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didnt have anything, did the ihsaa take it over?

I dont think so. IHSAA has the rights to the finals

Not sure I clicked on the page that y2 made on indianamat home page. It will take you there. Then look above the scoreboard and click on the camera.

go to track wrestling and click the camera and it will take you to it. They wont start streaming until 7:30 though. They will show all of the face off.

This was a big shocker for me. Floor has beaten some of the best the last two weeks and looked flat tonight.

Did 7 semi state champs really lose tonight?

any of those links showing the parade?

This is more than a Friday upset...but watch out for Floor at 170. He has been on fire these past two weekends. I know he has a couple of top kids to get through, but he has gotten past some good ones two weeks in a row.

None of these would be my picks! I just picked people to see if anyone even reads these things. 103-Red(NC) 113-Micic(M) 120-Hughes(M) 126-Crume(FW) 132-Lecount(NC) 138-Blanton(NC) 145-Malloy(E) 152-Bradley(FW) 160-McClurg(NC) 170-Stevenson(but I wouldnt be surprised to see Floor win it)(M) 182-Hurford(M) 195-Sliga(NC) 220-Robinson(M) 285-Winfield(NC)

106-Garza(M) 113- Cottey(NC) 120-Lahue(E) 126-Gettinger(NC) 132-Baysinger(FW) 138-Hupp(E) 145-Walker(FW) 152-Corsaro(NC) 160-Kriech(E) 170-Floor(NC) 182-Busse(FW) 195-Fiddler(E) 220-Hernandez(NC) 285-Hemmelgarn(FW)

I watched the Friday and Saturday morning matches two years ago on an online site from up north. Anyone know that link?

Looks like Luke Blanton tore it up today. 12-2 over Bova...WOW!

Yeah he is not ranked great point...we should have wrestle backs its been discussed...now how are the rankings done after the state finals? I am kind of new to the sport.

I was wondering if I was the only one to remember this match. Vega got underhooks and put him to his back to win at the last second!!! Market Square went nuts. Doherty(sp) vs Lund. Lund gets hit in two headlocks and still almost wins the match. Ayersman vs Campbell. All heart.

Some really good semi matches...138 Blanton vs Bova 152 Corsaro vs Ferrell...I hope that 170 Sammy Mireles gives Neibarger all he's got.

I have never coached any sport, but my point is you are teaching kids. THEY ARE KIDS!!!! So do you as a coach teach the kid that because the IHSAA hasnt changed the format of semi state in the last 20 years he is not going to state? Or do you teach the kid that he should go out and wrestle his butt off and he is a winner no matter what? Do you set with him at the fieldhouse and tell him you should be there they ripped you off? I would hope not. I lost alot and my coach not one time told me anything that wasnt uplifting. I knew a kid from my school that wrestled 215 and weighed 180 something. He won our regional at the time and at that time the regional champ only needed one win to make it to state. He draws a kid that only has one loss and is ranked behind Jake O'brien. It was his senior year his last chance to make it to state. Did he cry about his draw? I didnt even hear him complain about his draw. Before he left for Ft. Wayne he said that the kid can be beat so I must be able to beat him. He beat that #2 ranked kid and went on to finish 5th in the state. I am all about wrestle backs at semi state because that kid that lost probably deserved to be at state. He happened to lose two weekends in a row when it mattered most. Last time I seen the kid from my school I asked him what it was like to wrestle at state. I had always wanted to but didnt put in the work in the practice room to achieve it. He told me he doesnt really think about it, but this kid is now a father and he works hard for his family. I am a realist. The IHSAA isnt going to change the format because of some bad draws. Anyone who coaches kids is giving a great responsibility to teach them to be even better men and women, then they ever were athletes. So bring on the wrestle backs. Write the IHSAA and tell them how much it sucks that we dont have wrestle backs. But if you are a coach inspire your kids dont teach them they should be entilted to this or that.

I mean here is one of the most inteligent people I know saying one of the most inteligent things ever.

If life isn't fair because you got the tougher draw then win...if you can't beat the opponent now then you wouldnt do it at bankerslife either. I am from the same town as Sammy and he was the first regional champ from our school in a long time(and this is a school that won 20 straight conference titles). So him winning regional is big for how the program is coming back together. He then gets a draw where he will likely face the #3 ranked kid in the ticket round. That stinks but that is how it works. Now its up to him to win his way to state. Y2 put up at the top of this thread about the Phillips kid from Yorktown. One of those top ranked wrestlers isnt going to state, but the better one that day will go on. I know a kid that lost his freshman year in the ticket round. It was his only loss that year. The next year he gave a 3x champ a run for his money. His dad told me at state that losing that ticket round match the year before was hard but it made him better. No matter how much it sucks wrestling prepares these kids to be the best possible human beings they can. I sucked at wrestling but because I was in it, I learned that you got to work hard or life or some one across the mat from you is going to kick your butt.

120 Miracle vs Garcia...anyone know if they have wrestled yet this year? Was it a close one?

It doesnt matter the ranking at this point...if he is #2 or #3 in the state then he better win his match then wrestle good next weekend and get up on the podium and get his medal. Watch the 170 kid from Elwood. He has a tough tough match in the ticket round but the kid is a gamer.

What? Tommy Cash? that stinks to hear. Tough kid all year then come tourney time gets hurt.

That was one of the best matches I have seen in all my years of going to the State Finals. Wish someone had a video of Leroy Vega tossing Greg Shaffer his Junior year in their Saturday morning match.

I am liking the new logo. Any chance it is on this years pick'em t shirt?

Hs 132 CODY LECOUNT Perry Meridian I think Cody is going to do well at this tournament.

That is how a true father acts for his son. Lance I hope other fathers on here can learn from your example.