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Was trying to explain to an out of state coworker how our state series works and was trying to find a map that showed how the state was divided up. Couldn't find one, was bored at work so I made a crude map that shows how the state schools are broken down into regionals by color. The school lists were pulled from the indiana mat bracket page. Thought it was neat. Regionals MAp.pdf

When was the last time "Action" Jackson lost to anyone from Indiana apart from the time he was sick as hell and shouldn't have been wrestling?

There are story lines at the upper weights 182 - After winning regionals as a freshman, Van Skinner has been battling Olympians, can he shake what's become his kryptonite and pick up another regional championship? 195 - Can any one stop the human Tank from Scottsburg, Bryson Matta? 220 - The Morrill of story here is no one is stopping Tommy 220 285 - Land/McMahon 3 - McMahon won a wild one at Jeff Duals, there was like 30-35 points on the board, then he takes the HHC title in a little less dramatic fashion. But Land is a triple-crowner and as mentioned above, we are at Jeff, will the day finish w/ the Red Devin on top?

A question was I asked and I answered it as simply as I could.

I am kind of nervous to ask this question to Mr. Da Rat... Respectfully, is Crown Point really da region? Or were they only annexed once they got really good a rasslin?

Did you know one of the Heine Brothers founders (sorta, Heine merged with another coffee chain), Chuck Schnatter, is John Schnatter's (Papa John's) brother, who are both from Jeffersonville. / jeffersonville facts

Below are the Team State classification assignments for 2023, using the same enrollment data the IHSAA uses for this season and only including teams with at least 7 participants at sectional. 269 schools: 37 into 4A by virtue of 2000+ enrollment plus opt-ins Cathedral and Mater Dei 58 into 3A (25% of remaining schools after 4A assignments) 87 into 2A (50% of remaining schools after 4A/3A assignments) 87 into 1A (50% of remaining schools after 4A/3A assignments) Team State Classification 2023.xlsx

Counts going the wrong way, interesting. Now I think we need a recount because no way Frankton and Bremen have that many kids.

I can't imagine we have seen an Indiana team ranked higher. But also, the rankings have probably never been more accurate with the help of sites like Indianamat and Trackwrestling. I think 2003 Mater Dei was a top 20 team.

Added in Semi-State boundaries Regionals MAp.pdf

This is a interesting weight, Anderson and Owen will collide in the semis to face the always stingy, super savvy, freshman Phenom Asher Ratliff. Asher's wrestling IQ is off the charts. Whoever wins in the semis will need to score 3-4 takedowns IMO to beat Ratliff (tall task). He has a 3-0 record against Owens and Anderson already with a combined score of 16-6. Owens being a senior may be feeling the pressure to go out big in his last high school post season, and can hit big moves from anywhere. Anderson and the entire East team are battle tested, and like to keep the score low. If Anderson can keep the score close, and keep Owen from hitting any big moves will probably make it to the finals. My prediction is Anderson over Owens 3-1 and Ratliff over Anderson in the finals 5-2.

Better - I can continue to drink way to much between rounds, stumble into GainBridge and not have to sit in the nosebleed seats anymore!!!

Bradley Owen from Jeff is a sleeper at 145. He's tough, looked really good last weekend at Sectionals. "He Built Different"

I know I'm missing some, so help me out Sectional Champs Joy Cantu Julianna O'Campo Heather Crull Runner-up MaKenize Smith Genesis Ramirez Rose Kaplan 3rd Place Kendall Moe Devyn Moore Kyla Johnson 4th Place Emma Pillion Kayla Roell Lilly Anderson Isabel Kaplan Aleksandra Bastaic Who are the others advancing?

Mendes takes out RBY Friday night ..... 8 state champs out of the EC semi state ..... Take it to da bank ....

Because $ coming your corp way for that number that’s how. Same thing here.

Bulgarian gave up 3 fouls and 2s in a row for trying to escape par terre too early, ending the match because he gathered 3 yellow cards

Southridge Sectional Team Race: Tell City seems poised to add a regional title to their hardware collection for this season. Terre Haute South and Bloomington South look to be in the hunt. State bound in bold 106 Cameron Meier Bloomington South Isaac Campbell Floyd Central Jude Heaston Indian Creek Colton Campbell Terre Haute South Best first round matchup: Caleb Patterson Jasper vs Colton Campbell Terre Haute South 113 Jackson Heaston Indian Creek Walter Hagedorn Tell City Brandon Didat Floyd Central Thomas Nguyen New Albany Best first round matchup: Thomas Nguyen New Albany vs John Orman Edgewood 120 Lane Gilbert Sullivan Cameron Fogle Southridge Hayden Biggs Jasper Noah Fields Terre Haute South Best first round matchup: Hayden Biggs Jasper vs Wayne Harden Bloomington South 126 Chase Stephens Tell City Vince Kessinger Floyd Central Seth Cowden Northview Josiah Dedeaux Terre Haute South Best first round matchup: Carter Anderson Southridge vs Josiah Dedeaux Terre Haute South 132 Coy Hammack Tell City Wyatt Cooksey Bloomington South Seth Brown Terre Haute South Cole Wirthwein Southridge Best first round matchup: Hunter Banet Floyd Central vs Seth Brown Terre Haute South 138 Kelby Glenn Tell City Branson Weaver Owen Valley Brant Turner Bloomington South Kasey Stewart Terre Haute South Best first round matchup: Alex Hardin Jasper vs Brant Turner Bloomington South 145 Cash Turner Edgewood Brayden Lain Tell City Jase Robinson Floyd Central Hunter Fender Bloomington South Best first round matchup: Jase Robinson Floyd Central vs Coy Bender Terre Haute South 152 Tyce Dupont Tell City Evan Roudebush Bloomington South Anthony Laughlin Southridge Luke May Terre Haute South Best first round matchup: Jeremiah Casillas Bloomington North vs Anthony Laughlin Southridge 160 Jeb Prechtel Jasper Landon Terry Tell City Jorge Franco Terre Haute South Cael Hickock Bloomington North Best first round matchup: Tyler Lee Northview vs Landon Terry Tell City 170 Delaney Ruhlman Bloomington South Noah Terry Tell City Victor Peter Jasper Maddox Vernon Southridge Best first round matchup: Collin Casad Terre Haute South vs Maddox Vernon Southridge 182 Bray Emerine Floyd Central Richard Alexander Northview Kyvan Bandy Owen Valley Logan Wenzel Terre Haute North Best first round matchup: Logan Wenzel Terre Haute North vs Ethan Schraner Tell City 195 Reid Schroeder Southridge Dalton Simmons Northview Drew Chandler Bloomington South Brock Higgins West Vigo Best first round matchup: Dalton Simmons Northview vs Spencer Fain Floyd Central 220 Eli Hinshaw Owen Valley Alex Rose Terre Haute South Tyson Ruhe Jasper Corey Goeppner Pike Central Best first round matchup: Preston Montgomery West Vigo vs Corey Goeppner Pike Central HWT Bryce Mills Owen Valley Evan Nordhoff Jasper Sean Murphy Terre Haute South Brandon Brewer Northview Best first round matchup: Sean Murphy Terre Haute South vs Jacob Lang Floyd Central

In July.

Some fun first round matches: 106 Byrum JC v Keen Win 126 Daniels UC v Musgrove MC 132 Cook AC v Jett C 145 Luginbill Be v Duncan Win 152 Brandenburg Win v Funk 170 Ullom MonC v Kahn BL 182 Walters Da v McCabe N 195 Tinsman MonC v Luther N Some possible electric semifinal matches: 106 Douglas N v Cline Y 113 Moore JC V Keith C 126 Rowles JC v Bradley C 132 Cook/Jett v Boone Y 152 Stebbins D v Wittkamp JC 195 Harty MC v Currie AC 220 New Y v Bluhm AC HW Waters MC v Wurm AC

Yes they are Greco has a different trial system. except last year world medalists (MR Geraei, Saravi and Mirzazadeh) and Dalkhani who is still recovering this is all Iran got in Greco. top 2 in each weight battling for the Asian Championship spot.

4-5 would be a bad day -

EC Semi State title contenders 113- Jendreas 120- Jackson 126 Frazier 132-open weight 138- Solomey 145 Torres/Bahl 152- Rinehart 160 Goin 170 Goodwin 182 Cruz 220 Clark 285 Clark It would be a really rough day for East Chicago if they only come away with 4-5 champs. I see EC having 5-10

I got Jay County and Delta both placing 8 while Adams Central places 7. I just think the race may be close.

I was in the process and as soon I hit submit, yours was posted....beat me to it

106-Woods-Portage 113- Tolbert-Portage 120- Maldonado-Merrillville 126 Christion-Merrillville 132 Maldonado-Merrillville 138 Clement-Merrillville 145 Wible-Hobart 152 Pellot-Merrillville 160 Crisp-Merrillville 170 Costello-Hobart 182 Cervantes-Griffith 195 Veal-Merrillville 220 Mcclelland-Portage 285 McNutt-Highland

If there isn't IndianaMat is buying 5,000 and reselling them!

He lost 4-1 so not a total blow out but Kaviani really couldn't do anything the entire match.

He mentioned something with ropes

Yeah the only guys that could effectively move Snyder around were 2020 Mohammadian and Goleij, and I think it’s far to assume the Mohammadian of three years ago isn’t coming back.

Don't sell yourself short, you ran the laps and went to practices right? You did more than most would ever try.

I know it wasn't a real rivalry, but Gibson Southern had as much respect and animosity towards MD in the mid - late 90's as anyone. We had top 20 teams and had to square off with them at team regionals in the middle of their hay day. My sophomore year, the instructions were to not get pinned. I ended up on the front page of the Evansville Courier Sports page being teched by Van Ness. I then witnessed the best wrestler I had ever seen (Greg Schaefer) tech our 112. We did our part with no pins, but obviously fell well short of the upset. The next year we inched closer, but still fell short in the regional finals. I lost a decision to Todich that year. MD was always so technically sound, no mistakes. I took it as stalling at the time, but they were all well trained wrestlers. They were the standard, and beating one of their wrestlers would have been the pinnacle for me. I never got the chance my senior year. I agreed with the MD vs Indiana post made earlier. Everyone was gunning for them back in the day.

I hope buying tickets is as smooth and painless as last year!

I'm going to have to take Hobart in the team race...

106 - Woods, Portage 113 - Aubin, Hobart 120 - Maldonado, Merrillville 126 - Christion, Merrillville 132 - Maldonado, Merrillville 138 - Bohn, Munster 145 - Wible, Hobart 152 - Pellot, Merrillville 160 - Crisp, Merrillville 170 - Costello, Hobart 182 - Cervantes, Griffith 195 - Veal, Merrillville 220 - Solano, Morton HWT - McNutt, Highland Merrillville wins team race with Hobart runner-up.

No doubt this is Must See TV! For Indiana wrestling fans anyway.

Lafayette Jeff Sectional 113 Isabel Kaplan 4th place 120 Rose Kaplan 2nd Place West Lafayette Red Devils

Most other tournaments allow a "free" weigh-in later in the same evening. This is flat out paying for a competitive advantage. This is not right and should be corrected with a free weigh-in on Saturday night.

Congratulations to Jacob Jones from Sheridan for signing with Indiana Tech. Projected to wrestle 184. View full signing

Always one of the hardest workers on the field or the mat. He has a bright future ahead of him!

Fort Wayne has hosted Team State. Might as well host individual State!! Premier venue for all fans and wrestlers.

You had to say that now it’s going to Fort Wayne

Come watch it at Sidelines in Avon. We are always showing wrestling on the big screen every Friday! It's a bar for wrestlers. Drop the kids off at Red Cobra and watch Ohio St. Michigan.

EMD vs The World

I would think Worthen Arena at Ball state would be the easiest for IHSAA to line up since they already hold the volleyball state championships there. And it’s more centrally located than Evansville and Ft Wayne.

The real questions is how does someone so disconnected and lost from our sport like faulkins (note lower case cause he doesn't deserve capital letter) become so powerful in decision making and everyone falls in line. too bad we can't elect our wrestling state representative, cause the guy we have sucks; really hope he reads this and decides to retire.......

They also have wrestlebacks...