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Should probably go with a collared shirt for an event like this.

I respect both gentlemen for what you've done to grow girls wrestling. I would encourage y'all to work it out offline. Additional public attention to this topic doesn't help the bigger goal of presenting our girls and the sport in a serious light.

Caesar Salas won the Tulsa nationals! The kid is a beast and wore a 219 singlet in the finals which makes him even tougher. it will be interesting to see what High school Salas ends up I hope he doesn’t end up in Illinois. but he will be an impact wrestler day 1 Great Job Caesar!

Multiple deep weight classes (22 ranked wrestlers) highlight this sectional and make it well worth the ticket price 126 3 state ranked wrestlers will look to start Ford Center run with a sectional title 138 Another deep weight with 3 ranked contenders. Both are very deep classes, however, nothing tops 157 with 1 returning ticket rounder, another returning semi state qualifier, and 3 talented freshman who have been racking up medals for years. This crazy weight class is a direct result of the State Tournament shifting that took place in the offseason with 3 being new to the sectional. #9 Asher Ratliff 27-2 Columbus North returning ticket rounder #20 Elijah Guyer 14-5 Indian Creek SS #8 Lincoln Cooper 20-9 Columbus East SS #9 Cori Tonte 22-8 Franklin Community Evan Bowling 23-6 Salem returning Semi State Qualifier State Hopefuls 106 Talon Jessup 10th Columbus East 126 Peyton Richards 10th Switzerland County 132 Kellan Carter 12th Scottsburg 138 Justice Thornton 11th Columbus North 157 Asher Ratliff 10th Columbus North 165 Oliver Hallett 10th Indian Creek Team Race Columbus East has separated from the pack in the Jennings County Sectional. Columbus North and Franklin Community have a gap to cover and will need some help to catch the Olympians. 106 #9 Talon Jessup 10th Columbus East SS #9 Ethan Rose 10th Switzerland County Aiden Woods 11th Franklin Community Nolan Riley 10th Columbus North 113 Liam Curfman 11th Columbus North Ethan Polen 10th Columbus East Rhiley Brennan 9th West Washington Brayden Walters 10th Salem 120 SS #9 Luke Kirchner 9th Jennings County Oscar Garcia 9th Franklin Community Dakota Fields 11th Switzerland County Eli Stewart 11th Madison 126 #11 Peyton Richards 10th Switzerland County #17 Jason Shuey 12th Columbus North #18 Gage Rutan 11th Columbus East Drew Zuckschwerdt 9th Madison 132 SS #6 Kellan Carter 12th Scottsburg SS #9 Cohen Long 9th Columbus North Kegan Jochim 10th Franklin Community Keagan Gross 12th Switzerland County 138 #14 Justice Thornton 11th Columbus North #19 Caleb Kirkpatrick 10th Columbus East SS #9 Lane Kirchner 11th Jennings County Luke Bechert 12th Franklin Community 144 #17 Caleb Cooper 10th Columbus East SS #8 Gabe Rose 11th Switzerland County Owen Trimpe 11th Franklin Community Josiah Green 12th Columbus North 150 SS #7 Nate Anderson 12th Columbus East RJ Barberis 12th Jennings County Gabe Jackson 12th Switzerland County Cameron Sommers 9th Franklin Community 157 #9 Asher Ratliff 10th Columbus North #20 Elijah Guyer 9th Indian Creek SS #8 Lincoln Cooper 9th Columbus East SS #9 Cori Tonte 9th Franklin Community Evan Bowling 12th Salem 165 #8 Oliver Hallett 10th Indian Creek Cori Fuller 10th Franklin Community Evan Saevre 11th Columbus North Clayton Miller 9th Columbus East 175 SS #9 Tyler Lake 12th Columbus East Keller DeSpain 12th Columbus North Brayden Isley 12th Franklin Community Chris Hernandez 12th Jennings County 190 Collin McMahon 9th Columbus East Lance Jones 12th Franklin Community Sam Hernandez 10th Jennings County Kolvin Beck 10th Switzerland County 215 SS #5 Kellen Fellure 9th Franklin Community SS #8 Jesus Aguilar 12th Seymour James Moss 11th Columbus East Xavior Gindhart 11th Jennings County 285 Ben Craig 12th Scottsburg Dominic Piper 10th Columbus East Logan Porter 12th Indian Creek Brayden Jones 11th Pekin Eastern

IHSGW Report on January 12th incident at Kokomo Memorial Coliseum.docx IHSGW Report on January 12th incident at Kokomo Memorial Coliseum First, I want to put in writing how the info was put out to the coaches and athletic directors across the state concerning the hats with glitter and feathers attached to them. I obtained a copy of all the coaches and athletic directors emails from the IHSAA. I sent out an official email to all stating that the hats presented a problem to the mats. I had asked permission to borrow the IHSAA mats and they would truck them in and let us borrow them for the event which we were very excited about. The problem lies in the fact that the boys would be using these mats the next month, and I was told to return them undamaged. I made a decision to keep the hats with glitter and feathers attached to them out of the arena. The week before, the hats presented a problem because the glitter was getting ground into the mats through the course of the day. I heard a few complaints about the glitter getting in the eyes of the competitors. Now in my email, I state I just didn’t want the glitter damaging the mats and thought well that should be enough. I should have also included the safety risk but just saying please don’t bring them should have been enough. When I obtained the list and went through it after the tournament it still had New Palestine’s athletic director’s email on it but from his last job. The head coach is new so his wasn’t on there either. With that being said, Mr. Andrew Frey listed as the boys/girls coach was told personally by Randall Hayes, our head official, not to bring the hats and why. This information was given to him the Monday before the state at a boy’s seeding meeting they were both at. The coach told this to Jason Delois during the week. No email would have reached Mr. Delois because he is a volunteer coach but he was told not to bring those hats according to the head coach, Mr. Frey. The reasons Mr. Delois received 2 unsportsman-like calls are as follows: (The whole incident was filed by the referees witnessing the violations as they occurred.) 1. Mr. Delois was told when entering the event that the hats could not be worn into the arena because of the mandate put out by me, Gary Myers. Mr. Delois disregarded that instruction and kept walking with the team. He then gets to the main gym with the hats still on and was told a second time by the host school that the hats could not be worn into the gym and why. Each time he was asked he disregarded the host schools directive. Randal Hayes, head official, Curt Crouch official, Pat Culp Tournament Director and IHSAA Official, Robert Faulkens all told him to get the hats out of the event. They all were disregarded and Mr. Delois said to them this is ridiculous and he continued to defy all directives. 2. At no time after these violations were written up did it say Mr. Delois was banned from the IHSAA. The unsportsmanlike calls are for Mr. Delois’ behavior once he arrived at the event. If you are a coach that reads the rules you know that once these are written up you have to sit the next dual meet or tourney. Now, the girl’s season has concluded so this doesn’t really affect girl’s future duals or tournaments for this season. 3. Debris on the mat is not allowed under any circumstance for the athlete’s safety. Glitter can get into a wrestler’s eyes and cause damage. It is as simple as that. During my conversation with Mr. Delois, I looked at him and said “Do you realize that you have glitter under your eye?” Hence proving my point. 4. Mr. Delois should have apologized and took the hats to his bus and that would have been the end of it. Sadly, that was not the path he chose. Mr. Delois had the option, over the next 30 minutes, to choose his course of action. He did not choose the likely path of sportsmanship and leadership. Mr. Delois chose defiance, disrespect, and the blatant disregard for the rules. This is why actions were taken against his behavior. 5. One other coach was written up the same way Mr. Delois was and they left the floor and building immediately. I just want to personally say that this is unfortunate as we are trying to build women’s wrestling and nobody wants anyone to leave a sporting event. However, when one person decides to disregard the rules there has to be a consequence especially when it affects the safety of others. Gary Myers President IHSGW

285 Dominic Piper 10th Columbus East Logan Porter 12th Indian Creek Brayden Jones 11th Eastern Pekin Brody Stephens 12th Franklin Community sorry to hear about Craigs knee injury. Wish him well.

Indeed. And Parkinson got robbed on a takedown call most people would argue

"I was under last night and didn't eat or drink anything."

The no noisemaker fan rule is usually covered for the IHSAA indoor sports like volleyball and basketball. So that school may have been delivering a blanket statement assuming all sports had the same policy. Outdoor sports seem to be given just a little more leeway with how they can produce supportive noise.

Please don't.

Link to the flyer on Track: https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/uploads/O-793831132-Indiana_Frosh_Soph_State_2024.pdf

When a wrestler checks the corner for choice, gives you the neutral sign, you choose down, and they roll their eyes. “If you want to be neutral, then get neutral!”

You have obviously never seen me golf.

All seeding meetings are done on Wednesday. Expect them late Wednesday or early Thursday sometime.

This Friday OSU hosts Michigan. Lemley vs Mendez!

Coach Wilk not having a champ is something that will haunt me forever. Great coach and mentor!

Yeah, I had that flipped. Looks like he wrestled 132 at conference, so it'd be surprising to see him drop for sectional. Looks like we may get Thrine vs Hockaday!

"Get to your Belly" "FIGHT IT!!!!!" when your kid is getting pinned and is in obvious excruciating pain and the omnipresent (at kids meets at least) "HALF!!!" Oh, also at kids meet - "LOOK AWAY!" I also like when a kid is working like hell to not get turned, has his arms and maybe legs completely locked up and the crowd is yelling "STALLING ON BOTTOM!" This is a great thread, lots of great memories and I can just hear coaches and parents yelling all these

Definitely less professional than a hat with glitter, and a hat with glitter is not professional.

So... can we start ejecting coaches that show up in sweatpants?

RELEASE THE RECORDING!!!!

106 Boyd 113 Riox 120 Henderson 126 Hawkins 132 Hockaday 138 Wood 144 huevyart 150 Krejsa 157 brabender 165 Stebbins 175 brenton russell 190 Weaver 215 Chicoine 285 Clark

How many did Brayton Lee have? He has to be up near the top. He was the best that I ever saw on his feet.

Are you implying the thing the stand up for is the wearing of hats with glitter as the hill you die on?

This is insane if you do the math… That’s crazy to average almost 10 a match.

Are these teams really deep? Or they just recruit well?

I've heard I'm the bad draw... From the bridesmaids when I'm in a wedding party.

“ The sight I adore on a basketball floor, is wrestling mats from door to door “

My favorite one liners to officials; -“Protractors are on sale at Walmart right now.” -“Stevie Wonder would have seen that locked hands.”

"Free Move" after every locked hands call.

Any contact sport at any level you will hear from the stands "GIT 'EEEEM" (get him in non competition language)

CAN WE GET A RUSH ON THAT PLEASE!!!! Practices are being cancelled, so tonight would be a great night to meet!!!

Skipper is joking about how bad it is to live in South Bend. Most, if not all, South Bend coaches live in that area. Coaches don't have to live there to coach.

Ok, well at this point if that’s what it takes! I didn’t know if it was Angel or who?Some coaches are better at recruiting than others. McFarland, ex Michigan coach was a master. He left Goldman a good influx of talent at Indiana before going to Michigan.

Marshall Fishback took Rochester off this list at Westfield's expense in 2022. Had 3 runner ups until. Platanov came closest most recently for Westfield, losing in OT-2.

Cottey barely won his Friday night match against Egli.

Congratulations Jeffrey!

Braden Atwood senior year, dominated everyone until the finals

Joseph Walker- Mishawaka

Looking on the bright side, there are almost certain to be several retirements among South Bend HS coaches over the next couple of years. An ambitious young coach willing to take it on the chin for a while would have an open field to work with.

Being from a South Bend school, I’d like to think positively like that. Lack of admin support. Lack of interest. Limited feeder school support. Then you have my biggest issue, coaches have to live in South Bend.

I love "SHORT TIME!" because I have heard it with 30+ seconds left on the clock. What is everyone's definition of short time? I think 7 seconds or less.

That’s why you pick Mish…jokes aside this stuff always goes in cycles, not all programs can be a constant power house like EMD so I do believe it’s probably a down year or years but it will come around

Joe Lee pinning Brandon James has got to be up there in my time going to state. And then Tommy Cash pinning Joe Lee in the finals.

Injury time out, kid on the mat in OBVIOUS pain....... From somewhere in the stands "Make 'eem wrastle!"

“It ain't the six minutes. It's what happens in those six minutes.”

He cooked with this

I think we have to go a different avenue. If you lose first or second round at Semi-state, the best you can get is 6th (wrestlebacks). Yes, this means one class, but top 6 make it to state. Why would the IHSAA allow this? Money talks! Friday is already an all day affair. You would put 30-50% more butts in the seats. Finalists at semi-state get a bye first round. Two rounds Friday of state. Let's Gooooo