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Baumgartner did go to my alma mater Indiana State!!!! Can we get partial credit for that. 3rd most famous Sycamore behind Larry Bird and myself!!

Congratulations to Chase Leech Congratulations to from Garrett for signing with Indiana. Projected to wrestle 165, 174. View full signing

Davison definitely deserves some love. That was one heck of a tournament run. Unfortunately Kerkvliet stood in the way of a story book ending. But hey he gave us Indiana boys two NCAA D1 finalists & fun ride. Hats off to Mr. Lucas Davison!

Mason Parris, Sarah Hildebrandt and Kayla Miracle all make the U.S. Olympic team. Great job gentleman and ladies. A few other Indiana natives also has a solid showing at the Olympic trials.

Today.com contacted me and picked up my story. https://www.today.com/health/men-s-health/dad-mystery-brain-illness-rcna147984

I don't know why it is so hard, the point of contact is the guy with the whistle and sometimes the other guy with the whistle that helps the first guy second guess himself.

Lucas Davidson of Chesterton and Jesse Mendez -CP in the finals! A good day for NWI wrestling. Let’s add to our national championship count for The Region and Indiana.

After the state finals I thought they gave up on wrestling over there.

You are forgetting Mr. Stevan Micic and Ashton Mutawa who also qualified for the Olympics.

Jesse Mendez back to Crown Point

Just a story I seen on Indianapolis News . Great Job Mr. Pitzulo ! https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5ThWV8rRY8/?igsh=aDhuMzZxdmVqeHpx

For those who didn't see Mendez got a shout out on the McAfee show:

So this year's state tournament was "fine" and you are no less a state champ, placer, or qualifier if you went to this one than if it was held at indy or somewhere else. However blindly acting like it was all sunshine and roses is silly. Evansville as a city did great. Most people found criticism with the IHSAA leadership. They could have moved the state tournament. Do it the same time as swimming. Ncaa does it all the time especially at the D2 level. It's a great atmosphere. . . It's also cheaper for most schools. 1bus, better hotel rates, AD only has to be in one place. Communities love it. Ihsaa leadership wanted to be at all the state events. Even came out and stated travel to and from the different sites on competition day was not something they were interested in doing. I think some of you would feel differently if your loved one was competing in this tournament for possibly their first and/or only time. Easy to blow off poor planing and tickets problems if you already have a "hookup" or you don't mind spending $102 on tickets. moving wrestling was the path of least resistance. Wrestling is a second class citizen in Indiana. It probably won't change until we get a "wrestling guy" on the ihsaa staff. So was this year's state tournament perfect? ? ? No... is it time to move on? Definitely Ps. Shout out to this 2024 class, Guys like May, Leavell, Ison, and Myers only got one "normal" year 2021- no fans present 2022- split parade of champions 2023- Normal year**** 2024 moved tournament

Seen on Flo that Veazy is committed to Michigan. Go Blue! Michigan De'Alcapon Veazy 49 Ponderosa CO 197

I've heard rumblings out of the South, but it would be inappropriate to speculate quite yet. The Transfer Portal is always very active this time of year!

He was a semi state qualifier for Indian Creek beating freshman Tristan Ruhlman at sectional.

They just need to clarify what a "point of contact" is, instead of making it more complicated than brain surgery.

Marian University-Ancilla is a Junior College in Plymouth, IN. As a Junior College we are always actively recruiting all weights. If you are a Senior and looking to wrestle in college and still looking for your home at the next level, I would like the opportunity to talk with you about the opportunity here. This year we had 4 National Qualifiers and 8 Academic All-Americans. In the past 5 yrs we have had 14 National Qualifiers and 18 Academic All-Americans. We wrestle a predominant schedule of 4 yr schools and have success at helping our wrestlers move on to a 4 yr school. Athletes, parents and coaches, if you are interested or know of someone that may be interested, please feel free to contact me at the following: mline@marian.edu 219-712-1861 (cell)

Frustrating that schools like Rider, Little Rock (x2), Campbell, and Columbia can put people on the podium, but both our B1G schools are shut out again. I know IU is getting better, and Purdue had success last year, but still frustrating nonetheless.

In case you missed it on X or the college thread: Christian Mejia from Elkhart Memorial, Derek Blubaugh from Bloomington South, and Shawn Streck from Merrillville all picked up D2 national titles last night. Mejia had finished 5th twice before, was seeded only 3rd, and was in his final year of eligibility. Blubaugh had twice been national runner-up to his finals opponent, and had lost to him 5-0 two weeks ago, but finally got over the hump. Streck picked up his second consecutive title. Congrats, guys!!

Lots and lots of boos for Burroughs, but he wrestled incredibly well and intelligently. Soundly beats Mesenbrink. Burroughs prods Mesenbrink and the crowd booed him lustily. It was chippy on both ends and Burroughs had a great strategy. These people are nuts if they think Burrtoughs won for any other reason than being a much better, complete wrestler than the very, very young and less experienced Mesenbrink. Pretty weak in my opinion. You don't boo Michael Jordan and you don't boo Jordan Burroughs, again in my humble opinion. Nolf all over upstart Jacques 9-2.

Mendez over McKenna 8-2

Since this new area is becoming a booming wrestling section of the state I have decided to take a visit to the Caprino @Y2CJ41 home on Sat for an "un-official" visit for a potential landing spot for a future hammer. Reporting no names but this kid has been previously Frepan/Seymour trained

Nick Crume will be our guest clinician this week at the Avon RTC. Crume is a 4x NCAA Division II All-American, IHSAA State Champion, and current Assistant Coach at the University of Indianapolis. We've had great numbers the last few weeks and hope to see them climb as we get closer to ISWA Freestyle & Greco State. Avon RTC runs from 6:00-7:30 PM on Wednesdays. Please enter Door 20 on the southside of the school. USAW card required. Nick Crume - Assistant Coach at University of Indianapolis 4x NCAA Division II All-American 3x Division II Super Regional Champion 2013 IHSAA State Champion - 126 lbs. 4x IHSAA State Qualifier, 3x IHSAA State Placewinner (SQ, 3rd, 3rd, 1st) HS Record: 181-13

Wow. I really assumed he would have one more final year left in him with having a decent team and bringing in Colman Scott already to help with guiding the program. Heck of a career for him as both a competitor and coach.

Middle School State Champ DoubleB to Ft Wayne and @Y2CJ41 becomes his new Daddy

When you see Davidson from Michigan and Chesterton in the finals after Mason Parris just won it. Gable was born here. Streck just won his second D2 title. Greg Wagner was a 3 time AA. Tony Vaughn was an AA. Hartleroad already has won U16's. Can we say that we produce the best Heavy's in the Country?

125 - Christian Mejia 133 - Cayden Rooks 141 - Jesse Mendez 149 - Graham Rooks 157 - Brayton Lee 165 - Johnathan Kervin 174 - Brody Baumann 184 - DJ Washington 197 - Silas Allred 285 - Lucas Davison Mostly our D-1 guys, but there were a couple that could be starters on that list that are already behind studs. Blubaugh and Streck would be good starters for this team if we didn't already have Allred and Davison.

Add Mark Durham, Amber Hyde (though not living in Indiana anymore, she’s a native) as well working the tournament.

That was clutch! Congratulations Jesse!

Mendez gets it done! Awesome scramble at the end! Great match

Actually the Doster family kind of enjoyed Evansville this year!!!

Wrestlers from all over will converge upon State College, Pennsylvania Friday and Saturday for one of 18 coveted spots on the Olympic team. Seven wrestlers with Indiana ties will look to call themselves Olympians after the dust settles on Saturday evening. Men's Freestyle At 65kg there are two entries from Indiana in Nick Lee and Jesse Mendez. Lee is coming in as the top seed, while Mendez is the 11th seed. This weight is not qualified for the Olympics yet, so the winner here will go to Turkey with hopes of getting a qualifying spot. Lee won the spot last year and wrestled at Worlds, but did not qualify the spot. He potentially see Penn State teammate Beau Bartlett or 2023 NCAA champ Andrew Alirez to make the best of three finals. Moving up to 97kg we will see Christian Carroll attempt to make the team. He qualified at the Last Chance Qualifier a couple weeks ago and slots in as the 9th seed. He will have Iowa's Anthony Cassioppi in the first round with the winner getting former Olympic medalist J'den Cox in the quarters. At heavyweight Mason Parris will sit out until the finals on Saturday. He will away the challenge tournament winner in a best of three series due to winning a bronze medal at last year's world championships. It will be very fitting to see Parris in Paris this summer. Women's Freestyle Three wrestlers will look to earn spots on the team in Women's Freestyle. All of the women's weights are qualified for the Olympics which means winning here will get you a trip to Paris. At 50kg the Queen of Granger Sarah Hildebrandt will be sitting out until Saturday's best of three finals. She has medaled multiple times on the world stage and looks to make her second Olympic team. Kayla Miracle will be in the best of three series at 62kg awaiting the winner of the challenge tournament. She was an Olympian in 2021 and qualified the weight again for the Olympics at the Pan Am qualifier. Lastly, Yorktown's Alara Boyd will look to earn a spot at 68kg. She comes in as the 5th seed in the challenge tournament. She has multiple world medals and will be a threat to make the best of three series against Amit Elor. Schedule Friday, April 19 Session 1: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Challenge Tournament: Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rounds* (ALL STYLES AND WEIGHTS) *All championship matches will wrestle prior to consolation rounds Session 2: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Challange Tournament: Semifinals and Finals (ALL STYLES AND WEIGHTS) Saturday, April 20 Session 3: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Final 2 out of 3 Championship Series Round 1** **Weights not currently qualified for the Olympics will wrestle match 2 in this session Challenge Tournament: Consolations, Consolation Semi-finals, 3rd place and True 3rd (if needed) (ALL STYLES AND WEIGHTS) Session 4: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Final 2 out of 3 Championship Series Round 2** **Weights not currently qualified for the Olympics will wrestle match 3 at beginning of session (if needed) Final 2 out of 3 Championship Series Round 3 (If Needed) How to Watch On Peacock and USA https://www.themat.com/news/2024/april/16/how-to-watch-live-u-s-olympic-team-trials-wrestling-live-on-peacock-and-usa-network Brackets Brackets on TrackWrestling TheMat.com Coverage Page View full article

I'm stepping out until the evening session. It appears that Mendez' quarters match again Yianni is taking place this evening. Great job thus far by our Indiana men and women. Mendez, Lee, Parris, Hildebrandt and Miracle all still alive and working for the all-important Olympic berths. Carroll lost 1-1 to Cox and was absolutely in that match until the bitter end. Great showing by him and he is getting better and better all the time. Boyd, Carroll, Nate Jackson still alive in wrestlebacks. Great action and can't wait for tonight's all-star matches at every weight. Bye for now.

In an individual sport, an individual must stand a top the podium to be the best. In team sports, an individual can clearly be the best individual but not win team championships because of a lack of supporting cast members. When it comes to the GOAT, even in team sports, individuals will be judged in the end by titles. But the lack of titles does not eliminate them from the discussion. In individual sports it absolutely does - IMO.

Team sports vs individual sports are very different. If you aren't winning titles eventually as an individual, you're losing matches and can't be considered the best. In team sports, you could lose games but still be clearly the best individual. I do agree that being a 4-timer or being undefeated for a career is overrated. Mason Parris losing a match as a freshman at a big guy weight or Howe losing early to a fellow all-timer shouldn't mean anything when compared to 4-timers that were at low weights and/or didn't face royalty as freshmen.

Announces retirement https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2024/04/11/oklahoma-state-wrestling-coach-john-smith-announces-retirement-osu-cowboys/73294107007/

Like Matt said, I figured OSU had a succession plan with Coleman Scott, who really elevated North Carolina during his tenure there. Those are some massive shoes to fill for Scott. Smith has always been one of my favorite figures in NCAA wrestling and I will miss his scowls matside. He often has a big presence at World Team and Olympic Team Trials and I'm sure this week will be no different.

Legend. There's a bunch of videos from a coaches clinic he did a few years back on youtube that I watch religiously.

From what I understand the kid from Tennessee actually went to CP through like JH. Hoping those Delta boys stay home but wish the best to them no matter where they end up!

Anyone see or hear about this?

One of the best pipelines to becoming a soccer coach is becoming a Danville head wrestling coach…

List revised: T #1 Dave Doster T #1 Larry Bird # 3 John Wooden (Coach) # 4 Bruce Baumgartner # 5 Burl Ives (Snowman from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer) # 6 Kurt Thomas # 7 Bubba The Love Sponge (This is true!) For proof below, #1 on the list!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indiana_State_University_people Athletics[edit] David Doster, former Major League Baseball player Nevin Ashley, former Major League Baseball player Richard Atha, professional basketball player[50] Robbie Avila, current Sycamores basketball player Clint Barmes, former Major League Baseball player[51] Tim Barrett, former Major League Baseball player Bruce Baumgartner, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist, James E. Sullivan Award[52] Jeff Belskus, president, Indy Eleven Soccer franchise[53] Junius “Rainey” Bibbs, professional baseball player[54] Larry Bird, professional basketball player and administrator[55] Jerry Blemker, junior college baseball coach, Vincennes University 1980-2006; leader in wins, NJCAA; 1,188 wins Cheryl Bridges, women's marathon world record holder, Dec 1971-Dec 1973 Jim Brumfield, professional football player[56] Billy Clapper, head coach, men's basketball Penn State Altoona[57] Roger Counsil, NCAA champion gymnastic coach; former head USA Gymnastics[58] Wayne Davis, professional football player[59] Brian Dorsett, former Major League Baseball player[60] Steve Englehart, head coach, Presbyterian Blue Hose[61] Stewart “Red” Faught, head coach, football, Franklin College[62] Mike Gardiner, former Major League Baseball player Tom Gilles, former Major League Baseball player Vencie Glenn, professional football player[63] Alex Graman, former Major League Baseball player[64] Rick Grapenthin, former Major League Baseball player[65] Robert Griswold, Paralympic swimmer Mitch Hannahs, head coach, Indiana State Sycamores Bill Hayes, former Major League Baseball player & coach John Hazen, professional basketball player[66] Tunch Ilkin, professional football player[67] Blaise Ilsley, former Major League Baseball player Jeff James, Major League Baseball player Tommy John, retired Major League Baseball player[68] Harold Johnson, professional basketball player Wallace Johnson, former Major League Baseball player[69] Doug Kay, professional football coach[70] Beverly Kearney, head coach, University of Texas women's track and field team[71] Duane Klueh, professional basketball player, former head coach of men's basketball, tennis at Indiana State University[72] Danny Lazar, former Major League Baseball player[73] Bryan Leturgez, Olympic bobsledder;[74] bronze medalist - 1993 World Championships Sean Manaea, Major League Baseball player Pancho Martin, professional football player[75][76] Thad Matta, head coach, Men's Basketball; Ohio State University[77] Carl Nicks, professional basketball player[78] Jake Odum, professional basketball player, European Leagues (2014–present) Brian Omogrosso, former Major League Baseball player [79] Jake Petricka, Major League Baseball player Dr. Ferne E. Price, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player; ISU alumni and coach, women's softball and swimming squads[80] Colin Rea, Major League Baseball player Jerry Reynolds, professional basketball coach, general manager[81] Bob Royer, professional basketball player[82] Micah Shrewsberry, head coach Penn State Nittany Lions Chuck Smith, former Major League Baseball player Steve Smith, silver medalist, high jump, 1995 Pan Am Games Zane Smith, former Major League Baseball player[83] Dan Sparks, professional basketball player; NJCAA champion coach[84] Mitch Stetter, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball coach[85] Ryan Strausborger, former Major League Baseball player Ryan Tatusko, professional baseball player Joe Thatcher, former Major League Baseball player[86] Kurt Thomas, Olympic participant, gymnastics; James E. Sullivan Award[87] Robert Tonyan, National Football League player (Green Bay Packers) Bobby Turner, Atlanta Falcons, assistant coach (running backs)[88] Jayson Wells (born 1976), basketball player Paul "Billy" Williams, athletic director, Indiana State Muncee Hoosieroons (1921-1958) John Wooden, college basketball player and Hall of Fame college coach[89] Andy Young, Major League Baseball player

Congratulations to Adrian Origel Congratulations to from North Newton for signing with Indianapolis. Projected to wrestle 125, 133. View full signing

Castle Coach Bob Harmon retires after a very long and successful coaching career. Congratulations Coach. https://castleknightsathletics.com/Article/23242

I felt like Jason wrestled a much slower pace and more defensive style when he go to college, I remember him being pretty fun to watch in highschool. But pretty boring in college. Still one of the greats! Mendez is a point scoring machine!!

Final Standings are below. Congratulations to TeamGarcia! Click a couple times to zoom in:

That roll to turn Barletts takedown into his own was insane. JESSIEEE MENDEZZZ!

That would be impressive. Not placing at Sectional this year but makes the jump two months later to win a DII national championship.