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11 hours ago, AlaskanMountie said:

Most of you are missing my point so I will clarify…

 

Does any other sectional have one 6A school and the rest are 1A or 2A? Below is a breakdown of the Crawfordsville Sectional schools by enrollment; 

 

1. Zionsville 2242

2. Crawfordsville 696

3. North Montgomery 549

4. Western Boone 511

5. South Vermillion 510

6. Southmont 487

7. Parke Heritage 368

8. Riverton Parke 311

9. Covington 294

10. Fountain Central 275

11. North Vermillion 213

Fair enough.  I think the confusing part was when you said, “How the IHSAA placed them in that sectional is beyond me.”

30 minutes ago, rookie78 said:

That one is my go to if I have any doubts on this one.

What one is that?

Wrong thread.  

Fair enough.  Please explain.

37 minutes ago, AlaskanMountie said:

Just curious if there is any other sectional with a bigger enrollment discrepancy than the Crawfordsville Sectional? Zionsville has 2242 students and the next biggest school is Crawforsdville at 696. How the IHSAA placed them in that sectional is beyond me. 

This isn’t class wrestling.

2 hours ago, MattM said:

My favorite saying to hear, well the one I chuckle at, during an event is usually whatever the loud mom is yelling from the top of the stands. 

 

From a coaches mouth what I’m usually amused by is when I hear a loud SQUEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZEEE!!!!! being belted out from the corner as they are also making some type of hand jesture while doing a power squat away from their chair. 

My wife used to yell, “Don’t hurt him, David!  Don’t hurt him!”

(Not a cliche, just one example of what a mom might yell out of the stands.)

Do kids today wrestle with their contact lenses in or do they take them out to grapple?  My grandkid is thinking about getting contact lenses and was asking whether he would be able to wear them while wrestling.

Many years ago I needed to take mine out to wrestle, but I know modern lenses are much much better than the ones I used when I wrestled.  I know at least some people swim with contact lenses in and so I wondered about wrestling.

On 9/8/2023 at 1:27 PM, AJ said:

Here are two oldies from Muncie Southside:

 

Donald Pritchard won state his Junior year at HW in 1975, and that was his only year making it!!!!

 

Michael Holmes won it at 126 his senior year in 1975.

 

2 wrestlers won it their only time there, and led the team to the state title as well!!!

I think Michael Holmes sat out his junior with injury, didn’t he?

33 minutes ago, navy80 said:

4A Winners

Brownsburg over Cathedral 57-15

Mater Dei over Avon 29-27

Center Grove over Warren Central 55-21 (WC forfeited several weights.... weird)

Crown Point over Perry Meridian 63-9

Yes, reading the forfeits is why I got on here.  Was there a team epidemic or something?

On 1/2/2024 at 9:44 PM, blueandgold said:

That was huge. Wilderman beat my brother Tristen Tonte that same day too.

Aha!  I was wondering who blueandgold is.

On 12/27/2023 at 3:33 PM, DawgPoundRed said:

Our varsity2 team would be top 3 here how do we get in 

Are you a varsity2 wrestler?

Just curious, but why are they calling the first round “regionals” instead of “sectionals”?

I know for the 71-72 season, our heavyweight had to lose weight to make weight.  Can’t remember off hand what the weight was.  

The next season (72-73) there was no limit and I think that same kid, a senior then, weighed 285.  Our JV heavyweight though started the season at 335 but got down to 325 before the season was over.

However, if I’m not mistaken, I believe (but maybe not?) there was a limit again for the 73-74 and 74-75 seasons.

Anyway, in ‘74 our senior heavyweight qualified for state by winning the New Castle regional even though he only weighed around 215 or 220 pounds.

4 teams here from the Hoosier Heritage Conference.   Go HHC!

On 7/14/2023 at 7:28 PM, dwise said:

Why all the promotion for a kid that is about to be a Senior and never placed at State?

Well, I think dwise got the answer to his question.

The Southport sectional and Perry regional both get a lot stronger/deeper while the Arsenal Tech sectional and Pendleton regional get a lot weaker.  Don’t understand those swaps at all. 

https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/ohio-state-all-american-wrestler-sammy-sasso-shot-near-campus-recovering-in-hospital-222254148.html

On 8/10/2023 at 12:17 AM, Dennis Lewis said:

 

https://www.goshennews.com/sports/wrestling-northwood-brings-back-hall-of-famer-lewis-as-head-coach/article_196aee56-2275-11ee-84f7-bbe445dcbc91.html

9 hours ago, NavyGonzo said:

I know I'm on the older side of things, but leaving David Palmer out... Ouch!

Agreed.  Big oversight in my mind.  4 time undefeated Lance Ellis left off, too.  And the undefeated kid (drawing a blank on name) from Bloomington South needs some consideration as well.

 It looks like they were only considering relative recent wrestlers.

I like the idea of a 3 point takedown since encourages wrestlers to take more risks on their feet.

However, I like riding time as is.  

I think you can consolidate the 2 North Central lines with Lou Silverman being the Old Coach and Elijah Bailey being the new coach?

Prior to the 1971-1972 seasons, sectionals were quite large and only one participant from each weight advanced out of the sectional.  I think it was in the late 60’s (68?) sectional, there was a wrestler from Muncie South whose last name was Metcalf.  He may well have been the 2nd best heavyweight in the state. Many certainly expressed that as an emphatic opinion for sure.  Unfortunately for him, he was in the same sectional as Muncie Central’s legendary and future Olympian “Pete” Lee.

Well, I for one remember Hunter Hughes and the other really good teammates  Jeffersonville had back then … but as he said there were some holes in the lineup due to forfeits.  Indeed I agree that Hunter would have to be considered one of the greatest wrestler not to make it to state.  It was really surprising watching him wrestle at Connersville each year but not seeing him at state.

11 hours ago, casualwrestlingfan said:

Think they'll announce it during basketball's big weekend?

I had trouble deciding between a “laughing” emoji vs. a “sad” emoji.

So I ran into the issue first at the Pendleton Heights regional where no brackets available and no wifi to view trackwrestling.

Then this past week at Hancock County Junior High tournament at New Palestine, again no brackets nor wifi for Trackwrestling.  They kept announcing over and over that you had to use Trackwrestling.  I pointed out to them there was no wifi available for guests, but still kept making the same announcement.  Fans were very frustrated, even the New Pal fans I talked to.