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The coaches vote is very important and a huge factor into referees advancing. I had a ref ask me to vote for him one time because he said he missed doing a regional because he didn't have enough votes. The votes also play a big factor into a referee getting a semi-state or state. Literally a couple 4's for a state level ref will ensure he does NOT get a state finals assignment. I'll let someone like @cbarnett comment on the full system of voting and advancement. I know the gist of the system, but do not want to provide false information.

Quit commenting on something you do not have a clue on.

Sectional Teams Points Avg Evansville Central 9 431.9904 47.99894 Mooresville 10 446.0268 44.60268 Elkhart Memorial 8 345.3571 43.16964 Frankfort 10 390.2484 39.02484 Carroll (Fort Wayne) 10 383.116 38.3116 Jay County 9 327.6381 36.40423 Bloomington North 11 394.2354 35.83958 Warren Central 10 344.7545 34.47545 Crown Point 8 271.9407 33.99259 Indianapolis Arsenal Tech 9 303.1569 33.6841 Avon 11 346.4002 31.49093 Portage 8 245.1134 30.63917 Elwood 10 279.0352 27.90352 LaPorte 8 222.7703 27.84629 Lafayette Jefferson 10 273.0872 27.30872 South Dearborn 10 253.7566 25.37566 Oak Hill 11 278.9347 25.3577 Mishawka 8 190.8885 23.86106 Plymouth 9 212.7317 23.63685 Westview 9 181.8989 20.21098 Peru 10 201.203 20.1203 Southport 10 197.0178 19.70178 Southridge 9 176.0481 19.5609 New Haven 10 188.1643 18.81643 Castle 9 166.4379 18.4931 Jennings County 10 173.8309 17.38309 Shenandoah 9 144.2619 16.02911 Crawfordsville 10 150.6388 15.06388 Delta 10 123.3299 12.33299 East Chicago Central 9 77.6356 8.626178 Jeffersonville 11 82.6176 7.510691 Twin Lakes 12 57.64552 4.803793 Regionals Regional Teams Points Avg Mooresville 21 792.427 37.73462 Evansville North 18 598.4283 33.24602 Goshen 17 527.256 31.01506 Crown Point 16 494.711 30.91944 Pendleton Heights 19 582.1921 30.64169 Carroll (Fort Wayne) 20 571.2803 28.56401 Bloomington South 20 570.2835 28.51417 Perry Meridian 20 541.7723 27.08862 North Montgomery 20 540.8872 27.04436 Penn 17 403.6202 23.74236 Jay County 19 450.968 23.73516 Peru 21 480.1377 22.8637 Richmond 19 398.0186 20.94835 Hobart 17 322.749 18.98523 Logansport 22 330.7327 15.03331 Jeffersonville 21 256.4485 12.21183

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By STEVE KRAH stvkrh905@gmail.com Some are introduced to wrestling as toddlers and go on to enjoy plenty of success. Others come to the mat for the first time as teenagers and shine in the circle. The second scenario describes Damari Dancy, a 17-year-old senior heavyweight at Portage High School. After winning the Portage Sectional title Feb. 1, Dancy goes to the Feb. 8 Hobart Regional at 27-2 in just his second full season as a wrestler. A basketball player as an eighth grader, Dancy went out for that sport his freshmen and sophomore years of high school (2016-17 and 2017-18) and was cut each time. The second cut ushered in his introduction to a new way of life. “I went across the hall to the wrestling room,” says Dancy. “They accepted me.” A few weeks later, he was competing in his first-ever wrestling event — the junior varsity Duneland Athletic Conference tournament — and suffering a season-ending broken wrist. “My mom didn’t want me to wrestle after that,” says Damari, the son of Rachel Hawkins and the fourth of eight children (five boys, three girls). But that was not the end of wrestling for Dancy. He spent that winter watching his friends compete and practice. He was there at Lake Central for the Harvest Classic taking in all the quality competition. “That’s when I fell in love with it,” says Dancy. When he was healed, Dancy began training. He went to the freestyle/Greco-Roman state tournament and went a combined 0-4. He told his coaches he was not going to stop and began working on wrestling year-round. As a Portage junior, Dancy took part in the Harvest Classic. There he faced Hobart junior Mark Mummey. “I took him down the first time,” says Dancy. “Then he took me straight to my back and pinned me.” Dancy used the moment to fuel the rest of his season. He placed third at the Portage Sectional and third at the Hobart Regional, using a double-leg takedown to best Mummey 4-2 in overtime in the consolation match. He then finished fourth at the East Chicago Semistate and qualified for the IHSAA State Finals at 220. He was 21-13 for the 2018-19 season after being pinned on Friday night by North Montgomery junior Drew Webster, who went on to place fifth. That experience taught Dancy something. “I can actually do it,” says Dancy. “I can actually compete with the good guys. It helped me build my confidence.” “I’m not just some random guy. Guys have to practice everyday to watch out for me.” Portage head coach Andrew Bradbury saw the change in Dancy. “He was starting to believe he’s pretty good and holding himself to a high standard,” says Bradbury. “His technique is improving in all areas. He’s pretty technical, especially in the neutral position.” At 6-foot-2, Dancy has been carrying about 245 while competing in the 285 division as a senior. “I wrestle like a little guy,” says Dancy. “I go for ankle picks a lot. I go for a low single (leg takedown) and drive through. Once I’ve got the ankle, I don’t feel endangered. I’m really comfortable in that position.” While many heavyweight matches are of the 1-0 and 2-1 variety and full of underhooks, that’s not Dancy’s preference. “I feel more comfortable in high-scoring matches,” says Dancy. “I like to get at least two takedowns in the first period. If not, two takedowns in the second period.” Bradbury looks at Dancy and does not see a normal heavyweight. For one thing, he is among the team leaders in takedowns. “He’s more than capable of wrestling in that heavyweight style by pummeling in,” says Bradbury. “But he mostly uses a technical, shot-oriented style of wrestling.” “It’s a lot easier for him to lower his level and get in his shots. He does a good job of picking and choosing his shots. He does get into clinches or ties.” “Some of his best wrestling comes off his motion.” Dancy won a Greco-Roman state title in the summer. “It was positioning for me,” says Dancy. “I was creating positions with arm drags. I didn’t throw anybody.” He placed third in both the IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open and Preseason Nationals in Iowa and has used his quickness and agility to enjoy success in his last high school season. He has drawn some attention from college wrestling programs and has bumped up to heavyweight with that in mind. Damari lives with brother Dimonya Dancy and the two enjoy working on computers. Dancy would like to study computer since in college. Dancy has joined a program proud of its tradition and has become one of the team’s leaders, especially since so many talented wrestlers graduated after the 2018-19 season. “We needed somebody to step up,” says Bradbury, who tapped Dancy and Ty Haskins (who was a state qualifier at 120 in 2019 and a sectional champion at that weight in 2020) for the task. “We need them to help lead this team to where we need to be.” “We let Damari know we have high expectations and he needs to lead that. He took on the challenge.” “We lot of first-year varsity wrestlers at the beginning of the year. It was rough (Portage placed fourth in the Duneland Athletic Conference meet and it’s three dual losses came to powerhouses Crown Point, Chesterton and Merrillville). We feel like we can do some good things in the state series.” Leadership styles are not the same for Haskins and Dancy. “Ty, he’s the vocal guy,” says Dancy. “I try to do it by example. I’m not that vocal.” “Practices at the beginning of the year were so hard. They helped us build physical and mental strength. We know we can be good. We work everyday to get to that point.” Dancy often finds working out with sophomore Cory Hill (who placed third at sectional at 220) or assistant Montell Pace. “He goes all out and scrambles with low singles,” says Dancy of Pace. Assistants Kyle Keith and Mark Devyak tend to work more with the upper weights while Eric Keith and Jose Torres are with the smaller wrestlers. Pace is a Merrillville High School graduate. The rest of the staff went to Portage. Bradbury, a 1999 graduate, placed seventh in the state as a junior and was state runner-up as a senior — both at 119. He and 112-pounder Eric Keith were both members of the Indians’ state runners-up at the 1998 Team State Finals. “Tradition, it’s extremely important,” says Bradbury, who came back to Portage as an assistant in 2018-19 after serving as head wrestling coach at Seminole Ridge in Palm Beach County, Fla., a school built in 2006. “We’ve always expected to compete at a high level and be one of the best teams in the state.” View full article

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Throughout the history of the state finals the number of state placers has grown from four to six and finally to eight in 1992. With the addition of the 7th and 8th place finishers came the Friday night win or go home match for all the competitors. Throughout the years we have seen amazing matches and crazy upsets on Friday night. After some thought we wanted to know which coach had the best winning percentage on Friday night. We compiled all the data from 1992 until 2019 and came up with the following information. Please note that included in these statistics are qualifiers that did not end up participating at state due to injury. This mildly affects a coach’s percentage as it is a rare occurrence an athlete does not participate on Friday night. Click here for all of the data Current coaches with 10+ state qualifiers from 1992-2019 Rank Coach Qualifiers Placers Friday % Current School 1 Wade McClurg 11 10 90.91% Roncalli 2 Brian Weaver 11 9 81.82% Elkhart Memorial 3 Sean McGinley 100 78 78.00% Indianapolis Cathedral 4 Darrick Snyder 85 64 75.29% Brownsburg 5 Chris Cooper 31 22 70.97% Columbus East 6 Maurice Swain 10 7 70.00% Center Grove 7 Jim Tonte 102 70 68.63% Franklin Community 8 David Maldonado 79 53 67.09% Merrillville 9 Matthew Behling 17 11 64.71% Culver Academies 10 Matt Schoettle 22 14 63.64% Perry Meridian 11 Dan Briggs 16 10 62.50% Carroll(Fort Wayne) 12 Joshua Holden 18 11 61.11% Greenfield-Central 13 Zach Errett 20 12 60.00% Avon 14 Kevin Blundell 10 6 60.00% Monrovia 15 Greg Schaefer 69 40 57.97% Evansville Mater Dei 16 Branden Lorek 14 8 57.14% Crown Point 17 Ed Pendoski 65 37 56.92% Carmel 18 Bill Flatt 23 13 56.52% South Bend Riley 19 Tony Abbott 31 17 54.84% Cowan 20 Bob Read 24 13 54.17% Plymouth 21 Eric Myers 21 11 52.38% Jay County 22 T. Howard Jones Jr. 22 11 50.00% Jennings County 23 Mark Kirchgassner 10 5 50.00% East Central 24 Bob Harmon 57 28 49.12% Castle 25 Chris Joll 47 23 48.94% Chesterton 26 Jim Pickard 40 19 47.50% Goshen 27 Mike Runyon 15 7 46.67% Bloomington South 28 Louie Kuzdas 24 11 45.83% LaPorte 29 Lou Silverman 35 16 45.71% North Central 30 Clint Gard 16 7 43.75% Rochester 31 Brad Harper 62 27 43.55% Penn 32 Scott Ferguson 38 16 42.11% Evansville Reitz 33 Steve Pugliese 22 9 40.91% Tri-West 34 Dave Cloud 27 11 40.74% Pendleton Heights 35 Dean Branstetter 15 6 40.00% Attica 36 Brandon Sisson 10 4 40.00% Floyd Central 37 Chad Shepherd 18 7 38.89% Western 38 Danny Struck 18 7 38.89% Jeffersonville 39 Larry Mattingly 31 12 38.71% Evansville Memorial 40 Andy Hobbs 39 15 38.46% Peru 41 Dan Mikesell 13 5 38.46% Mooresville 42 Doug Smoker 19 7 36.84% Angola 43 Rod Williams 11 4 36.36% Leo 44 Jim HIttler 17 6 35.29% Huntington North 45 Jamie Welliever 12 4 33.33% Southmont 46 Andrew King 20 6 30.00% Oak Hill 47 Tim Alcorn 10 3 30.00% Mount Vernon (Posey) 48 Paul Gunsett 14 4 28.57% Bellmont 49 Jim Wadkins 22 6 27.27% Calumet 50 Blane Culp 11 3 27.27% Columbia City 51 Nick Kraus 11 2 18.18% Garrett 52 Tom Miller 17 2 11.76% Lafayette Jefferson All coaches with 10+ state qualifiers from 1992-2019 Rank Coach Qualifiers Placers Friday % Current School Past School 1 Wiley Craft 12 11 91.67% Lawrence Central 2 Wade McClurg 11 10 90.91% Roncalli Roncalli 3 Todd Kendrick 13 11 84.62% Franklin Central 4 Frank Svarczkopf, Jr. 12 10 83.33% Lawrence North 5 Brian Weaver 11 9 81.82% Elkhart Memorial Elkhart Memorial 6 Travis Walls 26 21 80.77% Griffith 7 Dan Gelarden 15 12 80.00% Munster 8 Brett Crousore 39 31 79.49% Lawrence North 9 Nick Petrov 24 19 79.17% Hanover Central 10 Sean McGinley 100 78 78.00% Indianapolis Cathedral Indianapolis Cathedral 11 Perry Summitt 13 10 76.92% Bloomington North 12 Darrick Snyder 85 64 75.29% Brownsburg Brownsburg 13 Al Smith 26 19 73.08% Mishawaka 14 Justin Smith 11 8 72.73% Warsaw 15 Rod Wartman 11 8 72.73% Lake Central 16 Chris Cooper 31 22 70.97% Columbus East Columbus East 17 Keith Grant 10 7 70.00% Indian Creek 18 Maurice Swain 10 7 70.00% Center Grove Center Grove 19 Alan Goddard 10 7 70.00% Ben Davis 20 Dennis Miesle 10 7 70.00% Woodlan 21 Duboris Dickerson 13 9 69.23% Pike 22 Grodie Crick 13 9 69.23% Evansville Central 23 Jim Tonte 102 70 68.63% Franklin Community Warren Central 24 Mike Atwood 19 13 68.42% Delphi 25 Paul Nicodemus 19 13 68.42% Plainfield 26 Lance Rhodes 31 21 67.74% Indianapolis Cathedral 27 David Maldonado 79 53 67.09% Merrillville Merrillville 28 Mike Goebel 111 74 66.67% Evansville Mater Dei 29 Paul Voigt 15 10 66.67% Carroll(Fort Wayne) 30 Bill Kelly 26 17 65.38% East Chicago Central 31 Lance Ellis 17 11 64.71% Roncalli 32 Matthew Behling 17 11 64.71% Culver Academies Culver Academies 33 Chad Red 28 18 64.29% New Palestine 34 Matt Schoettle 22 14 63.64% Perry Meridian Perry Meridian 35 Brian Seltzer 40 25 62.50% Lawrence North 36 Dan Briggs 16 10 62.50% Carroll(Fort Wayne) Union County 37 David Walpole 16 10 62.50% Decatur Central 38 Robert Emerick 29 18 62.07% Lake Central 39 Bob Jarrett 13 8 61.54% Eastern (Greentown) 40 Jack Grimaldi 13 8 61.54% Alexandria 41 Joshua Holden 18 11 61.11% Greenfield-Central Greenfield-Central 42 Rob Willman 18 11 61.11% Floyd Central 43 Zach Errett 20 12 60.00% Avon Avon 44 Kevin Blundell 10 6 60.00% Monrovia Monrovia 45 John Kopnisky 10 6 60.00% Carmel 46 Brent Faurote 109 65 59.63% Bellmont 47 Kevin Troy 32 19 59.38% Roncalli 48 Larry Tharp 22 13 59.09% Portage 49 Russel Feigert 41 24 58.54% Beech Grove 50 Dave Thompson 24 14 58.33% Whiteland 51 Greg Schaefer 69 40 57.97% Evansville Mater Dei Evansville Mater Dei 52 Royce Deckard 64 37 57.81% Bloomington South 53 Steve Balash 52 30 57.69% Hobart 54 Keith Hoffar 28 16 57.14% East Noble 55 Kyle Poyer 28 16 57.14% Hamilton Southeastern 56 Mike Smorin 14 8 57.14% South Bend Riley 57 Jim Nicholson 14 8 57.14% Elkhart Central 58 Branden Lorek 14 8 57.14% Crown Point Crown Point 59 Ed Pendoski 65 37 56.92% Carmel Carmel 60 Bill Flatt 23 13 56.52% South Bend Riley South Bend Riley 61 Trent McCormick 103 58 56.31% Yorktown 62 Bobby Howard 16 9 56.25% Lowell 63 John Cook 16 9 56.25% Valparaiso 64 Bob Hasseman 68 38 55.88% Franklin Community 65 Lance Beehler 18 10 55.56% Mishawaka 66 Danny Williams 20 11 55.00% Warren Central 67 Tony Abbott 31 17 54.84% Cowan Cowan 68 Jamie Wingler 11 6 54.55% New Palestine 69 Jason Warthan 11 6 54.55% Columbus North 70 James Colias 11 6 54.55% Munster 71 Kenny Wallace 11 6 54.55% Princeton 72 Bob Read 24 13 54.17% Plymouth Plymouth 73 Clarence Warthan 24 13 54.17% Frankfort 74 Israel Blevins 37 20 54.05% Avon 75 Mike Ester 26 14 53.85% Fort Wayne Snider 76 Jake Harreld 13 7 53.85% Fishers 77 Bob Brennan 15 8 53.33% Zionsville 78 Jared Williams 40 21 52.50% Zionsville 79 Eric Myers 21 11 52.38% Jay County Jay County 80 Scott Vlink 86 45 52.33% Crown Point 81 Rex Peckinpaugh 73 38 52.05% New Castle 82 Andy Simon 35 18 51.43% Carmel 83 Leroy Vega 43 22 51.16% Portage 84 Mark Kerrn 38 19 50.00% Jimtown 85 Randy Kearby 34 17 50.00% Columbia City 86 Jim Ledbetter 28 14 50.00% Warren Central 87 T. Howard Jones Jr. 22 11 50.00% Jennings County Jennings County 88 Todd Sacksteder 20 10 50.00% Beech Grove 89 Kevin King 18 9 50.00% Indianapolis Bishop Chatard 90 Chris Campbell 14 7 50.00% Greenwood 91 Bill Yozipovich 14 7 50.00% Greenfield-Central 92 Mark Bruner 12 6 50.00% Brown County 93 Mark Kirchgassner 10 5 50.00% East Central East Central 94 Lee Fry 10 5 50.00% Prairie Heights 95 Chris Svarczkopf 10 5 50.00% Fort Wayne North Side 96 Larry Hazuga 10 5 50.00% Jeffersonville 97 Christopher Kern 10 5 50.00% Zionsville 98 Bob Harmon 57 28 49.12% Castle Castle 99 Chris Joll 47 23 48.94% Chesterton Chesterton 100 Henry Wilk 43 21 48.84% Penn 101 Dennis Lewis 27 13 48.15% NorthWood 102 Jim Pickard 40 19 47.50% Goshen Goshen 103 Terry O'Neill 19 9 47.37% Westfield 104 Scott Dehart 17 8 47.06% Wawasee 105 Mike Runyon 15 7 46.67% Bloomington South Bloomington South 106 Ryan Wells 15 7 46.67% Kokomo 107 Cale Hoover 26 12 46.15% Center Grove 108 Louie Kuzdas 24 11 45.83% LaPorte LaPorte 109 Tony Boley 24 11 45.83% Warsaw 110 Lou Silverman 35 16 45.71% North Central North Central 111 Bud Palmer 11 5 45.45% Delta 112 Steve Wewe 11 5 45.45% Franklin County 113 Bo Henry 11 5 45.45% Bloomington North 114 Clint Gard 16 7 43.75% Rochester Rochester 115 Brad Harper 62 27 43.55% Penn Penn 116 Rick Stenftenagel 14 6 42.86% Jasper 117 David Caple 14 6 42.86% Floyd Central 118 Scott Schwarz 26 11 42.31% East Central 119 Scott Ferguson 38 16 42.11% Evansville Reitz Evansville Reitz 120 Steve VanderAa 17 7 41.18% Winamac 121 Steve Pugliese 22 9 40.91% Tri-West Danville 122 Dave Cloud 27 11 40.74% Pendleton Heights Pendleton Heights 123 Scott Raypole 15 6 40.00% Carroll(Fort Wayne) 124 Dean Branstetter 15 6 40.00% Attica Attica 125 Brandon Sisson 10 4 40.00% Floyd Central Floyd Central 126 James Binkley 10 4 40.00% New Albany 127 Sam DiPrimio 10 4 40.00% Fort Wayne Northrop 128 Gene Backes 10 4 40.00% Evansville Reitz 129 Murray Miller 10 4 40.00% South Bend Washington 130 James Phillips 10 4 40.00% Indianapolis Emmerich Manual 131 Kevin Taylor 10 4 40.00% Wawasee 132 Al Hartman 36 14 38.89% South Bend Clay 133 Chad Shepherd 18 7 38.89% Western Western 134 Danny Struck 18 7 38.89% Jeffersonville Jeffersonville 135 Larry Mattingly 31 12 38.71% Evansville Memorial Evansville Memorial 136 Andy Hobbs 39 15 38.46% Peru Peru 137 Dan Mikesell 13 5 38.46% Mooresville Mooresville 138 Ed Fox 13 5 38.46% Carroll(Fort Wayne) 139 Greg Gastineau 13 5 38.46% Hamilton Southeastern 140 Mark Line 21 8 38.10% Kankakee Valley 141 Doug Smoker 19 7 36.84% Angola Angola 142 Gary Fox 11 4 36.36% Franklin Central 143 Rod Williams 11 4 36.36% Leo Leo 144 Tony Grater 11 4 36.36% McCutcheon 145 Tony Starks 11 4 36.36% Ben Davis 146 Todd Fakes 11 4 36.36% Monrovia 147 Derek Bocock 14 5 35.71% Lebanon 148 Matt Koontz 14 5 35.71% Whitko 149 Jim HIttler 17 6 35.29% Huntington North Huntington North 150 Mark Scott 20 7 35.00% Muncie Central 151 David Errett 20 7 35.00% Martinsville 152 Barry Humble 18 6 33.33% South Adams 153 Josh Dommer 15 5 33.33% Leo 154 Jamie Welliever 12 4 33.33% Southmont Southmont 155 Robert Freije 16 5 31.25% Brownsburg 156 Randy Pursley 13 4 30.77% Homestead 157 Andrew King 20 6 30.00% Oak Hill Oak Hill 158 Chuck Fleshman 10 3 30.00% Central Noble 159 Tim Alcorn 10 3 30.00% Mount Vernon (Posey) Mount Vernon (Posey) 160 John Bennett 10 3 30.00% Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 161 Paul Gunsett 14 4 28.57% Bellmont Bellmont 162 Nicholas Eckert 14 4 28.57% North Posey 163 George Gardner 18 5 27.78% South Dearborn 164 Jim Wadkins 22 6 27.27% Calumet Calumet 165 Blane Culp 11 3 27.27% Columbia City Columbia City 166 Ron Anderson 11 3 27.27% Winchester 167 Eric Burres 12 3 25.00% New Albany 168 Doug Deters 13 3 23.08% Franklin County 169 Kevin Wilkinson 10 2 20.00% Southmont 170 Ken Houston 16 3 18.75% Twin Lakes 171 Denny Schwartz 16 3 18.75% Adams Central 172 Nick Kraus 11 2 18.18% Garrett Garrett 173 Scott VanDerAa 15 2 13.33% Harrison (WL) 174 Tom Miller 17 2 11.76% Lafayette Jefferson Lafayette Jefferson 175 Al Thomas 10 1 10.00% Logansport 176 Tim Sloffer 12 1 8.33% Carroll(Fort Wayne) 177 Doug Schultz 13 1 7.69% Adams Central View full article

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Subscribe on itunes | Subscribe on Google Play Music Mike and Joe talk about sectional wrestling action and preview the regionals coming up this week. They also talk about the top freshmen and other topics. View full article