piscis1956

You have the talking crap part down!

One that is often times decided before Final matches are decided, another disrespect of the upper weights.

Broke down by weight........
Top 5's
                      NC.   EV.   FW.   EC. 
106-                 2.      1.     0.      2. 
113-                 2.      1.     1.      1.   
120-                 3.      0.     0.      2.  
126-                 2.      2.     0.      1.  
132-                 2.      1.     0.      2.   
138-                 1.      2.     1.      1. 
145-                 2.      2.     1.      1.   
152-                 1.      2.     0.      2.    
160-                 1.      2.     0.      2.   
170-                 1.      2.     1.      1.  
182-                 1.      2.     2.      0.  
195-                 1.      2.     1.      1.  
220-                 3.      1.     0.      1.  
285-                 0.      1.     1.      3. 

Cause no one ever visits the college forum 

Having an Olympic gold medalist and best wrestler in the world come back and wrestle college kids is kind of like having Mark McGwire or Barry Bonds(post juice) playing on your slow pitch softball team isn't it? 

I called the Indy Chamber of Commerce for you just to check. They told me at least 50 and sunny. Seemed to be very nice. I’m sure that they are being honest. 

This chart shows # of Top-20 state ranked guys per weight per regional.  Total for each regional at the end
  106 113 120 126 132 138 145 152 160 170 182 195 220 285   1. Hobart 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 26 2. Crown Point 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 18 3. Penn 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 19 4. Logansport 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 5. Goshen 1 0 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 15 6. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 19 7. Peru 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 6 8. Jay County 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 16 9. North Montgomery 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 15 10. Pendleton Hts 2 2 2 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 24 11. Perry Meridian 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 2 0 25 12. Richmond 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 12 13. Mooresville 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 5 36 14. Bloomington South 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 12 15. Jeffersonville 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 12 16. Evansville North 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 19

Brailen Harrington of North Central is really, really good

This match up has the potential to be an all time great.  They could end up in the finals 4 straight weekends...  

Kentuckiana/Southern Indiana
Jeffersonville, 13 - 10 Champs, 2 Runner Ups
Columbus East, 13 - 9 Champs, 3 Runner Ups
Floyd Central, 13 - 5 Champs, 3 Runner Ups
 
Madison, 10
Jennings County, 9
Seymour, 9
New Albany, 8

Sectional Champs (hope I wrote them all down correctly)
1.       Merrillville
2.       Portage
3.       Crown Point
4.       Chesterton
5.       Penn
6.       Wawasee
7.       Renseelaer Central
8.       Harrison WL
9.       Northridge
10.   Prairie Heights
11.   Carroll
12.   Homestead (by 1.5 pts over New Haven)
13.   Peru
14.   Western
15.   Jay County
16.   Yorktown
17.   Zionsville
18.   Carmel
19.   Pendleton Heights
20.   Cathedral
21.   Perry Meridian
22.   Warren Central
23.   Knightstown
24.   South Dearborn (by 2 pts over Franklin County)
25.   Brownsburg
26.   Center Grove
27.   Bloomington South
28.   Floyd Central
29.   Columbus East
30.   Jeffersonville
31.   Castle
32.   Mater Dei

I once knew a guy that tore his rotator cuff from chronic self back-patting

Thought the match was typical Ty & Asa matches from the past, pretty boring much like watching paint dry. Lost count how many times they have wrestled so you get where I’m coming from . Most of you don’t know that they trained for many years together, wrestled on the same Middle School together, Wrestling trips together ect... ect....  Both are #parrishtrained. They know each other very well and it shows on the mat. They both know what’s at stake . Win, you set your own path, lose you take maybe a harder path to State . Two great wrestlers going at it every week, one committed to ACC in Duke, other making a name for himself for the rest of the Colleges in a few years . Iron only sharping Iron. I feel sorry for the rest of the competition knowing that Your probably going draw into these two hammers these next couple of weeks knowing they are battling every week getting better & better. Round 3 in Moorseville this coming weekend. Heck.... instead of asking questions on here what happen & details.... why not make the trip and be a Witness ?  There are so many great matchups to count going down in MVille. 
Glad our boys are giving you guys something to talk about other than the County they come from also.  

Just looked at LaPorte Sectional and Chesterton sent all 14 with 10 Champs and 4 Runner-Ups.  I would say 14 in the finals is a pretty solid day 

"Glad our boys are giving you guys something to talk about other than the County they come from also"
So what do expect from others who come here to see what's going on across the State? Especially when you have 2 of the top guys at a weight facing off against each other. Enquiring minds want to know. 

These 2 wrestle at sectional and no talk???  
Any details besides the score??

this belongs in the “advanced 13 to regional” thread

Despain(LN) over Mosconi(CATH) and Kendrex(MV). Both ranked in NC SS

It’s with a broken heart I share that Anthony Eddy died this morning at 10am in a car accident. Eddy as we always called him was a member of the 2010 Mishawaka State Championship Team.  Worked his butt off to become a starter as a senior. He did not waste the opportunity. 
Eddy had the greatest smile and a laugh that filled the room.  
Love and Prayers to everyone who knew him. We lost a very special person.  

I nominate Maligned,
 Nobody brings more data and analysis including Genius scores, etc.  Havent heard much from him lately.
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What ever happened to Ancient Elder? 

Well that takes TripleB off the list lol

Great article. Tough kid. I really like his mentality and the fact he WANTS to wrestle the best. 

By JEREMY HINES
thehines7@gmail.com
If Asa Garcia ever needed a nickname, perhaps The Fireman would be the most fitting.
Sure, the Avon junior’s favorite wrestling move is the fireman’s carry - but that’s not the only reason for the nickname. Firemen are some of the bravest men on the planet. While most sane people run in the opposite direction of a fire, firefighters run towards it. Garcia is one of those that run toward the fire.
A perfect example of this came a few weeks ago when Avon competed in the team state tournament. Garcia knew that he would have a gauntlet of top tier opponents in his path. He couldn’t wait for the challenge.
Garcia, the top ranked wrestler in an absolutely stacked 126 pound class this year, beat two returning state champions and a fourth place finisher in team state. He dropped last year’s 120 pound champ, Cayden Rooks (now ranked No. 2 at 126 pounds) 3-1. He beat last year’s 113 pound champ Alec Viduya (ranked No. 3 at 126) 7-5 and he also knocked off fifth ranked Colin Poynter, who finished fourth at 120 last year, 3-2.
“Asa was excited for the opportunity to get so many good matches at team state,” Avon coach Zach Errett said. “He was really looking at it as an opportunity more than anything. He knew he was going to get to wrestle and compete with some of the best kids in the state. That’s who he is. He looks to compete, always. I enjoy that about him. He wants to wrestle the best people.”
Garcia said he approached team state with the mentality that it was going to make him a better wrestler, no matter what happened.
“I knew the tournament would be tough,” Garcia said. “I’ve beaten those guys before, but I’ve also taken my lumps to some of them. You don’t know how well you’ll perform until you get out there and do it. Right now, wins and losses don’t matter anyway. If I took a loss or two, it wouldn’t have affected me. At the end of the day, the state tournament is when it really matters. Everything up until that point is practice.”
Garcia won state as a freshman at 106 pounds. He came into that tournament with six losses, but emerged as the champ after pinning Warren Central senior Keyuan Murphy in just under two minutes.
“Getting under the lights is an experience that’s tough to explain,” Garcia said. “You would think you’d be really nervous. But, everything just shuts down and you probably wrestle the best you’ve ever wrestled in your life.”
This year Garcia is making great strides because his approach to practicing has changed. Instead of practicing to get down to weight, he’s practicing to get better.
“Last year stung a little not winning (he placed third at 113),” Garcia said. “It was a tough season all around. I was cutting too much weight and it showed when things started to count. I was like 133 pounds during the week and I was cutting to 113. I wasn’t able to practice to get better, I was practicing to get the weight off. This year is much different. I’m able to maintain my weight and in practice I’m really able to focus on improving.”
One of the keys to Garcia’s wrestling success is his ability to learn and expand his arsenal.
“One of the things I really love about wrestling is when you get out of your comfort zone and do something you aren’t used to,” Garcia said. “It’s no secret my favorite move is the fireman’s carry - but I’ve been able to build a more elaborate offense because I worked on things I wasn’t comfortable doing. You have to work on them until you are comfortable with them.”
Garcia’s top priority this year is to get back under the lights and to claim his second state title.
“You think of getting under those lights all year long,” Garcia said. “You plan in your mind what your celebration would be like. You constantly think of how you want to wrestle and how you react when you win. But, all of that shuts down when you’re actually in the moment. You just have to let go and have fun.”
As a team, Avon breaks down after every practice with a chant of “State Champs.” Garcia knows that after that, it’s his turn to run toward the fire.

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Wow, that is just terrible. With his lineage and AAU success, he is the one of the primary wrestlers that shepherded in the modern era of Indiana Wrestling
that we can be thankful for today.His success at Delta, love them or hate them, raised the bar of the state tournament excitement giving you guys like Ginther, etc. 
Guys like Palmer brought the wrestling year round mantra to the forefront.  He was  the equivalent then, of today's Andrew Howe.  World Champ, beast, made it out of Indiana to the highest stage in Oklahoma, but had some injury issues that hampered him.   That, and having Mark Schultz and Dan Chaid in the room at OU. 
If the IHSAA or Coaches assocation doesn't do an award after this man, it would be criminal.  Cancer sucks.