Dingo Brigade Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Unless I missed something, our boys had a better tournament than a loaded Pennsylvania. It tells us a couple of things: one, this was an incredibly tough tourney and two, we have some really elite studs. Congrats to our placers and our near-misses and especially Jason Tsirtsis, who finally nabbed that elusive Fargo title in impressive fashion. Congrats also to our cadet teams, the jr greco squad and our beastly girls. You all made Indiana proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemOGuy Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Great job alot to look foward to next season alot of our AAs will still be able to wrestle, and hopefully more to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Well needless to say the Pennsylvania performance at the Junior level was definitely a disappointment considering the numbers they brought and their long history of success. My guess would be they couldn't get all of their top guys on board, just like many other teams including Indiana have trouble doing. I think it is worth noting that great success that Illinois had winning almost every national competition this year. Not sure what their state organization has done lately in youth development and getting top guys to attend the national events, but I think its worth investigating. On the Indiana side of things I felt many of our wrestlers preformed well. Clearly walking away with a good number of All-Americans and a few National Champions is a nice accomplishment. Team wise we were not always near the top of the list, they only score points based on All American placement. Because of that I think its worth giving some credit to the many wrestlers who went deep into the tournament and were just one or two matches from reaching All American status. While those results are not reflected in Indiana's team total they do speak about the talent we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 PA brought a very strong team and underperformed. They had most of their top dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 PA brought a very strong team and underperformed. They had most of their top dogs I've been hearing they were decently light in talent in the Junior divisions. But, with a performance like that I'd claim we were missing plenty of top guys too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemOGuy Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I think if some of the top dogs would of went from IN we could of placed in the top 10 easy if Willis,or Bratcher,Masengale,Boston ect. IN is pretty loaded why doesnt Boston wrestle Fargo or any National tourneys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Im sure they were missing some big guns but a look at their results shows a bunch of big name kids who didn't get it done. They are pretty quick to make excuses, as Matt said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1oldwrestler Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 is IN on the rise as far as intl style wrestling is concerned? Last yr we didnt have as good a showing as this yr? Why the improved performance? Is this a blip or an actual indication of better things to come for indiana in regards to national competitions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemOGuy Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 More wrestlers are starting to wrestle Natioal Tour. Plus this is a great class of wrestles, wait til Red, Rypel, Stewart,James ect. I see IN getting stronger in FS and Greco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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