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Just a reminder, when we are posting and commenting on the forum. Let’s remember that our opinions are just that. Good debating and different perspectives it’s what makes this an amazing outlet. But , let’s remember that when we are talking about minors , someone’s kid. We need to be better. We don’t know everyone situation and let’s not assume Bc reality is we are all bias. Our own experience and positions gives our own perspective. Stating that you don’t agree with someone’s perspective, story , motives is one thing. But calling them liars, or claiming your own perspective is the correct one and that they are wrong is another. We are a wrestling community. We are better then this.

Welp..... it was a good run while it lasted . February 5, 2021 the day readable brackets DIED ! R.I.P good brackets, we’ll always miss you Sincerely ... My Eyes & Brain

Flo just bought trackwrestling today. I really hope they keep the trackwrestling brackets and not the floarena brackets any thoughts on this?

What matches does everyone think will be the top matches? 1. 152 #1 Anderson vs #2 Koontz @southport 2. 120 #1 Lemley vs #2 Frazier @crown point 3. 145 #1 Reynolds vs #3 Watson @mooresville 4.113 #1 Cottey vs #4 Leavell @southport 5.195 #1 Pack vs #5 Grange @Penn 6. 126 #2 Ison vs #3 Schoeff @mooresville 7. 285 #3 Jones vs #5 Johnson @moorsville 8. 132 @Cp #3Torres vs #7 Roberson vs #10 solomy 9. 195@mooresville #6 carrington vs #7 Eason vs #9 Dickens 10. 152 #4 Rust vs #7 Conley @ mooresville WHAT MATCH WILL BE A TOP 10 to you?

One of our fellow Rats has hit a bump in the road.Steve Marks former Hammond Wildcat wrasler and current Highland Coach has had some complication from COVID. Keep the fellow Rat in your thoughts and prayers. He is one tough man and Im sure he will recover. Ain't notting stronger dan a bunch of wrestlers saying a prayer for a brother. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-help-steve-marks?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd%20share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR0JO6iaURiLNmBggGPerYarUqqt2ZlsJrvx4OkftiZEkk3anAQznx0Ftwg

Does anyone know the financial aspect of the buyout? I'd love to know how much Track is worth etc.. If Flo gets rid of Track brackets I think Y2 will have a business in creating brackets!

POTENTIALLY 220 #6 Viel vs #7 Taylor Possibly 132 #14 Thrine vs #15 Frazier III part 2 was a Doozy

Please Flo ... don’t ruin the brackets

Agree 100%

Trackwrestling Sold to Flo @Mattyb was just way .... way ahead of everyone else . He must work for Flo or something huh ?

Nam was ineligible at LC, I hear he will be wrestling for the Caravan and coach Tsirtsis. Great landing spot for Nam, a loss to indiana wrestling predictions 106: jackson, Cortez Cruz Walden 113: Bahl, Demarco, Rivera, Kranz 120: lemley, Frazier, Kasprzak, whitmer (possible state championship match) 126: Goin, Vitello, solomy Daniels/Adamczyk (will be a good one early coin toss match) 132: Roberson Torres solomy Durall **nasty weight top 3 could all be in the semis 138: mendez, Contreas Ruoff Glass 145: Goodwin, Kaiser, Bisping Krause 152: Estrada, Ellis Politt Anderson/ponce (first rd will be a great match early on) 160: Cruz, salary, Bolin, serafin 170: Sneed, tattini, Johnson, Kwitowski (even weight across the board any guy could win) 182: Layman, kwitkowski Browder, Sues(don’t sleep on Carter CP record is not great but is a talented wrestler who got in late) 195 Demarco, Clark, Hoffman Antrim 220 Bates Degrado, Clark Cosmos 285 Whitesnack Mollencupp, Garcia Ruess half of the state Champs could be out of this regional. I feel like this is tough draw Regional at the semi state. Lots of these guys will be in Indy in 3 weeks

By JEREMY HINES Thehines7@gmail.com Sarah Huse didn’t know it, but she needed wrestling. Once she found it, her life has changed for the better. “Everyone has their own sob story, I guess,” Huse, a senior at Lebanon High School, said. “But it’s what you do to overcome that story that matters.” In 8th grade Huse struggled with her weight, and her confidence. She was 245 pounds, and according to her, still trying to figure out who she wanted to be. So, she started trying to get in better shape. She took up dance, which helped with her flexibility and balance. Then, as a sophomore, a friend talked her into going out for wrestling. That’s where Huse started to make her mark. In just three years she has went from a beginner, to a two-time state champion with multiple college offers. She is also this year’s Indianamat Miss Gorilla award winner, which recognizes the best senior female wrestler in the state. Huse has pinned every single opponent through the IHSGW tournament for two consecutive years. This year she defeated Northview’s Mercedes Tellechea in the championship, pinning her in just 1:09 to win the 170-pound class. Huse also took home the Katie Downing Mental Attitude Award. “When I started winning in wrestling is when I started feeling my best, mentally,” Huse said. “I was finally able to look myself in the mirror and be proud of who I am.” When Huse first started wrestling, she was nervous to tell her family. Her dad, J, wrestled collegiately, but she wasn’t sure how he would react. “I waited a few weeks before I told my family I was wrestling,” Sarah said. “When I finally told them, I think they thought I was kidding. When they found out I wasn’t kidding, my dad has been in my corner helping coach me ever since and my mom is always in the stands watching and cheering me on. When I get my hand raised, I always look to find her in the stands. That’s my favorite moment in wrestling.” In addition to winning the individual title, Sarah also led Lebanon to the school’s first girls state team championship. The team title is what Huse said she is most proud of, and coach Jeremy Goodlett knows she had a huge part in the Tiger’s success. “Her attitude and work ethic are infectious with the other girls,” Goodlett said. “When we went up to the Penn tournament, we only had four girls go, because half the team was quarantined. She couldn’t go, but she woke up early and came and saw the girls off on the bus. She wanted to do a prayer session before everyone was going to wrestle. She was Facetiming girls after they got off the mat, giving them critiques and pointers and trying to encourage them.” Huse said she wanted to win state as an individual, but she wanted even more to win the team title. Huse regrets not getting involved with wrestling at a younger age. She said it has now become such a big part of her life. “If I were to give advice to younger girls thinking about wrestling, I’d tell them you can’t be afraid to work for something,” Huse said. “It’s going to be hard, but you’re stronger than you believe and when you put your heart and work into it, it will be worth it.” On the mat Sarah is an aggressive wrestler that likes to hit the single-leg takedowns. She’s 6-0 tall, so she uses her length to her advantage. “She is always on the attack,” Goodlett said. “She is not a defensive wrestler. She is in your face. She’s going to club your head, snap you down and go for inside singles.” Outside of wrestling Huse wants to go into the medical field. She is a good student with a 4.0 GPA. She loves hanging out with her teammates, going out to eat in the offseason, sledding in the winter and going to the Bible study her and her teammates started. “Sarah is a very hard-working, fun-loving and caring person,” Goodlett said. “She is the type of person that no matter what type of day you’re having, she can make you smile or laugh. As a wrestler, she’s a coach’s dream. She’s a practice junkie and she’s always learning and trying new stuff. That will be important for her because she has little experience with freestyle, and that’s what women’s wrestling is in college.” View full article

The IHSAA is a self reporting organization. They are not looking for violations. Almost EVERY IHSAA violation is self reported. Going through the process with a kid last year I learned a lot. If both schools agree on the eligibility status then about 99.9% of the time the IHSAA only puts a rubber stamp on it. It is only when one of the schools disagrees with what the other school is offering in terms of eligibility. If the athlete does not like the ruling they can appeal to the IHSAA. If that appeal does not go in their favor they can go to the DOE for one final appeal.

Here is the 4A Leaderboard after sectionals. Remember this has very little meaning in 4A at this point. Right now, scores mostly just reflect who has a lot of non-seniors in their lineup. This class doesn't score huge points till semi-state. Teams will most likely need more than half of their team to SS 2nd round or beyond to qualify, so these scores' meaning are very limited.

That bracket will be fun to watch. Erb vs Moss Then Erb vs Fishback Erb wins but that's rough

You ain’t lying!

This sucks! HOPEFULLY the people at Flo have done their homework and part of the reason for buying TW is they know the bracketing and dashboard is better. The main things TW was better at was: 1. Brackets 2. Dashboard and match scoring integration 3. Wrestler profiles & histories 4. Not requiring an annual subscription to watch a handful of matches a year. That said, technology mergers take time. I doubt you'll see much change at all for awhile. I'd be shocked if anything changes by the end of out State Tournament.

I believe you are correct. It doesn’t look like the bonus is figured into these scores.

Are these scores not including the Full Lineup bonus?

USA wrestling just announced they would host a D3 tournament. https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/February/05/USA-Wrestling-statement-on-hosting-event-for-Div-III-wrestlers

So... I get called out by a dude that does this during his whole show... I feel so ashamed. My life is over!!

Here is the 1A leaderboard through sectionals. This leaderboard is already very meaningful--especially for the top couple teams, who have most likely already qualified. Classification is now finalized (update 2-10). Only changes from last year were Southridge and Western Boone moving down to 1A. (click 2-3 times to zoom)

Here is the 3A leaderboard through sectionals. These scores are slightly more meaningful than 4A, but these teams still need to get most of their team to semi-state and a good chunk to the second round of semi-state or beyond to qualify. (click a couple times to zoom)

Nam is eligible but choose to sit out from LC this year not sure if he will be wrestling in IN next year THANKS

I’m hearing 2 tickets per wrestlers at Jasper Semi State according to #TheCountyTMZ

With this be a COVID year that more than likely affected the number of forfeits, this year should be considered an anomaly with no changes in classes.

Forfeit's coaches have seen Jesse's film, but Jesse's coaches have never seen Forfeit step out on a mat. Tournament time has a funny way of evening the playing field.

Probably related to that Bader guy or that Nomad fella that sucks at rankings ?

Ellis v Estrada - Torres V JR will be huge matchups for team The rest I feel have clear champs.

Predictions 106 Bailey Tolbert Tsirtsis Mejia 113 Schammert Bohn maldonado Bunton 120 Clement Ruiz Guerrero Glen 126 Hall Wible Hogan Delreal 132 Coyle Pejovski Mcgill Tienstra 138 Conrad Williams Nugent johnson 145 cornejo Triana Armstrong Borrerro 152 carter vargas tsirtsis Heidenreiter 160 Turley Cerventas Span Howard 170 simpson herrera hurn Dean 182 Metz Hubbard Stepek Almarez 195 Lenior Sawyer pacely Garcia 220 Steeck Lewter White Silver 285 Decker sparks garrett Hill Merrillville 10 ssq hobart 10 ssq portage 9 ssq River forest 7 gavit 6 couple thoughts 1. it would be cool for Gavit to close out their program with a couple champs 2. how great is the region when you have Tsirtsis, Maldonado and mcgill in a regional bracket. Some great Region names 3. We will be missing one of the great guys of the Sport Steve Marks assistant coach at Highland, Great Guy I am sure if he is able to he will be watching, put on a show guys and good luck!

If Flo keeps the track format for brackets and their yearly subscription also does the same thing Gold did, then this is the move I’ve been waiting for.

Alstott vs Rulhman @ Bloomington South.

The community is amazing! Steve is a fighter and I know he will make a full recovery.

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Yessir, my old memory bank just spewed out that detail I just remembered... Coughlin was one of best the states ever seen... He beat Jerry Gordon in 04 in qtrs on his first title run , Gordon had beaten me in a war the year before in the ticket round.. Coughin was one of those guys that could pull out a bit move anytime he needed and very very technical.

That's against the law on so many levels let alone morally screwed up.. Being a coach is challenging enough, without having to defend your character over something like that.

Only time I seen Jagger's pinned, he was up on Coughlin and got bulldogged!

Great Dude I hate to hear this.

I just drank some adult beverages with a few of those fellas not too long ago. All good guys and yes they were ultra talented. I graduated 02 so I definitely know that team well and never went to team state, but about 10 or so individual state finals.

Was on our Team state Finals shirts us guys made and on the back Ol'Cunt'ry Buffet cuz that was our real Celebration we all was pumped about, after we took 5th in Center Grove, unfortunately we got trampled by one those Legendary EMD teamsin 02 that had around a dozen current or eventual SQ/placers.. Their JV Would beat tons of teams and numerous state champs/runner ups, Weinzs,coughlin,Nosko, Mauer,Macke,Conkling then other studs like Scott,Bittner, Williams,Riggs,Lehman,Dosherand I'm sure I'm forgetting a few...imagine being the 11th best guy in your line up and you made it to state lol! We still hold the biggest L in dual state history 66-3..We had 6 SQ and 3 placers on that squad and 8 SSQ and got merked that bad lol..Mauer was a blur, never in my life did I get that embarrassed. Those EMD teams were disgusting.

Obviously not a lot of data here, but Mason Parris starts out in the number three slot while Nick Lee is at number six. Rank Name School Weight Year Record Number Of Pins Bonus Rate Dominance Score 1 Spencer Lee Iowa 125 SR 3-0 3 100% 6 2 Gable Steveson Minnesota 285 JR 6-0 1 100% 5 3 Mason Parris Michigan 285 JR 3-0 2 100% 5.33 4 Hayden Hidlay NC State 157 SR 6-0 2 83% 4.83 5 Logan Massa Michigan 174 SR 3-0 1 100% 4.67 6 Nick Lee Penn State 141 SR 2-0 0 100% 4.5 7 David Carr Iowa State 157 SO 8-0 2 75% 4.63 8 Tanner Sloan South Dakota State 197 SO 10-0 3 90% 5 9 Mekhi Lewis Virginia Tech 165 SO 7-0 1 71% 4.29 10 Keegan O'Toole Missouri 165 FR 8-0 3 75% 4.88

Appreciate that. You as well at New Castle, trying to take things to the next level!

And Mooresville is missing 3 kids that were ranked in the top 4. That regional is not getting easier anytime soon. Most the kids that come out of that regional are year round wrestlers. They are Red Cobra, Contenders, and CIA kids. They also have some of the best coaches in the state. Coaches that you see at most off season events. Great youth programs and especially good middle school coaches!

At 170 Franklin Community’s Tyler Fuqua is ranked #3 in the state.

Mooresville regional and it's not even close.. Over 40 state ranked guys with all but 170 having at least 1 ranked guy and 9 classes with at least 3 state ranked guys, and multiple with 5 ranked... Go over to the mooresville thread and read Garcias run down it's unreal.

It was disappointing reading the article. I'll never understand grown adults getting emotional and stopping a young kid from wrestling. We had a returning semi state kid transfer schools over Christmas break.. Pre Christmas he was with us.. stopped showing up and later we found out he had enrolled at a rival school. He never moved. Passed two high schools to get to the new one. Wrestled us in a dual in Jan! Yeah we weren't happy but in no way did we ever think about trying to stop him from wrestling. It wasn't the right thing to do. I hope Carroll wrestles for NP his junior and senior year and dominates.

One thing that sticks out to me is the fact that the Penn school administrators have no comment! they sure had a lot to comment when they blocked him from wrestling. but on the other hand I don’t blame them for hiding their face and voice. Before this article there was a lot of grey areas in this story but now the fog is definitely clearing. Shame on Penn for being so hypocritical. Karma is a dish best served cold. hopefully this will serve as a lesson to other coaches and schools in the future.

Agreed Turley looked like he was going to run away with it , 2 takedowns in first. Cervantes battled back hard and took the momentum -looking forward to them in the finals Saturday.

About to be owned by Flo that’s in Texas. @Mattybjust ahead of everyone else