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Thank you to everyone who has reached out regarding Preston. Results of a CT scan and other tests have come back. Nothing is broken and he will make a full recovery. As far as what happened, the Mater Dei wrestler had been winning the entire match. An illegal slam was called. It was not intentional. Whether it was an illegal slam or not, I don’t really care. We were never taking a dive. Brownsburg doesn’t roll like that. It goes against everything we believe in. If I thought it was intentional, It would be a different story. There is no doubt in our mind that it was just a result of two dudes trying to punch their ticket to state. It was pretty chaotic as all of this was happening as I’m sure you can all imagine. Given that it was a neck/head injury, I wanted to give medical people access to Preston. Once they had time to check Preston out, I took that opportunity to talk to Preston. There was never any talk or consideration of taking a dive. Preston would never do that. He was in a lot of pain and upset. He has had a lot of adversity this season. He tore his ACL at IHPO and has been working through that pain and frustration all season. I just explained to Preston what had happened and that I was going to forfeit the match. I told him we were losing…and it would not be fair to take the trip to state away from the Mater Dei kid. Preston agreed and said he would never do that. There was no reversal of the call or anything. I just went up to officials and said we are forfeiting the match. Whoever said Preston was walking around saw someone else. He was taken out on a stretcher and to the emergency room. Snyder

138: new castle finals Kyrell Leavel vs Gavin whitehead Watching the end of that match, if that isn’t a DQ in Indiana I am not sure what needs to be. *** before any one says you don’t want to see a kids career ended like that, judging by his actions I don’t believe he cared

Couldn’t agree more. Complete disrespect and utterly disgusting to watch. I can’t imagine the coaching staff at The Citadel will tolerate that kind of behavior for long.

No comments on the handsome guy on the show?

Around 10 years ago, the NFHS changed/clarified the rule that allows coaches to default their wrestler at any time - even during recovery time. Before that change, the only way to "do the right thing" would be to have the injured wrestler line up for the ref to blow the whistle then stop the match to default - which is even more dangerous for the injured wrestler. It was a good rule change designed for rare situations exactly like this one.

Not a lot of people thought my son could beat Stits either, but he did. I think 157 is the most wide open weight. If you look at the results between the top 12 ranked wrestlers, most have beat each other and wins are around 1-3 point differential. On any given day anybody beats anybody. I think Mason will handle himself fine. We’ll see what happens, but no matter the result, I’m proud of my son.

After having wrestled both Kincaide and Foster earlier in the season, I was firmly under the impression that Foster would not have trouble with him. Foster in the postseason pinned me in the first period and teched me in the second at sectional and regionals respectively. Meanwhile Kincaide only beat me by major early in the season, and I did not expect too much improvement from him being in the Noblesville room. I made it into the ticket round against Kincaide, and I was expecting to wrestle him to the final whistle again, hoping to just give a regular decision or maybe even pull off the upset. Instead, he pinned me in 30 seconds this time. Then he pinned Foster in the 2nd period. Then he took Cashman to overtime. Honestly I thought he was going to win it by the end. Point is, that kid is going to be a multi-time state placer and maybe champion if he keeps going like this.

190 gunner Henry Vinny freeman Penola

Yeah, Mike Goebel doesn't look a day over 50

The general called it - wrestling under the lights won't happen. He took a lot of grief over that one.

120 - Ash and Aubin first round is NASTY.

Why are you still on about this??? The coach AND the injured wrestler said they wanted to forfeit the match so the Mater Dei wrestler could move on. Christ

We did okay…. Just kidding we killed it Leave it to a Ratliff to mess things up

Honestly, I think kids can go where they and their parents think will suit them best. If they want to uproot their family and move into a district, then more power to them. Also, I think it's bullshit that kids can't transfer freely. They wouldn't want to transfer if they felt that their best interests lie with staying with the same program. I get it, if these were the rules, the top schools in the state would have to work double to get kids, but..... like I've said, I truly believe people should be able to make what choice they feel will provide the best future for themselves. There's a reason my family chose Munster and we moved CJ and his ketchup on hotdog loving mother into the district, and, believe it or not, it wasn't because they are a wrestling powerhouse.

I can’t speak to changing of outcomes (hypothetical), but for my kid it definitely changed plans. Our football coaches support wrestling but for my son the message was clear, he can’t afford to lose any weight. Weighed 195 - 200 during football and was getting close to regularly weighing 200+. Problem is we all know you aren’t putting on weight during the rigors of wrestling season and once practices started he was closer to 195. Despite said football coaches support, 190 for a whole season was going to be a bridge too far. 182, 195, 220 was perfect. Sad it changed. So he went 215 and rarely weighed 200 despite his best efforts at eating. Rules are rules and we all know wrestlers don’t make excuses. But even though he was an SSQ he did not advance yesterday and we watched some athletes he has beaten recently get through at 190. Oh well. Definitely falls in to the “is what it is” category and my son made his choice and will live with it. Not sure about next year. Anyone have any good bulking tips (ha)? PS - some will question why he lets the football coaches know about his off season plans but tough to tell a kid that at a 6A school with 150 kids trying to make the Varsity roster.

From EC: Duneland 23 (12 CP, 4 Lake Central, 3 Merrillville, 1 Chesterton, 1 Laporte, 1 Valpo, 1 Portage) Northwest Crossroads 7 (3 Hobart, 1 Lowell, 1 Highland, 1 Hanover, 1 Munster) NIC 6 (Penn 5, New Prairie 1) NLC 6 (3 Mishawaka, 3 Plymouth) Three Rivers 5 (all Rochester) North Central 4 (3 Harrison, 1 McCutcheon) Midwest 2 (North Newton and West Central) Hoosier 2 (both Rensselaer) Hoosier Heartland 1 (Delphi) Long Qualifier-less Streak Broken: North Newton’s first SQ since 2006 and just for fun, breakdown by Regional: CP: 19 Penn: 16 Hobart: 13 Logansport: 8

At New Castle 113 Volz-Lian in the ticket (match of the day at NC) 132 Plahitko-Kuhn in the ticket (high scoring, end of match controversy) 132 Vandygriff-Volz in the ticket (Vandy gets over the hump after two regular season losses) 132 Thrine-Davis in the semis (last year’s 126 champ on the ropes) 138 Whitehead-Hornsby in the ticket (another great battle between these two) 138 Leonard-Jones in the ticket (end of match controversy, OT) 138 Leavell-Whitehead in the finals (post-match antics) 144 Arberry-Graham in the finals (OT) 150 Durham-Schott in first round (14-13 final) 157 Cashman-Kincaide in the finals (OT) 175 White-Harden in the semis 190 Weaver-Penola in the finals (state finals preview potentially) 215 Woodall-Kendrex in the semis

He very visibly got two sweeps and they gave no points I was baffled

Congratulations to Max Amberger for qualifying for state at 285. This is Batesvilles first state qualifier since 1993.

Please no one get offended if I don’t pick your favorite wrestler. I am not criticizing your child by not picking them. 106 BOYD 113 DICKMAN 120 JENDREAS 126 SCHAEFFER 132 HOCKADAY 138 SHEPHARD 144 HUVYART (YESTERDAY WAS A FLUKE) 150 KREJSA 157 PELLOT 165 CRESSEL 175 COSTELLO 190 WEAVER 215 WEINGART 285 CLARK Again. Please don’t be upset, sad, disappointed, or angry.

It’s so entertaining to mess things up!

Still waiting on your receipt

Two unbeaten (Hockaday against IN) state champions meet in the semis, yet people think we don’t need seeds.

i am probably not the right person to ask that question because i do have a lot of text from around the state about open recruiting that i can share if you really want me too. Incoming 8th graders now, graduated wrestlers, wrestlers who wrestle out of state. or we can keep it as a joke and say kids want to wrestle with their buddies

Thank you, I’ve been so confused at this part ever since they made the switch over. It’s so inconsistent for the college weight classes. They added an extra middle-weight to represent the college 149, 157, and 165, but also combined 182 and 195 into 190 when there is a 184 and 197 in college. I don’t really understand that last part.

Sometimes the letter of the rule doesn't completely cover the intent. The intent of that rule is to award a competitor the win if injured as the result of an illegal move. But officials are human and sometimes an illegal move is called when it should not have been. The intent of the rule is not to disqualify a competitor when a mistake was made. I'm guessing the official probably regretted the call & was happy that the coach stepped up & did the right thing. In the end, they got it right. What is wrong with that?

We talk about this all the time at my house. My son was 182 here in Indiana last year but with our national schedule had to cut to 175 to wrestle in Ohio (which was very tough). With that said, I told him that after Brecksville last year, that he would never see 175 again. Henry is our 190 and my son is taller. So we knew a bulk job had to be done. It’s been rough packing on the pounds and muscle to go from 175 to 215 in one year. I think just recently he’s hitting his stride as a 215 pounder. With that said, it’s been tough. Your suggestion would make much more sense. Kinda cool to see someone acknowledging this. Thanks.

Beck not getting swipes at the end of the 3rd is crazy. . .

Just watched Beck vs Clark how on earth was 2 NF not awarded for beck at the end!

Navy80 didn’t say anything out of line. Might of thought he seen his brothers, everybody knows Haines Brothers look alike . Idk , hope all is well Preston . Godspeed on a fast recovery.

Well said. I was confident you would share the details and in a way to not throw the referee under the bus (not saying I think you believed anything different than what you said). I knew you'd handle it with class, yet be straight. I agree the match ended with the proper result, and appreciate how it was handled. Happy to hear Preston is on the road to recovery. I will say I think the comment about him walking around was initially misconstrued. I believe he said he was standing and talking. On camera it did appear as he was standing, but couldn't tell if it was on his own or with help. And not serious could simply mean something dire such as paralysis seemed to be avoided at that point. I don't think there was any negative intent with the comment. The bottom line is kudos to how it was handled and hopefully there is a quick recovery. Good luck at State.

I've said this before and will echo it once again. Maybe I'm on a limb on my own, but.... In a tournament with no wrestlebacks, and results determining bracket placement for the next weekend, chopping off a minute in the 3rd/4th Place matches may be the dumbest thing ever! These matches could ultimately determine who the state champ is next weekend, yet they are treated the same as a 2nd round consi match in a 64 man bracket.

I'm not sure there was much happy for anyone with that match. Relief on MD's part for Henderson, stress for Coach Schaefer not knowing whether his wrestler would be DQ'd on a questionable call, seeing a wrestler hurt on the mat and his son wrestling at the same time on a different mat. And Coach Snyder disappointment and a heavy level of concern. I do believe the result was the correct one based on the match itself. But no one can be happy seeing Haines needing to be carted off. Just a tough situation all the way around.

Betz definitely has a shot, as do a handful of others. Will be fun to watch it go down

I agree with just about everything you said. How about that, a Merrillville guy and CP guy agreeing on something. I agree 100% with any parent that makes the choice to move in order to give their son or daughter the best opportunity at success in life. Just because a parent chooses to move doesn't mean a coach came and sat in their living room and convinced them to move to a different community and join their wrestling team. My point is that there are a lot of people making accusations of recruiting without any proof. Without proof, it's just an opinion. And typically, those opinions stem from jealousy. They appear to be so appalled at the notion of recruiting and even say they have proof. Well, end the conversation and show the proof, if you have it. If you don't, keep your mouth shut.

Yep.....and the upcharge of fees is nice

Clay Guenin was a regional champion with a 36-1 record and has wins over numerous state qualifiers and medalists, yet he was rewarded with Luke Penola in the ticket round. The same scenario was the case for Tommy Gibbs, Preston Haines, Guillermo Rivera, Jaylen Young, Hruai Lian, Jacob McClure, etc. Them losing their matches isn’t the issue. It’s the fact that they proved they were among the best wrestlers in the state all year, had to wrestle another top talent in the qualifying match, and didn’t have the opportunity to wrestle back to be among the best in the group while in some cases, the common opponents they shared with the person who beat them advanced facing less quality opponents. That’s not dissing the kids, either, it’s just the facts of the matter. If you don’t see how seeding based on a full body of work done throughout the season to create separation and full consolation rounds to ensure wrestlers get their rightful chance could fix that, then we don’t need to be having this discussion. If you want to keep semi-state, that’s fine, but then discussion about eliminating sectionals or regionals needs to take place. The reason I say Indiana has a subpar state tournament is because of the long, plodding month-long journey just to get to the state finals, there aren’t any consolations, and because one week in the first three is an unnecessary rehash of what could’ve already taken place. A lot of people don’t want to change it because they either aren’t positively receptive towards change or because they hold the old head “Well, if I suffered, they should too” mentality. There isn’t always testament of who the best wrestlers are, so therefore, we don’t always get a good indicator of how deep or good the field truly is as compared to other states, but that’s also not the IHSAAs priority either. So, until there is change at that level, we won’t see much, but that doesn’t mean you stop voicing what is right for the sport and cease work on improving the system.

First and foremost, I want to say congratulations to Caden for advancing to state once more. Second, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who felt this way. The restructuring of the weights almost feels nonsensical in a way when you see the omission of a weight for 180-pound wrestlers. I’m just curious to know why there needed to be four weights that are essentially the similar to the one it’s next to (150, 157, 165, 175). It’s frustrating because not everyone can do the bulk job and some guys even get pushed out of the lineup where they once had a secure spot and because of that, coaches now have to choose between two impactful wrestlers instead of having both in the lineup in some cases. I know a lot of this is echoing what we both have already said, I just can’t reiterate enough how it doesn’t make much sense.

The issue at hand was the blatant disrespect for the sport and the opponent, plus calling the NC athlete racial names is over the top. Then making gestures with his hands to the crowd(unsure of what they actually were) and don’t want to speculate. It’s bad for our sport and shouldn’t be tolerated at all, from spectators, his coaches and the IHSAA. In my opinion It was beyond unsportsmanlike and could have easily escalated in to a very ugly scene by spectators, teams and coaches. This conduct must not be tolerated and stopped, immediately!

Thinking back to 2016 I gave everyone a heads up of what’s coming . Every year following this EVSS gets better and better with talent . Told everyone Mooresville Regional, Hendricks County, Johnson County and surrounding areas will become that Hot Bed of Indiana wrestling. #’s and stats don’t lie . With that said, next 10 more years will be the same . GET READY MORE IS COMING !

Agreed, maybe Mr Faulkens will watch then step in and make the proper ruling. The alternate may want to be ready.

Let's be real. You can get mad at me for it, I don't care. There is rampant, and I mean rampant tampering and recruiting happening. Some schools are better at it than others. But it's happening and it's a problem. Everyone knows, no one wants to open the can of worms. I cam show you my son's phone if you think I'm BSing.

5-1 Henderson at the point of the call. 5-2 when Med FF occured.

I have attended every SS that has been in Evansville. This was not the first time in the ticket round that a controversial illegal move has been called resulting in injury. But it is the first time that I have seen the offended coach/wrestler do the right thing. Cudos to Coach Snyder & Preston Haines!

Was there any action taken? Team points or anything? That was truly disgraceful

11 left, 2 at 106 and 3 at 132 106- Mason Jones- Lake Central 106- Jensen Boyd- Delta 113- Ayden Bollinger- Delta 132- Jackson Bradley- Cowan 132- Tylin Thrine- New Castle 132- Hayden DeMarco- Chesterton 138- Tony Wood- Jay County 144- Easton Doster- New Haven 175- Aidan Costello- Hobart 190- Noah Weaver- Rossville 285- Juan Cruz- Bluffton

Well unfortunately, he wouldn’t be able to officiate his kids matches. Did you ever think that if officials would get some calls correct there wouldn’t be any questioning. His job as a coach is to fight for his wrestlers, and to fight to get calls for his guys. I saw so many egregious calls today. It was embarrassing.

He'll be ranked in the top 5 coming in next year.. I'll predict he'll be under the lights before he is done.

Uhhh it is an absolutely true statement. His season did live on "solely" because of good sportsmanship. Had Bburg not had good sportsmanship his season would be over regardless of a questionable call or him winning the match

Seems like he was posting what he thought he saw , and he was wrong . Why the hostility?