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Some French family moved to Culver...not sure if I am spelling the name right, but I think it's something like Forfet? Forfit? Something like that. Anyway, must be a big family because they are filling like seven of our weight classes this season.

Huyvaert’s run at 153. 6-0. Scored 63 points against 6 given up (all escapes/cuts). The list of names was pretty impressive.

Back for some pre-season appetizers until the IndianaMat Magazine comes out. First up is the Jeffersonville Regional. Team Race: The Olympians of Columbus East look to be the regional favorite as well as the 3A Team State team to beat. Returners- 11 Sectional Place Winners and 8 Semi State Qualifiers Columbus North also should be in the hunt for a regional title as they finished 3rd last year and returned a very solid group. Returners- 9 Sectional Place Winners and 7 Semi State Qualifiers Franklin Community finished 2nd in the regional last year and should be in the mix again. Returners- 8 Sectional Place Winners and 6 Semi State Qualifiers State Hopefuls – Last year’s State Tournament advancement 106 Talon Jessup Columbus East - State 7th 106 Ethan Rose Switzerland County - Semi State Ticket Round 113 Ethan Pittman Madison - Semi State Ticket Round 120 Jayden Owsley Corydon Central – Semi State Ticket Round 126 Peyton Richards Switzerland County – Semi State Ticket Round 126 Gage Rutan Columbus East - Semi State Ticket Round 138 Justice Thornton Columbus North – State 7th 138 Lane Kirchner Jennings County - Semi State Ticket Round 144 Gabe Rose Switzerland County – State Qualifier 144 Caleb Cooper Columbus East - Semi State Ticket Round 157 Asher Ratliff Columbus North – State 8th 157 Lincoln Cooper Columbus East – Semi State Qualifier 157 Elijah Guyer Indian Creek - Semi State Ticket Round 165 Oliver Hallet Indian Creek – State Qualifier 165 Cory Fuller Franklin Community - Semi State Ticket Round 215 Kellen Fellure Franklin Community - Semi State Ticket Round 285 Ben Land Jeffersonville - Semi State Ticket Round Returning Sectional Place Winners Jeffersonville 113 Maverick McAllister 11th Sectional 3rd 120 Aidan Stellato 12th Sectional Runner Up 132 Montana Northern 12th Sectional 3rd 144 Isa Santos Moore 12th Sectional Champ 150 Quintin Smith 11th Sectional Runner Up 157 Adrian Carillo 12th Sectional 5th 165 Zander Hobbs 12th Sectional 3rd 215 Gavin Grisham 11th Sectional 3rd 285 Ben Land 12th Sectional Champ Charlestown 106 JC Lowery 11th Sectional Runner Up 120 Max Salisbury 10th Sectional 4th 126 Christian Grayson 10th Sectional Runner Up 132 Jack Shaw 10th Sectional Runner Up 138 Josh Latiolais 10th Sectional 3rd 150 Trey Ozier 11th Sectional Champ 157 Boomer Hester 11th Sectional Champ 190 Jordan Guerrero 11th Sectional Runner Up 215 Jayden Traub 10th Sectional 6th 285 Kyle Cook 11th Sectional 4th Corydon Central 113 Wyatt Schreck 11th Sectional Runner Up 120 Jayden Owsley 12th Sectional Champ 126 Luke Enlow 10th Sectional 4th 132 Jacob Lopp 10th Sectional 4th 144 James Miller 11th Sectional 5th 157 Alijah Gohl 11th Sectional Runner Up 165 Evan Haag 12th Sectional 4th 175 Kameron Miller 12th Sectional 6th 190 Zayven Kalisz 10th Sectional 4th Silver Creek 106 Lucas Spaw 10th Sectional 3rd 120 Alex Shaw 10th Sectional 6th 126 Hunter Murry 10th Sectional 3rd 157 Jackson Terry 10th Sectional 3rd 175 Seamus McBride 10th Sectional 4th 215 Gabe Wheatley 10th Sectional Champ Providence 138 Liam Jorden 11th Sectional 6th 144 Steven Gray 12th Sectional Runner Up North Harrison 113 Sullivan Bray 10th Sectional 5th 150 Maverick Von Allmen 12th Sectional 4th 157 Oxley Ferguson 10th Sectional 6th 215 Elio Hernandez 11th Sectional 4th 285 Andrew Holzknecht 12th Sectional 3rd New Washington 120 AJ Franklin 12th Sectional 3rd 165 Lane Waters 12th Sectional Runner Up 285 Joseph Montgomery 10th Sectional 5th Clarksville 144 Brody Yates 12th Sectional 4th 150 Devlyn Makrenszky 11th Sectional 6th 190 Paul Sinnock 11th Sectional 5th Henryville 126 Andrew Lehaceanu 10th Sectional 5th 138 Alex Peevy 10th Sectional 4th 157 Mason Govert 10th Sectional 4th 175 Chase Byrd 10th Sectional 5th Borden 144 Aron Evans 11th Sectional 6th Crawford County 120 Eli Polen 12th Sectional 5th Rock Creek 285 Tyler St. John 12th Sectional 6th Columbus East 106 Talon Jessup 11th Sectional Champ 113 Ethan Poling 10th Sectional Runner Up 120 Wyatt Behnke 10th Sectional 6th 126 Gage Rutan 12th Sectional Runner Up 138 Caleb Kirkpatrick 11th Sectional 3rd 144 Caleb Cooper 11th Sectional Champ 157 Lincoln Cooper 10th Sectional 3rd 165 Clayton Miller 10th Sectional Runner Up 190 Colin McMahon 10th Sectional Champ 215 James Moss 12th Sectional 5th 285 Dominic Piper 11th Sectional 6th Franklin Community 106 Aiden Woods 12th Sectional 3rd 120 Oscar Garcia 10th Sectional 4th 132 Kegan Jochim 11th Sectional 3rd 144 Owen Trimpe 12th Sectional 3rd 150 Cameron Sommers 10th Sectional Runner Up 157 Cori Tonte 10th Sectional 4th 165 Cory Fuller 11th Sectional 4th 215 Kellen Fellure 10th Sectional Champ Columbus North 106 Nolan Riley 11th Sectional 4th 113 Liam Curfman 12th Sectional 6th 132 Cohen Long 10th Sectional Runner Up 138 Justice Thornton 12th Sectional Champ 150 Luke Spurgeon 12th Sectional 3rd 157 Asher Ratliff 11th Sectional Champ 165 Evan Saevre 12th Sectional 3rd 190 Jose Ramirez 12th Sectional Runner Up 215 Jonathan Morales 12th Sectional 6th Switzerland County 106 Ethan Rose 11th Sectional Runner Up 120 Dakota Fields 12th Sectional Runner Up 126 Peyton Richards 11th Sectional Champ 138 Ethan Jones 12th Sectional 4th 144 Gabe Rose 12th Sectional Runner Up 157 Jaksyn Smithson Cox 11th Sectional 5th 190 Kolvin Beck 11th Sectional 5th Jennings County 120 Luke Kirchner 10th Sectional 3rd 138 Lane Kirchner 12th Sectional Runner Up 165 Nick Cortes 12th Sectional 6th 190 Sam Hernandez 11th Sectional 4th 215 Xavior Gindhart 12th Sectional 4th Madison 113 Ethan Pittman 10th Sectional Champ 120 Eli Stewart 12th Sectional Champ 126 Drew Zuckschwerdt 10th Sectional 5th 132 Izik Roberts 10th Sectional 6th 138 Trenton Bivens 12th Sectional 6th 150 Zane Skinner 11th Sectional 4th 175 Ayden Waggoner 12th Sectional 4th Indian Creek 157 Elijah Guyer 10th Sectional Runner Up 165 Oliver Hallet 11th Sectional Champ Salem 113 Brayden Walters 11th Sectional 3rd 120 Braxton Backus 12th Sectional 5th 175 Brady Briscoe 12th Sectional 6th 215 Noah Daulton 12th Sectional 3rd Seymour 113 Palik Findley 10th Sectional 5th 126 Charlie Bruce 11th Sectional 6th 165 Briley Compton 11th Sectional 5th Scottsburg 144 Cole Salkeld 12th Sectional 6th Eastern Pekin 150 Colton Pickerill 10th Sectional 6th 285 Brayden Jones 12th Sectional 3rd West Washington 113 Rhiley Brennan 11th Sectional 4th Southwestern

Stadium Graphics out of Greenwood does all of our wall signage. They do a great job! We post the following signs. -Team photos -Season leaders for Takedowns, Wins, Pins -Career leaders for Takedowns, Wins, Pins -IHSAA State placer/qualifiers -State Champion signs

Sun. Sept. 29th in Johnstown, Pennsylvani 110: #1 Heather Crull, IN vs #2 Taylor Whiting, WI

Lots of impact freshman in the brackets at ihpo. It will be interesting to see how they do. Trayvon Ducking Brownsburg Case Bell Brownsburg Colin Strayer Crown point Ceaser Salas Crown Point Daniel Brown Center Grove Marcus Malone Center Grove Noel Verduzco Lowell Tate St. Laurent Cathedral Case Bridge Avon Anthony Zuranski Avon Brenden Bentz Madison Jacoby Moore Hobart a couple to keep an eye on this weekend

The quality and depth is on par with pretty much every year. Many of the wrestlers participating don't even need to qualify for early entry, but still come here to prepare for the Super 32 and other fall events.

Charlie LaRocca lost in the ticket round in both his freshman and sophmore years. Freshmen year lost to Liam Krueger of Columbus East. Sophomore year lost to Isaiah Schaefer of Mater Dei. Then went on to win back to back state titles.

You can see our state champ paintings in the background here

Mason Paris …HS Track State Champ, Football, HS, State Champ, World Champ & Olympian Wrestling

I could be speaking out of pocket, but wouldn't Tylin Thrine qualify as a surprise champion? For anyone besides @FCFIGHTER170, he called it very early. Especially given the fact he beat Logan Frazier, which most people thought was a lock, on the way to his state title as a freshman.

Truly incredible the jumps he made. Won one match as a freshman, still below .500 as a sophomore and regional exit, then semi state champ and 6th as a junior, and then state runner-up as a senior. Just kept grinding and it definitely paid off.

Verduzco is a freshman. 6 pins and a 12-1 win in the finals. Definitely the OW in my opinion.

Lucas Szymborski 2x Tennessee champ is in Indiana

Thanks Nick! I ran some stats today for our tournament. We are currently at 32 teams, and still adding every day. From last season only - not knowing what O'Campo or anyone else may do 3 State Champs 4 Runner ups 12 more Placers 20 more Qualifiers 1 State Championship team 2 more Semi State Championship teams 2 more Regional Championship teams I feel this tournament should be good for all talent levels on your team. Thanksgiving tournament flier.pdf

Problem with that is you don't have coaches well versed enough in all three (especially greco) for this to be effective.

Indiana guys that had great performances that weren't mentioned already Carter Fielden getting to the finals in a tough weight Case Bell, Dominic Brown, and Gavin Lewis at 123 that weight was LOADED! Gunner Henry teching Caesar Salas was impressive along with a good win in the finals Roudebush looked good, he must have had somewhere to go Nathan Reyes was the only Indiana wrestler in the top 6 at 116. Jacob Weaver had a good tournament making a run to 3rd Some of these weights were insane and you'll see guys at state that went 2-2 or 1-2.

168: Evan Roudebush - 5 matches, 5 pins

That rumor has persisted for a while. Pretty sure the Byes are actually French-Canadian, not French. Understandable that people get it mixed up.

Marshall Fishback from Rochester went from 5th at sectionals his sophomore year and was the state champ his senior year. Only wrestled for 3 years!

Lynn Panko is an absolute freak.

Start on Page 10 and you can go year by. year to see how close it came. The early years are obviously a little more spoty on season records but by the mid-70s it starts to pick up. https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Wrestling Records Book_0.pdf

Deron Phillips LaSalle High School 1988 119lbs. Deron had never advanced beyond the sectional before he ran the table as an undefeated State Champion in 1988.

Culver Community is hoping to pool some boys teams filling fewer than ten weight classes. If you fit this description and you (like us) have a hard time filing your schedule due to other teams (understandably) being leery about having you, then this post is for you. We are hoping to compile some of these smaller teams into some weeknight quads or Saturday morning events. That way we can maximize the chances of getting some quality mat time. We are a team in Northern Indiana and are willing to drive up to an hour on a weeknight, longer on a Saturday. If you have any interest in being added to a list of schools designed to help each other to get our wrestlers more matches this season, please email me: mbuschman@culver.k12.in.us

Chris Fleeger at Midwest RTC

I was impressed with Heather Crull. Looked like a medalist to me.

Looked Spookily Good(not sure that's a word but it should be).

Homer pick. Jordan Partee - Madison. Placed 4th in wrestling as a Senior. All-Conference in Football in a tough football conference at the time. All-State in track and wrestling. NAIA All-American at Indiana Tech in triple jump and long jump and at one point led all divisions in long jump his freshman year. Kid was ridiculous, and a phenomenal person to boot.

Really solid preseason event. Great job to the Bailey's and Outlaw wrestling in putting together a solid event. What were some of the stand out matches on the weekend?

I will second that… but from a referee’s perspective. Going to 3 pts. for takedowns was not a big deal and so much easier using one point of contact in bounds for both takedowns and wrestling in general. I only saw two coaches get a little out of hand and ironically, they were from the same club (club to remain nameless). Outside of them, the coaching was great. I was very impressed! Would I go back and ref it again? Absolutely… like I said, overall it was a great day with lots of good wrestling. Plus, two knuckleheads wouldn’t be enough to keep me away!

Hunter Douglas pinned 2 x Illinois State Champion Tyson Waughtel. Before the talks start, he also beat Layne Horn by a technical violation at the end of the match that was not intentional and personally something I had not seen called before. So that match was going to overtime between two great wrestlers.

Lots of pictures from the Wild West Duals this past weekend - Free to download -- Elementary photos coming soon https://www.facebook.com/share/p/qnKKn1aG2SHJkdft/ Our next event will be IHPO

Hey coaches, what do you put up in your room as far as accomplishments, records etc...... I plan on putting up all our state qualifiers, 100 win club, and team accomplishments. Do you guys put up records up? Can you post some pictures so I have design ideas? Appreciate it!

Hoosier Wrestling Inc. has created an awesome fundraiser to support the Indiana Regional Training Center. A small batch of Grappler bourbon. Only 400 bottles available and are hand numbered. Must be 21 to purchase. If interested in supporting the program and getting a really nice bottle of bourbon, please send the needed information on the form to: Brian Anderson Executive Director Indiana RTC LFTBWC@gmail.com Payment Can be made via Venmo: @HoosierWrestlingInc1

Knox High School 1 Coach and 4 Wrestlers last season. Just got board approve to add another coach and currently have 7 girls signed up.

James Brimm Evansville Central, James Leavell Decatur Central, Brandon Wright Warren Central, Gelen Robinson Lake Central. (The Central Boys)

Colin Whetsel of New Palestine. He got 6th in Sectionals as a Freshman(2023) and 6th in the state as a Sophomore(2024).

Jermaine Brooks 1991 160lb State Champion from FW Northrop High School. Super fast and incredibly strong. Could've been a world class gymnast. His hit list is cray. His state title celebration was backflips all the way around the mat and an aerial dismount! Legendary!

I can think of a million: C Red, Thrine (pick one), Rickie Clark, Blake Mulkey, Kris Rumph, Mike Wenning (a long time ago), Manzona Bryant

Anyone remember The Firm w/ Nas, AZ and Foxy Brown? This all reminds me of their song "Phone Tap" "What's the deal-y? I just touched grounds down in Indy Brought some transfers with me, IHSAA be floatin' around silly" "IHSAA got yo' phone tapped, what you gon' do? 'Cause sooner or later, they'll have your whole crew All they need now is the right word or two To make it all stick like glue, then you through IHSAA got yo' phone tapped, what you gon' do? 'Cause sooner or later, we'll have your whole crew All They need now is the right word or two" Anyway, been grinding to get you the dirt: My sources tell me Rojas and Boe to Lake Highland Prep Malones and Hornsby to CG. Hornsby cleared to wrestle and I'm 95% sure Malones are cleared. Bender is THS, he just lives in Illinois. Crown Point wins the Caesar Salas sweepstakes. Traevon Ducking and Case Bell to Brownsburg, but not sure that's a surprise.

Freshman 2016- 106 Asa Garcia Season High Ranking was around #8 Final State Rankings #10 Sectional Runner Up Regional Runner Up Semi State Runner Up, Blood Round match vs. #1 Cayden Rooks won in UTB to make it to State . State Friday Night beat #7 Lukas Waldenzac (SV 7-5) Saturday Morning beat #8 Brayden Curtis (OT 1-0) Semi Finals beat #4 returning State placer Kory Cavenaugh (5-2) Finals Match pins #2 Returning State Placer Keyuan Murphy, who he lost to twice in Dual & Team State that year. Nobody picked Asa that year . It’s was his first time running the gauntlet in his weight class . Did it again in absolute brutal 126 weight class in 2018 .

Returning Semi State Qualifiers by team New Haven (6): Ocampo Regional Champ/ State 6th Rocha 3rd @ Regional Clauser 4th @ Regional Doster Regional Champ/ State Champ Amstutz 3rd @ Regional Lepera 4th @ Regional Garrett (8): Swathwood 2nd @ Regional Baker 4th @ Regional Kochendorfer 2nd @ Regional / Semi State Ticket Round Fielden Regional Champ/ State Qualifier Barrett 2nd @ Regional Wells 3rd @ Regional Hunt 4th @ Regional Reynolds 4th @ Regional Snider (3): Tun 4th @ Regional Krouse Regional Champ Quoi 3rd @ Regional / Semi State Ticket Round Leo (6) : Gould 3rd @ Regional/ Semi State Ticket Round Juday 3rd @ Regional Harris Regional Champ/ Semi State Ticket Round Butcher 4th @Regional Espinosa 4th @ Regional Coolman Regional Champ/ State Qualifier Homestead ( 4): Benedict 3rd @ Regional Hartzell 2nd @ Regional Thrash 3rd @ Regional / Semi State Ticket Round Evans 2nd @ Regional Teams and People to consider: Eastside's group of studs can make some noise Hunter Douglass at Homestead Caleb Asa at Garrett Thullner at New Haven Individuals from other schools we aren't mentioning? Youth growing up in a year? Carroll's incoming freshman class with a solid mix of returners/ kids making a comeback? ---kids we don't know about that will refill lineups, or maybe were out of lineups due to injury???

Unstoppable": The movie follows wrestler Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg and becomes a champion in college who competes against the school that rejected him. Showings – select to order tickets: Sat, Oct 19th, 6:30 PM @ The Tobias Theater at Newfields Thr festival will also show the wrestling documentary All American about women’s wrestling through the lens of immigrant and first generation American teenage girls. Filmed over five years, it follows impassioned and unrelenting young women dreaming of earning a sense of belonging and acceptance in society against a backdrop of physical sports action. Showings – select to order tickets: [Available October 10, 12:00 PM - October 20, 11:59 PM, 2024] Stream online... Tue, Oct 15th, 5:15 PM @ Living Room Theaters - Theater 3 Thu, Oct 17th, 5:30 PM @ Emagine Noblesville - Theater 16 https://www.heartlandfilmfestival.org/ The Heartland Film Festival from is Oct. 10 to 20. It focus more on independent studio films, but often shows works that feature high profile actors. The locations: Emagine Noblesville: 13825 Norell Road in Noblesville Kan-Kan Cinema and Restaurant: 1258 Windsor St. Landmark Glendale 12: 6102 N. Rural St. Living Room Theaters: 745 E. Ninth St., Suite 810 Newfields: 4000 N. Michigan Road

I hope he goes Ivy League Lol. His parents are good folks! They should be very proud of the man he’s becoming

Looks like you missed Matthew Staples from New Prairie in this group.

I agree. Monster bluegills I've caught some nice walleye there as well.

Anthony Lapsley vs. Kevin Carr was an insane show of skill meets athleticism. I always thought Kevin was the most truly gifted athlete of the Carr brothers. A few more throwbacks: Nick Corpe of Elkhart Memorial was another multi-sport, freak-of-nature, do-anything athlete. Ben Wissel of Richmond always made me raise my eyebrows. James Torres of Lake C too. All of that said, I think Vernon Cannon of LC vs. James Leavell of DC in OT--the year that Leavell pinned his way through the most prestigious national folk style tournament, NHSCA senior nationals--might be the the matchup of the most combined athletic talent I ever saw on an Indiana mat.

Will never happen now with open borders and the top guys traveling to the top notch national tournaments. And weird things happen. My son’s senior year he pulled it off. With that said, he was beating a kid 14-0 and got called for a slam (it was actually bad). The coach and kid decided to continue and gave my son the win. We were super thankful.

The Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association (IHSWCA) is excited to announce that we are exploring the creation of a new endowment aimed at supporting the future of high school wrestling in our state. We believe that wrestling teaches invaluable life skills—discipline, perseverance, and leadership—that extend far beyond the mat. To ensure these values continue to thrive in our communities, we are considering using the IHSWCA Middle School State Tournament as the primary revenue source to fund scholarships for wrestlers who aspire to pursue careers in education. This scholarship would be designed for Indiana wrestlers who are dedicated to continuing their education at the collegiate level, with a focus on becoming educators. By investing in the next generation of teachers, we aim to create a lasting impact on both the sport of wrestling and the quality of education in our state. As part of this exploration, we are also looking at the yearly budget that the IHSWCA operates on. By carefully managing our resources and potentially directing the proceeds from the MS State Tournament into this endowment, we hope to build a solid financial foundation that will support future educators and, in turn, the continued growth of high school wrestling in Indiana. As educators and coaches, we understand the vital role that teachers play in shaping young minds. With this endowment, our goal would be to support those who will one day return to our schools, bringing the values and lessons learned through wrestling into their classrooms. These scholarships would help ensure that Indiana high school wrestling continues to produce not only great athletes but also outstanding educators. We invite you to join us in this initiative. Whether you are a former wrestler, coach, or supporter of high school athletics, your input and support will be crucial as we explore this opportunity. Together, we can make a lasting difference for our students, our schools, and our sport. Thank you for your continued support, and let's keep championing the values that make Indiana wrestling great. View full article

Jeremiah Harvey (Culver Academies) at HWT in 2011 i thought Damon Howe of Plymouth was gonna get the Win that year I think Harvey went into OT in almost every match at State that year. Connor Graber (Northridge) at 182 in 2018, everyone thought that Nathan Walton (Brownsburg) was a guarantee for the title coming off of 2 3rd place finishes