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I don't know what to say. I didn't have kind words for the Hanover Central hot dogs in December, and yet, somehow it got worse. I wouldn't be surprised if the hot dogs from Saturday were the same ones cooked from the Hanover vs Munster dual meet in December. I likened the hot dog from December to a zombie, and the looks of the one I got on Saturday would be the equivalent of Frankensteins monster. And, the bun was hard. These dogs get .5 slices of pizza out of 8, only because I didn't die Saturday night. Thank you for reading.

I just glanced the bracket and only 2 of the top ten teams as of now are ranked in the top 20 for boys (lake central at 14 and new pal at 18) This parity is great and hopefully the success of these programs will help those teams grow their boys team. more parity is nothing but upside for indiana wrestling. These girls don't realize how instrumental they are in the future of our sports, I consider them our saviors. Keep it upp ladies and coaches grow it!

Semi Finals Action… 100 #1 Moe over #2 Mikels (pin 2:44) #5 Honaker over #4 Brown (dec 10-7 105 #4 Keffer over #3 Cantù (pin 0:53) #1 Crull over #2 Dowty (pin 1:57) 110 #1 O’Campo over #3 Crull (pin 1:43) #2 Cantù over #6 Burkholder (pin 1:34) 115 #1 Akuko over #6 Rowell (dec 3-0) #2 O’Campo over #3 Kaplan (md 9-0) 120 #2 Buchner over #5 Koebcke (pin 3:27) #3 Ghaffar over #1 Dowty (dec 6-0) 125 #1 Kaplan over #3 DeLois (pin 4:53) #9 Rusunuguko-Taylor over #2 Johnson (medical forfeit) 130 #2 Tomlinson over #1 Gahl (Dec 5-4) #4 Troutner over #7 Culbreth (pin 1:04)

That was a fun match to watch! Kyra Tomlinson is a beast!

littlevito earns a gold medal for his Hurculean effort posting the results!

Quarter Finals Action... 130 #1 Gahl over #5 Whitted (pin 0:57) #2 Tomlinson over #13 Barnett (pin 4:13) #7 Culbreth over #6 Wagner (pin 1:01) #4 Troutner over #3 Seitzinger (MD 11-0) 135 #4 Vardaman over #3 Smith (dec 8-2) #5 Rogers over #6 Wagner-Gilbert (pin 5:48) #11 Lingo over #2 Selis (pin 4:35) #1 Marsh over #8 Spaulding (pin 1:41)

Go back to Hawaii!

Who is a wrestler from Indiana who may have recorded the best individual year in state history? I have three potential candidates. Jesse Mendez — 2021 Third Consecutive State Championship UWW U20/Junior Freestyle Nationals/World Team Trials Champion UWW U20/Junior Freestyle World Championships 8th Place Finisher Junior Hodge Trophy Winner Chad Red — 2014 Second Consecutive State Championship Fargo Cadet Freestyle National Champion Super 32 Champion Flo Who’s #1 Winner Jason Tsirtsis — 2011 Third Consecutive State Championship Fargo Junior Freestyle National Champion FloNationals Champion

Great first round of action so far. Matches are being streamed on Flo today. At 125 first semi state champ went down. #9 Rusunuguko-Taylor gets the 3-2 win over #4 Wilson. At 155 #3 Hause pins #5 Bussard #6 Hiroms pins #4 Skinner in a 1 point match with 10 seconds left At 190 #2 O'Neal survives 7-6 over #12 Howard #10 Linn gets a 12-4 victory over #5 Tellechea Another Semi State Champ went down...#7 McMahon wins 2-0 over #9 Safeuki At 235 #11 DeHart gets the fall over #2 Parke

190 1st Place Match Jaiah Oneal (Brownsburg) 23-8, Sr. over Hannah West (Mt. Vernon) 19-1, Sr. (Dec 6-3)

130 1st Place Match Kyra Tomlinson (Noblesville) 22-1, Sr. over Aubrey Troutner (Huntington North) 32-3, Fr. (MD 19-10)

You seriously just made my day.

I look forward to these reviews almost as much as I look forward to the rankings.

Quarter Finals Action... 120 #5 Koebcke over #14 Korporal (pin 2:46) #2 Buechner over #4 Reginald (pin 0:46) #1 Dowty over #8 Benoit (pin 0:31) #3 Ghaffar over #7 Peter (pin 2:00) 125 #1 Kaplan over #8 Spidel (pin 1:23) #3 DeLois over Quezada (pin 1:29) #9 Rusunuguko-Taylor over #6 Smith (pin 1:19) #2 Johnson over #13 Gamblin (pin 1:33)

Join Rex and Dane throughout the day for coverage of the Girls State Finals. From the opening morning whistle to the 235 lb. championship match, we will be live! https://wzbd.com/index.php/2024/01/12/14-champions-set-to-be-crowned-at-girls-state-finals/

106- Boyd 113- Dickman 120- Jendreas 126- Hawkins 132- Hockaday 138- Shephard 144- Huyvaert 150- Krejsa 157- Brabender 165- Cressell 175- Leech 190- McConnell 215- Clark HWT- Clark So many great matches are gonna happen! I can't wait!

Outside of that one match, you could argue that Clark has been one of the most dominant wrestlers all year at any weight class.

I agree deep with talent but believe gavin jendreas has really separated himself from everyone. 2-8 a toss-up but #2 and on jendreas was cutting! He has turned a corner! 144 you may call me crazy, but jeffrey hueyvart is the one to beat. Hes been on a mission all season and I think wins state by a decent margin.

It looks like the Mount Carmel network will be broadcasting the dual, here is the link they have on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwuaVlu-dmE

No... on IndianaMat!

This may be the most unfortunate case of mistyping “on” for “in” that I’ve ever seen.

What a great match. Bastaic with the takedown at the buzzer for the win.

135 1st Place Match Maddie Marsh (Pendleton Heights) 14-0, Fr. over Katy Vardaman (Homestead) 8-2, Jr. (Dec 7-2)

Rose Kaplan also wins the Mental Attitude Award!!

125 1st Place Match Rose Kaplan (West Lafayette) 24-5, Sr. over Aminah Rusunuguko-Taylor (Warren Central) 26-9, Jr. (Fall 1:15)

105 1st Place Match Heather Crull (Northeastern) 22-0, Jr. over Kynlie Keffer (Daleville) 21-2, Fr. (Fall 0:30)

I think Goin reclassified and will come in next year. I was also curious about Brayton especially now that he’s not in during the big ten season, same with Gilcher.

Placement Round 170 3rd Place Match Leila Thomas (Whiteland Community) 26-4, Sr. over Heaven Gardner (New Haven) 24-4, Jr. (SV-1 7-5) 5th Place Match Paislee Chambers (Wes-Del) 25-4, Fr. over Claira Gramlin (Lebanon) 25-6, So. (Fall 0:35) 7th Place Match Sophia Gropp (Wes-Del) 21-8, Fr. over Alex Brown (Northview) 19-9, Jr. (Fall 4:07)

Placement Round 115 3rd Place Match Isabel Kaplan (West Lafayette) 24-5, So. over Kayla Roell (Milan) 18-3, So. (MD 10-0) 5th Place Match Shana Bass (Franklin Central) 27-4, Sr. over Kaylee Bunton (Portage) 16-3, Jr. (Dec 7-1) 7th Place Match Aaliyah McLean (McCutcheon) 22-4, So. over Abi Bor (Southport) 25-12, Sr. (MD 9-0)

Team Scores heading into placement matches New Haven 77 Southport 59 Merrillville 44 Indian Creek 40 West Lafayette 39 Harrison (West Lafayette) 38 Jay County 37 Northeastern 37 Lake Central 33 Warren Central 33

Quarter Finals Action... 190 #2 O'Neal over #3 Clifford (pin 1:56) #4 Powers over #6 Hollins-Rowie (dec 10-8) #7 McMahon over #8 Reeves (pin 1:21) #1 West over #10 Linn (pin 0:43) 235 #4 Reed over #10 Ritchie (pin 3:08) Stokes over #3 Weaver (pin 1:24) #1 Batchelor over #5 Bartkowiak (pin 3:52) #6 Cauble over #11 DeHart (MD 8-0)

Quarter Finals Action... 155 #3 Hause over #11 Soots (pin 3:18) #1 Winner over #8 McKee (pin 2:20) #6 Hiroms over #7 Camacho (pin 3:52) #2 Trenary over #12 Schumaker (pin 4:42) 170 #4 Gindelberger over #3 Gramlin (pin 3:25) #8 Gardner over #10 Brown (pin 2:11) #1 Mosconi over #11 Gropp (pin 1:25) #2 Thomas over #9 Chambers (pin 1:54)

I feel honored to have been at the tournament that brought us this review.

Also Razo keep doing gods work!

Quarter Finals Action... 110 #3 Crull over #5 Kasprzak (dec 6-2) #1 O'Campo over #16 Henderson (pin 1:22) #6 Burkholder over #4 Smith-Foster (pin 1:54) #2 Cantu over #8 May (pin 1:34) 115 #1 Aluko over #4 McLean (dec 10-3) #6 Roell over #5 Bunton (pin 2:00) #3 Kaplan over #15 Bor (pin 0:29) #2 O'Campo over #7 Bass (pin 1:55)

Quarter Finals Action... 100 #2 Mikels over #6 Honaker (dec 10-3) #1 Moe over #7 Epley (pin 1:43) #4 Brown over #11 Taher (MD 15-3) #5 Honaker over #3 Cortez (pin 5:19) 105 #4 Keffer over #6 Bowen (pin 2:59) #3 Cantu wins by medical forfeit #2 Dowty over #9 Truelove (pin 1:52) #1 Crull over #8 Shackleford (pin 0:24)

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It’s been moved to January 16th

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Hopefully they are still able to have it with the weather. Crown point doesn’t have school today.

Agreed. Had an epic battle w Meat at Market Square. Jeremy Hamilton was my bestie too...

With the girls having a semi state this year, do they automatically qualify for the Frosh Soph state tournament if they made semi state? I know last year the only automatic qualifiers were state placers and everyone else had to qualify at one of the regionals.

Why is the Girls HWT class for Middle School State so low compared to High School Girls HWT? For reference - MS HWT is 165 and HS HWT is 235 I'm starting a formal verbal petition to make MS weights more in line w/ HS weights. Since Floyd got in and won IHSWCA duals, I need something new to be upset about.

Nice thanks! So Indiana ranked 14th in NCAA DI qualifiers in 2023. Slightly better than what should be expected from our population (17th). Additionally as I guessed, if you re-rank them looking at qualifiers per capita Indiana goes to 11th. 1. Iowa 5.0 qualifiers per 1 million in population 2. Pennsylvania 3.5 3. Oklahoma 3.2 4. Illinois 2.5 5. New Jersey 2.5 6. Minnesota 2.1 7. Ohio 1.9 8. Missouri 1.9 9. Michigan 1.6 10. Colorado 1.5 11. Indiana 1.0 12. New York 0.9 13. California 0.5 14. Florida 0.4 So as you can see Indiana while considerably behind the best wrestling states in the country, we are out performing our population numbers. And how many states with class wrestling is going to rank below us I wonder? Sorry but I do not believe that this proves beyond a doubt that class wrestling is going to improve our quality. Of course this does not include the entire list. I could only do this exercise for the short list that you provided. There are perhaps some states that are below us in pure numbers that would go ahead of us per capita. But again, I am not against class wrestling. It is needed for the team aspect. Unfortunately, the IHSAA is not concerned with that.

I love it. It’s building up the sport of wrestling in Indiana. Kids who stay on JV have a chance to be a state champ and / or work towards something.

I'll take Henderson at 120. Give me Leavell at 138. Give me Leech at 175. I'm sticking with Clark at 215. 150 give me May.