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Refs are lameasses 

This is a nasty level of hating. Kyrel pinned and teched his way through John Hurrle, pinned his way through Marion County, pinned and teched his way to the Al Smith finals, got two falls in the matches Warren wrestled at Team State, pinned his way through sectionals, pinned and teched his way through regionals, pinned his way through semi-state, and teched his opening round at State, won his semis 9-3, and pinned the #1 in the finals… DOMINANT without a doubt.

Nick has established residency for over 20 years in the 260. He even got a 260 tattoo, so he's ours.

Fort Wayne had 7 returning medalist who did not medal. We also had 11 in the Semi's.  I don't think it's as dire as some would like us to think.

So Fort Wayne doesn’t have anything to build off of? Fort Wayne and the surrounding area are some of the most livable places in the country. Great schools with great communities.  List of small towns in our semi-state more than any other.  The wrestling is getting better with The Fort/ Indiana Tech and many smaller clubs raising their level.  Why don’t want you over here.  I remember when the shoe was on the other foot and you would beg the gods to draw Merrillville Semi-State. This stuff goes in cycles and it may just be our turn soon.

A lot of people underestimating da Wayne... shame on all of you.

Add to that, wasn’t it LaRocca who held off doing a backflip in the finals? That saved point got them a trophy

Add to that, wasn’t it LaRocca who held off doing a backflip in the finals? That saved point got them a trophy

Add to that, wasn’t it LaRocca who held off doing a backflip in the finals? That saved point got them a trophy

There are some options, just the biggest obstacle is that there is such a short turn around between getting your qualifiers and then getting tickets for family and teams then for the general public.
 
Some ideas I have had or heard from others.
1. Assigned sections instead of seats. I assume this is possible with enough "service" fees on Ticketmaster, but it would be great for teams and fans to converge on a specific section instead of exact seats. I really miss the pockets of fans from each team that cheer loudly together.
2. Teams get X amount of tickets to sell per qualifier beyond the parent/school tickets. If it was say 10 per qualifier they would get the 4(well should be 4) for family and 4 for school, plus 10. This would mean just over 4000 tickets which is a lot. The unused ones would be given back. The hardest part would be the turnaround time to get them to schools and get them back into the pool if not used.
3. Only all session tickets. 
4. Open All-Session tickets on Wednesday and single session tickets on Thursday.
 
The assigned seating isn't going away, general admission is bad and makes for a tremendously less enjoyable experience. 

It is so the day after state.

I may have missed it over the last couple days and the trip back home, but did they ever announce attendance, as in actual number of people in attendance, not the number of tickets sold?
 
Be interested to know that number too I guess, because I know my group had 4 tickets go unused. I feel most people had some go unused. Was the #TicketGate2024 debacle a scare tactic by TicketMaster to sell more tickets and accrue more money, courtesy of assanine fees they charge?

Refs are lameasses 

They came right out and said it at the coaches meeting in Fort Wayne in November. Anything that looks pre planned gets hit, and I back flips would be pre planned. Which is still freaking lame. There’s nothing unsportsmanlike about doing a little extra celebrating in the greatest moment of these kid’s careers as long as it’s not directed at the other kid or coaches. 

Refs are lameasses 

They came right out and said it at the coaches meeting in Fort Wayne in November. Anything that looks pre planned gets hit, and I back flips would be pre planned. Which is still freaking lame. There’s nothing unsportsmanlike about doing a little extra celebrating in the greatest moment of these kid’s careers as long as it’s not directed at the other kid or coaches. 

Looks like the Brinks truck will be taking a detour to da Wayne today. I hope they updated their Google maps to stop at Victory Bay!
 
Way to go Easton, Chase, and Mitchell representing the area. Also shout outs to Cressell and Krejsa who have deep ties to da Wayne.

They came right out and said it at the coaches meeting in Fort Wayne in November. Anything that looks pre planned gets hit, and I back flips would be pre planned. Which is still freaking lame. There’s nothing unsportsmanlike about doing a little extra celebrating in the greatest moment of these kid’s careers as long as it’s not directed at the other kid or coaches. 

Refs are lameasses 

They came right out and said it at the coaches meeting in Fort Wayne in November. Anything that looks pre planned gets hit, and I back flips would be pre planned. Which is still freaking lame. There’s nothing unsportsmanlike about doing a little extra celebrating in the greatest moment of these kid’s careers as long as it’s not directed at the other kid or coaches. 

They came right out and said it at the coaches meeting in Fort Wayne in November. Anything that looks pre planned gets hit, and I back flips would be pre planned. Which is still freaking lame. There’s nothing unsportsmanlike about doing a little extra celebrating in the greatest moment of these kid’s careers as long as it’s not directed at the other kid or coaches. 

All five champs from 144-175 have some kind of ties to the Wayne. Obviously the three champs in Doster, Betz, and Leech, but also Kresja who started his high school career at Delta, and Cressell whose brother goes to Wabash and has Wabash listed on his own track profile.
 

They came right out and said it at the coaches meeting in Fort Wayne in November. Anything that looks pre planned gets hit, and I back flips would be pre planned. Which is still freaking lame. There’s nothing unsportsmanlike about doing a little extra celebrating in the greatest moment of these kid’s careers as long as it’s not directed at the other kid or coaches. 

I'm hoping this was the beginning of getting back to where we belong! The schools & RTCs are starting to break through.

They came right out and said it at the coaches meeting in Fort Wayne in November. Anything that looks pre planned gets hit, and I back flips would be pre planned. Which is still freaking lame. There’s nothing unsportsmanlike about doing a little extra celebrating in the greatest moment of these kid’s careers as long as it’s not directed at the other kid or coaches.