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I'd be willing to watch state from the North Pole with the Connersville Bowl's internet connection if it meant my kids had the opportunity to compete at state. I'm not a fan, so maybe I don't understand, but having wrestling in any capacity this season is a blessing.

Mattyb, Thanks for the nice comments about Alec. He was behind Cole Ross as a freshman but kept plugging away and cracked the lineup as a Sophomore. Has some bigger goals now and hopefully with some more performances like this weekend to get noticed. I agree with Y2CJ41, this weight class has a ton of tough kids that should all be in contention come February.

Should just class it

He's ranked 8th.... not much sleeping on him in a weight class with 15+ state qualifiers and placers.

I second this. Sports and everything else. My wife and I miss some things from our home states of VA and MD, but in 2020, we are so glad we live in Indiana. And we are never moving. Ever.

He was small (still is) Won ISWA the spring before at 88!

The current ratings came out before he beat Coyle. I love how he's wrestling and he's hot right now. I have no doubt he'll compete for the top of the podium. I think he, along with Brody Baumann and Gabe Sollars (and Blake Boarman) will all be in the same boat come February.

Great kid. I know he struggled to make the lineup earlier on in his high school career. Still saw him at matches, cheering his teammates on. Always super polite and respectful when we have spoke. He deserves all of this success and more. Somebody needs this sign this kid! Would be an asset to any college program.

Can we use this as an opportunity to eliminate the general admission aspect of the tournament going forward? By far my least favorite part of the weekend.

Faulkens expressed that they are not changing the venue no matter how much they take a bath on it. He said they are not going to take away from the athletes experience. I almost shed a tear.

February 26, 2011 Mater Dei vs. Crown Point For the fans, it was the worst-possible draw. Top-ranked Crown Point and second-ranked Mater Dei were paired for the first round of Team State. For the first-ever meeting between the schools, Crown Point brought a star-studded lineup. Headliner Jason Tsirtsis was fresh off his third State Title. Tsirtsis’ practice partner, Eric Roach, had just won his second State Championship. Tyler Kral had finished third, while Josh Flamme was sixth. Jake Fuqua and Dusty Schurg qualified for the State Meet. Crown Point won the Team State title in 2009 and was eager to return to the winner’s circle. Mater Dei countered with State Runner-up John Sims. Josh Boots and Jake Lannert finished third, while Sam Goebel and Josh Pierre were State Qualifiers. In a storyline all too familiar to Mater Dei fans, Crown Point’s Kyle Shrewsbury’s life was rocked by tragedy. The previous Wednesday, Kyle’s third-grade sister, Brianna, complained of abdominal pain. She was taken to a local hospital where she died of an aneurism. The Shrewsbury family decided that Crown Point, the community and Kyle would best be served by Kyle’s appearance in Crown Point’s line-up. The match opened at 189 pounds, where Josh Boots lit up the Red and Gold with a first period pin of Matt Langbehn. Nathan Wright minimized the damage at 215, losing to the Bulldogs’ Tyler Kral, 9-1. Justin Van Winkle put the ‘Cats back in the driver’s seat with his second period pin of Josh Swope. The Bulldogs got back on track when Josh Fuqua and Colton Saroff beat Wyatt Seng and Sam Goebel to make it 12-10. Freshman Josh Pierre delivered for the ‘Cats, winning a nerve-wracking, 2-1 decision over Trevor Burlison. Zach Henderson got out early and built a 3-0 lead over Matt Harvey. Harvey, however, mounted a comeback and beat Henderson, 6-3. Max Mangold punched back, decisioning Cameron Halsted, 5-1. Crown Point had its opportunity to put the match away when Jake Fuqua had a 2-0, third period advantage over Quinn Schroeder. Schroeder escaped early in the third to cut the deficit to one. Fuqua was exhausted; he took no shots, backed up and countered. With a stall warning already issued, Fuqua backed off the mat and was assessed a penalty with one second remaining on the clock. The Crown Point coaches meekly went to the scorer’s table to protest. Quinn Schroeder heard the conversation. “The referee told them ‘We are going to overtime, if your boy backs up again, I’m going to ring him up,’” said Schroeder. “I had nothing left, so I kept my elbows in and pushed as hard as I could.” The plan worked. A few seconds into overtime, Fuqua backed up, referee Frankie Medvescek raised his fist and Schroeder was a 3-2 winner. The Red and Gold exploded while Crown Point’s coaches meekly protested. Leading 21-13, the Wildcats faced the heart of the Crown Point line-up. Hurricane Jason Tsirtsis took the mat against Jake Lannert and scored a technical fall, followed by an 8-1 decision by Josh Flamme over Sam Riggs. Senior Evan Weinzapfel attacked Dusty Schurg off the whistle, taking him to his back and nearly pinning him. Weinzapfel took an 8-0 lead before an injury robbed the wind from his sails. Sporadically burning nearly all of his injury time during the match, Weinzapfel struggled to complete the match, losing in overtime, 11-9. This set the stage for one of the greatest coaching blunders in Indiana wrestling history. Crown Point head coach Scott Vlink sent his State Champ, Eric Roach to wrestle John Sims. Evidently, Vlink did not realize that Roach was not certified to wrestle at 160. Assistant Coach John Dewig immediately caught the mistake and called the officials to the table. After a brief conference, the ruling was issued. Roach would not be allowed to wrestle. Substitute Hunter Moore was no match for Sims and succumbed to a first period pin. With a 27-25 lead over the Bulldogs, the bout between Dalton Brandenstein and Crown Point’s Kyle Shrewsbury would decide the dual. Shrewsbury scored the opening takedown and the match devolved into a cat and mouse game. Brandenstein managed an escape early in the third period to make it 2-1. With time winding down and the two hand fighting, it appeared that Shrewsbury would end the match with both wrestlers on their feet. With less than ten ticks on the clock, Brandenstein took a shot and scored the takedown, touching off a wild celebration. Final Score: Mater Dei- 30, Crown Point- 25. The aftermath of the substitution debacle left Crown Point’s coaching staff embarrassed and their team enraged. The Bulldogs believed that rules or not, Roach should have been allowed to wrestle. “Why? “asked an enraged Josh Flamme. “You’re going to lose your entire State Tournament. What’s the point? They said what we did was illegal. They won on something we didn’t expect.” “I understand what their coach (Greg Schaefer) did,” said Eric Roach. “Obviously it was a smart move for them. But all the people are saying ‘What are you doing?’ I would take him (Sims) on. What are you scared of? He’s got 20 pounds on me. Let’s see who has the better team. Our team worked their butts of all year. It’s hard to end like this.” The joy of one Mater Dei’s greatest victories on a big stage was short-lived. The next round, Mater Dei gave up four pins to Lawrence North and lost the match on criteria. Many in attendance believed it to be the toughest loss Mater Dei Wrestling ever endured. The next season, Jason Tsirtsis won his fourth State Title. Tsirtsis was regarded as the nation’s top high school prospect in 2012. The Olympic aspirant accepted a scholarship to Northwestern. Eric Roach joined Indiana University’s wrestling team, while Tyler Kral became a grappler for the Purdue Boilermakers.

I’d throw Kyrel’s Leavell in this discussion as well. Carmel forfeited him, but pins over Keaton Morton (Perry) and Reed Egli (EMD) were damn impressive for a freshman in two high stakes duals. He has to be in the discussion for sleeper champ at 113.

I feel like I stepped into a trap set by a conspiracy.

You had me a Spartan bowl internet!

I would be surprised if anyone past immediate family is allowed to attend. I hope I am wrong, but at this time it doesn't look good for anyone else.

Hey I am trying to straighten out the pony express! Lol

To all that wish to attend here is Macs obituary. On behalf of CHS Wrestling, New Castle Wrestling and his family thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Steven Mac Taylor.pdf

He was strong and dangerous with the throws. Was definitely impressed. There were a ton of impressive performances.

I agree, sign this young man!!

I'm aware of when the updated rankings came out. I just think he was under ranked and his matches recently have proven that.

Absolutely true let the team and or wrestlers get 3-4 tickets per wrestler. Assigned seats for them would be awsome. They should all be in lower seats.

So if your a big school say like Avon and have six qualifiers versus a school like Adams Central who has one, gets better tickets since they buy more? Just another way to penalize the small schools.

That would be great. It would be awesome if each school had a code to use to buy tickets, and whoever bought the most got the best tickets.

I personally think he should have been ranked ahead of Dalton and Coyle in the last update. Now, I don't see how you keep him out of the top 3.

Definitely a top 3 competitor in my eyes.

Thursday 1/7 11:00 PM

For football you got assigned seats and the computer generated where they were located to make sure everyone was far enough away from each other.

Under the circumstances, I would be ok with that.

Matt, no malice intended. This is a gut wrenching chapter for MD fans and CP fans. Three years earlier, freshman John Sims' father passed on the eve of the sectional. MD fans had real empathy for the Shrewsbury family. I never liked the fact the outcome of the match may had been affected by a coaching mistake. The CP win was followed with misery by the loss to Lawrence North. MD gave up four pins--the most ever in the State series. Hard to imagine that MD and CP took punishing losses in the same day. It was a long drive back to Evansville. The group I was with was emotionally exhausted. Constructing this post, brought back the details of that day. I am now sorry that I did it!

And they aren't making our kids compete with masks on.

This whole thing sucks. But.... I am happy we live in Indiana and how they are handling it.

Dang re-opened that wound to CP, Hook.

Date: 01/03/2021 Entity: IndianaMat Type: Power Poll Class: All 1. Perry Meridian 2. Indianapolis Cathedral 3. Warren Central 4. Carmel 5. East Central 6. Franklin Central 7. Zionsville 8. Westfield 9. Roncalli 10. New Palestine View full team ranking

They better allow us in or..... ALOT of people will be dressed up as janitors.

Results from today's Buffalo vs. Ohio U match. Notice the extra matches at the bottom that do not count toward the team score. That looks like it will be common at matches this year, to enable guys to get matches when they can. It's a way to insure against loss matches due to Covid. Close losses for Alex Mosconi, Carson Brewer and Brayden Littel here. Weight Summary BUFF OHIO 125 Tristan Daugherty (Buffalo) over Giovanni DiSabato (Ohio) (Dec 2-0) 3 0 133 Mario Guillen (Ohio) over Caleb Svingala (Buffalo) (Dec 7-3) 0 3 141 Derek Spann (Buffalo) over Conor McCrone (Ohio) (Dec 7-2) 3 0 149 Ty Raines (Buffalo) over Alex Mosconi (Ohio) (SV-1 8-6) 3 0 157 Michael Petite (Buffalo) over Andrew Knick (Ohio) (TF 24-9 5:50) 5 0 165 Colt Yinger (Ohio) over Noah Grover (Buffalo) (Dec 5-4) 0 3 174 logan Stanley (Ohio) over Marcus Petite (Buffalo) (Dec 4-1) 0 3 184 Peter Acciardi (Buffalo) over Carson Brewer (Ohio) (Dec 6-2) 3 0 197 Jake Walker (Ohio) over Samuael Mitchell (Buffalo) (Dec 7-2) 0 3 285 Tobin Cahill (Buffalo) over Jordan Earnest (Ohio) (Dec 8-2) 3 0 125 Extra: oscar Sanchez (Ohio) over Jordan Reyes (Buffalo) (Dec 6-2) 0 0 133 Extra: Thomas Maddox (Buffalo) over Bradyen Littel (Ohio) (Dec 12-9) 0 0 184 Extra: Mason Kroening (Ohio) over Adam Daghestani (Buffalo) (Dec 10-8) 0 0 Team Score: 20 12

Wow!!! That’s HUGE day!

Wrestler of the day: Alec Freeman Mater Dei.. 132 - Alec Freeman (Evansville Mater Dei) over 126 #2- Cheaney Schoeff (Avon) Dec 6-3 132 - Alec Freeman (Evansville Mater Dei) over 132 #3 Kysen Montgomery (Brownsburg) Dec 6-1 132 - Alec Freeman (Evansville Mater Dei) over 132 #2 David Pierson (Warren Central) Dec 5-4 126 #1 Zeke over 120 #1 Sergio 8-5

Returning Semi State Qualifiers Michael LaRocca 120/126 CG currently 10-1 wrestling (JV) Nick Baugh 126 CG currently 14-2 JV Michael Tharpe 120 CG 5-0 Varsity 8-1 JV CG JV has a win of 3A #9 Greenfield Central 59-15

I have been very lucky to meet so many people and gain so much input from coaches and fans across the state over the last seven years with my involvement with the Team State tournament. I hope everyone is as excited as I am for Saturday. Here is my preview of the tournament for the Decatur Daily Democrat: https://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/content/team-state-showcase-states-best

It saddens me to report that Mac Taylor has passed away. He was a member of the 1992-1996 New Castle wrestling team with a record of 227-12 in high school taking two 3rd place finishes at 103 and a 2nd at 103 and a 4th at 112. Since 2015 he has coached at Connersville High School with a record of 72-54 with one state qualifier, several semi-state qualifiers and state placers at ISWA Freshman-Sophomore state and a 6th place and 7th place finisher at IHSGW Girls State Championship. He leaves behind a wife Ashlee, Sons Trey, Bobby and Takota. Daughters Austine and Aubrey.