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Merrillville semi state bringing the Olympians

Thank you to everyone who has reached out regarding Preston.  Results of a CT scan and other tests have come back.  Nothing is broken and he will make a full recovery.  
 
As far as what happened, the Mater Dei wrestler had been winning the entire match.  An illegal slam was called.  It was not intentional.  Whether it was an illegal slam or not, I don’t really care.  We were never taking a dive.  Brownsburg doesn’t roll like that.  It goes against everything we believe in.  If I thought it was intentional, It would be a different story.  There is no doubt in our mind that it was just a result of two dudes trying to punch their ticket to state. 
 
It was pretty chaotic as all of this was happening as I’m sure you can all imagine.  Given that it was a neck/head injury, I wanted to give medical people access to Preston.  Once they had time to check Preston out, I took that opportunity to talk to Preston.  There was never any talk or consideration of taking a dive. Preston would never do that.  He was in a lot of pain and upset.  He has had a lot of adversity this season. He tore his ACL at IHPO and has been working through that pain and frustration all season.  I just explained to Preston what had happened and that I was going to forfeit the match.  I told him we were losing…and it would not be fair to take the trip to state away from the Mater Dei kid.  Preston agreed and said he would never do that.  There was no reversal of the call or anything.  I just went up to officials and said we are forfeiting the match.  
 
Whoever said Preston was walking around saw someone else.  He was taken out on a stretcher and to the emergency room. 
 
Snyder 

Hanover Central - 11

Hanover Central - 11

I always loved Hanover Central's teal singlets for finals matches. LC had a nice final singlet as well, the white blue, and silver striped ones 

Avon's old school bumblebee singlet that Lynn Panko wore in the 2005 finals. 

Much respect to everyone choosing their favorite, but does it even count if you don’t post a picture?

Welp. I almost refuted this by saying “are you sure, I remember New Prairie there my freshman year?”
 
Then I remembered my freshman year was 13 years ago. 😭😭😭

Watched from start to finish ! Best tournament in indiana!  Studs all over the place! Really wish center grove was there! Brownsburg, cp wrestled very well ! 
Dickman will be hard for anyone to beat!
Will Clark will be hard for anyone to last in one period! 
Hwt between cp and Brownsburg was great to watch! 
kudos to both teams !

In response to Silence Dogood
 
The bun on this hot dog was actually decent.  If the hot dog has a bun, its getting at least 1 slice pizza.  
 
 

I’m confident Howe could have

I’m confident Howe could have

I’m confident Howe could have

I’m confident Howe could have

December 16

Thrine is lightning fast Hockaday is so fundamentally sound. I hope we get a chance to see them wrestle.

Region likely to come home with 4 gold's. More than 1/4 of the total. I'm okay with it. That DAC though. All from two school districts that butt up to each other. 

Yeah you're right. He's not in the running for the Brennan Cosgrove Trophy if that makes you feel any better. 

His shoulder blade looks pretty off the mat to me.

I still like Moran for the title.

Great point Jeremy.  It aligns with Silas and I's philosophy to a "T".  Being fairly new to the sport of wrestling compared to many on this site (7yrs). I would grow a little more perturbed every year as I would hear parents/coaches/wrestlers complaining about draws, or hoping they had an easy road through.  I can tell you this......that was rarely an issue with the Doah coaches.  Slivka, Gary Jr & Sr each had a "bring it on mentality".  Being cut from that similar cloth, is a major factor of our growing so close off the mat as well.  I'll only add that Coach Barbosa has carried on that same approach. It comes natural for him being from the south side of Muncie. ?  Assistant Coach Walker is no different.
The Allred outlook is simple......Those who worry about the draw are entertaining fear & self doubt.  Hoping for an easy path is reserved for individuals whose bartering for podium spots.  Not for those whose goal is its peak.  Cressel & Walton are both very deserving of all the recognition and success they've worked so hard for.  They're well coached and their college commitments speak for themselves.  However.....these are matches we've wanted all season.  But we'll focus on beating Moore Friday night first.
Bottom line......We love the draw.  Awesome opportunity to make a LOUD statement!  And they'll be dealing with a hungry youngster whose well prepared, well studied, unafraid to lose.....and wrestling free with no pressure. The best 182lb'er in the State will stand on top of the podium this weekend regardless of their bracket pairings.  And it could be any 1 of 16 young men in the bracket.  We genuinely wish everyone competing a great week of practice, continued good health and to just enjoy the moment.  Go to war, have fun and score points.  Never lose sight of how much of a blessing it is to be there.

Plus at this stage of the tournament, rankings can sometimes mean little to none. The most aggressive, physical, and driven wrestler at this point usually takes the upper hand.

It was a super dual. Griffith, calumet, Clark and KV went into the winners pool. Griffith finished 4-1 with a loss to KV. Not entirely sure how the others ended up. Reitz didn't wrestle.

nice to see a progams hard work start to pay off, better teams make for better competition, makes for better all around wrestling to watch