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HS GOAT has to be Jason Tsirtsis. 3 years without getting scored on offensively, and the only high school wrestler in Indiana history to beat a D1 NCAA Champion while still in high school. Jason was multiple levels above everyone in the country his senior year, destroying guys like zain retherford. I'm pretty sure Jason manhandled the #2 kid in the country at his weight class by 14 points at the Dapper Dan too. We've seen many guys win Fargo, Super 32, make a world team, win 4 state titles, etc. But we have never seen anyone match the level of dominance Jason had as a senior in high school. That ceiling of skill is yet to be reached by any other high schooler. The highest ceiling we have seen was when Jason controlled Darrion Caldwell. Until someone matches that, HS GOAT belongs to Jason.

i rarely get into discussions.......but this is important..... Agave and Rye in New Albany Indiana. Fire!

I look at the totality of their careers, not just senior freestyle. This is my opinion: HS GOAT - Mendez NCAA GOAT - Nick Lee Freestyle GOAT - Humphrey Based on performance at all 3 levels, my Indiana GOAT at the moment is Andrew Howe. That will change if Nick Lee can get past Yianni and gets on the podium at worlds. If he gets past yianni and then doesn't medal, then it doesn't move the needle for me too much. This list can and likely will change over time and some of these younger guys come up through the ranks. I tend to give more weight to folkstyle since that is the "American" style that we all grew up with and it is where the majority of our focus and training is. There are so many factors that come into play when talking worlds/Olympics. This biggest is the draw. If you get a favorable draw you can have a relatively easy path to a medal, especially since they give two bronze medals at worlds and Olympics. I don't fault guys like Micic and Myles Amine who choose to represent other countries. They do what they need to do to give them the best opportunity to be on the world stage. But nobody considers Myles Amine as the Michigan GOAT just because he has an Olympic bronze medal. Same thing for Micic, IMO.

Maybe Fort Wayne should host state? Looks legit.

Lots of good tacos spots in the Region…no good venues to host state

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For accomplishment lists, Angel, Hump, Micic, Howe are in there. Lee's got a nice argument if he gets the world spot. For apex ability in the world context, I still think Howe reached a higher level of wrestling. He was clearly a top 5 guy globally for several years but couldn't beat out Burroughs to get a couple medals. He was also our 3rd or 4th best P4P freestyler at that time. Micic can certainly argue the "apex" ability discussion because of a world medal, but he earned that in the extremely talent-reduced worlds during the post-covid olympic year. Angel got a 5th in his one worlds appearance, but he didn't make other world teams and got a fairly favorable random draw in his 5th place year. Based on national and international performances, Howe on the other hand would have been in the medal and championship discussion no matter the year or the draw in 3 or 4 competition years if not for Burroughs. The current version of Parris would be very interesting to see at a Worlds too. As someone else said, he won junior worlds over Zare of Iran--a guaranteed medalist every year and recent world champ. If he rolls at World Team Trials and Steveson weren't there, other countries would consider Mason among the top several in the world heading into Worlds. If Lee beats out Yianni and medals in an Olympic qualification year at the hardest weight to medal in the world--he'll be right there in terms of apex ability discussion as well.

Stevan Micic has a world medal.

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Paris' Hodge trophy and a junior world gold are a big deal. Angel's NCAA title, 4 AAs, and trip to a Senior World medal match are pretty huge, too. I think it is a fun discussion between Paris, Angel, Lee, and Howe. One can make a great case for any of these four.

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You can def. See the state growing as a whole! All the amazing indiana clubs and academies showed up this weekend and only improving! Kudos to all the Indiana kids and clubs that showed up and put the work in and all representing in style and class!

Looking forward to another great night tonight. Join us with some northern Indiana hammers!

Hated to see his match end like that especially when he had the cradle locked up!