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From my few hours there the challenges took forever and mostly were a waste of time. I'm not sure I'm a fan of challenges at this level of competition.

The challenges were a big reason for some extremely long matches. The first few hours of the tournament seemed to run very smooth. But saw multiple coaches just throw the brick to see if it could change the result ( which it seemed to do in some cases). I saw a couple of coaches trying to help some of the younger refs on obvious wrong call that both agreed on to which told to let them make the call. In semi finals some mats had only one match ref there and no one to assist with the on the mat official. Overall a great tournament especially with the competition that comes to Indiana to compete.

Both mats have been claimed.

It will be even better when Central Regionals is a qualifier for a national-level girls' tournament for 14U and below.

I remember Steve being a constant help at the Beech Grove meets (HS or Freestyle season) that I attended as a wrestler and later as a coach. While I only had a few chances to briefly speak with him at these events he always was a stand up guy. He will be missed by the program and I'm sure many others in the wrestling community.

To Ben Franklin's list of inevitable items in life I would add seeing Steve Nontell in his trademark orange pants at a big wrestling event. Always friendly, always a pleasure to see him. Rest in Peace, Steve.

that's nearly a 1/3 increase in a year, which is pretty outstanding

Last year - 218 girls wrestled Freestyle in all divisions combined. This year - 286 girls wrestled Freestyle in all divisions combined. Add in another 57 that wrestled Greco.

I'd be curious to know how much of that growth is being lead by girls wrestling? Honestly, that has been the biggest surprise (in an extremely positive way) in terms of post season participation this year.

Let's take into account Central Regionals last year to this year. Last year, there were about 1,900 athletes. This year, administration added 6 more mats and there were over 2,400 athletes registered. It seems to trending into the right direction!

Due to Finals, there will be no RTC this week.

Last minute opening if anyone is interested (765-602-2118) Confirmed Teams: Daleville Bloomington South Decatur Central Fort Wayne Carroll Cascade

Witch way are the numbers trending for off season participation?

Watched at least 5 matches that had last second scores that decided the match. The match was over on the clock represented to the wrestlers. The clocks had about 2-3 seconds on the ones on TrackWrestling. Coaches would challenge last second calls and get them because of the clocks being off. USA Wrestling needs to do better. Cost a ton of kids matches.

No one from FS is getting sent to Budapest apart from Hassan.

That's a pretty glass half empty outlook on a pretty good weekend. We have been behind numbers wise from Illinois and Ohio forever and that doesnt resolve overnight. It's my understanding that every one of those names listed above have individually qualified for Fargo, meaning that if they were top 3 at ISWA, that spot is now freed up to allow MORE Indiana wrestlers a chance to gain experience in a great Fargo environment. I would say it will take some improved communication from the state level and hopefully some statewide encouragement to sign kids up for the spots...but that list of names from this weekend all showed up and put in work that we should celebrate and build off of. Congrats to not only those who placed, but all who competed, keep putting in the work!!

It's been confirmed that Nick is still competing in freestyle. Everything I have heard from Penn State guys is they think he's going to be a superstar as a coach. I wouldn't mind him coming back to Indiana and taking over for Ersland someday at Purdue.

Cressell vs Miller was worth it to

How bout the number of Ohio kids and Illinois kids versus Indiana kids. Those numbers aren't good for Indiana wrestling at all.

Ben Davino vs Jordyn Raney would've been worth the price of admission.

Related to the clocks - don't have a scoreboard showing a clock that is different from the clock that is used for reviewing whether points are scored before time expires.

Only issue is don’t have HS kids running tables and not paying attention to clocks.

Good for Nick. I would be surprised if Nick didn't continue to compete through the next Olympic cycle. But I have no inside scoop, it just seems to make sense. With any luck when he does retire from competition, he will come back to Indiana to coach/develop future Indiana talent and bring with him a wealth of insight from the Sanderson coaching tree.

FREESTYLE - BOYS 16U 88: Jayland Davis – 2nd 88: Cameron Schofield – 1st 94: Aiden Driscoll – 5th 94: Kolten Land – 6th 94: Lou Keneson – 2nd 100: Traevon Ducking – 4th 113: Jensen Boyd – 1st 120: Gavin Lewis – 2nd 132: Gunner Butt – 5th 132: Braylon Reynolds – 1st 138: Chase Kline – 5th 138: Peyton Hornsby – 3rd 157: Matthew Staples – 2nd 165: Jacob Cole – 4th 175: Corinthian Tonte – 3rd 175: Xavier Smith – 1st 190: Seer Godwise – 2nd 190: Julian Burgett – 6th 215: Declan Gard – 6th 215: Camden Williams – 3rd 215: Kellen Fellure – 1st 285: Levi Oberle – 5th JUNIOR 106: Jonah Odum – 5th 106: Joseph Hamilton – 3rd 126: Dominic Brown – 5th 126: Nathan Rioux – 2nd 132: Luke Rioux – 2nd 138: Evan Stanley – 4th 144: Kyrel Leavell – 1st 144: Parker Reynolds – 5th 144: Easton Doster – 6th 150: Samuel Bustamante – 4th 150: Jayden Lewis – 5th 150: Jeffrey Huyvaert – 3rd 157: Silas Stits – 3rd 157: Mason Day – 5th 165: William Kennedy – 5th 165: Evan Roudebush – 3rd 165: Christian Arberry – 1st 175: Waylon Cressell – 1st 175: Anthony Rinehart – 6th 175: Chase Leech – 5th 215: Brenton Russell – 3rd 215: Brandon Johnson – 4th 285: Maximus Forrester – 5th GRECO – BOYS 16U 88: Cameron Schofield – 1st 94: Aiden Driscoll – 6th 94: Kolten Land – 4th 100: Traevon Ducking – 4th 120: Patrick Dowty – 6th 126: Gavyn Kemp – 2nd 132: Gunner Butt – 1st 138: Amrin Pratt – 4th 138: Peyton Hornsby – 3rd 150: Anthony Lopshire – 6th 150: Carter Fielden – 2nd 175: Corinthian Tonte – 5th 175: Xavier Smith – 1st 190: Seer Godwise – 1st 215: Camden Williams – 2nd 215: Kellen Fellure – 3rd JUNIOR 106: Jonah Odum – 4th 106: Joseph Hamilton – 2nd 113: Brady Byrd – 2nd 120: Keegan Dresslar – 5th 126: Nathan Rioux – 1st 138: Parker Culp – 6th 144: Jack Davis – 5th 150: Samuel Bustamante – 4th 165: Kevon Russell – 6th 165: Evan Roudebush – 1st 165: Silas Foster – 5th 285: Benjamin Land – 1st