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By JEREMY HINES Thehines7@gmail.com Matt Lee and Eli Dickens are practice partners in the Evansville Mater Dei wrestling room. They are good friends, they are both juniors and they are both ranked No. 1 in their respective weight classes. The similarities don’t end there. The two are soft spoken and humble. They have extremely similar voices, so much so that it’s hard to differentiate them if talking on the phone. They both have a 3.9 grade point average. “On the wrestling mat they both like to push the pace,” Wildcat head coach Greg Schaefer said. “They are both students of the sport and they love fine tuning techniques. They are both competitive. They don’t like giving up anything. They just push each other and the other guys in the room.” In fact, the two are so similar that coach Schaefer has a hard time finding any differences. “I don’t really know how they are different,” Schaefer said. “There isn’t a lot of differences that I know of. There are a lot more similarities than differences.” Lee also struggled to think of a difference. “We are pretty similar,” Lee said. “We are really good friends and practice partners and our styles are similar.” Dickens was the only one that could offer up some differences between the two. “I guess the main thing that separates us is our setups,” Dickens said. “He is more of a high crotch guy and I’m more of a getting ankles and sweep singles kind of guy.” Lee, who is the younger brother of Indiana legends Joe Lee and Nick Lee, is currently 30-0 on the season and holds the top ranking in the 145-pound class. He finished seventh the last two years in a row and is hoping to climb the ladder more this year. “It was a good feeling to place at state,” Lee said. “But you can’t be truly satisfied unless you get first. It’s always good to be at the top. I was happy to place, but I wanted more. I was hungry for more. That pushed into this year and drives me.” Being the younger brother of Nick (won state in 2015, now wrestles for Penn State) and Joe (won state in 2016 and 2017) hasn’t put a lot of pressure on Matt. “People always talk about the pressure of being their younger brother,” Matt said. “I don’t feel that pressure. I talk to them and they give me advice. They help me as much as I allow them to. I keep them as a source of information. I don’t pry them to learn everything they know, but if I need help I can always go to them.” Matt said watching Nick wrestle for Penn State makes him nervous. “I’ve heard how it’s hard on parents to watch their kids wrestle sometime and watching Nick wrestle I know what they are going through now,” Matt said. “I didn’t understand that before. I get more nervous for Nick’s matches than I do for any of my own.” Dickens has not placed in state so far, but he did qualify last year. This season he defeated former No. 1 ranked Elliott Rodgers 4-3 and that catapulted him to the top spot in the 152-pound weight class. “It was pretty amazing to see that I was ranked No. 1,” Dickens said. “I try not to think of it too much, but it was exciting. It gave me more confidence and belief in my ability. I knew that I could beat anyone, but that just solidified that idea in my head.” One big key for Dickens is that he doesn’t have to worry about his weight like he did last season. He feels that has helped him to be stronger and not focus so much on the weight aspect of the sport. “I had a huge growth spurt last year where my body wanted to grow mid-season,” Dickens said. “This year I’m wrestling up three weight classes and I feel so much healthier.” Matt is currently 30-0 on the season and Eli is 31-2, with both of his losses coming to out of state wrestlers. Both Matt and Eli are hoping to wrestle in college, but neither have decided where they want to go. Matt enjoys watching television, playing games and watching movies on weekends when he’s not wrestling. “I’m a pretty average kid,” he said. “Probably my favorite thing to do is eat, but you can’t do a lot of that during the season. I just like to try to find fun in the small things. I’m just normal and I like hanging out with my friends.” Eli enjoys going to his Bible study on Wednesday’s with his youth group. “I feel that it really builds me spiritually and gets my mindset right,” he said. “I focus on God and the bigger picture.” The two will compete Saturday in the Evansville North regional. “I don’t want to sound boring,” Schaefer said. “But they are both just awesome kids that work really hard. I hope they are able to accomplish their goals.” View full article

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113- Moran 19th 132- Asa 16th 160- DJ Washington 17th 170- South 19th 182- Brewer 14th 195- Silas 5th 220- Irick 20th

Thought I’d piggyback off this a bit and include some other notable rankings Matt. It gives some other worthy Indiana hammers a little acknowledgement for the countless hours of hard work and sacrifice it takes to find your name on these National lists. -Trackwrestling- 113- Moran 12th 126- Mendez 20th 132- Asa 18th 160- Washington 13th 170- South 6th 195- Silas 5th -Adidas- 132- Asa 14th 145- Lee 20th 152- Slivka 19th 160- Washington 17th 195- Silas 6th 285- Pokorney 4th -InterMat- 113- Moran 19th 120- Littell 20th 132- Garcia 16th 145- Lee 15th 160- Washington 10th 170- South 17th 170- Calhoun 20th 182- Brewer 16th 195- Silas 7th 220- Irick 18th 220- Cornwell 20th

I could see 3 maybe 4 at Evansville North Regional. Always seems to happen that way with the Central Sectional being so much tougher than Castle's. First round is always a good one at this Regional!

Just looking at the rankings and the top ranked guys in the 14 weight classes have lost just two times, combined to in-state wrestlers. Both of those losses look like they came when wrestling guys in a higher weight class. I just thought this was interesting.

Mooresville Regional and take your pick at a weight. *If they win 1st round* Chances are your either wrestling a Ranked kid or 2 Ranked wrestlers going at it in Semis . Crazy ! 106- Semi Finals (3 Ranked) 113- Semi-Finals (4 Ranked) 120- Semi Finals (4 Ranked) 126- Semi Finals (2 Ranked) 132- Semi Finals (4 Ranked) 138- Semi Finals (2 Ranked) 160- Semi Finals (2 Ranked) 182- Semi Finals (2 Ranked) 195- Semi Finals (2 Ranked) 220- Semi Finals (3 Ranked) 285- Semi Finals (4 Ranked) The Notorious

You are wrong, blaming a scorekeeper because they didn't know whether the match continued or not is NOT their job. Their job is to run the clock and make sure the score is correct on the board. They should not be required to read the rule book before operating a score clock.

Well since I have some extra time on my hands I figured I would give everyone some reading material during the Artic Blast of the century! 106 Brennen Cernus CMA (27-2) #1 SS #2 State Ryan Purvis Penn (23-4) #9 SS Dylan Tom Wawasee (26-7) NR 113 Brodie Fogarty Mishawaka (28-5) #6 SS 120 (WOW!!!!!!!) Trey Finnearty CMA (21-1) #2 SS #8 State Vince Sparrow Penn ( 17-4) #5 SS #15 State Jace Alexander Wawasee (24-8) #6 SS #16 State Jodan Bonk- Mishawaka (23-13) #9SS 126 Logan Hill Penn (18-9) #3 SS #20 State Brandon Mark Mishawaka (28-5) #5SS Andrew Sinkovics CMA (8-0) NR Trevor Penrod South Bend Riley (17-8) NR 132 Geremia Brooks Wawasee (29-1) #1SS #4 State Nate Hadary Penn (11-5) #7SS 138 Braxton Alexander Wawasee (28-1) #1 SS #4 State Gabe Weeks Mishawaka (30-9) #2SS Droshawn Lewis- South Bend Riley (25-10) #7SS Alex Slates Penn (18-11) #9SS 145 Jeffrey Harper Penn (17-5) #6SS #13 State Garrett Stuckman Wawasee (21-4) #8 SS 152 Jessiah Marsh- South Bend Riley (21-5) #10SS Drew Mason Mishawaka (20-9) NR 160 Braden Welch CMA (24-7) #5SS Michael Garcia Penn (14-7) #9SS Brandon Estepp- Warsaw (22-8) NR Dylan Deadmon Bremen (32-6) NR 170 (WOW!!!!!!) Graham Calhoun Plymouth (31-0) #1SS #2 State Joe Walker Mishawaka (24-2) #2SS #4 State Eli Pack CMA (26-5) #3SS #12 State David Sheley South Bend Riley (23-10) #10SS 182 (WOW!!!!!!!!!) Jacob LaPlace Mishawaka (37-0) #1SS #2 State Andrew Donahue CMA (30-1) #2 SS #4 State Noah Brown Penn (16-3) #5SS #15 State Alejandro Castro Wawasee (24-8) #7SS Ethan Forrest- South Bend Washington (36-5) #9SS 195 Rockne Hurley Penn (26-1) #2SS #6 State Damien Rodriguez Wawasee (15-3) #8SS #14 State Jacob Trefan CMA (18-0) #9SS James Snyder Triton (24-1) #10 SS Brock Huber Warsaw (24-8) NR Colin Fee Mishawaka (18-5) NR 220 Jonathon Thomas South Bend Adams (29-2) #4SS #15 State Adam Berta Penn (25-6) #5SS #18 State Garrett Sandefur Mishawaka (13-3) #6SS Anthony Hatter LaVille (30-1) #10SS Isiah Tipping Wawasee (24-9) NR James Kuhl CMA (16-9) NR 285 Yehezquel DeVault Penn (34-0) #1SS #2 State Alex Cartwright LaVille (22-0) #2SS #5 State

I was there for that 13 hour day. People saw Shenandoah pop up in the 1A polls the last couple of years. If they would have been able to keep that middle school group together, they would have competed for a state title. They had the Williams kid that lost to Jack Kiser in the finals in OT (moved away). They also had Jordan Slivka, Dallas Pugsley (SQ), Hayden Lohrey (lost to Asa in the finals that year and looking for his 3rd trip to the bank this year) AJ Black 2x State runner up, and Silas Allred (you may have heard of him). John Slivka did a great job building that program when these kids were in middle school before they moved to Cathedral. I can’t imagine seeing a better 1A team.

Has to get in on every thread....even when they don't #Pertain!!!!! LOL. To stay on topic....Carroll, across the board.

It was a semi finals match, kid went on to place 4th. Certainly hurt his chances this Saturday though.

Agree, it could have been 5-3 with a late scramble that made it 7-3. I was just pointing out that the adage of "it is tough to beat someone 3 times" doesn't apply in many circumstances according to stats sites and/or Vegas betting lines.

Yeah brother.......that’s on another level of loaded. What I really like about the Walker vs Calhoun match-up goes far beyond their state ranking and opportunity to contest South at 170. Both of these young men have been Nationally ranked at some time. In fact.....I believe Calhoun was 20th in the last Intermat Rankings. Walker has been 18-20 via Flo on a couple different occasions. This match, and their performances the next couple weeks could solidify them a semi-permanent spot.

Those of us who AREN’T smarter than you are just grateful for the work you put into accumulating all this data and putting into a format that allows us to get the info on the various teams. Thank you.

Although 1 has suffered a loss........I can’t imagine any bigger match-up than Walker vs Calhoun at the Penn Regional (170).

Don't think any of those four will be very close

We at Beech Grove, noticed the error and I am sure that the Perry Meridian Tournament Director will have this fixed for Saturday. Nonetheless, we are ready to battle.

I don’t think he was trying to get it fixed here. He was just trying to be informative to those fans who might be printing the bracket. Then he was trying to say he was sure they would be fixed without his interference as he was confident the AD and/or coach would catch it.

I think everybody is right here in some way and the argument here is too much about the words blame and responsibility. First of all, no one seems to be 100% to blame here. I agree with Y2 that the scorekeeper isn't to blame for the situation. But I think we could all agree that an attentive scorekeeper with a decent understanding of the basic rules and the confidence to question the referee in the midst of a bunch of commotion, could have helped avoid the situation from ever leaving the mat. In such a scenario, I can imagine there was a lot going on. A kid that comes within a hair of losing turns it around and gets the fall... there had to be people celebrating and yelling. The kid that got pinned and his coach had to be wondering what just happened and almost stunned by the turn of events. So in that moment, I can see how something like this could (not should, could) get missed. A scorekeeper that is focused and calm enough to ask the referee about the tech fall would have been greatly beneficial, but whether paid or not, I'd think you'd get that 50% of the time AT BEST. No one has answered my question from earlier though..... did this situation cause the kid to be eliminated from the tournament or just place lower than expected. That doesn't matter in determining what should have happened and how the rule should be applied... I'm just curious since no one has mentioned the specifics of the participants in the match.

Here's the FINAL 3A Team State qualification leaderboard following State. Teams that will be invited: EMD (EV champ), Brownsburg, Warren Central (NC champ), Carmel, Columbus East, Merrillville (ECC champ), Cathedral, Perry Meridian, Roncalli, Carroll (FW champ). Teams currently in vote-in position for at least one of the final two spots: Avon, Portage, Penn, Mishawaka, Crown Point, Bloomington South, Mount Vernon, Chesterton, Hobart Teams that are in vote-in position after the first 10 positions have been accepted will be sent Underclassmen information sheets in which they will be able to give details about incoming JV and 8th grade talent, and about IHSAA tournament injuries or other bad luck that makes a case for their team's strength next year. --"Return" = Underclassmen returning next year; * = injury information is added in Rank Class 3A Teams Semi-State Total Return 1 Evansville Mater Dei EV 249.0 10 2 Brownsburg EV 244.5 9 3 Warren Central NC 217.5 7 4 Carmel* NC 210.0 11 5 Columbus East EV 208.0 9 6 Merrillville ECC 206.5 8 7 Indianapolis Cathedral NC 205.5 10 8 Perry Meridian NC 205.5 8 9 Roncalli NC 202.5 10 10 Avon EV 196.5 7 11 Portage ECC 187.0 8 12 Penn ECC 187.0 7 13 Mishawaka ECC 185.5 11 14 Crown Point ECC 184.5 10 15 Bloomington South EV 180.0 7 16 Mount Vernon (Fortville) NC 178.5 10 17 Chesterton ECC 177.0 11 18 Hobart ECC 176.0 13 19 Hamilton Southeastern NC 170.0 10 20 Center Grove EV 168.0 11 21 Harrison (West Lafayette) ECC 166.0 10 22 Franklin Community EV 162.0 14 23 Carroll (Fort Wayne) FW 156.0 8 24 North Central (Indianapolis) NC 151.0 9 25 Terre Haute South Vigo EV 149.0 14 26 Northridge FW 139.0 12 27 Plainfield EV 138.5 9 28 Huntington North FW 138.0 8 29 Jeffersonville EV 138.0 8 30 East Central NC 135.0 13 31 Westfield NC 131.0 11 32 Zionsville NC 127.5 12 33 Fort Wayne Snider FW 125.0 12 34 Fishers NC 121.0 9 35 Lake Central ECC 120.0 9 36 Floyd Central EV 118.5 9 37 Pendleton Heights NC 114.0 6 38 Franklin Central NC 111.0 11 39 Mooresville EV 110.0 14 40 Warsaw Community ECC 110.0 12 41 Lawrence North NC 109.0 10 42 Castle EV 103.5 6 43 New Palestine NC 103.0 12 44 East Noble FW 103.0 9 45 Homestead FW 101.0 8 46 Goshen FW 99.0 8 47 Kokomo FW 96.0 10 48 South Bend Riley ECC 96.0 9 49 McCutcheon ECC 96.0 8 50 Greenfield-Central NC 94.5 11 51 Southport NC 92.0 9 52 Noblesville NC 88.0 8 53 Martinsville EV 87.0 10 54 LaPorte ECC 87.0 8 55 Shelbyville NC 86.0 13 56 Elkhart Central FW 86.0 6 57 Anderson NC 85.0 12 58 Decatur Central EV 85.0 8 59 Evansville F.J. Reitz EV 85.0 8 60 Richmond NC 84.0 12 61 Seymour EV 80.0 12 62 Ben Davis EV 80.0 9 63 Lafayette Jefferson ECC 80.0 9 64 Evansville Central EV 80.0 8 65 Valparaiso ECC 76.0 9 66 Greenwood Community EV 74.0 8 67 Evansville North EV 72.0 11 68 Muncie Central FW 68.0 7 69 Terre Haute North Vigo EV 67.0 11 70 Elkhart Memorial FW 66.0 9 71 Jennings County EV 62.0 12 72 Highland ECC 61.0 12 73 Columbus North EV 60.0 9 74 Whiteland Community EV 60.0 9 75 Concord FW 60.0 8 76 Evansville Harrison EV 56.0 6 77 Logansport ECC 55.0 13 78 DeKalb FW 52.0 9 79 Pike EV 50.0 8 80 Hammond Morton ECC 50.0 4 81 South Bend Adams ECC 47.0 8 82 Fort Wayne South Side FW 43.0 7 83 Munster ECC 42.0 9 84 Fort Wayne Northrop FW 42.0 7 85 Bloomington North EV 39.0 6 86 Fort Wayne Wayne FW 38.0 6 87 Fort Wayne North Side FW 31.0 5 88 Michigan City ECC 27.0 6 89 Bedford North Lawrence EV 24.0 7

What are some of the predictions for some 4's over 1's this weekend?

Are there any weights where there is a chance for a repeat of 2009? At 160 that year, 4 wrestlers (One from each SS) came into state finals undefeated. All 4 made it to the semifinals Mark Myers, Briar Runyan, Matt Todd, and Ross Powell. Runyan would win it all has this ever happened since then? Is there a chance this year?

Signed to Notre Dame, but I think they currently have him slotted at a linebacker spot. Still pretty impressive for a small school QB.

The only thing I saw on flyer was you couldn’t wrestle if you did 8th grade once already. Also for weigh ins added early weigh ins for $20.....easy $4000 made and wish more tournaments offered this

I noticed a couple kids that competed for their 4th year this year. Must have just gotten lucky because they are only allowed 3 years. Plus they are not supposed to compete twice as an 8th grader, if they were held back their 8th grade year.

Got beat in the Semis by Dylan Driver Westfield 10-0. Then lost the 3rd place match to Brac Hooper 4-1.

Enough said. Based on this info I;m going out on a limb and picking Jesse Mendez to win state at 126 this year.

Here is the by the far the best thing to watch at this year's regional other then 160. The team race. The fight for for second place is going to be C L O S E. Castle finished second easily last year. Don't sleep on Boonville or North Posey this year.

Maligned: Anybody complains to you about your timeliness let'em come talk to me. You rock. Plus you do a job that not only nobody wants but also one no one else can do! Doug Annakin

more impressive with that weight class that year was who didn't place.... Cayden Rooks Gavin Rose Geremia Brooks Broick Peele Brice Colman Jayden Reynolds

Kayla Miracle won in 2010

Concrete Jungle has my head on a swivel. The Notorious

Peru 182 Hetzner over Baker

With Erb out at 220, it makes it as wide open as can be!

Losing that 13 year streak hurts.. When you're in those streaks you feel like they'll never end.. When NC lost theirs in 05' after 29 straight then won regionals it was a little bitter sweet.. I wasn't on that team so I can't speak for them but I deep down would've rather seen them win 30 straight over a regional title.. but all things come to an end unless you're MD

Mr. Obvious!

The 132 bracket, at Perry's Regional has been fixed!!

Here are all the losses by #1 guys.... 113 - Jacob Moran - Brecksville Holiday - Jacob Decatur (3-2) - OH - Nationally ranked #9 (Flo), #16 (Intermat) 132 - Asa Garcia - Brecksville Holiday - Mick Burnett (3-2) - OH - Nationally ranked #15 (Flo & Intermat) 138 - Cayden Rooks - 12/8 Dual vs. Perry Meridian - Aiden Warren (3-1) - IN - Wrestled up at 145 lbs 152 - Eli Dickens - Grappler Gold - James Whitaker (3-2) - MI - Nationally ranked #8 (Flo), #9 (Intermat) 152 - Eli Dickens - Grappler Gold - Caleb Fish- (6-4) MI - (2018 State Runner Up - 1-1 vs. James Whitaker above this year 160 - Donnell Washington - Team State Dual vs. Columbus East - Nick South (10-5)- IN - Wrestled up at 170 lbs All others are undefeated

Very true. (And especially if you count EMD. )

Congratulations to Devon Casebolt from Castle for signing with Lindsey Wilson. He is projected to wrestle 125. View full signing

Totally agree that the above three won’t be close. I think Egli-Sutton will be a tight match though. I’ll be at Evv North though so the Boonville kids can prove me wrong! Hope everyone wrestles their best!

I never did hear if this unfortunate outcome cost anyone a trip to regional. What's the verdict?

Did the rankings not paste in?

Egli and Overton

As long as neither wrestler had wrestled their next match this was correctable, if the review of the computation of the score confirmed there was an error; however, once either wrestler begins their next match the opportunity to make the correction ends. If this were to occur in a placement match the 30-minute rule would be enforced being that there would be no additional matches to be wrestled and then team score being effected would be the point of contention for correction which is limited to 30-minutes of the official posting of team scores. Keep in mind this scenario applies strictly to tournaments.

Why cant there be checks and balances. If the scorekeeper is being paid, then why does he not have the right to alert the referee of the tech fall. Then the referee and coaches can work out the correct outcome. My thought would be if this match was fast paced with a lot of quick moves, then the only one that would have caught the tech fall would be the scorekeeper? The coaches and referee would be keeping up with the moves, and scores as they happen. Am I off base with that logic?

Perry Meridian 152 Brice Coleman (Warren Central) on one side of the bracket Sammy Fair (Perry) and Cooper Noehre (Greenfield) on the other side. Unless there is a huge 1st round upset, one of these two is going to be a #3 seed at New Castle next weekend As these wrestlers will likely finish 1/2/3 out of the Warren Regional - it's highly likely that either the 2nd or 3rd place finisher will have Elliott Rodgers from Cathedral in a ticket-round match at New Castle!

Always great to see UIndy and Coach Warthan adding to #HoundPoundNation with another #AlphaDog

As soon as they he gets out if criteria. Section 11 ART 4 b once a tech fall has been earned, the offensive wrestler cannot lose the match.