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it was worth a shot  You could even announce guys in petition and the process of selecting them.  Give some final tips about the venue and how bouts will be ran.  We need some Caprino/Reiser time.

1,600 Bananas for Joe & Mike to do a show for Sig .  
 
Notorious 

Joe I know you are probably super busy putting this event together, but a gorilla radio tonight with Reiser discussing brackets would be great. 
 
or maybe Reiser and Brewer. Really just looking for some wrestling discussions. 

Yes to both of these.  

Approximately 150 spots left, don't sleep on possibly the toughest IHPO ever.  Some huge brackets with 109lbs at 76 and 123lbs with 66.  
 
Also noticed that Indiana will have a few new faces to start the school year.  Welcome to 1 class Indiana Sergio Lemley, Javen Estrada, and Robert Major.  
 
Anyone want to throw out some early predictions based off the registration right now?

Little brother got to wrestle Major this summer. He’s tough, Carmel is getting a good one!
 

Even better than owning the Golden Girls house.
 
 

Common sense to me would be to keep your kid away from the sport if they are sick or the parent feels the risk is too much. I myself will have my son wrestle as long as he has zero symptoms. To the country kid, don’t have your child wrestle and you won’t have to worry about it. At some point we must get back to normalcy and allow these student athletes be just that. COVID will not go away just as the flu has never left.

I agree that it won’t disappear. What I’m saying is that our elected officials all seem to have an agenda. I have never seen something so politicalized. I just just believe after November 3rd, people will be less motivated to force agendas, fear, and misinformation on us all (on both sides of the aisle). I believe that is when we MAY see the common sense approach applied. 
 
But... like a wise man once said...
”Fat chance that happens...” 

Lets all get honest and real, most of our kids are doing kid stuff. They are playing and hanging out with friends. Doing talent shows and such. Are they really at more risk playing sports then they would be by being normal teenagers or kids??? They are holding hands with their boyfriends or girlfriends (amongst other things). They are riding in cars with friends, and doing other stuff. I may be wrong... I may be the only one that sees this. All kids may be sitting at home by themselves watching netflix??? Bottom line... How is doing sports, where there are safety protocols in place, less safe then the stuff the kids are going to do anyway. Again.. maybe all the kids are not doing normal stuff. But... I am pretty sure 90 percent are not quarantining.
 
Which brings me to my common sense approach...  If a kid is sick send him home for 10 days or until he obtains a negative test. Its just like any other illness!!! If a kid has the flu... dont let them back until cleared. If a kid has impetigo.. dont let them back until cleared. If a kid has chicken pox... dont let them back until cleared. If a kid has Covid19... dont let them back until they are cleared. Its that simple!!!!
 
Like a wise man said.. "Get busy living or get busy dying." 
 
Things that our kids are more likely to die from than Covid 19:
Car crash
Other accidents or falls
Drug or alcohol over dose 
Suicide 
Drowning
Murder
Heart disease
Cancer
Flu
Diabetes
 
I am not downplaying Covid 19. My dad has cancer and is not in good health. I know my kids have been around other kids. We (as a family) stay away from my dad for the most part. He is high risk. So, we use common sense and stay away from him. I go to his house I sit across the garage from him (that is where he hangs). We talk, enjoy some BS,  and I leave. 
 
Its freaking common sense!!! I will promise you this... People will all the suddenly gain common sense after November 3rd! 
 

We have found a venue and are looking to finalize everything early next week. We are going to wait to make sure we get department of health approval before moving forward with registration.
 
Just a note we will likely have 3 sessions of wrestling, Saturday evening, Sunday morning, and Sunday afternoon. That way we can limit the number of athletes and coaches/parents as much as humanly possible during the event.

Well we are planning for it to be a go. If we are able to pull it off we will likely be one of the first bigger events to take place.
 
We may stretch the event to two days.

I would say only having 3 guys ranked is a product of not having any offseason national tournaments this year. I think those tournaments are more important for Indiana guys because of the in-season travel restrictions in the state, so they don't get as much of a chance to accumulate nationally relevant wins. Hopefully more tournaments start to open up, so we can change that number!

Branching off of my last topic, I've thought about a variety of ways we could continue to grow the sport of wrestling, and I noticed the youth in our state have an Indiana Wrestling League. It led me to wonder if this could happen for adults, and I concluded that it surely could. Indianapolis has a variety of rec leagues through CCA Sports, and there's no reason wrestling can't be one of them. It would be a good way to keep athletes in the sport post-high school or college who don't have Olympic ambitions, and it could also set the stage for dream match-ups from the state's past to now. It could operate as a spring or summer league and completely be entertaining with a good championship series. I don't have any concrete format or rules, but there's so many ways this could go. We could have a Greco league, a Freestyle league, and a Folkstyle league. Let's just say it's folkstyle for right now, though. Here's an idea of what I would do.
 
Format
$960.00 Per Team ($80 Per Starting Individual)
Allowed up to 24 athletes per roster
12 Weight Classes (116, 126, 132, 140, 148, 155, 167, 174, 184, 197, 235, 285)
16 teams separated into two divisions (eight each)
12-Week Regular Season competition (March-May; one dual meet per week)
4-Week Team Championship Tournament Series (June; Top six teams in each division qualify, #1 and #2 teams receive first week bye)
Individual Weight Class Championship (June; Top four wrestlers in each division at the conclusion of the regular season earn automatic berth for individual championship; non-qualifying wrestlers will be allowed to wrestle-in at qualifying tournament where top four placers will advance to individual championship tournament)
 
Individuals earn ranking points based on record, type of win, and win streak. Point totals are as follows:
Every match won (1 point) Win by fall (6 points), technical fall (5 points), major decision (4 points), decision (3 points) Win streak (1 point) Example: Wrestler A concludes the regular season 11-1 (11 points), won four matches by fall (24 points), three by technical fall (15 points), a major decision (4 points), and three decisions (9 points) and had an eight match win streak (8 points). He finishes the season with 71 points and secures the top spot in the rankings.
 
Layout and Match Scoring
Three periods (3-2-2) Overtime periods (1 minute sudden victory; two 30-second tiebreaker periods; 30-second ultimate tiebreaker) Takedown (2 points), Reversal (2 points), Escape (1 Point), Near Fall (2 Points/2 seconds; 4 Points/4 Seconds), Riding Time (1 Point), 2nd Stalling (1 Point), 3rd Stalling (2 Points), Penalty (1 Point) Eligibility
Must be at least 18 years old Must have proper physical Must have a valid USA Wrestling membership  
If this were to be a thing, I wonder if we could conduct the tournament the way IHSAA used to do Team State at Center Grove under the spotlight and this could even give us a chance to experiment with wrestling outside on the fields or in the downtown areas of smaller cities such as Brownsburg, Carmel, Franklin, etc. This idea has a lot of potential and could serve as a great tune up for guys preparing for college sports, a great comeback for those who ultimately lost their careers to unforeseen circumstances, a potential launching pad for careers, and most of all, a way for people to stay in shape and have fun with the sport of wrestling. I could see so many matches come from this. Imagine a high school senior state champion facing off in the summer league against a collegiate national qualifier/All-American, or even something like a senior Jesse Mendez versus a past four-time state champion like Jason Tsirtsis. The potential is there.
 
 

Yes.  Nasir was very closed off and backed up for 5 minutes and 39 seconds.  All the action was on the edge and kept getting whistled dead.  Finally Jesse just finished a slam anyways and was hit for a point.  When Nasir finally moved forward to take a shot Jesse scored and would have had a fall, but time expired.  
 
Once HS starts and he can get in a gym again I fully anticipate Jesse putting on some weight and hopefully being big enough to go 138.  For now he will keep training and go 60 kilos at Junior Worlds, probably needs to get a little bigger for that to.

Interesting topic. If we are a go, I would venture to say we could have the best state tournament in the history of Indiana. If Ohio, Michigan and Illinois gets cancelled and we, by the grace of God, have a season. The amount of transfers to Indiana will be insane. It may pay to be a border school North, East and West!

FloWrestling- FloArena

Yes.  Nasir was very closed off and backed up for 5 minutes and 39 seconds.  All the action was on the edge and kept getting whistled dead.  Finally Jesse just finished a slam anyways and was hit for a point.  When Nasir finally moved forward to take a shot Jesse scored and would have had a fall, but time expired.  
 
Once HS starts and he can get in a gym again I fully anticipate Jesse putting on some weight and hopefully being big enough to go 138.  For now he will keep training and go 60 kilos at Junior Worlds, probably needs to get a little bigger for that to.

Yes.  Nasir was very closed off and backed up for 5 minutes and 39 seconds.  All the action was on the edge and kept getting whistled dead.  Finally Jesse just finished a slam anyways and was hit for a point.  When Nasir finally moved forward to take a shot Jesse scored and would have had a fall, but time expired.  
 
Once HS starts and he can get in a gym again I fully anticipate Jesse putting on some weight and hopefully being big enough to go 138.  For now he will keep training and go 60 kilos at Junior Worlds, probably needs to get a little bigger for that to.

Yes.  Nasir was very closed off and backed up for 5 minutes and 39 seconds.  All the action was on the edge and kept getting whistled dead.  Finally Jesse just finished a slam anyways and was hit for a point.  When Nasir finally moved forward to take a shot Jesse scored and would have had a fall, but time expired.  
 
Once HS starts and he can get in a gym again I fully anticipate Jesse putting on some weight and hopefully being big enough to go 138.  For now he will keep training and go 60 kilos at Junior Worlds, probably needs to get a little bigger for that to.

Yes.  Nasir was very closed off and backed up for 5 minutes and 39 seconds.  All the action was on the edge and kept getting whistled dead.  Finally Jesse just finished a slam anyways and was hit for a point.  When Nasir finally moved forward to take a shot Jesse scored and would have had a fall, but time expired.  
 
Once HS starts and he can get in a gym again I fully anticipate Jesse putting on some weight and hopefully being big enough to go 138.  For now he will keep training and go 60 kilos at Junior Worlds, probably needs to get a little bigger for that to.

Top 4 kids from every state put into one bracket.... PRETTY AWESOME
 
https://linktr.ee/bopwrestling
 
 

With Mendez, Seltzer, Watson, Koontz etc is this the best class in Indiana history ?

We all know how much everyone is tired of hearing about cancellations and such....so we are going to go LIVE tomorrow night with wrestling talk.
 
On the always fluid and never followed docket tomorrow includes:
1. Updates to the grade rankings
2. Our top wrestlers of the 2000's and maybe even a little voting on the BEST!
3. Anything else that pops up.
 
It will be live on Facebook as usual and we'll do our best to keep you entertained as most of us are sitting at home and want something other than the news.

Crown Point
(Best lineup while only using a wrestler 1 time)
 
106- Jack Rees- 2nd & 4th
113-Anthony Hawkins- 1st, 4th, 5th, & SQ
120-Riley Bettich- 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th
126-Stephen Roberson- 7th & 5th
132- Jesse Mendez- 1st & 1st
138-Jason Tsirtsis- 1st, 1st, 1st, & 1st
145-Eric Roach-1st, 1st, 2nd, & 4th
152-Noah Lamore- 3rd & 6th
160-Darden Schurg- 2nd, 2nd, & 4th
170-Oscar Kasch- 5th, 5th, & SQ
182-Tim Gergerly-3rd
195-Marcus Shrewsbury-1st, 2nd, & 7th
220-Tyler Kral- 1st & 3rd
285-Charlie Smith-2nd