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They wrestled until there are 16 left, 8 in the championship and 8 in the consolations
 
Here are the results
Championship
Konrath
Cash
 
Consolation
Hudkins
Lee
Todrank(Lee vs. Todrank tomorrow morning)
Sturgill
 
Out
White
Bayless
Rader
 
Red, Timberman, Koontz, Rypel, and Hobbs all starting up quickly.

Congratulations to Tre Lynch Congratulations to from New Albany for signing with Campbellsville(KY). Projected to wrestle .

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Cadet and Junior Link

http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=1244071

 

Little kids and old fellas link

http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=1245071

 

Lots of Indiana people out in Iowa this weekend

 

 

Brackets are here

http://arena.flowrestling.org/event/84-flonationals

Bracket comments

Konrath the top seed at 106(note 5lbs allowance)

Hudkins with a potential meeting with Daton Fix, rematch from the Super 32 that was really close 8-6

Red the 2 seed

At 132 Cash #2 seed, Brayton Lee #8, also has Kyle Todrank there

Rypel the #1 seed at 195

 

Also looks like quite a few guys are "down" a weight from the high school season, which is always interesting.

http://indianamat.com/index.php/store/

 

Check it out as we have some limited supply of some gear. We have two original IndianaMat singlets, a very nice pair of IHPO fight shorts, and a nice gold sweatshirt. All are at rock bottom prices!

 

When you buy, your gear is shipped out the next day and usually there within a couple days.

 

Also I will have gear with me at the Scholastic Duals to sell, so bring some money!

If you have updates either post them here or contact me via email or PM
 
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Sliga has Jay Borschel to work with who is no slouch himself

Will there be a Riley Lefever vs. Cael Sanderson match?

Check out our YouTube account to relive this year's state finals videos

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD-Bs6c-wSIkvR2nrX7EkWslNBrE9mGyo

 

Right now we have the placing matches and semi-finals uploaded and will be adding more later.

The NHSCA events, Super 32, and other big events out east use gimp's software aka Flo's Arena.

Looks like some bad news to the east of us as Cleveland State is dropping their wrestling program after next year. They have two Indiana natives on their roster in Whitko's Chas Busz and Wayne's Kanez Omar.  They are also set to host NCAAs in 2018 in Cleveland.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/03/cleveland_state_university_will_no_longer_fund_wrestling_but_will_add_lacrosse.html

I'd watch for the young guy, he's kinda sketchy....as most people from Portage are.

There are some contact numbers on this link for the team leaders

http://www.iswa.com/cadet-jr-folkstyle-nationals-trip/

 

I would contact them ASAP

Woods, Ellis, and Rypel all finish second

September 13th, 2015

Carroll High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana

$30 entry fee

 

You can decide if it's worth going to...only 190+ state qualifiers and placers participated this past year.

Great practice last night, we will not have RTC next week. Enjoy the sun...or snow.

Practice is on for tonight, the weather is horrible so no better place to be than the wrestling room.

Exactly, so then if you make the change go big

HInkel never had 8 qualifiers

Transformation complete! No AA's, wasted development opportunities, 43rd place, 13th of 14th Big Ten Teams ahead of Michigan State who had -.5 points. But hey, we had 10 qualifiers!

 

Nice job AD Burke

So he's no worse than Hinkel is that what you are saying?

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2015/03/ncaa-division-wrestling-championships-every-session-televised-every-match-covered/

 

On ESPNU

First Round
Second Round

Quarter Finals

Medal rounds

 

On ESPN- the MOTHER ship

Semi-Finals

Finals

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading about his story about Craig "the walk on" makes him sound like someone that is looking for "those diamond in the rough type of kids". 

Brester was a 2x state champion with a record of 141-4 on his career. Note the words STATE CHAMPION. If you call state champions diamonds in the rough, then so be it, but pretty easy to spot a diamond when he is a state champion.

None of the class wrestling pundits are going to bite on this comment?  Last week, 30+ plus pages of debate, today nothing.  It's the Wednesday before Spring Break I could use some semi-entertainment....!

He's also a DI coach. Our system, classed or not will have little affect on his recruiting. He's going after pretty much only state champs. Ask a DII or DIII coach who is looking for more than just a state champ and looking for those diamond in the rough type of kids. 

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By JEREMY HINES

jerhines@cinergymetro.net

 

When Tony Ersland took the job as Purdue University’s head wrestling coach he knew it would be a challenge to compete in arguably the toughest wrestling conference in the country. He embraced the challenge.

 

Ersland’s Boilermakers finished the season ranked in the top 25 in the country. Purdue finished with a dual record of 10-8 overall and 3-6 in the Big Ten. Eight Boilermaker wrestlers will compete in the NCAA National Championships this week, starting Thursday.

 

“There were a lot of positives for us this year,” Ersland said. “This was my first year in the program with the kids. We set the foundation for how we are going to operate. Overall, I’m happy with the progress we made this year.

 

Ersland comes to Purdue from Nebraska, where he was an assistant coach for the past eight seasons. He has coached several top wrestlers, including Craig Brester who was a two-time NCAA finalist and a Big 12 champion.

 

“Craig is one athlete who is near and dear to my heart,” Ersland said. “He started out as a walk on at the University of Nebraska. Then he became a two time All-American. He’s the type of athlete that makes coaching worthwhile. He poured his heart and soul into wrestling. He was a special wrestler, and his work is what made him that way.”

 

Purdue’s Danny Sabatello, Brandon Nelsen, Nick Lawrence, Doug Welch, Patrick Robinson, Chad Welch, Patrick Kissel and Braden Atwood will all be competing in the NCAA Championships.

 

“Our goal is to have national champions and All-Americans,” Ersland said. “That’s the mindset we are going in with. We want to go in and perform at a high level. We’ve wrestled outstanding competition all year long. The Big Ten is a brutal grind. It’s like SEC football. We’ve had four out of the top five teams in the country in the Big Ten.

 

“It’s extremely competitive. It’s tougher sometimes to win in the conference than it is in a national bracket. There are no illusions going into the national tournament. You know exactly what you need to do.”

 

Ersland likes the quality of wrestlers he has been able to look at in Indiana. He feels that there is great talent in the state.

 

“Purdue is in the middle of a great wrestling state,” Ersland said. “Indiana turns out a lot of good talent and we want to see those wrestlers stay at home. We don’t want the Jason Tsirtsis out there to look elsewhere.”

 

When asked about Indiana’s high school tournament format, Ersland said he prefers to keep a one-class system.

 

“Personally I like the one class tournament,” Ersland said. “I can understand a two class format as well. But as far as evaluating talent, I really enjoy the one class. You don’t end up with a watered down system.

 

“I think Michigan’s system sort of waters it down. They have four classes and that’s too many. One or two tops is the way to go.”

 

Ersland is married to wife Carolyn. They have twin sons, Jaxon and Mason.

 

“They will always have a wrestling partner,” Ersland said of his sons. “My hope is that they will fall in love with the sport as much as I have. But right now they are just four years old. They love to come to practice and watch the guys roll around. I try to get them in bed, but sometimes they just want to stay up and watch wrestling on T.V.”

 

The NCAA championships begin at noon on Thursday in St. Louis.

 

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