The Present
First off, I want to say thanks for joining the community. While I am the guru behind the development of the site, there are others that are helping to make this a great site. Just a little background on why I started this. Obviously, most of you know I posted once in a while on the old board and was having withdraw symptoms without having it for almost a week. So with the encouragement of some less tech savvy people, I pulled the trigger and started this site Tuesday night. I have always been kinda jealous of the Illinois site(http://www.illinoismatmen.com) and thought that it would be great to have one similar in Indiana. I have also seen sites that promote wrestling in Ohio and Michigan. I honestly want to rival them and help to give recognition to the many hard working and dedicated wrestlers in Indiana at all levels.
The Future
We will not be wasting any time delivering quality products to the Indiana wrestling community. I plan on having at least one article up on Sunday or Monday and have quite a few ideas and starting the wheels turning on them. If you have a suggestion, comment, complaint, feel free to contact me as we want to serve the community the best way possible.
Here are some of our ideas for articles and sections:
Dingo's Den- Yes Dingo and I have made up and he will be doing a weekly article, not exactly sure what it will be about at this present moment, but he is a great writer(even when putting me in my place) so it will always be a good read.
Toe to Joe- If you didn't know my real name isn't Y2CJ41, its Joe. This will be a hot seat type 10 question interview with someone involved in wrestling, from coaches to refs to wrestlers or some old guy that has dementia.
Under the Spotlight- This will be like a "getting to know" with people involved with wrestling. These will be quirky questions such as your favorite food, music, etc.
Weekly Roundup- This will be of the week's big meets and match-ups and will include college results of teams and individuals from Indiana
Class All-State Selections- Similar to how cross country does it, we will announce All-State selections for 3-5 classes and top 4-8 at each weight class.
Spotlight Match-up- This will be a preview of a big meet or match during the week with breakdowns and analysis of the match-ups and teams.
Of course there will be more, but we will work to make this a great website. If you want to write, know someone to interview, or have some suggestions feel free to contact me.
Thanks
Joe Caprino and the IndianaMat Team