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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday the winner of this week's Big Ten Wrestler of the Week honor. Indiana sophomore Luke Blanton (149) picked up his first career weekly award.

Blanton had one of the best weekends of his young Indiana career. On December 11, at 20th-ranked Minnesota, Blanton came from behind to upset No. 10 Jake Short in the penultimate bout of the dual. Blanton was behind 6-4 after two periods, then surged ahead with an 11-4 third round in his favor. Blanton sealed the win with a clutch takedown and a two-point nearfall on the edge of the mat with 30 seconds remaining. The win also lifted Indiana to a 19-18 team win over Minnesota, their first Big Ten dual win since 2011.

On Sunday, December 13, the Hoosiers took on Eastern Michigan, a team on the brink of cracking the national top 25. Indiana battled to a hard-earned 25-9 win over the Eagles, highlighted by Blanton's win over No. 16 Nicholas Barber in the 149 lbs. bout. Blanton took the dual win on a 4-0 decision, in which the Hoosier displayed excellent defensive work.

With this award, Blanton becomes the first Hoosier this season to win the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week honor. He's the first Hoosier to win the award since NCAA runner-up Taylor Walsh (December 31, 2014).

The pair of wins garnered national recognition for Blanton. He rose to the No. 20 spot in the latest Asics FloRankings, and sits at 29th in the latest Dual Impact Index polls.

After a strong 3-0 weekend, Indiana earned their first national rankings of the season. The Hoosiers are 20th in the latest InterMat team dual rankings, and 22nd in the USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll.

The Hoosiers return to action on Sunday, December 20, when they'll take part in the Reno Tournament of Champions in Reno, Nev.

2015-16 Wrestlers of the Week

Nov. 3 Nathan Tomasello, So., OSU

Nov. 10 Brett Pfarr, Jr., MINN

Nov. 17 Sammy Brooks, Jr., IOWA

Nov. 24 Bo Nickal, Fr., PSU

Dec. 1 Isaiah Martinez, So., ILL

Dec. 8 Micah Jordan, Fr., OSU

Dec. 15 Luke Blanton, So., IND

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It's why I throw out the notion of both class events and single class. Class allows small schools to compete and grow the sport. Meanwhile keeping single class events allows for a true single champ and keeps the powerhouses happy.

The powerhouses don't care. You never hear Warren Central football complaining about Monrovia winning state.

East Chicago is very top heavy with talent. They don't have the depth they usually have.

There has been an update to the 152lbs weight class...

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By JEREMY HINES

Thehines7@gmail.com

Nestled in the southeastern corner of Indiana, the modest town of Lawrenceburg has established itself as a tourism hot spot. The town is home to the Perfect North Slopes skiing resort, as well as the immensely popular Hollywood Casino. But lately, the top attraction has been the 220 pound monster that lurks in the wrestling room at Lawrenceburg High School. He goes by the name of Mason Parris.

Parris took the state by storm last season as a freshman at 182 pounds. He went undefeated until the state finals, where he lost to eventual champion Chase Osborn 11-10. Parris finished third, with a 54-1 record.

Parris was just 15 years old last year, wrestling in a weight class that showcases some of the most physically gifted specimen in the state. He more than proved he belonged.

This season, all he has done is put on about 40 pounds of muscle. He’s bigger, stronger, faster and a lot more confident than he was as a freshman.

“I thought I had a really good freshman year,” Parris said. “I made mistakes, and was able to learn from them. Going to state and placing well was a good experience. But this year, I want to do better. I am not satisfied. I’m working hard. I’m staying dedicated.”

Parris, like most Indiana wrestlers, says he has dreamed of winning a state title since he was very young.

Lawrenceburg coach Mark Kirchgassner knew the first time he watched Mason practice that there was something special about him.

“I don’t even think Mason was in kindergarten yet,” Kirchgassner said. “I watched him wrestled and told his dad that Mason is going to be something special. He did things naturally that I had a hard time teaching high schoolers to do.”

Parris is undefeated so far this season. He hasn’t faced many upper level competitors yet, but he certainly isn’t shying away from them. In one of his first matches this year Parris bumped up to heavyweight so he could go against Union County’s No. 13 ranked Clark Minges. All Parris did was tech fall the bigger Minges.

“That was my first match wrestling a really big guy,” Parris said. “I knew I had to stay out from underneath him. I kept pressure on him and really tried to wear him out.”

One of Parris’ main partners in the practice room is No. 6-ranked 160 pounder Jake Ruberg. The two have been wrestling together since they were in elementary school. It’s a mutually beneficial arrangement. Ruberg’s speed helps Parris learn to deal with the faster opponents he will face, and Parris’ power helps Ruberg contend with the stronger guys he will go up against.

“Mason really pushes me,” Ruberg said. “He really helps my wrestling improve because he is so big and overpowering. And he’s very positive in the room and he helps everyone with technique. I know he can throw me around if he wanted to, but he likes to work on countering my speed.”

Parris prides himself on his work ethic. It’s something his coach sees first hand on a daily basis.

“Mason has just one gear,” Kirchgassner said. “It’s always go, go, go. He works harder than about any kid I’ve ever seen, in every aspect. Even in his matches he works on his craft. He isn’t content to just go out and beat a guy. If there is a move he’s trying to work on, he will work on it in a match just to make sure he can do it.”

Parris is aware that to win a state championship, there is a likelihood he will have to go up against No. 1-ranked, returning state champion Kobe Wood.

“Kobe Woods is a very good wrestler and I’ve been preparing for him all year,” Parris said.

During the offseason Parris wrestled at the UFC wrestling championships in Las Vegas. He competed at 220 pounds in the 18U division, and won.

“That was a great experience, wrestling in the 18U division with a team,” Parris said. “I faced some very good wrestlers.”

Parris is also a gifted football player in the fall. He was a junior All-State in class 3A (he’s a sophomore), and was the defensive MVP in Lawrenceburg’s conference. He plays middle linebacker and offensive guard. This year Lawrenceburg finished with a 7-3 record.

“I like football and wrestling equally,” Parris said. “I couldn’t choose a favorite.”

Right now Parris is solely concentrating on wrestling. He hopes that focus leads to a state title. One thing is for sure, right now Mason Parris is the biggest attraction in Lawrenceburg.

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Does that say 5-10??

If you look deeper they have yet to wrestle a 1A opponent.

http://indianamat.com/index.php/page/Rankings/state_rankings.html

Insert your complaints....NOW

First off, the Carroll Super Dual is not being run on TrackWrestling. It is in your season already because another team(s) has added it and included the Flyin' Eagles.

If the great Carroll Super Dual were on TrackWrestling you would just go into the event and hit the "Import Duals" tab, then continue, and finally select the duals you want to import.

New Pal isn't at New Have

Carroll Super Duper Duals has Carroll, Garrett, Eastside, Elkhart Central, Churubusco, and Dekalb

Also tonight the NHC championship is on the line when Carroll takes on Homestead

It actually makes some sense if you step back and look at it.

1. This rule was formed more for sports like basketball or football where you will see one team in a given day.

2. The IHSAA has stated that there are plenty of schools within the 300 mile radius to compete against, which is VERY true.

3. How many teams, in any sport, would this affect? In all honesty, not enough for the IHSAA to take notice and change the rules.

4. The IHSAA has stated loss of classroom time as a reason for this rule, which is hard to argue as if a team were to go to the Ironman they would probably lose two days of classroom time.

A few years ago when I was following a certain wrestler in Ohio, I really noticed they had MANY two day tournaments in which they lost school time at. I was very surprised by this as I couldn't imagine asking for days off as a coach like that.

Personally, I could live with the mile restriction, but for them to lift the opponent's mile restriction. Secondly, many people on other forums have made comments like the FFA, choir, band, etc travel all over the country all the time and that these decisions are locally made by administrators at that school. I totally agree that these types of decisions should be made at that level.

Between 1980 and 1997 there was a 220,000 drop in attendance...at $3 a head that's over $600,000 in revenue.

1997 786,024 (last season of single class)
1996 786,852
1995 812,859
1994 775,670
1993 839,545
1992 861,124

1991: 903,430 (decrease)

1990: 981,395 (increase)
1989: 965,042 (increase)
1988: 940,838 (increase)
1987: 916,872 (decrease)
1986: 946,705 (decrease)
1985: 994,899 (decrease)
1984: 1,036,261 (decrease 32K)
1983: 1,064,987 (decrease of 12K makes it even for two years)
1982: 1,076,886 (rise in attendance of 12K)
1981: 1,064,764 (rise in attendance of 55k)
1980: 1,005,778 

New Haven, Elkhart Memorial, Yorktown, Prairie Heights, Leo, Adams Central, Mooresville, Southern Wells, Maconaquah, and a mystery 10th team of doom

Stewart was at 220 this weekend

At Garrett they used to have games at the Fort Wayne Coliseum because their gym was too small back then. They had two 7' guys on their team at one point. Now they have a nice size gym, but rarely does it get close to capacity. Like Dwilly said though, back in the 1970's and 80's going to a game on Friday night was the thing to do. There were 52 screen theaters, shopping, internet, a million restaurants, etc back then. People like to claim that class basketball hurt Indiana, but fail to realize that it probably saved it.

By STEVE KRAH

stvkrh905@gmail.com

A willingness to learn has led to steady improvement and a bright outlook for one Warsaw Tiger.

Kyle Hatch began to make a name for himself on the Indiana high school wrestling scene during his freshman campaign at Warsaw.

As a 106-pounder, he placed fourth at the prestigious Al Smith Classic at Mishawaka in late December and went on to finish eighth in the his division at the 2014 IHSAA State Finals.

As a sophomore, the son of former two-time state finalist Dan Hatch (qualifier at 135 in 1991 and eighth place at 140 in 1992), grew to 120 and won the Al Smith and placed seventh in the state in 2015.

Now it’s 2015-16 and Kyle Hatch has begun his junior season with several dominant performances, the most recent during the Raider Super Duals Saturday, Dec. 12, at Northridge.

Kyle Hatch competed at both 145 and 138 pounds, but said he is likely to go at the lighter weight the rest of the way, including the Al Smith on Dec. 28-29.

“Technique-wise I’d be OK (at 145), but the strength wasn’t always there,” Kyle Hatch said.

Eighth-year Tigers head coach Justin Smith supports Hatch supports Hatch on his decision of weight — 138 or 145 — for the rest of the regular season and the IHSAA tournament series.

“I think he would be successful wherever he went,” Smith said. “A lot of it is what he feels. If he has a lot of confidence at one weight class or the other and wants to charge in, we’re going to let him.”

Kyle Hatch is improving as he goes along.

“I’m still learning a lot,” Kyle Hatch said. “I’ve learned that I need to contain my hips and make sure they stay balanced and equal on each side.”

That is advice from Smith and father Dan Hatch, a Warsaw assistant coach.

Smith, who has been watching the young Hatch wrestle since “he was knee-high to a grasshopper (Kyle started in second grade and later excelled at Warsaw’s Lakeview Middle School), admires the way father and son operate.

“They have a good relationship,” Smith said. “I just interject once in a while and give a fresh perspective.”

Wrestling becomes even more of a family affair when you consider that Kyle’s cousin, Tyler Fitzpatrick, is a junior wrestler at NorthWood High School.

Dan Hatch said the coaching staff likes for all Warsaw wrestlers to be able to break down their matches to be able to fix flaws. Sometimes this is done with video analysis.

“Kyle can usually point out the stuff faster than the rest of us can,” Dan Hatch said.

Smith, a former Homestead High School wrestler who was an assistant at his alma mater and head coach at Fort Wayne Wayne before going to Warsaw, sees an ability in Kyle Hatch to make necessary adjustments.

“He works on every aspect of his wrestling — neutral position, bottom and top,” Smith said of the young Hatch. “He’s at the point where he doesn’t have to make wholesale changes. We just pick out little things that are going to make him more effective, things like putting the hips in.”

Kyle Hatch has also learned to use his legs and his strength while on top to turn his opponent.

“His strength is deceiving,” Smith said. “He does not have a lot of bulk in his upper body, but he is fast and strong.”

Kyle Hatch notes that he’s getting better at takedowns and riding. His father said it’s hard to get much quality time working on escapes when you need someone capable of holding you down.

Those opportunities are bound to come at the Al Smith.

“I can’t wait for that.” Kyle Hatch said.

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Bailey(Cath) over Torres(Port) 12-3 at traicoff

It was 8-3, not 12-3

Thanks I fixed it and in the results section. It was listed wrong in the NWI Times.

Here is a bracket

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_MloyKFkLaAw25esqoiqztLmB5uIRFhjkUeQHuk28lg/edit?usp=sharing

In my dream world I'd make it a two class individual tournament which we could do in three weeks.  Then we'd have an extra week at the beginning for team state series in four classes.

In a two class system you would have:

1. 16 sectionals with 8-12 teams top four advance(we have 32 sectionals now, so no difference)

2. 4 regionals with 16 wrestlers each, where the top 4 advance to state

3. 16 in each bracket at state

Obviously things like full wrestle-backs would be awesome too.

And yes most state series are three weeks long. The lack of wrestle-backs and length of our state series makes it very interesting as we have all heard of someone getting hurt or sick one week and it affecting them significantly.

Anyone know how the schedule would look making the Class team state duals into multiple rounds? Single elimination style compared to maybe having a super dual where you put teams into 2 groups of 4 with round robin? Should be able to do each round (sectional, regional, and etc) on a single day.

The best case scenario would be a four class dual state series as we could get it done in a week.  With 4 classes you would have about 78 teams per class.

Sectional: 32 sectionals with 4-6 teams on Tuesday(down to 32 teams in each class)

Regional: 4 teams in each regional on Thursday(down to 8 teams)

State: 8 teams on Saturday at a central location

This would be the easiest for travel and logistics to get done in a single week. With two or three classes you would most likely have to go Saturday to Saturday, which is basically two weeks. Three classes MAY work if you are like Ohio where teams can elect to enter the tournament or are not allowed if they don't have X amount of wrestlers.

There were 9 voters, thus a possible 180 "points"

So in Warren Central's case 33 votes were between two people which means they were probably in the 3-4 range from those voters.

Y2 for President

I'll only deport non-wrestling fans.

While the website contains a lot of useful information, you the user can help provide even more information to fill out results, team details, and wrestler details. Remember with great power comes great responsibility, please do not put fictitious or “funny” things in your profiles. They will be deleted and you risk a permanent ban from the website. If there are things you cannot update, but would like to send me a PM and I will update the information.

Here are some tutorials on how to update information for your team or wrestler.

Team Profiles

While most the information on that page is editable from that page the results, roster, and season history are not editable from that page directly.

1.       Go to Information->Teams

2.       Search for your team either alphabetically or using the search box

3.       Click your team

4.       Click the “Edit” link in the lower right corner

5.       Things you can edit

a.       Coach(see Coach Profiles later)

b.      Assistant Coaches

c.       Conference

d.      Twitter handle

e.      Facebook link

f.        YouTube link

g.       School colors

h.      Official Website

i.         TrackWrestling link(most of these are filled in)

6.       Click Save and you are done!

If there is a result that needs updating you can simply click the date of the result and then click “Edit” in the lower right corner of that result to update or change items within that result. You also have a direct link to the wrestlers in which you can edit the wrestler in that way. Team records are automagically updated when you add/edit/delete a result. So if your team's record is incorrect either there are double entries or you need to add some results.

Tournament Results

There are two ways to access the tournament results input area. First go to Results->Add Tournament Results or secondly go to Results->2016 Tournament Results then click the Add Tournament Results button. Both links take you to the same place.

1.       Go to the tournament results input area

2.       Change the type if needed

3.       Input each team and their scores

4.       At the bottom check if a team was a Varsity B team

5.       Add Details of final matches or brackets

6.       Click Save and you are done!

Dual Results
There are two ways to access the dual results input area. First go to Results->Add Dual Result or secondly go to Results->2016 Dual Results then click the Add Dual Results button. Both links take you to the same place.

1.       Go to the dual results input area

2.       Input each team and their scores

3.       At the bottom check if a team was a Varsity B team

4.       Add Details of final matches or brackets

5.       Click Save and you are done!

Note that we will tweet your results including tagging your team’s twitter IF and only IF you include details in your result. Plus don’t forget our contest for free gear for inputting results WITH match details. Also note if you enter a duplicate entry only administrators can delete those. Please send me a quick message of your duplicate so I can delete it.

Coach Profiles

There are two purposes for the coach profiles. The first is to provide an easier way to contact coaches as needed. Each profile has an area to update with a coach’s email and phone number. This information is viewable to ONLY coaches. The second purpose is for team history for the coach. If you click on a coach you will be able to view his history as a head coach. Note that is this is currently only for HEAD COACHES, but we are looking into adding assistants. If you are adding a team’s season history you may need to add some past coaches first before you begin. If a coach is not in the list you simply need to add him.

Add a coach

1.       Go to Information->Coaches and click the Add Coach button

2.       Fill in the coach’s name at the very least, the other information is optional

3.       Click Save and you are done!

Edit a coach

1.       Go to information->Coaches and search for the coach using the search box at the top

2.       Click the coach’s name and then the “Edit” link at the bottom right

3.       Update any needed information

4.       Click Save and you are done!

Note that the history portion is done in the team history area and will automagically update when you add a season with that coach included.

Team History

We have many teams who have submitted me their ENTIRE season history and if you have it please feel free to email me the information. If you want to take the bull by the horns and do this yourself here are the steps. Please make sure you aren’t entering duplicate years, but if you do simply contact me and I’ll fix it.

Add a new entry

1.       Go to Information->Team History and click Add History

2.       Fill in the information that is needed, note that the year is the last year of the season. For instance the 1997-98 year will be 1998.

3.       Click Save and you are done!

Edit an entry

1.       Go to Information->Team History and search for your school

2.       Click the year that you want to update

3.       Update the information that is needed

4.       Click Save and you are done!

Wrestler Profiles

This is one of the coolest parts of our website and sets us apart from any other hack website in this state or even country. When I started this website it was my vision to give the kids the best avenue to promote themselves and I truly believe this is it. This is a great recruiting tool as many college coaches have said they LOVE the profiles of the wrestlers. Note that administrators are the only ones that create profiles and these are of wrestlers on our watch lists for the rankings. If your wrestler is one we are watching he will have a profile.

Updating wrestler information

1.       Go to the wrestler’s profile by clicking on his name on a rankings page, team page, or by going to Information->Wrestlers and searching for him

2.       Click the Edit link at the bottom right hand corner.

3.       Fill in the appropriate information for the wrestler

a.       SAT Score

b.      ACT Score

c.       College Major

d.      GPA

e.      Freshman-Senior Wins/Losses

f.        Projected college weight

g.       TrackWrestling profile link

h.      Facebook link

i.         Twitter handle

j.        Instagram handle

4.       Click Save and you are done!

If there is a name misspelling, wrong school associated with your athlete, wrong weight, or grade please contact me and I will update it. Lastly, we will setup an email to submit pictures for the profiles in the coming weeks. Please be patient as we want these to be professional pictures and not bathroom selfies.

Wrestler Placements

You will see placements at national level events in your wrestler’s profile. Here is where you can add these. Note that they must be approved by an administrator in order to be in their profiles. Please be patient if we do not approve them immediately. There is a select list of events in which we allow for addition to this list. Here are the events: IHSAA State, ISWA Folkstyle State, ISWA Freestyle State, ISWA Greco State, Cadet Folkstyle Nationals, Cadet Greco Nationals, Cadet Freestyle Nationals, Junior Folkstyle Nationals, Junior Greco Nationals, Junior Freestyle Nationals, FloNationals, NHSCA Freshman Nationals, NHSCA Sophomore Nationals, NHSCA Junior Nationals, NHSCA Senior Nationals, IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open, Middle School State, Super 32, FILA Cadet Freestyle Nationals, FILA Cadet Greco Nationals, FILA Junior Freestyle Nationals, FILA Junior Greco Nationals. Please limit your ISWA credentials to Schoolboy and above age groups.

Adding an accomplishment

1.       Go to Information->Wrestler Accomplishments and click the Add Record button

2.       Fill in the needed information, note that the college is for collegiate accomplishments only.

3.       Click save and you are done!

Adding a Team

If you are entering in results and do NOT see a team in our list you will need to add it. Please double check that the team is not in our database! We have all Indiana teams and many out of state teams that have been entered. Note that the team will need to be approved by a moderator before you see it in the list so you will need to wait sometimes to enter specific results.

Adding a team

1.       Go to Information->Teams and select the Other category

2.       Press the Add Team button

3.       The least amount of information that is needed is team name and state. Please add parenthesis around the team’s state abbreviation, such as (OH), (MI), etc.

4.       Press save and wait for an admin to approve your new team.

Individual Results

These are only editable and by admins and our semi-state or state rankers. Please send us information if you have a result that is missing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: My team's record is X-X, but it shows Y-Y fix this for me.

A: This has a simple fix, report your results! Every time you put in a new result the website recalculates your team's record. So thus REPORT YOUR RESULTS!

Q: Why don't you have individual results from XYZ tournament showing yet?

A: There are many potential reasons for this

     1. We are busy, it is on our to-do list

     2. We just received the results

     3. We don't know about the results as no one has posted them.

    In the end, be patient especially after big weekends.

No clue how you can really "prove" either as far as the IHSAA is concerned. In all honesty they just need some common sense when it comes to transfers.  We had a kid one year that was ruled ineligible when he transferred to Garrett from a private school 45 minutes away. The IHSAA deemed him ineligible because he went to Garrett instead of the school district he lived in. His transfer was not even close to athletically motivated as he won one match the whole year(yes he wrestled due to an AD f'up). Somehow his transfer was athletically motivated, yet some state placer's transfers weren't...weird, just plain weird.