84Coach

Team Indiana Heartland Duals 
Both the middle school and elementary teams were pre-selected by the Heartland Committee. The pre-selected members can be challenged to a wrestle off. Wrestle off will be held March 1st (Evening)  or March 2nd(Morning). In order to challenge you must be able to make both days.  You will be notified which day your wrestle off is, it is at the discretion of the committee. Challenges will be held at Contenders Wrestling Academy in Brownsburg, IN. Anyone challenging must beat the blue team member in a best 2 of 3 series, unless there are multiple challenges in which a bracket will be formed. If you would like to challenge, a request must be submitted VIA EMAIL to ryan@contenderswrestling.com by February 23 at 6:00pm EST. 
 
The tournament will be held March 28-30th in Council Bluffs, Iowa. If challenging you must be able to register and attend the tournament on the challenge date. The trip cost is $300 
Weight 
Gold 
Blue
50
Landon Childers
Wyatt Schoettle 
55
Leyton Marsh 
Suncera Dickman 
60
Roman Howe
Silas Sanderson 
65
D’Angelo Chavez
Henry Reisen 
70
Colton Wiseman
Josh Mussleman
75
Parker Staniz
Jeremiah Maldanado 
80
Luke Pipito 
Max Kessinger
85
Jace Largent
Brady Ramirez
90
Dron Scott
Rocco Cartilino
95
Max Cantu
Maverick Smith 
100
Camden Hook
Maddox Stultz
105
Carson Planer 
Will Carney 
112
Newt Randol 
Raidon Gonzalez
120
William Smith 
Landon Bauman
130
Landon Lukeman
Eric Barr
140
Noah Fitzgerald 
Ellis Jones
160
Mason Heidelberger
Austin Fouty 
                        Middle School
    75
Mason Bayor
Wyatt Melchi 
80
Haedyn Cochran 
Henry Antrobus
85
Hunter Pierson 
Deacon Gibbs
90
Kellen Schoeff
Karson Kahlekomo 
95
Ty Whitten 
Cruz Orueta
102
Trae Ducking 
Sebastian Gracia
110
Anthony Zuranski 
Daniel Brown 
117
Collin Stayer
Noel Verduzco
125
Lincoln Underwood
Gavyn Kemp
132
Lincoln Hinchman
Bo Jackson 
140
Brendan Bentz
Ezra Olster
150
Darrel Hicks 
Connor Haines
160
Jackson Smith 
James Scruggs 
175
Mj Staples 
Garret Deuser
195
Kalvin Grose 
Bradley Rivera 
220
Cesar Salas 
Austin Oakley 
275
Kameron Hazellt
Levi Parrish

10 champs and 4 runners up. 
 
My god!! 🤦 

How about that balance of power??

Thank you to everyone who has reached out regarding Preston.  Results of a CT scan and other tests have come back.  Nothing is broken and he will make a full recovery.  
 
As far as what happened, the Mater Dei wrestler had been winning the entire match.  An illegal slam was called.  It was not intentional.  Whether it was an illegal slam or not, I don’t really care.  We were never taking a dive.  Brownsburg doesn’t roll like that.  It goes against everything we believe in.  If I thought it was intentional, It would be a different story.  There is no doubt in our mind that it was just a result of two dudes trying to punch their ticket to state. 
 
It was pretty chaotic as all of this was happening as I’m sure you can all imagine.  Given that it was a neck/head injury, I wanted to give medical people access to Preston.  Once they had time to check Preston out, I took that opportunity to talk to Preston.  There was never any talk or consideration of taking a dive. Preston would never do that.  He was in a lot of pain and upset.  He has had a lot of adversity this season. He tore his ACL at IHPO and has been working through that pain and frustration all season.  I just explained to Preston what had happened and that I was going to forfeit the match.  I told him we were losing…and it would not be fair to take the trip to state away from the Mater Dei kid.  Preston agreed and said he would never do that.  There was no reversal of the call or anything.  I just went up to officials and said we are forfeiting the match.  
 
Whoever said Preston was walking around saw someone else.  He was taken out on a stretcher and to the emergency room. 
 
Snyder 

Tommy is an absolute stud and a great kid to boot.
 
I can promise you one thing, Mr. May wanted any draw but Tommy.
 
Be the bad draw!

Tommy is an absolute stud and a great kid to boot.
 
I can promise you one thing, Mr. May wanted any draw but Tommy.
 
Be the bad draw!

Tommy is an absolute stud and a great kid to boot.
 
I can promise you one thing, Mr. May wanted any draw but Tommy.
 
Be the bad draw!

Lucas Farmer of Cascade at 157

That Clinton Shepherd has had an okay season. I wouldn’t be surprised seeing him on the podium this year.

Working on the preview and holy cow... that's all I can say. 

126 will likely have some brutal ticket matches:
Richards v Rioux
Schaefer v Brown
150 probably has the most egregious draw with May v Gibbs. 
Krejsa v Bonenberger another tough one. 

now we all know brownsburg, mater dei and center grove will get into team state … and they should.  It really has a bigger affect on the smaller schools (1A and 2A) battling those 3 plus throw in Avon, Floyd central, terre haute south for their team state bids

Another interesting rd 1 matchup out of Evansville at 157 Freshman vs Freshman: Elijah Guyer IC vs Lucas Farmer Cas. These 2 had a great match in rd 1 of MS state last year with Guyer getting the OT win. Now they see eachother again for a chance to get into the ticket round. 

Gibbs May is easily the nasty pull of all.

Every single year ! 

Ticket round 150 in Evansville 
 
#2 May vs #3 Gibbs.  

I like that fire, 84Coach. 
 
For you and Coach Gard and whoever else, that document I linked in the leaderboard post has 2 sheets: the leaderboard is one and all the enrollment data is the other if you want to take a look. Enrollment numbers are also the last column in the leaderboard image.
 
-500 is 1A (91 schools)
500+ is 2A (90)
977+ is 3A (60)
2000+ is 4A (37+2)

They are turning every cornfield in #TheCounty into new housing additions. Thanks DR Horton!!! 🤦 

This is with the new numbers for the 2024-25, 2025-26 cycle. Numerous teams moved up and down between 1A and 2A. Cascade is so far up into 2A and Rensselaer so far down into 1A that neither is even really a cut line team.

Are their enrollments flipped? Cause a cascade is in the 2A enrollment and Rensselaer in 1A enrollment 

Cascade is 1A and Rensselaer Central is 2A.

Cascade had an alternate get pulled into regionals today so we still currently have 7 remaining. 

Gabe is calling his shot over his old teammate and coaching partners kid???? Oh man!!! @QuinnHarris

Here we go, in no particular order.
 
106: Malone, Olge, Hamilton, Goelz
113: Leonard, Rioux, Ash, Dickman
120: Haines, Ash, LaRocca, Dennison
126: Roiux, Murray, Reynolds, Brown
132: Schoeff, Goss, Hockaday, Parker
138: Vander Lutigare, Syra, Faulkenburg, Ison
144: Davis, Reynolds, Courtney, Cannon
150: Gibbs, Sanders, Krejsa, Hutchinson
157: Hamblin, Day, Stits, Farmer
165: Eckles, Oyebode, Derringer, Breedlove
175: Clouser, LeClerc, Sumner, Campbell
190: Lewis, Henry, McConnell, Biven
215: Brewer, Beadles, Watson, Thompson
285: Orisadare, Jones, Mowery-Shields, Johnson 
 
I could imagine it will be a tight team race between Brownsburg and Center Grove. We shall see......................

Probably some guys with good records (based on selective scheduling of matches by their coach) and who will now be strategically replaced by their better teammate who will now be the 6 seed in order to draw away from the 1 seed.