Wade McClurg

We (Carmel USA Wrestling Club) are looking at doing an Elementary Dual Meet with only 4 teams on a Saturday this year at Carmel High School... December 13th. One team will be Carmel and then 3 other schools. We think this is perfect for the young guys in your programs. We will start at 9am and be done and out of there by 1-2pm. Have to have USAW card to participate. This will fill up fast, let us know ASAP... we are doing one on November 22nd just like this and it filled up real fast. The ages will be K-6th grade. 15 Weight classes: 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 85, 95,105,105+ Cost will be $150 per team cash or check to CUSAWC (15 kids on a team, for each kid over the 15 count it is $5 extra). So if you have 17 guys total, then cost is $160. If you have extras you are more than welcome to bring them, we will do our best to get everyone matches after each dual is over. Our goal is to make this a friendship environment but at the same time competitive. We will keep a dual meet score and wrestle 3 one minute periods. We love the idea of wrestling 3 quality matches Saturday morning and then be home in time to still enjoy your Saturday. Parents and the little guys will love this. We are looking for 100% sure commitments. We will take the first 4 teams that confirm for December 13th. Let me know if you want to do this. Then I will send you a roster sheet and more details when we get closer to the tournament date. We will go by the honors weigh in system, please don't abuse this. Email me if you have any questions/if you are interested! Wade McClurg wade.mcclurg@carmelusawrestling.org Carmel USA Wrestling Club Coach Carmel High School Assistant Coach

Wade McClurg- Assistant Coach at Carmel Ed Pendoski- Head Coach at Carmel (indianamat name is Ed Pendoski)

https://docs.google.com/a/carmelusawrestling.org/forms/d/1E3m30YPIZZH7-AxKbHK5XzkuOEdJHNEVPCf41HKX4u8/viewform There is the link for the upcoming Purdue Camp. This is open to everyone of all ages. We have a real elite group of high school aged kids coming, and also some elementary and middle school kids signed up. Going to be a great camp, make sure you get signed up today. We will close online registration at 50, right now we are at 40!

https://docs.google.com/a/carmelusawrestling.org/forms/d/1E3m30YPIZZH7-AxKbHK5XzkuOEdJHNEVPCf41HKX4u8/viewform There is the link for the upcoming Purdue Camp. This is open to everyone of all ages. We have a real elite group of high school aged kids coming, and also some elementary and middle school kids signed up. Going to be a great camp, make sure you get signed up today. We will close online registration at 50, right now we are at 40!

I would put Vinny in the same breath because he is not only a 3x runner up, but also is a Junior Fargo All American also got 5th at Flo (both tournaments college coaches look at a lot, hint why he got such a great scholarship to Big 10 Rutgers). And I never said McCloskey is a nobody, so don't put words in my mouth. I was just trying to understand your logic

No I'm saying Johnson-Jones, Duck, and that McClurg guy at 160lbs in 2013 that beat McCloskey in the semi state finals and the state finals... Those 3 guys all finished higher on the ihsaa podium than McCloskey ever did. Those three were state champs, that's all I'm saying. You're probably using the nhsca brackets to compare their high school careers. Maybe that's why I can't comprehend your logic.

Y2, I guess we will always have the last laugh in 2013 at 160lbs... I can live with that. I agree Rypel is a great wrestler, just think it's a very premature to put him in Sliga's class with the statistics/results you came up with. Duckworth and Johnson-Jones were state champions and were successful in collegiate wrestling. Again I don't know how you think that puts McCloskey in their class as of right now (could change with how he does in college), sounds like a bias opinion to me.

Touche Troll, I corrected it. He lost to Johnson-Jones at Semi State. Yes Y2, I am saying that placing 7th isn't the same as 3rd as a Freshman. "Some Cadet Titles in Fargo"... I didn't know those were so "easy" to win. It is the premiere competition in the country for high school wrestlers. And yes I am also saying 4 for 4 at Cadets in Fargo is more impressive than an NHSCA Sophomore Division title.

That's a bold statement. Sliga prior to junior season... won Folkstyle Nationals as a Freshman. He won 4 Fargo Titles (4 for 4, 2 freestyle and 2 Greco) all before his junior year. Fargo is the biggest and toughest test for high school kids in the country. He got 3rd at Super 32 before his Sophomore year. He also got 3rd at state as a freshman, losing to Atwood in semis (multiple time NCAA qualifier, currently ranked top 10 in country as a senior at Purdue). He got 3rd as a sophomore too, losing to a guy who went on to compete at the next level as well Sliga also made the world team after his junior season, going on to get 5th in the world that summer. Then his senior year he went out and won the prestigious junior national Fargo freestyle title. And he dominated his last 2 seasons of high school including winning by fall in both state finals matches. Placed at fila juniors before his senior year... beat multiple guys that won matches at the NCAA Division 1 tournament that year. No disrespect to Rypel he's a great wrestler, but don't forget how impressive Mitch Sliga was and still is on and off the mat. Great kid who got it done in the classroom and on the wrestling mat at a high level. Excited to watch him compete this year as a Redshirt Freshman at Northwestern!

Bump... We are getting a great response, and have had some big names in the Indiana high school wrestling world sign up. Make sure you sign up using the google doc link found above. The flyer is also on our website www.carmelusawrestling.org Thanks!

Bump... We are getting a great response, and have had some big names in the Indiana high school wrestling world sign up. Make sure you sign up using the google doc link found above. The flyer is also on our website www.carmelusawrestling.org Thanks!

We're getting a great response about the upcoming weekend with Coach Ersland and the rest of the Purdue staff coming to CUSAWC, so we've started a form to sign up for this camp. We'll need to know how many mats to put out for the staff. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1E3m30YPIZZH7-AxKbHK5XzkuOEdJHNEVPCf41HKX4u8/viewform We've contacted some coaches about this weekend. Please feel free to reach out to us if you'd like to bring a group. We can discuss options depending on how many are coming. ependosk@ccs.k12.in.us 317.701.1512

CARMEL USA WRESTLING CLUB CAMP FEATURING NEW PURDUE WRESTLING COACHING STAFF Come spend the weekend with us at Carmel High School and get the chance to meet and learn from the new Purdue University Wrestling Staff. Head Coach Tony Ersland, Assistant Coach Tyrell Todd ( Big 10 Champ, 3x NCAA AA), and Assistant Coach Zach Tanelli (NCAA AA, Midlands Champ) will all be in attendance to showcase the techniques that they show at the Big 10 level, and the essential skills that they believe are necessary to succeed at the highest levels of wrestling. Come be seen by the new Purdue Wrestling staff, it’s going to be a great camp! Cost: $90, $75 if you are already a member of CUSAWC Location and Time: CHS Wrestling Room, Enter through Door 21, arrive as early as 11:00am Saturday SATURDAY, September 20th *Lunch will not be provided. Session 1: 12:00pm-2:00pm Session 2: 3:00pm-4:30pm Session 3: 5:00pm-6:30pm SUNDAY, September 21st *Lunch will not be provided. Session 4: 8:00am-10:00am Session 5: 10:45am-12:15pm BIO: Tony Ersland comes to Purdue after serving as an assistant coach at Nebraska for the past eight seasons. While on staff, the Huskers have tallied a 102-41-2 dual record, seven top-20 team finishes at the NCAA Championships and grapplers have earned 17 All-America honors. Ersland, who primarily worked with the upper weights, coached three-time All-American, two-time NCAA finalist and 2009 Big 12 champion and Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet Craig Brester at 197 pounds. He also coached four-time qualifiers in Josh Ihnen (184) and Tucker Lane (285). During his 17 years, Ersland has played an integral role in developing student-athletes that are accomplished on the mat and nationally recognized. He has had 86 wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Championships, with 28 earning All-America honors and four finishing at the top of the podium. Two of his pupils, Jordan Burroughs and Jake Herbert, earned the highest honor a collegiate grappler can receive in the Dan Hodge Award. Ersland continued to develop Burroughs on the international stage as he claimed the 2011 and 2013 World titles at 74 kg. In 2012, Burroughs claimed Olympic gold in London. Prior to his post at Nebraska, Ersland coached the Cyclone Wrestling Club in Ames, Iowa. Ersland worked with Iowa State NCAA champions Trent Paulson (157) and David Zabriskie (285) among other multiple NCAA qualifiers and All-Americans. His familiarity with the Big Ten extends beyond his time at Nebraska. From 2000-2005, Ersland was the head assistant wrestling coach at Northwestern, and he also served as a coach and board member for the Wildcat Wrestling Club. He was the head assistant wrestling coach at Northern Illinois in 1999 and 2000 after getting his start as a graduate assistant at Central Michigan from 1997 to 1999. On the mat, Ersland wrestled for the University of Iowa under legendary coach Dan Gable and was a part of three-straight NCAA team championships (1995-97) and four Big Ten Championships (1994-97). During his senior season in 1997, Ersland finished one match shy of All-America honors at 177 pounds. The Humboldt, Iowa, native excelled in the classroom as a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and Board of Control Athletics Award winner, and was bestowed with Iowa wrestling's J. Donald McPike Award, given to the senior on the team with the highest grade-point average. Ersland earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Iowa (1997) and a Master of Arts in athletic administration from Central Michigan (1999). Ersland and his wife, Carolyn, have twin sons, Mason and Jaxon. http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/zach_tanelli_915903.html http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/tyrel_todd_906416.html

CARMEL USA WRESTLING CLUB CAMP FEATURING NEW PURDUE WRESTLING COACHING STAFF Come spend the weekend with us at Carmel High School and get the chance to meet and learn from the new Purdue University Wrestling Staff. Head Coach Tony Ersland, Assistant Coach Tyrell Todd ( Big 10 Champ, 3x NCAA AA), and Assistant Coach Zach Tanelli (NCAA AA, Midlands Champ) will all be in attendance to showcase the techniques that they show at the Big 10 level, and the essential skills that they believe are necessary to succeed at the highest levels of wrestling. Come be seen by the new Purdue Wrestling staff, it’s going to be a great camp! Cost: $90, $75 if you are already a member of CUSAWC Location and Time: CHS Wrestling Room, Enter through Door 21, arrive as early as 11:00am Saturday SATURDAY, September 20th *Lunch will not be provided. Session 1: 12:00pm-2:00pm Session 2: 3:00pm-4:30pm Session 3: 5:00pm-6:30pm SUNDAY, September 21st *Lunch will not be provided. Session 4: 8:00am-10:00am Session 5: 10:45am-12:15pm BIO: Tony Ersland comes to Purdue after serving as an assistant coach at Nebraska for the past eight seasons. While on staff, the Huskers have tallied a 102-41-2 dual record, seven top-20 team finishes at the NCAA Championships and grapplers have earned 17 All-America honors. Ersland, who primarily worked with the upper weights, coached three-time All-American, two-time NCAA finalist and 2009 Big 12 champion and Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet Craig Brester at 197 pounds. He also coached four-time qualifiers in Josh Ihnen (184) and Tucker Lane (285). During his 17 years, Ersland has played an integral role in developing student-athletes that are accomplished on the mat and nationally recognized. He has had 86 wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Championships, with 28 earning All-America honors and four finishing at the top of the podium. Two of his pupils, Jordan Burroughs and Jake Herbert, earned the highest honor a collegiate grappler can receive in the Dan Hodge Award. Ersland continued to develop Burroughs on the international stage as he claimed the 2011 and 2013 World titles at 74 kg. In 2012, Burroughs claimed Olympic gold in London. Prior to his post at Nebraska, Ersland coached the Cyclone Wrestling Club in Ames, Iowa. Ersland worked with Iowa State NCAA champions Trent Paulson (157) and David Zabriskie (285) among other multiple NCAA qualifiers and All-Americans. His familiarity with the Big Ten extends beyond his time at Nebraska. From 2000-2005, Ersland was the head assistant wrestling coach at Northwestern, and he also served as a coach and board member for the Wildcat Wrestling Club. He was the head assistant wrestling coach at Northern Illinois in 1999 and 2000 after getting his start as a graduate assistant at Central Michigan from 1997 to 1999. On the mat, Ersland wrestled for the University of Iowa under legendary coach Dan Gable and was a part of three-straight NCAA team championships (1995-97) and four Big Ten Championships (1994-97). During his senior season in 1997, Ersland finished one match shy of All-America honors at 177 pounds. The Humboldt, Iowa, native excelled in the classroom as a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and Board of Control Athletics Award winner, and was bestowed with Iowa wrestling's J. Donald McPike Award, given to the senior on the team with the highest grade-point average. Ersland earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Iowa (1997) and a Master of Arts in athletic administration from Central Michigan (1999). Ersland and his wife, Carolyn, have twin sons, Mason and Jaxon. http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/zach_tanelli_915903.html http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/tyrel_todd_906416.html

Please come in Door 21 and we will be there to show you the way to the wrestling room. We ask that you arrive no later than 8:45am, so we can get started right at 9am! Carmel High School 520 E Main St, Carmel, IN 46032

Please come in Door 21 and we will be there to show you the way to the wrestling room. We ask that you arrive no later than 8:45am, so we can get started right at 9am! Carmel High School 520 E Main St, Carmel, IN 46032

We are getting quite a few commitments for CUSA Wrestling Club camp this weekend at Carmel High School to get ready for ISWA States! Looks like it is going to be a real good room. Please contact myself (info above), or Coach Ed Pendoski at 317.701.1512, ependosk@ccs.k12.in.us, ed.pendoski@carmelusawrestling.org if you plan on coming. We will work out a group deal with you, if you bring a certain amount of guys

We are getting quite a few commitments for CUSA Wrestling Club camp this weekend at Carmel High School to get ready for ISWA States! Looks like it is going to be a real good room. Please contact myself (info above), or Coach Ed Pendoski at 317.701.1512, ependosk@ccs.k12.in.us, ed.pendoski@carmelusawrestling.org if you plan on coming. We will work out a group deal with you, if you bring a certain amount of guys

CARMEL USA WRESTLING CLUB CAMP Come spend the weekend with us at Carmel High School and learn from the Carmel USA Wrestling Club staff (lead by Ed Pendoski), and we will also have one of the best talent’s to ever come out of the state of Indiana in attendance, Mitch Sliga. This will be a great opportunity to learn from a D1 & World-Class athlete that will help you tune up your skills before ISWA Freestyle and Greco State Finals. More importantly the goal of this camp is to get a group of Indiana's best wrestlers to come together for the weekend and train to get better! Cost: $65 for both days, $40 if you can only come for one day SATURDAY, APRIL 26 *Lunch will not be provided. Session 1: 9:00am-11:00am Session 2: 12:30pm-2:00pm Session 3: 3:00pm-4:30pm SUNDAY, APRIL 27 *Lunch will not be provided. Session 4: 9:00am-11:00am Session 5: 12:00pm-1:30pm Mitch Sliga’s Bio from Northwestern University Wrestling’s Website 2013-14: Redshirt season...compiled a 26-5 record wrestling unattached this season,winning matches by a major decision, tech fall and fall at 4:59...Won the 184 lbs. Duhawk Open on Feb. 1 at Loras College..Took second place on the year year at 184 lbs. at the UW-Parkside Tournament, the 42nd Annual Wisconsin Open...In July of 2013 won the Junior National Freestyle Title at 195 lbs. High School: 2013 Indianapolis Star Super Team Wrestler of the Year ... 2013 and 2012 Indiana State Champion at 195 ... Posted a four-year record of 178-4, including 99 consecutive wins ... Pinned or had a tech fall against every opponent he faced in 2012-13, except one (13-4 major decision) ... Pinned his 2013 finals opponent in 31 seconds ... 2013 Junior Nationals Freestyle Champion at 195 lbs. ... Went a perfect 8-0 en route to the title, winning six bouts by tech fall, two by fall ... Member of the 2012 USA Cadet World Team where he placed 5th at the Cadet World Championships ... 2012 FILA Cadet FS National Campion ... 2012 USA Wrestling Triple Crown Winner ... Four-time Fargo National Champion ... Four-time Indiana State place winner, regional champion, sectional champion and conference champion ... Two-time semi-state champion ... Team captain and a three-time team MVP and letterwinner ... Played a year of fullback for the Fisher football team ... Junior Academic All-State and had the highest GPA on the Fisher wrestling team for three years. Personal: Born Mitchell Tyler Sliga ... Son of Christopher and Michelle Sliga ... Competed on the Indiana national teams with current NU wrestler Jason Tsirtsis... Chose Northwestern over Minnesota, Michigan and Cornell ... Plans to major in economics at Northwestern. Please contact me if you plan on coming. If you want to bring a group of kids from your program, contact me and we can work out a discount plan if you bring a certain amount of wrestlers! Wade McClurg 317.501.8306 wade.mcclurg@carmelusawrestling.org

CARMEL USA WRESTLING CLUB CAMP Come spend the weekend with us at Carmel High School and learn from the Carmel USA Wrestling Club staff (lead by Ed Pendoski), and we will also have one of the best talent’s to ever come out of the state of Indiana in attendance, Mitch Sliga. This will be a great opportunity to learn from a D1 & World-Class athlete that will help you tune up your skills before ISWA Freestyle and Greco State Finals. More importantly the goal of this camp is to get a group of Indiana's best wrestlers to come together for the weekend and train to get better! Cost: $65 for both days, $40 if you can only come for one day SATURDAY, APRIL 26 *Lunch will not be provided. Session 1: 9:00am-11:00am Session 2: 12:30pm-2:00pm Session 3: 3:00pm-4:30pm SUNDAY, APRIL 27 *Lunch will not be provided. Session 4: 9:00am-11:00am Session 5: 12:00pm-1:30pm Mitch Sliga’s Bio from Northwestern University Wrestling’s Website 2013-14: Redshirt season...compiled a 26-5 record wrestling unattached this season,winning matches by a major decision, tech fall and fall at 4:59...Won the 184 lbs. Duhawk Open on Feb. 1 at Loras College..Took second place on the year year at 184 lbs. at the UW-Parkside Tournament, the 42nd Annual Wisconsin Open...In July of 2013 won the Junior National Freestyle Title at 195 lbs. High School: 2013 Indianapolis Star Super Team Wrestler of the Year ... 2013 and 2012 Indiana State Champion at 195 ... Posted a four-year record of 178-4, including 99 consecutive wins ... Pinned or had a tech fall against every opponent he faced in 2012-13, except one (13-4 major decision) ... Pinned his 2013 finals opponent in 31 seconds ... 2013 Junior Nationals Freestyle Champion at 195 lbs. ... Went a perfect 8-0 en route to the title, winning six bouts by tech fall, two by fall ... Member of the 2012 USA Cadet World Team where he placed 5th at the Cadet World Championships ... 2012 FILA Cadet FS National Campion ... 2012 USA Wrestling Triple Crown Winner ... Four-time Fargo National Champion ... Four-time Indiana State place winner, regional champion, sectional champion and conference champion ... Two-time semi-state champion ... Team captain and a three-time team MVP and letterwinner ... Played a year of fullback for the Fisher football team ... Junior Academic All-State and had the highest GPA on the Fisher wrestling team for three years. Personal: Born Mitchell Tyler Sliga ... Son of Christopher and Michelle Sliga ... Competed on the Indiana national teams with current NU wrestler Jason Tsirtsis... Chose Northwestern over Minnesota, Michigan and Cornell ... Plans to major in economics at Northwestern. Please contact me if you plan on coming. If you want to bring a group of kids from your program, contact me and we can work out a discount plan if you bring a certain amount of wrestlers! Wade McClurg 317.501.8306 wade.mcclurg@carmelusawrestling.org

Kevin Whitehead: As he's getting on the podium "He's the best... He's the best... He's the best... 3 times for Beech Grove's Steeeeven Bradley!"

I can't speak for all 14 of last year's IHSAA State Champions, but I can speak for the 2013 IHSAA 160 lbs State Champion. He weighed out of every practice during the season at 160 or below.

Benny Harvey is a Junior this year... 7th as a freshman @ 113, 3rd as a sophomore @ 126... I am not sure why that bracket has him listed as a senior from last year. It must have been a typo.

Wagner got lateraled in the last 15 seconds of the match while being up 5-2.... He didn't get pinned, but he did get thrown for 2 takedown + 3 back points... to lose 7-5 to Jason Fryar who began wrestling as a sophomore in high school. Fryar was 6' 11", just a super big dude. Paulie Petrov was a killer and still is, considering the fact that he is a Division 1 varsity wrestler for Bucknell. He was blessed with some God given talent, but he works extremely hard at everything he does. A very motivated person in the classroom, as well as on the wrestling mat. But.... I will admit I was surprised the way Petrov was able to dominate Mason Todd in the state semi finals as seniors, because he dropped a 3-2 decision to Todd the previous year in the state semi finals. I think it's a testament to the way he worked all off season and prepared for that 3rd weekend in February his senior year... he left no stone unturned!

Thanks Nick! Bump.... This will be a great camp to prepare for the national dual competitions in June for schoolboys, cadets and juniors. A lot of the club kids at the youth and high school level have already committed to coming, and there is a possibility of quite a few out of state kids coming in for it as well. The quality of kids at this camp will be awesome. Spots still open since we are having it in LN's huge room... Let us know soon if you want to be apart of it!