern
-22.83
35.84
159
303
Northeastern
-23.02
30.48
209
304
Clinton Prairie
-23.21
30.46
210
305
Turkey Run
-23.86
21.92
259
306
Wood Memorial
-24.01
26.33
240
307
Attica
-24.33
-10.83
311
308
Indianapolis Arlington
-25.87
22.36
255
309
Indiana School for Deaf
-28.59
9.58
295
310
Salem
-29.50
1.25
310
311
Oldenburg Academy
NA
NA
NA
312
Indianapolis Marshall
NA
NA
NA
313
Gary Westside
NA
NA
NA
314
Gary Roosevelt
NA
NA
NA
315
Howe School
NA
NA
NA
High School News286Indianamat.com Team Rankings 12/12
1. Perry Meridian
2. Crown Point
3. Roncalli
4. Evansville Mater Dei
5. Merrillville
6. Mishawaka
7. Cathedral
8. Franklin Community
9. Hamilton Southeastern
10. Elkhart Memorial
11. Penn
12. Evansville Reitz
13. Warren Central
14. South Bend Clay
15. Yorktown
16. Center Grove
17. Bellmont
18. Bloomington South
19. New Palestine
20. Jimtown
High School News836Calumet/Traicoff Invite Preview
THE RUMBLE ON RIDGE ROAD
2011 TRAICOFF INVITATIONAL PREVIEW
The Chris Traicoff Memorial Invitational being held this Saturday is a sixteen team meatgrinder that will test the physical and mental limitations of even the best of teams. In four years of attending this event, I have come to see this weekend as the “real†start of the wrestling season. Most wrestlers are down to their weights and most lineups are set. Teams and individuals will find out if they are contenders or pretenders come Saturday night.
FIRST ROUND HIGHLIGHT MATCH-UPS
#2 CROWN POINT VS. HIGHLAND
The state's second ranked team and defending Traicoff champions, Crown Point should cruise in this region match up. There is one potential match up of ranked individuals at the 152 pound class. Crown Point's Jake Fuqua, ranked 11th in the state will take Highland's scrapy Mark Maldanado.
LOWELL VS. SOUTHMONT
Lowell is seeded eighth in this tournament and will take on the ninth seeded Mounties of Southmont. Lowell's line up contains more headliners with state ranked Jeremy Crocker (4th at 170) and Kenny Hughes (7th at 145) but must not overlook the boys from Crawfordsville who appear to have a solid group up and down the line up.
#17 LAWRENCE NORTH VS CALUMET
Lawrence North lost an excellent group of senior to graduation after they led the Wildcats to a state runner up finish. LN appears to rebuilding nicely early in 2011 under the leadership of former coach, Brett Crousure. The Wildcats are loaded down low with the state ranked Boston brothers and Alex Sparks. Calumet, under the veteran leadership of Coach Jim Wadkins, are strong in the light weights as well.
#14 INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL VS. MUNSTER
Cathedral, the number four seed in the tournament, always start the season two/four weeks behind most other programs due to the yearly success of their football program. This should not matter in this opening round match up with Munster. One match to watch will be at 182 where the state's top ranked wrestler at 170, Tyler Willis, will likely take on 10th ranked Dominic Fimbinati from Munster.
#8 FRANKLIN COMMUNITY VS LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON
The state's eighth ranked team, Franklin Community matches up with the Bronchos from Lafayette. Franklin has five ranked wrestlers in their line up and should dispatch Jeff. An interesting match of ranked individuals pits Franklin's sixth ranked Luke Kriech versus #8 Adrian Brown for Lafayette Jefferson.
PORTAGE VS. FLOYD CENTRAL
The Portage Indians hired the greatest wrestler in their schools history, Leroy Vega, in an effort to return their program to the state's elite. Portage will have a chance to show the state how far they have come this Saturday. Floyd Central always fields a competitive squad and they are led by eighth ranked 106 pounder Terrence Kennedy. Kennedy will have an interesting first round match with Portages's Eric Peek.
#19 WESTFIELD VS VALPARAISO
The Shamrocks often fly under the radar in the Indianapolis area as well as state wide but coach Terry O'Neill has quietly built a top twenty program in northern suburbs of Nap Town. It will be green on green in the first round as the Shamrocks battle the Valparaiso Vikings. The featured match here is at 113 where Westfield's AJ Belden, ranked tenth in the state, battles Valparaiso's tough Max Buckley. Buckley is ranked fifth in the state.
#6 MISHAWAKA VS LAKE STATION EDISON
Are the Cavemen really back after last year's disappointing season? This question and others are likely to be answered Saturday. Mishawaka appears to be as tough as anyone in the state in their light weights. They are led by senior and fourth ranked Layten Binion at 126. The continuing maturation of the upper weights will be the key for Mishawaka.
High School News3061Chris Traicoff Biography
CHRIS TRAICOFF ( 1917 – 1989 )
One of the toughest high school wrestling tournaments in the state of Indiana bears his name. Today, more than 20 years since his passing, the sport he helped establish at Calumet High School in 1939 is showcased in what CHS coach Jim Wadkins calls the “Premier Dual Meet Invitational in Indiana, maybe even the toughest day of wrestling outside of the Team State Championships themselves. It would have definitely met with Chris’s approval, I am sure of that.†But just
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who exactly was this Chris Traicoff character and why did Calumet name its wrestling meet after him…especially since he made his mark in Calumet Region sports as their cross-country and basketball coach?
The 1935 Calumet Twp. valedictorian played basketball in high school because CTHS had no wrestling program. His interest in the sport of wrestling was sparked by his new basketball coach George Belshaw ( a Lowell, IN native and Indiana University wrestler under legendary Coach Billy Thom who won both a Big Ten and an AAU National title in the early 1930’s) who took the teaching and coaching job in the midst of the Depression. Chris said of Belshaw in a 1974 interview with Gary Post-Tribune sportswriter John Mutka, “He took me to a couple of high school wrestling meets in Hammond, then introduced me to Billy Thomâ€. Thom coached the Hoosiers to 7 Big Ten Titles and the 1932 NCAA Championship as well as the US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. “In my freshman year I got beat up pretty badly, but that was an all senior team and I made it as a sophomore. Our competition at Indiana, just to make the team, was greater than we encountered in 95% of our matches.†Traicoff lost only one dual meet in three years and won IU’s Balfour Award twice. In 1938, his junior year, he was a Big 10 Runner-up and placed 3rd at the NCAA’s to earn All-America honors. In 1939, his senior year, he went unbeaten (10-0) and won the Big 10 & NCAA Championships at 175 lbs. He beat New York City College’s (CCNY), Henry Wittenberg, in his NCAA Title match, in a grueling overtime match that was decided by referee’s decision. Wittenberg continued wrestling in the international styles, and after World War II, won a Gold Medal at the 1948 London Olympic Games.
Traicoff returned to CTHS in the fall of 1939, as a teacher and coach, and began a fledgling wrestling program with 8-10 boys. He scheduled a sketchy dual meet schedule and took every boy to what was then an open State Tournament in 1940. It was a short lived program though, because in 1941 CTHS was closed because of overcrowding and the U.S. entered into World War II. Traicoff served as an instructor in hand-to-hand combat for the U.S. Marine Corps. He later served as an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University for two years prior to returning to the Calumet Region. He also refereed both high school and college wrestling, including a couple of Indiana State Championships and Big 10’s.
He began what would be the second stint of a 32 year career at Calumet in 1947. He taught US Gov’t / Economics, served as Dean of Students, was the Head Basketball Coach, Head Cross-Country Coach, and served as the long time Athletic Director. His basketball teams won 298 games over two decades including four conference titles. His Cross-Country teams won seven straight conference titles, placed in the State’s Top 12 an astonishing 10 times and won the school’s only State Championship in 1965. He served as the driving force behind the construction of the CHS Fieldhouse, today the Gym inside is named in his honor. In 1965, he reestablished wrestling at CHS, and hired its first coach, Rolland Beckham. Today, both Traicoff and Beckham are members of the IHSWCA & Calumet Hall’s of Fame. For his contributions to high school athletics, and impact on the CHS athletic program (especially wrestling) we initiated renaming the Calumet Tourney, the Chris Traicoff Memorial Wrestling Invitational, upon his death in 1989. In 1992, we expanded the field from 8 to 16 teams and today several perennial powerhouses from around the state compete in this prestigious tournament. Traicoff once said of wrestling, “I owe much of my success to the sport of wrestlingâ€. Calumet Wrestling owes much of its success to Chris Traicoff…a true champion and pioneer for the sport at Calumet.
High School News990Traicoff Memorial Bracket and Scores
Bracket will be updated throughout the day.