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Volunteer as tribute to go to Fort Wayne. Lol JK that wouldn't be very REGION of us!

Congratulations to TJ Fritz from Daleville for signing with Manchester. Projected to wrestle 125. View full signing

I think it's funny that it keeps being said that Ft. Wayne needs to be strengthened or balanced. People don't care about making Ft. Wayne stronger. Indy schools are hammering each other in January and February and they want to avoid each other until state. There is a rumor that there is a movement in Indy, not sure if it's coaches or AD's or both, for this "restructuring" because some of their better kids are losing early. Restructure because it fits geography, time, etc. You don't restructure because you don't like the outcome you're getting. Us small schools have been told to work harder if we want to be like the big dogs. So, if the rumor is true, then I would say you just need to work harder.

Looks interesting, might have to put it on a map to look at it clearer. I do enjoy how everyone wants to make their case to come to Fort Wayne. It must be the best semi-state if everyone wants to figure out a way to get there.

If we look at fixing either sectional with just a couple moves to neighboring sectionals the options are as follows: Avon Sectional: Option 1) Move either Pike or Brownsburg to Zionsville Sectional/North Mont Regional Foreseen issues: Moving Pike doesn't help that much since they traditionally are not strong. Moving Brownsburg makes the Zionsville Sectional instantly better, but trades a really tough regional at Mooresville for a really tough Regional at North Mont with HSE, Fishers, Westfield, Carmel, Zionsville and Brownsburg all in the same Regional Option 2) Kick Avon, Plainfield or Ben Davis to Mooresville Sectional Foreseen issue: Somebody would need to leave the Mooresville sectional, which in my opinion, is already tougher than the Avon Sectional in overall depth (top end is better at Avon, but overall depth is usually better at Mooresville). Would it be Martinsville to Bloomington? Decatur to Avon? Franklin or Whiteland head north/east to Perry/Southport/Shelbyille (would involve a semi-state change too). You also have to send some smaller schools to Avon then from Mooreville. Option 3) Send Ben Davis to either Lawrence Central or Southport Sectionals. Foreseen issues: Probably the best option of the 3 as far as simplicity, but, again, Ben Davis hasn't exactly been a killer since Lydy graduated and you still have all the other schools sitting in the same Regional. Really just trading problems out. Frankfort Sectional: Option 1) Kick Lebanon and Carmel/Westfield (one or the other) to Zionsville Foreseen issue: Just pushing the depth issue a week. Instead of 4 6A teams in 1 sectional, you end up with 3 in one and 2 in another, but still 5 meeting up in Regionals Option 2) Kick 1-2 of the 6A schools up to Elwood. Likely combinations would be HSE/Fishers or Carmel/Westfield only because IHSAA hates splitting schools from the same district. Foreseen issues: May be best option of ones I've come up with other than there's no logical team to move to Frankfort except maybe Hamilton Heights/Tipton? Gives some size to the Regional currently dominated by Cathedral, but still has Lawrence North, Lawrence Central and North Central. When those 3 are rocking (all were down this past season, but they'll cycle back up), having either HSE/Fishers or Carmel/Westfield in the same Regional is just, again, trading an old problem for a new one. I'm not opposed to any of these ideas, but the only way to balance all of this, in my opinion is to split the Indy area 3 ways at the semi-state level. Any of the options above are far more likely to occur than mass restructuring of the semi-states.

I'm not trying to pick on Ft. Wayne for currently being the weakest semi-state, it's just a fact. As I mentioned having McClurg at Warrior RTC will help and as more coaches have the ability to invest in the area overall, it'll bounce back. That day is several years down the road though. Here, we are in agreement. The Mooresville Regional is ridiculous. I would hope it is divided in some regard. At the Sectional Level, having Avon and Brownsburg in your sectional is challenging to say the least. When I coached at Mooresville, I had A LOT of talented athletes not even make it to Semi-State some years because of Avon, Brownsburg, Center Grove, Ben Davis, and throw in 4-5 studs from each Greenwood, Franklin, Whiteland, Plainfield, Monrovia (was unreal for a small school at that time), Martinsville, and Indian Creek and you got yourself a party. They tried to lessen that by moving Indian Creek to Bloomington and kicking Plainfield to the Avon Sectional to balance the two sectionals, but as you know, didn't do a whole lot to make the regional any less tough. There are a few other sectionals and Regionals that are unbalanced as well that I hope are looked at by the committee. Unfortunately, when I was looking to solve that problem, I couldn't find a way to keep most of the sectionals/regionals the same and split some of the biggest schools due to their proximity to each other. Perhaps a committee of people could see some creative solutions that I could not that are less extreme than my map. You are 100% correct it's about getting those kids the opportunity to compete at Banker's Life, in whatever way we can get it done. Overcrowding Sectionals/Regionals/Semi-States while others are lagging behind causes disparity in which schools are able to get their programs rocking as farther advancement in the state series garners more interest in potential athletes in a program. I'm very interested to see how this actually plays out.

I'd rather have the Mooresville regional honestly.

It's a fairly standard event that happens every two years. This will be the third i've been involved with, and the other two haven't brought huge changes. I cannot say that this one won't will be different, but if its anything like the others the changes are mainly between neighboring sectionals. There has never been a real push to reroute any whole regionals or sectionals to differnet semi-states. More a team or two moves between sectionals or regionals. The commitee this year is the officers, then other coaches who give us a total of 8 (two per semi-state). If you want to make a guess at who may move here is a cool map that we made that has the sectionals/regionals/semi-states laid out by color. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1lHUAhl8Yp1gqV_xTpV6UhgFID2eJSm4L&usp=sharing

Congratulations to Will Kirtley from Tell City for signing with Kentucky Wesleyan. Projected to wrestle 197. View full signing

This is a press release from the town of Chesterton... Congratulations to new CHS head wrestling coach Andrew Trevino The Duneland School Corporation has named Andrew Trevino as Chesterton High School’s new Head Wrestling Coach. Trevino will replace longtime coach Chris Joll, under whose leadership the CHS wrestling team has had 47 individual state qualifiers and five individual state champions; 10 sectional, two regional, and two semi-state championships; along with two IHSAA state runner-up finishes, in 2017 and 2021. In addition to leading the wrestling program, Trevino will teach physical education at CHS. Trevino is currently teaching physical education at Calumet New Tech High School, where he also serves as a varsity assistant wrestling coach and varsity assistant football coach. Trevino was the 1991 IHSAA state champion at 140 pounds while wrestling at Calumet High, before earning a scholarship to compete at Indiana University. Highlights from his personal wrestling career: At Calumet High School: *127-7 high school career record. *4X conference and 4X sectional champion. *1989 IHSAA state qualifier at 119 pounds. *1990 IHSAA state place winner (4th at 125 pounds). *1991 IHSAA state champion at 140 pounds. *USA Wrestling Magazine High School All-American Team. *2X USAW All-American (4th Cadet 120 pounds, 1988; and 7th Junior at 143 pounds, 1990). At Indiana University: *70 career victories; 4X letter winner; Indiana University’s Balfour Award Recipient, 1993. *Amateur Wrestling News Freshman All-America Team (5th at 142 pounds). *2X Big Ten place winners (6th and 4th at 142 pounds, 1993 and 1994). *2X NCAA championship qualifier, 1993 and 1994. *2X team captain 1994 and 1996. Coach Trevino has 23 years of coaching experience; seven at Lake Central as assistant coach, one at East Chicago Central as head coach, and 15 as assistant head coach at Calumet High School. He has also been an active staff member at Region Wrestling Academy (RWA) for the past 10 years, where he has helped train numerous state champions from Northwest Indiana and Northeast Illinois. Coaching career: *1996-2003 Lake Central, assistant coach; coached 4 IHSAA state champions; coached 3rd and 4th place teams at IHSWCA Team State. *2005-06: East Chicago Central High School, head coach. *2007-21: Calumet High School, assistant coach; coached an IHSGW and an IHSAA state champion. “Coach Trevino is a well respected coach in the wrestling world,” CHS Athletic Director Jef Hamstra said. “We are thrilled that Andy is joining the Trojan Athletic Department and look forward to him continuing the strong wrestling tradition at CHS.” “We are excited for Mr. Trevino to continue the outstanding CHS wrestling tradition,” CHS Principal Brent Martinson said. Trevino and his wife, Cynthia, have three children.