Justin Ratliff

Thanks to the ISWA, Franklin Community, coaches, officials, volunteers for making an event like this happen.  We had a great time interacting with the different teams.  I believe that some of our youth and parents are now hooked on wrestling after this weekend.  There is no other sports community like wrestling.  Glad to be a part of it!
 
Eric,
 
We left our Seymour banner in the bleachers by mat 1 where we were sitting most of the day.  If someone finds it would you call me? (812) 525-7304

The ISWA would like to congratulate the Brownsburg Wrestling Club on their title of Elementary Dual Team State Champions!!
Thank you to all teams that participated in this event, we had a great day of wrestling!!  Other teams that placed at the event were:
1st Place- Brownsburg Wrestling Club
2nd Place- Avon Wrestling Club
3rd Place- Center Grove Wrestling Club
4th Place- Penn Wrestling Club
5th Place- Perry Meridian Wrestling Club
6th Place- Westfield Wrestling Club
7th Place- Terre Haute South Wrestling Club
8th Place- Seymour Wrestling Club
9th Place - Franklin Central
10th Place - Chesterton
11th Place - Delta
12th Place - Madison Roughnecks
13th Place - Jet
14th Place - South Adams Gold
15th Place - Franklin
16th Place - Mishawaka
17th Place - Warren
18th Place - Team Green
19th Place - Columbus East
20th Place - Greenwood
 

Ask and you shall receive. The ISWA is awesome!!!!! We do not give these people enough credit. Not only do we have the biggest community based state elementary dual championship in the USA..... we get a parade to boot!!!! This event is growing like wild fire. I look forward to a great event.

Most importantly I just received a message from Ron Dull of South Adams to advise that his wrestler (Maverick Summersett) who injured his arm in the match against Franklin Community yesterday at Team State underwent surgery last night and the doctors were able to properly set and align the arm and he was released to head home.
In all of these post and accusations against teams by people maybe we just need to keep in mind that these are kids and it's kids sports in the end of the day.
Congrats to all the teams that came to Team State yesterday and braved the weather to get there and to all the families that came and supported their wrestlers and teams.

Really glad to hear Maverick is on his way to recovery.  Thanks to the ISWA, teams, coaches,officials and parents for this fun event.  Our team had nothing but a positive experience with the teams we competed against. (Seymour, Avon, Warren, Madison, South Adams and Mishawaka)  Franklin Wrestling always enjoys having the wrestling community visit our schools and would like to invite everyone to return April 29-May1st for our Grizzly IronMan Tournament.  Thanks again for a great day of wrestling!

Hey Matt- how about Seymour HS?

Archive ALL the matches on TrackCast! So if you are watching the live stream and miss a match, you can just find the match on the brackets and watch it. No more missing all the great matches of this awesome event!
 
You can subscribe to the live steam any time for the low low cost of $10! 
 
http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=190918009

First of all, we want to thank Indiana Mat, Mount Vernon High School, and the Ihsaa for all the great opportunities they have provided for Paul and all of the Great experiences we have enjoyed together. Our hearts will always be with Mount Vernon Wrestling and wish everyone there well. Due to several opportunities and situations in Paul's life we have decided to move him to Indiana Connections Academy, which means he will no longer be wrestling in a High School program. This was a very hard decision for him to make but we are convinced it was the correct one. He hopes to continue to represent Mount Vernon and Indiana @ a national level. That being said, any opportunities that may present themselves to be a part of an Indiana team would be much appreciated. Paul's contact info is paulkonrath98@gmail.com  Or I can be contacted  at timkonrath@gmail.com
 
Thanks Again! Tim Konrath

We will be talking to Paul and Tim in a few weeks and have an article on the website in October with all those questions and more answered.

What if attending X number of FS/Greco RTC's and participating in 1 tournament could qualify a wrestler for state?

Obviously the current way of doing things is not growing Freestyle/Greco. I'm sure that the ISWA is trying to build these styles as USAW is the governing body of Olympic wrestling. If you watch the worlds you know that we are not where we should be. We produce athletes but we are not at the same level as the Russians, Iranians, etc. in order to be the best something has to change. It needs to start at the grass roots level. I'm with Skinner. If this doesn't change numbers then I'm open to something else. Maybe more Freestyle/ Greco big names coming to RTCs? Something has to change at the coaches level too. Meaning, I think many coaches could care less about FS/Greco but if you can get a state title, cool! I feel like that is the attitude of many.

Why do people not want to wrestle much FS/Greco? Or why do they want to only wrestle at FS/Greco state? Are their other big FS/Greco tournaments you are seeking out nationally? Sounds like people only want to wrestle Folksyle but want some FS/Greco cake too.

Very well run tournament. Thanks to the Director & all of his behind the scene assistants. Weigh-ins went smooth, full mats were great for the kids & consistent officiating by a good group of young men. First time participating in this particular event & I was very impressed with how well things were run at this wonderful facility.