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How about Heritage Hills. A young team that is taking 10 to SS. 

The Cold thing is exaggerated. 
 
Actually hold on, I'm 100lbs lighter this year, let me get back to you on that.....
 
My old brittle bones can't handle the cold weather anymore, not sure how you skinny people survive. 
 

1. The ticket stuff will be fixed this year per Robert Faulkens. That was likely a server issue as they didn't expect to have that much demand and were not prepared.
 
2. No clue
 
3. Both are around 10,000 in a hockey setup. Both are basically a smaller version of Gainbridge Fieldhouse with great views no matter where you are.

I don't think fans will be disappointed with the Ford Center. Plenty of restaurants to try, all good seating I can't speak for hotels but we have plenty. MD/Reitz/Central/Evansville North and the rest of us down here would make awesome hosts.
I and others can give you plenty of info on good places to eat, I really do think the venue is perfect.

"Folkstyle wrestling is not Freestyle. You don't get a point for pushing your opponent off the mat. It is actually supposed to be stalling on the wrestler doing the pushing if they are not actually working for a TD."
 
I actually got into it w some parents at Jr High match over this. An upperweight just kept pushing our girl off the mat and making zero attempts, the other coaches were doing their best drama class act and getting the stall calls. Ridiculous. 
 
 

The real question is after it's held at the Ford Center, does the IHSAA ever move it back?
 
As my kids say "It'll be bussin'"
 
 

The real state finals already happens at The Ford Center, the IHSAA just does the next weekend to avoid litigation. 
 
 

My grapevine got it straight from the horses mouth. Evansville is a done deal. Book it!

My grapevine got it straight from the horses mouth. Evansville is a done deal. Book it!

Heard through the Grapevine that the Ford Center in Evansville will be hosting the state finals next year!

Bethel was up 7 or 8 points when he stuck him. Total beat down

Bethel was up 7 or 8 points when he stuck him. Total beat down

Cathedral's 2019 State Title run as a team was pretty magical, so I will tell the story from a Cathedral fan's point of view.
 
Coming into state with only 5 guys (Zeke Seltzer, Lukasz Walendzak, Alex Mosconi, Elliott Rodgers, and Jordan Slivka) it was an uphill battle from the beginning to defend our 2018 state title! 

As a result, the Irish came to wrestle with us placing all 5 wrestlers and putting 4 guys in the finals (including two champs). However that was not the only thing that made this run so phenomenal, as it was the manner in which we did it. To get the fun started, on Friday Night we saw Elliott Rodgers defeat Nathan Conley via a last second takedown that ultimately decided who won the state!
 
Upon returning on Saturday, we knew that we needed to not only put at least 4 guys in the finals, but also pick up some bonus along the way to win as a team, and we did just that with both Jordan Slivka and Alex Mosconi picking up a fall in the semis and heading into the finals we held a narrow lead to an Avon team that was on fire. However, in the finals is when the real magic happened. 
 
Following Zeke Seltzer's narrow defeat to Jacob Moran at 113 and Asa Garcia's 3rd state title at 132 - as well as knowing that Avon's Carson Brewer was almost a lock to win at 182 - heading into the 145lb weight class we knew that in order to win as a team, one of our remaining three wrestlers needed to win state, which was a daunting task considering that all three of our remaining guys had lost to their opponent earlier in the season. 
 
Consequently, after a 145lb match that saw Alex Mosconi lose to a nationally ranked Matt Lee, Irish fans were now on the edge of their seats as all that we had left to try and win the state title as a team was Elliott Rodgers vs. Cooper Noehre - where Rodgers had lost to Noehre the week before in Semi-State - and Jordan Slivka vs. the nationally ranked Donnell Washington - where Washington had beat Slivka 8-2 earlier in the season. This is when things got crazy
 
At 152 after a scoreless 1st period Rodgers chose down and gave up 3 back points before reversing Noehre with 30 seconds left to make the score 3-2 heading into the 3rd with Noehre on bottom. In the 3rd things started to heat up with Rodgers cutting Noehre and taking him down to tie up the match 4-4 with a little over a minute remaining, and this is when the match got really interesting. With only a minute to go to decide the state champ Noehre got an escape and a takedown to make the score 7-4 with only 50 seconds left to go, when Rodgers somehow managed to get an escape and a takedown with less than 10 seconds left to tie things up 7-7, sending the match to overtime. As if the match was not already crazy enough, Rodgers then iced the match with an Inside Trip takedown on the edge of the mat to win the match in 9-7 in OT, also somewhat securing the team state title for the Irish (Permitting that Brewer did not pick up bonus point at 182).
 
With state title in our grasp, the Cathedral section was on their feet but as if the night was not already crazy enough, we still had one wrestler remaining, Jordan Slivka... and his match turned out to be one of the best finals matches I have ever seen. Following being taken down twice in the 1st period and being reversed in the 2nd, Slivka was losing 6-2 going into the third period, and little did we know that we were about to witness one of the greatest 3rd period comebacks in state finals history.
 
At the start of the 3rd period Slivka got an escape and a takedown almost immediately to make the score 6-5 with about a minute left. Still losing, Slivka cut Washington and managed to take him down again to tie the match up at 7-7 with short time remaining. At this point Cathedral fans thought the match was headed to OT, but Slivka was not done yet.  Following an Injury time that gave Slivka choice, where he obviously chose bottom, Slivka got away to make the score 8-7 with only 40 seconds left. Finally, after a last ditch effort by Washington that saw him get taken down again the match ended, securing not only Slivka's 2nd state title, but also officially putting the team title out of reach, declaring the Irish the 2019 State Champions!
 
That State Finals run was undoubtedly one of the most impressive I had seen in my 10 years of attending the state finals, and I am grateful to have been a small part of it! Hope everyone enjoyed the story.  

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I have a personal vendetta against Horn. He looked at me wrong once, so I vowed to never place him at #1.

Thanks....
 
Common sense says nothing in Indy is going to be financially feasible to host during that weekend. Even Lucas Oil Stadium will be utilized during the festivities. 
 
Per Robert Faulkens the college facilities have conference games to juggle and cannot move those events for something else. The Big 10 and MAC set their schedules fairly late in order to find out if they could host the event. 
 
Fort Wayne and Evansville, while not exactly the best location for some within the state are the next feasible options in terms of availability and capacity.
 
Moving the date will cause a domino effect with the other state championship and wrestling state series events. If we shift the date places like the Fort Wayne Coliseum and Evansville Ford Center might not be available. Indianapolis is also hosting one of the rounds of the NCAA tournament, thus forcing the IHSAA to make changes to their tournament also.
 
I'm sorry to bring damper and a little common sense here, but in reality the IHSAA is going to work hard to make our state finals a great event. One thing the IHSAA does well is hold our state championships in great venues and creates great state finals experiences.

I don't know if you ever read anything or just spout off to spout off.
 
Hotel rooms are being booked solid for 2024 in downtown Indy at rates that are 3-5X what they normally are. The NBA books WHOLE hotels for all their people. Not sure if you have ever taken a gander at a map, but Lucas Oil Stadium is in downtown Indy. On top of the NBA All-Star game having some fan festivities at Lucas Oil Stadium no school or fan will want to attend state within the Indianapolis area that weekend due to the high price increases. This also includes hotels on the outskirts of Indianapolis. I would love to not have to pay more than my mortgage for one night at state.
 
I understand you want to make this some crazy conspiracy theory about the IHSAA, but this is out of their control as the city of Indianapolis, Pacers, and others are behind the All-Star game coming to Indy. 
 
With the wrestling state finals being smack dab in the middle of championship season it is also extremely difficult for the IHSAA to move the date.
 
As much as I want to live in fantasy land with the ability to move the dates or use one of the more centralized locations the reality is the best options are either Fort Wayne or Evansville.

Usually reserving facilities such as the Coliseum or Ford Center is about a year in advance. I believe the announcement will come sometime within the state series timeframe.

Evansville SS brings the Thunder w/ 8, I said 8, I said 8 champs and CP takes the other 6. 
 
 

Per Robert Faulkens it will be at Fort Wayne or Evansville. 

Under no circumstances ever use FloArena!!
 
#NoFlo

1A should have their own venue.  Two years in a row we have been in a field house with not a lot of seating.  Causes a lot of issues between fans and it takes away from team seating as well.  Rochester could have hosted and we offered...never even got a sniff.
 
Stop using Track Wrestling.  Use Flo Arena.  It's easier to use and it won't crash.  Every tourney we have attended this year has had problems with TW.  
 
@PMURPH505 Our spotlight is awesome and our kids love it!  We had 1,000 people come to the Western Dual and probably 600+ at the Huntington Dual.  I think it creates a little more than an "alright atmosphere".
 
Congrats to the Marksmen.  Very good team and they had some hammers.  I knew they'd be the 4th seed but they shouldn't have been...at worst they should have been the 2 seed but IMO they should have been #1.  2x defending champs and lost no one...still can't wrap my head around it.  Anyway, I also knew we'd have to wrestle our best to beat them no matter when we wrestled them.  We had our chances but made little mistakes that you can't make against their team.  Our guys battled hard and gave themselves a chance to win, that's all I can ask for.  I was also proud of how our guys responded and wrestled back for 3rd.  Cascade has some hammers and we wrestled well.  One of the hardest things to do in wrestling is wrestle back for an award you didn't want.  Our guys responded! 
 
We love Team State and we are looking forward to coming back next year but we got a lot of work to do to make that happen.
 
 

As good a job as Martinsville and Franklin both did, 1A with 12 teams bring alot of fans, would like to see 1A have its own location with sufficient seating. Agree that the finals under the lights would be cool, but some teams had a three hour drive. Congrats to Tell City!! It was definitely the Zebra Cakes!! 

The Berne Witness wouldn’t even cover the ACAC duals, not sure they’re going to go to Franklin…..

Everything will be on Flo/Track streamed live.