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Great dual meet and a great atmosphere last night. Our sports network (CG Sports) always does a great job with the broadcast. Thanks to Cathedral for allowing us to stream the dual live!

This screw up is 100% mine. I missed Westfield's communication last spring informing us that they were not returning this year. However, I believe Whiteland is going to step up and solve my problem. I am currently working on revising the draw. When I get confirmation from their AD tomorrow, I will distribute the "new" draw. Thanks to everyone for spreading the word.

North Putnam is a solid squad! Definitely should be in the running at 1A

Anderson Beech Grove Bishop Chatard Charlestown Columbus North Connersville Daleville East Noble Eastern Hancock Fishers Franklin County Greenfield Central Greensburg Hagerstown Jasper Mississinewa New Castle New Palestine Northeastern Pike Providence Cristo Rey Purdue Polytechnic- Englewood Richmond River Forest Rushville Shelbyville Shenandoah Southern Wells Triton Central Union County Valparaiso Western Boone

1/2 the lineup played football and practiced less than a week. They’re down but better than they showed last weekend. UC is loaded

So who has the highest career bonus rate in state history? Not “guesses”, let’s have some stats. I remember Nick Lee’s Sophomore year in the finals they announced that all of his career wins up to that point were by bonus. Let’s go fellow nerds and wrestling historians…….

Uh, that's not legal. Technically, had to be a 126 wrestler for this dual and weigh in over 120. Can only bump up 1 weight class.

North Putnam really needs to be considered for 1A. Our results are posted and we will continue to post. Our losses have came to top teams like Cascade and Owen Valley and we competed with these teams. We lost by 3 points to #9 Southmont by only 3 and wound have won but and a first year varsity kid get defensively pinned when he was up 8-0 and laid his own back on the mat spladleing the kid. He learned a valuable lesson.

I have had a lot of coaches reach out to me in the last week about their team's resume for Team State. I want to remind everyone that the simplest way to gain recognition for your team is to post your results on IndianaMat. If you need help with that, please contact me or Joe and we will help you. It is very unlikely that a team will get any votes if they don't have results posted. That vote takes place on December 18th, so please make sure you are updating regularly.

It’s about time, most Indiana wrestling fans would probably say. After years of an unusual travel rule that restricted some of Indiana’s best wrestling teams from showcasing their talents in some of the nation’s premier in-season wrestling tournaments, we have finally landed two teams in the prestigious Walsh Jesuit Ironman. Crown Point brings a full squad ready to scrap, while Brownsburg is bringing a select number of all-star individuals to fight for a spot on the podium this weekend, and I couldn’t be more excited for our guys to have an opportunity to put themselves on the map. Now, this isn’t going to be a comprehensive evaluation of each weight class and their top 8 finishers across all teams. If you want a write-up that examines the tournament this broadly, then I’m sure there are plenty of major wrestling platforms that will provide write-ups covering the Ironman in this manner. Instead, I will be diving into how our Indiana wrestlers specifically will be navigating the field, and hypothesizing their placements based on their seeds, their past results with other wrestlers in the field, their rate of improvement, results against talented wrestlers outside of the field, and so on. Think of this as an Indiana Wrestling Fan’s Guide to the Walsh Ironman. Once again, before I start, I try my very best not to bias my opinions and predictions whatsoever. If you are a parent, or a coach, or a fan of one of these wrestlers, and I predict them to go maybe not as far as you would predict, understand that one: in a perfect world, I would like Indiana to sweep 14 weight classes, and two: these are only predictions based off of previous results, and I don’t know for the most part the work that these kids have been putting in the practice room. Lastly, if you are competing in this tournament this weekend, and are reading this write-up, get off of Indianamat. You all have some training to do. *Quick note that rankings may not be in order, as some ranked wrestlers are lower ranked in the national rankings, but seeded higher. I have decided to list ranked wrestlers via the seeding order. All national rankings are from FloWrestling. 106 Ranked Wrestlers: #3 Tyler DeKraker, #4 Dominic Munaretto, #8 Davis Motyka, #19 Javaan Yarbrough, #16 Leo Pezone Indiana Wrestlers: HM Revin Dickman: 14th seed, Logan Haney: unseeded Revin Dickman receives a respectable 14th seed in his first Ironman tournament. I really like this seed for him, as it sets him on a course to face off against HM Aydan Smith, a non-nationally ranked 3rd seed from Notre Dame. Ayden Smith went 3-2 at last year’s Ironman, but not without taking out Homewood-Flossmoor’s Deion Johnson, a wrestler from Illinois that has spent some time in and out of the national rankings. Ayden Smith certainly has the pedigree to be top 20 in the nation, but I think that Dickman has a spot of stunning this 3rd seeded wrestler during a slump in Smith’s wrestling career. A win here would project Dickman to wrestle #16 Leo Pezone of Malvern Prep, a wrestler that Dickman has not faced in his career thus far. That does bring me to one of Dickman’s biggest advantages as a wrestler in this tournament: he has wrestled a lot of the wrestlers in this field, with six matches against wrestlers in the top 16 seeds just this off season. Unfortunately, Dickman came off of the wrong end of all six of these bouts, but there are most certainly results to give us hope, such as a 2-1 loss to 10th seed Liam Davis at the Elite 8 Duals, and a 5-0 loss to 5th seed and #19 Javaan Yarbrough at IHPO. It will be a battle for Dickman to make the podium, but I think that there is a possibility that he could squeak by. He has too many losses for me to confidently place him high on the podium, but I predict an 8th place finish for Revin Dickman in this tournament. Crown Point is also sending a representative in Logan Haney, but Haney is unfamiliar with the field here, and has not posted results nearly as impressive as Dickman for me to consider him a podium threat, although I am sure this will change in the next year or so, when Haney gets plenty of time in the Crown Point room. Predictions: Dickman 8th, Haney DNP 113 Ranked Wrestlers: #1 Bo Bassett, #4 Beric Jordan, #6 Nathan Desmond, #10 Mack Mauger, #13 Anthony Mutarelli, #8 Seth Mendoza, #12 Louie Gill, #7 Jayden Raney Indiana Wrestlers: Preston Haines: 10th seed, Sam Westfall: unseeded Unfortunately, we don’t get to see Gavin Jendreas wrestle this weekend, to the dismay of Crown Point wrestling fans, but we do get to see Preston Haines, who receives an outstanding 10th seed for the Ironman tournament. Haines will need to improve two spots in order to find himself on the podium. The 9th seed is the aforementioned HM Deion Johnson, who I think that Haines can definitely beat given Johnson’s recent results and Haines’ momentum coming into this tournament. However, the tougher wrestler to beat will be 8th seed and #7 Jayden Raney, who finds himself with an astonishingly low seed coming into this tournament, and should still be considered a threat to win the whole thing. Raney was upset at Super 32 by Jake Hockaday, and I am certain that Hockaday will be providing all sorts of tips and tricks regarding the matchup that will prove valuable for Haines. In the round of 16, Haines is projected to match up against 7 seed and #12 Louie Gill. This would be the biggest win of Haines’ career thus far, but with limited off season action, and no off season action down at 113, it’s hard to predict an upset here. Haines can definitely break through to the placement rounds, but he’s going to have to wrestle his best, and get a good consolation route if Gill is able to knock him out. Crown Point is sending Sam Westfall in lieu of Jendreas, and with limited varsity experience, I don’t see Westfall making a run at this tournament. Predictions: Haines DNP, Westfall DNP 120 Ranked Wrestlers: #1 Jax Forrest, #2 Luke Lilledahl, #8 Marcus Blaze, #3 Jordyn Raney, #12 Kael Lauridsen, #13 Leo DeLuca, #20 Sebastian Degennaro, #14 Hunter Taylor Indiana Wrestlers: HM Jake Hockaday: 11th seed, Sonny Sessa: unseeded Jake Hockaday is coming off of an impressive Super 32 run that saw him take out #7 (at 113) Jayden Raney. Now up a weight class, Hockaday is going to have to deal with the bigger Raney brother, ranked #3 in the country, and earning a 4th seed at the Walsh Ironman. The only opponent in this field that Hockaday saw during last year’s off season was 8th seed and #20 Sebastian Degennaro, who owns a 13-3 major decision over him at Super 32. Despite this result, I have confidence that Hockaday can break through to the placement rounds, given his past success and previous national ranking. In the round of 16, Hockaday will be 6th seed and #13 Leo DeLuca. DeLuca has a pedigree unusual for a #13 ranked wrestler in the country, and will be an extremely tough opponent for Hockaday. Should Hockaday win this bout, he is projected to wrestle 3th seed and #8 Marcus Blaze. Given Hockaday’s current resume, I think that he can stun DeLuca this weekend, however, I’m not so sure that he will be able to overcome Blaze. Giving Hockaday a spot on the podium here will be tough, especially since there are 8 wrestlers ranked in the top 20 in this bracket, and Hockaday is new to the 120 pound weight class, but I am confident enough to predict Hockaday to place 7th at the Ironman. Given a 13-3 loss against Degennaro, I don’t think this is a result that will be reversed so quickly, however, Degennaro has a number of impressive wins, and like Hockaday, is new to the 120 pound weight class, so his #20 ranking is definitely going to rise after this weekend. Sonny Sessa is Crown Point’s representative at this weight class, and has established himself as a state qualifier caliber wrestler following a fall over #20 (in IN) Owen Bunton earlier this year, but given his match against La Porte’s Ashton Jackson earlier this year (let’s go La Porte), I don’t think Sessa is quite ready to challenge nationally ranked caliber wrestlers yet. Predictions: Hockaday 7th, Sessa DNP 126: 126: #2 Benjamin Davino, #4 Marc-Anthony McGowan, #3 Mason Gibson, #9 Max Gallagher, #17 Dillon Campbell, #11 Jacob Joyce, #16 JJ McComas, #19 Draegen Orine, #20 Jameson Garcia Indiana Wrestlers: HM Logan Frazier: 8th seed Logan Frazier is Indiana’s first wrestler to receive a top 8 seed at this tournament, and although there are nine nationally ranked wrestlers in this weight class, I’m pretty comfortable in maintaining that Frazier is going to place at this tournament, especially given previous results against some of the wrestlers in the field, most notably an 8-0 major decision over 11th seed and #20 Jameson Garcia, and a slim 3-2 loss to 5th seed and #17 Dillon Campbell. The real question is: where is he going to place? In the round of 16, Frazier will wrestle 9th seed HM Nick O’Neill of Malvern Prep. O’Neill is certainly no slouch, coming from a program as prestigious as Malvern Prep, but Frazier is regardless the favorite to win the bout. After that match, however, Frazier will have to take on 1st seed and #2 Benjamin Davino. I can’t realistically call an upset here, given Davino’s pedigree, but I think an appearance in the quarterfinals gives Frazier a nice chance to place. Frazier’s placement is going to depend on who he sees, as there are competitors in this bracket, such as 7th seed and #16 JJ McComas that have given Frazier trouble this off season. Although Dillon Campbell is seeded higher, I think that this matchup would be a better consolation bout for Frazier than McComas. He also might not wrestle either of these wrestlers, but comparative results between some of his other potential matchups are not strong enough for me to make reasonable predictions. Overall, I think that a 6th place finish is reasonable for Frazier, given that he makes an upset this weekend and catapults himself back into the rankings, which I most certainly think that he is capable of doing. Predictions: Frazier 6th 132: #1 Sergio Lemley, #2 Cael Hughes, #9 Vincent Robinson, #5 Zan Fugitt, #12 Jack Consiglio, #16 Jaxon Joy, #17 Matty Lopes Indiana Wrestlers: Brady Ison: 11th seed, Kaptur Nowaczyk: unseeded With limited results this off season, it’s hard to make a fair comparison of how well Brady Ison will do this weekend, but we all know that he’s good, and the Ironman seeders must know as well, as Ison’s previous body of work was impressive enough to earn an 11th seed for the tournament. With seven ranked wrestlers in this weight class, it’s not unrealistic to think that Ison could break through and place at this tournament, but with 15 Honorable Mention wrestlers also populating the field, there is also potential for Ison to end his tournament run early. In the round of 16, Ison will meet up against 6th seed and #16 Jaxon Joy. Joy’s Ironman run last year ended in a 3-2 showing, but he has built up a solid body of work this off season that includes a 7th place finish at Fargo and a bloodround performance at Super 32 that included a 3-2 loss to eventual runner-up Beau Mantanona. I think that despite these results, Jaxon Joy is a beatable opponent for Ison, and although I’m not confident enough to predict it, I also can’t dispute the possibility either. I think that Ison will put together a solid performance here, but there are too many talented wrestlers in this field for me to give Ison the nod just yet. Kaptur Nowaczyk of Crown Point is the other Indiana entry in this weight class. Given that Nowaczyk will be wrestling up two weight classes for this tournament, I cannot confidently say that he will make a deep run in this tournament, also he has the wins to promote himself as a top wrestler in Indiana. If Nowaczyk were to wrestle this tournament at 120, I might’ve been more willing to entertain the idea of a deep run, but I cannot reasonably predict one here. Predictions: Ison DNP, Nowaczyk DNP 138: #1 Nasir Bailey, #3 Kannon Webster, #6 Kollin Rath, #7 Vince Bouzakis, #4 Hunter Mason, #9 Omar Ayoub, #14 Eligh Rivera, #20 Jakob Romero, #19 Brandon Cannon Indiana Wrestlers: Parker Reynolds: unseeded, Evan Cruz: unseeded With no seeded wrestlers at this weight class, it’s going to be tough to earn an Indiana placement here, although given the right draw, I think that Parker Reynolds could have a chance. Entering his freshman year ranked #4 in Indiana, Reynolds is a talented freshman that is no stranger to tough competition. However, this weight class is TOUGH, with nine nationally ranked wrestlers, and nationally ranked wrestlers seeded as low as 13th, along with a couple of sleepers dispersed throughout the weight class, such as HM Billy DeKraker, who owns a win over Logan Frazier at Super 32, and HM Ayson Rice, who defeated Eleazar Walker at the Grappler Fall Classic. I think that Reynolds can pick up a couple of wins here, but I don’t think he is quite ready to see the podium yet. Crown Point’s Evan Cruz is also battle tested, qualifying for the state tournament during his freshman campaign, but is yet to return to form after bumping up several weight classes. I don’t think Cruz will place either, but I expect him to earn a couple of wins as well. Predictions: Reynolds DNP, Cruz DNP At this point, I need to halt the write-up with an intermission for a moment to explain the latter half of these predictions. The Ironman tournament this year is using different weight classes than we use in Indiana, so that means that wrestlers beyond 138 are going to have to make decisions regarding what weight class they are going to go. For wrestlers in the next weight class, 144 lbs, I don’t think there will be much, or any movement (although former wrestlers know how much of a pain an extra pound can be), but at weight classes such as 157 lbs and 165 lbs, there will most certainly be wrestlers dropping up and down weight classes. Thus, I am not going to specify rankings for each wrestler; that is, if I say a wrestler is ranked #11, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he is ranked at, for example, 152 or 160, but is still ranked nonetheless. Anyways, back to making predictions. 144 Ranked Wrestlers: #6 Mac Church, #13 Brock Herman, #9 Sam Cartella, #17 Collin Dupill, #10 Kael Voinovich, #19 Gavin Linsman, #14 Layton Schneider, #20 Q’veli Quintanilla, #17 Logan Paradice Indiana Wrestlers: Anthony Bahl: unseeded Despite Anthony Bahl’s talent, he is going unseeded into this weight class, which includes nine nationally ranked wrestlers. Unfortunately for me, Bahl has no comparable results between wrestlers in this weight class, but as a state runner-up that wrestled Zeke Seltzer tough on multiple occasions, I think that I have a general estimate on Bahl’s skill level and how he will do at this tournament. Looking at some of the seeded wrestlers at this tournament, the 8th seed HM Jaydon Robinson owns a win at IHPO over Mishiwaka’s Beau Brabender, which gives us a relative result to compare to Bahl. Bahl has a win of his own over a Mishiwaka stud in Eleazar Walker, and I think that a major decision over Walker has a little more weight than a major decision over Brabender, due to each of their placements at state last year. I say this all to make this point: I think Anthony Bahl is going to place at this tournament, if the draw is right. Obviously, a first or second round matchup against #6 Mac Church or #13 Brock Herman (the 1st and 2nd seeds respectively) would be a tough look going into the rest of the tournament, but I am going to use my superiority as a predictor to predict that that WON’T happen and Bahl will find himself on the podium, although I’m not sure if he’s going to make it very high, given the comparative pedigrees of the rest of the top 8 seeds, so I am going to play it safe and give Bahl an 8th place prediction. Predictions: Bahl 8th 150 Ranked Wrestlers: #3 LaDarion Lockett, #2 PJ Duke, #5 Weston Dalton, #9 William Henckel, #16 Wynton Denkins, #19 Christopher Crawford Indiana Wrestlers: Christian Washington Crown Point’s Christian Washington is the sole entry for Indiana in this weight class, and given Washington’s limited experience as a varsity wrestler (which when I say this, I mean varsity at Crown Point, because Washington is most certainly a state caliber wrestler, despite only now breaking the lineup), I don’t think that he will be challenging for a spot on the podium. There’s not much more I can say about this weight class, with an overall lack of results to compare Washington to the field, although I will say that Crown Point always has sleepers in their lineups, and Washington may be able to pick up an upset or two. Predictions: Washington DNP 157 Ranked Wrestlers: #3 Joseph Sealey, #6 Ethan Stiles, #14 Paul Ognissanti Indiana Wrestlers: Anthony Rinehart: 7th seed Anthony Rinehart makes his debut this weekend in the red and white, and has a nice route to a spot on the podium, with a 7th seed. There are only three wrestlers nationally ranked in this weight class (probably due to the awkwardness of the weight class compared to the existing weight classes that I believe that most states are still following this year), so despite a great seed, I think Rinehart can find himself even higher on the podium. 6th seed HM Landyn Sommer out of Stillwater owns the spot just above him, but wrestled Anthony Bahl at 145 at the Elite 8 Duals, and lost 6-4. I find it tricky to compare the skill level of teammates here, especially given the weight differences, but I think that if Bahl was able to beat Sommer, Rinehart can as well. Looking ahead at his bracket path, Rinehart is projected to wrestle 10th seed Mason Alessio of Joliet Catholic Academy in the round of 16. Alessio, as an Illinois state runner-up, will be a tough opponent, but I think Rinehart will make it through this round just fine. His bout afterwards in the quarterfinals, however, will be against another Illinois stud in 2nd seed and #6 Ethan Stiles. Stiles has established himself as one of the top wrestlers in the country, but drew blood against an Indiana wrestler last offseason when going against J Conway, and losing by criteria. I’m not ready to compare Rinehart to the likes of Conway just yet, especially given the success that Conway found this offseason in freestyle, but I think that this bout will be a lot closer than many might give him credit for. Honestly, I can see Rinehart placing as high as third in this bracket, but I will not be too optimistic for the sake of making an accurate prediction and say that RInehart will leave with a 5th place finish at the Ironman this year. Predictions: Rinehart 5th 165 Ranked Wrestlers: #1 Angelo Ferrari, #3 Lorenzo Norman, #4 Daschle Lamer, #9 Sam Goin Indiana Wrestlers: #9 Sam Goin, 4th seed Crown Point’s Sam Goin had an excellent off season this year that included a 4th place finish at Super 32, with losses only to Nicco Ruiz and Joe Sealey, who are ranked #3 and #4 respectively at 160 lbs. I certainly think Sam Goin can keep the momentum going, however, predicting an upset at this tournament would be predicting that Sam Goin defeats a top four opponent. So, is Goin ready to make that jump? Let’s look at his bouts with previous top four opponents. At Fargo, Goin was the victim of unfortunate bracket luck, and wrestled previously #4 Braeden Scoles. The score was 9-5 in favor of the Wisconsin native. Next, at the Elite 8 Duals, Goin matched up against #2 (at the time) Joe Sealey, and lost only 7-5. At Super 32, Goin then clashed with then #3 Nicco Ruiz in the semis, and lost only a 5-2 bout. It seems to me that Goin has almost been there for a while now. I think that given his off season results, and the improvement overall that we’ve seen from him these past couple of years, I can confidently predict a 3rd place finish from Sam Goin, who I have claiming a big win over one of the top four wrestlers in this weight class. With the level of dominance that 1st and #1 Angelo Ferrari displayed at Who’s #1, I don’t think Goin will be able to get past him, but I think that Goin can challenge 2nd seed and #3 Lorenzo Norman, or 3rd and #4 Daschle Lamer, depending on who loses the semifinal bout between the two. Predictions: Goin 3rd 175 Ranked Wrestlers: #1 Rocco Welsh, #12 Luke Vanadia, #5 Tyler Eise, #7 Dominic Federici, #17 Omaury Alvarez, #20 Dylan Newsome Indiana Wrestlers: Cody Goodwin: 12th seed, Caden Brewer: unseeded I think that Crown Point’s Cody Goodwin is one of the more secret gems of the current pool of talent in Indiana wrestling. With almost no off season results this year, it’s easy for Goodwin to go under the radar, but don’t forget that he missed out on a state title this year by the slimmest of margins, losing an overtime bout in the semifinals of the state tournament to eventual champ J Conway. Goodwin is ready to take on the best, and I think he will prove it in this tournament, that includes six nationally ranked wrestlers. With the 12th seed, Goodwin is projected to match up against 5th seed and #7 Dominic Federici of Wyoming Seminary. A daunting opponent for Goodwin, especially in the round of 16, but let’s explore the probability of an upset here. At last year’s Ironman, Federici put up a 3-2 performance, with a 10-1 loss to Angelo Ferrari, and a 7-5 loss to Brenden Abdon. Over the summer, J Conway defeated with a 12-1 tech fall at Fargo. Obviously, I think that Federici is better than he was at last year’s Ironman, but Conway’s dominance over a wrestler that had defeated Federici only a year ago gives a little more reason to predicting an upset here. Federici also placed 5th at Super 32, in which Goodwin did not participate, so these strings of results are really all we have to go off of. That being said, give me Goodwin over Federici this weekend. You saw it here first. This puts Goodwin on a projected path to 4th seed and #5 Tyler Eise. Eise and Federici wrestled at this year’s Super 32, which ended in a 5-3 decision for Eise, so if Goodwin can beat Federici, you better believe that he can win this one too. This weight has turned into a lot of hypotheticals, so let’s just say this: give me Cody Goodwin placing 6th at this year’s Ironman. I should also talk about the other Indiana wrestler in this field: Brownsburg’s Caden Brewer. I think Brewer is still not at a level to contend with nationally ranked opponents, but I think he will have a solid showing here nonetheless. After all, we’ve just established that a 3-2 showing at the Ironman can result in a top 10 ranking and an All-American status at Super 32, so if Brewer can rattle off a couple of wins here, he’ll be looking good for the future. Predictions: Goodwin 6th, Brewer DNP 190 Ranked Wrestlers: #1 Brayden Thompson, #5 Jude Correa, #7 Rune Lawrence, #8 Camden McDanel, #6 AJ Heeg, #18 Nate Taylor, #11 Orlando Cruz, #20 Justin Griffith, #19 Kingsley Menifee Indiana Wrestlers: #11 Orlando Cruz: 7th seed, HM Gunner Henry: 11th seed Buckle up, because there’s a lot to talk about with this weight class. Orlando Cruz comes into his first Ironman boasting the 7th seed, setting him up nicely to make it into the placement rounds, although I should note that there are nine nationally ranked wrestlers in this weight class, which means that at least one wrestler in the top 20 is guaranteed to miss out on the podium steps. And unfortunately for Cruz, he is the only top 8 seeded wrestler who is facing another nationally ranked opponent in the round of 16, where he will face 10th seed and #19 Kingsley Menifee. Despite the tough match early on, Menifee has no results that indicate that he might present a major challenge for Cruz, and I expect Cruz to beat him handily. Cruz will then face 2nd seed and #5 Jude Correa in the quarterfinals. Correa is a Super 32 Champ at 195 lbs, and is easily the favorite over Cruz. I expect Cruz to bring a battle, but this is a tough match for anybody in the quarterfinals. Luckily, I think that Cruz’s battle in the consolation matches looks to be a lot more favorable for him. While the top five seeds at this weight are all extremely tough, with the 5th seed being ranked #6 in the country, the 6th seed is a much more favorable match for Cruz to see later on in the tournament, as Cruz owns a 6-5 win over #18 Nate Taylor at the Elite 8 Duals, and should be considered the favorite per the rankings should this match happen again. I think that Cruz will place 6th at this year’s Ironman, improving his seed by one spot, but the top five at this tournament are incredibly solid. Now, Brownsburg’s Gunner Henry, although not ranked in the country, nor seeded in the top 8, has an excellent shot in my opinion to break through to the top 8. In the round of 16, Henry will face off against the aforementioned Nate Taylor, who I think Henry is fully capable of beating, given that Henry’s match with Orlando Cruz during the state tournament was quite competitive, and Henry has a weight advantage as a 195 lb wrestler. If Henry can take this win, he has a shot to break through and place, in my opinion, although I’m not sure if he will make it much further than 7th place. I think if he beats Nate Taylor, he can certainly beat the two lower nationally ranked wrestlers in Menifee and 8th seed and #20 Justin Griffith, so I will give the 7th place prediction to him. Predictions: Cruz 6th, Henry 7th 215 Ranked Wrestlers: #19 Jersey Robb, #7 Max Shulaw, #9 Dylan Russo, #10 Kyle Snider, #12 Cash Henderson, #18 Max Vanadia Indiana Wrestlers: Will Clark: 10th seed Crown Point’s Will Clark earns a 10th seed for this tournament, meaning that he will need to improve his seed by at least two spots in order to place. The seeding is quite interesting for this tournament, with #18 Max Vanadia claiming the 9th seed, and three Honorable Mention wrestlers stealing the seeds above him. This works out in favor of Clark, however, who sees 7th seed HM Oscar Williams in the round of 16. Williams’ only Indiana result that I could find was a 3-2 decision over Super 32 8th placer Devin Kendrex, which gives me faith that Clark can win this bout, as the #1 ranked wrestler at 220 in Indiana. Moving on from this match, Clark will see 2nd seed and #7 Max Shulaw, which is unfortunate, as once again the seeding for this weight class sets Clark against the highest ranked wrestler in the weight class, while the 1st seed boasts only a #19 ranking in the country. Of course, rankings don’t mean everything, but they are good indicators of a wrestler’s current success. Despite a tough quarterfinal pairing, I think that a win over Williams will set Clark up nicely in the consolations. I think that Clark will walk away from this tournament with a 7th place finish, and hopefully picking up a big win over a nationally ranked opponent along the way. Predictions: Clark 7th 285 Ranked Wrestlers: #9 Dillan Johnson, #4 Parker Ferrell, #7 Matthew Moore, #5 Carter Neves, #11 Austin Foye Indiana Wrestlers: HM Leighton Jones: 5th seed, Paul Clark: 11th seed The second weight class where Indiana has two wrestlers seeded in the top 16, Leighton Jones earns himself a 5th seed, while Paul Clark earns a respectable 11th seed. Jones has seen himself in the rankings before, and looks to take his spot back in the rankings during his first and last Ironman run. If Paul Clark was one seed lower, we would be seeing a teamkill match with Jones and Clark, but Jones instead has 12th seed Richard Thomas. With limited off season results for Thomas, it’s hard to say how much of a struggle Thomas will be for Jones, but I think we can reasonably infer that Jones will be just fine, given his pedigree. In the quarterfinals, Jones will face off against 4th seed and #5 Carter Neves. Formerly of St. Paris Graham, Carter Neves fills in his brother’s shoes as a heavyweight, after wrestling this year’s Fargo tournament at 220 lbs. Jones has not wrestled Carter, but did wrestle his older brother Nolan Neves at the Carnahan Invitational, where Jones lost a 3-2 bout. Despite the ranking, I think that Jones has the potential to win this match, and I am going to predict him to do so. Now, if I predict Jones to win this match, I surely have to predict him making the finals, as the 1st seed of this tournament is #9 Dillan Johnson, ranked four spots lower than Neves. Johnson has some impressive results, however, highlighted by a Cheesehead Invitational championship. In trying to find a comparable result of Johnson to an Indiana wrestler, I actually found a result from last year’s Central Regional, where Johnson emerged victorious, and no, not Dillan Johnson, but Franklin Central’s Jacob Johnson, in a 7-5 bout. The result was about a year and a half ago, but I think this result makes the possibility of an upset here seem more reasonable. Besides, I haven’t picked an Indiana wrestler yet to come home with an Ironman title (once again, these are predictions, not who I would like to win, because in a perfect world, I would like every Indiana wrestler to win), so let’s do it: Leighton Jones is my pick to win the heavyweight weight class at the Ironman and claim a 1st place finish. As for Paul Clark, he will have to wrestle #11 Austin Foye in the round of 16. I have a lot of faith in Paul Clark, but he hasn’t picked up that one big win yet in his career for me to confidently pick him over a top 11 ranked wrestler in the country. That being said, there are five nationally ranked wrestlers in this field (and Leighton Jones, who isn’t ranked but should be), so there are two spots up for grabs in this weight class, and I think Clark can grab one of them. I’m going to predict that Paul Clark snags the last spot on the podium and ends with an 8th place finish. Predictions: Jones 1st, Clark 8th Now, I realize after writing eight pages (single spaced) worth of analysis and predictions that my predictions in some cases are a little bit ambitious, but I feel like I have to give our guys the benefit of the doubt. Crown Point and Brownsburg are two of the most successful Indiana high school wrestling programs in the history of the sport, and to not assume that these guys are improving at an insane rate would be foolish. Like I have said, I realistically would like to see everybody from Indiana do well, and I would much rather my predictions be wrong and see Indiana flourish at the Ironman, than be correct and have some of our studs miss out on the podium. This article is meant not just for predictions, however, and is more so to help fans keeping up with the Ironman this weekend understand each wrestler’s history against the rest of the field, and what their chances are of making the tournament runs that we all want them to. With that being said, I appreciate the support I get from writing these, and it won’t be long until another one comes your way, with the Carnahan Invitational coming up only a week after this tournament. Thank you all, and see you soon.

If you win your first match You get winner of the other first round match up. Example 1 seed vs 8, 4-5, 3-6, 2-7 win that second one and wrestle 4 team round robin of Final Four. Lose second round and wrestle 4 team round robin of the teams who won round one but lost round two .

Should be a good weekend . We could see some top match ups but by separation of teams might make a couple harder. Could have Zar vs Joey at 132

Looking forward to it Coach Wadkins. You always do a great job and put on a top notch tournament every year!!

Wasn't been able to make the dual, unfortunately. Currently awaiting the breakdown of each weight from my source. Score ended up being 68-8 MD. In regards to the coaching staff, I would assume that Schaefer wore a tie with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and Mattingly 100% needs to replace Fabio with the flowing hair he has now. #BringBackTheTights

These duals can be deleted. Dec. 14 Bluffton vs Mississinewa Jan. 3 Bluffton vs Bellmont Also, due to team state we will won’t be going to the Bill Kerbel tournament on Jan. 7th

North Miami needs removed from the TRC Quad on 12/7/22.

Nowaczyk wrestled Sessa at 120 a few weeks ago for the varsity spot. I’m sure he ate and weighed in over 120 tonight.

Special guest Quinn Harris joins Joe to talk about 1A wrestling and much, MUCH more on this episode of Gorilla Radio. View full article

Elkhart vs Jimtown tonight. Elkhart wins 39-36. Carroll over Jellison by fall.

CP v Chesterton tonight. Looks like it only took about 45:19 for 11 pins, 1 tech, 1 dec at 120 for Sessa and 1 loss at 132. No Jendreas at 113, no Torres at 145 and no Rinehart at 152. Nowaczyk bumped up from 120 to 132 to replace Baca and lost to DeMarco 8-2, but never got turned. This beats the 62-3 BB v Avon spread. CP - 74 Ches -3

Cricket- How did the MD vs MEM match go down? Schaefer wear a tie? Mattingly been using conditioner?

Whiteland’s AD is reaching out tonight is my understanding. If there is a email could some one please share that or a direct line. Thanks.

Hammond Central is the new high school in Hammond once they closed Gavit, Hammond High, and Clark .

Didn’t know if anyone saw this barn burner… Two years running on possibly the most interesting dual..

I have the privilege of running this tournament in its inaugural year on Track and I can say for certain it will be seeded accordingly. Should be an exciting couple of days of wrestling and we are definitely going to make it a great event for wrestlers, teams and fans.

Team race should come down to 5th and 6th place finishers and bonus points. Floyd 5 champs, 2 runners up, 3 thirds, 3 fourths Tell City 6 champs, 2 runners up, 0 thirds, 3 fourths Southridge 1 champ, 7 runners up, 3 thirds, 2 fourths Jasper 2 champs, 2 runners up, 4 thirds, 4 fourths 106 Isaac Campbell Floyd Central Caleb Patterson Jasper Chase Ferguson Southridge Camden Ames Tell City 113 Walter Hagedorn Tell City Brandon Didat Floyd Central Thomas Nguyen New Albany Patrell Childs Bedford North Lawrence 120 Fynn Douglas Floyd Central Cameron Fogle Southridge Hayden Biggs Jasper Aiden Billow Tell City 126 Vince Kessinger Floyd Central Chase Stephens Tell City Jayden Fogle Southridge Jude Peter Jasper 132 Coy Hammack Tell City Cole Wirthwein Southridge Hunter Banet Floyd Central Xavier Lopez Jasper 138 Kelby Glenn Tell City Xavier Horton Southridge Amare Dejesus New Albany Nolan McCallion Floyd Central 145 Brayden Lain Tell City Jase Robinson Floyd Central Ryley Cowan Jasper Max Menke Southridge 152 Tyce Dupont Tell City Anthony Laughlin Southridge Manny Frederick New Albany Trystyn Messmer Jasper 160 Jeb Prechtel Jasper Landon Terry Tell City Hudson Allen Southridge Sean Harmon Floyd Central 170 Noah Terry Tell City Maddox Vernon Southridge Victor Peter Jasper Tanner Conway Floyd Central 182 Bray Emerine Floyd Central Brody Kramer Southridge Hunter Kippenbrock Jasper Nathan Hoskinson Tell City 195 Reid Schroeder Southridge Corey Goeppner Pike Central Spencer Fain Floyd Central Jaylon VanSlyke Jasper 220 Tyson Ruhe Jasper Eric Vanegas Southridge Kenny Ward Floyd Central Markus Alexander New Albany HWT Justin Brown Floyd Central Evan Nordhoff Jasper Robert Arellano BNL Alberto Alvarenga Southridge

More like track wolverine or honey badger

Date: 12/05/2022 Entity: IndianaMat Type: Dual Ranking Class: 3A 1. Roncalli 2. Mishawaka 3. Hobart 4. Terre Haute South 5. East Central 6. Columbus East 7. Franklin Community 8. Greenfield-Central 9. Bloomington South 10. Floyd Central View full team ranking

#4 Clay Guenin (Greenfield-Central) today beats #6 Kyle Harden (Cathedral) 9-7 OT beats #9 Anthony Cashman (Warren Central) 5-3

To answer your question - No no one gets down to Harrison and Crawford County!! And Feeler was in my top 4!! He trained w/ me for a year, I knew who he was! I'm pulling for Zane, he's been on the fringe for a couple of years. One thing that sets Corydon, Crawford County, Hell ,our whole SE part of our SS back is the sheer size and scheduling. Over in Evansville and up in Indy, those dudes are constantly getting tested. In our part of the state the top guys might only get 1-2 highly competitive matches a year. Jeff Classic in a few weeks will be a good gauge. I love being wrong, attached is a pic of a young Quinn Harris and is one of my favorite pics. He wasn't in my top 4, he might notta been in my top 8. He punched his ticket, found me and we snapped this pic. I was wrong on Joe Buttler 2 years ago and immediately messaged his dad and congratulated him on making me eat crow. Zane, best of luck and find me when you punch that ticket so I can congratulate you and get a pic together. TripleB, out!

My son is the JV kid from Owen Valley you mentioned. His name is Kacey Orman. It is amazing to see him being recognized for his hard work and determination. He has never let his disability get in the way of whatever he wants to do. He always finds a way!

By JEREMY HINES Thehines7@gmail.com After five years of watching others compete in Indiana’s wrestling state tournament, Purdue Polytechnic will finally get its chance to participate. Polytechnic started six years ago but this is the first year the school has fully sanctioned to compete in the Indiana High School Athletic Association tournaments. View full article

All, I want to share a story about the kind of people we have in this sport. Last Saturday Greenfield had a young lady injured in a match at New Palestine High School. It was a head and neck injury that required her to be transported to the hospital via ambulance. She and her parents had never been through something like this before and were justifiably shaken. On Tuesday of this week I was called down to the athletic office. We had received a package. It was a box of flowers addressed to the young lady who was injured. They were sent from the Columbia City Wrestling Program. I know it's a little thing and some people may not understand, but it touched me and my program. People think wrestling is about working hard, sweating, bleeding, beating on people, etc..., but it's not. It's above LOVING each other. I wan't to thank Columbia City for giving my program an example of how people are supposed to love each other. Thank you!

They are officially going to use TrackWrestling for the tournament! I want to thank the MANY people who over the years helped with sending pictures of brackets and results as they came in from this event. Your work will never be forgotten.

Sitting in the stands waiting for our next match, some of the other coaches and I got to thinking how some Regionals pit a strong sectional vs a weaker one (our Regional--North Montgomery--being one). I decided to crunch the numbers this morning: North Montgomery Regional SSQs: Frankfort Sectional: 41 Crawfordsville Sectional: 15 (Zionsville had 9 by themselves, meaning 6 others from the whole sectional) BY comparison, here are the other Regionals in the New Castle Semi-State Pendleton Heights Regional SSQs: Elwood Sectional: 25 Arsenal Tech: 31 Richmond Regional SSQs: South Dearborn: 33 Shenandoah: 23 Perry Meridian SSQs: Shelbyville: 28 Southport: 28 So from this, 2 questions we kicked around: 1) Is this happening at other Regionals, where one sectional dominates the other? If not, question 2 probably doesn't matter. 2) Do we care? Does it matter at all or does it all even out because they are the same Regional anyways?

There's no way to smooth out the rough edges perfectly. But the Categories of 2-6 that are assigned to each sectional and regional site have a huge impact. Category 2 or Category 3 sites are only credited with 2 or 3 advancers while others get credit for 5 or 6. We took 5 years of Genius ratings (the ratings we compile based on the same models used for Vegas point spreads). We then ran analysis of how many advancers those 1500 schools got, while controlling for their site path. We arrived at a strong prediction of how many advancers a team of any particular level should earn if sites were all equal. We then add up those "deserved" values team-by-team at each site and find out there's enormous disparity, as you suggested. This process has worked very well. With 3 or 4 classes over the years, it's usually only one year-end top 5 team, on average, across all classes that gets missed. The top 8 at team state have been, except in rare circumstances, in that year's final top 10 rankings. In other words, we're landing on the right teams to the best that our limited system allows.

Here are the other regionals Regional Sectional SS Qualifiers Bloomington South Bloomington North 31 Bloomington South Southridge 25 Carroll Carroll 32 Carroll New Haven 24 Castle Castle 19 Castle Evansville Central 37 Crown Point Crown Point 31 Crown Point LaPorte 25 Goshen Elkhart 22 Goshen West Noble 34 Hobart East Chicago Central 19 Hobart Portage 37 Jay County Delta 24 Jay County Jay County 32 Jeffersonville Jeffersonville 26 Jeffersonville Jennings County 30 Logansport Lafayette Jefferson 27 Logansport Twin Lakes 29 Maconaquah Oak Hill 25 Maconaquah Peru 31 Mooresville Avon 21 Mooresville Mooresville 35 North Montgomery Crawfordsville 15 North Montgomery Frankfort 41 Pendleton Heights Elwood 25 Pendleton Heights Ind. Arsenal Tech 31 Penn Mishawaka 25 Penn Plymouth 31 Perry Meridian Shelbyville 27 Perry Meridian Southport 29 Richmond South Dearborn 34 Richmond Tri 22