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I get it.  I never wrestled. Am a huge fan of the sport because of my son Baxter, the Hartz Bros and Castle Wrestling Club, Coach Harmon and Castle HS, Rob and Matt Deterd, and Maurer Coughlin and their club. Love all of those guys.
My name’s Doug Annakin. 
And you guys are.......?

Spoken like a true country boy BlueBolt.  I've lived in downtown Evv three different times, including currently since Oct. 2014.  It's as safe as any part of the Evansville area as long as you know where you are going and aren't out wandering the streets alone late night.  It's a much safer downtown now than it ever has been (again lived there '92-5, '98-99 and '14-present).  We have an IU medical school opening up downtown soon to add to the population, so it will only keep getting better.  I live less than a mile from the Ford Center and have walked to and from many times without issue. 
What we really need is "Hook's Evansville SS preview", but places in or near downtown Eville to check out:
www.HayniesCorner.com (less than 1 mile away):  Evansville Brew House, Waltons (big place with decent food and also has prohibition style speakeasy Fidel's upstairs); Sauced (good italian); Dapper Pig (gastropub); Mo's House (bar with great cocktails).
Main Street: Comfort (great place opened in 2017 on 3rd and Main.  Back Stage (across from Ford Center) good bar cheap beer and should have live music Friday night (I know they do on Sat. night.  Zuki as mentioned already.  The Peephole is a great dive bar on 2nd and Main.  Cafe Arazu 5th and Main.  Bruburger mentioned already 3rd and Sycamore one block off Main St.
Other downtown:  Madelines on 2nd and Oak - good upscale food.
Franklin Street (about 1.5 miles away from Ford Center): GerstHaus mentioned already, but also Smittys Italian Steakhouse, Pistons (high octane bar), Franklin Street Tavern, Franklin Street Pizza, Sportsmans Billiards are all good.
Matty B: Tropicana opened their land based casino in October 2017.  It's MUCH nicer than the old boat.  Also, Cavanaughs is still on the boat side of the street and is run by Tropicana.  I has a great steak there a couple weeks ago.  Prices are at good streak house prices though.
 
It's okay to leave Warrick County BlueBolt and experience new things.

Literally just got kicked from the casino because I was responding to the forum and they thought I was recording casino activities lol..apparently I'ma meat head  and cross eyed to record my responses to INDIANAMAT... lol I just got booted from Tropicana hahahaha 

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I get it.  I never wrestled. Am a huge fan of the sport because of my son Baxter, the Hartz Bros and Castle Wrestling Club, Coach Harmon and Castle HS, Rob and Matt Deterd, and Maurer Coughlin and their club. Love all of those guys.
My name’s Doug Annakin. 
And you guys are.......?

Coming from a guy born and raised in Evansville and literally lived on every side of town for multiple years I can still say Evansville isn’t that bad in comparison to the rest of the country. I currently live in San Antonio but lived in other cities and was stationed militarily throughout the world. With that being said those who tend to think Evansville is such a bad place usually are those who have never left Evansville outside of vacationing or who have come smaller towns. 

That is a fine Purdue and Castle education.

Actually, it’s leaning as far away as it can from Kentucky 
 
 
 

By JEREMY HINES
thehines7@gmail.com
There’s cool, and then there’s Jack Eiteljorge cool.
The Carmel senior wrestler may even be too cool.
“Jack’s the guy I want to do my heart surgery because he’s as cool as a cucumber,” Greyhound coach Ed Pendoski said. “He doesn’t get rattled by anything. But, that’s one of the things we are trying to work on this year. I want him having emotion. We’ve talked to him about how sometimes you have to have emotion, whether it be positive or negative.”
Just how cool is Eiteljorge?
“He’s so cool that you could sit him down and tell him that someone just walked into his house and killed his dog, Bacon. His reply would be, ‘Oh, OK.’,” Pendoski said. “You could tell him that Taylor Swift is in the hot tub and wants to make out with him, and he’d say ‘Oh, OK’.”
Eiteljorge is currently ranked No. 2 in the state at 160 pounds. He is a three times sectional and regional champion, but he has never punched his ticket to state. Pendoski thinks opening up and getting a little emotional may be the edge that Eiteljorge needs to finally get to state - and possibly win.
“Going into this year, after the Super 32, we had just had two pretty bad losses,” Pendoski said. “We really started dialing in on our mental part. He’s done a good job reacting to that. The phrase we use a lot is that mental toughness is the ability to manage the thoughts in your head. We went back to that simple platform. We talked to him about getting excited. We said let’s get angry. Let’s be happy. Show something.”
The plan has worked. Eiteljorge is 33-2. He has pinned or tech falled all of his opponents in the state tournament except for one, and that match he won 18-8.
“I’ve been trying to show emotion,” Eiteljorge said. “Coach wants me to, and he has a lot of muscle so I listen to him. He feels that sometimes I’m like a robot on the mat. He wants me to just start having fun.
I’ve really been working on that part. It’s a big change from past years. Making myself be less methodical is the key. I have to go out there and make the matches fun.”
Eiteljorge isn’t one of the kids that found immediate success in the sport of wrestling. When he was young and just started going to CIA, Pendoski’s wrestling academy, he was the guy getting beat up on.
“Jack was in a group with some very, very good wrestlers,” Pendoski said. “He was the beginner. The partners he was with had been around for years and were winning championships. I think Jack went two or three months before he even scored a point. But, he was the guy that would stick around after practice and do pull-ups or pushups.”
Eventually he won his first club level state tournament. Pendoski says that was a turning point for him.
“That’s the day I knew this little ankle-biter would be OK one day,” Pendoski said. “It was nice to see a guy that started from the beginning, worked his tail off and then started to see the results.”
Eiteljorge lost in the first round of semistate his freshman year. As a sophomore and a junior he lost in the ticket round.
“This year my goal is to win state,” Eiteljorge said. “My goal is not just to get to state. But, I still know there will be a pressure on me to get past the ticket round. If I win that match, I’ll certainly feel a weight has been lifted.”
Eiteljorge isn’t one to talk about personal successes, he’s too cool to brag. But, he’s more than willing to gush about his teammates.
“I have really good teammates,” he said. “They are awesome. I love hanging out with them. Carmel’s team chemistry is what helps us be a top program. We are always improving. We have a casual, playful environment. We have fun. But when it’s time to get serious we focus and get the job done.”
Next season Eiteljorge will wrestle for the University of Indianapolis.
“The University of Indianapolis is going to be real happy with the product they are getting with Jack,” Pendoski said.

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Reiser for Mayor.........of Regiontown!

Reiser for Mayor.........of Regiontown!

Wabash College (Indiana) Boys Ranked in DIII
Ranking_8_20180206.pdf
d3wrestling.com rankings
Owen Doster #2 @ 133#  New Haven High School 
Austin Bethel Contender (11th on list) @ 149#   Mt. Vernon High School
Kyle Hatch #6 @ 157#   Warsaw High School 
Darden Schurg #5 @ 174#  Crown Point High School
Grant Gough Honorable Mention @ 197#  Winchester High School
 
 The Little Giants are at Manchester this weekend for the Mid-States Invitational then in 2 weeks Wabash College will host the NCAA DIII Midwest Regional (Feb.23-24 in Crawfordsville, IN) with the top 3 wrestlers going to the National Championships in Cleveland, OH on March 9-10.  #WAF #littlegiantswrestling #clevelandbound
 

From what I hear he didn't use his eligibility this year. He has an option of competing next year if he chooses.
This is a very young and exciting group of wrestlers. They have 42 of 44 kids that are eligible to return next year (all but one starter). Also, 32 of the 44 still have 2 years left (This include 6 kids that look to be this years regional wrestlers IMO).
Great place for our local Indiana wrestlers to go after high school, if they have the grades and want to put in the work (in and out of the classroom)!

I’m surprised more people are not favoring Douglas from Attica at 145 to make it to state. Yeah Attica is a tiny school and doesn’t wrestle the best competition, but Douglas went 44-3 last year and lost in the ticket round to Brayden Bailey 14-1. Douglas beat Hayden lohrey (37-4) first round 3-2. 
 
Judging by these results I have him punching his ticket. 

Thanks for getting this topic started Coach and good luck to your 6  wrestlers this weekend!

At 145, while the safe bet is Slivka, I refuse to count out Servies in the probable ticket round bout. He’s a tough, experienced senior, and he’ll give everything in the tank. The match-up is reminiscent of the Brookbank/Melloh clash two years ago that resulted in the Cathedral wrestler and medalist being knocked out. Saturday will be a fun day of wrestling!

Come on Coach.  Not one Ticket Round Death Draw in Ft. Wayne?  What are you saying about this SS?

 
 

????????? Paranoid much @TeamGarcia???? Are you charging me rent in that Contenders avatar cranium of yours?? Uncle Jimmy don't delete any posts!! And is a people person!! All I'm sayin'....but good on you for getting ahead of the firestorm.

Respect ? 
Why should there be any respect ?  
All @Indysportsfan did was put a placement at Regionals beside IndianaMat official and last Rankings . LMAO ! 
Ohhh... and crossed out the Eliminated individuals that was ranked to give a brighter view of who’s in & out . 

Going over the stats the county stat guru @Indysportsfan has put together. 
We lock in the rankings before the state tournament every year. 280 wrestler enter the state tournament ranked. Which at the time of sectionals is just recognition of their season. We do not and will not adjust them.   Not for injury or bad draws. Of 240 ranked wrestlers we lost 7 going on to semi state. 
Thank you to everyone who has sent emails and messages. You are so important to the rankings. 

Here are the 9 FW ticket round matches that cought my eye. A lot of talent out there in FW. 
106- 
Todd vs Teusch
138-
Gimson vs Rutter
Moore vs Price
152- 
Maclin vs Stroud
160-
Hicks vs Bratcher
170-
Lone vs Minnick 
Rader vs Freidt
220-
Hart vs Hare
HVY-
Parsons vs Jones
 
There you go backtothemat. 
 

Come on Coach.  Not one Ticket Round Death Draw in Ft. Wayne?  What are you saying about this SS?

 
 

106:
Dalton vs Ross-EV
Black vs Moseley-NC
Oliver vs Ross-NC
113:
Mark vs Hegedus-EC
Light vs Diaz-EC
120:
Hickman vs Peele-EC
Egli vs Rioux-EV
Cash vs Boe-EV
Walendzak vs Rose-NC
Stapleton vs Wagner-NC
126:
Alexander vs Poynter-EC
Johnson vs Smiley-NC
132:
Craig vs Kreitzer-EV
Mosconi vs Freiji-NC
138:
Moore vs Mancera-NC
Kitko/Walton vs Strueder-NC
Risner vs Burdord-EC
145:
Noehre vs Lohrey-NC
Slivka vs Servies-NC
Ball vs LaPlace-EC
Ellis vs Turley-EC
152:
Schrader/Miller vs Pollitt-EV
Blubaugh vs Parkinson-EV
Wagner vs Unseld-NC
Lamore vs Griggs-EC
160:
Shank vs Osho-EV
Davis vs Berkebile-NC
Lemley vs Colza-EC
170:
Bates vs Crary-EC
Fattore vs Buehler-EC
182:
Morgan vs Rolfes-NC
Below vs Hart-NC
Allred vs Roudebush-NC
Chaffee vs Lockett- EC
195:
Donovan vs Fowler-EC
220:
Hammond vs McClaine-NC
HVY:
Crider vs Faulkner-EC

Collin poynter vs Braxton Alexander This was a semi final last year 
Alexander p poynter 5:50 

So did you post this before the brackets came out? If so I am going to start asking you every year about who someone has. You got them all perfect except at 126 you have Mills/Egli and Willis/Garcia and its Mills/Willis and  Egli/Garcia.  Very good job.