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  1. Berry,

     

    Your pretty spot on along my thoughts as well. Although, I have a few differences not many. Tisch is the kid, if you doubt it just watch the size of the ears grow during the match. I think he does a repeat of last Saturday. He is scrappy, and will go that way if someone thinks they can. If my son and Leech mix it up again, I hope someone brings the towel cart from the locker room, because every time they went at it in the RTC, some mopping of the boys and mats had to happen.

  2. Hmmmm after reviewing and listening about the Al Smith, I have to go with the turntable 175 class. You have a good mix of kids that I have been around and watch grow up over the last 10 years (and a few movebacks) alongside my older kids. I honestly think of about 12 kids could take it, but will depend on who wants it most in the end. Disclaimer: I do have skin in the game in this class

  3. 4 hours ago, Stebn8r said:

    Most wrestlers are not spring sport guys. 

    If there is immediately lots of support for something similar, why wouldn't wrestling have a similar North / South, Indiana / Kentucky or Area Code war, like basketball, baseball and football.

    It would have to be done quickly after state, before the Freestyle season tournaments dominated the attention, time and schedule.

    Maybe a it could be a Friday night Pre-tournament draw for a big Sat / Sun Freestyle tournament.

     

    Even though not really marketed well, isnt this what the Indiana/Illinois duals are about?

  4. Thanks, though's result was slightly different than on track. Their top kid did not show up, so Logan faced the #2 in their lineup Logan Swaw from Lockport. He lost the Illinois AAA State Championship match to Stiles at 160. He is a commit for the Illini, so still good result for a UIndy commit. The final score I believe was 11-9, as there was some definite trackwrestling malfunctions going on with this meet. Indiana Gold and the girls were dominate for sure on the day though. A lot of matches going on, so I lost track of the Blue team. You know your going to have a good day when the announcer is a fun Wildkat having the mic in Chi-Town.

  5. This is a topic I have discussed with our coach exhaustively over the years. There really is no right or wrong answer, just what works best based on the personal goals of the wrestler. The only definitive answer that we have come up with is that there has to be more of a desire and true teamwork between wrestler, coaches, and family in the smaller school setting. My son had goals of going to state when he was in 5th/6th grade. We worked as a team to get him to the right training, learning the Olympic styles that lead to multiple trips with Team Indiana, and working with other coaches. There were always other coaches willing to help a kid that wanted to learn and wrestle like Jake O’Neil and Quinn Harris. We have worked out quite a bit when time allowed at the Warrior RTC. If you want a look at who was in that room, there are around 9 boys in the number 1-3 positions in a lot of the weight classes in the current Fort Wayne Semi State ranking. Many will be going to Gainbridge in a little while, hungry for better results than last year. Those kids traveled to GFC and to Super 32 together as well, constantly getting better for this season.  It definitely helps when you have some college kids around to help and wrestle, helping cement those goals that there is wrestling life beyond high school. When they went on a hiatus, we went to a different wrestling room in Indy. The biggest difference versus the bigger school is we had to do a lot more traveling. Sometimes our coaches went, a lot of times we had help from the others. The greatest thing about the wrestling world versus other sports I have been with, is that if the kid has the desire, there are people who will give of their time to help along the way. However, like everything else in life it has to start with the wrestler and their support team. The main question is how do you get the wrestler to not only have the right goal, but the willingness to do what it takes to achieve that goal. Yes, it is much easier to find opportunities in the bigger cities, but in the end isn’t wrestling the instrument to teach we get what we put into it?

  6. We have done GFC quite a few times going back to 2nd grade. It is pretty well done and brings in some really good talent for just going over the northern border.  If you have Junior/Seniors wanting to talk to college coaches, they are there too just like IHPO. Just remember to have the kids fill out those recruit questionnaires beforehand. 

  7. I witnessed a small school, that has never won an athletic state championship and most cant pronounce, move six athletes to the Semi-State level. Yet these kids were asked by fans of the opposite school during a Championship match to settle down when there were so few fans in the stadium cheering him. It left great impressions of that other school to be sure. 

     

    I have often felt goosebumps when a kid who is obviously injured, yet get up and walk off the mat to being cheered by all fans. Yesterday, I witnessed a kid who was obviously struggling to walk and who had to injury default on the day, get booed by a very loud audience as he walked off the mat. Whether he was booed, or it was his opponent, it did not matter, I was happy he was able to get up and hope him quick recovery. He has been a worthy opponent to my son before and I wish him and his family all the best. These are just my observations from what should have been a great day, as I witnessed a lot of great wrestling. My freshman who lost in regionals came away stating that the stadium was a toxic place to be. 

     

    However since it has been said recently, that the same things happen at other locations, we seem to be as one losing our American Spirit and it will have an impact on those young ears and eyes who are still developing their belief system. I ask, that we as parents and fans of these athletes, not only encourage, but with good spirit cheer them on next week, win or lose. I truly believe that at this level, there are no accidents, but hard work, sacrifices by many (athletes, parents, coaches, and others behind the scenes), and in the end desire of the kid to be on the mat placing themselves in front of everyone on the state’s biggest stage. That, in itself, should have us giving our respect to the kids who we see, not just our own.

     

    #StopTheBoos

  8. 5 minutes ago, aoberlin said:

    If your walls are drywall in the basement I highly highly recommend wall mats unless you are good at patching drywall. I can send you some nice pictures.

     

    How else do you get the boys to learn a necessary skill in life? Mine have become pretty good at dry wall repairs in their teen years.

  9. I think there are a couple of factors at work here. Looking around our area, the youth programs are healthier than ever before which means you do not have as many dropping as they already have been through the grind. The other major thing I have not seen anyone state is that this Class of 2021 (Freshman) should be the largest in most schools, given human reaction to the events of the time period around their birth.

  10.         " i.      Dave Cloud asked about the feasibility of doing a Sophomore Academic All-state"

     As a parent of high school, middle school, and elementary wrestlers, I dont really see the benefit to a soph academic all-state. What I would rather like is a 8th grade academic all state. Same type of criteria only instead of class rank it could be principal/varsity coach recommendation along with particpation in middle school state. Having good grades in 7th would be the ongoing part. Giving middle schoolers an incentive to have good grades to set them up going into high school would be of more benefit in my mind. Kids dont realize how important those frosh/soph grades are until its too late, usually when they hear it from college programs their junior year.                               

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