Riley McClurg

Thank you for everything that you have done for the sport, Mr. Whitehead! I do not think the IHSAA State Tournament will ever be the same without you on the mic. “He’s the best! He’s the best! HE’S THE BEST!” -Kevin Whitehead after Steven Bradley capped off his senior season with his 3rd consecutive state title. And, one of my all time personal favorites: ”Alec VIDUUUUUUUUYA!”

Doubt it was the 'biggest upset ever', but on ole Dewey turned Conseco upside down on Friday Night in 2005. Freshman from Hobart, Brennan Cosgrove, took down returning State Champion and senior, Jon Lloyd, by a measly score of 22-14.

Just a day away! Come learn some great technique from a couple of Indiana's best and get a scrap in before you head to NHSCAs, Folkstyle Nationals or even the beach. Door 14 6:00PM - 7:30PM EST

Cannot contain my excitement for this one! These two need no introduction. Come get better on Wednesday with Coach Brian Seltzer and his son, Zeke. Enter through Door 14 (Fieldhouse entry) and make your way up to the room - going from 6PM-7:30PM. Please make sure you have your USA Wrestling card on you.

Thanks for reaching out - we would love to have you. We will have Spring Break on 3/30 and 4/6 - next RTC after 3/23 will be on 4/13.

Back at it, again! Enter through Door 14 (Fieldhouse entry) and make your way up to the room - going from 6PM-7:30PM. Please make sure you have your USA Wrestling card on you. Tonight's clinician is Brandon James! Brandon is a graduate of Perry Meridian High School ('15) and Marian University ('20). Come ready to scrap!

Camden Eppert v. Brandon Wright I do not know how you beat this one... they met under the lights in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Eppert won the title at 103 in 2007 and at 119 in 2009 - Wright took the title at 112 in 2008. Three years in a row the same two guys met under the lights. The two also met in the finals of the Regional and Semi-State each of those three years, too.

Nick Hobbs - Beech Grove '02 6th 2nd (lost to this guy named Blake Maurer 3-2) 5th Alex Dolly - Mishawaka '03 5th 3rd 2nd (lost in ultimate tiebreaker to this guy named Blake Maurer)

Excited for our two guys to compete on Sunday! This is always a fun event. Here is the tentative Team Illinois lineups for the dual this weekend - straight from the Illinois Wrestling Coaches & Officials Association website.

Actually was just talking to Jimmy about this. I corralled his team stats while at Perry Meridian - he was 440-38. He also shared with me the following information (to the best of his knowledge): Connersville: 32-21 Tri-West: 15-18 Perry Meridian: 440-38 Warren Central: Around 70 wins Franklin: to be continued... I know that Joe will want cold hard evidence, but without WC and Franklin the man is 487-77. He isn't too bad at this coaching thing.

I remember Sackstedder bumping Danny Coyne from 112lbs to wrestle top ranked McGinley (Tim maybe?) in the Beech Grove v. Cathedral dual in the early 2000s. Cannot remember if Danny was #1 at the time, but McGinley came out victorious. I know this doesn't technically count, but I believe that Anthony Williams (IHSAA State Champ from Evansville Central) and Ethan Harris (IHSAA State Champ from Beech Grove) wrestled each other in the finals of the Mooresville Holiday Classic the following year after their State Championship runs - correct me if I am wrong. Harris came out victorious in the meeting.

I know, right? I can’t stand that guy.

Unpopular opinion: decrease the number of weight classes to 12. It makes the sport more competitive across the board; prepares kids for the next level (10 weight classes) and makes it easier for schools of all sizes to field a FULL team. 109 117 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT

2013 Perry Meridian Wrestling Team - 102.5 points scored w/o scoring Friday Night (started scoring Friday Night the next year) 106: Brett Johnson SQ 113: Jacob Cottey 5th 126: Brandon James: 5th 132: Cody LeCount: 1st 138: Nick Bova: 7th 160: Riley McClurg: 1st 182: Jake Masengale: 2nd HWT: Donte Winfield: 1st Not saying it was the best team, but I'd throw this squad in the mix. 4 in the finals with 3 champs. Just think - if James doesn't lose that heart breaker to Welch on Saturday morning.. or if Cottey doesn't drop a heart breaker to Davis, who he had beaten earlier in the year, on Saturday morning.. pretty solid team. Grateful to have been apart of it. ALSO - won the IHSWCA 3A State Duals 57-13 over Cathedral (Quarters) 40-15 over Penn (Semis) 46-11 over Franklin Community (Finals)

Now THIS is the million dollar question. Haha! Nothing but excitement surrounding the dual tonight. Come catch it if you don’t have any Tuesday night plans. The good ole Wood Shed will be rocking tonight with it being CYO Night & Senior Night. 6:00PM: JV matches start 6:30PM: Senior Night followed by CYO Night recognition 7:00PM: Varsity faceoff, Prayer, National Anthem, and then the varsity wrestling will begin. Hope to see you there!