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Here is Faulkens' phone right now

This error had nothing to do with the IHSAA ... they have been busting it on your behalf and are working hard to make this a great experience for everyone. If you have to throw someone under the bus throw me. Mark Durham. The buck for this TW mistake has to land somewhere. They were built this morning while I was in transit from some Evansville events back to Indy ... I should have pulled over at the Exit 87 Country Mark gas station on I69 south and checked them before they went public. I didn't. As it turns out they were set-up correctly, but there is a little check-box at the bottom of the build screen that says, more or less, "use saved lines instead of default lines" ... well, it needs to be checked and wasn't. And you know the rest of the story. Again, I am sorry. The "Show" was fantastic.

Just a shout out to the people who bring the Mon. - Wed. articles. I have really enjoyed, and anticipated reading these tales through out the season, for several years. Thank you!

Here’s Penn’s.

Welp.... @Mattyb got his 15 mins of Fame breaking this story for #TheCountyTMZ. #Fakenews The Notorious *i was not informed to break this story , neither was @UncleJimmy

Ohh great a #BracketGate that I didn't even cause.

Our mats were really old and they could not be re-conditioned so my AD replaced them all. 2 full mats plus an extra section. The goal is to never pick these up. We left the old sections below to stop the mats from sticking to the floor. My AD is super supportive and my principal use to be the head coach!

Awesome news for the Indiana girls wrestlers and Indiana wrestling in general! https://indianatechwarriors.com/news/2019/2/11/indiana-tech-to-add-womens-wrestling-set-to-compete-in-2020-21.aspx

Hey.... that 15 minutes got me the second most points on the all-time leader board. I will take my IndianaMattyb HOF jacket at this time.

We have it pretty good, great support from our Admin. Brownsburg has a brand new room that is pretty impressive!

Alive and well / got da brinks ready to roll - we will get our share I got da hole week to talk da smack

106 - Cottey PM 113 - Moran P 120 - Littel CG 126 - Rioux AV 132 - Garcia AV 138 - Rooks CE 145 - Lee EMD 152 - Conley AV 160 - Washington P 170 - South CE 182 - Brewer AV 195 - Nunn C 220 - Webster NM 285 - Watts - NC

Faulkens with the long con on this one!! Even getting FoxSports involved. Gotta hand it to the dude.

Overall Rankings are always a heated debate amongst wrestling fans. Over the years we have always locked our rankings before sectional and let them ride throughout the state series. Every year we lose kids due to unforeseen circumstances and even the death draws at semi-state. However, they always prove to be quite accurate. This year we had the most ranked wrestlers in 175 or just under 78% in our final rankings. On top of that 206 of the wrestlers were in our state or semi-state rankings. Here is a breakdown by weight and highlight matches to watch on Friday night. 2019- 175 2018- 179 2017- 169 2016- 175 2015- 172 2014- 171 2013- 171 2012- 170 2011- 157 2010- 159 2009- 143 106lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14 Unranked qualifiers: Chris Newman- Mt. Vernon Dominic Skees- Lafayette Central Catholic First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #5 Stephen Roberson- Crown Point vs. #11 Isaac Ruble- Bellmont #3 Alec Freeman- Evansville Mater Dei vs. #9 Elijah Anthony- Frankfort #16 Alex Ocampo- Central Noble vs. #6 Malik Hall- Merrillville #2 Brennen Cernus- Culver Academies vs. #20 Aidan Sprague- East Noble #7 Carlton Perry- Warren Central vs. #8 Logan Miller- Brownsburg #12 Blaze Garcia- Avon vs. #4 Suhas Chundi- Carmel 113lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 13 Unranked qualifiers: Harper Dedman- Oak Hill Jake Armstrong- Winamac Community. Landon Bertch- Bluffton First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #12 Preston Teusch- Huntington North vs. #14 Jacob Simone- Hamilton Southeastern #9 Gavinn Alstott- Floyd Central vs. #7 Martin Cruz- Merrillville #2 Zeke Seltzer- Indianapolis Cathedral vs. #16 Jett Boots- Angola #4 Giovanni Diaz- Wheeler vs. #17 Kamariyon Nelson- Brownsburg #1 Jacob Moran- Portage vs. #5 Cole Ross- Evansville Mater Dei 120lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14 Unranked qualifiers: John Robinson- Delta Logan Galbraith- North Central First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #19 Beau Humphrey- FW Snider vs. #8 Trey Finnearty- Culver Academies #4 Brayden Lowery- Roncalli vs. #11 Tyler Conley- Avon #16 Jace Alexander- Wawasee vs. #17 Kade Zadylak- Norwell #2 Blake Boarman- Evansville Mater Dei vs. #10 Chris Stewart- Warren Central #12 Evan Beasley- Northridge vs. #14 Ty Haskins- Portage #5 Carson Eldred- Westfield vs. #6 Kysen Montgomery- Brownsburg 126lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 13 Unranked qualifiers: Brendon Mark- Mishawaka Hayden Shepherd- Western Jared Brown- Pendleton Heights First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #9 Chase Wilkerson- Mt. Vernon (Fortville) vs. #16 JJ Conway- Floyd Central #3 Hunter Watts- Jimtown vs. #15 Evan Burge- McCutcheon #12 Kane Egli- Evansville Mater Dei vs. #7 Logan Wagner- Zionsville #6 Lukasz Walendzak- Indianapolis Cathedral vs. #14 Cade Meier- Bloomington South #5 Brock Peele- Portage vs. #2 Brayden Curtis- Yorktown 132lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 13 Unranked qualifiers: Aundre Beatty- Warren Central Eli Hickman- Rensselaer Central Hunter Brown- Cambridge City Lincoln First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #4 Geremia Brooks- Wawasee vs. #11 Clay Egli- Evansville Mater Dei #13 Seth Johnson- North Montgomery vs. #17 Logan Mosser- Adams Central #7 Logan Boe- Plainfield vs. #16 Reese Rodriguez- Hammond Morton #2 Alec Viduya- Roncalli vs. #15 Owen Krider- Carroll (FW) #10 Ricky Hegedus- Portage vs. #9 Drake Campbell- Brownsburg 138lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 12 Unranked qualifiers: AJ Poindexter- Harrison (WL) Cameron Worley- Lafayette Jefferson Gabe Weeks- Mishawaka Treyton Mucker- Tell City First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #1 Cayden Rooks- Columbus East vs. #20 William Fiechter- Southern Wells #3 Conner Gimson- Jimtown vs. #8 Drew Kreitzer- Brownsburg #4 Braxton Alexander- Wawasee vs. #5 Gabe Phillips- Centerville #15 Jaden Reynolds- Avon vs. #11 Dylan Goudy- Western 145lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14 Unranked qualifiers: Kade Law- Columbus East Scottie Saylor- Carroll (FW) First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #8 Jacob Burford- Crown Point vs. #5 Antwaun Graves- Warren Central #20 Terrell Leavell- Lawrence Central vs. #10 Jacob Maldonado- Merrillville #3 Alex Mosconi- Indianapolis Cathedral vs. #13 Jeffrey Harper- Penn #7 Jonathan Kervin- Floyd Central vs. #11 Jake Jenkins- Homestead #6 Jorden Douglass- Attica vs. #4 Aiden Warren- Perry Meridian #14 Ryan Rasler- Prairie Heights vs. #12 LJ Burdon- Plainfield 152lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 12 Unranked qualifiers: Cody McCune- Huntington North Isaiah Mohmed- Wheeler Mathew Mangus- Zionsville Noah Hollendonner- Crown Point First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #3 Cooper Noehre- Greenfield-Central vs. #15 Ellisston Ross- Bloomington South #10 Cole Cervantes- Griffith vs. #11 Eric Hiestand- Yorktown #7 Nathan Conley- Avon vs. #2 Elliott Rodgers- Indianapolis Cathedral #9 Sam Fair- Perry Meridian vs. #5 Jake Schoenegge- Columbus East 160lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 11 Unranked qualifiers: Abel Verbeek- Lowell Braden Welch- Culver Academies Drew Sailors- Rochester Community Gabe Sollars- Evansville Mater Dei Jaymiere Johnson- Hammond Gavit First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #6 Jackson Pettigrew- Columbia City vs. #18 Hayden Lohrey- Shenandoah #2 Jordan Slivka- Indianapolis Cathedral vs. #19 Joe Parrish- Homestead #11 Jon Ruble- Bellmont vs. #12 Jake Lowe- North Montgomery 170lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 14 Unranked qualifiers: Bryce Buckley- Eastern (Greentown) Delton Moore- Manchester Jason Streck- Merrillville First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #11 Kyle Saez- Westfield vs. #6 Macartney Parkinson- Evansville Mater Dei #7 Derek Blubaugh- Bloomington South vs. #10 Logan Hart- Carmel #5 Elijah Mahan- Roncalli vs. #14 Thierry Jean-Baptiste- Brownsburg #16 Colin Kwiatkowski- Valparaiso vs. #18 Zane Gilbreath- Rochester Community #1 Nick South- Columbus East vs. #13 Josh Lowe- North Montgomery 182lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 13 Unranked qualifiers: Austin Leech- Garrett Jacob Combs- Hagerstown Zachary Flynn- Jasper First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #7 Mason Winner- Jay County vs. #19 Devontay Moore- North Central (Indpls.) #17 Noah Perez- LaPorte vs. #3 Levon Bellemy- Edgewood #1 Carson Brewer- Avon vs. #15 Noah Brown- Penn #14 JD Farrell- Fishers vs. #6 Jake Lone- NorthWood #5 Evan Bates- Chesterton vs. #9 Trizton Carson- Danville Community 195lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 13 Unranked qualifiers: Chandler Chapman- Jay County Griffin Stine- Martinsville Kyle Krummen- East Central First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #9 KJ Roudebush- Tipton vs. #17 Dakari Kenny- Pike #5 Nick Willham- Greenwood Community vs. #12 Austin Lane- Perry Meridian #2 Ewan Donovan- Hebron vs. #8 Stewart Mossholder- Oak Hill #7 Cale Gray- Norwell vs. #18 Ethan Potosky- Crown Point 220lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 10 Unranked qualifiers: Christian Graft- Huntington North Cullen Browning- Northeastern Damari Dancy- Portage Grant Johnson- New Prairie Josh Howell- Terre Haute South Vigo Reese Wicker- Churubusco First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #6 Joey Kidwell- West Lafayette vs. #4 Kyle Cornwell- Elwood Community #3 Andrew Irick- Hamilton Southeastern vs. #10 Drew Bailey- Merrillville #13 Will Stewart- South Spencer vs. #9 Jayden Elwood- Leo 285lbs Number of Ranked Wrestlers Qualifying: 11 Unranked qualifiers: Aidian Rea- Heritage Hills AJ Jones- Madison-Grant Logan Swallow- Monroe Central Matthew Munoz- Jeffersonville Sam Jones- Perry Meridian Vince Yoder- Fairfield First round match-ups of ranked wrestlers: #1 Jamichael Watts- North Central vs. #19 Anthony Atria- Merrillville #17 Crae Kunkleman- Hamilton Southeastern vs. #2 Yehezquel DeVault- Penn #18 Will Crider- Harrison (WL) vs. #10 John Harris- Roncalli First round match-ups of unranked wrestlers: Matthew Munoz- Jeffersonville vs. Vince Yoder- Fairfield View full article

My picks: 1. Cathedral - they only bring 5 this year, but they are all high potential scorers. Mosconi (145) and Slivka (160) have relatively good paths to the finals. Seltzer 2nd round match will be a good one but otherwise I think he makes the finals. Rodgers (152) and Walendzak (126) are the keys - especially Rodgers 2. Mater Dei - Matt Lee (145) and Eli Dickens (152) have good paths to the finals although Cooper Noehre could be a roadblock for Dickens. Parkinson (170) could make top 4. Freeman (106) is on the wrong side of the bracket - he should make top 4 but then hits Cottey in semis. Boarman (120) vs Bettich in quarterfinals is winnable - that’s a big one. Any other points would be considered bonus points, with some bad 1st rd matchups 3. Avon - Garcia and Brewer are prohibitive favorites to win it all. I also like the draw for Rioux at 126 in his quarter bracket but further points would be a challenge. Both Conleys have very tough draws in first round. The key for Avon will be the young Garcia (106) and Reynolds (138) they need some additional points at both 4. Brownsburg - Lots of wrestlers, lots of talent - but I don’t see them at the very top end. However, these guys are battle tested and know how to manage a match to keep it within winning range late in the 3rd. They have a LOT of swing matches listed above - I think they are capable of winning any of them but they will need to win MOST of them to get guys into the 3rd/4th place range instead of the 5th-8th or put out in first round 5. Columbus East - Like Cathedral, not many guys but they are top shelf. Rooks and South are favorites - although South has a tough path. Bolte (220) could make it to the finals if he gets hot. Schoenegge has tons of talent but to reach finals would have to likely go through Sam Fair, Brock Ellis *and* Elliott Rodgers - that’s tough! 6. Portage - Moran and Donnell Washington are both guys I expect to see in the finals, and I think they both will win it. Brock Peele is great but draws Brayden Curtis in the 1st round. Hegedus gets Drake Campbell. 7. Roncalli - Only 5 guys, but they have some big potential. Could be among top few if they have a great weekend. Brayden Lowery could win it all at 120, but will have the other Brayden in semis. Alec Viduya (132) could also win it all but Garcia is the favorite and Alec will have to get through 2 other monsters to get to him. Freije actually has a great bracket draw - he should breeze to the final 4 and a good shot to get to the finals. Eli Mahan should get top 4 but would have to beat South or Walker to make the finals. Heavyweight John Harris may be their key Others - Crown Point, Merrillville, Perry Meridian, Warren. All these are solid squads, but other than Mendez for Crown Point, I just don’t see enough of their people going for a top place or getting past all of their early round matchups. They can be the spoilers in many cases for the teams listed higher

Curious as to who has scored the most falls in the state this year - Let's hear some numbers! Is there a state record that anyone knows of? I would guess Mason Parris from last couple of seasons put up some huge numbers - unless he possibly received a lot of forfeits from opponents calling in sick that day

Before the season I was talking with my logansport regional guru @Wrestling Scholar And we discussed how much wrestling AJ had did this summer and how he had solid results. AJ was 6th at the Lafayette jeff sectional as a sophomore and worked his butt off. Saturday he was in the finals at east Chicago that is an amazing turn around. For everyone that is not wrestling next weekend remember keep grinding and improving, hard work will pay off. Great Job AJ and keep it rolling

Thanks joe and mike for making Indiana wrestling exciting! Great job

I just love these boys and their parents!!!! What an awesome family!!! I remember meeting little Isaac a few years back and we just struck up a conversation. I was so impressed watching him wrestle that I knew he was going to be good. Then we met Becky & Joe. Jon and my son have wrestled a few times but we are all friends. We plan to keep a close eye on Isaac. And we wish Jon good luck in his next journey. Donna & John Slivka

That Floyd Central room looks sharp. Had the opportunity to view the Brownsburg room. In a word: fantastic. It also includes office and locker rooms. Very impressive. The rest of their school is undergoing a big expansion/remodeling. Their band room was unbelievable. Got the opportunity to see the Merrillville room years ago when I interviewed there years ago. It is jaw-dropping when you walk in there. We are getting a large expansion on our facility at Pendleton Heights. We will have three full mats with a workout space on the one end. Very appreciative to our school administration and school board for their support for the addition. It will be one of the state's finest when it is finished. We will be in the new space for next season, the 50 year anniversary of Arabian Wrestling. See you all at Bankers Life Friday! Dave Cloud

Lee needs a good win against Carr. That should put Carr and McKenna against each other in the semis.

IHSAA said that it was a mistake made by Track. They are apparently working on getting them fixed.

What the heck? Why are they different than what they showed! Anybody have answers?

Drew Hughes senior year pinned everyone except his opponent in quarters or semis at state. He should be pretty high up there. Nasty on top.

lance Ellis had 151 pins in 177 matches and I'm sure some or most of those other 26 matches were forfeits

I have never had the opportunity to meet Jon, but Joe and Ike are great people so I would have to assume Jon is as well. Above and beyond the great athletic talents of Ike are his ever present smile. If you ever see this kid he is always smiling and has nice respectful pleasant things to say to everyone. Great family for sure !!! Good luck this wknd to both boys

Angel had 156 pins over his career....so he probably had 40+ a couple times.

Forgot all about lowery. Yeesh. They will be hard to beat. They are built for this format for sure.

so ridiculous that it can't be true but funny none the less

Only did FW.. but I will let my results speak for themselves.

Don't forget Lowery at 120... He will definitely be in the mix.

I find it telling that I did best at Ft. Wayne, which is the SS I know the least, did last and spent the least amount of time on. Gives credence to the old baseball line.... "Don't think. It can only hurt the ballclub"

The South and North Qualifiers have been imported. Now at 600 Qualifiers with one Sunday to go. Congrats to you all. I will adjust the seeds up of the SSQ's from Saturdays Semi-States who advanced to the go-round (becoming a 2 seed) and State Qualifiers (becoming a 1 seed) ... All SSQ's are currently a 3 seed. Thanks to the Rankings Coordinator (Mike) for providing the great info on this thread.

Really wish they would pair these student teams up with at least a nearby person with good knowledge of the sport they are covering That person could could help the broadcasters improve their knowledge of both that sports technique and the way to present that sports information to the audience. I don’t need min. By min. play by play for every move made when I can see it. Especially when they call it the wrong move. In some cases less is more. The brought in “expert” can give some info on the key positions and techniques. One of the students can add additional comments and even some led in questions to further the discussion. The other student can provide the background details of the person and their accomplishments in the sport during the down times in a match. Maybe it doesn’t work out every time but it think especially at the start of the you would want someone that’s knowledgeable in the sport to be these kids mentor as they start to learn how to present these lesser known sports to the audience.

I'm going with the parochial school sweep Mater Dei Cathedral Roncali

I'm still calling bs on this. no way does a high school coach get that upset and start ramming vehicles. makes zero sense.

DJ pinned everyone but Ian Spearman (I think)

This thread could have been about me. Lol. Somehow I found myself surrounded by very supportive Carmel moms during the 1st 2 rounds. But I kept my mouth shut while silently rooted for their opponents to prevail.

I saw a guy in the parking lot who was claiming a bus had just rammed his truck. His truck was all tore up way up above the front headlight. The truck was a BIG truck and was lifted way off the ground. It sure looked like a school Mini Bus could have done it.

Not much love shown for my guy HOLLEDONNER.

Yes, Silas is a beast. Saw him wrestle 4 minutes on his semi state run.

They got a death draw at 113 with Ross having to face Moran on Friday night. Sollars is tough but I feel hes one and done Friday night. Kane Egli faces Wagner on Friday night and I don't believe he gets by him. Clay Egli had a bad day to fall into a 4 vs 1 seed. Tough Friday night

And now mater dei’s response? Lee,lee and lee

Clear favorite? I think they have several tough draws... Cathedral, Col East, Avon, Portage, and Roncalli are all favorites to win.

I just want to see the brackets

126 is unreal... Regardless there's gonna be 2 elite guys in the finals and whomever wins this is the Man.

Someone need to take away the Game Genie from Caleb, so other people have a chance to fairly compete. Wait he’s too young to even know what that is! Would hacking the Matrix be a more relevant pop culture reference? Nope probably still too early for him. It’s basically what Ralph and Vanellope did to the Candy Crush game. There now you get it now. Dang, Millennial!

Can't remember the last time I saw 40 points scored in a match... and at 182 lbs?? Wish I'd have seen it today instead of watching on TW. @ Evansville 182 - Cody Matherly, Jeffersonville dec over Will Nix, Martinsville 23-17! It probably happens, but can't remember ever seeing the same team have guys on 3 mats at once. MD's 195, 220 and 285 all going at once.