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So my brother was a pretty good wrestler. 4x State placer, 3x state champ. I watched him wrestle at state his freshman year place 7th. Got to see every match of his that year. The next year I decided to sign a dotted line and joined the military. During his first state championship he beat a pretty good kid, named Eric Galka, I was in basic training and missed the match. During his second championship run, he beat another good kid, Anthony Quiroz, I was in Iraq at the time and didn’t see it in person. So during his senior year I made it a point to go see every match of his, near or far. He was going for his third state title, and 4x time state placer. Become the first Portage wrestler to ever do both feats. Still in the military I had something going on Saturday morning at state, got to see his Friday night match, but missed the quarters match. Sean didn’t have one point scored against him, he didn’t let anyone up, no escapes, nothing. Pure domination. Coach Wilkins who was the head coach at the time got me a coaches pass so I could go down with Sean, watch him warm up before the finals match, and be right there when he came off the match. He told me that one was for me. I finally got to see my brother win a state while I was standing by the warm up mat they have set up. By far one of my favorite memories I’ve ever had at state.

Lots of memories from a little guy watching the wrestling Gods under the lights. But the ultimate memory was winning a state championship under the lights at Market Square. There was more of a drive to put small schools on the map and know that it could be done. To then coaching Mason Todd under the lights, alongside my longtime mentor Dave Cloud. Amazing to experience both as a wrestler & coach.

Excellent! Congrats. Mine, and I've mentioned before, but walking into BLF and walking into the concourse and looking up at the scoreboard and seeing the trackwrestling bout list with my kids name and bout big as heck right there on Mat 1!! After years of toiling in small arse gyms in various locales, struggling to pull up track brackets on my iPhone 2 in schools with little or no WIFI and having them take forever to load or drop, stalking his opponents profile etc..to see them big as life and LittleJimmy's name up there on the first one it just brought all the feels about the hardwork, sweat, and sacrifice and how it had led from 6 hour Sundays in little towns to watch 2 matches to the absolute mecca of high school wrestling. A very weird memory, I agree, but one I'll never forget and one that just seemed to hit hard and I still have the pic of it. This was year 2..lost year 1 pic! Oh..and kickin' it in a suite with @backtothemat. Southern folk are the best! Good luck to everybody this weekend! Soak it in. For some reason I'm not attending this year, but the beers are chillin', track video paid and I cannot wait for quittin' time!

I thought in the spirit of it being the greatest weekend of the year we can share the greatest experience/story that we have encountered during state weekend. Mine has to be my first year as head coach and being FORTUNATE enough to coach such a hardworking kid that earned earned every bit of his state championship. I say fortunate because I know some coaches go there entire careers (my dad being one of them, 20 years) without having the joy of coaching a champ under the lights. Going down 5-0 in the first period, Jake wrestled his tail off to score 9 unanswered points to take the 195 title. i do not coach anymore but I think about that match all the time and look forward every year to seeing a match where the underdog comes from behind to win a big one. I know there are some great/inspirational memories and stories from this weekend and look forward to reading them! Best of luck to everyone this weekend and drive safe!

Cole Solomey 120.

Yes and the golf team is missing a visor

Same. He coached my dad in 74-77 and me in 2004-2007. I was fortunate to be his last state qualifier. With all the traditions around the state, I wonder how many other coaches coached father/son duos and what the widest gap between father to son is. Coach never aged, just tamed his hair over the years! Lol

Rickie Clark and Robert Samuels put on the best consolation match spectacle in Indiana wrestling history.

Mooresville basketball team is wondering where their warm up shorts are tonight.

Was Walker wrestling injured?

So true my fried!!! I miss him everyday!

Hayhurst losing does not help MD.... Hayhurst looked listless after the first two take downs, almost as if he started cruising

Confirmed. The 1st round is being scored. Yeaaa. Progress.

Love the mat 4 announcers. Southern fella is great.

Anybody else a little creeped out with all the handshaking in the parade of champs in an era of coronavirus?

**ASSUMING** that they score the tournament the same as last year (no advancement or bonus points for Friday night) the team race should be very close although I have it as a 3-horse race between Mater Dei, Cathedral and Crown Point. I think between those 3 it's anyone's tourney - bonus points, key matchups and some unexpected scorers could tilt the victory one way or another. Here is how the scoring works (again, using last year's formula). Wrestlers score for Advancement points and Placement points. Those are predetermined: Additionally, wrestlers can add team points versus Activity scoring: Obviously it makes a HUGE difference whether the wrestler can make it to the finals versus the 3rd/4th place match, and so on. Here are my predictions: 1. Evansville Mater Dei - 9 wrestlers with several chances to make the finals. Some huge landmines though that could really effect the outcome! 2. Indianapolis Cathedral - Some good early matchups means that they have a good chance to have a large number of wrestlers making it deep 3. Crown Point - With Mendez leading the way, the Bulldogs have some hammers that could make a deep run. They have some huge matchups with Mater Dei Evansville Mater Dei Nine wrestlers starting out Friday night for EMD. Close matchups for Egli, Baumann, Sollars and Parkinson - if they get all 9 through, look out! 113 Cole Ross likely to face Logan Frazier in his 2nd match. If we wins that, a tough one against the Schoeff/Anthony winner. I have Ross making the finals 120 Alec Freeman has a brutal route - Head to Head with Crown Point's Riley Bettich in the 2nd round, then has to beat Cathedral's Seltzer if he wants to reach the finals 126 Ashton Hayhurst - Has undefeated Dylan Stroud in the opening round. Can he get by him? If so, then battle-tested David Pierson in the 2nd round and Rioux in the 3rd. That's a lot to ask of a sophomore 132 Kane Egli - He's got a tough road, but guys like this senior can decide the team title. He faces Slivka from Roncalli in the 1st match. If he gets to Saturday he will likely have Ian Heath before hitting Mendez. Making the final 4 would be big 138 Blake Boarman is the big dog in a difficult half-bracket. For his 3rd match will probably face either Logan Wagner or Floyd Central's Conway 145 Brody Baumann has winnable first 2 matches but they won't be easy. Jajuan Anderson from Warren Central will push the pace - and then AJ Poindexter will stand in the way of a top 4 finish 160 Eli Dickens - Based on this year's results he is the favorite - but the final 4 at 160 will be extremely entertaining and could go any combination. He would have a match versus Cathedral's Eliot Rodgers in his 3rd match to reach the finals. That's a HUGE swing match for team points 170 Gabe Sollars - Someone like Sollars could make a huge difference. His first match is against Chesterton junior Gavin Layman. Then he would face a likely head-to-head matchup against Cathedral's Tyler Wagner 182 Macartney Parkinson - has the toughest quarter bracket in the tournament. Opens up against #1 Joseph Walker then has Mason Winner in the 2nd round. It's feast or famine for Mater Dei here Indianapolis Cathedral Cathedral enters 8 wrestlers to the field Friday night. All of them have a shot to make it to Saturday, with some high scoring potential 106 Evan Dickey comes in as a 4th place finisher, but he does avoid the loaded other half-bracket. His Friday night match is against Isaac Ruble - if he can get by that, then his points will really be a help 120 Zeke Seltzer is the prohibitive favorite but it isn't a cake walk. He may see Bettich or Freeman in the 3rd round. Still, it's likely big points here 138 Logan Bailey is a big swing in points, I think. He has potential to reach the finals, but he has a match against Drake Campbell in the 2nd round that could be a scare 160 Elliot Rodgers has a good path until that final 4 where he faces Dickens who has beat him this season. Will experience win over latest results? 170 Tyler Wagner may face EMD's Gabe Sollars in his 2nd match - that's a big showdown. Wagner could make a run to the finals 182 Johnny Parker - Unfortunately for Parker, he drew in to the death quarter bracket of Mason Winner then Parkinson/Walker. Tough to see him winning the first round, let alone getting to the final 4 195 Jacob Huffman - he is an interesting one. His first match is against Friedt, who is ranked higher but also lost to his Cathedral teammate Parker this season. I don't have Huffman making it to Saturday, but he could surprise and get into that 5th-8th range. In that case, bonus points would be key 285 Holden Parsons - the senior Yorktown transfer has wrestled well this season and the 285 weight class is always unpredictable. I have him winning 2 matches before facing Dancy from Portage. Parsons is very experienced and opposite the Key/Irick combo. If he can slow down the match and wrestle strategically against Dancy, he could be under the lights with some HUGE points Crown Point Crown Point brings 8 wrestlers to the first round. I think their first round looks great, which means they will get 6 or possibly 7 into the scoring rounds. They are very young, but still could surprise some of the older wrestlers and make deep runs to make this a close race 106 Sammy Goin has only lost once all season. I would love his chances - but he got a tough, tough draw. He has Chundi in the 2nd round. That match may be a tossup. Can Goin get past Chundi and make it into the final 4 and possibly win it all? Since there are so many young wrestlers here and the action is lightning-quick, 106 can be very unpredictable and the matches can turn quickly 113 Logan Frazier is another freshman. He has a stiff task, facing the experienced Cole Ross from EMD in the 2nd round. I would give the edge to Ross, but I am not counting out these young bulldogs either 120 Riley Bettich has a ton of talent and the chance to take out a couple of head to head competitors. He should have Alec Freeman in the 2nd round, then Zeke Seltzer in the 3rd 126 Stephen Roberson - we all know the 126 weight class is bonkers this year. There are no easy paths to the finals and Roberson will have to face Kysen Montgomery in the 2nd round, then the winner of Dalton/Lowery showdown in the 3rd round if he wants to see the finals. Possiblity of huge points, or very few points here. 132 Jesse Mendez - He'll have the target on his back this year. Hard to see anyone stopping him from winning it all and getting the 20 team points. So the question may be how many bonus points can he rack up to help out the team? 138 Nick Tattini - Don't have Tattini getting to Saturday. If he can manage to get there, that's a huge boost for CP 145 Orlando Cruz - he also faces a murderer's row of wrestlers but he is capable of getting some points. He has Feichter in the 1st round, then likely Avon's Jaden Reynolds in the 2nd round before seeing undefeated Alec Viduya in the semis. Any points here would be a big win 160 Noah Hollendonner is the #1 seed. He should win his first, but then will have to try to break up the favored final 4 at this weight. He will see the winner of Noehre/Asbury. Look for Noah to be shooting for 5th-8th range and getting bonus points where he can Honorable Mentions Brownsburg - Some great wrestlers with some brutal matchups. Logan Miller at 106 should reach the semis. Kysen Montgomery will have Roberson in 2nd round. DRake Campbell has only lost once this season - can he knock off Logan Bailey in the 2nd round? Peyton Asbury got a Friday night death draw versus Noehre, but he will not make it an easy out. 285 Dorian Keys is the returning champion - can he repeat against Irick in a likely rematch with Irick in the semifinals and bring home another title? Chesterton - Look for Ellis and Bates to score big points here. Torres is great but has Rioux in the 2nd round. Kaiser would have to beat Boarman in the 2nd round. Tough roads to reach those big-point finals Perry Meridian - Only 3 wrestlers, but all of them have a legit shot to get to the finals. Cottey (113), Koontz (132) and Warren (182) can rack up mega points, but they are just hurt by lack of sheer numbers Roncalli - Similar to Perry. The Lowery brothers only have 2 losses between them on the season. Both could make a nice run to the finals. Viduya is on fire and he could be the 3rd Roncalli wrestler to reach the finals. Slivka is talented but has a really tough first round matchup with Kane Egli. If the other 3 can get to the finals and Slivka reaches the final 4 then we may see Roncalli creeping up the board Warren Central - 5 wrestlers here. Brice Coleman is undefeated and favored - he should score lots of points. David Pierson at 126 would be challenged at every step, but he has the potential and experience to make a deep run. Jajuan Anderson, Damon McClain and Dennis Hubbard could score some points, but not enough As always these are only my opinions. Good luck to all teams and wrestlers this weekend - hope that everyone wrestles their best match(es) ever and stays injury-free, in victory or defeat.

(If) CP gets 106-126 in the Semis or Place they are going to be hard to beat. Then you got Jesse which in my eyes is a Lock with almost max points for his team himself . Cruz placing Top 8, Noah placing Top 8. Other than Tattini, all got some favorable draws . #facts Just what @navy80 & I see #amiright

Crown point wins it. Mater Dei second. great analysis and information!!

I was fortunate enough to be introduced to this by my Coach Phil Gibson in 1986. Haven't missed any since. 1 trip as a wrestler and 9 as a coach. Still miss Market Square

I hope you are right because that's the way IT SHOULD BE. The State Finals tournament starts Friday night & ALL Team Scoring should start then too.

That year he worked hard and kept he weight down. Stayed around 280 or below.

This was already a whole thread back then. But if you really want to go into it, yea who knows what could've happened after Tommy would've been up by 3 points after he took a shot and went straight to a half (didn't know shots and halves were considered catching moves) but that's how it happened and the ref called a fall.

On another thread, Trackgopher confirmed that there will be scoring for the first round! Not 100% sure it will include both advancement points AND activity points - but this will be a MAJOR wrinkle in the overall team scores. For those schools with difficult 2nd round matches where you may lose a wrestler - now they have an opportunity to score points in the Friday night matchup. I see this being a big boost for Crown Point - they have 5 #1 wrestlers coming in. Although their 2nd round is very tough - their first round could net them a LOT of points especially if the activity points are counted. Each of the top teams now has 8 or 9 opportunities for another 4 points added to their team score. This also will distance the teams bringing a lot of wrestlers from those with only a few good ones like Perry Meridian

I went to my first State in 1965 but my consecutive string started in 1971 so congrats to my friend Pete. It’s like a family reunion but I can tell you as good as it’s in the stands it’s even better on the floor.

this will be my 10th year working, and 15th year attending. My son says I do not work, I walk up and down the wall drinking water.

If you were in the MD wrestling room in the 80's and 90's you would understand most Wildcats had the physical talent to compete at the D1 level but not the intellectual talent to go to a D1 school. None of us became NASA scientist.

I’m 19 years old and this will be my 19th time in a row. I’ve gone every single year of my life, and I plan to keep it that way.

EVERY year since 1968.....

Can we get this match shown on the big screen between the placement matches and the finals? It’d get the crowd more pumped up than just some music.

I've got Ross over Frazier and Bettich over Freeman.

Andrew Himes- Plymouth 285 he took out 11th ranked 44-1 Swallow(Monroe Central)

I started going in 1973 and have not missed one until this year. Hospitalization ended the streak.

Going with Navy80, CP wins it.

152 - Garrett Stuckman - Wawasee Undefeated (16-0) senior, semistate champ, faces another unranked Friday night then #5 Saturday morning. Probably a better situation than any other unranked guys.

I actually edited right before u said that lol

I’d probably throw Seltzer in there

I don't know that I have ever seen two wrestlers that old having that much fun wrestling on that big of a stage in my life. It may have "just" been for third place, but it was still the state finals, still in front of thousands of people, still the last match they would wrestle in high school. Absolutely marvelous.

I wasn’t in the room but have a lot of buddies who were. I’d say the lack of D1’s stemmed from a lot of them being country boys who joined the family business. They had zero aspirations of college but would’ve excelled at wrestling if they chose that path.

Up until the whistle of the match, if they wanted to. But I know Coach sandefer wouldn’t do that and if walker couldn’t go I’m sure coach sandefer would’ve said something well before tonight so the alternate would be ready. Just an opinion.

GO WALKER!!

52 will be the winner so far in this thread.

One of the best matches ever in banker life!

You are missing Tommy Cash and Blake Rypel both did it the same year as Streck

It would be really cool if we as a state had a set number of weight classes that were all the same, instead of them changing each week due to different middle school conference rules/regulations.

Not looking for a break. Looking for things to be done right isn't a break. It just what is right.

This will be year 27 in a row for me attending the state finals (first time when I was 4). I’m taking my 4 year old this year for the first time. He could care less about the wrestling, but he has been talking about the shaved ice all week. He said his goal is 9!

All right...I'll do it... I forced the Indianamat.com bot who has been posting all season to read the brackets and message board 1,000 times, and here are the results. An Indiana Wrestling fan laughs at an ankle band. A referee hits him and the ankle band for double stalling. 800 lbs. Gorilla: This guy is tough as nails.His opponent is also a nail. Referee 1: You are stalling with extra passivity. Region Wrestling fan 1: Booooooooo. Angery my fingers extend. Twooooooooooo. Referee 2: Also twoooooooooooo, but also stalling. Indy Wrestling Fan 1: It's not fair that you are calling twoooooooooooo. Booooooooo. 800 lbs. Gorilla: Nails for sale by the dozen. Region Wrestling Fan 2: The region will have 46 state champs this season. Rats wrestle as tough as a rat tooth. Nails are soft like children. Evansville Wrestling Fan 1: I like everyone. All are good who wrestle. All other wrestling fans yell at gentle Evansville grandparents. Referee 1: Continuous stalling on all. I wish I had more fists. Ankle band: I do not like being strapped to the shoulder of large boys. The tournament is over, but the buzzers continue to alarm the spectators who only yell that it isn't fair. Fade to black.

You're telling me you don't think that Wabash's 165, Kyle Hatch, who's currently ranked #1 in d3 does not beat IU or Purdue's current 165? Kyle Hatch is a very talented wrestler, I would venture to say he would beat both teams current starter by bonus points. That would not be his only Big Ten wins either, Kyle would likley qualify for D1 NCAAS and more than likely win a match or two.