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To keep the female side of the sport progressing and growing the girls will need mat time. In certain areas of the state there are going to be a limited number of girls at certain weight classes to compete against. Similarly for certain teams there will be a limited number of coaching availability to travel to meets. If those issue create a lack of mat time I feel we may see a situation where some girls decide to quite, team sizes drop which further perpetuates the issue, and some schools decided it’s easier to just focus on the boys side of things. Due to those concerns I wouldn’t mind the IHSAA allowing female wrestlers at least have the option to also compete against boys at JV events for the next few years while still remaining eligible for the girls post season event. Now I mention the boys JV not a slight toward the girls ability (as some have shown they can hang at the boys varsity level), but rather an opportunity for the IHSAA to allow female wrestlers to gain mat time without it creating some questions or confusion on how to handle boys varsity records relate to sectional criteria or impacting boys varsity dual results. This seems like a reasonable compromise that i wouldn’t mind the IHSWCA perusing before we get to close to the season for the IHSAA to want to listen this logic and then after year this year be to set in their ways to want to adjust later. If numbers continue to grow and enough competition exists in a few years then I’d be fine splitting things permanently, but I’m not sure we are there yet if we want get these young ladies enough mat time to improve and feel that this grueling sport is worth continuing with. I get we should see some continues growth next season, but if you look at girls regionals this year a few things stand out: The lack of entries at certain weights at some of the girls regional, the total matches some girls had a these regionals, and the idea that some girls wrestled over 1/3 of their matches against the same single opponent during the season. Then notice that at a regional level where some teams there would be over an hour away from each other during the season. I have no problem with the IHSAA deciding to take a chance a girls wrestling, but provide some opportunity where the female can gain mat experience while the sport is grow to a sustainable level in all weight classes and in all areas. I’m just not sure we are there yet if a full split occurs and they don’t allow e the option for girls to at least pursue in season match the boys JV level.

You mix up random matches from all sorts of years for no apparent reason ... No idea what your point was there. My point was DT is the only one who couldn't score on Brooks (in two matches) which suggests DT was off rather than Brooks was amazing. Brooks was very lucky to be gifted the win against Valencia too. Yazdani wrestled Amine twice and beat him 11-0 then 7-2. Second time he was injured and had the tape on his shoulder (and needed severe shoulder surgery months later). I would almost bet the house on Yazdani teching Mirasola and Dieringer back to back. Kurugliev gave Yazdani and DT good matches and so has Naifonov lately. I don't know why you keep mentioning Amine, a healthy Yazdani clearly techs him easily. I don't necessarily disagree with your last paragraph but I just wouldn't be as surprised as you if he lost to a Kurugliev or Naifonov (especially Naifonov).

As an emerging sport that was the option we had as coaches. We may not get clarification until the winter bulletin since girls state will be managed by the IHSAA now.

There was a couple of years in the 80's when a tech scored 6 team points just like a pin. That was when there was also a Superior decision for a difference of 12 or more points. So, decisions counted 3, majors counted 4 and superiors counted 5. They had to make a tech worth more than a superior, but they didn't want to increase the points for a pin.

And only allow them to compete in one or the other. That would be fair. at least I think so.

Or at least give a year for adaptation where girls can compete for the boys' or girls' teams during the regular season as long as they meet scheduling rules.

Then how will we know who the best female wrestler is at those weights? Just kidding...kind of...

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I coached their stud coach Jake Oniel in high school. Dude had some hips. Also might have coached his assistants Riley Mcclurg state champ and Chico Adams 2xer:)And yes I know the kids well. Except Waylon. I’m so excited to talk to this young man. Awesome on the mat and off the mat. everyone get here tonight and scrap.

In the sequence they happened: Taylor over Valencia, 4-2 (when fresh...and 10-0 in match 2 an hour later) Taylor over Yazdani, 7-1 Valencia over Amine, 6-0 Taylor over Brooks, 4-0 & 5-4 Yazdani over Amine, 7-2 Taylor over Yazdani by fall after leading 9-3 Brooks over Mirasola 11-5, Dieringer 8-4, Valencia 7-6 Brooks over Taylor 4-1, 3-1 Then Yazdani 10-0 in 3 or 4 minutes over the phenom Mirasola & Dieringer?? ...and Kurugliev over Brooks?? Come on. Kurugliev has been a 1 or 2-pt match with Amine the last three times in 2 years, with Amine winning one. I think you didn't watch the U.S. Trials matches. Dieringer has fully adjusted to 86kg, weight-wise now. He and the super dynamic young Mirasola would be clear favorites over Amine, for example. We know the American-born Amine very well in the U.S. No American would put their money on him over Brooks, Valencia, Dieringer, or Mirasola. Look at the scores above!! You're way over-valuing the imaginary separation between Taylor and Yazdani and the top guys that can't compete at worlds because of the 1-country limit. If Yazdani is healthy, he deserves to be considered the Olympic favorite. Brooks is inexperienced, and I admit he could make a naive mistake and lose a match to someone other than Yazdani. But he has evolved into a monster that you're way undervaluing. If he's wrestling smart at the Olympics, Yazdani is the only one capable of beating him.

I am torn as the three points at the high school level may not change the wrestling so much. Defensive wrestlers are still going to wait and try to capitalize on the active wrestler taking the risks to score three points. It will hopefully change the wrestling in the long term to focus on shooting. It will definitely create more separation between top tier wrestlers and those that are middling. Will not be able to wrestle defensively and expect to win against the top kids in the state. Maybe it pushes the middle kids to open up. Will be interesting to watch.

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Too much negative feedback about non-destination super bowl locations and northern weather for it to come back to Indy. It maybe makes it north for a new stadium situation occasionally--but seems it will be rare.

One small devil's advocate counterpoint to the idea that a tech is now too easy: Making techs and majors easier moves team scoring closer to representing actual difficulty of earning each type of win. Pins have always been rightfully worth more team points than a tech. However, tech falls have always been much better indicators of the superior wrestler. Upsets by tech don't exist. Rematch victories by someone who previously got teched are very, very rare. However, pins can happen in a variety of circumstances and are not always earned by the season-long best wrestler. What we saw in college was that tech falls were way up, but that a rematch could be a good match despite the first match having been a tech. This was not the case before. Related...close duals will now have points more accurately assigned to the deserving team. Before, a team could have 3 dominant wins totalling only 9 or 10 points, while their opponent had 3 close wins but also got 9 points. Now, those dominant wins can rightfully be 12 or 13 points compared to the 9 for the close wins.

I would be surprised if this happens, from what I have seen in the past the IHSAA deals in absolutes and not many exceptions.

Hopefully they let the ones who started in the boys finish.

you are extremely biased if you think those first two guys wouldn't get teched 10-0 by Yazdani in 3-4 minutes 90% of the time they wrestle. More of a fun trivia than evidence of this, but Yazdani beat Dieringer 10-0 in 2016 actually Those guys all scored (repeatedly) on Brooks because they are "very dynamic in moments". So DT couldn't score a single TD on Brooks in two matches because he is not dynamic in moments? the guy who got a clutch takedown losing 3-2 with 5 seconds to go in an Olympic final? Azarpira was 19-20 years old and hadn't even wrestled at 92kg as a junior... and he was a last minute replacement for Ghasempour so he didn't even have time to acclimate to the weight. so yes on balance and seeing their more recent results I will attribute that loss to the weight. which isn't to say that Zahid is not very good. he is. but he is not a serious contender to Yazdani or DT at their best. Don't give him any chance of beating Ghasempour either. Brooks might be the toughest challenge to Yazdani. but maybe not. I wouldn't be surprised if he loses to Naifonov or Kurugliev, to be honest.

Jim, there seems to be a connection between you and these lads......

In the last two days I have received at least 4 requests for a girls wrestling coach. It seems that the word has been out about this change and schools are looking to add to their coaching staff. When I asked about this at state this year, I was told that the girls that started off wrestling in the boy's tournament would be allowed to continue, but that all from this point forward would only be allowed in the girl's tournament. I do not know how accurate that is, just what I was told.

Super super pumped for our young ladies! any idea when we’ll get info for scheduling requirements (number of duals vs tourneys, etc;) or state tourney info? Wanna ensure I have enough staff and am scheduling our girls against the correct competition to prepare them for their state series. Related: I need more assistant coaches! Hit me up!

But escapes do not result in someone gaining control.

As for the Super Bowl, absolutely fine with me. Currently I have President's Day off but curious to see if that remains, especially if Goodell gets it accomplished. I'm good having wrestling state finals Friday & Saturday and then probably a youth wrestling tournament Sunday morning to afternoon followed up by a Super Bowl party that night. Definitely need that extra day of rest. Is that also the Daytona 500 time line too? Might catch the end before the Super Bowl.

Don't see the SuperBowl coming back to Indy any time soon. They are already scheduled through at least 2027 and with some new stadiums popping up (Nashville) they will get to host before Indy does.

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