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This year The Compound Indy decided to take some of Indiana's best to Kingsport TN, a place where traditionally Indiana has been well represented (Indiana Outlaws, Indiana Smackdown, ISWA Team Indiana). With some of the best wrestlers in the nation in attendance(Teams from Indiana (3), Tennessee (5), Alabama (3), Missouri (2), Georgia (7), Michigan, Illinois (3), Iowa (4), Maryland (2), Pennsylvania (2), and Virginia), we were able to win the tournament (34 teams) in the last AAU Duals held in one the the top venues in America. Big Shout out to our GREAT parents who made this trip spectacular! A big CONGRATULATIONS to all teams and individuals who competed on this busy National Wrestling Weekend (Indiana Outlaws, Indiana Smackdown, ISWA Team Indiana, and wrestlers who competed @ UWWs). *This was the first time a Indiana Team has ever won this event! * This event was on Track. All results and bouts are archived HERE The Compound Indy 8-0 Tournament Champions 40 Mikel "Shorty" Anderson - 8-0 Gold AA TMOW 45 Mason "Mace" Baylor - 8-0 Gold AA 50 Connor "MadMan" Maddox - 6-2 Bronze AA 55 Alex "Big Al" Huddleston - 8-0 Gold AA 60 Kaid "Not Afraid" Jackson - 5-3 Copper AA 65 Caleb "The Future" Schaefer - 6-2 Bronze AA 70 "Darth" Revin Dickman - 8-0 Gold AA 75 Landen "Gooey" Haines - 6-2 Bronze AA 80 Parker "The Brand" Reynolds - 6-2 Bronze AA 85 Isaiah "The Wildcat" Schaefer - 5-3 Copper AA 90 Silas "No Mullet" Foster - 4-4 95 Kyle "Irish Nightmare" Harden - 8-0 Gold AA 100 Kyle "Lake Michigan" Jelinek - 5-3 Copper AA (MI) 108 James "Drink More Milk" Ingle - 5-3 Copper AA (OH) 108 Noah "Ribs" Terry Alt 116 Danny "Young Blood" Zmorowski - 6-2 Bronze AA (OH) 125 Landon "The Freak" Terry - 7-1 Silver AA 140 Garrett "G-Funk" Abernathy-Schiefelbein - 6-2 Bronze AA 170 De'Alcapone "DP" Veazy - 8-0 Gold AA 220 Triston "Valpo Warrior" Meschede - 5-3 Copper AA *We return 9 of 19 kids from this team! #Indiana #CompoundStrong #MFFM Kenny Harden

Congratulations to Nick Willham from Greenwood for signing with Indiana. He is projected to wrestle 197. View full signing

Allred and Mendez both drop their finals matches. The main reason for the event is qualifying for the Pan Am team. They only take ONE wrestler per weight so there is a scoring system in place to determine who they will take. If they were to tie with someone the first choice would be the person with the most falls in the least amount of time throughout both events.

Some additional info....... #10 Mendez knocks off #3 Franco to advance to Semi’s. Will have #20 at 126 Ramos next. #2 Allred pins #20 Paulus to advance to semis. Will have #8 at 195 Franklin next.

After first session of Greco: Mendez and Allred in semi-finals. Carroll is consi of 4. Erb guaranteed top 3.

We had a great night learning from Officer Lefever and even the special guest sloth.

Here is the link to brackets, action for Cadet Greco is starting today. http://arena.flowrestling.org/event/0df80003-a0df-64ea-8f55-722c576f83e7 Jesse Mendez and Silas Allred are both in the semi-finals Braydon Erb is in the top 3...because there are only 3 big guys entered. Christian Carroll an incoming freshman for Penn is top 8.

This is another example of the need for the "Dis-like" button......... think about it is all I am saying ??? Truth time...... I listen to all of @TripleB suggestions, the problem is only half are worth anything once I get thru his massive amounts of B.S. (LOL....I kid !!!!) He has many good ideas, but they can not possibly all be put into place over night. Now He is onto something with his idea of a beginners ISWA State Tournament and I am hoping to help push that to happening !!!! We need to get Pat Culp on board as she is clearly the guru to help see this happen. Some of those other ideas that he had out in Heartland I can't even mention on this forum for fear of getting banned, but he occasionally hits an idea for a double or "triple" (pun intended).

I recall going to a Mt. Vernon Jr. High dual (it was either 4 or 5 years ago). My first thought was where the heck is this school in the middle of nowhere, and then it quickly became "how are all of these kids so damn good"? While our kids were goofing off on the mat during warm ups, all of a sudden the lights dimmed and they played "My House" by Flo Rida overhead, and the MV kids came out circling our boys on the mat. Needless to say I was thoroughly impressed with the entire program, even if we got our tail handed to us.

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Those are some excellent ideas to enhance both numbers of kids and the overall quality of experience they have with the sport. Here are a couple of thoughts I'd add: The first idea would be indirect recruitment via increased interest in the meets. Reach out to non-sports departments like the band director, art teacher, drama/theatre club, and cheer coach (I know this is technically a sport). Getting the pep band to perform at matches adds energy and excitement as well as putting additional parents and friends in the stands. Drama club for lightning up the mat, creating showy entrances and adding additional flair, making the meets fun events. Those kids would have parents and friends too. Art teacher for potentially making a class project of creating promotional posters for individual home meets. They could be like WWE or Concert posters or whatever the kids come up with. The art kid would suddenly have an interest in attending an event they did the promo poster for and there folks would too. All are low to no cost options to utilize the resources available, and give kids opportunities to apply their skills doing what they enjoy in a practical environment. All this creates ownership in the wrestling program from the various groups that are contributing in their way to grand event. The greater interest in the meets will make it a lot easier to recruit kids out for the team.