Justin Ratliff

Finally a tall kid in the family! 

Middle School State Champ DoubleB to Ft Wayne and @Y2CJ41 becomes his new Daddy

I don't know why it is so hard, the point of contact is the guy with the whistle and sometimes the other guy with the whistle that helps the first guy second guess himself.

Join us for another awesome RTC Night at Columbus North! We've got all sizes and all skill levels coming in consistently. 35+ kids each week!
 
Come get better with us on Thursday evenings from 5-6:30pm!

Great RTC Last week with Maxwell Lacey! 
 
Back at it this week with Special Clinician coach, Luke Schroder! 
 
5-6:30pm 
 
Come in and get better with us! 

I've heard rumblings out of the South, but it would be inappropriate to speculate quite yet. 
 
The Transfer Portal is always very active this time of year!
 

Columbus North RTC is back in action this Thursday! Last RTC night we had 35 wrestlers from the area getting after it.
 
Join us this Thursday with special guest clinician Max Lacey!
 
Indiana RTC Resident Athlete
Puerto Rican National Team Member
2020 Pan American champion
2021 Pan Bronze
2022 Pan Am Bronze 
2024 CAC Games Silver 
11th in 2023 World Championships 
 
Come get better this week! 

Ill point out that the bad news always gets more attention, so this isn't necessarily so.
In my interactions, 99% of the time I see good sportsmanship, good behavior and people enjoying the sport.   Just like our news, the negative makes a good story, but it sure doesnt mean that its the norm.  Ive been around wrestling for years, and crazy ***potty mouth*** has always happened.
 
Not sure what happened in the IHSAA event, but maybe handled wrong, but the IHSAA doesnt look kindly on stuff described.    Im sure this was investigated and acted on.  Guns are so prevalent,  people love them,  but still this is an anomaly.
 
On the ISWa tournament,  there was a lot of brotherly wrestling love this weekend.  99% of people were great,  appreciative and enjoying themselves. Its like a giant wrestling reunion.  Yes, there was some incidents from passionate people whose behavior could have been better.  But  I dont think the original poster knows the full circumstances of the situation described.   I say look at all the good this weekend, kids of all ages learning sportsmanship, making friends enjoying competing.  It overshadows any negative,  and that crazy behavior is not anything new.   Always some bad apples.
 
 

I actually feel like a lot of good things are happening off the mat.  
 
This weekend was high emotion, and that breeds tension. 
 
I saw kids that were finished staying to watch placement matches. Many of these kids weren’t from the same school, club, region or semi-state. I saw kids that don’t know each other talk and interact and support each other. I saw parents hug their kids and tell them how proud they were. I saw coaches tell a kid how much they’ve grown. 
 
I would argue there is more of that than the opposite. Bad things get a lot of attention, but I think we should focus on all of the good stuff instead. 
 
The future is bright in Indiana for wrestling. This tournament seems to get tougher every year, and that’s awesome. 

This past weekend I attended the ISWA event at Warren Central.  I wasn't gonna do a review, but I had more than a few denizens of the Indiana wrestling scene ask me to do one.  So, here I am.  First, I'm not sure if these are the hot dogs that Warren usually sells, or if these are from an ISWA contracted vendor.  Anyways, at first glance, the hot dog did not look appealing.  It looked plucked right out of the movie "Nothing but Trouble" that starred Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and the late, great John Candy(who pulled double duty).  I was ready to put buying this hot dog into my worst decisions of my life category, which includes getting married, accepting the Clockwork Orange therapy to avoid a curfew ticket, and eating a hot dog from Hanover Central.  Fortunately, it wasn't that bad.  It wasn't good, but, it was at least two steps above Alpo.  3 slices of pizza outta 8
Next weekend I'm going to Iowa, and on St Patrick's day, I'll be at Mooresville highschool.  Hopefully the luck o' Irish will strike and the hot dog gods will gift me another outstanding experience at the home of the Pioneers.  Thank you for reading.

I have been told that top 5 make it in. If that is the case, I have finished 5th. With that said, I would like to decline my 1st ballot honors to ensure that the best story teller ever, and friend to many, Tom Clark @grecoref ,be honored as a 1st ballot entrant to the IndianaMat Poster HOF.
 
We miss your amazing stories friend!!!!! 
 
My time will come and until then my County brother @TeamGarcia will hold the HOF down for our community!!!
 
Congrats to all the great posters that make this site so much fun!!! 

I’m pretty sure the rest of us (8) nominated would agree to give them Automatic Shoo-in and only take Top 3 after them this year . 

Garcia has a heart? I'm checking the IP address to make sure he wasn't hacked.

Take that @DawgPoundRedlil’Rookie ! We been on this crazy train since you been in potty trained in a kennels . 

Columbus North
Orrin Kleinhenz
Sophomore 189#  34-12  state Qualifier
Junior 189# 37-8 state runner up. All his losses this year came from Heath VanDeventer.
Senior 189# 49-0 State Champ.
 
Thadeus Douglas-The always under weight takedown machine. If they kept the 98# weight class I would be righting different stats down.
Senior 103#  3rd
Fargo Greco 7th
Fargo Greco 6th
 

CA runs both the perfect state tournament and qualifiers in my opinion. I like the way the CIF has its league championships which help for seeding for its section championships, then its section masters, and finally their state championships. They have a 64-man bracket, seeding, wrestlebacks, and wrestle under the lights in sunny California. I’ve been to CA twice now and I hope to watch their state championships in the future.

We had a ghost nearfall in one of our matches and when I went back and watched it they were arguing about it. 
 
The ref came up to confirm and when he walked away "See I told you" the other said "Man I just didn't see it", good banter back and forth. 
 
He didn't see it b/c it literally didn't happen!
 

Click…. Spin… Click … Spin … Click 
 
 

 
Wooooooooo….. BANG ! BANG ! BANG ! 
 
Pistol Back ! 
 
Furst off…. Witch one of youins varmints changed Pistols log ins .

Wooooooo…. Bang ! Bang ! Bang !

Pistol bout to send you’ins 6 Slugs for tamperins wit Pistols mail …Spit ! ? It’s a Gawd Damn Federal Crime messin wit Pistols mails … Spit !  now Pistol gotta hav western unions mails to log ins . Wus it’s dat Y2 yella belly CJ’s ins da nam, fire ants lovin,  cabbage stew havin , cactus eatin, Wyoming lovin, Fake cowboys, no good varmint …Spit ! 
 
Woooooooooo….. Bang ! Bang ! Bang !
Pistol can barelys remembers wear Pistol keep Pistol horses daa to daa not lone western union mails … spit ! . Why don’t youins get wit da times ans sends it to Pistols post office in Stillwater, Oklahoma home to Dem Boys varmint … Spit ! 
 

 
Wooooooo….Bang ! Bang ! Bang ! 
 
Witch one of youins varmints tagged Pistols to handle youins personils beefs… Spit ? Pistol alread in sum HOF in Stillwater for killin deez fake Pistol Pete mascots ans Pistol does its one ways … spit ! 

Wooooooo…. Bang ! Bang ! Bang !

SHOOT’EM ! 3x between dem eyes of mascot varmints . 
 

C-Ya around Varmints ! 
 
Woooooooo…… Bang ! Bang ! Bang ! 
 
Killd or b Killd Fake Mascots 
 
Pistol Pete 
 
 


 

 
 

This is the kind of thinking that runs young posters down the rabbit hole chasing the wrong goals. Winning and losing a day and a post are un-controllable. Focus on what you can control. Become a great poster, don't try to be the best poster of the day or the week or the year. Time is fleeting, but memes are forever. 
 
If FCFighter170 was a young impressionable poster, he'd see this and just re-hash his old wins and forget what got him to this level to begin with, hard work, hyping up his boys, and weird connections through space and time. Sometimes our greatest posts aren't wins, and because of that we learn and we build. If Ontherise219 was only trying to win the day, he'd underrank CP and Brownsburg to get the people riled up. But Rise won't sink to that level.
 

Tell me you are married to a high school coach without telling me you are married to a high school coach 

I'm didn't name anyone, nor will I.  I think the rules need adjusted in general.  Brewer is a warrior.  He's wrestled on several of my travel teams.  Love that kid!
 
Just like the Iranian untying his shoe to catch a breather, there was no rule against it.  There is no rule against it but we have all seen wrestlers use injury time to get out of a bad position and/or catch a breather.  I don't know the answer but it definitely needs to be looked at. 

I'm didn't name anyone, nor will I.  I think the rules need adjusted in general.  Brewer is a warrior.  He's wrestled on several of my travel teams.  Love that kid!
 
Just like the Iranian untying his shoe to catch a breather, there was no rule against it.  There is no rule against it but we have all seen wrestlers use injury time to get out of a bad position and/or catch a breather.  I don't know the answer but it definitely needs to be looked at. 

I'm not sure the referee wouldn't be on the hook any more than they would be if they missed another call. The athlete/coach can still stop the match, just with a consequence. If the athlete is truly injured, its worth the price. To me, it reduces the incentive to stop the match unless absolutely necessary (an actual injury). I feel that is as close to an even trade for stopping the action mid-takedown or mid-turn as is reasonable. 

Since this was the year of the firsts!!
 
Rossville - Noah Weaver
Garrett - Chase Leech

#1 calling out individual kids is something that you need to refrain from or else there will be a forced vacation from posting.
#2 ask Coach Peck said, it comes up every year.
 
The solution is hairy as you cannot penalize a kid for being hurt with points. The way NCAA does it with choice of position for the injury time is the best way to do it in my gracious opinion. While this isn't a punishment via points it gives the other wrestler an advantage that they must make use of.