Wade McClurg

Bump.  Still a few spots left for Sunday’s camp.  Let us know if you want on the list.   Text 317.501.8306

We are just 1 week away from our annual freestyle tournament.  Great opportunity to get a handful of quality matches in a reasonable amount of time!  Get signed up on USA wrestling website.  
 

email info@warriorrtc.com with any questions 

Space will be limited for this camp!

Secure your spot:

Text 317.501.8306 or Email info@warriorrtc.com

Warrior RTC - US Open & Freestyle State Prep Camp feat. Jonathan Kervin & Cooper Samuels

Sunday April 21  COME LEARN FROM THE BEST!  Jonathan Kervin is the 2024 NAIA National Champion at 165 lbs for Indiana Tech and was the 2020 IHSAA State Champion at 152 lbs.  Cooper Samuels is a 2x IHSAA State Champion, wrestled at the D1 level, and has had a very successful coaching career at Floyd Central HS and Invicta Wrestling Academy.

Session 1 10:00am-11:30am Technique and Drilling

Lunch Break (Bring Your Own Lunch & Water Bottle)

Session 2  12:30pm-2:00pm Technique and Drilling

Session 3  2:30pm-3:30pm Live Session

How to Register:  Contact Coach McClurg text 317.501.8306 or email info@warriorrtc.com Name, Grade, Weight, School

Cost - $75 (cash, check, card)

Sibling and Team Discount Rates Available.

377 E Tillman Rd

Fort Wayne, IN 46807

Camp Flyer

Samuels & Kervin Camp Flyer.pdf

Our tournament registration is now live on USA Wrestling website.   We will have opportunities for 6U - JR age divisions to compete and get an ISWA Freestyle State Qualifier in on Saturday, April 13.   We will have girls divisions too.   Girls can also register and compete in the boys division as well.  We will do Madison Bracketing, this is to ensure we get kids as many matches as possible.   Flyer is attached to this post.

Tournament Flyer

Contact info@warriorrtc.com with any questions.

WARRIOR RTC freestyle open.pdf

We are excited to get going this week with our spring session.  Some state tournament results from this season of kids that spend a lot of time in our room at Warrior RTC.

HS Boys - 3 State Champions, 12 State Medalists, 23 State Qualifiers

HS Girls - 1 State Champion, 7 State Medalists, 10 State Qualifiers

Frosh/Soph Boys & Girls - 1 State Champion, 4 State Medalists

MS Boys - 7 State Medalists, 18 State Qualifiers

MS Girls - 1 State Champion

ISWA Boys & Girls - 9 State Champions, 42 State Medalists

Looking forward to our All Girls Camp on Sunday this week!   We have a couple spots still open.   Contact Wade McClurg if interested.  
 

317-501-8306

Indiana Tech is currently in the top 10 with 3 All-Americans and a national finalist.   NAIA National Tournament is super tough.  If you take a deep dive at the brackets, you would be surprised at the amount of talent and highly credentialed wrestlers in our division.

We have opened this up to 50 girls... due to the high demand.   We are almost sold out!  We will have 5-10 Indiana Tech Women's Wrestlers as camp counselors too.

Warrior Regional Training Center - Spring Wrestling Session

Folkstyle, Freestyle, Greco Wrestling Training Designed For Committed & Goal-Oriented Athletes.  This Session Is For Boys & Girls In Grades K-12.

March 12 - June 27

• Tuesday 6:00pm & Thursday 6:00pm - Boys & Girls Grades K-12
• Wednesday 5:30pm (National Group) - This practice is invite only for Boys & Girls in Grades 8-12, contact Coach McClurg if interested.  The National Group will be practicing with and alongside our college athletes.
• $280 Session (32 practices - $8.75 per practice, or 32 + 16 National Group Practices = 48 Practices - $5.83 per practice), or $75 Month, or $20 Drop-In.
• Sibling Discount Rates Available.
• 2023-2024 USAW Membership Card Required.
• Payment: Cash, Check, or Card (www.warriorrtc.com/membership)
• Complete Registration Google Form on website before first practice.
• Saturday Camps (Open to the public and they will sell out):  March 17 All Girls Camp w/ Indiana Tech Women's Wrestling Head Coach Paul Rademacher ($60), April 20 Freestyle State & US Open Prep Camp w/ Cooper Samuels and Jonathan Kervin ($75), June 15 Summer Camp Leg Riding w/ Travis Barroquillo ($60)

Email us with any questions - info@warriorrtc.com

Head Coach - Wade McClurg 317.501.8306

Assistant Coach - Nick Brandt 517.490.7215

Registration - www.warriorrtc.com/membership

Address - 377 E Tillman Rd Fort Wayne 46807

wrtc spring session.pdf

Warrior RTC - All Girls Wrestling Camp feat. Paul Rademacher (Indiana Tech Women's Wrestling Head Coach)

Sunday March 17  COME LEARN FROM THE BEST!

Session 1 9:00-11:00am

Lunch Break (Bring Your Own Lunch & Water Bottle)

Session 2 12:00pm-2:00pm

We will accept the first 50 girls to register.  How to Register:  Contact Coach McClurg text 317.501.8306 or email info@warriorrtc.com Name, Grade, Weight, School

Cost - $60 (cash, check, card)

377 E Tillman Rd

Fort Wayne, IN 46807

Camp Flyer - All Girls Camp - WRTC.pdf

All Girls Camp - WRTC.pdf

Brayden Lowery 4x New Castle Semi-State Champion 

https://www.naia.org/sports/mwrest/2022-23/Releases/Qualifiers?fbclid=IwAR0p2jWNeya4u8HXjNOUwOA1gZys6M6GEsfSN9q0tjKL0EKgSyABKNFbxFU&mibextid=uc01c0

Sam Hansen - Roncalli Class of 2018

First two years: 35-24 record, at least half of these 59 matches were jv matches. 

Frosh Year- 152lbs.  Didn’t make the varsity lineup until late in the season. Lost in the first round of sectionals. Did not place in any season tournaments.

Soph Year- 152lbs. Lost an early season wrestle off, but gained a starting lineup position mid season. Did not place in any season tournaments. Lost in the first round of the Marion County Tournament by technical fall. Placed third in the sectional, and lost first round of regionals.

Final Two years: 79-8 record 

Junior Year- 182lbs. 38-5. Marion County Champion. Connersville Spartan Classic runner-up. Conference Champion. Sectional champion. Regional runner-up. Lost in the ticket round to eventual state placer Evan Stambaugh, Lebanon by the score of 5-3. 
 

Senior Year- 195lbs. 41-3. Marion County Champion. Connersville Spartan Classic champion. Conference champion. Sectional champion. Regional champion. Semi state runner-up. State runner-up. Senior year losses to D1 wrestlers – Thomas Penola 2X , Lucas Davison in finals.

On 12/23/2022 at 10:28 AM, Braxton Vest said:

I personally didn’t break the 100 pound mark until my sophomore year… then shot up during quarantine 

And you’re still flourishing as an Indiana Tech Warrior  

fun fact: The 2013 PM team… the Ihsaa did not score the first round at the state tournament that year.  This was the first year going back to the individual tournament to determine the team state champion.   They would have scored 14 more points for their 7 Friday night wins, plus whatever bonus they earned in those 7 matches.  So, that team technically was the record holder for most points scored until the 2022 CP team blew it out of the water. 
 

Most Points Scored
178 Crown Point, 2022
112 Evansville Mater Dei, 2021

109.5 Warren Central, 2016
108 Indianapolis Cathedral, 2018

105 Brownsburg, 2022
102.5 Perry Meridian, 2013
102 Indianapolis Cathedral, 2020

A lot of great wrestling teams and awesome wrestlers have taken the mat over the years in Indiana.  It’s a very hard tournament to win, especially under the IHSAA format.  Comparing teams and eras is impossible, but that’s what makes it fun to think about. The duals tournament was awesome, but it had its challenges - making weight during the middle of the week, wrestling a lot during the postseason, it was not seeded so some areas had tougher paths than others.   The individual tournament is awesome too, but it has its challenges - no wrestlebacks, luck of the draw, and some programs have tougher paths than others to get their guys downtown and on the podium.   
 

We have made much improvement with the classed duals tournament, the new travel rules, and our individual tournament is still the greatest spectacle in high school sport.  
 

When I was coaching at Roncalli during Covid I spent a lot of time on finding accurate statistics and researching information on the history of the program… What isn’t talked about enough is how hard our state tournament used to be and how difficult it was to win back in the 60s, 70s, 80s… we took less athletes from each round of the state tournament and medaled less wrestlers. Some years there was even like a repechage format at state.  Crazy stuff.  

Warrior RTC @ Indiana Tech is going to run their Warrior RTC Folkstyle Open on Sunday, November 27, just like last year... and we will stay on that Sunday following Thanksgiving date moving forward.   The flyer will be up on the ISWA website soon.  Great opportunity for middle school kids to get some matches.   We had 270 wrestlers last year, and expecting more this year!

I know Pat Culp and Co are working on bringing it back to Indiana in the near future.   A few factors in play were: USAW asking for $20,000 more than they usually ask from the host to have the event (the city in PA was willing to pay), and they also want the duals in big venues (no more high schools).  

Just now, Y2CJ41 said:

Where will they be hosting the event next year?

 

It's a shame they are moving it after hosting it in Indiana for almost 30 years!

PA is the word on the street. 

Thanks for posting.  Brought back some good memories.  I got to compete in this event back in the day when I was a schoolboy, as it was just starting to become a huge event, and it was still held at Yorktown.   Was fortunate to run the training camps and corner the 2010-14 teams with @swain358 we had a lot of fun coaching a bunch of young talent for those 7 days every June!  There was so much talent on those teams, and it was fun to watch them grow up and go on to have great success in high school and college and internationally.  It is sad to see this trip leave the state, as it was founded by Indiana in the 1990s.  

We have a unique opportunity going on right now until June 30th at Indiana Tech...

Women's Only Practices on Mondays & Wednesdays at 6:00pm.   Great learning environment with college coaches and athletes working out and coaching the room.

377 E Tillman Rd.

Fort Wayne, IN 46807

If you have any questions contact me 317.501.8306 or info@warriorrtc.com

Brayden Lowery 170-7 career record in high school

I had a blast hanging out and talking wrestling with Dane Fuelling, Rex Brewer, and Coach Currie!   WZBD Radio is doing great work to cover, promote, and grow the sport!

Campbell and Phillips were best friends and training partners in the off-season.  It was so much fun to help supplement their training at CIA.  Those were killer rooms!  I wish Pendoski, Eppert, or myself would have been smart enough to film some of those training sessions.