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We have to be talking about the legendary Steve Nontell. If we’re talking about orange pants and fanny packs, he is the authority! Great guy who has dedicated a lot of time to the sport, and the Beech Groce program in particular.

Dickens over Rodgers 9-3

Not every year!

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.

I grew up calling him Orangeman, and I remember distinctly when he updated the outfit from 70/80s style to 90s style with still the orange head to toe get up.

We knew our regional draw before sectional finals. 1978 And only top 2 advanced.

170- #7 Sollars Over #6 Wagner - 4-0

Making predictions = slimy individual. Got it. Time to discontinue the pick em contest.

Brody Ruiz BD over #13 Joey Langeman Carmel 4-1

FINALS Results 106 - Evan Dickey finishes 2nd dropping a 9-2 dec in the final 106 - Reed Egli finished 5th with a win by fall 113 - Cole Ross dec 2-0 over Pacey Najdusak for 1st Place. Aden Reyes finished 3rd 120 - Zeke Seltzer won by major dec 12-3 over Alec Freeman 126 - Ashton Hayhurst finished 2nd losing by 14-0 major dec to Josue Dawson. Luke Gonzalez finished 4th. 132 - Kane Egli finished 2nd dropping a 9-4 dec to Antoine Allen. Edwin Perez DNP 138 - Blake Boarman won by dec 9-5 over Logan Bailey 145 - 152 - 160- 170 - 182 - 195 - 220 - 285 - Holden Parsons wins the title with a 9-4 dec. James Ralph drops a 4-1 dec to finish 4th

East Central is very dominant with only three Seniors in their lineup.

I'm a 2004 New Castle Grad that wrestled 160 my Senior year and would be 220 class now weighing 210..I just tech falled a large pizza and majored a cherry Sprite from Pizza King!

Earlier in the HCC tourney #6 EVSS Nick Cicciarelli over #10 Reece Luhmann 3-1

126 - #1 Ray Rioux dec (1-0) #7 Kysen Montgomery

Lol when in doubt pull some insults out..Idgaf where you have homes or what you think about my cognitive skills.. And I'll def be watching the fights tonight...Monster energy drinks are trash just like your assessment of Indiana wrestling.. I've learned that when people don't know what they're talking about they start trying to belittle a guy to mask their own lack or knowledge.. The only thing you've proven is that you can't spell Nostradamus and are a typical Wifi tough guy.

LOL, call me slimy. I'm betting for him.

Nick was hurt and missed the whole season. The only matches he wrestled were at Team State before Sectional. His matches at Tam State and he won state at 132 the year before. But I do believe Bam Lawrence was #1 at 152 when Joe Lee bumped up from 145 to face him at Team State. Lee won by fall. That was in Jan 2016.

119 in 2006. Three state champs from 2005 -103 Galka 47-0 -112 Harris 42-0 -119 Williams 46-2 plus Salas 12-5 placed 6th at 119. Freeman 45-4 placed 7th at 112. Weinzapfel 36-5 was a SQ at 103. in 2004- Freeman was SQ 42-4 and Harris 37-6 was 3rd at 103. Williams 42-4 placed 5th at 112. these were all returning in 2006 at 119. at the Evansville semi state, Williams placed 1st over previously undefeated Gallahgaer and Freeman! Gallagher Franklin upset state champ Harris 6-2 in the quarters. Returning state champ Galka got beat first round by Freeman. Freeman then loses Saturday morning to Harner Norwell 38-1 at the time. Harner then upsets Gallagher to make the finals. the bottom half of the bracket. returning state champ Williams wins 13-1 and 16-0 to advance to the semi finals. Salas wins in overtime over Weinzapfel 3-1 Friday night then 5-2 over Miller Muncie Soutside. Salas upsets Williams 4-3 in the semis. three returning state champs. None of them made the finals. Salas from Merrilville pinned Harner in the finals. The following year 2007 from the same weight class saw two state champs. freeman B South got 1st at 125. Freeman ended up placing Q, 7th, 5th, and 1st. Galka Hobart got 1st at 130. Others from the 2006 bracket 119. Harris who previously placed 3rd, 1st, 7th. placed 7th as a senior. michael Columbia city placed 8th in the star studded 06 bracket and placed 6th the next year. Weinzapfel lost in overtime to the eventual state champ Salas on Friday night rebounded in 07 by placing 6th. Young of zionsville was a SQ in 06 and placed 4th in 07. excuse the grammatical errors as I am on my phone. Will we ever see three defending state champs in the same bracket? i think Indianamat would go crazy even if we get two defending state champs in the same bracket!

Congratulations to Jorden Douglass from Attica for signing with Mount Olive. He is projected to wrestle 149, 157. View full signing

Dude! Every tournament. I’m pretty sure I saw him a year or two ago. He had the warm up / sweat suit on too. Btw.. who is that guy? Gotta be a good dude.

I carry mine every where. If I set it down the kids prank me . But mine, usually, is full of gold, silver, and winning lottery ticket numbers.

Is that all? 106 from 2014

Kris Rumph also has a 6-3 win over Gavin Teasdale this season.

Matt Coughlin bumped up and beat Paul Young. Both were #1 and both finished as state champs that year

They will join Indiana Tech with a women's program next year. https://www.trinethunder.com/general/2019-20/releases/20200117g6m7ab Matt Land their Athletic Director is a former head wrestling coach at Eastside and Northrop in the late 1990's and early 2000's.

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.

By way of this math...……. I have lots of kids and multiple marriages, don't tell the wife !!!

What did you have to give PMfan to get him to offer up this softball?

Jake O'Brien and Nate Moore wrestled a couple of times, Nate was a defending state champ ranked #1 at 189 and O'Brien was a 2x state champ ranked #1 at 215. Moore won both matches. I also believe that Lee and Red were at two different weights and Lee bumped up for state series to wrestle him

106-Goin 113-Frazier 120-Bettich 126-Torres 132-Mendez 138-Kaiser 145-Ellis 152-Johnson 160-Hegwood 170-Layman 182-Walton 195-Williams 220-Bates 285-Dancy CP-winner RSN will be covering the finals

Back in 2011, Doug Welch (152) would beat up on Chad Welch (160) everyday in practice.

Wabash update. Lotta top guys out yesterday but lotsa young guys getting great experience. Of note, Kyle Holman of Carmel defeating a national champ. https://sports.wabash.edu/news/2020/1/11/wrestling-wabash-places-fourth-at-nwca-national-duals.aspx

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