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1. Will Viduya get the golden bookend? Alec Viduya won a state title as a freshman at 113lbs, but since then his nemesis Asa Garcia has tripped him up twice. Garcia is in Bloomington now and the path seems clear to end on top of the podium. The other likely contenders include Brock Ellis, Jaden Reynolds, and Reece Luhmann. Luhmann went to overtime with Viduya last week. The "golden bookend" has been done three other times throughout Indiana history. The first was Ray Webb of Bloomington University who won titles at 120lbs as a freshman and 145lbs as a senior. The next to do it was current Evansville Mater Dei coach Greg Schaeffer. In 1995 he won a state title at 100lbs and again reached the top step of the podium in 1998 at 119lbs. The last person to accomplish this feat was Indian Creek's Ethan Raley. He won a title as a freshman at 103lbs, then again at 135lbs as a senior. 2. Team Race The team race is going to be hotly contested from the getgo. Mater Dei looks to be the favorite on paper early on. Crown Point has some brutal Saturday morning matches that could determine the state title. Brownsburg is lurking with a couple state title contenders and other placers. Never count out two-time defending champions Cathedral. Friday night could set the stage for one or more of the contenders to pull away from the field. However, a couple slipups could mean another team or two comes into contention. Saturday morning will be filled with fireworks that will give us a great indication of who will come out on top of the team race. 3. Will the class of 2021 get a title? As of this writing the current junior class has yet to win an individual state title. This can and possibly will change on Saturday night. Top contenders for a title include Alex Cottey(113), Blake Boarmann(138), Evan Bates(220), and Brock Ellis(145). Cottey has one loss on the year, but his opponent did not qualify for state. Boarman has a wide open weight class where the top guys have all beaten each other. Bates and Ellis both have yet to be defeated by an Indiana opponent this year. 4. Famous firsts Indianapolis Lutheran's Hayden Flipiovich is the school's first state qualfiier. Will he be able to crack the code and be their first placer as well? Attica, Monroe Central, and River Forest have never had a state placer in their history. Will Jeffrey Bailey be the first Ingot state placer? Logan Swallow won a semi-state title last week and could be the Golden Bear's first state placer. Jordan Douglass was the first state qualifier in Rambler history two years ago, but has yet to reach the podium. There are 32 schools that have a state qualifier that has yet to have a state champion. The ones that might just break through this year include Garrett's Clayton Fielden, Hamilton Southeastern's Andrew Irick, North Montgomery's Drew Webster, Norwell's Cale Gray, Sullivan's Lane Gilbert, and Wheeler's Giovanni Diaz. 5. Best dressed From shiny pants and shorts to Tonte's custom taylored suits, who will stand out in the fashion department? Will Cathedral be wearing their robes this weekend? Which coach will have the strongest beard game? All of these are valid questions that will get answered this weekend. View full article

Put the picks into the pick'ems and see how it does.

Not sure on Evansville's costs, but the Fort Wayne Coliseum costs $3,000/performance minimum or 15% of gross ticket sales. A quick google search said the Ford Center was around $10,000 for an University of Evansville basketball game or Icemen hockey game.

No kids or animals are being harmed in this thread.

I have added some more tidbits of information, because why not.

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Sorry I'm a tad busy this week preparing kids for the state finals.

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I'll be in @FCFIGHTER170's corner and will surely get a few calls overturned. I get home cookin' even in Indy.

Congratulations to Brendon Mark from Mishawaka for signing with Indiana Tech. He is projected to wrestle 125, 133. View full signing

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ANGOLA, Ind. – Trine University Assistant Vice President for Athletics Matt Land has named Amy Hildebrandt as the inaugural head coach of the Thunder women's wrestling team. "Amy is a great asset to Trine University and the sport of women's wrestling," said Land, "She is determined to grow women's wrestling. Her lifelong passion will serve Trine University well as we develop our program." Hildebrandt has served as the coach of the Penn High School girl's wrestling team for the past two years. While there she has led the team to two state championship titles while coaching four individual state champions. The team can trace its roots to Hildebrandt's time at Penn as a student when she was instrumental in starting the first Penn Girl's Wrestling Club which later became the full-fledged team when the IHSGW began sponsoring the sport statewide. "I am honored to be Trine University's first women's wrestling coach." said Hildebrandt, "Women's wrestling has always been my passion and I am excited to be a part of the sport's growth. I look forward to introducing the Trine community to women's wrestling and leading a new group of young women at the University." Hildebrandt has also served as coach of the Penn Wrestling Club for the past two years. The club works with elementary and middle school-aged athletes on the fundamentals of wrestling. For the past two years, she has also served as an assistant wrestling technician at the University of Michigan Women's Wrestling Camp. Currently, Hildebrandt is stationed at the United States Olympic Training in Colorado Springs, Colo. where she assisting her sister in preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Trine University announced in January that it would begin sponsoring women's wrestling for the 2020-21 season. They will become the first NCAA institution to sponsor the sport in Indiana. View full article

Hopefully our guy Paul will get them edited this week and get them to me at state. They will be on our Facebook page.

State and semi-state are scored the same. 10 points for a correct pick of a placer -1 for each placement you are off So if you pick the following 1. Mike Reiser 2. Howard Cottey 3. Joe Caprino 4. Caleb Spires And it ends up 1. Joe Caprino(8 points) 2. Howard Cottey(10 points) 3. Caleb Sprunger(0 points) 4. Mike Reiser(7 points)

Kentucky always shows up in packs at IHPO, lots of state placers and champs were there this year.

Here you go nerds! State Finals Pick'em Top 8Mat Burns Pick the Champions

Standings after semi-state Top Ten Rank Name Fort Wayne East Chicago Evansville New Castle State Total 1 Caleb Sprunger 434 442 442 448 0 1766 2 Kevin Arnett (Navy80) 409 442 432 472 0 1755 3 IU Boyz 439 444 396 460 0 1739 4 Robert Weaver 423 423 443 450 0 1739 5 Jace 425 432 444 436 0 1737 6 Brad Clark 426 446 435 425 0 1732 7 IndySportsFan 448 407 439 420 0 1714 8 Rodney Hendricks 422 434 447 410 0 1713 9 D.Hardcastle 443 427 422 419 0 1711 10 Brody Hardcastle 436 414 416 440 0 1706

Hanover Central https://indianamat.com/index.php?/history/ncaa-all-americans/