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Congrats to former Marion wrestling coach, Heath Duke, and former wrestler, Nate Duke! From http://www.wbat.com/2019/11/15/mfd-firefighters-rescue-disabled-homeowner-during-house-fire/ MFD FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE DISABLED HOMEOWNER DURING HOUSE FIRE November 15, 2019 State and Local News 0 Comments Last night Marion firefighters rescued a disabled man from his bedroom while his house was on fire. The Marion Fire Department was originally dispatched to 2213 S. Waite St. at 7:58 p.m. for a smoke investigation. On arrival, they saw the residence filled with smoke. Flames were also bursting through the utility room area around the electric meter’s base, according to MFD Chief Geoff Williams. While moving through the house, the first fire crew on the scene found 73-year-old George Smoot, whose disabled, in his bedroom and rescued him. After Marion General Hospital paramedics assessed Smoot, and the home’s other occupant, 74-year-old Ollie Smoot, they were released to their family at the scene. American Electric Power disconnected the residence’s powerline as crews worked to stop the blaze. Williams said the cause of the fire was determined to be an electrical issue in the utility room ceiling and the home’s north wall above the electric meter. Dave Jenkins Seabreeze High School Daytona Beach, FL

Now that's soooo true. With that said... I have been going after good ol @PhillyFanMD. He is just a kid on here running his mouth and busting chops. Sits behind a screen name and takes shots at people and other kids. It is really kind of funny though. I think @V and M's Dad has a troll issue on another thread. It happens. We all know guys like him. Real EMD fans and parents are some of the finest people that I have ever met. Congrats to Brody on a great win! He can make a deep run this year. Good luck young fella! #KingTroll #DontArgrueWithTrolls

That was Perry’s third string. Perry beat FC by 50 at CCC and beat Sp 55-12 in a dual.

This was almost great topic but it went to hell real quick

new pick ???? If you would quit trashing everyone on here and actually pay attention you would know Brody has been putting in the work for years and is now and always has been a contender for being in the mix as he is a stud. Great kid and great family. I have all the respect in the world for the things they are doing down there at EMD/ MCWC. ----may need to quit worrying about trashing @Mattyb and his kid and start reading up on the sport.... just a thought is all

MCWC in Evansville, IN. The place is highly recommended and is a great place for kids to learn all aspects of wrestling.

Congratulations to Southport and Franklin Central! They’ve both been making lots of noise and both really great teams. Southport placed 4th at John Hurrle, 43 points above the ranked Perry Meridian team. Franklin Central also finished as runner ups at Capital City Classic and Zionsville Eagle Invitational, Franklin Central placed higher than the ranked Westfield squad in Capital City, big shoutout to those great teams for wrestling hard! If the Franklin Central and Southport teams are placing higher in tournaments than some ranked teams are placing, shouldn’t they be ranked as well?

Date: 12/15/2019 Entity: IndianaMat Type: Dual Ranking Class: All 1. Brownsburg 2. Evansville Mater Dei View full team ranking

Everything will be OK, just try to back away from the comment slowly. Nothing to see here folks. Just go about your day.

By STEVE KRAHstvkrh905@gmail.com There are some names that are synonymous with certain sports at particular schools. Levitz is tied to wrestling at Prairie Heights High School near Brushy Prairie in LaGrange County, Indiana. The family has long enjoyed mat success for the Panthers. It started with Dan Levitz, who went 58-21 and graduated in 1989. Second brother John Levitz (1994) went 133-17 and was a state qualifier at 125 in 1992 and placed fourth at state at 140 in 1994. Third brother Mike Levitz (1996) enjoyed a 144-18 career and placed third at 145 in 1996. Doug Levitz (2015) posted a 165-33 mark and was a state qualifier at 145 in 2015. Jed Levitz (2018) went 178-31 and was a state qualifier at 160 in both 2016 and 2018. Doug and Jed are the sons of John Levitz. Two brothers — senior Isiah and sophomore Sam — are the two oldest sons of Mike Levitz and part of the family legacy. Youngest brother Matt Levitz is a 105-pound eighth grader. “I was destined to become a wrestler,” says Isiah Levitz. “But the being good part, that’s more of the own person’s work and how much they put into the sport. “Just because we’re Levitzes doesn’t always mean we’re going to be good. We still have to put in our work.” Isiah Levitz (121-31) was a sectional and regional champion and placed sixth at the IHSAA State Finals at 152 pounds in 2018-19 and has been competing in 2019-20 at 160. He is currently 10-0. “I’m getting better,” says Isiah Levitz. “I just need to work on being crisp, getting to my moves and working my offense. It’s more of a mindset thing for me more than anything physical.” While some wrestlers have a teammate they drill with on steady basis, Isiah tends to work out with many Panthers in the practice room. “I try to get my hands on everybody,” says Isiah Levitz. “I have a variety of different partners and I see a variety of different positions.” Sam Levitz (31-4 for his career) was a sectional champion at 120 in 2018-19. Competing at 138, he is 6-2 so far in 2019-20. Isiah Levitz and Zeke Rowdon (Class of 2019) have been Sam’s primary workout partners. “They bring speed, agility and a lot of strength,” says Sam Levitz. “I’ve been watching my brother. I do what he does. I’m more on the quick side and I’m decently strong. I consider myself to be better neutral or on bottom.” Isiah says Sam benefits from his position in the lineage. “He’s got a lot of people behind him,” says Isiah Levitz. “He gets the experience of not being the first one in the family to try and be a test subject. “He’s going to be a lot more refined. He’s got a lot of experience.” Isiah first competed in wrestling around age 5, but it was later that he really took to the sport. “It didn’t stick that I loved the sport until about sixth or seventh grade,” says Isiah Levitz. “I started to believe this is for me. I started putting in the work and started getting better.” Along the way, he also started becoming a leader. But not the loud kind. “I don’t use my vocals a lot,” says Isiah Levitz. “I lead by example and my team follows because they respect me quite a bit.” Mike Levitz says he and Isiah have spent much of his high school career focusing on winning close matches. “He’s not got the surprise factor the family’s known for,” says Mike Levitz of Isiah. “My nephews were always pinners." “(Isiah’s) not a great pinner. He’s just a solid all-around wrestler. He gives it everything he’s got on and off the mat." “Isiah has come leaps and bounds the last three or four years. He’s worked his tail off.” Brett Smith is in his ninth season as head coach at Prairie Heights. His assistants include Mike Levitz, John Levitz, Lee Fry, Craig Hoyer, Dylan Forbes and Van Barroquillo. “A lot of my coaches have told me to just believe in myself and have confidence,” says Isiah Levitz. “That’s really helped me with my offensive skills. I used to be pretty timid on the mat. Now I’m really aggressive because I believe in my own moves.” The coaching advice that sticks with Sam? “Be the best in everything you do and try your hardest,” says Sam Levitz. Isiah impacts current and future Prairie Heights grapplers with his example and willingness to take them along for the ride and passing along to them what he already knows. “He’s been around it long enough,” says Smith. “He knows what it takes to get better." “He’s not afraid to pull extra kids in with him because once he leaves there’s going to be some foot marks there to replace and to walk in.” The example also extends to the class room. Isiah is a regular on the honor roll and has been academic all-state. Mother Abby Levitz is a nurse practitioner in LaGrange. Isiah (surgeon) and Sam (radiologist) say they are both considering careers in the medical field. “I want to spend the rest of my life helping people,” says Isiah. If he has to pick a favorite school subject Isiah says he would choose chemistry. A 1997 Prairie Heights graduate, Smith has long known about the Levitz connection. “They have just been a staple,” says Smith. “They’re hard workers.” From working for their parents’ tree service to bailing hay to wrestling, the older Levitz boys “put their nose to the grindstone” and that’s carried over to the next generation. “You never hear them complain about anything,” says Smith of Isiah and Sam Levitz. “They’re some of the hardest workers we’ve seen." “If you try to get through being average, you’re going to be average or below average. If you’re working 50 percent then you’re going to get out 50 percent.” When Smith took over the high school program, he invited John Levitz and Mike Levitz to join the coaching staff and the Panther Wrestling Club was established. Mike Levitz asked former Panthers head coach Fry to come back. “He’s all in,” says Mike Levitz. “He’s a godsend, Coach Fry. “He makes you want to be better. He truly is one of the best coaches I’ve ever been around. The kids love him. He gets the most out of them." “I’m very thankful that he came back in and joined the group.” Fry, an Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Famer, will be part of the inaugural Prairie Heights High School Athletic Hall of Fame class to be honored at halftime of the Angola-Prairie Heights varsity boys game game on Jan. 10. Among those also going into the Hall is Terry Levitz. The 1971 PHHS graduate was a standout running back and still holds four football records at the school. He also played basketball, baseball and ran track. He is a third cousin to Isiah and Sam Levitz. Terry’s father and Mike’s grandfather are brothers. Prairie Heights is scheduled to return to the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association State Duals Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne Jan. 4. The Panthers placed second in Class 1A in 2014-15, won the 1A title in 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 and placed second in 2018-19. Some other highlights on the Panthers’ schedule include the New Haven Super 10 Dec. 21, Al Smith Classic at Mishawaka Dec. 27-28, Northeast Corner Conference Championships Jan. 25 at West Noble, IHSAA Westview Sectional Feb. 1, IHSAA Goshen Regional Feb. 8, IHSAA Fort Wayne Semistate Feb. 15 and IHSAA State Finals Feb. 21-22. “We’ve had a pretty strong run the last five or six years,” says Mike Levitz. “It’s been a lot of fun.” View full article

@Mattyb Finally a hashtag I can get behind #DontArgueWithTrolls

I expect the Charger Invitational to continue at Elkhart High, as Jim Nicholson coached at both Central and Memorial.

Hammond schools won't be combining until 21-22 school year

Also check out the Hobart wrestling FB and twitter for some highlighted matches and a great intro video!

Yea it was a great tournament. Merrillville has done a good job of adding some talented teams over the years. I will be interested to see if Penn varsity or gold comes next year with memorial closing. Also what will happen to Morton with some of the hammond schools Combining. Hobart vs Harrison(or the brickfor6/wrestling scholar classic) dual was really good came down to the last match both teams were really excited. regions sports network had some feature matches on their FB page and the complete Hobart Merrillville dual featured 145 poindexter 170 Simpson vs sneed 195 Walton vs Harrison 220 streck 285 crider vs williams https://www.facebook.com/regionsports/

The 5th and 6th graders are going to be more talented

UNI OPEN At Cedar Falls, Iowa, December 14 125 1st Place Match - Noah Surtin (Missouri) won by decision over Cevion Severado (Missouri) (Dec 5-3) 3rd Place Match - Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) won by fall over Aden Reeves (Iowa State Wrestling) (Fall 5:39) 5th Place Match - Liam Cronin (Indiana) won in sudden victory - 1 over Corey Cabanban (Iowa State Wrestling) (SV-1 13-11) 133 1st Place Match - Drew Bennett (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State Wrestling) (Dec 3-2) 3rd Place Match - Connor Brown (Missouri) won in sudden victory - 1 over Cayden Rooks (unattached) (SV-1 9-7) 5th Place Match - Charlie Klepps (Iowa State Wrestling) won by decision over Jonathan Moran (Indiana) (Dec 5-3) 141 1st Place Match - Kyle Luigs (Indiana) won by fall over Rylee Molitor (South Dakota State-Unattached) (Fall 4:29) 3rd Place Match - Aric Williams (South Dakota State-Unattached) won by decision over Noah Nemer (Iowa State Wrestling) (Dec 11-4) 5th Place Match - Asa Garcia (Indiana unattached) won by tech fall over Garrett Moll (Northern Iowa) (TF 16-0) 149 1st Place Match - Graham Rooks (Indiana) won by major decision over Gable Fox (Northern Iowa) (Maj 12-4) 3rd Place Match - Tristan Lara (Northern Iowa) won by major decision over Peyton Smith (South Dakota State-Unattached) (Maj 14-5) 5th Place Match - Mitchell Bohlken (Missouri) won by major decision over Luke Baughman (Indiana University) (Maj 11-1) 157 1st Place Match - Fernie Silva (Indiana) won by decision over Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) (Dec 6-5) 3rd Place Match - Grant Stotts (Iowa State Wrestling) won by decision over Keaton Geerts (Northern Iowa) (Dec 3-2) 5th Place Match - Joey Sanchez (Indiana) won by decision over Dalton Lakmann (South Dakota State-Unattached) (Dec 5-2) 165 1st Place Match - Logan Schumacher (Iowa State Wrestling) won in sudden victory - 1 over Pat Schoenfelder (Northern Iowa) (SV-1 11-0) 3rd Place Match - Peyton Mocco (Missouri) won by decision over Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) (Dec 11-9) 5th Place Match - Zane Mulder (Iowa State Wrestling) and Isaac Judge (Iowa State Wrestling) (DFF) 174 1st Place Match - Sean Harman (Missouri) won in sudden victory - 1 over Donnell Washington (Indiana University Unattached) (SV-1 6-4) 3rd Place Match - Maxwell Southard (Iowa State Wrestling) won by decision over Keegan Moore (Northern Iowa) (Dec 7-3) 5th Place Match - Taylan Entriken (Iowa State Wrestling) won by decision over Kelby Hawkins (South Dakota State-Unattached) (Dec 3-2) 184 1st Place Match - Julien Broderson (Iowa State Wrestling) won by fall over Tyler Buesgens (Iowa State Wrestling) (Fall 0:15) 3rd Place Match - Cordel Duhart (Missouri) won by decision over Hank Swalla (Iowa State Wrestling) (Dec 3-1) 5th Place Match - Jake Hinz (Indiana) won by decision over Zac Stork (Grand View) (Dec 6-0) 197 1st Place Match - Joel Shapiro (Iowa State Wrestling) won by decision over Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) (Dec 4-0) 3rd Place Match – Nick Willham (Indiana) won in sudden victory -1 over Spencer Irick (Indiana) (Dec. 3-1) 5th Place Match – Jake Kleimola (Indiana) won by major decision over Jack Flynn (Missouri) (Maj 9-0) 285 1st Place - Jose Diaz of Missouri 2nd Place - Spencer Trenary of South Dakota State-Unattached 3rd Place - Bryce Esmoil of Northern Iowa 4th Place - Rudy Streck of Indiana 5th Place - Logan Andrew of Unattached-Chattanooga Rudy Streck (Indiana) won by decision over Logan Andrew (Unattached-Chattanooga) (Dec 7-5) Bryce Esmoil (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Jose Diaz (Missouri) (Dec 12-8) Jose Diaz (Missouri) won by decision over Spencer Trenary (South Dakota State-Unattached) (Dec 7-5) Logan Andrew (Unattached-Chattanooga) won by decision over Bryce Esmoil (Northern Iowa) (Dec 4-3) Spencer Trenary (South Dakota State-Unattached) won by fall over Bryce Esmoil (Northern Iowa) (Fall 0:35) Jose Diaz (Missouri) won by decision over Rudy Streck (Indiana) (Dec 12-8) Spencer Trenary (South Dakota State-Unattached) won by fall over Rudy Streck (Indiana) (Fall 5:59) Jose Diaz (Missouri) won by decision over Logan Andrew (Unattached-Chattanooga) (Dec 6-0) Spencer Trenary (South Dakota State-Unattached) won by fall over Logan Andrew (Unattached-Chattanooga) (Fall 2:44) Bryce Esmoil (Northern Iowa) won by fall over Rudy Streck (Indiana) (Fall 1:19) Indiana Wrestling Results UNI Open 125Liam Cronin (5th) 133Cayden Rooks (4th)Jonathan Moran (6th) 141Kyle Luigs (1st)Asa Garcia (5th) 149Graham Rooks (1st)Luke Baughman (6th) 157Fernando Silva (1st)Joey Sanchez (5th) 174Donnell Washington (2nd)184Jake Hinz (5th) 197Nick Willham (3rd)Spencer Irick (4th)Jake Kleimola (5th) 285Rudy Streck (4th)

https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/wrestling/hobart-claims-top-spot-at-cameron-invite/article_9bc8720f-cc2f-5578-82b3-7834a3b58b41.html Looks like some very good duals between Hobart, Harrison and Merrillville. Hobart got 1st, Harrison 2nd and Merrillville 3rd. Merrillville has won this thing for years, so a somewhat surprising result. Hobart is new to this tournament.

In looking at the results of the CCC, Westfield had 8 wrestlers finish higher in placement to FC 6. One could assume that Westfield would win 8 of the 14 matches in a dual (with bonus points likely deciding the dual). Based off of this it makes sense to rank Westfield higher in dual rankings. Regardless it is great that FC is continuing to build their program.

Can everyone please congratulate FC please and give them some recognition.

160 is messed up should be 160: #2 Bradley Gillum(Dekalb) over Noah Hollendonner(Cp) Dec 5-3 (34-28)

Looks like Mendez got beat today, 6-3, against the Bolivar kid from OPRF @ 138lbs

You must be really excited!! You created a account a couple weeks ago! You have patiently waited to make your first post, typing it and then re-typing. Thinking to yourself this is it I am finally going to be relevant. Only to have it discredited within minutes of it going up. Now what should you do? Finally an epiphany I can say what WC did to PM last year at the state finals.Yes that is it, that will make me look like a tough guy.

With County being next week hopefully they can put their money where your mouth is!

Coach Moore is that funny like a clown? Or funny like getting beat by 50?

Deters ran the table all last year, but Sollars and Ruhlman have all grew bigger and alot stronger, But I agree today has proven that there is no set favorite.

My new pick is Brody Bauman

Asinine takes aside, that isn't the definition of a dark horse, but way to represent yourself terribly.

Being Ranked top 3 multiple years negates you being a dark horse..Carson is a great young man and a stud wrestler.. Then Again you're right what a scrub of a state champion that just took a OSU Midlands 5th placer to ot.. must've only been the PB&J!

Jace Alexander from Wawasee Could be out to shock people this year Qualified at 106 freshman year and placed 6th at 120 sophomore year goes into the state series with 10+ more losses but does very well through the series