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Chase Wilkerson has signed with UIndy to continue his wrestling career. Chase is the first wrestler in over a decade to sign to wrestle in college from Mt. Vernon (Fortville). He ends his HS career as the schools all time wins leader at 143.

Asa got it done when it mattered the most... the battles between Ty and Asa were both awesome and gut wrenching as a parent. Those two were battle tested when it came time for the State Series and it shows with their results. Neither had any fear when we saw each other in the Dual, County, Conference, Sectional, Regional, Semi-State and State! @TeamGarcia and I would just smile at each other win or lose because there is no better way to get better than to see that type of competition week in and week out. Do I wish a couple of those red rings were blue, absolutely... but I am extremely proud of those two boys since seeing them battle it out when they were 7 or 8 in the CWA room, partners in MS and rivals in HS! Congrats to Asa and his family on an awesome HS Career!!! Now, we're gonna prepare to flip the script when it comes time for the NCAA's!!!

Miss those days bro, wish we could rewind time do it all over again going all the way back to MS days when it was not so hectic . Actually watched a few of the battles on huddle a couple days ago . 2015-16 was some of the best back and forth wrestling . Asa would win one, next weekend Ty win. They wrestled each other 6x that year, I believe that Ty won (4), Asa (2) . Round 1,2,3,4,5,6 Not going to lie that year I was worried, Ty coming off his Runner Up 106, I text you later that year in 2015 right before season. We’re going 106, I was thinking to myself maybe he’d say 113.... text ..... you said so are we. You said there can only be 1 State Champ coming out of Hendricks County at 106. I said damn it ! Laughed, then so be it . Lol. After they lose to each other they drop in the Rankings . I kept telling @ontherise219 i’d keep them where they started the year. Did he listen nope. Dropped them both cause they was beating the hell out of each other. I think he learned a lesson that year . Lol Good times & great memories. College match... ? Guess there can only be 1 NCAA Champ from Hendricks County to huh ?

He did reverse Nolf and he was wrestling up two weight classes, give the kid a break. It was not meant as a taunt, again he was just trying to have fun with the sport (talked to him personally). Also, as someone stated already, he shook hands and was not disrespectful at all.

Ohio St., Wisconsin, Purdue, Kent St., Edinboro, UNI, North Carolina St., Central Michigan, Maryland and others.

Asa reminds me a lot of Cash Quiroga- never afraid of a challenge seeking out the best competition. 2 state champions on that list of losses and possibly the best to never win a state title in Indiana in Ty Mills. Fantastic career.

I want to honor Asa for a terrific career and wish him the best at IU. I was talking to family members and we were trying to figure out who all Asa lost to in high school. I believe he had 6 losses as Frosh, if I remember right his only loss was Viduya as a Sophomore (maybe I’m wrong), and he had 4 as a Junior (I know Rooks at least 1), and obviously 1 out of state this year. Can someone help me out with some of his losses in previous years?

If anybody wants to get ready for this thing. Multiple state champs will be training hard at Red Cobra until the event. Mondays and Wednesdays 6-8 tuesdays and Thursdays 7-8:30. Make your way to TheCounty and get that work in!

Congratulations and best of luck to Leroy as he moves on from his head coaching position at PHS! https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/wrestling/wrestling-after-coaching-individual-state-champs-portage-s-vega-resigns/article_3ddb5c8c-098f-5e6c-a02f-9eaf81c6dacc.html

anybody ever think he was just excited he scored on one of the greatest wrestlers of this era? who cares if he did something silly... it's him out there getting hammered and competing not us so who are we to judge?

Tournament Videos are currently being uploaded ... may take most of the day. Free viewing. Thanks again to Southport for hosting, and their team and club support. It was a big undertaking. Great job! Thanks to all the Head and Assistant Coaches for supporting and promoting this event. The first year it had 291 wrestlers, last year it was up to 390, and this year the event had 485 Wrestlers. Thanks to all of the great wrestlers who showed up to compete. The level of wrestling was awesome!

162-12 Freshman - (4) Ty Mills, (2) Keyon Murphy Sophomore- (1) Viduya Junior- (2) Ty Mills, (1) Cayden Rooks (1) Ohio Jordan Decatur Senior- (1) Ohio Mick Burnett Thank You

Updated below with conference tournament results, bids earned, and at-large bid possibilities. RPI/Coaches' Panel rankings included 125 Drew Hildebrandt, CMU 7/19 (finished 2nd in MAC for auto bid) Devin Schroder, Purdue 19/18 (finished 8th at B10 for auto bid) Elijah Oliver, IU 23/28 (finished 4th at B10 for auto bid) Jose Diaz, Franklin & Marshall, was 0-2 at EIWA. 133 Stevan Micic, Michigan -/1 (FF to 6th at B10 for auto bid) Ben Thornton, Purdue 10/20 (finished 7th at B10 for auto bid) Paul Konrath, IU goes 1-3 at B10. 141 Nick Lee, Penn St. 6/2 (finished 3rd at B10 for auto bid) Chad Red, Nebraska 19/23 (finished 2nd at B10 for auto bid) Nate Limmex, Purdue 20/27; finished 10th at B10. Receives at-large bid. Nathan Boston, Campbell finished 3rd at SoCon. Blake Mulkey, Gardner-Webb, finished 4th at SoCon. Kyle Luigs, IU goes 2-3 at B10. 149 Parker Filius, Purdue, and Fernie Silva, IU, both go 0-2 at B10. 157 Griffin Parriott, Purdue 19/13 (finished 9th at B10 for auto bid) Jake Tucker, Michigan St. 28/-; FF out of all B10 matches. Jake Danishek, IU -/22; goes 1-3 at B10. 165 Bryce Martin, IU 26/21 (finished 7th at B10 for auto bid) Cael McCormick, Army 25/27 (finished 2nd at EIWA for auto bid) Cole Wysocki, Purdue, goes 2-3 at B10. 174 Dylan Lydy, Purdue 9/10 (finished 5th at B10 for auto bid) Ben Harvey, Army 18/18 (finished 5th at EIWA for auto bid) Jake Covaciu, IU 32/25; goes 2-3 at B10. Receives at-large bid. Drew Hughes, Michigan St. 33/28 (finishes 7th at B10 for auto bid) 184 Norman Conley, IU 31/-; goes 2-3 at B10. Max Lyon, Purdue 30/29 (finished 7th at B10 for auto bid) 197 Christian Brunner, Purdue 5/12 (finished 5th at B10 for auto bid) Jake Kleimola, IU, B10; finished 8th at B10. 285 Gable Steveson, Minnesota 2/1 (finished 2nd at B10 for auto bid) Mason Parris, Michigan 5/5 (finished 7th at B10 for auto bid) Jacob Aven, Purdue 26/- (finished 8th at B10, received last-minute alternate bid) Connor Tolley, UT-Chattanooga, finished 4th at SoCon. Fletcher Miller, IU, goes 0-2 at B10.

Congratulations to Chase Wilkerson from Mount Vernon (Fortville) for signing with Indianapolis. He is projected to wrestle 141. View full signing

Does asa have mor state titles than sectional titles? Not poking fun just wondering. If so that shows how wicked that sectional and regional are.

Do you really think this guy is going to tell his kids a story about how he was "ONLY down by 10" when he got pinned by Jason Nolf as if that will be his greatest accomplishment? Lol wow, I hope not. The fact of the matter is when you are in a wrestling match, taunting an oppenent is unnecessary, especially when you're losing...

I don't know about that. He's got a great story to tell his kids. He was only down 10 when he got pinned in the 3rd. Much better than Nolf's typical opponent. If you saw the handshake after the match, Todrank was very respectful.

Took a look at California's setup (http://www.cifstate.org/sports/wrestling/index) It's a 3-day tournament, not 4 (Wednesday is registration/workout day. Thursday is half-day, then full days on Friday/Saturday) It is a true double-elimination with full wrestlebacks to 3rd place There are 40 wrestlers per weight class State is divided into 10 Sections Number of qualifiers in each weight class is set for each section - and is the same for each weight class: Southern(9) Central(10) Sac-Joaquin(6) North Coast(3) Central Coast(3) San Diego(4) Northern(2) Los Angeles*(1) Oakland(1) San Francisco(1) Pairings for the weight classes will be done by the State Rules and Operation Committee and the state meet director (Brackets are SEEDED) Looks like the top 16 for each weight class are seeded then the rest are drawn into open spaces

Lol, Heard the $ there is dried up like most of that States water. Gotta lot of young talent coming in from California. Zeke building a Power House .

The only thing to dislike about Asa is his choosing IU over ASU. Not that I am biased or anything...

I love wrestling, ain’t real complicated.

Chase is an outstanding young man and a fierce competitor. UIndy is getting a quality person for their program. Congratulations Chase! Arabian Wrestling and the HHC are proud of you! Dave Cloud

Doesn't have regional stars yet, but rest of season! https://sports.wabash.edu/documents/2019/2/24//2018_2019_Wabash_College_Wrestling_Statistics_2_24_19.pdf?id=2744

Yes that was the Kyle Todrank that started at Evansville Reitz and ended up at Gibson Southern. He's a popular guy now.

On the IHSAA Website in their yearbooks it gives a detail to each sports attendance and revenue. The last yearbook is the 2000-2001 season but here are some interesting numbers... 4th in Participation (Behind Football, Track and Baseball) 4th in Tournament Attendance (behind Football, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball) $162,000 in revenue for entire state tournament (to compare girls basketball was $192k with more than double the attendance) To echo XCard, I think the IHSAA values wrestling and the tournament but are less interested in making significant adjustments to the format that might only impact a small percentage of the wrestlers. How many 5th place finishers at state each year are truly in the top 4 but got a bad draw? Maybe a couple of kids each year? The IHSAA is not going to make a significant change to the tournament for a couple of kids each year.

Nate Wheeler also finished 3rd at the Mater Dei Holiday Classic, losing to Matt Lee 5-2 in the semis.

Any school, any sport, the athlete puts in the time you’ll get results . Some athletes don’t get that concept in Big or Small Schools and their results show this .

Ahhh yes the old "work the hardest" statement. This is always one of my favorites. It is interesting how there more kids that work hard at bigger schools than smaller schools.

You do all of this pointless wrestling to have a college take notice of you and bless you with a scholarship.

Note Cayden Rooks lost in the ticket round his freshman to some kid named Asa, in OT that. Score was 7-3 TB-1. He was 37-1 at the time of the loss. Doesn't change the #'s on your list, but interesting nonetheless....

195 KJ Roudebush from Tipton has accepted!

132 Asa Garcia from Avon has accepted!

170 Nick South from Columbus East has accepted! 138 Cayden Rooks from Columbus East has accepted!

138 Braxton Alexander from Wawasee has accepted! 132 Geremia Brooks from Wawasee has accepted!