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Congratulations to Easton Doster Congratulations to from New Haven for signing with Rutgers. Projected to wrestle 157. View full signing

Congratulations to Noah Weaver Congratulations to from Rossville for signing with Purdue. Projected to wrestle 197, 285. View full signing

The Mater Dei athletic boosters paid $100 million to have it in Evansville until 2096

Our high school boys end up 8th as a team: Weaver 2nd Hockaday 3rd Costello 5th Cressell 6th Hartleroad 7th Weaver falls in the 215 final to national #4-ranked Posada of CA. As others have said about Weaver's monster semi's win, he of course took out the #1 seed, who is ranked #2 nationally at 190 and just beat Posada at Who's Number One. Hockaday avenges his earlier loss in the consolations and ends up earning the place to match his #3 seed--finishing only behind P4P #2 in the nation Forrest and 132lb #3 in the nation Mendoza. Costello and Staples (blood round as a freshman at 150?!?) were our two breakout stars for this stage. Unseeded Costello loses only 9-7 to the 3-seed in the early rounds--then beats FIVE straight seeded guys in the wrestlebacks before finally falling. But he then punctuates his tournament by pinning yet another seeded kid in the 5/6 match after he trailed by 6 or 7 points.

Gunnar is 18 FYI. He just got that medical/covid/olympic/redshirt hairline

I know about weight changes, growth spurts blah … blah … blah who cares, I’m lost also trying to predict these wrestlers in a weight class . 113-144 113- #1 2x Runner Up Rioux … maybe he goes up 120 idk . Lock in my eyes at 113 . 120- #1 2x Champ Dickman … looks like a lock whoever he faces . 126- #1 Scheafer vs. #2 Jendreas . Rank them how you like Idk ? Looks like a MAIN EVENT at Indiana Preseason Who’s #1 . Jendreas wins 8-2 132- #1 State Champ Thrine vs. #2 Goss Do they go up to face Challenge? Prolly not ! Thrine wins on credentials 6-3, possible nail biter if Goss gets funky with him . 138- #1 3x Hockaday vs. #2 Shephard If Shephard stays 138, I doubt it . I Still got Hockaday as a lock . 12-2 major , I’m biased though . Give me Hockaday vs. the field and one hand tied behind his back . He’s pretty good . 144- will be the first MAIN EVENT wrestle off ! If Doster stays at 144 and the rest stays with Shepherd coming in give me 4 way wrestle off . (If) they stay the same weight this is how I’ll seed it ? #1 Doster vs. #4 Shepherd #2 P. Reynolds vs. #3 Huyvaert . Don’t know where to begin in the 144 Main Event . Who to Pick … idk . Who your #1 in this hypothetical Who’s #1 ?

This is always a salty subject and brings out many opinions and anecdotal experiences that can lead someone to believing one way is better. After a little experience coaching and with my own baseball loving son, the best thing I can say is every kid is different. As a parent or coach you need to be able to have a feel for if you kid needs pushed harder or if you need to lay off. Some kids can train one sport year round without a need for a break and others need to have breaks with other activities including other sports or competitions. Mason Parris was a three sport athlete until college and then improved by leaps and bounds while in college and represented the USA in Paris. Jesse Mendez was a one sport athlete most of his life and has had NCAA and international success with much more to come. Both took different paths and have a high level of accomplishments. Neither path to their success is wrong and both of their paths have worked for THEM. I am definitely for multiple sports for as long as possible with the general idea to narrow down your specialties when you become a freshman. There are many benefits to participating in other sports while growing up. There are also benefits to specialization earlier too. As stated, it really is dependent upon the kid and what they can handle. Unfortunately we will never know if our decisions on things like this will work until the kid is done competing in their respective sports and if the experience and goals were what we envisioned.

Don't get me started on the MD boosters. They basically bought all their team titles through NIL-style recruitment during their dynasty.

Cal, I sent you an email about the perfect candidate. He’s very experienced, has had a lot of success, and has dedicated his life to Rochester student-athletes. You really should contact that Clint Gard guy. Snyder

Darrick has been consistent since his first coaching appearance when he cornered Alex Dolly. The list goes on, Hinton, Harper, Beck, Lentz, Sanderfur, Macri, Thomas, Morin, Schultz, Forte, Binion, Logan, Wiesjahn, etc..... And the list goes on, BROWNSBURG. Darrick would probably disagree but his only down years were the first years it took for Mishawaka and Brownsburg teams to buy into what he was selling. 24 years of collecting titles!

Tristan is in the building and has been an assistant for a while. It is common to offer someone like that a position especially with two weeks until girls start and a month until the boys start.

It’s becoming that time of the year again, and I’d like to get my first set of rankings out more timely than the last couple of seasons, and I need YOUR help! Any drastic weight jumps? Transfers to a different school than last season? Freshmen flying under the radar? I would appreciate any and all information to help be as accurate as possible. The best ways to contact me are via direct message on here, or on Twitter (@CalebSpires). Thank you in advance!

Brownsburg has probably been the most consistent team since 2016. From 2016-19 they won IHSWCA 3A Team State, were IHSAA champions in 2017, and IHSAA runners-up in 2016 and 2018; in 2020 they finished third at IHSWCA Team State, 4th in 2021, and runners-up in 2022 and 2023, and they were IHSAA runners-up once more in 2022, third in 2023, and champions this past season ending in 2024. In that time since Brownsburg has emerged, Warren Central has won an IHSAA championship, Cathedral has won three since 2016 but four overall, Mater Dei won in 2021, and Crown Point went back to back in 2022 and 2023. Center Grove has found some success under Coach Swain having been two-time IHSAA runners-up in 2023 and 2024 and back-to-back third place finishers at 4A Team State. Also, Warren Central has been pretty consistent as well having been IHSWCA runners-up in 2016, 2019, and 2021 and IHSAA fourth place finishers this past season ending in 2024. All of this makes me wonder about another team we’ve yet to mention: Mishawaka. Dynasty in the 2000s?

Very Early Days Hammond had a 3-Peat in the early days. Bloomington/Bloomington South had several decades early on 50s-60s Southport had several runs 70s Bloomington/Bloomington South at it again 80s Delta was a juggernaut Then EMD begins to rise. 90s The age of Mater Dei 00s Mater Dei continues but has some challengers 10s Perry Medidian establishes themselves But Cathedral closes out the decade 20s Crown Points looking for their own legacy currently. Other Notable Schools South Bend Central runner-up force for awhile in the early years before finally getting a title. Belmont, one of the Muncie School or the other, and Warren Central make a presence felt over multiple decades. Lawrence North had a few years but EMD was there to hold them in check a few others. Then Griffith couldn’t quite break through EMD strangle hold in the late 90s-00s. Can’t help but point out New Castle in the early 90s too. Brownsburg had kept their dogs in the fight recently. And Center Grove isn’t backing down anytime soon.

Sun. Sept. 29th in Johnstown, Pennsylvania 110: #1 Heather Crull, IN vs #2 Taylor Whiting, WI

Mid 90s Cameron Smith from Ben Davis. Two timer and led the football team to a national championship.

Blame @ontherise219 for that one . We was having inter collective Zoom analysis meeting on these “expert” rankings, I got him on tape at the 5:45 min mark saying “go with your biased gut on this one Chris” nobody will say anything about your rankings . I knew it was setup up, that Dirty Dog ! GAWD !

Weaver & Hockaday both move up to #5 in the nation on Flo. Costello into the rankings for the first time at #9.

2024 Top 3 Ranked Preseason Predictions NO PARTICULAR ORDER. 106- Verduzco, Carver, Brown 113- Bell, Schoettle, Bollinger 120- Dickman, Boyd, Lewis 126- Rioux, Jendreas, Henderson 132- Hockaday, Hawkins, Schaefer 138- Reynolds, Thrine, Bradley 144- Gibbs, Shepherd, Fielden 150- Doster, Huyvaert, Stits 157- Day, Weaver, Staples 165- Roudebush, Pellot, Arberry 175- Cressell, Rinehart, Costello 190- Henry, Stebbins, N Terry 215- Weaver, Brewer, L Terry HWT- Hartleroad, Evans, Forrester Let’s see who you got!!!

I have many thoughts on this subject. I think specialization is fine once HS starts for those that are truly elite, and by that I mean those that have a realistic chance to go to college in their chosen sport. the vast majority of HS athletes will end their careers when HS ends. So why not do as many different things as you can? Many smaller schools needs these athletes to field teams in other sports. Anecdotally, my senior year we had 4 kids that were wrestlers only. Two were state qualifiers (one was a runner up) and the other 2. They were 103, 1112, 125 and 135. Everybody else at least played football. There were a couple of us that played baseball as well. I actually lettered in 4 sports and had walk on opportunities at very low level D1 schools in 2 of those sports. Could I have specialized in my favorite sport (baseball) and gotten a scholarship? Maybe. But then I would have missed out on being a state placer in wrestling and being on a football team that was one win away from playing for a state title. So for me, it should always be about what the kid wants. If he wants to specialize once he gets to HS, so be it. But there is nothing wrong with parents exposing their young athletes to different sports. I can see cases where a kid may specialize at a young age and then when they get to HS they can experience burn out, etc.

To add to my comments one of the things that lures us in as parents is "trying to keep up with the Joneses" mentality. We see little Johnny having a lot of success in a sport and we think that our kids need to do the same to have success. That may or may not be the right path for your kid and as stated previously it is hard to tell until we get to the end of the journey. Too many times parents see what a friend or competitor is doing and think that is the way for their kid to have success and unfortunately that's not always the case. The best thing you can do is look at the options and give them to the kid, but also at the same time have a little control and expose them to different things. For my son in particular he LOVES baseball and probably could do it 24/7 without ever getting tired of it. Wrestling on the other hand he tolerates it and never is upset when I say we can't go to practice. He also is not big into competing in wrestling, but at practice he works hard and seems to enjoy the practices(even though he won't admit it). As a parent/coach do I push him to do one sport at 8 years old because that's what he loves right now? Do I hold him back and make him do other sports? It's not an easy question to answer, nor tackle for anyone. I get to see pretty much both ends of the spectrum and have to balance those out with the hopes that in 5-10 years he loves both sports or at the very least they give him great experiences and lessons to help him later in life. In baseball I have taken him to extra lessons and obviously do a lot at home. For wrestling, he does practices only for a couple months and we call it a season. When he tells me he wants to get more into wrestling I'm here waiting to go full bore! As of now, I'll keep exposing him to the sport as best I can and help guide his path in all activities. He also did a couple elementary cross country meets this year, which he seemed to enjoy. My main goal is to have him compete in whatever possible. He is very competitive(not sure where he got that!) and keeping him engaged in competitions as much as possible is my goal right now.

Mater Dei

Brant Beck is leading Rochester in: Rushing Yards/TDs: 953/13 Total TDs: 15 Tackles: 65 Total. 9.3/game Very fun player to watch, in any sport.

First Name Last Name School Grade Weight Prev Super 32 Place Previous HS State Place Adrian Pellot Merrillville 12th 165 2nd Aidan Costello Hobart 12th 165 3rd Anthony Rinehart Crown Point 12th 175 4th Blake Getz Roncalli 11th 120 7th Braylon Reynolds Brownsburg 10th 138 3rd Caleb Evans Homestead 12th 285 Caleb Morrow Indianapolis Lutheran 10th 106 Case Bridge Avon 9th 106 Chase Kline Avon 10th 138 Chayce Yant Fishers 12th 126 6th Christian Arberry Warren Central 12th 165 7th Cole Vandygriff New Palestine 12th 132 Connor Maddox Westfield 9th 106 Devin Kendrex New Prairie 12th 190 8th 5th Donald Bowie Warren Central 10th 138 Easton Doster New Haven 12th 150 1st Eddie Goss Center Grove 12th 132 5th Evan Stanley Mount Carmel 10th 138 4th Evan Roudebush Bloomington South 12th 165 5th Gavin Jendreas Crown Point 12th 126 3rd Gavin L Lewis Crown Point 10th 120 5th Gunner Butt New Palestine 11th 132 4th Gunner Henry Brownsburg 12th 190 8th 2nd Isaiah Schaefer Evansville Mater Dei 12th 132 2nd Jackson Bradley Cowan 11th 144 4th Jacob Weaver Rossville 11th 157 Jake Hockaday Brownsburg 12th 132 1st James Hartleroad Dekalb 11th 285 3rd Jeffrey Huyvaert New Prairie 11th 150 5th Justice Thornton Columbus North 12th 138 7th LT Hawkins Crown Point 11th 132 5th Lucas Boe Lake Highland Prep 10th 157 Mason Goelz Avon 11th 120 5th Matthew Staples New Prairie 9th 157 Michael White Lawrence North 11th 175 6th Miguel Rojas Lake Highland Prep 10th 175 Moses Stevenson Franklin Central 11th 157 Nathan Rioux Avon 11th 126 2nd Noah Weaver Rossville 12th 215 1st Noel Verduzco Lowell 9th 113 Parker Reynolds Brownsburg 11th 150 6th Peyton Schoettle Roncalli 11th 113 1st Peyton Hornsby Center Grove 10th 138 Revin Dickman Brownsburg 11th 113 1st Richard Rogers Franklin Central 11th 126 8th Ryan Hockaday Brownsburg 9th 126 Seer Godwise Perry Meridian 11th 190 Silas Stits Center Grove 12th 150 7th Sontonio Sessa Crown Point 11th 132 6th Teigan Newell Crown Point 10th 113 8th Thomas Gibbs Brownsburg 11th 144 Waylon Cressell Warren Central 11th 175 1st William Grafton-Hodgetts Mount Carmel 9th 113 Xavier Smith Fishers 11th 175

Right now, the blockbuster would be Hockaday vs. Shepherd; 3-time state champion vs. state runner-up and Fargo champion. Since Red vs. Lee, the only real match that had blockbuster potential in terms of drawing money and selling tickets to that degree they did was MAYBE Mendez vs. Boarman, but it happened in the semis and Jesse was expected to dominate, plus COVID-19 restrictions were in place. The following year, though, Mendez had a surprise match with Seltzer at Team State that ended up being great, but we all knew that was a one-off. A match that could’ve been an absolute blockbuster that a full arena didn’t get to see due to COVID-19 restrictions was Brody Baumann vs. Robert Major; they were #1 and #2 that season on a collision course and they met in the finals and had a banger of a match.

Pending board approval, Tristan Wilson is the new HC at Rochester. Congrats Twilly!!

I have a duty as a HOF GOAT Poster/Full-Time Indianamat expert ranker/Mike Replacement Ranker while Softball season, Preseason Ranking Guru to…. Answer all hypothetical questions coming my way truthfully and honestly as possible. I’ve taking oath to JUST SAY IT !

Own your mistakes and you will forever have to live with them.

150: Huyvaert won IHPO and Doster DNP 157: Staples beat Day and Weaver at IHPO

3 region rats > 20 PA coaches

Bo Bassett and the McCort crew have about 20 in the corner at all times, so we figured we would be okay with 3.

WRONG! It's Kentuckiana.

Some of these Super 32 weights will never happen again. I bet you will see some kids go two weight divisions ahead.

Coach Holloway put this out. Sheds a little light. Got a few weeks to fix this...

Delta through the early to late 80's. Don Patton era. David Palmer, John Ginther, Chris and Craig Campbell, David Locke and so many more. One of the most dominant decades. Mater Dei had its run as well as currently Crown Point looks like they are on a run of their own. Delta on the upswing once again.

He will own either class. I personally hope he goes 175. Unreal how well he did at U23 Nationals for an upcoming Junior in high school. I'll bet he's getting a lot of mail

Can't argue too much with any of your predictions....you've proven to have a knack for this sort of stuff. Would love to see Jendreas get his state title. Would love to see Hockaday vs Shephard - more than anything to see two elite wrestlers go at it. Hockaday has proven to show up every time, even more so when it counts. Who knows what weight Shepherd will go. Wrestled 138 last year. Wrestled 132 this summer. Would still be dominant at 144. The CP team may have a couple state qualifiers wrestling jv this year - they are stacked with overlapping studs in 113 - 144 weights. Already can't wait for the Carnahan this year. Hypothetically, if Shepherd goes 132, who do you have as your #1?

Team Race Floyd Central – The returning Regional and 3A Team State Champs look like they will be in the hunt again with a solid group back. Returning: 6 Semi State Qualifiers and 9 Sectional Place Winners. Terre Haute South – Last year’s Regional and Team State Runners Up bring back 7 wrestlers who wrestled for a Sectional Championship. Returning: 6 Semi State Qualifiers and 7 Sectional Place Winners. Bloomington South – The Panthers are in the championship hunt after finishing a distant 4th place in last years regional. The middle of their lineup should score big points but the youth movement makes them a solid tournament team. Returning: 6 Semi State Qualifiers and 11 Sectional Place Winners State Hopefuls 106 Isaac Campbell Floyd Central 113 Tom Nguyen New Albany 120 Anthony Kessinger Floyd Central 120 Walter Hagedorn Tell City 120 John Orman Edgewood 126 Fynn Douglas Floyd Central 132 Hunter Banet Floyd Central 138 Chase Stephens Tell City 138 Vince Kessinger Floyd Central 144 Wyatt Cooksey Bloomington South 157 Jesus Lopez Terre Haute South 165 Evan Roudebush Bloomington South 165 Coy Bender Terre Haute South 175 James Hastings Terre Haute North 190 Noah Terry Tell City 215 Landon Terry Tell City 215 Tyson Ruhe Jasper 215 Devyn Orman Northview 285 Sean Murphy Terre Haute South 285 Brandon Brewer Northview 285 Evan Nordhoff Jasper Terre Haute South 113 Cale Thomas 10th Sectional Runner Up 120 William Rader 11th Sectional Runner Up 126 Nathan Bryan 12th Sectional Champ 138 Noah Fields 11th Sectional Champ 157 Jesus Lopez 12th Sectional Runner Up 165 Coy Bender 12th Sectional Runner Up 285 Sean Murphy 12th Sectional Champ Bloomington South 106 Jaxsen Jean 10th Sectional Champ 113 William Maitha 10th Sectional 5th 126 Brian Conley 11th Sectional 4th 132 Armin Pratt 10th Sectional Runner Up 138 Wayne Harden 11th Sectional 3rd 144 Wyatt Cooksey 11th Sectional Runner Up 150 Carson Bohall 12th Sectional 4th 165 Evan Roudebush 12th Sectional Champ 165 Ethan Stancombe 12th Sectional 3rd 175 Tristian Hicks 12th Sectional 3rd 190 Mason Grubb 10th Sectional 3rd Owen Valley 106 Austin Boltinghouse 10th Sectional 3rd 120 Tray Reuter 12th Sectional 5th 132 Noah Pendleton 10th Sectional 6th 138 Riley Martin 10th Sectional 5th 150 Lucas McBee 12th Sectional 3rd 175 Collin Willen 11th Sectional 5th 285 Dylan Hale 11th Sectional 3rd Bloomington North 113 Oscar Rigdon 10th Sectional 6th 126 Cas Crevello 12th Sectional 5th 132 Trae Hopkins 10th Sectional 3rd 150 Miguel Tedrow 11th Sectional 5th 190 Mattheus Wynalda 10th Sectional 6th Terre Haute North 106 Cain Godsey 12th Sectional Runner Up 113 Gavin Lemmons 10th Sectional 4th 132 Colton Baugh 11th Sectional 5th 138 Ayden Muncie 11th Sectional Runner Up 157 Gavin Bignell 12th Sectional 6th 175 James Hastings 12th Sectional Runner Up 190 Jevon Hagans 12th Sectional 4th Edgewood 120 John Orman 11th Sectional Champ 126 Cayleb Sides 12th Sectional 3rd 144 Joel Silvernail 12th Sectional 4th 150 Michael Neidigh 12th Sectional Champ 157 Cayleb Stephens 11th Sectional 3rd Northview 126 Koleten Starkey 11th Sectional 6th 138 Preston Heliger 12th Sectional 4th 190 Jace Deakins 12th Sectional Runner Up 215 Devyn Orman 11th Sectional Champ 285 Brandon Brewer 12th Sectional Runner Up Bedford North Lawrence 113 Wyatt Philpott 11th Sectional 3rd 190 Tate Tanksley 12th Sectional 5th 285 Junior Arellano 12th Sectional 4th Sullivan 106 Cooper Thomas 11th Sectional 5th 157 Jacob Trimble 12th Sectional 4th 215 Caden Bays 11th Sectional 4th 285 William Hollifield 10th Sectional 5th Brown County 215 Jackson Reed 11th Sectional 3rd West Vigo 106 Aiden Boyles 11th Sectional 6th 120 Hayden Heck 10th Sectional 6th Floyd Central 106 Isaac Campbell 11th 2023 SQ 106 Logan Roberts 10th Sectional 6th 113 Leblanc Phan 12th Sectional Runner Up 120 Anthony Kessinger 10th Sectional Runner Up 126 Fynn Douglas 12th Sectional Champ 132 Hunter Banet 11th Sectional Champ 138 Vince Kessinger 12th Sectional Runner Up 165 Colton Philpot 11th Sectional 4th 190 Spencer Fain 11th Sectional Runner Up 215 Justice Braid 11th Sectional 6th Jasper 106 Nolan Mullins 10th Sectional Runner Up 113 Caleb Patterson 12th Sectional 3rd 120 Mason Bower 10th Sectional 3rd 126 Brayden St. Clair 10th Sectional 6th 132 Hayden Biggs 12th Sectional 3rd 138 Cayden Ramos 10th Sectional 3rd 144 Jude Peter 11th Sectional 5th 165 Tristyn Messmer 12th Sectional 3rd 175 Mason Gegogeine 12th Sectional Runner Up 215 Tyson Ruhe 12th Sectional Runner Up 285 Evan Nordhoff 12th Sectional Runner Up Southridge 106 Owen Blessinger 11th Sectional Champ 113 Clint Wirthwein 10th Sectional 4th 144 Eric Aldana 12th Sectional 4th 150 Wyatt Spaulding 10th Sectional 6th 157 Noah Ring 10th Sectional 4th 215 Noah Owens 12th Sectional 3rd Tell City 106 Brayden Thomas 10th Sectional 3rd 113 Liam O’Malley 11th Sectional 6th 120 Walter Hagedorn 12th Sectional Champ 126 Silas Knapp 10th Sectional 4th 132 Aiden Billow 12th Sectional 5th 138 Chase Stephens 12th Sectional Champ 144 Lucas Beier 10th Sectional 3rd 150 Brandon Casebolt 10th Sectional 5th 175 Ethan Schraner 12th Sectional 6th 190 Noah Terry 12th Sectional Champ 215 Landon Terry 12th Sectional Champ New Albany 106 Jack Cavallo 10th Sectional 4th 113 Tom Nguyen 12th Sectional Champ 120 Caleb Shirley 11th Sectional 4th 126 Will McLaughlin 11th Sectional 3rd 132 Jaden Harris 11th Sectional Runner Up 138 Damien Castillo 12th Sectional 6th 175 Seth Goodman 12th Sectional 5th 215 James Hoffman 12th Sectional 5th 285 Ephraim Zamorano 10th Sectional 6th Forest Park 106 Tucker Wathen 10th Sectional 5th 120 Parker Delagrange 12th Sectional 5th 132 Clayton Roesner 10th Sectional 4th Pike Central 113 Jacob Harker 10th Sectional 5th 157 Jonathan Sanchez 12th Sectional 6th 190 Jaden Randolph 12th Sectional 6th 215 Paul Thompson 12th Sectional 4th 285 Hayden Goins 12th Sectional 5th North Knox 126 Caden Lee 11th Sectional 5th 157 Braxton Thompson 10th Sectional 5th 165 Garrett Fuller 12th Sectional Runner Up Paoli 120 Wyatt Brashear 10th Sectional 6th 138 Deegan Brashear 11th Sectional 5th 144 Kolt Bonta 11th Sectional 6th 157 Jonny Shellenberger 12th Sectional 3rd Mitchell

Mom always said the south starts at US 30

Again, zero state titles eliminates a team from dynasty discussion. I get that you are proud of NC and they have accomplished a lot, just not near the level of the other programs mentioned in this thread.

Respectfully, putting Cathedral over MD in the 80's is just wrong. MD had a state title in 86 and runner up in 87 and never lost a dual to Cathedral in that decade. 6 individual state champs and multiple placers throughout the decade that saw the birth of the MD dynasty.

Alright…. I like it a lot being in Evansville . Lol

I liked Evansville… Hate this take or not.. I’m just saying … @TripleB

Stits will be 157 for season.

Conrgrats again to all who are being inducted into the IHSWCA Hall of Fame this Thursday evening during the Fall Coaches Clinic. Below is a list. I am attaching graphics for most of them in the next post, we are waiting for a few to get done. Wrestler Stevan Micic- Hanover Central Wrestler Cooper Samuels- Floyd Central Wrestler Eric Galka- Hobart Wrestler Eric McGill- Munster Wrestler Ian Hinton-Mishawaka Wrestler Ryan Pribble- Turkey Run Coach Dean Branstetter- Attica Coach Larry Tharpe- Portage Coach Jared Willams-LB/Zionsville Coach Clint Gard- Rochester Contributor Kevin Huelsman Contributor Bill Nicley Contributor Jean Whetstone Weaver Historians Special Family Downing Family Billy Thom N/A Dr. Donald Shelbourne Honorary Member Robert Faulkens 2023 Harold F Mumby Award Sam Goin- Crown Point Don Patton Coach of the year Voted on in February Randy Helfrich assistant COTY Voted on in February Media Award High School Wrestling Weekly (Dane Fueling and Rex Brewer) Tom Cameron Administrative Award Kurt Ogden-Hamilton Heights

my winters freed up about 3 weeks ago so I might be looking for something to fill my time. Never know with me.

It’s still early, but junior Jett Goldsberry of Heritage Hills has already qualified for state in football (soph) , wrestling (frosh) and track (soph) all within his freshman and sophomore seasons. He finished 10th in the 400m, and may have done the same in the 200m if he would have ran both events. This year is TBD, but I’d say there is a good chance he qualifies and/or places for state in both wrestling and track this year barring injury. The Patriots are looking good for another run to Lucas Oil in football as well, but there is a lot of very tough football left to play. The kid is a competitor and I’m not sure there is another athlete in the state of Indiana with his overall athleticism that competes at such a high level in 3 separate sports.

A few random thoughts: Purdue and IU look to be pretty evenly matched; but IU has 7 ranked to Purdue's 5 and are ranked higher in 5 of 9 weights with at least one guy mentioned, so InterMat's own Duals rankings of #29 Purdue and #30 Indiana seem strange based strictly on individual rankings. Should be a fun dual if both teams stay healthy. I haven't understood the reason for everyone having 2023 champ Alirez ranked above 2024 champ Mendez. In my opinion Mendez 1) was more dominant during his championship season than Alirez, 2) looked better than Alirez at Olympic Team Trials recently, and 3) (not an opinion) beat Alirez in a Beat the Streets exhibition super match a couple months ago. Anyway--time will tell, but I think Mendez is the clear title favorite at 141. Christian Carroll seems ranked a little low based on his offseason results. But he hasn't proven himself in folk style as much, and he hasn't proven how he can handle the 197 weight cut over time either. Blake Boarman lost a shocker at his conference tournament to miss out on NCAAs last year or he'd be ranked in the preseason at 133 for Chattanooga. As it is, he's probably within 2 or 3 spots of being ranked.

Per Flowrestling.com Mat Notes First period: Whiting hits a single, doubles off for a takedown, and gets a turn for a 4-0 lead with 2:13 left. Crull hits a straight single and gets the takedown to cut the lead in half with 1:16 left. Crull fires a shot but time runs out. Whiting leads 4-2 at the break. Second period: Crull nearly scores off a seatbelt but the referee stops it as potentially dangerous with 50 seconds left. Crull attempts an arm throw as time expires but Whiting holds on for a 4-2 win.

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