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All about the different levels and goals. As some kids skill levels will never get them to state and making semi state might be the highest they will reach. Some not being on top of the podium will feel like they failed to achieve their ultimate goal…and so on

Planning on doing a write-up for this tournament. Competed three years here and it was always a lot of fun. Super tough competition for anybody.

Most schools in Indiana seem to celebrate their school’s team(s) or athletes advancing to the Semi-State round depending upon the sport that has it (ex.: Swimming & Diving only have Sectionals, Sectional Finals, and State; Track & Field have Sectional, Regionals, and State), but in wrestling it seems like a minor accomplishment in the overall picture. With the way Indiana’s wrestling tournament is set up and how deadly some ticket rounds can be, it’s not uncommon for a lot of good wrestlers to be stopped at the third stage of the tournament series. Even so, I feel like Semi-State should maybe be considered a pretty big achievement in Indiana as most states in the U.S. have the luxury of full consolation rounds and less qualifying stages.

Delta 1981 Lineup and Stats Team Record: 8-0 IHSAA State Champions IHSAA Semi State Champions IHSAA Regional Champions IHSAA Sectional Champions (Set largest margin victory at state tournament that held for almost 40 years) *With only 13 wrestlers in a lineup and only placing Top 4* Lineup (only had 13 Weight classes) 98: David Irving (10th) - Semi State Qualifier - (21-6 record) (got 4th his junior year and got 2nd his senior year and went on to wrestle at IU) 105: Brad Kennedy (11th)- Semi State Qualifier (got 3rd his senior year and went on to wrestle at Uindy) 112: Chris Ruble (12th) - IHSAA 4th Place - (25-7 record) 119: Doug Campbell (12th) - IHSAA State Qualifier (24-4 record) (was also a state qualifier as a sophomore) 126: Chris Campbell (12th) - IHSAA State Champ - (30-0 record) (3rd as soph. and 2nd as junior) 132: Don Heintzelman (12th) - IHSAA State Champ - (16-2 record) (went on to wrestle at Notre Dame) 138: David Locke (9th) - Semi State Qualifier - (21-7 record) (rest of career speaks for itself) 145: Jeff Cox (11th) - Regional Qualifier (9-3 record) 155: Greg Gadbury (12th) - IHSAA State Champ - (32-0 record) (3rd place as a junior) 167: David Palmer (11th) - IHSAA State Champ - (29-0) (2nd as freshman, 1st as Sophomore, and 1st as senior) Went on to wrestle at Oklahoma and was one of the best if not the best wrestlers to ever come through Indiana I could go on and on with accolades 189: Steve Stewart (12th) HWT: John Good (12th) (was a state qualifier as a junior) By the words of David Locke... this was the best team that Delta had in their dominating run in the 80s and there were some really good teams that followed. Guys that couldn't fit in lineup because they were behind state champs and the next year after they graduated they either won state themselves or were state placers. Example: John Ginther (wrestled varsity all year then lost to State Champ Heintzelman in wrestle off right before sectionals) Ginther went on to go 4th-1st-1st. They tried to dual St, Paris Graham who was ranked #1 in country at time, but they didn't want to... finally convinced them to a few years later and beat them. Years following this team they were ranked in the Top 5 in the country (and this team had 7 seniors in the lineup.

Truly state placement is probably most people's realistic goals. As we all know that's not easy, I believe there are a lot of dedicated wrestlers that don't make it out of SS. I believe it is an accomplishment. Opinions may vary.

Looking forward to watching live from that throwback gym! Always great wrestling at the MDHC

Hello Wrestling Fans, Well, the end of the year is here. Time for those Great Holiday Wrestling Tournaments in Indiana. The Mooresville Holiday Classic is 1of the Best. This year we have a field of 32 Team from all over Indiana. I counted 38 State Ranked wrestlers with a handful getting Semi State notoriety. There is also 5 State Ranked Teams and 5 Teams going to Team State in January. So, for fun I'm going to give a breakdown of what may potentially happen. Again JMO! * Weight input/ Placement/ Sleepers -106 We have 4 Ranked wrestlers. These wrestlers are fast, quick & very flexible, so don't blink or you may miss the action. - Bollinger - Delta - Ash - Monrovia - Rogers - FC - Schnarr - Cascade - Cline - Ytown - Godsey - THN - Strickler - McC - Nguyen - HSE (sleeper) - Frahm- Gwood -113 There are 3 Ranked wrestlers. This weight is open from 4th to 8th for those who want it. - Elliott - Carmel - Dallinger - McC - Ash - Monrovia - K Jackson - Delta - Orman - Edgewood - Gentry - Mooresville - T Jackson - HSE - Campbell - THS (sleeper) - Botkin - Seymour -120 There's 3 ranked kids looking to make a statement. The other placement spots are up for grabs. - Mosier - Delta - Bickel - Cascade - Nguyen - Gue Cath - Ramsey - Castle - Anderson - HSE - Owsley - Cory Cent. - Fogle - Sridge - Bogard - Seymour (sleeper) - Theobald - OLP -126 This weight will be worth admission. Deep, 4 ranked and a couple SS guys. I think there will be a few upsets in these brackets and make for a shake up in the rankings! - Cowden -Nview - Parker - Ben Davis - Mattingly - Carmel - Schreck - Cory Cent. - Dedeaux - THS - Anderson - Sridge - Clark - FC - McFeeley - Cascade (sleeper) - White - Martinsville -132 Wide open weight. No ranked wrestler and a few Teams bumping some wrestlers. Who wants it? - Ward - Carmel - Gomez - Munster - Tuttle - Delta - Kirchner - Jen Cty - Boone - Ytown - Faulkenberg - Monrovia - Foxworthy - Sport - Mayo - Mooresville (sleeper) - Drake - Ben Davis -138 We got 3 Ranked and 1 SS guy. Lots of wrestlers with 10+ Win so far. Lot of good matches in this Bracket! - Major - Carmel - Weaver - OV - Bohn - Munster - Hott - Martinsville - Sanders - Mooresville - Stewart - THS - Horton - Sridge - Casler - HSE (sleeper) - Ashby - EV Cent. -145 Like 126 this weight has 4 Ranked & 2 SS guys. This weight will tell a lot for the EVSS. This will be worth admission also. - Turner - Edgewood - Sbay - Carmel - Spears - Plainfield - Robards - EV Cent. - Bender - THS - Spencer - Castle - Rhonemus - Delta - Gerstner - HSE -152 Ok 3 ranked wrestlers, chance to make noise and get noticed in this weight class. - Gallagher - Carmel - Lang - HSE - Stebbins - Delta - Eckels - Ben Davis - Laughlin - Sridge - LeBrun - THN - May - THS - Casillas - BL North (sleeper) - Muntean - Munster -160 Ok, there is 4 ranked and 1 SS wrestler. 3 studs are in the Top 10 of the State. You will be on the edge of your seat for this bracket. There will be some upsets here! - Powell - Carmel - Kemper - EV Cent. - Hutchison - Cascade - Clay - Delta - Franco - THS - Jakubs - HSE - Hickok - BL North - Allen - Sridge (sleeper) - Bradnick - Ytown -170 We've got 1 ranked guy and 3 SS wrestlers. This weight will have good matchups and some Suprises! Wait and see. - Russell - Delta - LEE - Nview - Wagner - HSE - Wagoner - Ytown - Sumner - Martinsville - Vernon - Sridge - Hon - Sport - Green - Carmel (sleeper) - Howard - EV Cent. -182 Only a couple SS wrestlers. Wide open and chance to score some good Team points. Who is going to step up? - LeClerc - Pfield - Wentzel - THN - Ramsey - Ben Davis - Cook - Martinsville - Crenshaw - Munster - Wilhelm - Ytown - Smith - FC - Kennedy - THS (sleeper) - Adamson - Castle -195 Only 2 State ranked wrestlers in this weight class. They are the #1 and #3 wrestlers. This Finals match to me will be a Classic! - Schroder - Sridge - Purdy - Castle - Drake - Martinsville - Simmons - Nview - Richardson - Carmel - Weatherford - Borden - Sprague - Delta - Bandy - Owen Valley (sleeper) - Freeman - THS -220 Just 3 wrestlers ranked in this weight class. I believe they will finish 1, 2, 3 when the dust settles. Who get noticed is the real question. - Hinshaw - OV - Rose - THS - Chicoine - McC - Van Ness - Cascade - Deakins - Nview - Humphrey - FC - Mercer - Martinsville - Finch - Ben Davis (sleeper) - Bridgewater - Seymour - HWT Like 160, this weight has 3 Top ranked wrestlers. Top 15 Some stud in this field. Size and Speed helps at this weight, but 1 wrong move and the match can be over! - Burgett - HSE - Just - FC - Milligan - Carmel - Richardson - THN - Murphy - THS - Mills - OV - McKean - Ben Davis - Moss - Delta (sleeper) - Whitmarsh - Northview The Team Race will look something like this: * Carmel * Delta * HSE * THS * Cascade * Northview * Southridge * Martinsville * PS: All Predictions are JMO. Goodluck to all. So lets see others thoughts on this Great Tournament! Thanks, Bigtoe19

Here is a sneak peak at entries and some potential seeds. Still waiting on some coaches to input rosters. Nudge, nudge @TeamInjuryTime07 @rhayes @Jcjcjc https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r7bxT79I00sWx3WCX6ss-bZ3D3krJe0XC5iPQoM6j8E/edit#gid=1097778849

Don Patton - Head Coach for Delta from 1976-1986 Overall Record was 101-13 in his first two season as head coach they went 4-5 both years (10 of his 13 losses as a head coach came in his first two seasons) Went on to coach 48 state qualifiers - 33 of those 48 we state placers - 13 of those were state champions Also coached 5 Team State titles, 2nd Place finish, and a 4th Place finish

Bubba was only 17 and we didn't even get to see him healthy, or training like he should've.. It's unreal how good he was and knowing what I know, trying not to be a Debbie downer on a public forum.. Breaks my heart knowing that not only did he pass away in a terrible fashion, but all the wasted talent and hearts he broke in doing so, being a reminder how precious life is, especially when 1 mistake can be 1 that you never come back from... Bubba was his own worst enemy and that's the reason he's no longer with us as are most kids that e bone head mistakes. Def was tough on the wrestling family/town .. Only to lose another really member, leaving the family and town gutted 8 years later losing my other cousin to similar circumstances.. The bubba that pinned his way through state finals, a week after having a fever of 102, cutting to make the HW LIMIT and being a man child, it boggles my mind that he did the extraordinary things he did under The circumstances.. He was def loved and cared for by our big Wrestling family, and this isn't a pity party excuse post, this is to put into perspective how dominant he was, and was not living right. Wish I could find that 95 state finals, Peck has it some where, I'm going to go do some tree work for him within the next few weeks and will try and see if we can find it, amomg his world class Vhs/DVD wrestling collection.. Anybody that is familiar with Bub, regardless where they're from, will vouch he was a Treat to watch, and not like many other big men.

As I stated in the magazine I do not do the rankings as many think. We have a staff of really good guys that do specific rankings throughout the state. Here is how to contact the rankers. Team Rankings Dane Fuelling Email: decbell1@gmail.com PM on IndianaMat http://indianamat.com/index.php?/messenger/compose/&to=7263 State and East Chicago Semi-State Rankings Mike Reiser Email: mreiser04@gmail.com PM on IndianaMat http://indianamat.com/index.php?/messenger/compose/&to=7290 Fort Wayne Semi-State Rankings Caleb Spires Email: cspires95@gmail.com PM on IndianaMat http://indianamat.com/index.php?/messenger/compose/&to=10613 New Castle Semi-State Rankings Howard Cottey Email: Howardcottey70@yahoo.com PM on IndianaMat http://indianamat.com/index.php?/messenger/compose/&to=11214 Evansville Semi-State Rankings Dustin Bentz Email: dubentz@gmail.com PM on IndianaMat https://indianamat.com/index.php?/messenger/compose/&to=7242 Girls Rankings Brandon Razo Email: razobe01@gmail.com PM on IndianaMat https://indianamat.com/index.php?/messenger/compose/&to=7282

Merry Christmas to all! Creating this thread to discuss all things MD Holiday Classic, as it is upcoming next week. Any matches/wrestlers you are looking forward to seeing? I think Union County’s Raney boys will be the co-Most Valuable Wrestlers this year as underclassmen. Thoughts?

fun fact: The 2013 PM team… the Ihsaa did not score the first round at the state tournament that year. This was the first year going back to the individual tournament to determine the team state champion. They would have scored 14 more points for their 7 Friday night wins, plus whatever bonus they earned in those 7 matches. So, that team technically was the record holder for most points scored until the 2022 CP team blew it out of the water. Most Points Scored 178 Crown Point, 2022 112 Evansville Mater Dei, 2021 109.5 Warren Central, 2016 108 Indianapolis Cathedral, 2018 105 Brownsburg, 2022 102.5 Perry Meridian, 2013 102 Indianapolis Cathedral, 2020 A lot of great wrestling teams and awesome wrestlers have taken the mat over the years in Indiana. It’s a very hard tournament to win, especially under the IHSAA format. Comparing teams and eras is impossible, but that’s what makes it fun to think about. The duals tournament was awesome, but it had its challenges - making weight during the middle of the week, wrestling a lot during the postseason, it was not seeded so some areas had tougher paths than others. The individual tournament is awesome too, but it has its challenges - no wrestlebacks, luck of the draw, and some programs have tougher paths than others to get their guys downtown and on the podium. We have made much improvement with the classed duals tournament, the new travel rules, and our individual tournament is still the greatest spectacle in high school sport. When I was coaching at Roncalli during Covid I spent a lot of time on finding accurate statistics and researching information on the history of the program… What isn’t talked about enough is how hard our state tournament used to be and how difficult it was to win back in the 60s, 70s, 80s… we took less athletes from each round of the state tournament and medaled less wrestlers. Some years there was even like a repechage format at state. Crazy stuff.

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Brackets will be posted at 6:00 tonight...

Hammond High had 4 champs each year from 1935 to 1938 and had six finalists for 1936 and 1937. They also had three champs in 1934, and a champ and two runners-up in 1933. Pro wrestling forefather Dory Funk Sr. won back to back titles during this time. https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Wrestling Records Book_0.pdf

Portage's roster has been uploaded.

Who is the the fastest Head Coach to 50 or 100 coaching wins. I hit 50 this week and it got me wondering how fast some other coaches were able to get there. From a little research on the coaches page it's looking like these coaches may be the 10 fastest to 50 Wins as a Head Coach. I am 50-7 and did it in less than 2 seasons, but more so was looking for any coach to hit 50 in under 60 duals wrestled considering some coaches back in the day couldn't wrestle nearly as many duals as we can now! Ed Pendowski Portage John Smith Muncie SouthSide John Henry Harrison WL Kevin Blundell Monrovia Mark Hidalago River Forest Mike Goebel Evansville Mater Dei Ray Black Jr. Madison Terry O'Niel Westfield Tim Klingensmith Jay Couty Quinn Harris Cascade Also as I was looking I came across the infamous Rex Peckinpaugh 1000-300-3 MANNNNN! 40 years and 1303 dual meets coached, thats a number to chase for sure! Is anyone able to confirm these or maybe tell me if I am wrong on this list? I didn't look too hard to see who got to 100 first or how fast, was hoping I could get some help from the board, but it did look like Ed Pendowski may have been the fastest to 100!

You guys are doing big things at Cascade! I cant imagine it will take too long to hit 100 : ) I hit 100 this season in our first tournament. My first year we only had a handful of kids so we only won 4 duals. This is my 7th season as Head Coach. Coach Kuhn Faith Christian Wrestling

Forgetting Matt Hasbrook from Cathedral in here. I would say he's top 3. 5X Fargo All-American (Greco, FS) 2X High School Nationals All-American (1st, 2nd) 2X Fargo National Champ FILA World Cadet Runner up 1998 Undefeated IN State Champ in 2000 Fun fact: Split his heads-up matches with UFC Heavyweight Champ Cain Velasquez (CA) in Fargo.

Thank you.

Seeding meeting is Wednesday night, shortly afterwards more than likely

I still remember him dog walking future UFC all time great HW champ Cain V. 9-0 iirc

Jake couldn't even handle 189 Mohr, Carroll p4p best in the country, gives The best HW From 2021 Feldman, all he wanted in 1 best HS big Men matches I've seen since Pretty Ricky vs Ricky Samuels

Delta teams in the 80s 1981: Team had 4 state champs and one 4th place (only placed top 4) 1984: Team had 3 state champs and one 3rd place (only placed top 4)

Congrats @QuinnHarris! Love what you all are building out on the west side. Hoping you and I can duke it out for years to come. 42-18 through my first 60 in 2.5 seasons. 15 duals left this year hoping to hit the big 50. Let the race to 100 begin!

They are tough, no doubt!

Bana and Dorostkar selection as best GR and FS coaches of Asia ۲ افتخار آسیایی برای مربیان محبوب علیرضا دبیر/ اتفاق ویژه برای محمد بنا و پژمان درستکار (khabarvarzeshi.com)

#1 Chad Red '16 (New Pal) vs. #8 Nick Lee '15 (EMD) #2 Angel Escobedo '04 (Griffith) vs. ??? #3 Reece Humphrey '05 (Lawrence North) vs. #6 Andrae Hernandez '03 (Griffith) #4 Jason Tsirtsis '10 (Crown Point) vs. Jesse Mendez '20 (Crown Point) Chad over Nick 4-3 Angel over anyone 14-5 Reece over Andrae 6-5 Jesse over Jason 4-2 ot Angel over Chad 5-3 Jesse over Reece 8-6 Angel over Jesse 11-9

This bracket sleeping way too much on Wagner and Chalfant, as far as I know the only D-1 AAs in this bracket.

We had Iran national Greco Championship in past 3 days. last year World team members + World U23 medalists didn't wrestle here, beside them it was mandatory for everybody else (except Dalkhani who is still recovering) Full results in Persian http://iwf.ir/public/iawf.ir/kazem/koshtiday3.pdf I write the name of Champions in order Mehdi Javaheri, Amir-Reza Dehbozorgi, Aref Mohammadi, Reza Abbasi, Sajjad Imentalab, Amin Kavianinejad, Alireza Mohmadi, HamidReza Badkan, Mehdi Bali and Amir Ghasemi-Monjazi these guys alongside last year World U23 medalists and last year World team members (except Reza Geraei, Saravi and Mirzazadeh) will go to some international tournaments and the better guy will represent Iran at the Asian Championships in India last year world medalists (those 3 mentioned) are exempt and will only wrestle at the final trial round

Amouzad was named UWW's Rising Star of the Year for FS Wrestling

Think most know 4A will be Bulldogs. Only question will be the Red or Purple variety.

New Castle will be attending and taking on the challenge of three consecutive days of tough matches.

Howe did he do at the Olympics?? Because Howe… although he didn’t make it, also lost in OT to several gold medalists. If Howe could claim serbian or Canadian or any other country and make it to the Olympics he would have medaled.

I did notice that the entry section is up on Track for this already. I know most of us may have changes to our line ups, but if you are interested in what criteria is being used it's in the information tab. It's pretty straight forward. This is, IMHO, going to make this a much better event.