Leaderboard

If you don't like how Indiana runs the tournament series, then move back to your former state. Everyone agrees we need wrestlebacks, but to call "some" state qualifiers below average is not right. They earned their trip to state and I don't think any of the 224 competing next week are less than average. Kyler Kearby Tippecanoe Valley Coach to one of those "below average" wrestlers I am sure you are referring to.

State rankings are in bold, if there is no STATE ranking for a wrestler, the Simi-State ranking, if available, is in normal font. Hopefully, I’ve got the correct numbers... 106 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 6, 11, 12, 14, 15 1st Place - Evan Seng of Evansville Mater Dei #4 2nd Place - Blake Zirkelbach of North Posey #13 3rd Place - Donnie Feeler of Crawford County #19 4th Place - Liam Krueger of Columbus East #9 New Cstl 1st Place - Evan Dickey of Indianapolis Cathedral #2 2nd Place - Nathan Smith of Southport #5 3rd Place - Toby Billerman of Perry Meridian #3 4th Place - Zac Dray of Warren Central #10 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Tanner Tishner of Western #8 2nd Place - Vicente Eckman of Goshen N/R SS #9 3rd Place - Cody Rowles of Jay County #25 4th Place - Keegan Malott of East Noble #16 E. Chi 1st Place - Ashton Jackson of LaPorte #7 2nd Place - Jeffrey Bailey of River Forest #1 3rd Place - Evan Cruz of Crown Point #22 4th Place - Dylan Bennett of Penn #20 113 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 2, 10, 11, 12, 1st Place - Reed Egli of Evansville Mater Dei #16 2nd Place - Coy Hammack of Tell City. #6 3rd Place - Joey Buttler of Whiteland Community #20 4th Place - Reese Courtney of Center Grove #7 New Cstl 1st Place - Kyrel Leavell of Warren Central #4 2nd Place - Isaac Ward of Carmel #14 3rd Place - Dylan Driver of Westfield #13 4th Place - Alex Cottey of Perry Meridian #1 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Isaac Ruble of Bellmont #3 2nd Place - Jared Brooks of Wabash #15 3rd Place - Hayden Brady of Garrett #5 4th Place - Beau Brabender of Northridge N/R E. Chi 1st Place - Hayden DeMarco of Chesterton #9 2nd Place - Anthony Bahl of Crown Point #8 3rd Place - Bryce Denton of Penn #21 4th Place - Drake Fritz of West Central N/R SS #7 120 Jasper/Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 5, 10, 11, 16 1st Place - Lane Gilbert of Sullivan #3 2nd Place - Cole Ross of Evansville Mater Dei #4 3rd Place - Braden Haines of Brownsburg #15 4th Place - Travis Haug of Forest Park N/R New Cstl 1st Place - Dillon Graham of Indianapolis Cathedral #12 2nd Place - Braxton Vest of Westfield #7 3rd Place - Carleton Perry of Warren Central #8 4th Place - Keaton Morton of Perry Meridian #13 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Aidan Sprague of East Noble #6 2nd Place - Tony Wood of Jay County #9 3rd Place - Austin Lewis of Bluffton #21 4th Place - Justin Puckett of Northridge #14 E. Chi 1st Place - Sergio Lemley of Chesterton #1 2nd Place - Logan Frazier of Crown Point #2 3rd Place - Nathaniel Hennessey of Seeger N/R SS #7 4th Place - Tristian Vaughn of Harrison (West Lafayette) N/R SS #9 126 Jasper /Evansville. Top 16 Non-qualifiers 6, 10, 15, 16 1st Place - Brady Ison of Brownsburg #2 2nd Place - Cheaney Schoeff of Avon #3 3rd Place - Jacob Bechert of Franklin Community #13 4th Place - Michael Tharpe of Center Grove #17 New Cstl 1st Place - Zeke Seltzer of Indianapolis Cathedral #1 2nd Place - Bryce Lowery of Roncalli #4 3rd Place - Blake Wolf of East Central #14 4th Place - Elijah Anthony of Frankfort #7 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Landon Bertsch of Bluffton #9 2nd Place - Nick Olson of Goshen #12 3rd Place - Logan Uhlman of Adams Central #11 4th Place - Harper Dedman of Oak Hill #23 E. Chi 1st Place - Sam Goin of Crown Point #5 2nd Place - Matteo Vargo of Penn #8 3rd Place - Devin Wible of Hobart N/R 4th Place - Brenden Dilley of Wawasee N/R 132 Jasper /Evansville. Top 16 Non-qualifiers 5, 6, 13, 14 1st Place - Kysen Montgomery of Brownsburg #4 2nd Place - Alec Freeman of Evansville Mater Dei #1 3rd Place - Ben Dalton of Monrovia #8 4th Place - Cade Meier of Bloomington South #17 New Cstl 1st Place - David Pierson of Warren Central #9 2nd Place - Anthony Hughes of Lawrence North #16 3rd Place - Brac Hooper of Carmel #12 4th Place - Devin Frazier of Centerville #15 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Ian Heath of Leo #2 2nd Place - Dylan Stroud of Manchester #11 3rd Place - Dominic Litchfield of Bellmont N/R SS #6 4th Place - Cameron Clark of Jay County #22 E. Chi 1st Place - Aidan Torres of Chesterton #3 2nd Place - Stephen Roberson of Crown Point #7 3rd Place - Cole Solomey of Kankakee Valley #10 4th Place - Lakin Webb of Rensselaer Central #24 138 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16 1st Place - Blake Boarman of Evansville Mater Dei #3 2nd Place - Gavinn Alstott of Floyd Central #4 3rd Place - Delaney Ruhlman of Bloomington South #2 4th Place - Gavin Garcia of Brownsburg #18 New Cstl 1st Place - Luke Goodwin of Southport #7 2nd Place - Hudson Harreld of Zionsville #10 3rd Place - Seth Lawson of Frankton #14 4th Place - Jared Brown of Pendleton Heights #19 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Brody Arthur of Oak Hill #15 2nd Place - Julius Gerencser of Daleville #25 3rd Place - Logan Hooley of Northridge #21 4th Place - Jarrett Forrester of Columbia City N/R SS #4 E. Chi 1st Place - Jesse Mendez of Crown Point #1 2nd Place - Bradley Conrad of Portage #9 3rd Place - Jace Alexander of Wawasee #5 4th Place - Kyle Carter of Rensselaer Central N/R SS #9 145 Jasper /Evansville. Top 16 Non-qualifiers 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 16 1st Place - Jaden Reynolds of Avon #1 2nd Place - Hayden Watson of Center Grove #3 3rd Place - Hunter May of Floyd Central #6 4th Place - Connor Gilles of Jeffersonville #24 New Cstl 1st Place - Logan Wagner of Zionsville #2 2nd Place - Brady McKivitz of Perry Meridian #25 3rd Place - Eli Otto of South Dearborn #13 4th Place - Max Naselroad of Alexandria Monroe #11 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Elijah Chacon of New Haven #5 2nd Place - Hayden Shepherd of Western #12 3rd Place - Toby Abbott of Cowan #15 4th Place - Sam Levitz of Prairie Heights #23 E. Chi 1st Place - Ethan Kaiser of Chesterton #10 2nd Place - Braden Nuest of West Central N/R SS #6 3rd Place - Cameron Powell of Mishawaka High School N/R SS #4 4th Place - James Smith of Penn N/R 152 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 4, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 1st Place - J Conway of Floyd Central #5 2nd Place - Tyler Conley of Avon #7 3rd Place - Ben Phillips of Charlestown #10 4th Place - Aiden Farmer of Evansville Reitz Memorial #21 New Cstl 1st Place - Jajuan Anderson of Warren Central #1 2nd Place - Matthew Koontz of Perry Meridian #2 3rd Place - Ben Wolf of East Central #20 4th Place - Avery Wills of Eastern Hancock N/R SS #9 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Aidan Hardcastle of Oak Hill #11 2nd Place - Evan Ulrick of Carroll (Fort Wayne) #9 3rd Place - Alex Currie of Adams Central #8 4th Place - Chase Leech of Garrett N/R SS #11 E. Chi 1st Place - Brock Ellis of Chesterton #6 2nd Place - Javen Estrada of Crown Point #3 3rd Place - Aidan Pollitt of Valparaiso #18 4th Place - Isaiah Ponce of Lake Central #23 160 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 7, 9, 12, 13, 15 1st Place - Brody Baumann of Evansville Mater Dei #2 2nd Place - Landon Boe of Plainfield #11 3rd Place - Kade Law of Columbus East #4 4th Place - Bray Emerine of Floyd Central N/R New Cstl 1st Place - Robert Major of Carmel #1 2nd Place - Andrew Wilson of Indianapolis Cathedral #3 3rd Place - Tyler Jones of Warren Central #6 4th Place - Jakob Sheets of Perry Meridian N/R SS #4 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Landon Buchanan of Jimtown #10 2nd Place - Logan Farnell of Maconaquah N/R SS #10 3rd Place - Eli Johnson of Norwell #14 4th Place - Eli Hilger of Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger #16 E. Chi 1st Place - Orlando Cruz of Crown Point #5 2nd Place - Bradey Pittman of Plymouth N/R 3rd Place - Aaron `AJ` Steenbeke of Penn #8 4th Place - Jamaal Salary of LaPorte #23 170 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 7, 10, 14, 15 1st Place - Sam Morrill of Columbus East #6 2nd Place - John Purdy of Castle #5 3rd Place - Codei Khawaja of Floyd Central #11 4th Place - Tyler Fuqua of Franklin Community #3 New Cstl 1st Place - Bryer Hall of East Central #1 2nd Place - Shane Bates of Zionsville #12 3rd Place - Ulrik Urasky of Indianapolis Cathedral #9 4th Place - Jajuan Dale of Perry Meridian #13 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Jacob Kreager of Fort Wayne Snider #16 2nd Place - Jacob Graden of East Noble N/R 3rd Place - Brodie Porter of Eastern (Greentown) #4 4th Place - Duke Myers of Bellmont #19 E. Chi 1st Place - Pate Eastin of Penn #2 2nd Place - Aiden Sneed of Kankakee Valley #18 3rd Place - Jacob Simpson of Hobart #8 4th Place - Spencer Phillips of McCutcheon #23 182 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15 1st Place - Gabe Sollars of Evansville Mater Dei #3 2nd Place - Drake Buchanan of Center Grove #1 3rd Place - Dominic Pugliese of Tri-West Hendricks #9 4th Place - Reid Schroeder of Southridge N/R SS #11 New Cstl 1st Place - Aiden Warren of Perry Meridian #2 2nd Place - Riley Woodall of Southmont #10 3rd Place - Sam Peeples of Roncalli #16 4th Place - Johnny Weisheit of Franklin Central N/R SS #10 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Jacob Saylor of New Haven #14 2nd Place - Jett Thompson of Oak Hill N/R SS #5 3rd Place - Hunter Page of Monroe Central N/R SS #11 4th Place - Je`kwan Williams of Marion N/R SS #10 E. Chi 1st Place - Gavin Layman of Chesterton #4 2nd Place - Colin Kwiatkowski of Valparaiso #8 3rd Place - Jake Sues of Lake Central N/R SS #7 4th Place - Brandon Estepp of Warsaw Community N/R SS #9 195 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 5, 13, 14 1st Place - Brach Carrington of Greencastle #7 2nd Place - Ke`Shawn Dickens of Avon #9 3rd Place - Wyatt Willman of North Posey #15 4th Place - Harris Eason of Franklin Community #6 New Cstl 1st Place - Hayden Filipovich of Indianapolis Lutheran #2 2nd Place - Johnny Parker of Indianapolis Cathedral #4 3rd Place - Max Broom of Hamilton Southeastern #11 4th Place - Ryan Bovard of East Central N/R Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Ibrahim Khaoucha of Northridge #16 2nd Place - Matt Lepper of Carroll (Fort Wayne) #8 3rd Place - Blake Heyerly of Adams Central #12 4th Place - Chad Washburn of Kokomo N/R E. Chi 1st Place - Eli Pack of Culver Academies #1 2nd Place - Connor Barket of West Lafayette #3 3rd Place - Gage DeMarco of Chesterton #10 4th Place - Bazle Owens of Tippecanoe Valley N/R 220 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 4, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16 1st Place - Tristan Ruhlman of Bloomington South #2 2nd Place - Josh Howell of Terre Haute South Vigo #5 3rd Place - Kelton Farmer of Evansville Reitz Memorial #14 4th Place - Nolan Skaggs of Franklin Community N/R SS #10 New Cstl 1st Place - Jeffrey McClure of Perry Meridian #10 2nd Place - Jack Taylor of New Castle #7 3rd Place - Aataeveon Jordan of Franklin Central #8 4th Place - Kole Viel of East Central #6 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Ian Clifford of Columbia City N/R 2nd Place - RJ Dilbone of Fremont N/R SS #8 3rd Place - Julante Hinton of Fort Wayne Northrop #17 4th Place - Coy Brames of Angola N/R SS #10 E. Chi 1st Place - Evan Bates of Chesterton #1 2nd Place - Jason Streck of Merrillville #3 3rd Place - Jacob Raub of Lafayette Jefferson #12 4th Place - Peyton Kendall of Penn N/R SS #6 285 Jasper /Evansville Top 16 Non-qualifiers 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 1st Place - Leighton Jones of Brownsburg #3 2nd Place - Matthew Munoz of Jeffersonville #7 3rd Place - Jacob Johnson of Franklin Community #5 4th Place - Amara Kaba of Pike #17 New Cstl 1st Place - Evan Shafer of Connersville #12 2nd Place - Antone Alexander of Franklin Central #4 3rd Place - Mihail Platonov of Westfield #18 4th Place - Makhi Watts of North Central (Indianapolis) #22 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Reeve Muncie of Carroll (Fort Wayne) #2 2nd Place - Braydon Erb of Western #1 3rd Place - Brandon Villafuerte of Angola #9 4th Place - Jacob Sommer of Elkhart N/R SS #9 E. Chi 1st Place - Mariere Omonode of West Lafayette #8 2nd Place - Edgar Decker of Gavit #13 3rd Place - Hunter Whitenack of New Prairie #6 4th Place - Brock Donati of Penn N/R SS #10

States?

Yes, because 5 families from various places across the country somehow all ended up at Penn just this year because their parents all got new jobs in that area.

I’ve personally experienced both sides of the argument. I’ve been in The most difficult semi state and drew into the eventual state champ. And I’ve been the winner of the best semi state and had two easy matches to start the state tournament. . Soo I just think it is what it is. Those kids who step up and wrestle well when they have too, will reap the rewards. I don’t understand the argument to have classes. Every weight class should have a champion, not several. I think the goal in wresting Is to figure out who the best kids are at each weight. Our system does that

Heavyweight finals at Fort Wayne was a blast to watch. Both hit fantastic high crotches and moved their feet the entire time. Tons of action from two units!! Muncie came out on top. Thanks for a great show Muncie and Erb. I felt like I was watching 106

Everyone has their opinion. First I must thank Indiana Wrestling for allowing us a season when many other states did not. In August if you would've asked me about a season I would have told you there was no chance well happily I was proven wrong today. I will say as a former wrestler and now a coach YES, the system sucks, kids don't get the shine they deserve, but its is the system we have had for how many years? You can bash the IHSAA all you want but every school and every kid is playing under the same rules, top 4 advance. Are some semi states not as deep as others, sure. Are some weights not as deep as others, sure, BUT every year when you leave the state finals you know the kid at the top of the podium was the best at that weight for 4 weeks. We are a single class state finals which is the absolute BEST part about our state tournament series. My favorite part of state is seeing a small school get kids to state and even to the finals. Could the system use a change OF COURSE, but it is what we have and we are wrestling that is a lot better than most right now. Again thank you to every single wrestler, coach, parent, and fan that made this season possible. I love Indiana wrestling good luck to all of those still competing next weekend!

Andrew King has seen plenty in his 35 years a wrestling coach at Oak Hill High School. Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Famer King has enjoyed more than 450 dual-meet victories and lots of in-season and postseason championships. But the 1981 Oak Hill and 1985 DePauw University graduate had never seen the Eagles celebrate an IHSAA semistate team title until Saturday, Feb. 13 at Memorial Coliseum. “The pieces all fell together,” said King moments after his team hoisted the trophy. “It’s a great feeling for Oak Hill. “Most people don’t know where Oak Hill is.” The Grant County school of about 520 students is located in Converse, Ind. Oak Hill’s first semistate crown came on the day the Eagles had two individual semistate winners — 152-pound senior Aidan Hardcastle and 138-pound junior Brody Arthur — for the first time.Hardcastle (36-0 on the 2020-21 season) pinned South Adams junior A.J. Dull in 5:26, bested Huntington North senior Julian Fletcher by 13-2 major decision and edged Adams Central junior Alex Currie 2-1 before besting Carroll senior Evan Ulrick 5-2 in the finals. Arthur (38-1) scored four pins for his semistate championship — Carroll junior Jared Landez in 3:13, Lakeland junior Ben Miller in 2:11, Columbia City senior Jarrett Forrester in 2:58 prior to Daleville junior Julius Gerencser in 1:38 in the finals. Seniors Jett Thompson (second at 182) and Harper Dedman (fourth at 126) were also placers for Oak Hill. Thompson goes to Indy at 34-4 while Dedman is 27-4. Senior Julian Perez (120) and Freshman Tyson Kendall (106) also represented the Eagles at semistate. The top four in each weight division advanced to the first round of the State Finals Friday, Feb. 19 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. King talked about all the time put in my his wrestlers and their parents, grandparents and siblings. “That’s why makes a great wrestling program — the families that are involved,” said King. “It’s a family affair. “I”m proud to be a part of it. That’s all I am — a part of it — and everybody plays a part.” With 76.5 points, Oak Hill finished ahead of Western (67.5), Northridge (64.5), Fort Wayne Carroll (63) and the rest of the field. During all his years of coming to the semistate, King has seen the larger schools earn team titles. “I like to say that wrestling is classless,” said King. “Whether you’re a big or a little school, we’re all in the same boat.” In 2020-21, Oak Hill, Western and Kokomo finished 1-2-3 at the Oak Hill Sectional. Western, Wabash and Oak Hill took the top three spots at the Maconaquah Regional. “We love to hate Western and Western loves to hate us,” said King. “We thrive on it. Steels sharpens steel.” Like everyone in the athletic world, Oak Hill has had to deal with COVID-19 issues this season. “I’m a lay coach so when I come to school I have an open mind,” said King. “I’m not going to get mad about it. I deal with it as it is. “I walk into the school and see my athletic director (Ryan Fagan) coming down the hallway and I cringe because he’s going to tell me which two, three or four kids are now out of for the next 10 days because of social distancing. You just do what you can each day. We’ve had our challenges with that. but our kids have been really good.” Oak Hill has been extra-diligent about keeping the wrestling practice room clean. “We’ve gone overboard spraying down the room before practice after practice and in-between practice,” said King. “You can only have one practice partner, you can’t have three, four or five (because of contact-tracing protocols). “We have to keep doing what we’re doing.” View full article

As you can see by the performance of the paper airplanes displayed in Bankers Life by the Mater Dei Students, Mater Dei has a REQUIRED Origami class taught by world renowned origamist T-Wall. Expect to see something more spectacular and exciting this year.

“To be the man, you got to beat the man”

It's punishment for the paper airplanes the Mater Dei kids throw at State every year. Even though some are constructed well enough to make it from one side of the arena to the other.

Mendez/Boarman in the semifinals. Probably the final nail in the coffin for Mater Dei's chances at a team title. Ouch.

Parkinson vs Walker was pretty bad draw last year as well.

A slam is a judgement call., The big part of what the rule states is that when someone picks the other person up they are responsible for their safe return to the mat. The safe return is purely the responsibility of the offensive wrestler, and there is no requirement for the defender to protect himself. Years ago there was the criteria that the offensive wrestler had to hit a knee first, but that was discarded a long time ago. The slam is a needed call in wrestling because it keeps someone from intentionally drilling someone to win a match, or to make it harder for the opponent to compete. The thing that makes it bad is that whether a kid can continue competing, or not, is dependent on a decision that has to be made in 2:00 minutes of "recovery time". The only person the coach is responsible to is his wrestler. If he thinks that the slam has impaired his wrestlers ability to possibly win the match then his best decision is to not continue. The ability to continue, or not, only has to do with what is going on in that match and has nothing to do with the rest of the tournament. Postulating if the wrestler may be able to compete later, or not, has no (and should not have any) bearing on the decision at that moment. The wrestlers ability to wrestle in matches later in a tournament only indicates that he was able to continue with more recovery time, but proves nothing as to the severity (or lack of severity) at the time the match was ended due to disqualification. I would also add that I have almost never seen a match where to person is DQed for a slam and his coaches, fans, and family were happy.

A battle for the ages @FCFIGHTER170 vs. @GenHeavyHandz Who do you have?

95% of the time it would seem that the bad draw is drawing into an EMD wrestler as opposed to vice versa. I'm sure most everyone else in the state isn't happy to draw into an EMD wrestler. Especially, when it was the Lee factory for about 6-7 years. Which speaks to the greatness of said program.

Mullets are a common obstacle for paper airplanes at wrestling tournaments.

I don't know man. I've seen a few nose dive less than 4 rows later into the back of a mullet of a drunk Jay County fan on more than 1 occasion. Said drunk mullet Jay County fan was too incoherent to even notice. Then again, it only takes 1 to gently glide from the upper deck all the way across the mats into the opposing seats of glowing green of Cathedral.

I’m sure someone with time during this weeks snowfest can work through the brackets based on current rankings to speculate how the team scores could play out. But yes that and the 113 first round matchup doesn’t do much to help EMD chances.

We have had a few crazy state draws in the past after someone injury default to 4th spot at SS. I can’t remember specifics, but I seem to even recall one year where someone pulled a decent SS final upset over highly ranked wrestler, but their reward for it was the #1 ranked wrestlers who defaulted to 4th at his SS. Talk about going from the feeling of really helped your chances of a high placement to then the bracket-gods brining you crashing back to reality.

I'm not fired up until I press this button! But honestly, would love to know the breaking point of when people would consider class wrestling and how far we have to go for people to realize we need to look at a change.

One word... right or wrong... Tradition

I think what makes me angry about this match is watch the punk from Anderson’s demeanor after he slams Alex. Walks off with a smirk and can be seen smiling and shrugging while Alex is laying on the mat. News flash slamming a kid in his head because your losing 10-3 isn’t cool. Rant over.

Any match Gabe Sollars and Brody Baumann wrestled. Ashton Hayhurst and Hayden Watson did not disappoint. J Conway and Riley Rust had lots of action Boarman vs. Rhulman and Alstott (not both at the same time) Alec Freeman vs. Ben Dalton Cole Ross vs. Braiden Haines Ben Dalton vs. Lane Deckard - would love your opinion if Deckard had the takedown in SV before Dalton won it

Just imagine the fear for past 40 years of drawing into a Mater Dei wrestler? Draws are draws. You win some and lose some

As are drunken fans.

Torres, Freeman, Pierson, Dalton, and Stroud all on the same side of the bracket!

Btw I’m not a “MD Guy” I didn’t even go there, but I am from Evansville so I do root for the hometown kids!

Helps to have a large sample size to do the analysis each year. Most other teams aren't in the position to do that...

Yes I agree, love seeing the Ft.Wayne Semi State succeed no matter the school.Its the best time of the year! Thank you!

Arthur looked amazing Saturday. Made a few outstanding wrestlers look subpar, which they are not! Just curious, what middle schools feed into that high school and how are they looking? Is Oak Hill going to keep reloading or are they going to be like Southern Wells (state placers one year, then nobody after they graduate)?

160- is going to be Fireworks all weekend ! Best spread out bracket . Cruz vs. Law will be good All Saturday morning matchups will be great I think

Sollars Vs Warren will be a good one!

Lol. Ok maybe not the worst ever, but I'm sure it's top 5.

Danny Williams - Justin Mora?

Strange I’ve been seeing Kendall at PWC since elementary? We counting move ins going back decades? Maybe I’m wrong. Let him who is without transfers cast the first stone. Glad we’re back in the discussion. All press is good press..#amirite? Any #TheCounty stud backups wanna rent a room? C’mon up..it ain’t that cold! AuntJanie knows how to cook wrestler food!! UncleJimmy..Penn Wrestling Recruiting Coordinator.

@UncleJimmyis that you in here . Nope ..... Excuse me , wrong Thread I’ll be on my way

I’ll take Blaney and Newman in a WWE style comeback story!! Thread hi jack!! To stay on topic ..I support Joe and OTR to do the pairings show.

I think there should be true wrestlebacks to third at every qualifying tournament. However, the single class tournament is 1) a gigantic money draw for the IHSAA 2) one of the greatest experiences in high school sports and 3) you know you're the dude when its over. Classed wrestling will destroy the Indiana state tournament. But there should be wreslebacks.

Awesome article. Coach King has been a great mentor for me with the start of my coaching career. Glad our guys were able to get him one.

I don't have conference info, but the regional output was crazy....EQUAL Carroll 13 Goshen 15 Jay County 15 Maconaquah 13

It was a really BAD no call. Two feet, one hand on the mat for like two full seconds. I hate that for Deckard. He’s an amazing kid! Just a really terrible, terrible no call.

Evansville Mater Dei had 7 SS champs in 2003... 4 of them won it all the next weekend

If he can stick Buchanan like that he has the ability to beat anyone. I know when I do my pickems that Gabe Sollars will be the state champ on my picks.

Can someone explain how a mat video changes by round ? At ECC mat 3 buffers constantly for first 3 rounds , Mat 4 was messed up as well for a couple rounds . For the final round , mat 2 was frozen for the last few matches . I thought I heard somewhere , there were trackwrestling experts at each semistate . It's frustrating to pay for something and not get it .

Of course Penn is up there. They took like 7 transfers in this year!

Chesterton was ready to rage today. Hats off to, Cheese Nation 113, 132, 152 all reverse regional title matches in semi state finals.

Welcome to Indiana. Maybe before you criticize everyone on here, you should educate yourself about our state tournament history. Everyone agrees that we need wrestlebacks. We’ve been arguing for them for decades. But the IHSAA won’t listen and won’t add them. The coaches propose it every chance they get. Every person that moves into our state says the same thing as you. This is what we have. We are doing everything we can to change it. Sorry you couldn’t handle it.

Great match at 145 for the final at Jasper. Reynolds beats Watson And....I love that the reff's seemed to be confused on a call and the kids on the mat laughed it off and were clearly confused on the call and trying to talk/work it out for themselves. Two great young men, that showed a lot of sportsmanship

How could I forget that nasty middle lineup man 138-170 just hammers