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Probably one of the smartest things @Mattyb has said... I'm gonna run his IP address to make sure he wasn't hacked.

Praying schools can find a way to start up and get football going. This will go a long way to determine our fate. Cases will continue to happen. My concern is that people will overreact when a positive case arises in the school. The number of hospital admissions and deaths are the real numbers to watch.

Winter Sports - January & February Fall Sports - March & April Spring Sports - May & June I have been saying this to anyone that will listen. Shortened seasons are not ideal, but this might be the best and safest option for this year to try and "guarantee" seniors and all kids a school year and athletics. This also allows kids to play multiple sports. This would also give schools 20 weeks to figure out how to get back to live in-person school and educating kids in a safe manner, which should be the most important mission right now. Would also like to think that 6 months from now we will have a better handle and understanding on Covid 19 and be able to get back to normalcy. It is unnecessary to rush into a fall sports season, when we don't even know how school is going to work. Would hate to get to week 2 of football season and be right back where we were in March. Just my two cents... WE WILL WRESTLE AGAIN

Congratulations to Eli Pack from Culver Academies for signing with Army West Point. He is projected to wrestle 197. View full signing

Yes. Nasir was very closed off and backed up for 5 minutes and 39 seconds. All the action was on the edge and kept getting whistled dead. Finally Jesse just finished a slam anyways and was hit for a point. When Nasir finally moved forward to take a shot Jesse scored and would have had a fall, but time expired. Once HS starts and he can get in a gym again I fully anticipate Jesse putting on some weight and hopefully being big enough to go 138. For now he will keep training and go 60 kilos at Junior Worlds, probably needs to get a little bigger for that to.

Jesse again is set up for possibly two matches as the featured weight of the event. https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6761648-full-whos-1-lineup-set-for-october-3rd

I think there will be a vaccine by then. I assume that others believe the same thing. Here is my educated guess on how things may go. I think that the IHSAA will in fact start the football season. As soon as a handful of players from a few teams test positive Covid (notice that I did not say contract), the football season will be ended or postponed. Football season goes through a November and we all know what also happens in November. We all see that Covid has been and will be further politicalized. If you don’t believe that... just watch Fox News (If you want the republican side) or CNN (if you want the democrat side) today. I tend to watch both, and have came to the conclusion that both sides have completely gone crazy! I’m not here to say which side is right or wrong... I’m just stating the obvious. Politics will come into play. Bottom line.. until we get a vaccine and the election is over.... I wouldn’t plan on having a season. Again, it’s just a very educated guess from watching our country fall apart everyday in the media. I hope that I’m wrong.

Interesting topic. If we are a go, I would venture to say we could have the best state tournament in the history of Indiana. If Ohio, Michigan and Illinois gets cancelled and we, by the grace of God, have a season. The amount of transfers to Indiana will be insane. It may pay to be a border school North, East and West!

2003 New Castle Semi-State bracket. bracket.pdf

I never thought I'd spend so much time watching the latest on vaccines and therapeutics. I just hope when they find one (or five) effective ones they have the logistics worked out better than the testing. RAPS COVID-19 vaccine tracker RAPS COVID-19 therapeutics tracker

Let's face it. Wrestling has an advantage over most sports. We never have many fans and that has been just fine with us.

Do they really have that sport at Bellmont? I thought they banned it.

As long as my boys get to wrestle this year IDC when it is..

Off topic, but as long as I'm casting votes for my personal preferences...I also want to throw one out for getting youth wrestling back to Saturdays.

2003 New Haven (Fort Wayne) Semi-State Brackets - Filled out with most scores Took some digging, but I found them. Sorry if they are a tad blurry on some, I couldn't get my scanner to work 😑 2003 FW SemiState.pdf

In the wake of world events and the recent internal struggles of USA wrestling (via Pat Downey’s tweets), I’d been thinking of how to further grow the sport, I mean we have a lot of time right now anyway. Seeing FloWrestling produce this upcoming card for fans makes me wonder how often we could witness something like this, with wrestling being a dominant component of mixed martial arts, many fans are already familiar with it and try to emulate it as they see fit. It made me wonder about my idea for a professional wrestling league. Originally, I had made a thread that would professional league that would operate with a preseason, regular season, and postseason schedule, but then I said that these matches have to mean something bigger than before. The Best Wrestler in the World Every year, Franklin Community High School hosts their Grizzly Ironman Series tournament which sees wrestlers compete in matches that incorporate all three styles in a 6-minute match. One period Greco, one period Freestyle, one period Folkstyle... What if FloWrestling or any host at that decided to sanction professional matches with three 3-minute periods that incorporated all three styles? It would give fans a chance to become familiar with every style of wrestling there is and it would also give the argument of who “the best in the world” is more weight/value. At the end of the day, wrestling is wrestling. In mixed martial arts, the majority of fighters wrestle 15 minutes or 25 minutes for a championship, so the time limit shouldn’t be a factor, especially since most professional athletes set themselves apart from their amateur, collegiate, and high school counterparts (NBA vs. NCAA vs. FIBA). Add in title belts and weight classes and you could have wrestling on a bigger stage than it’s been before. Imagine Zhan Beleniuk vs. David Taylor for the Ironman World Middleweight Championship... Taylor has the advantage in Folkstyle being a two-time NCAA champion and Hodge Trophy winner, Beleniuk the two-time Greco-Roman world champion, and while Taylor is a Freestyle world champion, there is a lot to be worried about when squaring off against Beleniuk. Who’s the best in all styles? Who’s truly the best in the world? Just a thought.

Elwood High School is seeking a head wrestling coach. They have positions in Special Education open. The program has a small but functional wrestling room. The Panthers host the IHSAA Sectional and serve as a rotational host of the Madison County Championships. Their AD is a good guy to work with and is committed to building a strong program. If interested, contact AD Marty Wells (mwells@elwood.k12.in.us), 765-621-4508).

This might be a good place to learn about what others are doing as we prepare to get back into our rooms now. Are most just going back to practice as normal or does anyone else have 'small groups' inside of practice?

I’ll just go to my buddy in Greenwood Mall that does all custom #TeamGarcia stitching 🧵. I Retired my yellow Contender Skull hat when I added 3x (2019) IHSAA State Champ. Gotta start a new tradition with a different color Contender Skull hat and add my lil’guy accomplishments for the rest of his HS career . Change is Inevitable. #ItsComing

Regulator, I'm sorry I don't have most of the scores and some of these may be inaccurate as they are all handwritten but here you go from my old semi state brackets. The only scores written in the old brackets were the semifinals. Apologize for any errors or misspellings New Castle 2004 (Records from brackets in parenthesis) 103- Round One Frank Martinez FF (29-8) Bye Jon Lloyd WC (37-2) defeat Patrick Cohen Cath (26-10) Brice Cleland Pike (35-3) defeat Scott Allen AH (19-5) Hal Huynh BA (24-12) Bye Joshua Leppink LN (38-8) Bye Josh Sung HSE (37-4) defeat Tom Hahn GB (24-17) Chris Vawter CCen (20-2) defeat Paul Segrist SD (42-5) Ethan Harris BG (32-4) Bye Quarter Finals Lloyd WC over Martinez FF Cleland Pike over Huynh BA Sung HSE over Leppink LN Harris BG over Vawter CC Semi-Finals Lloyd WC dec Cleland Pike 9-3 Harris BG dec Sung HSE 9-2 Championship and 3rd Place match Lloyd WC over Harris BG Sung HSE over Cleland Pike 112- Round One Jake Fleckenstein EC (37-6) Bye Tyler Pino LN (28-1) defeat Ronard Pike Pike (31-9) Travis Banks PM (39-5) defeat Jason Higbee Tip (31-10) Felipe Perez FF (34-2) Bye Danny Coyne BG (32-2) Bye Gary Black NC (43-8) defeat Seth Einterz ZV (13-21) Devin Lane CP (33-4) defeat Anthony Ridge HG (35-7) Cody Tappan And (26-7) Bye Quarter Finals Pino LN over Fleckenstein EC Banks PM over Perez FF Coyne BG over Black NC Tappan And over Lane CP Semi-Finals Pino LN dec Banks PM 5-2 Coyne BG dec Tappan And 11-8 Championship and 3rd Place match Pino LN over Coyne BG Banks PM over Tappan And 119- Round One Patrick Turner PT (38-3) Bye Michael Pittman GB (28-6) defeat Zach Leffel LC (24-17) Tim McGinley Cath (37-3) defeat Joey Hollstegge EC (21-7) Alex Foster NM (32-1) Bye David Gans LN (41-0) Bye Zach Meyer WF (32-7) defeat Tommy May PM (28-13) Peter Carleton Car (35-8) defeat John Coffey BB(27-14) Garret Baker FCoun (30-6) Bye Quarter Finals Pittman GB over Turner PT McGinley Cath over Foster NM Gans LN over Meyer WF Baker FCoun over Carleton Car Semi-Finals McGinley Cath over Pittman GB Gans LN over Baker FCoun Championship and 3rd Place match Gans LN over McGinley Cath Baker FCoun over Pittman GB 125- Round One Kyle Murphy GB (30-8) Bye Michael Beltrame Cath (31-6) defeat Jacob Davis TR 39-2 Ben Hiatt WF (28-12) defeat Daniel Schroeder NoC (19-16) Kevin Clem PM (40-2) Bye Scott Kelly Car (40-2) Bye Ronald Sampson WC (27-14) defeat Randy Gibson CC (33-6) Nick Miles MV (32-3) defeat Adam Louge UC (43-4) Reece Humphrey LN (45-0) Bye Quarter Finals Murphy GB over Beltrame Cath Clem PM over Hiatt WF Kelly Car over Sampson WC Humphrey LN over Miles MV Semi-Finals Clem PM dec Murphy GB 4-0 Humphrey maj dec Kelly Car 13-5 Championship and 3rd Place match Humphrey LN over Clem PM Kelly Car over Murphy GB 130- Round One Zach Aspling LN (35-8) Bye Josiah Wagoner ZV (31-11) defeat Andrew White Pike (34-7) Jarret Mahurin TrCen (38-3) defeat John Degler HSE (34-7) David Lockwood EC (29-8) Bye Nate Cravens SM (31-3) Bye Matt Durham LC (38-6) defeat Tyler Jones Cen (32-6) Dedrick Harrison Cath (35-6) defeat Mark Mathews UC (44-7) Randy Smiley WC (33-7) Bye Quarter Finals Aspling LN over Wagoner ZV Mahurin TrCen over Lockwood EC Durham LC over Cravens SM Harrison Cath over Smiley WC Semi-Finals Aspling LN dec Mahurin TrCen 10-6 Durham LC over Harrison Cath Championship and 3rd Place match Aspling LN over Durham LC Harrison Cath over Mahurin TrCen 135- Round One Nick Walpole PM (40-4) Bye Jason Kelsey SM (22-6) defeat Bryan Jansen EC (31-13) Jared Tribbett Craw (32-3) defeat Daniel Sutton NC (40-9) Michael Albert LN (36-10) Bye AJ Bryson UC (40-9) Bye Blake Kenney NoC (33-10) defeat Nate Schiller RC (25-13) Mark Huser Cath (31-6) defeat Steve Logan NP (37-4) Bryan Gaskill Car (39-3) Bye Quarter Finals Walpole PM over Kelsey SM Albert LN over Tribbett Craw Kenney NoC over Bryson UC Huser Cath over Gaskill Car Semi-Finals Walpole PM over Albert LN 5-4 Huser Cath over Kenney NoC 8-7 Championship and 3rd Place match Huser Cath over Walpole PM Albert LN over Kenney NoC 140- Round One Ben Hoover HH (32-1) Bye Ron Wilger SD (30-5) defeat Patrick Hilton ZV (28-6) Brett Weigel BA (22-13) defeat Matt Malcolm WF (31-9) Bobby Slaymon FC (33-2) Bye Clint Cory TR (36-4) Bye Thomas Johnson LN (34-5) defeat Ryan Esselborn Ronc (22-6) David Barnes NoC (35-6) defeat Brad Herman PT (35-3) Michael Bennett NC (43-4) Bye Quarter Finals Wilger SD over Hoover HH Slaymon FC over Weigel BA Johnson LN over Cory TR Barnes NoC over Bennett NC Semi-Finals Slaymon FC maj dec Wilger SD 11-1 Johnson LN man dec Barnes NoC 9-1 Championship and 3rd Place match Johnson LN over Slaymon FC Barnes NoC over Wilger SD 145- Round One Zach Steven HSE (27-7) Bye Wayne Bond PH (27-2) defeat Matt Carter NC (28-7) Rodney Stearns Cath (38-1) defeat Cody Walker Shen (23-15) Eric Aue PM (40-4) Bye Danny Busch EC (39-4) Bye Cory Boyles FF (32-3) defeat Carson Coons FC (22-9) Chris Combellick Car (32-6) defeat Cahamalan Porter BD (30-14) Corey Schneider LN (44-2) Bye Quarter Finals Bond PH over Steven HSE Aue PM over Stearns Cath Busch EC over Boyles FF Schneider LN over Combellick Car Semi-Finals Aue PM maj dec Bond PH 10-2 Scheider LN dec Busch EC 7-4 Championship and 3rd Place match Schneider LN over Aue PM Busch EC over Bond PH 152 Round One Jerry Gordon LC (37-0) Bye Jessy Walley NP (35-6) defeat Cory Garrard NC (36-6) Tom Fish MV dec Pat Pattmore NE (11-6) Donny Bryant FF (33-4) Bye Steven James Pike (36-2) Bye Calvin Beamon Man (41-6) defeat Paul Wrighton HSE (28-11) Marcus Young Cath (32-5) defeat Alex Mukai NV (23-5) Joey Gibbs UC (47-2) Bye Quarter Finals Gordan LC over Walley NP Fish MV over Bryant FF James Pike over Beamon Man Young Cath over Gibbs UC Semi-Finals Gordon LC maj dec Fish MV 16-6 James Pike maj dec Young Cath 16-3 Championship and 3rd Place match James Pike over Gordon LC Young Cath over Fish MV 160- Round One Chris Barnhizer UC (46-1) Bye Kenny Jordan Leb (31-3) defeat Bart Bridge PT (35-9) Allen Eldridge PM (37-7) defeat Ryan Hatch Car (26-8) Chaz Ervin LC (34-2) Bye Keith Hodges BD (40-2) Bye Daniel Head TrCen (37-4) defeat Denver King Cen (33-7) Johnny Hughes NC (37-9) defeat Zach Webb AH (29-5) John Cramsey Craw (19-0) Bye Quarter Finals Barnhizer UC over Jordan Leb Ervin LC over Eldridge PM Hodges BD over Head TrCen Cramsey Craw over Hughes Semi-Finals Ervin LC over Barnhizer UC 3-2 Hodges BD over Cramsey Craw 5-1 Championship and 3rd Place match Ervin LC over Hodges BD Cramsey Craw over Barnhizer UC 171- Round One Bryan Jennings NP (38-1) Bye Brad Wiley PH (30-11) defeat Brendan Davitt Car (34-6) Cody Martin FF (31-2) defeat Matt Cosgrove LN (30-9) Chris Owens NC (35-6) Bye Jeremy Nunemacher Tip (37-3)Bye Damon Roessler BG (17-9) defeat Steve Thompson Shen (31-5) Ryan McElwain FC (31-7) defeat Tony Armogida (BA) 25-5 Patrick Turner HSE (30-5) Bye Quarter Finals Jennings NP over Wiley PH Martin FF over Owens NC Roessler BG over Nunemacher Tip Turner HSE over McElwain FC Semi-Finals Martin FF dec Jennings NP 3-2 Roessler BG dec Turner HSE 11-4 Championship and 3rd Place match Roessler BG over Martin FF Turner HSE over Jennings NP 189- Round One Danny Goff ZV (37-2) Bye Derek Dunn WC (28-6) defeat Jake Wagner Tri (33-6) Casey Caldwell UC (40-3) defeat Mike McIntyre BG (32-6) Clark Tebbe Tip (30-5) Bye Jonathan Kolb FCoun (24-3) Bye David Chandler LN (32-14) defeat Jordan McGaughey NM (26-5) Scott Tidwell TR (37-6) over Paul Crimmins LC (12-11) Sam Elmore Ritter (31-0) Bye Quarter Finals Dunn WC over Goff ZV Caldwell UC over Tebbe Tip Kolb FCoun over Chandler LN Elmore Ritter over Tidwell TR Semi-Finals Caldwell UC pin Dunn WC Elmore Ritter maj dec Kolb FCoun 18-4 Championship and 3rd Place match Elmore Ritter over Caldwell UC Kolb FCoun over Dunn WC 215- Round One Chad Singer Car (35-3) Bye Matthew Peterson AR (28-11) defeat Tyler Hayes RI (28-9) Robbie Helton UC (40-6) defeat Dusty Miller LC (26-10) Tim McElwain Pike (34-4) Bye Arik Wolfe UC (36-0) Bye Matt Whyde MV (36-5) defeat Ryan Gibbons Sher (18-1) Nick Clifton RO (28-3) defeat Josh Lee FF (28-8) Josh Locke LN (38-11) Bye Quarter Finals Singer Car over Peterson AR McElwain Pike over Helton UC Wolf EC over Whyde MV Clifton RO over Locke LN Semi-Finals Singer Car pin McElwain Pike Wolf EC dec Clifton RO 8-3 Championship and 3rd Place match Wolf EC over Singer Car Clifton RO over McElwain Pike 275- Round One Sean Foley WC (28-8)Bye Mike McNelis CH (34-4) defeat Jeremy Redd CO (24-11) Justin Bischoff FCoun (23-10) defeat Brandt Hollander NC (24-8) Christian Hall CCen (21-3) Bye Maurice Gunn LN (45-1) Bye James Wood Car (32-5) defeat Chris Robinson Pike (20-10) Chuck Robinson ZV (36-3) defeat Andrew Quintana MV (32-9) Jordan Caudill MI (39-2) Bye Quarter Finals Foley WC over McNelis CH Bischoff FCoun over Hall CCen Gunn LN over Wood Car Robinson ZV over Caudill MI Semi-Finals Foley WC pin Bischoff FCoun Gunn LN dec Robinson ZV 3-1 Championship and 3rd Place match Gunn LN over Foley WC Robinson ZV over Bischoff FCoun

It’s sad this generation of children will never experience the amazing world of Geocities sites. I mean look at all the color, the animation, the content. How could someone let this resource fall apart.

Bellarmine University, a private D2 school located in Louisville Kentucky, across the river from Jeffersonville (IN), is moving up to the big leagues. https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22052 I know they have Kent State lined up for one of their duals next season, not sure about the rest. A little shameless self promotion, but Jeffersonville will have three wrestlers wrestling for Bellarmine next season.

I spoke to a good friend of mine yesterday night. We were discussing his upcoming return to the mat on the Division I level and if we would see a season at all this year. Amidst all of that, we briefly discussed a subject that's been mentioned and thrown around time and again, and it had to do with the lack of quality training for the next level in Indiana. Our conversation led me back to a thought I've had over the years while observing the sport on a state and national level: Wrestling will ALWAYS miss out on the top dollar in comparison to boxing, mixed martial arts, and other combat sports because there are too many gatekeepers in the sport with elitist mindsets. Why? There's just a general lack of resources throughout the state for those who wish to compete to truly get better, and while many clubs are geared towards youth wrestling, there isn't enough focus for those beyond high school. This isn't just an Indiana problem, though. From what I've learned, this is common across the nation. Too often, clubs close off their services to those after high school or college who don't have certain credentials. The USA Wrestling website even has a set criteria for an athlete to participate in a Regional Training Center (ex: You must place this high at this tournament to participate; You must have done this in high school to participate). It's actually kind of silly because you have so many young men and women who are avid fans of the art of wrestling with extensive knowledge along with some kind of talent, but because they didn't enjoy the same success as another wrestler, they have to potentially miss out on becoming better and no longer continue on in the sport. Most want to simply participate because it's fun. Notice how excited many wrestlers get for the spring and summer seasons because there are countless opportunities to compete in two new styles (Freestyle/Greco) or hybrid styles (Ironman) with wrestlers all over the state and country that they don't usually see. I remember my friends and I would be so excited for the spring and summer because we got to work on a variety of new moves and take on new challenges, but more importantly because there was no pressure. We didn't really worry about scholarships or team state titles, we just went out and did the sport we loved and had fun trying to make the travel teams, and that's the beauty of it all. Clubs miss out on so much money and numbers because they're too focused on the Division I prospects, and I'm not saying they shouldn't focus on them, but if the goal is to have our participation numbers up, we should be opening our doors to more than just the wrestlers who are top-ranked recruits and shift our focus to the entire wrestling community and be mindful of those who want to continue on in the sport, as well as those who want to learn it for self-defense, to get in shape, or to pick it up for the first time because they might have an interest in mixed martial arts, they saw the NCAA tournament on TV, or they happened to come across some sick Greco-Roman highlights. And let me clarify, I’m not saying every person who enters a wrestling room is an Olympic-caliber grappler, and to be quite honest with you, I’m not sure many want to be, but that shouldn’t be any reason they have to stop competing. You look in mixed martial arts, boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, taekwondo, etc., and you will see people of all ages in studios training (sometimes with people half or twice their age) to either stay in shape, learn self-defense, or compete in local tournaments for fun and continue to excel because they’re in a SPORT. It is for SPORT. Gatekeepers in wrestling have some of the worst attitudes though and will discourage people from entering. I’ve heard reasons being from how hard it is to wrestle to that toxic elite mentality, but you never hear boxing trainers or fighters discourage people from entering the gym to work on their craft, especially those willing to pay any amount. Here’s a testimony for y’all, though: Hassan Assad (better known as MVP in WWE) had left professional wrestling for a year. During his time off, he came across a gym in Houston known as Gracie Barra. He went inside and asked for information, and quickly signed up. By 2019, he’d been training for seven years and in that time been promoted to a purple belt, won several opens around the state of Texas, and qualified for the world championships twice all after the age of 30. That happens in so many other sports except wrestling. You don’t hear about guys picking up the sport in their 20s or 30s and excelling because, at least over here, it’s frowned upon. Not everyone is going to be Jordan Burroughs, and not many want to be, and that’s okay. With that, I’m not saying you don’t see folks from the United States competing in the Masters/Veterans tournaments because you absolutely do. Nick Hull won the U.S. Open in the Masters Division last year. The problem is that they don’t get the same or proper training from top-tier coaches that cadets, juniors, and seniors get, and we can’t blame it on age or body shape because there are plenty of 40-somethings in phenomenal shape with great health, and are in better shape than their younger counterparts, some compete in the UFC. All I’m saying is… Picture this: You have an 18-year-old fresh out of high school. He went to a smaller school in Indiana where he was a semi-state qualifier, ranked in the top eight all year and beat multiple Division I recruits, but because he didn’t make it past the ticket round, he didn’t receive many college offers, and would rather stay close to home for school. The closest school he can afford doesn’t have wrestling, and he feels at a loss when he hasn’t even hit his ceiling yet. With the proper coaching and development, though, he knows he could still be a quality guy. Most write him off and say, “Yeah, right. He didn’t make it to state or do anything nationally, he has no credentials. How does he expect to do anything?” Oh, resources, you say? Well, there’s a training center up the road from him filled with multiple Division I recruits and Fargo All-Americans, but you don’t believe he can wrestle there because he didn’t do what they did in high school? Let him practice with them, let them help him get better over time, and then let’s see what he becomes. Allow him to travel and compete in tournaments so he can really deepen his knowledge of the sport. Due to him being older, he’s less likely to develop bad habits and he’ll have a better understanding of what it is he’s doing, and who knows where he’ll be a year from now. Him being able to practice with top level guys could help mold him into a top level guy and maybe put together a few wins at an open tournament to allow him to be noticed by a quality school. And this applies to club wrestling only. I can understand Division I schools not opening their doors for many obvious reasons, but the most prominent being that they don’t want anyone who isn’t their own to become a liability and also because they’re trying to win a championship in the NCAA, so they need the absolute best they can get at that moment in time. However, with proper training and letting go of the mindset that only those of certain level can participate, if clubs open their doors to anyone willing to listen and learn, I could see a huge increase in participation across the board among all age groups. We get too caught up in letting rankings, placements, and past credentials determine the value of someone when guys like Joe Rau (who only qualified for state once in Illinois and went 0-2) make the world team and our very own Deondre Wilson beat an NCAA Finalist in Dan Vallimont at Senior Nationals back in December and he also took down Jordan Oliver at the Open a few years ago. Imagine what he could do with a quality club or RTC behind him that he doesn’t have to move out of state for. If we don’t break the gatekeeping, elitism, or create more resources and opportunities for our wrestlers statewide and nationally, we’ll kill our sport. I’d like to see more opportunities for women, older wrestlers, and a positive view on Greco-Roman, and regular promotion of them in Indiana. Maybe the ISWA could sanction more local tournaments with a bigger feel (The Indianapolis Open, The Evansville Open, etc.; just some ideas)

You deserved it you rotten booger 😂

Seeing my Freshman year bracket from 2001 was a funny memory... #4 first round, #2 in ticket round.... What a draw!

Davison’s from Chesterton: keith (88) 128-17 jack (15) 76-39 andrew (17) 124-4 lucas (18) 149-12 with dad 477-72 brothers only 349-55

Both my ticket round loss brackets uhhh...

And.... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.amp.html Looks like Oxford is in the lead. Regardless... I think that we will have a vaccine before spring. With this said.... people on Fox News will have you believe that we are going to have one next month. People on CNN will have you believe that we will have one in 2022. It is what it is. I stand by my prediction of a pre-spring vaccine.

We do have youth tournaments on Saturdays. This happens after the high school season is over. The high school staffs and teams wrestle on Saturdays. They are the ones that run the youth tournaments. That also means that the mats are being used to wrestle high school matches On Saturdays. From my experience less than 5 percent of the wrestling community gives of themselves to hold tournaments. The crazy thing is that most people that are doing the high school stuff are the same people who show up in Sundays to do the youth stuff.

Casting my vote for moving wrestling to the Spring permanently. My 2 boys (9 and 11) love basketball and wrestling...and I can't stand watching baseball games.

Rules • Three 3-minute periods: One Greco, one Freestyle, and one Folkstyle period each. • Wrestler who wins pre-match coin flip gets to choose which style starts the match; opponent chooses the period that follows. In the case of championship matches, Champion’s Advantage will be in effect in which no pre-match coin flip will be required and he/she chooses what style starts the match. • Headgear is optional. The Match (SAMPLE) First Period • Wrestler A wins the coin flip and chooses the first period to be conducted under Greco-Roman rules. Wrestler B chooses the following period to be Folkstyle, which means the final period will be conducted under Freestyle rules. In this first period, the push-out rule is in effect, as are four-point moves, and the shot clock. Second Period • In the second period, traditional Folkstyle rules are adopted and the push-out rule is not in effect. However, riding time and the four point near-fall are now in effect. The riding time point, if there is one scored, will be added on to the scoring wrestler’s point total at the end of the match. Third Period • In the third and final period, amended Freestyle rules will be adopted. The only change is that step-outs will not be penalized. Push-outs will only be scored if a wrestler is actually pushed out by his/her opponent on some kind of offensive attack. If the two wrestlers scramble out of bounds, no point will be rewarded. Four point moves will be back in effect and so will the shot clock. Overtime • Should the match go to overtime, a coin flip will happen and the winner will determine the style for the next 90 seconds. If the match still doesn’t have a winner after the 90-second overtime period, a second coin flip will happen and the winning wrestler will get to determine whether they go into par terre or the Folkstyle ride out for 30 seconds. If the top wrestler fails to turn or successfully ride out his opponent, he/she loses the match. If the bottom wrestler fails to defend the turn or escape, he/she loses the match. Match Scoring • Takedown (all styles): 2 Points • Reversal (all styles): 2 Points • Turn/Exposure (GR/Freestyle): 2 Points • Near-Fall (Folkstyle): 2 Points (2-3 second count), 4 Points (4 second count) • Feet to Back (GR/Freestyle): 4 Points • Belly-to-Back Grand Amplitude Throw or “Suplex” (GR/Freestyle): 5 Points • Push-Out (GR/Freestyle): 1 Point

I was talking about format of workouts now that we are starting to get back into wrestling rooms. An example is what we have implemented in our room now. When kids come to workouts we have them in groups of no larger than 6. No one is allowed to have contact with anyone in a different group and the groups will not change daily. If someone misses practice one day, they will have a group of 5 that day...instead of moving someone from a different group into their workout. Does anyone else have a 'practice format' that they are introducing to their room so they can to limit contact as much as possible? I'd like to learn what others are doing.

This, and the development and delivery of therapeutics, hopefully oral and inhaled to avoid and reduce hospital visits/stays.

FloWrestling- FloArena

This is what I have. 20200711_075505.pdf 20200711_075812.pdf It’s blocking me from putting the 3rd one up.

That's great, Thank you! Did you type all that out? That is some effort there. Thanks

Breakdown and get Twitter. IU and Purdue post a lot on Twitter. As a bonus... you can see Trump rip the fake media! Lol

I do use the wrestlestat site, and that is kind of my point. Why doesn't Purdue on their University site have this info , or IU's site? It surely would be more accurate right? Most reports ,that come out about Indiana basketball, on the main stream sports sites are directly taken from IU press releases. Meaning I had the information first hand before ESPN. I do and a lot of others here look at Indiana and Purdue's universities sites more often than wrestlestat. I just think it would generate more interest if this stuff was included.

Yeah that was my website....

2004 Fort Wayne SemiState State Qualifiers are in Bold ***The site i was able to pull these from said there may be a couple of mistakes*** 2004 Fort Wayne SemiState.docx

2000, 2001, & 2002 are the only ones I were able to dig up so far, and they were buried pretty deep online I was able to find FW SS 2004, but its on a Geocities site loaded with spam, so i prefer not to put the link on here, so I will paste on word and attach a file I also have a physical copy of 2006 FWSS as well, that I could scan and attach if wanted

Great links! Can you post the 2004 semi state brackets or the links to the general page? I changed the links to 04 but none work. Thanks!

Here is the information on this year's event We have a few ideas on the format, but at this time do not want to commit to one due to the COVID-19 situation. Here are the likely probabilities #1 Saturday wrestle everyone for a couple rounds from 5-9pm Sunday wrestle everyone fro 9am- Conclusion #2 Saturday wrestle the smaller weight classes 5-9pm until conclusion Sunday wrestle everyone else 9am-Conclusion *This could possibly include a Sunday morning weigh-in time. #3 Block off 3-4 hour sessions for groups of weight classes throughout the two days.

Miller lost to Hudkins in OT.

Another interesting point, Sawyer Miller of South Adams was a three time State Placer, including a runner-up spot as a senior and a three time NAIA AA at Indiana Tech, including National Championship as a senior. He lost the State Championship in OT by a takedown to Malloy of Danville but won the NAIA in OT with a takedown

Congratulations to Aundre Beatty from Warren Central for signing with Marian. He is projected to wrestle 141. View full signing

Well we are planning for it to be a go. If we are able to pull it off we will likely be one of the first bigger events to take place. We may stretch the event to two days.

I wonder how many of todays Indiana HS top talent kids haven't wrestled with or been influenced by Bryan. I would be willing to say 0. Bailey's have certainly left their mark on Indiana wrestling.

If I recall CoCo made it in due to Madison needing to fill a hole in their lineup for an event. Heck I should be on the list, since I added more wins to the Black family total than CoCo was able to muster. Thanks Derek. 😒

Bryan Bailey @Brey and his boys have made their marks on the mat. With that said, Bryan is currently providing more opportunities for more kids than any single person that I know of here in Indiana. The Baileys are the best wrestling family going. Just sayin