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  1. I don't believe there is an outright disrespect for heavyweights like unsportsmanlike or flagrant misconduct, but the treatment really stems from the lack of the experience of being a heavyweight wrestler.  Most wrestling fans are former wrestlers, however a very small "select" few have had the honor of wrestling heavyweight.  Therefore, most fans don't have the knowledge to know that some of the things those young men are doing on the mat - when to the untrained eye they look like dancing bears - is actually a great battle going on, the likes of which most of the viewers couldn't handle for one second. 

     

    Heavyweight wrestling takes a sophisticated appreciation to enjoy, much like that of a fine wine or cigar.  Most people can't tell the difference between Boone's Farm and a good Cabernet Sauvignon either.  I'd call them naive before I'd call them disrespectful and I somewhat feel sorry for them since they are missing some really great matches.

     

    I will agree, however, that walking out of the state finals tournament in the middle of their match is considered disrespectful in my book, just the same as walking out of a play in the final scene would be.  But most wrestling fans I know don't go to plays either.  ;D

     

    Some of the other borderline disrespectful things are:

     

    - Officials call them for stalling far too frequently.  I just saw last weekend an official who hit both middle school kids for stalling :30 into the 1st period and both again to make it 1-1 at the end of the 1st period.  To the trained eye, the kids were not stalling but working for an inside tie, pummeling, posting and the like.

     

    - Coaches think heavyweights should be able to run as fast and as far as the kids who weigh half what the heavyweights do - a lack of a basic understanding of transfer of energy principals is in play here.  I've seen, not just in wrestling, coaches expecting the big guys to be as fast, do as many push-ups, etc.  It's a common saying in my room that the big guys have to work the hardest - and they do.  If you don't believe me, have your 126 lber. put on a 150 lb. weight suit and have him run a few laps then call me to let me know when his funeral is.

     

    - With the elimination of the unlimited weight-class, the big boys are the only ones discriminated against due to their size.  The heavyweights are the only ones that have a weight-class with an "absolute weight limit".  I'm not talking about the 285 class... I'm talking about any kid over 285 is not allowed to wrestle, period.  However, on the flip side of the coin, if you only weigh 50 lbs. you can still wrestle (106).  That's discrimination plain and simple.

     

    - They have the largest (by far) weight difference between them and the next lower weight (65 lbs.) - that's more than half the weight of a 126 lber.  That's comparable to Vinny Corsaro (160) wrestling Galen Robinson (220).

     

    - They also have the largest weight difference by percentage.  220 to 285... that's over a 22% difference and is comparable to Chad Red (120 lb.) wrestling Cody LeCount (145 lb.).

     

    Keep some of these things in mind the next time you see a couple big fellas grace the mat.  In the meantime, please continue to leave the state championship early so I can get front row seats to the best match of the night.  8)

     

     

     

     

     

  2. One thing is for sure - there will be some awesome wrestling this Sunday. 

     

    About 300 people have looked at this posting and no one is willing to say anything... Seriously?  The silence is deafening, so let's get this party started!!

     

    Here is a list of "wrestlers to watch for" (aka: my best take on who will place in this tournament, based solely on the wrestlers registered in each weight-class thus far):

     

    75 - Raymond Rioux

    80 - Logan Bailey

    85 - Zachary Todd

    90 - Jake Schoenegge

    95 - Mason Miranda

    102 - Corban Pollitt

    110 - Cody Crary

    117 - Jack Eiteljorge

    125 - Zach Melloh

    132 - Brayton Lee

    140 - Jonah Hays

    150 - Marc Buehler

    160 - Dylan Jolley-Little

    175 - Nathan Walton

    195 - Michael Boots

    220 - Jack Frey

    275 - Jacob Obst

     

    Please keep in mind that there is probably only about 1/3 of the wrestlers preregistered at this point (last year there were over 500 kids)... so there are A LOT of great wrestlers who are probably checking their weight and seeing who's registered in what weight-class, etc. before they register.  This tournament does not let you move up if you miss weight.

  3. A little evidence to support freestyle/Greco enhancing folkstyle.  You might see a few familiar names.    ;)

     

    Indiana Participants at Fargo Last Year (2013)

     

    Cadet    100 Drew Hildebrandt

    Cadet 106 Austen Laughlin

    Cadet 106 Austin Slates

    Cadet 113 Caleb Bocock

    Cadet 113 Will Egli

    Cadet 120 Matt McKinney

    Cadet    120 CJ Red

    Cadet 120 Noah Warren

    Cadet 126 Jack Chastain

    Cadet 126 Nick Ellis

    Cadet 126 Brett Johnson

    Cadet 126 Nick Lee

    Cadet 132 Alston Bane

    Cadet 132 Evan Eldred

    Cadet 132 Bryant Haynes

    Cadet 132 Kain Rust

    Cadet 138 Jacob Hendrich

    Cadet 138 Blake Jourdan

    Cadet    138 RZ Teague

    Cadet 138 Anthony Williams

    Cadet    145 Thomas Dull

    Cadet 145 Kellen Vancamp

    Cadet    152 Kyle Spurr

    Cadet 152 Ben Stewart

    Cadet 170 Dylan Lydy

    Cadet    170 Jeremy McKinley

    Cadet 170 Tristen Tonte

    Cadet 182 Bristen Dial

    Cadet 182 Jonathan Morales

    Cadet 195 Jacob Cavins

    Cadet 195 Randy Scott

    Cadet 285 Shawn Streck

    Junior  120 Jacob Cottey

    Junior  120 Forrest Glogouski

    Junior  120 Ruben Rodriquez Jr

    Junior  126 AJ Belden

    Junior  126 Erique Early

    Junior  126 Brandon James

    Junior  126 Deondre Wilson

    Junior  132 Devin Broukal

    Junior  132 Dillon Eldred

    Junior  132 Alec Noworul

    Junior  132 Dominique Shelby

    Junior  138 Justin Atkinson

    Junior  138 Wyatt Seng

    Junior  145 Tommy Forte

    Junior  152 Vincent Corsaro

    Junior  152 Shabaka Johns

    Junior  152 Matthew Ruddick

    Junior  160 Chase Hack

    Junior  160 Kenny Hughes

    Junior  160 Alex Rinehart

    Junior  170 Jacob Franklin

    Junior  182 Riley Lefever

    Junior  182 Austin McCloskey

    Junior  195 Kevin Cain

    Junior  195 Mitch Sliga

    Junior  220 Fletcher Miller

    Junior  220 Charles Neisius

    Junior  220 Brad Sadilek

    Junior  220 Connor Tolley

    Junior  285 Wes Bernard

  4. 106 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Karl Wilhelm of Carmel

    2nd Place - Reid Hutson of Westfield

    3rd Place - Azariah Ellis of Zionsville

    4th Place - Zack Bowling of Lebanon

    5th Place - Kyle Johnson of Hamiliton Southeastern

    6th Place - Colten Mennen of Clinton Central

    1st Place Match

    Karl Wilhelm (Carmel) 28-4, Sr. over Reid Hutson (Westfield) 28-11, Fr. (Dec 5-2).

    3rd Place Match

    Azariah Ellis (Zionsville) 19-6, Fr. over Zack Bowling (Lebanon) 16-16, Fr. (Dec 4-0).

    5th Place Match

    Kyle Johnson (Hamiliton Southeastern) 15-18, Fr. over Colten Mennen (Clinton Central) 21-10, So. (Dec 10-8).

     

    113 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Austin Holmes of Hamiliton Southeastern

    2nd Place - Caleb Bocock of Lebanon

    3rd Place - Andrew Hayes of Carmel

    4th Place - Cole Wilson of Zionsville

    5th Place - Hunter Arndt of Westfield

    6th Place - Caleb Wright of Fishers

    1st Place Match

    Austin Holmes (Hamiliton Southeastern) 31-1, So. over Caleb Bocock (Lebanon) 22-7, So. (SV-1 5-3).

    3rd Place Match

    Andrew Hayes (Carmel) 16-10, Jr. over Cole Wilson (Zionsville) 16-17, So. (MD 8-0).

    5th Place Match

    Hunter Arndt (Westfield) 17-22, Fr. over Caleb Wright (Fishers) 22-14, So. (MD 19-7).

     

    120 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Edrece Stansberry of Hamiliton Southeastern

    2nd Place - Preston Mantel of Zionsville

    3rd Place - Morgan Pruitt of Carmel

    4th Place - Zachary Steele of Westfield

    5th Place - Nolan Talbott of Lebanon

    6th Place - Brandon Parsley of Western Boone

    1st Place Match

    Edrece Stansberry (Hamiliton Southeastern) 19-1, Sr. over Preston Mantel (Zionsville) 19-3, Sr. (Dec 3-2).

    3rd Place Match

    Morgan Pruitt (Carmel) 26-7, Jr. over Zachary Steele (Westfield) 21-12, So. (Dec 5-1).

    5th Place Match

    Nolan Talbott (Lebanon) 11-12, Sr. over Brandon Parsley (Western Boone) 6-16, Fr. (MD 14-0).

     

    126 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Jack Chastain of Hamiliton Southeastern

    2nd Place - AJ Belden of Westfield

    3rd Place - Skyler Collins of Frankfort

    4th Place - Caleb Archibald of Clinton Central

    5th Place - Jerrrod Smith of Carmel

    6th Place - Bryce Easter of Zionsville

    1st Place Match

    Jack Chastain (Hamiliton Southeastern) 32-1, Jr. over AJ Belden (Westfield) 29-7, Sr. (Dec 7-5).

    3rd Place Match

    Skyler Collins (Frankfort) 21-12, So. over Caleb Archibald (Clinton Central) 14-9, So. (Dec 7-4).

    5th Place Match

    Jerrrod Smith (Carmel) 12-14, So. over Bryce Easter (Zionsville) 4-8, Fr. (Fall 0:23).

     

    132 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Evan Eldred of Westfield

    2nd Place - Lance Syverson of Fishers

    3rd Place - Sam Kern of Zionsville

    4th Place - Nick Patterson of Carmel

    5th Place - Sam Weber of Hamiliton Southeastern

    6th Place - Dallas Davis of Frankfort

    1st Place Match

    Evan Eldred (Westfield) 27-2, So. over Lance Syverson (Fishers) 18-5, Sr. (Dec 5-4).

    3rd Place Match

    Sam Kern (Zionsville) 24-12, Jr. over Nick Patterson (Carmel) 24-7, Sr. (Dec 8-5).

    5th Place Match

    Sam Weber (Hamiliton Southeastern) 4-6, Sr. over Dallas Davis (Frankfort) 14-19, Fr. (Dec 6-4).

     

    138 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Dillon Eldred of Westfield

    2nd Place - Austin Smith of Lebanon

    3rd Place - Jimmy Wallace of Hamiliton Southeastern

    4th Place - Kweisi Mak-Dawson of Fishers

    5th Place - Emerson Knoebel of Carmel

    6th Place - Matt Kern of Zionsville

    1st Place Match

    Dillon Eldred (Westfield) 34-1, Sr. over Austin Smith (Lebanon) 22-3, Jr. (Dec 3-0).

    3rd Place Match

    Jimmy Wallace (Hamiliton Southeastern) 25-9, So. over Kweisi Mak-Dawson (Fishers) 17-7, Sr. (Dec 7-4).

    5th Place Match

    Emerson Knoebel (Carmel) 13-9, Jr. over Matt Kern (Zionsville) 19-14, Jr. (Dec 5-0).

     

    145 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Kellen VanCamp of Lebanon

    2nd Place - Jeffrey Helm of Westfield

    3rd Place - Jordan Lile of Fishers

    4th Place - Nick Fox of Carmel

    5th Place - Spencer Irick of Hamiliton Southeastern

    6th Place - Matt Delph of Sheridan

    1st Place Match

    Kellen VanCamp (Lebanon) 27-5, Jr. over Jeffrey Helm (Westfield) 25-6, Sr. (Fall 1:20).

    3rd Place Match

    Jordan Lile (Fishers) 5-2, Sr. over Nick Fox (Carmel) 17-11, So. (Dec 9-2).

    5th Place Match

    Spencer Irick (Hamiliton Southeastern) 11-6, So. over Matt Delph (Sheridan) 18-8, Sr. (Dec 5-0).

     

    152 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Eli Carlson of Carmel

    2nd Place - Michael Steele of Westfield

    3rd Place - Evan Stambaugh of Lebanon

    4th Place - Mason Gaines of Fishers

    5th Place - Corbin Gregg of Hamiliton Southeastern

    6th Place - Zachary Ragains of Frankfort

    1st Place Match

    Eli Carlson (Carmel) 28-3, Sr. over Michael Steele (Westfield) 28-4, Sr. (Dec 3-2).

    3rd Place Match

    Evan Stambaugh (Lebanon) 27-8, Fr. over Mason Gaines (Fishers) 24-11, Jr. (Fall 2:05).

    5th Place Match

    Corbin Gregg (Hamiliton Southeastern) 21-12, Jr. over Zachary Ragains (Frankfort) 22-11, Sr. (Fall 5:27).

     

    160 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Ben Krege of Carmel

    2nd Place - Josh Sutcliffe of Fishers

    3rd Place - Corbin Pedigo of Western Boone

    4th Place - Alex Ragains of Frankfort

    5th Place - Shane Haverson of Zionsville

    6th Place - Daniel Kainrath of Westfield

    1st Place Match

    Ben Krege (Carmel) 26-3, Sr. over Josh Sutcliffe (Fishers) 10-6, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:02 (16-0)).

    3rd Place Match

    Corbin Pedigo (Western Boone) 29-12, So. over Alex Ragains (Frankfort) 25-8, So. (Dec 9-6).

    5th Place Match

    Shane Haverson (Zionsville) 26-5, Sr. over Daniel Kainrath (Westfield) 17-14, So. (Dec 9-8).

     

    170 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Austin Mccloskey of Western Boone

    2nd Place - Jeffery Scott of Clinton Central

    3rd Place - John Theriot of Carmel

    4th Place - Drew Williamson of Zionsville

    5th Place - Freedom Mak-Dawson of Fishers

    6th Place - Austin Hoover of Sheridan

    1st Place Match

    Austin Mccloskey (Western Boone) 13-0, Sr. over Jeffery Scott (Clinton Central) 24-3, Sr. (Dec 3-2).

    3rd Place Match

    John Theriot (Carmel) 24-5, Sr. over Drew Williamson (Zionsville) 27-10, Fr. (Dec 3-2).

    5th Place Match

    Freedom Mak-Dawson (Fishers) 14-9, Fr. over Austin Hoover (Sheridan) 11-11, Jr. (Dec 7-6).

     

    182 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Jonathan Morales of Western Boone

    2nd Place - Adam Miller of Clinton Central

    3rd Place - Griffin Steffy of Lebanon

    4th Place - Jack Johnson of Carmel

    5th Place - Scott Fuller of Zionsville

    6th Place - Nick Schaeffer of Westfield

    1st Place Match

    Jonathan Morales (Western Boone) 31-6, Jr. over Adam Miller (Clinton Central) 27-2, Sr. (MD 16-8).

    3rd Place Match

    Griffin Steffy (Lebanon) 24-8, Jr. over Jack Johnson (Carmel) 18-11, So. (Dec 8-4).

    5th Place Match

    Scott Fuller (Zionsville) 13-6, So. over Nick Schaeffer (Westfield) 18-16, So. (Fall 1:56).

     

    195 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Jacob Aven of Zionsville

    2nd Place - Sam Hipple of Carmel

    3rd Place - Jeff Dixon of Hamiliton Southeastern

    4th Place - Erik Hart of Lebanon

    5th Place - Jordan Petty of Clinton Central

    6th Place - Austin Mazura of Westfield

    1st Place Match

    Jacob Aven (Zionsville) 33-1, Sr. over Sam Hipple (Carmel) 24-7, So. (Dec 11-5).

    3rd Place Match

    Jeff Dixon (Hamiliton Southeastern) 24-5, Sr. over Erik Hart (Lebanon) 20-11, Jr. (Fall 1:28).

    5th Place Match

    Jordan Petty (Clinton Central) 21-4, Sr. over Austin Mazura (Westfield) 15-16, Jr. (Fall 1:42).

     

    220 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Christian Warner of Zionsville

    2nd Place - Georges Brantley of Hamiliton Southeastern

    3rd Place - Keion Garcia of Carmel

    4th Place - Daryn Milton of Westfield

    5th Place - Charley Chang of Fishers

    6th Place - Michael Smith of Lebanon

    1st Place Match

    Christian Warner (Zionsville) 29-2, Sr. over Georges Brantley (Hamiliton Southeastern) 22-6, Sr. (TB-1 5-4).

    3rd Place Match

    Keion Garcia (Carmel) 22-6, Sr. over Daryn Milton (Westfield) 25-9, Jr. (Fall 4:05).

    5th Place Match

    Charley Chang (Fishers) 19-12, Sr. over Michael Smith (Lebanon) 21-8, Jr. (Dec 10-4).

     

    285 Results

    Guaranteed Places

    1st Place - Drew Hobick of Zionsville

    2nd Place - Chet Maxey of Hamiliton Southeastern

    3rd Place - Cody Bauer of Lebanon

    4th Place - Steven Chakiry of Fishers

    5th Place - Alfonso Ruiz of Frankfort

    6th Place - Austin Dollens of Westfield

    1st Place Match

    Drew Hobick (Zionsville) 19-9, Jr. over Chet Maxey (Hamiliton Southeastern) 23-11, Sr. (Fall 5:09).

    3rd Place Match

    Cody Bauer (Lebanon) 20-5, Sr. over Steven Chakiry (Fishers) 11-11, So. (SV-1 3-1).

    5th Place Match

    Alfonso Ruiz (Frankfort) 24-9, Sr. over Austin Dollens (Westfield) 19-19, Fr. (Fall 1:59).

     

     

  5. More of this attitude is needed.

     

    Absolutely! 

     

    Unfortunately, the subjective nature of determining football skills gives football coaches power to put undue pressure on players to do everything the football coach desires (including giving up wrestling so they can "focus" on football year-round).  If there were a wrestle-off type (non-subjective) contest that football players could rely on, rather than winning the popularity contest with the coach, you would see many more football players wrestling.

     

    Smart football coaches know that wrestling skills are very important and therefore support their wrestling program.  Sadly, this is not the norm.

     

     

  6. http://boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/19/cambridge-wrestling-coach-recalls-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-dedicated-kid/WjY1NDVadrsVFI2IhyHsLI/story.html

     

    Cambridge wrestling coach recalls Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as ‘dedicated kid’

     

    Peter Payack, the assistant wrestling coach at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrestled on the team for three years and was captain for two years and a Greater Boston League all-star.

     

    Though he had graduated from Rindge, Tsarnaev came back to wrestle with the team in February, he said.

     

    “He was a dedicated kid, and all the kids loved him,” Payack said. “We only name captains who are good, but who also gain respect from his fellow wrestlers. He had to be a leader, and he had all those qualities. He was one of my guys.”

     

    Payack said the wrestling team thinks of itself as a family and there was nothing amiss about Dzhokhar, whose name is pronounced JA-har.

     

    “Everybody loved him,” Payack said. “He wasn’t a loner, the complete opposite. … He seemed like one of the most well-adjusted kids on the team. He seemed like he didn’t have any problems. He did his work, came out and became a captain.”

     

    In a public high school that prides itself on its diversity, “he got along with all the different groups on the team,” Payack said.

     

    “He never talked about being a Muslim. We’re in Cambridge. We have a completely diverse team. So nobody talked about religion,” Payack said. “He was just one of us.”

     

    “We never saw his mother or father and never saw his brother,” Payack said. “He just came back to wrestle with us in February. I mean, he said, he went to UMass and he was studying some sort of engineering and he came back and wrestled, and he was joking with everyone.

     

    “Never in a million years did [we] expect anything like this,” Payack said. “He never talked about violence or anything. Some of the kids say, ‘I’m going to beat you up or something like that.’ He just did his work and was a good student.”

     

    Payack, who has run the Boston Marathon 24 times and often wears his blue-and-yellow Marathon jacket, said he was particularly saddened that Dzhokar would target the race.

     

    “It was like a bomb going off in my heart this morning because he’s one of our wrestlers. I said ‘That guy looks like my guy.’ ”

     

    Ashraful Rahman, a Rindge senior and friend of Dzhokhar, described the alleged bomber as “just a normal guy, very chillaxed, and very laid back.”

     

    He and Dzhokhar wrestled on the Rindge team together, hung out together at Dana Park in Cambridge and attended the same mosque, the Islamic Society of Boston, in Cambridge.

     

    “We just chilled out man, just average teenagers,” Rahman said. “He never stated that he was against the government or for anarchy or anything.”

     

    Rahman said Dzhokhar mentored him on the wrestling team.

     

    “I looked up to Dzhokhar because he won states his second year. Seeing this, it’s like seeing one of your heroes and finding a flaw in one of them,” he said.

     

    Dzhokhar did not have a girlfriend, he said.

     

    Rahman said the last time he saw Dzhokhar was on Ramadan in 2012, at the Islamic Society. “He said ‘what’s up’ to me,” Rahman said. “He seemed peaceful, actually.”

     

    Essah Chisholm, 17, a senior at Rindge and member of the wrestling team, said the coaches would tell funny stories about how people would mispronounce Dzhokhar’s name.

     

    “He seemed pretty nice, pretty normal person; he was always smiling,” Chisholm said. “Everything is pretty shocking.”

     

    John Allan, owner of Wai Kru Mixed Martial Arts Boston, said the older brother, Tamerlan, was an accomplished amateur boxer, competing in the national Golden Gloves competition.

     

    “He was the best boxer in Boston,” said Allan, who remembers helping in a competition three years ago. “He smoked all the professionals.”

     

    Allan said Tamerlan was trained by his father, who was also a skilled boxer. And he was always respectful. “They were an incredible family....This was so shocking to me.”

     

    But Tamerlan hadn’t been to the Wai Kru Mixed Martial Arts center in years, instead going to another nearby boxing gym. Until this month. Allan, who is currently traveling in Thailand, got an e-mail within the past week saying Tsarnaev showed up at the gym acting rude and disrespectful, using other people’s equipment, walking on the mats with his shoes.

     

    “It was a clear indication that something was up,” Allan said, noting that (Tamerlan) Tsarnaev hadn’t even been to his gym before the incident in years. “He was becoming a complete [expletive].

     

    “It was completely out of place of place for him,” said Allan, who was also contacted by the FBI about Tamerlan.

     

    He also said he thought that the older brother did so well in the Golden Gloves several years ago that he could have qualified for the US Olympic trials, but that he may not have been eligible because of a paperwork problem.

     

    Allan said Tamerlan mainly boxed at the Cambridge-Somerville Boxing Club, which he thought used the YMCA facility in Central Square in Cambridge.

     

    Tamerlan, who boxed at 196 pounds, studied at Bunker Hill Community College and wanted to become an engineer. He attended the school part time for three semesters, from 2006 to 2008, according to the school.

     

    In the photo essay, called “Will Box for Passport,” Tamerlan stops to answer a phone call while walking from his Mercedes to the martial arts center. He has a long wool scarf wrapped fashionably around his neck and gleaming white leather slip-on shoes and is carrying an Oceanfly dufflebag.

     

    He said in the essay that he quit smoking and drinking. “God said no alcohol.” A Muslim, he says, “There are no values any more,” and worries that “people can’t control themselves.”

  7. One of the things they do is TRAVEL. 

     

    I'm a firm believer that in order to be the best, you have to wrestle the best.  For the most part, our IN HS kids don't get to do that (other than Disney Duals in the "off-season" and some USAW events) but they don't travel as a team out of IN during the season.  With the IHSAA travel restriction, IN HS teams will never get the benefits that the PA teams do by travelling.  The top team at the Reno Tournament of Champions (dubbed the "toughest tournament in the country") has been won by a PA high school team many times.  The PA team that won this year flew right over our great state on their way to Nevada.  PA and OH teams beat the snot out of each other all year making each other better when the IN teams stay home. 

     

    Ohio's Rule:

     

    2) Out of State Travel

    A wrestling team may travel out of state to compete in contests (scrimmages, previews and games) in states or provinces

    in Canada that are contiguous to Ohio regardless of distance traveled. The states include Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan,

    Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The province includes Ontario. Additionally, a wrestling team may travel out of state

    one time per interscholastic season to compete in states or provinces in Canada that are not contiguous to Ohio...

     

    hmmm... makes one wonder.

     

     

  8. I have to agree that coaches should dress so as to not draw attention to themselves.  Over-dressing like a pimp or under-dressing like a beach bum should be avoided.  We should remember this is a scholastic sports event in which we are attending and therefore the focus should be on the student-athletes and not the coaches.  It's been said that the best official is the one who nobody could remember did the tournament after it was over.  Coaches could learn something from that.

  9.  

     

    Mat has been sold.  Thank you.

     

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    Three (3) section mat for sale.  Overall when put together it's 27' x 27' x 1.5" thick.  Has nine (9) circles with starting lines on one side and one (1) large circle with starting lines on the other side.  It's blue with white lines.  All three sections are blue with white.  The black mats in the picture have already been sold.  Asking $1450 obo with free delivery to the central Indiana area.

     

     

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