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In an 18-0 decision the IHSAA has moved forward with fully sanctioning girls wrestling as a varsity sport in Indiana. The sport was officially approved this afternoon after running as a separate event under the IHSGW since 2017 and two years under the IHSAA's Emerging Sport status. Indiana has been a training ground for many of the top women's wrestlers in the country with Olympians Sarah Hildebrandt and Kayla Miracle leading the way. Indiana has a strong tradition in women's wrestling and as a fully sanctioned sport it will continue to produce wrestlers with national and world level success. View full article

Big changes are coming to high school wrestling this season. Over the past ten years the collegiate folkstyle rules have become almost a different sport with out of bound stalling, what determines out of bounds, and this past year the three point takedown. While many were clamoring for the college out of bounds rules with only one supporting point determining being in bounds it was repeatedly shot down by the NFHS due to mat and gym size concerns. This year though, the NFHS has decided that it is time to implement the one supporting point criteria for high school wrestling. While making the wrestling area a little bigger this rule will make it easier for referees to focus on the action instead of checking for the proper amount of supporting points of the wrestlers. On top of that change the NFHS has approved the popular three-point takedown. This year at the NCAA level they went to a three-point takedown. Many people were cautious, but also excited about that big change. After the NCAA season concluded many felt that the three-point takedown was a huge success. If these two big changes aren’t enough for you, the NFHS has also aligned with the NCAA level with adding a four-point nearfall. After four seconds on your back the offensive wrestler will now be awarded four points instead of taking five seconds to earn only three points. This was implemented in the NCAA since 2015 and last year they updated the rule to allow two points for two seconds, three points for three seconds, and four points for four seconds or more. The NFHS will follow the NCAA and implement all three scenarios for nearfall. Other rule changes include a clarification of the Technical Fall criteria and not requiring a 10-foot circle on the wrestling mat. Here is the NFHS article on the changes https://www.nfhs.org/articles/participants-now-inbounds-with-one-point-of-contact-in-high-school-wrestling/ NFHS Article.pdf View full article

Can’t believe there’s been no chatter about this. Hockaday going for 3rd in U20, Cressell had a great run, Lemley for 5th, Barkett for 5th. u17 Greco Xavier Smith and Hartleroad placed Quite a few u15 and futures placers u17 are coming in strong with Bell and Shephard after texhing 2 seed Youngblut in quarters

Not sure I agree with the conclusion, but certainly logic that can be followed.

Certainly Lefever although not division 1 and Miracle for women and Sarah Hildebrandt

How many takedown records were done in this manner? If you are getting takedown records by teching kids in this manner it just means you wrestled a super weak schedule and your record doesn't mean anything.

Choosing down becomes much less relevant than ever before.

And a coach! Katie Kriebel is the assistant coach for the Senior Women's National Wrestling Team. She will be working with the team before the Olympics and in Paris. So proud of all these Forever Hoosiers!

I believe you are correct if Mendez continues tracking on his current path. 4X HS State Champ, NCAA Champ as a true sophomore & competed very well on the senior level at the latest Olympic Trials beating McKenna, Green & Diakomihalis then only losing to Retherford 3-2. Very impressive for someone who is only 20 or 21 years old.

I have Parris as the GOAT even if he doesn't medal (which would be a huge upset if he doesn't come home with a medal). 3x state champ, 1 loss in HS NCAA champ, Hodge winner Age group world champ Sr world medalist US Olympian Sarah Hildebrant is the women's GOAT without a doubt. But Parris is the overall GOAT at the moment. And I do suspect that Jesse Mendez's final resume will place him above Parris when its all said and done.

Gable Stevenson pretty solid Indiana born wrestler

Hell Yes! Congrats, Indiana Ladies!

Track teams and cross country teams are allowed to practice co-ed. Imagine they’d also let wrestling.

Can we talk about Peyton Schoettle for just a minute? He placed 8th at U17 51 kg… blood round match was against Shamus Regan… and beat him 7-6. Oh, not sure who he is? Just a Fargo National Champion and a prep National Champion. Beyond that, just a ridiculous resume of accomplishments. This young man is doing big things… total stud!

The reversal thing is something I struggled with initially, but in the end am fine with. Why do you think a reversal and take down should be worth the same amount? Just curious on another's perspective. This scoring situation didn't seem to cause any more stalling at the college level...in fact, it seemed to open things up. Bottom wrestlers eager to get out so they can get to closing the gap, top wrestlers eager to take chances because a) there is a bigger reward to trying to expose the opponent's back and b) if it doesn't work out, they're still up 2 points and not just 1.

Bad Analogy. Just like your reasoning and most of your takes.

Still believe it will end up being Mendez when he is done. He is building a Very strong resume and is really just getting started.

Parris is the GOAT. Hope we get to see him in L.A. in 2028, too!

The only division that required a qualification was the Girls Showcase. Only other qualification is enough money to fly out to Vegas. These are UWW age groups which are based on 3 year increments in most circumstances and utilize the ever popular metric weight classes.

YES.

Merrillville semi state bringing the Olympians

Franklin RTC Wednesday. Excited to have: Waylon Cressell Warren Central 2x state champ IHSAA State Champion NDHSAA State Champion 2X Fargo All American Marion Co Champ, MIC Champ, Sectional, Regional and Semi State Champ, Rumble on the Red Champ its state week. Let’s be deep and get after. Lots of live. East side bringing a crew.

I imagine because of coaching a lot of schools would need to run practices together.

I guess I am blocked from being interested....

Hockaday looking insane. Kaleb Larkin beat Jesse Mendez when he won a Senior level freestyle tournament in November. He just teched 2-time AA Kolodzik and went to the wire with Yianni D at Olympic Trials. Hockaday falls to him, 8-7. Dude's becoming a bona fide beast

Is Time travel real, is AI trying to take over, or are Chinese operatives trying to rig the team state decision?!?!?

At the same time you have a chance to get 4 near fall which will encourage a wrestler that may be better on top to be more aggressive. Not to mentioned with only 2 point reversal it becomes more of a high reward low risk situation. For example before if you're up 2-0 and aggressive on top and give up a reversal it's tied. Now with a takedown you're up 3-0 and can work for 4 points if you get reversed you're still up 3-2. The wrestlers that are going to work for takedowns are going to whether uts 2 or 3 points. I think this will encourage wrestlers to get better on there feet and on top. I agree you may see less wrestlers choose bottom, but I also think you might see an increase in choosing top.

I feel it's going to lead to what I call a freestyle mindset in folkstyle. Say Wrestler A is great on his/her feet but not as good on the mat. Wrestler A gets a takedown but it's not likely leading to near fall. Wrestler A is going to cut right away and smartly so. What used to be a 4-2 lead is now 6-2. Guessing choice is going to be more neutral than top & bottom. I felt mat wrestling was a great equalizer for those not as good on their feet. In that prior example, if the other wrestler down 4-2 gets choice & gets a reversal, we are tied. Instead down 2. Just feel it will lead to less mat wrestling & more neutral to avoid mat wrestling. If they make options for period 2 top, bottom or defer and period 3 just top & bottom, then I'd be ok with it.

Stalling is a judgement call and hard to have interpreted the same across the state or even country. NCAA referees work diligently to keep things as uniform as possible and we still have great variations in the way some call stalling. As much as you want to clamor about rules for stalling they will always leave a lot of room for interpretation from all refs.

Rules are rules and whatever they are we’ll figure em out. The only thing that bugs me, is that a turn can be less than a takedown (2 v 3), and that doesn’t really make sense in any style of wrestling, as near falls are semantically the second best thing in a wrestling match that has falls.

I feel bad for the new referee's time-out signal...picked the wrong year to make it's debut. Lost in the shuffle.

If we're talking college success, shouldn't we include 4x national champ Lefever? And wasn't Kayla Miracle a 4x college national champ (and 2x olympian)? I'm not saying they are GOATs, but they have had more college success than any other Indiana high school natives.

With 2//3/4 point near falls, I believe tilters will become more prevalent.

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.

With the implementation of the 3 point takedown, will all takedown records now be untouchable? Previously 15 takedowns was roughly a tech but now it would be done in 7-8 takedowns.

It should help everyone lean into their offensive strengths. The "best on their feet" wrestler can now use take down/let up even more successfully. The "has a hard time with take downs, but can really ride" wrestler can now really take advantage of choice between periods. From what we've seen in college, this should really open up what high school wrestlers are willing to risk to score points.

Mendez is definitely a beast. Andrew Howe is definitely in the mix as well.

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He's not a huge medal favorite. He'll come in as the 4th best guy and capable of beating anyone--but if brackets work out with him on the same side as 2 of the Big 3, he has to get an upset to medal. AMENDMENT: I just researched and saw that ranking points should be locked in with Mason and the Big 3 as the 4 seeds. That will mean he can medal without beating one of them and that he's a clear medal favorite. I disagree that a loss would be a "huge" upset because the rise of new, young monsters, along with upsets by savvy vets, are commonplace internationally--but him not medalling would be an upset if the draws hold.

No true 2nd match. Nick places 2nd

Sarah Hildebrandt College: 2015 WCWA national champion at 123 pounds for King University… 2014 WCWA national champion at 123 pounds. 2013 Pan American Wrestling Championships Panama City, Panama1st Freestyle 55 kg 2015 Pan American Wrestling Championships Santiago, Chile1st Freestyle 55 kg 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lima, Peru1st Freestyle 53 kg World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd Freestyle 53 kg 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 1stFreestyle 53 kg Pan American Games Lima, Peru 1st Freestyle 53 kg 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st Freestyle 50 kg Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 3rd Freestyle 50 kg World Championships Oslo, Norway 2nd Freestyle 50 kg 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships Acapulco, Mexico 1st Freestyle 50 kg World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 50 kg 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st Freestyle 50 kg World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 50 kg 2024 Olympic Team Trials Champion 50kg Woman or man: if you have these credentials you're THE GOAT.

You're allowed to be Wrong AJ its America after all

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

100% would have to be andrew howe imo. 2nd best wrestler in the world many years behind the GOAT of our sport and pushed him to.the limit. After that micic, angel

I’d put Howe then Angel at number one and two if you do NCAA results only. Howe 2-1-3-2 Angel 3x big ten champ National champ and 4x AA, never placed lower than 5th at NCAA, world 5th. Micic was a world champ this year if we are including world level accomplishments