FLwrestling

Indiana wrestling as a whole is better. FL, however, is improving. The difference is there is a much larger competitive middle tier of teams in IN then FL and the Middle School systems in IN are light years better then FL (with the exception of the Miami area). The best teams in FL are very good. The middle teams are not very good and the bad are bad - that is universal. The better teams travel to out of state tourneys each year around Christmas time and compete with some of the nations better teams. One team went to the Powerade tourney in PA, another wrestled Bishop Lynch in TX at their duals. Brandon went to the Cheesehead and got 2nd....other teams traveled to Collins Hill GA and some tourneys in VA. It's become common for teams to travel each year here. FL has potential to become a great wrestling state in time....more and more coaches are moving from northern areas like PA, NJ, NY, and OH to Florida and are taking over programs here. FL also has an abundance of athletes in some areas that catch on very quick, despite what age they start at. This transition will still take awhile but it is growing. Indiana is still a very good and deep wrestling state and will always be...but the good teams in FL are very good as well. It would be fun to see some of the best of the best compete in a dual wise tourney in March but not really a realistic idea.

Honestly, I would say 3-5 teams....Brandon FL may be the best in the country and their team was as dominant a team as I have ever seen. Oviedo, FL and Springstead FL I think are better.....it sure would be fun to watch a lot of these teams compete. Those are the only nationally ranked teams I have seen (two behind Mishawaka).

I saw them the first time this season at team state....very good team? I saw in the latest poll they were #19 I believe. Does Mishawaka compete with other top teams in other states? I watched at least two teams who, in my opinion, were better this year. So I ask, how good nationally are they? Do they fall in the top 40?

PMWC...what FL team did you stay with last year?