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My hat goes off to this kid and I had the pleasure of watching him all the way from Texas for 4 years. This kid could’ve went up once he saw Mendez was in his weight class, but instead he stuck around and competed like the warrior he is! He gave Mendez his most competitive match all year and earned his respect. He’s on my Mt. Rushmore of favorite MD wrestlers and I know the kid will go on to do great things in the future. Once again thank you Blake Boarman it was a pleasure watching you compete for past 4 years!

Thanks everyone. Reeve is a great kid and it was a fun ride with him. Lots of great wins and tough losses. Glad it ended how it did.

First and foremost, another great season wrestlers. Thank you and to our Seniors, I wish you the best in your next journey. You have not disappointed. 106- ACTION Jackson was all business from the get go. This sophomore is going to be fun to watch the next couple years. 113- 4X time state placer and now 2X time CHAMP wasn’t about to be denied. Junior Ruble wrestles hard and as a junior, we will see him again next year for some more excitement. 120-Great hand fighting while on their feet. But Lemley was just too much on top. He had over 3:00 ride time against a solid Frazier. 126-One of the most solid wrestlers collects himself another title. Seltzer was too much for a talented Schoeff whos now been under the lights as a freshman and sophomore. 132-As a southern Indiana guy, this was a tough one for me. One side wanted me to have Freeman win for us southsiders, but I’m not one bit disappointed seeing Montgomery finally put his name in the books. I’ve enjoyed watching him at SS each year. His intro during the face offs showed just how excited he was. I don’t know him personally but you CANT love or root against a kid with that type of character. Best of luck to both he and Freeman on their next journey. 138-MENDEZ MENDEZ MEMDEZ What more can be said other than we are witnessing history again. As only a junior, he’s coming back to join such a small rank in Indiana rich wrestling history. Also coming back is his competitor, sophomore Ruhlman. Great job getting under the lights kiddo. 145-Zionsville collects their very 1st school CHAMP in Wagner who just had a bigger gas tank. Watson came out strong but couldn’t keep up the pace that Wagner was forcing. No knock on Watson. 152- Conway and Ellis has some great scrambles and the 3rd period didn’t disappoint. But they needed extra time to settle the score and Conway gets the takedown and his name in the books. Great match 160- Quite possibly the most exciting match of the night. We seen all the tricks in this epic battle. Some great scrambles. Just when we thought Baumann was going to ease through the match, Majors counters with a spladle or a key lock. Only to see Baumann battle through it to throw a mean lat drop and secure not only his 1st title but clinched the Team title for EMD. EPIC EPIC BATTLE gentlemen. 170- Here we have our 2nd High school East Central capturing their 1st CHAMP. HALL didn’t waste much time and secured the fall in under a minute vs a stout Morril. 182- Sollars was on a mission and showed his SS win in the battle of the unbeaten vs Buchanan wasn’t a fluke. Solid riding with knee blocks helped keep Buchanan grounded. Great news for us fans, they’re both only Juniors and we get to see one more year of them. 195- And yet another school Indianapolis Luthern captures their first CHAMP. FILIPOVICH is a stud and bested another hammer in Carrington. For some big fellas, they were very athletic and had a lot of exciting scrambles. 220- what a display by Ruhlman. Who has jumped 3 weight classes, 50 lbs and comes in to put his name in the record books like Ruhlman just did. I know there’s been wrestlers picking up 15-20 lbs but NOT 50. Am I wrong on this one. Not only did he capture the title, but finished UNBEATEN. 285- Tye big fellas put on a great show. Some power was shown in throws. Athleticism and balance for 285 was put on display in some scrambles And they battled till the final whistle. OL IndianaMats own @Y2CJ41had his big man ready to sit at the top. Muncie comes out in top but I think all us fans win here. In the end, we had 3 schools capture their FIRST EVER School CHAMP. While we’re going to be losing some GREAT Seniors, Indiana wrestling is solid right now. We seen some PHENOMENAL wrestling from freshmen sensations like Ison, Leavell, May, Demarco, Tishner. Then a plethora of Sophomore studs. Thank to the coaches and parents during this troubled year(Covid) to help make all this happen. Job well done.

I am disappointed that he didn't jump in your arms.. I really wanted to see if you could hold him LOL. Congrats!

Mauer & Coghlin proving to be a great club

I find the whole "down year" and "recruiting" notions preposterous when talking about EMD. They have always had the best JV in the state and have always had a top flight varsity team as far back as my mind can recall. The only thing that would alarm me is if they suddenly started to hover toward or go below the bottom of the top ten teams in the state.

Alex had an amazing run under the lights runner up to Moran nationally ranked runner up to cernus nationally ranked beat 2x runner up Schoeff for a title beat 2x runner up Ruble for a title congratulations to the Cottey family! Good luck to Alex at the next level

Looks like they need to get to recruiting

The Sollars used to live up here and train in TheCounty. They moved south. I saw Mr. And Mrs. Sollars at a meet at EMD after the move. They are genuinely the nicest people that I have ever met... I mean... so nice of that if you didn’t know them you would think that nobody is that nice. Mr.Sollars expressed that fact that it has always been his dream to own a hog farm. Dude bought a hog farm! With all of that said.... Gabe is the nicest hog farm country boy in all of southern Indiana. County strong from the nicest family out there. Well deserved title champ!!!

I was talking to a friend at NC semi-state and talked about how awesome of a match it would be between Major and Hall. After watching Baumann I’d think either of those guys and Hall would be electrifying!

Boarman has beaten in his career last night champs Kysen Montgomery, Logan Wagner, and J Conway. Food for thought.

Mater Dei fans have a right to crow a bit. They were handed a tough draw first round but as a team they wrestled hard. Coming from NE, I was rooting for Chesterton, who also wrestled well, but I have to concede that MD deserved the trophy.

I am glad to see the two of you hold a high school senior to a higher standard than yourselves! To say the match was getting "chippy" would be fitting. The "chippyness" was certainly one sided. So to lean over and whisper a compliment and the end shows a lot more restraint than you and your hurt feelings. You had to create an account to call out a kid. Must be the courage of adult beverage consumption. I am trying to understand the huge amount of stalling, was that before the first 5 pointer or the second 5 pointer or the 3rd takedown in the first period?

I’m biased but I felt like he was the tournament’s most dominate wrestler

Oi vey.....Not picking him to win is not the same as calling him an underdog.

two great wrestlers produced the match of the tournament.

I'm partial to the Zubaz.... But which was your favorite.

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the fact Alex Cottey is just a fricking straight hammer???! 12-3 after the first period UNDER THE LIGHTS after having the draw he had!

Thank you for such an entertaining match we seen a spladle, a key lock, a lat throw and some great scrambles. THANK YOU

Yea when I watched it live I never seen Baumann nod because I jumped out of my seat. Insane man. He could of easily wrestled to not lose and gave up a reversal etc etc... he wrestled to keep scoring insane. Just like when he was on top yea he got too high and kept giving up reversals which made the match entertaining but he wrestled to turn him/pin him. He didn’t wrestle to just ride him. He was always looking to score and wrestled loose I loved it. Ruhlman at 220, Jesse, Zeke, Hall were all very impressive but the most entertaining wrestler for me to watch was Baumann!

You should....you SHOULD. I'll have results tomorrow, need to do a quick audit that my calculations are working correctly.

Thank you Mike, from the Cottey family!

At the end of the day Isaac Ruble is a great wrestler, will undoubtedly capture 1 if not 2 titles. Cottey scored big early and did what he needed to do to capture another state title. I’d venture to say that any wrestler in Cottey’s position would’ve wrestled the same. You’re under the lights with a 5-0 lead in the first. You’re gonna wrestle more defensive at that point, you’re gonna be cautious, you’re gonna hang out on the edge, you’re gonna take a stall call or 2. This is state, period. Cottey had proven himself, he’s got his letter signed, but he still had the hunger to win. Call it chippy, call it what you will, I’ll call it good smart wrestling and it brought him a 2nd state title. Not to mention a 2nd state title that he didn’t need to solidify himself as a great wrestler in IHSAA history

Mater Dei will be fine next year. Their JV won the SIAC and their Varsity won state, twice. It's the year after they will be very down and take a few L's. 106- Isaiah Schaefer 9th 113- Evan Seng 11th 120- Reed Egli 12th 126-Tyler Vanover 11th 132-Matt Herman 11th 138-? 145-? 152-Ashton Hayhurst 12th 160-Spencer Turner 10th / Gabe Vogegel 11th 170- Brody Bauman 12th 182- Gabe Sollars 12th 195-Clay Martin 11th 220-Nick Boots 12th 285-James Ralph 12th

Zach Errett had a state champ at Mooresville and multiple state champs at Avon. He’s had 4 champs and 8 under the lights. Pretty good numbers.

Oh-mon-ah-day

STUD!!

A lot of plaid patterns going on in the Ellis vs Conway final.

Next year can be scary just for Brownsburg. Preston Haines, Isiah Street, Logan Miller, Leighton Jones, Blaze Garcia all have a shot at the title. wow

The Trophy is back in the Westside Great year Mater Dei Wildcats

Congratulations Joe!

Agreed. I saw other kids throw their headgear etc.. Saw one kid toss his 6th place medal and walked away. His coach went and got it. Good on Goin for facing adversity like that.

This match is featured on the front page of track wrestling today.

It was the right call by the ref. Totally agree with you .

Not often you see someone go from back-up 106 to state champion 160 lber in only two years. Hats off to Baumann, he wrestled incredibly.

Im sure they have 8th graders and a few wrestlers that didn't make varsity this year that will get a chance next year and make it to state also.

Top 5 (No Particular Order) Nate Moore (1999-02): 3× IHSAA State Qualifier, 2× IHSAA State Champion at 189 lbs. (2001-02), USAW Junior National Champion Cody LeCount (2011-14): 3× IHSAA State Finalist (2012-14), 2× IHSAA State Champion (132, 2013; 145, 2014), 2012 USAW Cadet Freestyle National Runner-Up at 132 lbs. Alex Cottey (2018-21): 4× IHSAA State Finalist, 2× IHSAA State Champion at 113 lbs. (2020-21), 2018 USAW Cadet Freestyle All-American at 106 lbs. Jared McKinley (2009-12): 4× IHSAA State Qualifier, 3× IHSAA All-State (4th, 2010; 1st, 2011; 1st, 2012), 2× IHSAA State Champion (125, 2011; 132, 2012); 2× USAW Junior Freestyle All-American (5th at 130 lbs., 2011; 6th at 132 lbs., 2012) Chico Adams (2005-08): 3× IHSAA All-State (8th, 2006; 1st, 2007; 1st, 2008), 2× IHSAA State Champion at Heavyweight (2007-08); 106-0 combined record in final two seasons Honorable Mentions Nick Walpole (2003-06): 2005 IHSAA State Champion, 2× IHSAA 3rd Place Donte Winfield (2010-13): 2013 IHSAA State Champion, 2012 USAW Junior Freestyle National Runner-Up Brandon James (2012-15): 4× IHSAA All-State, 3× USAW Cadet/Junior Freestyle All-American Noah Warren (2015-18): 2018 IHSAA State Champion, 2017 IHSAA State Runner-Up, NHSCA Sophomore All-American

Congrats @Y2CJ41and Muncie on the state title!

Those are all good names. We are blessed to be apart of these fine young men

This is true, but it is limited to schools (students) of active programs. So, it is going to be missing some heavy hitters. Some programs stopped participation when it was announced, in addition to the ones that were already not competing.

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I think the NWCA is hosting a national tournament for d3 unless that got canceled as well

Although I’m disappointed I didn’t win the fastest thumb and acquire tickets to championship Saturday, the first time in over a decade, I’m proud to be a part of supporting, encouraging, teaching, coaching and influencing the sport of wrestling. Proud to be a mentor. Proud to be a role model. Proud to be involved in a sport and lifestyle that carries on well past the day they wrestle for a championship, or the day they get their first win, but the day they are proud of themselves, the day they gain the confidence to face their fears and overcome their insecurities. Win or lose on the mat, I know these wrestlers will be better prepared, better equipped and more confident to set higher goals to achieve in their path. So as I watch from the comfort of my living room this year, I will watch with a full heart, a sound mind and a proud soul that I am blessed to be a small part of these young athletes lives. Wrestle hard, wrestle smart, enjoy and remember this day. You are creating memories.

Goin took the call like a man on the mat and walked off. Much respect to him for making the quick choice to not show his frustration with an outburst in front of the crowd.

I can support a referee who makes a confident call and doesn't waiver. He had the best view. It's unfortunate but.. part of it.

Finals Representation Evansville 12 ECC and NC tied at 7 Fort Wayne 2 Evansville has both 132 and 182. ECC has both 120's. Evansville flexin' at state..

My OW had to be Briar Hall. Is that even a debate lol

Never!!!! 1 champion per weight class. One individual tournament.

Andre - have you spoke with Nick Hull from Pride Wrestling Academy?

I had heard as recently as last year that there was a big push to try to use weight classes starting at 70 and going every 5lbs up to 100 and then using HS weights after that. This seems to make a lot of sense to me but its getting everyone to agree and be on same page that is the issue.