Steven Sandefer

Congratulations to Jordan Rader from Peru for signing with the University of the Cumberlands. He is projected to wrestle 174. 

The NAIA just granted invitational status for Women's Wrestling.  This means that after 2 years and 40 schools having wrestling, currently there are 25, it would be recognize as a championship sport by the NAIA.  NAIA is the first division to recognize women's wrestling.

Come join us at Mishawaka tonight as we continue to hone our freestyle and greco techniques!

Garrett not getting in and Carmel over Mishawaka seem to be the biggest arguements... 
Would love to see somebody put together head to head dual predictions for these teams (for fun). 

We are back at it this week! Join us this Wednesday at 5:30PM EST, enter through the staired west doors (L), must have an USA wrestling card.
 
 

We are back at it this week! Join us this Wednesday at 5:30PM EST, enter through the staired west doors (L), must have an USA wrestling card.
 
 

Feels ridiculous to me.  Garrett has overshot their expectations the last few years.  Unseeded and placing 7th, with two injured starters two yeas ago. This season we were seeded 4th and placed 2nd losing 37-33 to Wawassee.  So, when in vote in consideration you don't vote the returning runner up who has exceeded expectations the last two, three seasons actually...seems pretty illogical.  The "we want new blood in the tournament" would be a pretty crappy argument.  

Genius   Genius rank   Ret state Semi State Regional School  Record 2018   2018    qualifers Qual return Qual Retu Garrett 22-3 60.96   30th   0 2 6                   Rochester 13-6 45.59   103rd   0 6 7 Southridge 20-12 55.17   63rd   1 4 10

Breaking News: With the announcement of Escobedo becoming the new head coach at IU, Brayton Lee and Mason Parris have decommitted from Minnesota and Michigan and have signed with Indiana University. Micic and both Lee’s will be coming home as well! 

125 Suriano 1
133 Gross 9
141 meredith 2
 149 retherford 10
157 Nolf 8
165 IMar 3
174 Valencia 7
184 Martin 4
197 Moore 6
285 Snyder 5
 
Ohio State 138 

Wednesday March 21st we are honored to have former Warsaw State Champion, FS Fargo Runner-up, and current UFC fighter Jarred Brooks.
Joining Jarred is NCAA D1 National Qualifier, NJCAA National Champion, and 3x Michigan State Champion Freddie Rodriguez.
Had an awesome room tonight of 40+ area wrestlers that included state champions, placers, and qualifiers. 
Join us next week, don't miss this opportunity! Party starts at 5:30PM, enter through the staired west doors (L), must have a USA wrestling card.

The past two RTCs have been amazing with 60+ wrestlers each practice from over 10 schools.  This Wednesday, we have Wabash Assistant Coach, Reece Lefever, running our practice.  Aside from having a horrible haircut, Reece's technique is outstanding!  As a wrestler he was the first 3x All-American for Wabash, helping lead his team to a program high Third Place his senior year at NCAAs.  If you want the best competition and great technique, make sure you are at Warren Central on 3/14/18.  
Details:
Enter Door 14
Practice is from 6-7:30
Be there.  Get better.

Agreed.  Especially Junior 160.  Calhoun lost an absolute war to eventual champ Slivka.  And Jacob Laplace wrestled like a man on a mission.  Knocked off Elliot Rogers in the quarters, Graves in the semi’s and was narrowly defeated by Slivka in the final 1-0.  It was obvious he was there to prove a point after falling short of his goals a few weeks ago.  Very impressive weight class and showing from all these hammers.
Other notable results I personally found interest in........
-Bailey vs Casebolt was a great semifinal match.  Lowery defeated Bailey in the J 120 finale.
-Brewer looked solid and won J 182 soundly.
-Irrick wrestled real well and won J 195.
-Cornwell was relatively unchallenged from what ai seen at J 220.
-Allred repeated as Cadet Champ (182).  And Mendez didn’t disappoint (126).
Plenty of other great matches and performances.  These were just a few that sparked my interest and stood out to me personally.
 
Always a long weekend.....but also always very enjoyable.  Davison did a solid job running the show in his first major event as president.
 

If we are using bench press as the measuring tool, which Welch's bench should we use?  Chad has been lifting with Donehue, while Doug found the treadmill.
Heaven forbid if it's up to Doug's bench.
 
Greyhounds have not been notified if we're supposed to submit information for the committee.  We'll get Doug on protein powder today!

From the info above... looks like Warren will be in. Looks like Mishawaka has a better case than Carmel. They have made great points. Also... I have been impressed by their middle school program for years. Great feeder program. 
Would like to hear from Carmel fans of why they should get the bid. 

Pretty cool seeing Northridge getting a bid.

Only graduated 1 senior out of the line-up. 3 returning qualifiers and 8 semi-state qualifiers. We scored 50.5 at E.Chicago SS, Warren - 52.5, Carmel - 42.0 at N.C. SS; not that that means much. But we're going out bench press everyone next year for sure haha

I think it should come down to a bench press competition between Sandefer, Pendoski, and Tonte.