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They finally added weight class, period, and time.

Just a heads up the Live Broadcast is about to start at 8 and it looks like they maybe running Face-Offs before the previously stated 8:30 Finals time. 

You mean thw all 3 mats one? Better than nothing, kind of, I guess.

Well..at least something good came of it..I’m a state champ! Honor me!!

Opened this for an intelligent read with my morning coffee thinking “Atta boy MattM, I look forward to your thoughts.  They’re probably wrong but hey, it’s the effort that counts” 
 
 
 
 
sorely disappointed. 

Apologies for the lengthy post, but thought found this to be interesting. Last night I was scrolling through Tiktok, procrastinating on some homework, and came across a video about NCAA Basketball champions, and how they all fall under certain criteria, and I was curious as to how something like that can be applied to our state tournament. This is what I came up with: 
 
All State Champions but 4, (since 2015) have fallen under at least 3 of the 4 following criteria: 
- Taken 2nd or better at respective Semi-State
- Ranked in the Indianamat Final State Top 5 Rankings
- A returning Qualifier
- Wrestles for a team with multiple qualifiers in the same season 
 
The 4 wrestlers who broke this trend? 
-Asa Garcia (106) in 2016
         - 2nd or Better in SS? Y (1st)
         - Top 5? N (Ranked 8th)
         - Returning? N (Freshman)
         - Team with multiple Qualifiers? Y (Avon) 
- Eli Stock (170) in 2017 
         - 2nd or Better in SS? Y (1st)
         - Top 5? N (Ranked 18th)
         - Returning? N (Senior)
         - Team with multiple Qualifiers? Y (Monrovia) 
- Ashton Jackson (106) in 2021
         - 2nd or Better in SS? Y (1st)
         - Top 5? N (Ranked 7th)
         - Returning? N (Sophomore)
         - Team with multiple Qualifiers? Y (La Porte) 
- Marshall Fishback (285) in 2022
         - 2nd or Better in SS? Y (1st)
         - Top 5? N (Ranked 10th)
         - Returning? N (Senior)
         - Team with multiple Qualifiers? Y (Rochester Community)
 
Knowing the criteria, who are the contenders this year? (* = 4/4)
106
Jones*
Boyd 
Schoettle
 
113
Bollinger*
Dickman*
Rioux*
Lewis
 
120
Jendreas*
LaRocca*
Ash
 
126
Schaefer*
Reynolds
Rioux
Butt
Rowles
Hawkins
 
132
Thrine*
Goss*
Hockaday*
Sessa
Bradley
DeMarco
 
138
Leavell*
Wood*
Ison*
Shephard
Whitehead
Thornton
 
144
Arberry*
Courtney*
Doster*
Huyvaert
Hagewood
Walker
Reynolds
Graham
 
150
Krejsa*
Harper*
May*
Bohn
Getz
Jett
 
157
Betz*
Brabender*
Pellot*
Cashman II*
Stits
 
165
Meyers*
Rinehart*
Beck
Roudebush
 
175
Emerine* 
Costello*
Leech*
Clouser* 
 
190
Henry*
Penola*
McConnell*
Weaver*
Bisping
 
215
Clark*
Martin*
Brewer
Woodall
Weingart
 
285
Clark*
Beck*
Johnson*
Smith (Ind. Cath.)
Hastings 
 
Some Things to note about this data: 
- 94.29% (66/70) of Wrestlers that fell under this criteria won on Friday night this year
- All but 1 wrestler with all 4 of the criteria won on Friday night
 
Now does someone really need all this criteria to be a state champion? Definitely not. If we could predict every champion using this, the tournament wouldn't be as great as it is. These 'contenders' are not the end all be all, but it's a decent place to start if you're looking to pick your state champion. I'll be continuing to keep track of this as the tournament goes on, and see how this list of criteria plays out. Would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this as well. Thanks for reading! 

I was thinking the same thing, they are very good. 

GOING TO BE A SHOWDOWN TOMORROW ! 

Nice win for Woodall 5-3 over Chicione.  Thought he looked good last week at NC. Gotta feel for Chicioe though, undefeated then loses twice and done. Tough for sure...

Nice win for Woodall 5-3 over Chicione.  Thought he looked good last week at NC. Gotta feel for Chicioe though, undefeated then loses twice and done. Tough for sure...

Chicoine definitely had to have a potential Clark rematch in the back of his mind after almost beating him last week and having made it to the final last year. It goes to show once again that upsets don't mean someone was overrated in many cases--anyone can lose.

Hartleroad!!! WOW!!

Fort Wayne 4s!!!!!!

Woodall with a TD with 8 seconds left over Chicoine for a 5-3 win
 

I guess people were right to look at Fort Wayne when it comes to 4s over 1s.......

175 Farnell over Brenton Russell SV-1 6-4.  #4 over #1

We are finally all set up and ready for tomorrow. Super pumped. 

Oh my Gawd….. 
 
So …. Ticket Master wants to go Round 2 with Indiana Wrestling Fans . 
 
 
 

 
 

Not bad for a look ahead a year ago some of the weights are off but I could see a lot of these guys under the lights 

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 

I've said this before and will echo it once again.  Maybe I'm on a limb on my own, but....

In a tournament with no wrestlebacks, and results determining bracket placement for the next weekend, chopping off a minute in the 3rd/4th Place matches may be the dumbest thing ever! These matches could ultimately determine who the state champ is next weekend, yet they are treated the same as a 2nd round consi match in a 64 man bracket.  

Thanks for the reply!  I figured out my issue,tabs muted.

I have sound on all four mats 

Congratulations to this years batch of Boys and Girls IHSWCA Academic All-State!
 
Names/spellings are as input by the school representative.  Submissions must have been submitted by a member of the IHSWCA from the host school. 
 
 
Congratulations to all! Thank you Nick Stewart for all your hard work! 
 
https://ihswca.org/academic-all-state/?fbclid=IwAR1bq7yrthI96jbX6-22SSBfB41tusLfkl1YPInWb0JeAExxTFOfJif3j6Q_aem_ASUYVC9YOU1THfWQUvKmnx9U-3SQC0ca7O-5B0_xs-SCggC_4piL0BbSM-2SRE7MhwQ

Kinda like reaching back on bottom…some things are best learned through experience.