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Eminence Community Schools (1a school located in Morgan County) is beginning a brand new wrestling program for the first time in school history. The AD is a former wrestling coach and the new coach will have full athletic support. We are looking for someone interested in building a brand new program. A mat has already been purchased and a wrestling room is being renovated. Students have been on a new strength and conditioning regiment this school year, a new weight room/wrestling/cardio room is being renovated, schedule is currently being built, tons of athlete interest from students and the community, the school is joining an athletic conference next year, and AD is currently having open practices in future preparation. Please contact and send resumes to bburelison@eminence.k12.in.us if intereted.

Mater Dei RTC details: Mondays at 6:30pm. Grades 6-12. All wrestlers must have a USAW card.

I started a separate thread for the BTT, but don't forget to check the Hoosiers in College - Post Season Results/Updates thread for updates on the remaining Hoosiers in the DII and DII National Championships Saturday, plus updates on non-Big Ten Hoosiers wrestling in conference tournaments this weekend. Wrestling starts at 10 am Central Time Some thoughts on draws from some of the Indiana guys..... @133 Stevan Micic is the definite favorite, but with Luke Pletcher and Roman Bravo-Young on his side, the Semifinal won't be a cakewalk. He's handled Pletcher recently, but RBY is quick and a new opponent. Desanto or Suriano will await on the other side. @133 Paul Konrath draws Pletcher first round. Tough matchup. Best guess is for him to place in the Top 8, he'll need to beat AA Ethan Lizak in the blood round. @141 Chad Red gets a pretty good draw. He should beat Peter Lipari in round one. He's 0-2 against #1 seed Michael Carr, but both were close so that is winnable. If he gets to the Semis, Kanen Storr or Tristan Moran look better than Nick Lee or Joey McKenna. @141 Kyle Luigs drew Mitch McKee in the first round. His path to place Top 8 is likely having to beat the loser of Storr/Moran in the blood round. Might be too tall an order, though he has wrestled well as of late. @141 Nick Lee should be okay to the Semifinal where he will see Joey McKenna. Lee and McKenna have traded 7-6 wins the past two seasons, so who knows what will happen there. The winner of that match is the favorite to win it all. @174 Drew Hughes has a decent path to place Top 8. He faces Joe Grello of Rutgers in the opener (Hughes won 4-3 in dual) and then Mark Hall in the Quarterfinal. The brick will send him to the consis where he'll likely face Ryan Christensen or Mitch Bowman. He's split two close decisions against Christensen, so that may be his hurdle to placing Top 8. @174 Jake Covaciu drew former IU Hoosier Devin Skatzka who beat him 8-3 previously. Lose that one and he likely faces Dylan Lydy or Ethan Smith in the blood round. He's wrestled both close so the possibility is there for the Soph. @174 Dylan Lydy will likely have to beat Ethan Smith or Jake Covaciu to place Top 8. Could finish as high as 2nd. @197 Jake Kleimola - There are 3 potential roadblocks to placing Top 8 and all have beaten him before. He gets MSU's Brad Wilton off the bat. Lose there and he likely has to avenge an earlier 7-4 loss to Minny's Dylan Anderson. Beat Wilton he advances to the consolation via a beat down from Bo Nickal. With that path, his likely blood round match would be against Illinois' Andre Lee who beat him 4-2 early this season. All are winnable matches but he's a definite underdog. @285 Mason Parris gets a tough, tough draw. He's on the opposite side of the bracket from Gable Stephenson, which is good. But he opens with former AA Hemida from Maryland. Mason beat him earlier 7-6. Get past Hemida and he faces Conan Jennings who has beat Parris twice this year. Win those two tough matches and the reward is Anthony Cassar who handled Mason easily. The worst scenario is for him to lose to Hemida and Jennings also lose in the first round. Not a likely scenario. Should he lose one of the first two matches, he could face Fletcher Miller, Chase Singletary or Trent Hilger in the blood round. A win over Miller would be likely, but the other two won't make it easy even though he has beaten them both (he's also lost to Singletary). @285 Jacob Aven has a tough road. He faces Anthony Cassar of Penn St., then would likely see Iowa's former AA Sam Stoll in the blood round. @285 Fletcher Miller gets OSU's Chase Singletary to start. Singletary won by major in the previous matchup. Lose that match and he likely faces Mason Parris, Youssif Hemida or Conan Jennings in the blood round. He'd be a decided underdog against all three.

Friday Night Results from DIII 133 - Owen Doster - Won his first match 3-0. He was eliminated in the blood round by unranked Jake Giordano in a tough 7-5 battle. Doster got banged up a little and was limping most of the 3rd period while trying to come from behind. 141 - Jordan Napier - Lost 15-8 and is eliminated 149 - #6 ranked Kris Rumph - Lost his Quarterfinal match 11-2. He faced #10 ranked Luke Hernandez and lost by fall in the blood round and is eliminated. 157 - Jared Timberman - MFF'd after Inj Default in the morning round. Hopefully nothing long term. 165 - #10 ranked Kyle Hatch - Won 3-2 over #8 ranked Eddie Smith. Faces #1 ranked Lucas Jeske Sat morning 174 - #1 ranked Darden Shurg - Won 9-3 over #6 ranked Jake Voss. Faces #8 ranked Daniel Kilroy Sat morning 285 - Wade Ripple - Lost by fall and is eliminated That leaves Kyle Hatch and Darden Schurg as the remaining Hoosier HS'ers and both wrestle in the Semifinals Saturday morning.

125 Sea Bass 131 Serb 141 Lee 149 Jordan 157 Nolf 165 Iowa 174 Hall 184 Martin 197 Nickal HVY Stevenson Team Penn Michigan Ohio State Iowa

No, I wouldn't want that. It is what it is. I think your proposed jump is too drastic, and would simply reallocate, what you perceive, as 'unfairness.' I thought wrestling prided itself on being a level playing field where the outliers could compete. While there are no doubt a number of very good upperclass wrestlers sitting because of circumstances (Brownsburg, Perry, Mater Dei, etc), I would bet they're a number sitting simply because they have not put in the time and effort that their varsity counterpart has. I am only pointing out it depends on your perspective, and asking you to recognize there are a number, not just my son, of smaller underclass wrestlers that have some talent, have put in as much, if not more, time and effort, and are equally deserving as any upperclass backup. And, I'm pretty certain that if one could to equalize weight, Cernus and Cotty could compete with, say, the HWT finalists. As far as cutting, you and I are of like mind, but I don't see that changing anytime soon.

What are the main issues we are trying to resolve in Indiana high school wrestling? Rules changes should be directed towards fixing those issues. Reducing FF by removing opportunities seems like it is contrary to growing the sport of wrestling.

1st Session Results from both DII & DIII Weights in green are still in the championship bracket. Red = wrestler eliminated. Black = Alive in consolation bracket. DII 141 - Angelo Robles - lost to #1 ranked Brandon Ball 1-0. He faces unranked Jered Sublet this evening. 149 - #8 ranked Isaiah Kemper - won 14-6. Faces #3 ranked Kyle Rathman in the Quarterfinal 157 - Skyler Lykins - won 9-8 over #6 ranked Cortez Arrendondo. Faces unranked Collin Ayers in the Quarterfinal 165 - #7 ranked Kyle Jolas - lost 10-5 to #2 ranked Rodney Shepard. In a consi pigtail match, Kyle wins over Sheldon Struble of Uindy 2-0 to advance to tonight's session where he'll face unranked Dan Fillipek this evening. 197 - Brian Wagner - lost a pigtail match to Freddie Nixon 9-4. He loses again to #3 ranked Levi Niebauer 8-2 and is eliminated. DIII 133 - Owen Doster - lost pigtail to #4 ranked Bobby Jordan 6-5. Owen won his consi pigtail in dominant fashion with a 2nd period fall. The score was 12-0 with 4 backs about to be awarded when he got the fall. He'll face unranked Chase Petty this evening. 141 - Jordan Napier - lost by fall to #7 ranked David Flynn 149 - #6 ranked Kris Rumph - won 4-2 over unranked Ryan Snow. Faces #5 ranked Brett Kaliner in Quarterfinal. 157 - Jared Timberman - lost by Inj Def to #5 ranked Brandon Murray 165 - #10 ranked Kyle Hatch - won 6-2 over Michael Suarez. Faces #8 ranked Eddie Smith in Quarterfinal 174 - #1 ranked Darden Schurg - won 3-2 over Jordan Juliano. Faces #6 ranked Jake Voss in Quarterfinal. 285 - Wade Ripple - won his pigtail match by fall and lost his next match by 1st period fall. Ripple's match shows how quickly things can turn. He got in on a single leg and had it lifted above the waste twice, yet couldn't get the takedown. He tried switching to a standing cradle and his opponent slipped out. He then got taken down and turned fairly quickly to go down 6-0. Another turn followed by the fall in a match where he likely should have been up 2-0 and riding on top. He'll face unranked Jerhett Lee this evening.

I have a small 106 son and so I'm, admittedly, biased and a bit prickly about this. Being that he's in a room(s) year-round, I'd sure like the idea of my son being able to compete against kids 'nearly' his size before he's a senior. Not that I think it's a swell idea, but couldn't we apply this logic and similar 'generalization' to the heavyweight class?

Why would a coach recruit 14 guys when you could win a dual with just 3 hammers? Counting FF's as points force teams to recruit a full 14 if they want to be competitive.

A quick preview of the DII and DIII Championships starting tomorrow, Friday March 8 at 11 am eastern time.... - It appears live streaming may be available free at: DII DIII Hoosier HS wrestlers DII @149 Isaiah Kemper (McKendree/Ev. Central) #8 ranked - Win and he will face #3 ranked Kyle Rathman in the Quarterfinal @157 Skyler Lykins (Colorado School of Mines/Franklin Comm) faces #6 ranked Cortez Arrendondo in the first round @165 Kyle Jolas (Lindenwood/Huntington North) #7 ranked faces #2 ranked Rodney Shepard in the first round Hoosier HS wrestlers DIII @133 Owen Doster (Wabash/New Haven) drew into a pigtail match and faces #4 ranked Bobby Jordan (4 seed) @141 Jordan Napier (Manchester/Perry Meridian) faces #7 ranked David Flynn (8 seed) @149 Kris Rumph (Wartburg/Portage) #6 ranked (4 seed) faces unranked/unseeded Ryan Snow @165 Kyle Hatch (Wabash/Warsaw) #10 ranked (4 seed) drew a pigtail match and faces Adrian Gonzalez @174 Darden Schurg (Wabash/Crown Point) #1 ranked (1 seed) faces Jordan Juliano @285 Wade Ripple (Wabash/Mt. Vernon) drew into a pigtail match and faces 8 seed Patrick Irwin If I missed anyone, please let me know ASAP

I'll be sending them to both.

If you hit a stand up and put your hands behind your butt (to block a return), it should be stalling on defense and stopped for a new start in ref’s position.

Snyder wins. Come on!!!

R.I.P. to former Perry Meridian and state qualifier last year Daniel Below. Prayers to his family and friends