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Got Franklin Central too. They’ve been making some noise of late. What?????...... too soon???

Sir, with all due Respect. You need to do some research in the Youth section. There is a fabulous section every year on incoming Freshman that will make an IMPACT. Yes the Region has a lot of talent. But your are overlooking 3 of the TOP 5!! Jones (BBurg) , Purdy (Castle) & Schoeff (Avon) will make a run at a Berth to go to State in their Weight classes ! BT19

Rejoice, rejoice, REEEEEEEJJJJJJOOOOOOIIIIIICCCEEE

I know that the official was out of breath after the match at Gavit this week

This tells a little of the story to why he had such an up and down season last year https://huskers.com/news/2019/11/21/wrestling-red-confident-after-overcoming-mental-hurdles.aspx

We’re showing up to the conference seeding meeting this year and seeing if we can get back in. Currently In Northwest Crossroads Conference with Andrean, Munster, Lowell, Kankakee Valley, and Highland.

HCC - 4 in Top 20 Avon, Brownsburg, Hamilton Southeastern, Zionsville

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 25 Purdue wrestling team won 27-of-30 matches Sunday to post a 3-0 mark at the 2019 Boilermaker Duals in Holloway Gymnasium. The Boilermakers defeated Indianapolis 45-0, Clarion 34-6 and Northern Illinois 31-8 to improve to 6-1 in dual competition on the year. The Boilermakers picked up 12 bonus-point victories in the trio of duals, including two each from sophomore Parker Filius and junior Devin Schroder. Filius earned his second fall of the season, sticking Clarion’s Taylor Ortz in 4:21 and needing just 3:31 to secure a 16-0 technical fall over NIU’s Nathan Swartz. Schroder added his fifth and sixth technical falls of the season, both coming at 16-0, and his 20 back points Sunday surged him to third all-time at Purdue with 322 to his credit, passing Alex Griffin and Chris Fleeger on the Boilermakers’ career list. The biggest news of the day came for the Boilermakers at 133 and 197 pounds where freshman Travis Ford-Melton and senior Christian Brunner saw their first varsity action of the season. Ford-Melton was 3-0 on the day with a fall, a decision and a forfeit, improving to 7-1 on the season, while Brunner was 2-0 with a fall and a decision, taking his record to 10-1 on the year. Other undefeated marks for the Boilermakers belonged to junior Griffin Parriott, freshmen Kendall Coleman and Emil Soehnlen and senior Dylan Lydy. Parriott picked up a monster win in the Clarion dual, downing senior Brock Zacherl 4-2, using a first-period takedowns and two escapes to defeat the nation’s No. 5 wrestler according to FloWrestling. Coleman rolled out 16 takedowns in his three wins, improving his season total to a team-high 44 on the season, while Lydy had eight takedowns Sunday to push his career total to 219 and move into 20th place all-time at Purdue. Northern Illinois took two of their three duals on the day, defeating Indianapolis 36-9 and edging Clarion 19-17, while Clarion took down Indianapolis in their finale 34-10. The Boilermakers are off next weekend, but return to action Dec. 6 at the 2019 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. MATCH RESULTS Round 1 Purdue 45, Indianapolis 0 141: Alec White (PUR) def. Matt McKinney (UINDY), D 6-1 149: Nate Limmex (PUR) def. Tylan Tucker (UINDY), TF 18-3 (5:58) 157: No. 7 Kendall Coleman (PUR) def. Blaze Lowery (UINDY), MD 16-5 165: Emil Soehnlen (PUR) def. Jack Eiteljorge (UINDY), D 9-4 174: No. 9 Dylan Lydy (PUR) def. No. 12 Gleason Mappes (UINDY), MD 13-5 184: Max Lyon (PUR) def. No. 9 Brody Conner (UINDY), D 8-3 197: Thomas Penola (PUR) def. Zach Fry (UINDY), Fall 6:36 285: David Eli (PUR) def. Jack Williams (UINDY), Fall 1:43 125: No. 10 Devin Schroder (PUR) def. Nick Brady (UINDY), TF 16-0 (5:49) 133: Travis Ford-Melton (PUR) def. No. 11 Ana Abduljelil (UINDY), Fall 1:29 Clarion 17 vs. Northern Illinois 19 141: Taylor Ortz (CLA) def. Nathan Swartz (NIU), TF 17-0 149: No. 7 Brock Zacherl (CLA) def. McCoy Kent (NIU), D 5-3 157: Mason Kauffman (NIU) def. Avery Shay (CLA), D 3-2 165: Izzak Olejnik (NIU) def. Michael Bartolo (CLA), D 9-5 174: Kenny Moore (NIU) def. Max Wohlabaugh (CLA), D 6-3 184: Brit Wilson (NIU) def. Luke Funck (CLA), MD 19-7 197: Gage Braun (NIU) def. No. 19 Greg Bulsak (CLA), D 11-4 285: Ty Bagoly (CLA) def. Max Ihry (NIU), D 4-2 125: Bryce West (NIU) def. Jake Gromacki (CLA), D 4-2 133: Seth Koleno (CLA) won by forfeit 6-0 Round 2 Purdue 34, Clarion 6 141: Parker Filius (PUR) def. Taylor Ortz (CLAR), Fall (4:21) 149: No. 13 Griffin Parriott (PUR) def. No. 7 Brock Zacherl (CLAR), D 4-2 157: No. 7 Kendall Coleman (PUR) def. Avery Shay (CLAR), D 13-7 165: Emil Soehnlen (PUR) def. Michael Bartolo (CLAR), D 8-3 174: No. 7 Dylan Lydy (PUR) def. Max Wohlabaugh (CLAR), D 6-2 184: Max Lyon (PUR) def. Luke Funck (CLAR), MD 14-1 197: Christian Brunner (PUR) def. No. 19 Greg Bulsak (CLAR), Fall (5:15) 285: Ty Bagoly (CLAR) def. Thomas Penola (PUR), Fall (1:07) 125: No. 10 Devin Schroder (PUR) def. Jake Gromacki (CLAR), D 9-2 133: Travis Ford-Melton (PUR) def. Seth Koleno (CLAR), D 11-7 Northern Illinois 36, Indianapolis 9 141: Nathan Swartz (NIU) def. Matt McKinney (UIndy), Fall 1:39 149: Anthony Gibson (NIU) def. Tylan Tucker (UIndy), Fall 1:54 157: Dylan Thurston (NIU) def. Clay Jones (UIndy), D 9-5 165: Jack Eitelijorge (UIndy) def. Zack Velasquez (NIU), D 6-5 174: Caden McWhirter (NIU) def. No. 12 Gleason Mappes (UIndy), D 11-4 184: Brit Wilson (NIU) def. No. 9 Brody Conner (UIndy), D 5-2 197: Gage Braun (NIU) def. Griffin Stine (UIndy), TF 22-5 (6:10) 285: Terrese Aaron (NIU) def. Jack Williams (UIndy), Fall 2:06 125: Bryce West (NIU) def. Nick Brady (UIndy), MD 12-3 133: No. 11 Ana Abdulijelil (UIndy) won by forfeit Round 3 Purdue 31, Northern Illinois 8* 141: Parker Filius (PUR) def. Nathan Swartz (NIU), TF 16-0 (3:31) 149: No. 13 Griffin Parriott (PUR) def. McCoy Kent (NIU), D 8-7 157: No. 7 Kendall Coleman (PUR) def. Mason Kaufman (NIU), D 8-4 165: Emil Soehnlen (PUR) def. Izzak Olejnik (NIU), D 3-2 174: No. 7 Dylan Lydy (PUR) def. Kenny Moore (NIU), D 5-2 184: Caden McWhirter (NIU) def. Max Lyon (PUR), Fall 5:50 197: Christian Brunner (PUR) def. Gage Braun (NIU), D 7-2 285: Terrese Aaron (NIU) def. Thomas Penola (PUR), D 4-9 125: No. 10 Devin Schroder (PUR) def. Bryce West (NIU), TF 16-0 (4:50) 133: Travis Ford-Melton (PUR) wins by forfeit * - Northern Illinois docked one team point for throwing headgear at 184 pounds Clarion 34, Indianapolis 10 141: Roshaun Cooley (Clarion) def. Matt McKinney (UIndy), D 8-3 149: Jalin Hankerson (Clarion) def. Tylan Tucker (UIndy), Fall 1:13 157: Hunter Michaels (Clarion) def. Clay Jones (UIndy), Fall 0:43 165: Jack Eitelijorge (UIndy) def. Mike Vernagallo (Clarion), D 8-6 174: No. 12 Gleason Mappes (UIndy) def. Christian Sequete (Clarion), MD 17-7 184: No. 9 Brody Conner (UIndy) def. Luke Funck (Clarion), D 6-0 197: No. 19 Greg Bulsak (Clarion) def. Zach Fry (UIndy), MD 14-1 285: Ty Bagoly (Clarion) def. Jack Williams (UIndy), D 5-2 125: Cameron Butler (Clarion) def. Nick Brady (UIndy), Fall 4:21 133: Seth Koleno (Clarion) def. No. 11 Ana Abduljelil (UIndy), Fall 1:19 All rankings via InterMat View full article

I like to get the hall rolling on different subjects. Here’s my top 5 freshman list, interested in seeing others opinions.. 1. Sam Goin (Crown Point) 2. Christian Carroll (Penn) 3. Logan Frazier (Crown Point) 4. Aiden Torres (Chesterton) 5. Cody Goodwin (Crown Point) Not hearing abt too many freshman from the south other than Schoff.

Hmm, well then I see him placing this year as well.

He's at Sullivan and at 113.

I've heard that Leighton jones is a stud especially considering the weight class he will be in amongst grown men!

By STEVE KRAH stvkrh905@gmail.com Real adversity meets opportunity. That’s the story of Jacob Linky. The wrestling room at Warsaw Community High School is filled with pulsing music and coaches barking instructions as more than three dozen Tigers get after it. One wrestler — junior Linky — goes through the workout, rehearsing his moves with his workout partner, cranking out pull-ups and running laps around the room. But without the sounds heard by the others. Linky lives in a world that is mostly silent. Without his cochlear implants, Linky can’t hear much of anything. There was one incident where smoke alarms went off all over the house where Jacob now resides with Nrian and Brenda Linky. It was 3 a.m. “Jacob slept through the alarm,” says Brian Linky, Jacob’s legal guardian. “I woke him in the morning.” The young man was not born deaf. Now 18, Jacob was about 5 and in native Africa — Lake Volta, Ghana, to be exact — when he lost his hearing at the hands of his father. “We were slaves,” says Jacob, speaking of his early childhood through interpreter Rebecca Black. “We helped my dad in his fishing business. “I didn’t used to be deaf. My dad hit by head a whole bunch. That’s how I became the way I am.” His father demanded that young Jacob dive into very deep waters full of dangerous creatures. “I felt a pop in my ears,” says Jacob. “I was a kid.” His native language was Twi, but he didn’t hear much that after his hearing was gone. Growing up the second oldest of seven children, Jacob has a brother who was born to another family, rejected and traded to his father. It was a life that is difficult to imagine for those in the U.S. “My mom didn’t do anything wrong,” says Jacob. “She fed me.” Wanting the best for Jacob, his mother placed him in an orphanage. He eventually came to live in Warsaw when he was adopted by Andy and Dawn Marie Bass and began attending the fifth grade at Jefferson Elementary in Warsaw. He received hearing aids and then implants. “I’m thankful the Basses adopted me and brought me here,” says Jacob. “I now live with the Linky family.” Following grade school, Jacob went on to Edgewood Middle School in Warsaw and was introduced to wrestling. “I knew nothing (about the sport),” says Jacob. “I played around.” Drive and athletic prowess allow Jacob to excel on the high school mat. “At times his feisty side comes out because of that past,” says Warsaw head coach Kris Hueber. “He’s channeled it well and we’ve been able to harness well most of the time. “He has days where he is cranky and fired up, You know that he’s drawing from stuff that no one else has.” After missing his freshmen season, Jacob made an impact with the Tigers as a 145-pound sophomore, advancing to the East Chicago Semistate. “This year, I’d like to go all the way to State,” says Jacob, who spent the summer pumping iron and continues to eat a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables and protein while packing more muscle on a 5-foot-7, 160-pound frame. “(Jacob) fell in love with the weight room,” says Hueber. “There is not much on him that is not muscular. He’s one of those guys with his energy level he needs to be active. As an athlete, he is a remarkably gifted human being. He’s able to do things no one else in the room can do. Between strength, balance and agility, he is uniquely gifted.” Ask Jacob what his best quality is as a wrestler and says speed. His quickness and and strength come into play in the practice room with larger practice partners — 170-pound Brandon Estepp, 182-pound junior Mario Cortes and 195-pound senior Brock Hueber. “I don’t like to wrestle light persons,” says Jacob. “It makes me work hard to wrestle the big guys.” Warsaw opened the 2019-20 season Saturday with the Warsaw Invitational and Jacob went 5-0 with four pins. Sign language and lip-reading help him navigate life as a teenager and athlete. When Jacob wrestles, Black circles the mat to maintain eye contact and relay information to him. “She always looks where my head is,” says Jacob. “She always gets sweaty.” Who gets sweatier during a match? “Me,” says Jacob, thrusting a thumb at his chest. “I’m a harder worker.” Black has been around Jacob since he was in eighth grade. “I feel privileged to be involved in his life,” says Black. “He’s an amazing person. He just is.” Hueber has come to appreciate that Jacob has the ability to be both competitive and light-hearted. “He’s ornery still, but in a good way,” says Hueber. “He has not been able to out-grow being a kid. I love that.” While Jacob’s background and circumstance are different than his Tiger mates, Hueber says he’s “just one of the guys.” “(They) don’t treat him differently in any way,” says Hueber. “They love being around him because of his charisma and personality. He’s a really great teammate.” Hueber says working with Jacob has helped others recognize their influence. “They might be able to goof off for two minutes and snap right back,” says Hueber. “If (Jacob) misses one line of communication, there’s a lot that he’s got to recover from.” This means that workout partners need to be focused and attentive as well — not just for themselves but to also help Jacob. Hueber notes that Jacob has to concentrate and keep focused on his interpreter in class (his current favorite class in English and he is looking forward to Building Trades in the future) and practice. “There are probably times when he’s looking for a break,” says Hueber. “He’s on and he’s full-wired all day. That’s taxing mentally for sure.” Brian Linky works in payment processing at PayProTec in Warsaw and Brenda Linky is the special needs coordinator for Warsaw Community Schools. The Linkys have two sons who played basketball at Warsaw — Zack (now 28 and living in Calfiornia) and Ben (now 22 and attending Indiana University). Taking in Jacob means they have a teenager in the house again. “He’s been nothing but polite,” says Brian Linky. “He’s hard-working around the house (mowing the lawn, making his bed, walking the dog and cooking his own meals). He has friends over. He’s very happy.” As for the future, Jacob is considering joining the football team next year (he has never played the sport). He turns 19 in May. A brother, Christian, lives in Virginia and communicates with Jacob and family in Africa through text. “We’re going to save up so we can visit our parents in Africa,” says Jacob. Right now, he is doing life as an Indiana teenager and wrestling is a big part of it. Real adversity meets opportunity. View full article

Forgot about Cruz he’s toughhhhh

SAM GOIN has to be my number 1! Could very well win a title this season. Absolute hammer...

Ours.

A big thank you to Caleb Spires (and all the other rankers) for their hard work.

Wondering about the status of New Castle this year... I know last year was a down year for numbers and they struggled. Usually a powerhouse in their area. Haven’t won the sectional in the last three years. Heard they have a full squad this year with Gary Black taking over. Anyone have a projected lineup for these guys this year? Or know who’s going to be rocking where? They could be dangerous. Especially with Black leading them.

Yeah no Hobart. I was PISSED OFF when I came into high school and they switched conferences. I couldnt tell you the conference they are in now cause it has changed something like 8 times now. Would be a GREAT addition though if Hobart was in there

Shawn Slaymon, There are numerous things that may lead to what is perceived as poor, or lack of, sportsmanship. If I'm not mistaken, which I'm not, we have on video fans from a school sharing your colors calling one of our African American athletes a N***r. I would assume that issues would arise from there. Any poor behavior on my athletes part is dealt with by the coaching staff and team. How and when those issues are dealt with are none of your concern. If there is any issue with sportsmanship, you should take that up with the IHSAA. My only goal is to raise and teach these young men how to deal with adversity and one day be the future leaders in our society. Thanks for any concerns, Coach Moore FC Head Coach

He has to be related to Geno Roderick of Franklin!

Last year at semi state we had a first round match with an end score of 23-17

I wrestled a guy from Laville twice...first time was 26-21, second time was 21-16. I was the 21 both times. Classic match of two strong guys with average technical ability...lots of re-rolls...

We do realise we have state place winners who beat other states state champions right?...... indiana wrestling is on the rise and far from a downfall!