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Team Garcia, A loss is a loss. It doesn't matter why especially with this crowd. Now straight to the #TheCounty Pit of Misery for you and don't forget the Bud Light! Dilly Dilly

Excuses 101 missing kids Check blamining refs. Check

Great finals and a well ran tournament. My only thing I was upset about was the amount of forfeits. I am sure there is another tough squad who would bring a full line up.

here is the finals broadcast. Perry rocking the pin chain all day. Perry does a great job, all of their kids come to scrap always every wrestler is in to every match supporting their teammates and having fun.

Bud Light salutes you Mr. Best comeback against #TheCounty Pit of Misery I'm not scared guy.

I got it at 33-25 PORTAGE. I agree with all of your matchups, except that you have MORAN, RUMPH, McKINTOSH, and WASHINGTON, winning by majors (NO PINS?) I definitely feel like at least 2 of those guys if not all 4 can win by fall. You can also bump Washington to 160 and get bonus points there as well. Nugent vs Warren would be a good match up, can go easier way. Moran down at 106, Haskins in at 113, Rumph in at 138, Washington up at 160 changes EVERYTHING! Two very well coached teams, either way a fun dual to watch. Possibly PORTAGE 37 PERRY 22

It’s Jason not John

Do to out of jurisdiction to the IHSAA I will comment. One of our new coach who was a head coach from another School last year has been over seas in Myanmar for the past three months. He has been offered many coaching jobs in the region. He has been recruiting and working with Red Cross. Many middle school age (14-16 year olds) kids. Be ready for same OLD Perry Meridian.

Tanks for takin care of da lite work - Mitty fine tourney

Seems like LC has been separating the chaff from the wheat (see what I did there?) in bringing in better teams and telling teams with partial squads to hit the bricks (notice the lack of the Hammond schools except for one). Expect this trend to continue. I'd like to see another Illinois team or two as well. BR has been a force every year since their arrival in the wake of Yates, the Johnsons, and Coach Bill Weick (RIP).

Bob Harmon, Castle-- "How many times are you going to fall for that?!?!" Joe Gossman (Mater Dei 1958-1978)-- "Boy, you are just like an ole' catfish; all mouth and no ass." Mike Goebel, Mater Dei (Voice dripping with sarcasm)-- "Miiiisterrrr Refffffereeee...." Scott Ferguson, Reitz-- "Now finish it!" Gus Peters (Mater Dei 1950-1956)- "You ain't serious about training if you've got a girlfriend. You'll have time for that in the off-season." Robert Ervin, Union County (KY)-- "God, family and wrestling." Jeff Parkinson, Mater Dei Feeder Coach-- Decorum prevents me from repeating what he said on this forum. However, the referee thought it came from Tim Boots and attempted to throw Boots out of the match. Not pretty.

Trizton carson beat Dan below this summer 5-0 ..but Below seems to have hit his stride at 82 though.. he's beat #2 #6 and #8 now..

Yes... the rat is a timeless classic! This man defines what it is to be from his area.... and he is getting hated on by a random first timer???? Smh Dilly dilly

I’m not sure who you are talking about when referring to moving kids in to be good or to have a successful program, but I am pretty sure there are no move ins at Perry. They always seem to have kids that put in time and grind it out in the room and wait for their time and step up when called upon. They have had many state placers that have only wrestled one year Varsity due to being behind someone better. I am not surprised they are solid this year. They put in the work in the off season. That’s what good programs do.

You are gonna run until GET TIRED! - Coach then sat in a chair and watched us run. Amazing how he never got tired.

Looks like that "mix of Perry Meridian kids" did pretty well for themselves.

36-30 Cathedral going into last match. Avon lost a match 1-2 on a double stall call!!! ?? Late in 3rd... let them wrestle it out. Worst call in wrestling for my team or any other team. Just hate to see it.

Seriously all this fuss about a kid missing one tourney to better his future, while there is no shame for holding your kid back for purely athletic reasons. Come on people its just a sport.

"If this was easy the basketball team would be in here (Wrestling Room)".

During Practices... Push ups Forever Begin

Hate to get everyone's hopes up but Fattore will be at SAT'S. He is bummed that he doesn't get to compete, but like we have always said for him and to all of our wrestlers, "Academics come first". Zack has impressed us on the mat but more importantly, he has impressed us academically. He is #1 in his class and is a beast on the mat.

Andy, I remember many a time being on the wrong side of a good butt chewing after I had won a match or tournament. I remember being at Ohio Northern my junior year and being 1 point from a tech fall and not getting it. He was not happy. I learned very early that competing for Tom was not always about the win or the loss but about the performance. Early on in my coaching career, kids would always seem perplexed that I was chewing them after a win or praising them after a loss. The looks on their faces were always funny to see. Clint

Many of mine come from wrestling at good ole Manchester College for the "profound" Coach Jarman. I have a ton but my favorites are: "Put on your iron clad jock strap and be ready to go!" "You only need three things to be a great wrestler, big arms, a big heart, and big balls!" "You're just a stupid s*&( little freshman." "On the line"...that one always sucked. "This isn't punishment. I have to purge the disease!" (This one always came after a bad tourney or dual...usually about 1 or 2 in the morning right before practice.) Over the cb's in the vans..."When we get back, put your stuff in the locker room, get your workout gear on and head over to the gym for a team meeting." (Again, after a bad tourney...LATE at night.) I always wondered if my wrestlers were actually listening to me and in 2004 I found out. At our awards banquet, one of my seniors, Brett Miller, handed me a little booklet. On the front it was titled the Wrestling Bible. I got a little chuckle out of it because I had no clue what he had cooked up. When I opened it, it was a collection of my "famous quotes"...over 100 of them. Since his freshman year, he had been keeping track of the things I had said. It is one of my favorite things I have ever received from a group of kids.

"If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle."-AJ Kalver (speaking about a what-if situation)

My personal favorite is "You didn't black out, your headgear was over your eyes!"

To remain anonymous: "You guys gotta cut out the swearin'. I'm tired of this s#@*!" "H--- yes, I'm competitive! When my wife beats me at checkers, I get p---ed off!" ".......QUIT GETTIN HURT!"

"Outside those doors (to the wrestling room) you WILL be gentlemen. You WILL show respect, and you WILL be Men. Inside this room, you WILL be the most Brutal Bastards on the planet." And YES that is a a quote...

Mater Dei coach Mike Goebel, to the official during the heavyweight match...... I realize (Chuck) that these guys are as quick as greased lightening, but do you think you get around there at least once and catch that locked hands? Gibson Southern coach John Barnett, to official Steve Hunter.... Geez.... how long does it take to call a fall in Cicero? Down here in southern Indiana it's only two seconds!

An OLDER SCHOOL Castle Quote: In the middle of your 4th or 5th match of the day...After the 10 Stairlaps in 12 Minute, the conditioning, the drilling...The following person could be counted on to yell (in my ear every day for some reason!) Mark Anderson: "Where would you rather be boys? Down at the Dairy Queen Suckin' on your girlfriend talkin' to a milkshake?"

Coach Knue (Tech H.S.), "I think I figured out what your problem is, you're not slow, but, you're not fast, you're just kinda half-fast!" Say it to yourself a couple times and the enunciation will come to you ;D

Ben Stehura: (day after season ended) "Guys I know its out of season now, BUT rule number 1 still applies, DONT GET ARRESTED." Trent Goodale: "It?s not the body you have to convince, it?s the mind. The body is capable of doing anything the mind tells it.?

I actually heard a coach say this to his wrestlers before a tournament this year. "It ain't the six minutes... it's what happens in that six minutes" Needless to say, someone had recently gotten his Vision Quest batteries recharged before the tourney. I then realized I need a life because I knew immediately what movie this line was from.

Coach Pendowski had a couple great ones too: -Turds roll down hill. -Up his skirt. -Where ya at? -Abe Lincoln. All Day Long. Abe Lincoln. -Drop a dime on him. -Lower your Dupa. -If you wanna make a man into mouse take his breath. So many good ones. Someone help me out.

Friday before semi-state my senior year. Coach Balash gathers us around after a tough weight cut practice. And beckons to us all: -"Do you want a cookie? " -My initial thought was, Yeah coach, I'd love one. -Then he continued to say, "Or...DO YOU WANT A COOKIE!!!" -At this point everyone is very confused. -Then he says, "do you have to go to the bathrooom, or ...DO YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!!" -No comprehension from the team. -Next, he says "do you want to go to state, or ....DO YOU WANT TO GET YOUR BUTT DOWN TO STATE!?!?!?" Coach Balash had the greatest quotes: -Every season started with, "You guys have a lot of potential, and do you know what potential means? You haven't done JACK SQUAT yet." -"The harder you work the luckier you get." -"Do I look like your mom? If so someone needs to slap your dad." -i could continue with these forever.

How about favorite kid quotes like " I'm saving myself for Saturday coach."

Fabian Chavez of Mishawaka anytime we were having one of them legendary "OH my God" practices would always yell "Leave your body" no one really knew what it meant but we damn sure started working harder or he would beat us down.