navychiefmatt09

Tonte always wears something unique!

tonte's suits look like he got them from Sinbad during the mid 90's...love it...

I agree with what you said, but it is also important for us as coaches to hold them accountable for their actions.  I'm not saying he shouldn't be diappointed, he absolutely should be, but it is important for us to try to guide them in the right direction on and off the mat.  This means not making excuses for why they didn't report to the awards stand and making them do the right thing even when they don't want to.  If losing a wrestling match is the worst thing that ever happens to them they are set up to have a great life.  It is our responsibility to to get them ready for real life, and this means giving them guidance on how to act especially when things don't go the way they wanted or expected them to.  It is our responsibility as coaches to make btter people, not just better wrestlers. 

 

I agree. What we teach em when they lose, especially when life is unfair and they feel robbed is more important than actually winning.

How many 106 guys have a record of 78-5? If that continued for 2 more years she would finish 156-10. How many wrestlers can have a career like that? I don't care who you are. 156 wins in 4 years in high school is good, very good.

Bottom line. She out wrestled all but 15 guys in the State.

How many of the 15 others left will she out wrestle will be decided this weekend.

Lastly, women can be Special Forces against the guys. Why can't they wrestle against them?

I don't think there is a single wrestler who has reacted well to losing EVERY single time. Dan Gable pouted for a week after losing his final NCAA match (until his mom got in his ___). Metcalf never handles losing well. Sanshiro Abe never showed up to the awards after finishing 2nd at the Big 10 Championships. Best reaction I've seen after losing under the lights was last year when Brooks was trying to give Todd knucks and hug him.

Bottom line is these are wrestlers, young wrestlers. You don't get to that level without being a fiery young man (or woman). If they were robotic in the way they control emotion and wrestling, it just wouldn't be exciting to watch. If these kids were without displays of emotion (that may get the better of them sometimes) this sport wouldn't survive. Fans wouldn't feel for the kid whose dreams get crushed on a last second takedown. We wouldn't scream wildly at the huge upsets. We wouldn't be cheering for the kids who have been through ____ for the past year. We wouldn't give standing ovations for 4 timers. We wouldn't appreciate the kids who have already learned class and are trying to impart that to those around them who are still coming to grips with success and failure...

Without emotion, under control or otherwise....we'd all be watching mathletes at state.

let him have fun.

Hooyah Kayla!

It's funny you bring up the Yeik's.....we moved here from Washington and we are close family friends with them. Our kids grew up together. We trained and traveled together staying at each others houses depending on here we were wrestling. I have coached many practices in the "log cabin".....(the wrestling room behind their house). Great people!

 

 

They were a fun group to watch. That team took 5 guys to state my last year out there. Those 5 placed 1st, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th. Coach there has a good approach to wrestling...Good luck to Kayla. Looking forward to seeing her mess up some of the guys in the next few weeks.

106 micic

113 brooks

120 campbell

126 phillips

132 mckinley

138 jackson

145 tsirtsis

152 reuger

160 stevenson

170 decker

182 lynde

195 sliga

220 kral

275 hall

Kayla Miracle seems to be on a roll once again. Not only does she have Olympic attention, but she also has a record that is among the best in the state. She's 30-1, with 17 pins. Her only loss is to previously ranked Zach Davis (5-2, I think) when she had to make scratch weight at 106 (was wrestling 113 prior). This weekend she was dominant at the Cathedral Invite, going 5-0 on the day!

 

Has a female in Indiana (or anywhere else) ever had such a successful season(s)? As a freshman she was 38-2. Currently she's 30-1. Overall high school record is currently 68-3.        That's a MONSTER record for any sophmore, regardless of gender!

 

I understand she has to get through a tough semi-state at 106 (Merriville) to get to state, but it's certainly looking like she's got the stuff to make it happen.

 

 

I saw one. Older sister of a guy I coached in WA. Camie Yeik. She finished 6th against the guys. Shortly after, WIAA created a women's tournament category. Sidenote. Her brother won the 130 lbs state title that year. Then added another state title his senior year (finished 2nd his junior year). His little brother has a runner-up finish and a title. Their school district still has an out of date rule on the books that prevents freshmen from starting varsity sports. If Cody Yeik reaches the finals again this year, neither brother will have ever finished out of the top 2 at State. It is a class system, but fairly decent showing for an entire family. It's a bit hard to appreciate when you get to see Alex and Jason never finish out of 1st place in a one class system....but...when will we seriously get to see that again?

http://www.livestream.com/ihsaa/video?clipId=pla_bc037514-df02-4dd7-bdb1-4b4dd8498ee4

2011 individual finals

http://www.livestream.com/ihsaa/video?clipId=pla_012adac6-9482-4125-8fdb-58e000cacc80

2011 team finals

"Four Days to Glory" by Mark Kreidler

Last season for Iowa 4-timers Dan Leclere and Jay Borchel.

Wall Sprints- 2 min of sprinting wall to wall, 30 sec of push ups, 2 more minutes of sprints, 30 sec of pull ups, 2 more minutes of sprints, 30 sec of squat jumps, then overtime.

close second would be grind matches. Never did them in high school when the room was warm. But All Navy coach Rob Hermann had us doing them in that wide open gym in Pensacola. February in Florida is freakin cold. You never quite warm up. The mat feels like an ice cube. You scramble like a mad man trying to avoid letting skin touch the mat for any length of time.

True.  But several people on the nation scene have commented in the last few years that the NCAA has at least been exploring the logistics of a Dual Championship after seeing the success the National Duals has had.  So clearly some people in the system see some interest in such an event, though they may not be able to feasably work it into the system.

Not sure how much has changed since 96, but we managed to have the same results in 95 ( Md #1, New castle T2) with individual scoring as we did the following year with Team state.  Didn't they keep score at Individual state all this time? How does it match up with the results of Team state?

I understand both sides. I have to say, I loved wrestling at team state during that first edition. Especially in the finals. Great experience...

severe personality conflict with the coaching staff?

Brenden Campbell signed his letter of acceptance to the US Naval Academy.  Congrats young man quite an accomplishment, and best of luck compleating your life long dreams.  You will be a great wrestler at the next level and quite a Naval Officer with that gold Trident upon your left chest!

Hooyah

I guess I should of put a ? ,I was being sarcastic.. Sliga started wrestling these lighter weight guys, personally Im AMAZED every time I watch Mitch wrestle.

What happened in Sliga's semi-final match last year? He wrestled kinda shell-shocked after that first period. Those last periods didn't look like the guy I watched video of.

They push the same thing the Navy has been stressing for years. Brilliance on the Basics. Drilling the fundamentals for so many years that it becomes as common as breathing. Ever watched a top tier wrestler try to demonstrate a bad habit or the wrong way to do something on the mat? The basics are so ingrained that they have a difficult time screwing it up.

Excellent choice!

HOOYAH NAVY!!!

Now this is insane for a highschooler! Almost 3x bodyweight squat is very impressive

I can vouch for this. He's a beast.

Proud of you Kayla. Now you gotta get back here and cause some havoc at Conseco.

Hooyah Kayla!

Greatly and sincerely appreciated!  I'll still be training with the Arlington kids, and IPS kids for that matter, no different than before really.  We're actually running a free wrestling camp for the entire IPS district, elementary through high school, on July 18th - 21st at Crispus Attucks. 

 

Tech just has more opportunities for what I am trying to accomplish both on and off the mat: the largest IPS school with around 2,400 kids, magnet programs, the largest feeder program, soon to be the largest wrestling room in state, monster facilities and campus, CENTRAL Indiana, deep history and coaching, and several professional opportunities my pregneant wife loves.  Essentially it's the same scenario, just a larger platform and more kids to help. 

 

I will definitely miss the kids at Arlington, but there is a solid group there that someone can capitalize on.  As I said the facilities are nice, they have a pretty tough schedule, and the Athletic Director, Larry Nicks, is extremely supportive and competitive.  Hopefully I get a chance to work closely with whoever takes over.  Thanks again for noticing some of our hard work and expect big things!

Coach Hull's Arlington guys have awesome attitudes. Worked with them a few times last year until the job and a destroyed neck took me away. They are all amazing. Wrestling is an easy thing when you're bred to do nothing else. But for these kids,  with all that they have to put up with in their personal and scholastic lives each day, having the determination to show up each day...take a beating at practice...get back up...go back into a rough world...then get up and do it all again.... they are absolutely amazing. I've met and deal with professional soldiers, sailors and marines that have less drive.  They may not be flashy, they may not even win, but every single day they get up and carry on...they are succeeding.

Mary,

I am deeply sorry for your loss. Your whole family is in my prayers.

Very Respectfully,

Matt Hardman

Ok... So does that mean that high school football players need to stop going to see games...and basketball players...

You can guarantee that if I had the chance to see Iowa wrestle live when I was a high schooler, I was there... Went to see Purdue, Northwestern, Indiana... No contact with anyone from the schools... just sat...ate my popcorn and watched... Nothing beats seeing these guys for real...What about high school coaches getting the team together for trips to watch the NCAA Tournament?

Seems ridiculous that we have some of the best NCAA Wrestling in the country and we can't even take wrestlers to go see it? At some point these guys have to realize that not everyone's family can afford to take them to see stuff like this... I'd wager that a large majority of wrestling families in Indiana have very little expendable income and struggle just to get their kids to tournaments on the weekends.. Something like this comes along and we tell them no? Really? Why? Because the other 100 NCAA wrestling teams will complain that they didn't have a fair shot at recruiting a certain kid? Two things...one...It's called a pipeline state for a reason... (look at how beserk Iowans went when 4 timers Jay Borschel and Dan LeClere left Iowa for Va Tech), two... Just because a spectacular wrestler watches a certain team and grows up in a given area doesn't mean the whole pipeline state thing is a lock...For example Derek Garcia....4 timer from Washington's Sedro Wooley HS... Grew up with Boise St and Oregon St in his backyard...They loved this kid in the Pacnorwest...until he did the unthinkable and announced "Hey...I'm gonna be a Buckeye"

Bottom line is Indiana wrestlers have the opportunity to see top notch wrestling and we say no?

Haha I have been thinking about this for a looong time lol! I like a lot of the points being brought up here from both sides, but I gotta say it possibly flopping is a risk that should be taken. If they could create a game that does the sport justice, then I would absolutely looooove it as would many other people. With that being said, I feel that the techniques and manuevers in wrestling would be far to difficult to replicate in a video game. There is just way too much going on, and they would have to make it really simple and less free to control complex wrestling scenarios (ex press x for takedown, y for sprawl; this would just not suffice for true wrestling fans). How would you be able to control scrambles or create mis direction and above all working in ties would be a nightmare!!! I feel that because of this, a lot of people would be turned off to the game. But who knows, maybe with the right company they could really create something unique, very unlikely though. Plus it would be very hard to get a good gaming company to be on board to develop it, so than the game would fall into bad hands and really do some damage to fans. In the end, regardless of the challenges, it is a risk I feel should be taken as I previously stated. Gotta have faith, no matter the odds.

You know what... It could have settings.. Like the NCAAF games.. There's a family mode that only uses a couple buttons... Have the basic skills on the buttons... use the joysticks and triggers to make it more complex... Seriously... Check out how complex they made the UFC games... It's like all the combo moves from the old mortal kombat games on crack...

You may want to patent that last one though.... "Gotta have faith, no matter the odds" Great Quote.

We could always convince some company to release it when the next COD or Halo game drops....That way they cover the losses...just in case... but hey...200,000 copies at 40 bucks per....or say 50 bucks and donate the extra 10 bucks to a wrestling charity like the "Living the Dream" fund...