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Not sure if anyone saw it, but he's back on the mat. He is going to be wrestling for Southeastern University, an NAIA school in Florida. It sounds like he may be hitting the mat this semester.

This shall now be referred to as the "Carroll Rule."

Saturday January 11 - 5:00? Is it being streamed? Detaila anyone?

I think the team race will be between Hobart and Merrillville. Do they do the seeding meeting day of? I know RSN will have live coverage of the finals

Perhaps even a more rare dual meet score happened in the mid 2000s between HSE and Carmel. 14 matches wrestled, 14 decisions, 7 for HSE, 7 for Carmel. Team score was HSE 21 Carmel 20, as Carmel was penalized a team point when a wrestler's compression shorts were longer than his singlet (back when that was a rule). Not sure if I've ever seen a dual where neither team had a major, pin, or tech, and each had an equal number of decisions.

UPDATED JANUARY 21 WITH NEW TEAM ALLOCATIONS The IHSWCA has decided on significant changes for Team State for 2020-21. Namely, a 4th class will be added and the new 4A and 3A classes will have 8 teams (while 1A and 2A continue to have 12 each). These changes will determine new qualification procedures during this year's individual tournament. Here is a summary of the specific changes and their rationale: --A new 4A class will be added, which will include only schools with 2000 or more students plus the teams that have decided to compete in the largest division despite smaller enrollments. RATIONALE: There is a very consistent, even distribution of schools across enrollments from the smallest schools up through most of the current 3A schools, at which point we see a sharp spike in enrollment among the top third of that current class. This means there is a much, much larger gap between the biggest and smallest schools in 3A, comparing with 2A and 1A. Consequently, we've seen very rare high placement at Team State outside of the biggest few schools and the two Catholic powerhouses while there is a broader range of success in the other divisions. All 4 divisions will now have roughly 2 times as many students in its largest schools compared to its smallest. --Eight (8) teams will qualify for the event in 3A and 4A. Twelve (12) will still qualify in 1A and 2A. RATIONALE: Much has been made about the wait periods for the big school duals at Team State between rounds with the current unbalanced system of 12 teams per class. With the change to 8 teams per class in the larger classes with slower duals, the event can move along more efficiently. In 4A and 3A, there will be two pools of 4 teams per class. Pool winners will wrestle for the championship and all other teams will wrestle a placement match based on their position in their pool. In 2A and 1A, the 5-round program will proceed as it did this season (3-team pools, 4-team placement brackets, all teams guaranteed 4 matches) with the realization that the 3-round pool matches will be completed at roughly the same time as the first two of the four rounds for 4A and 3A. --Classification for 1A, 2A, and 3A will be unbalanced to allow for an equal percentage of qualifying teams per class. After the 4A schools are removed, the remaining schools with at least 7 wrestlers at sectional, will be divided so that 3A has 25% of the schools (roughly 60) and 2A and 1A have 1.5 times the number of 3A (roughly 90 each). RATIONALE: All of 1A, 2A, and 3A will have the same percentage rate of qualifying schools. Only the very large schools will be put in a smaller group to reflect their high concentration of the best overall teams that have made up almost all of the big school top 4 finishers during the IHSWCA Team State era. --Geographical qualification will be adjusted slightly in 3A and 4A. Going forward, the best 3 semi-state winning qualification scores will receive automatic bids in the big school classes. Additionally, the next 3 best scores, no matter the semi-state, will receive the next 3 automatic bids. Finally, if the 4th best semi-state winner in a given semi-state has a qualification score among the class's Top 10, they will receive the 7th bid in the class. All other bids (1 or 2 per class to fill out the field of 8 ) will be voted on according to protocols similar to the past. RATIONALE: Preserving geographic distribution of qualifiers is important. However, there will be an increased problem with low numbers of teams at certain semi-states and a more limited field of 8 spots available per class to keep the event at its highest competition level possible. For example, there will be only 3 schools in the new 4A class in Fort Wayne, while the other sites have between 8 and 13 teams each. These new qualification procedures will allow a strong representation across classes for all semi-states and allow a fair opportunity for all semi-state winners to prove their worth without unduly punishing deserving event candidates.

Yeah, I was hoping someone from PM would have jumped on here and provide some good news and details. I'm not sure if 5:00 is the correct time. Would assume it's JV too, unless there is some JV Tournament or event Saturday.

Last year it was streamed and a Awesome dual with everything including drama and most of all great wrestling!

Most schools have to set a schedule and how they will use their current year competition points more than a month or so in advance. It’s just not feasible for the current year teams when the event is held in the middle of the season. We would all love to see it be based on the current years success and likely near the end of the season, but the IHSAA isn’t on board with that yet.

Will there be a success factor like the IHSAA for classes 1 to 3?

I'm bored so I might as well... Finals Predictions- 106: Bailey MD Cortez 113: Schammert MD Doan 120: Diaz dec Hall 126: Pejovski dec Schammert 132: Carter dec Ponce 138: Hickman dec Rivera 145: Ponce dec Sandridge 152: I can't choose between Turley or Hollis, but it'll be a fun one. 160: Breedlove MD Homoky 170: Simpson dec Verbeek 182: Walton dec Smith 195: Mummey FALL DeGrado 220: Streck MD Babcock 285: McClean dec Perez

The Bombers, eh?

Looks like it screws over the 2A schools that have enrollment under 600.

I agree. Nice step in the right direction for girls wrestling. This could be a helpful way to get names for college recruiting purposes with women wrestling growing and its an awesome recognition for the hard work these girls have put in. I'm even more impressed Vito took it beyond just the Top 4 or 5. Great job man.

It looks like all of the lake county teams plus wheeler and Rensselaer. Both teams have some really tough wrestlers. also it looks like Crown point is sending some guys who could be in the mix for championship. Bahl, tattini, carter and Taborski. lake central And gavit also have very strong teams with a bunch of guys who can contend

Yes please let us know !

If Merrillville and Hobart both have full squads it should be interesting. I’m predicting a lot of purple in the finals. Some semi-state matchups to watch there as well!

I tried to go off of past state results, ISWA State Tournaments, and results from the 4 girl invitationals this season. Feel free to send me any info possible about your girls on here or e-mail me at razobe01@gmail.com.

Last night we won 78-6. Pin in every match

I like lifting the travel restrictions but cannot stand class sports, for any individual sport. You do this and you never have Mendez v Watts last year. You don’t have 10 of the state championship matches from last year. And you never have Chad Red v Nick Lee, probably the best indiana high school state match of all time. You won’t have 10,000+ fans at bankers life cheering on the 2 best kids in the state under the lights. It’s very simple, the more state champions you have the less it means. You win a state championship and you are one of the best 14. You win a state championship in a class system and you are one of the best 42. A state title simply will not mean as much.

I don't think he did either. But those ears would look good with some cauliflower, eh?

I don't comment on these often but I will say I believe that Indiana being single classed is the reason we are so tough at the top. In some states like Georgia there are as many as 7 classes for wrestling that means you have almost a full 8 man bracket of state champs. I feel like that waters down what it means to be a state champion. However I completely agree with a dual meet state being classed just like our IHSWCA has done for our state tournament gives all of the small schools great opportunities to show their talent but at the end of the day there is ONE state champion. Every year there are kids from small 1A and 2A schools that are high on the podium I believe this proves every year that wrestling shouldn't be classed because no matter where you come from if you put in the work you can get to bankers life, it doesn't take going to Cathedral, Perry, Brownsburg, Avon, etc, you can be a state champ from anywhere if you put in the work.

I am pretty sure if you have more than one state champion, by the laws of mathematics it makes you less of a state champion.

Nope. Just have wrestlebacks and our system is perfect. Division individual State Champs are lame. If you want more kids to wrestle act like it is a business and have some charisma and sell it. Class wrestling only adds water.

What a day for this unseeded team taking 5th place. Now 10-7 on the year. With losses to 1A Champ North Posey 1A 4th Place Prairie Heights. 2A Champ Bellmont 2A runner up Garrett 2A 4th place Columbia City and 3A Carroll. Our strength of schedule helped us today. Great job boys.

Ouch. 41-0