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I for one hope they are able to compete this year. Great kids and family. It's nothing different then so many families before them have done.

Big Red fan, but bad for Indiana when our top guy misses weight for this prestigious event. Hopefully there's more to the story and good luck to our boys that are competing.

If things stay the same, 195 will be crazy good.

You couldn't have drew that up any better

They are up! As always, the first set is to try to get more information on weights that are wrong and injury or otherwise updates. Please feel free to PM me with line ups and opinions. Thank you

able to be entered by any registered member.
 
That means if you see a match that includes ranked(semi-state or state) individuals you can add that result to our system.
 
Just go here
http://indianamat.com/index.php/page/individual_result.html
 
and click Add Result to do it.
 
Note that when you add a result it will need to be approved by an admin so it may take a few hours for someone to approve it. 

Vote for Tristen Tonte for Top Player of the Week. 159 yards rushing, 4 Rushing TDs, 1 Passing Td, 2 point conversion run as well as 2 catches.
 
 
http://usatodayhss.com/2016/poll-vote-for-the-super-25-top-star-week-6
 
   

Ya, TONTE is having a phenomenal year!

Jesse was offered the freestyle/Greco 91lb spot on USA wrestling International team competing in Medellin, Colombia based off of his Nationals performance this past year. financially my family can't afford to send him, but after talking to a several people I decided to start a gofundme account to help get him there. Jesse is really excited to have this experience to represent his country and Indiana. gofundme.com/22c7gefg
http://mk2.gofund.me/22c7gefg?rcid=4ebf2e44776111e686bbbc764e052a98

658 entries and a few decent wrestlers..... 

Nick and his dad are class acts. Great kid and great dad.

All state qualifiers and placers from 2004-present are now in our database. Only a few more years to go....
 
If you see any errors, spelling, wrong teams, etc. please inform me and I'll get them fixed. With this much data I am SURE there will be an error or two.
 
Ohh and this is just phase 1 of #ProjectMagilla!

Maybe someday we will add state placements to this dingy little site.

I know it's early but I'm bored
 
NO ORDER
 
TEAMS: Brownsburg, PM, EMD, Cathedral and Portage
 
106: Moran, Black, Bailey, Campbell and Watts
113: Vydua, Littel, Garcia, Walendzak and Mills
120: Cummings, Turner, Annakin, Fair and Rooks
126: Reirz, Rooks, Mulkey, Slivka and Culp
132: Bailey, DeLaPena, Crary, Servies and Combest
138: Black, Rumph, Conley, Melloh and Crary
145: Wathen, Rust, Rasler, Rutter and Winner
152: B. Lee, J. Lee, McIntosh, Bethel and Kerrn
160: Warren, Lemley, Berkebile, Laughlin and VanHorn
170: Kasch, Bane, Swank, Mappes and Frazee
182: Walton, Dull, Cornejo, Webster and Davison
195: Davison, Eli, Blakeley, Hankenson and Stewart
220: Parris, Tonte, Ellis, Larson and Wildeman
285: Samuels, McWilliams, Murillo, Mammolenti and Perkins

If I put in place dumb policies to prevent people from participating please inform me. If I did, I would certainly listen to the people instead of just ignoring them. Instead I have gone above that and encouraged participation by doing things such as allowing Sunday weigh-ins, not requiring any sanctioning card, allowing on-site registration, and even going as far as to getting clarifications from the IHSAA commissioner. On top of that I let coaches in free if they have a coaches card, which probably costs me well over $1000 a year.
 
Considering there were only about 20 less wrestlers at freestyle state, one topic did very little to influence the masses. 
 
It's sad that you and your group of coaches hate what I have done for the state so much. You can't stand that some nobody like me can and has promoted the sport beyond any level you guys could. You and your buddies will never accept it, which is fine. This isn't the first time, nor last time I have received backlash from people. I'll keep promoting the sport and putting Indiana in the national spotlight while behind a computer screen.

Avon is sending kids to Fargo. With this said, y2 is 100 percent correct. I really doesn't make sense to send all of our kids there. Some kids just cannot compete at that level and others are just trying to get healthy. The kids that do not go, will be going to the Grand River Rumble. Those kids have to find a way up there and one night stay. They will get 6-8 solid matches for a minimum investment (as the club pays the entry fee). If the kids want to hang around the next day, then they can get another handful of matches in the individual tourney.

As far as Disney... We went there a few days early to train with Brandon. We flew, got all meals, gear, and hotel (8 nights) for $550. Kids got 13 matches and had an awesome beach day.
 
Between Disney and GRR, our kids are getting over a half season of matches in.
 
With all of this said, my son has been injured for the majority of the last year and a half. If he was healthy.... He would be going to Fargo. We would love to see where he stacked up against the best in the USA.

Bottom line is this.... Each family must choose what is best for them. There is no right or wrong in this matter. But.... If we do want to increase our contingency at Fargo... We need to cut cost and better educate our wrestling community about what Fargo is. Here in #TheCounty, wrestling is becoming huge. With this said, I assure you that 95 percent of wrestling parents here are clueless about Fargo. We need to cut cost and promote.

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2016/June/22/Cadet-National-Duals-All-Tournament-Teams-named
 

I do commend Coach Hull for trying to put together a monster squad for this event. It seemed for a while we have a very status quo team selection. Basing the team solely on freestyle state put kids up weights or bumped good kids out due to stacked weights. One thing that Indiana seems to lack is a unified state pride in events such as these. I’m not sure if it’s the international styles or something else. It never hurts our state to have good showings at the bigger events no matter the style.
 
The forfeits at these events are embarrassing especially when we have probably 500 others on the mat at camps and other events during those same weeks. It’s not that these kids don’t want to wrestle during this time of the year, it’s they aren’t going to these events for whatever reason.
 
Here are a few concerns, compliments, and gripes and groans.
 
Junior Selection process
Overall if we are going to put our best teams out there I think this is one of the better ways to do it. However, I scratch my head at the process of “announcing” who already had a spot ahead of time. For instance, if I see Brayton Lee already has the 145lbs spot, it deters me from working my tail off to beat him to get that spot. On top of that if I see kids already in my weight, I could be even more deterred from even doing an ounce of freestyle. As a coach I am going to push the duals over Fargo for most of my kids for various reasons and in March I’m already seeing my kids have quite an uphill battle when others are given spots before I even try my first leg lace.
 
I understand the alternates part, but at the same time as a coach I see it almost as a deterrent for some. Paying $750 for 4 or 5 matches seems pretty steep compared to other events. You might as well pay the extra $400 and go to Fargo and at least control your destiny(match count and exposure) a little more.
 
Cost(Duals and Fargo)
This has been addressed and again, not sure of the solution past what has been said.  I have been to an ISWA budget meeting and let me tell you…they had to keep sharp objects away from everyone! The biggest suggestion I could ask for is to see how other states are getting their prices lower.
 
Changing Times(Duals and Fargo)
It’s not the style, it’s that freestyle isn’t the only rodeo in town in the spring and summer.  As with cost, kids can go to Super 32, Virginia Beach, Disney, etc. for much cheaper and get seen by just as many college coaches. Even 10 years ago these events were not as popular and freestyle events were much needed to get exposure.
 
Coaches(Duals and Fargo)
This is a big one and one that needs to probably be addressed the most. If you want the best kids you need their coaches on board.  Most kids are going to ask their coaches for their opinion on these events and 95% of the time they will listen to their coaches. The ISWA needs to mend the fences with the coaches to get them on board with sending their kids to these events. Doing things like clinics and such would go a long way to getting more coaches interested. Many do not know where to start with freestyle techniques and thus don’t even try.
 
Short Freestyle Season(Duals and Fargo)
For most kids the freestyle season is only about a month long. We had like 1000 kids wrestle in a freestyle event this year with 600 wrestling at state. After that we probably have around 120 that wrestled in regionals, duals, and Fargo.  Just for comparison’s sake we have probably 170ish clubs in the state. We aren’t even getting ONE kid per club wrestling past state. Even without the qualifiers the shortened season doesn’t make it beneficial for a kid to learn and practice a gut wrench. It is akin to my old football coach having us practice pass plays when we all knew we’d never pass the ball.
 
Talent Depth
I think this plays a little part in that coaches aren’t going to send their kids to duals just to get the snot kicked out of them 10 times. Ohio had 350 kids at Disney, won two divisions, and 3rd in the All-Stars and still won Junior Duals. There is no way Indiana would be able to accomplish that without almost every top 3 kid on those teams. We can’t expect to send our best teams to every event or else our Reds, Parrises, and Lees will have to wrestle about 95 off season matches. In the end some events will suffer due to this.
 
Conclusion
I look at events that Indiana has taken good squads to such as the Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic, Virginia Beach, Disney, and even the Scholastic Duals. Even more recently we have taken some very good teams to Cadet duals. Obviously our kids want to seek out top competition, obviously they aren’t opposed to traveling and spending money on these events. Is it the style, is it the ISWA, is it the coaches in charge, is it the cost?

Perry will be there!

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2016/June/22/Cadet-National-Duals-All-Tournament-Teams-named
 

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2016/June/22/Cadet-National-Duals-All-Tournament-Teams-named
 

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2016/June/22/Cadet-National-Duals-All-Tournament-Teams-named
 

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2016/June/22/Cadet-National-Duals-All-Tournament-Teams-named
 

Roncalli High School will be hosting Rebel Wrestling Foundation Workouts on Tuesday and Thursday Nights from 6:30pm-8:00pm. Must have a USAW card to attend. There is no charge for attending these workouts in May, June, July and August. Practices will begin this Tuesday May 17th and go through the summer (all workouts free of cost)
 
Roncalli High School
3300 Prague Road
Indianapolis, IN 46227
 
Wrestling Facility is connected to The Bubble.
 
Rebel Wrestling Foundation (formerly named Rebel WC) is a USAW chartered club.
 
There will be celebrities in attendance every Tuesday and Thursday Night... Don't miss out on this opportunity on the Southside of Indy to get better this spring/summer!

The topics I follow have died off considerably over the past 5 years, those are usually NE Indiana based. I know one that used to be quite fun, the NECC is nothing but the same person posting over and over again. 
 
Once again, this website is more than a messageboard, the only thing to compare to the GID is a messageboard. We have users that put in 2500+ dual results a year. We have users that update team and individual profiles. When you search wrestlers like Chad Red, Shawn Streck, etc one of the first pages you get is their IndianaMat profile. When you search Indiana football or Indiana high school football the GID is either not on the first page or very low. We are recognized both in state and nationally by media personnel from newspapers to big time websites. We also have a very prominent following on social media. Even for a lowly sport like wrestling we have 10x, yes TEN TIMES more followers on Facebook.
 
Comparing messageboard activity is fine, but we are way more than a messageboard and have been since day numero uno. We cover the sport on many different fronts and to compare this website to a messageboard is borderline hysterical.