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Gunnar Larson ( Avon ) is a Freshman at Army and is already working with Assistant Coach Braden Atwood ( Purdue / Dephi )And being very well looked after by Cael 

Gunnar Larson ( Avon ) is a Freshman at Army and is already working with Assistant Coach Braden Atwood ( Purdue / Dephi )And being very well looked after by Cael 

Ben Harvey and Cael McCormick at Army West Point (West Point, NY)
From Army West Point's athletic website:  (www.goarmysports.com)
2016-17 Stats
Ben Harvey -- Freshman • 174 • New Palestine, Ind. / Indianapolis Cathedral (USMAPS)          Dual: 5-7 Md: 6 TF: 1 Falls: 1
          - 2016-17 Record:      21-13
          - Southeast Open   (1st Place)
          - Roadrunner Open (3rd Place)
          - All-Academy Championships (2nd Place)
          - EIWA Conference Championships (7th Place)
          - Ben was extremely resilient and tough as a freshman wrestling every varsity event for the Black Knights this past season
          - He is projected to be back at 174 for the 2017-18 season
 
Cael McCormick -- Freshman • 157/165 • Yorktown, Ind. / Yorktown          Dual: 1-1 Md: 1 TF: 2 Falls: 6
           - 2016-17 Record:      26-10
          - Southeast Open (6th Place)
          - Bearcat Open (4th Place)
          - New York State Championships (1st Place)
          - Lock Haven Classic (3rd Place)
          - National Collegiate Open (6th Place)
          - Cael is projected to be at 165 for the 2017-18 season

Tre Lynch (New Albany) is a Sophomore (rs) wrestling at Campbellsville, won the #1 spot at 157 last year then had an achilles injury in the first tournament and redshirted.  Back this year and is expected to be at 165.
Jacob Franklin (New Washington) is also on the squad and is projected at 197.

Owen Doster (New Haven High School) will be a Sophomore at Wabash. 
Freshman Year (2016-17)\
- Record 30-7
- Competed at 133 pounds
- 2nd place at Concordia Open
- 2nd place at Indiana Little State Invite
- 3rd place at North Central Invite
- Spartan Mat Classic Champion
- Baldwin Wallace Invite Champion
- Finished 3rd place at the NCAA Midwest Regional which qualified him for the NCAA Championships
- 7th Place All-American Finish at 2017 NCAA National Championships
- Went into the tournament unseeded and dropped his 1st bout, but rattled off three straight victories to capture All-American status. Scored 7.5 team points to help the team finish in 3rd place and bring home its 3rd straight NCAA Team Trophy
- Scholar All-American (2nd Freshmen in Wabash Wrestling History)
Wabash won the MidWest Regional & had 7 out of 10 National Qualifiers.  Owen is kneeling bottom right.  The man with the fresh stash is Connor Brummett from Dekalb he was a Senior...

Recent link from www.goarmysports.com athletic website on Braden Atwood.
http://www.goarmywestpoint.com/news/2017/8/15/wrestling-adds-atwood-to-staff.aspx
Go Army!

Army West Point wrestling has made some adjustments to their coaching staff headed into the 2017-18 season.  The Black Knights were also recognized by all 3 major recruiting media outlets as having a top 25 recruiting class for 2017-18 (first time ever).
*  Braden Atwood (4X NCAA Qual. for Purdue) was brought on board the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant.  He is already at West Point and doing a great job with the program.
*  Joe DeAngelo was recently hired as an assistant coach (2X NCAA qualifier for NC State)
*  Cam Simaz has been hired as the West Point WC head coach and will coach in various capacities in the Black Knight program (NCAA champion from Cornell Univ.)

The 170 pound soon be Danville junior recieved one of the only 4 Black Hats given at J Robs 28 day intensive camp out of hundreds of wrestlers...He graduated with over a perfect score gaining 10 positive ratings during camp and ran his 15 miles in 2 hours and 6 minutes...very proud of this young man who is like a nephew to me and glad he represented Indiana so well during a challenging but life changing experience!  Look for big things the next 2 years and beyond out of this fine young man!  He's had a very productive off season winning Nuway and Indy nationals while wrestling on dual national teams and gaining valuable knowledge for the future.

Congratulations to Noah Cressell from Wabash for signing with North Dakota State. He is projected to wrestle 174.

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Just a few names that I know of :
Freshman 
Avon Tyler Conley 106-113 
Avon Brady McKivitz 126-132 
Avon Jaden Reynolds 132-138  
Plainfield Cameron Allen 106  
Brownsburg Kysen Montgomery 106-113
 
Junior 
Plainfield LJ Burden 138-145 
Avon Caden Hubner 220 
Avon Mo Aloosh 285 
 
Senior 
California move to Plainfield  Hassan Zwink unsure on weight . 
 
 
 
 
 

Fargo, big pre-season events, and weight shifting will change things a decent amount, but here is their initial rankings  
http://www.flowrestling.org/ranking/2871-new-faces-new-rankings/2017-07-09/p4p
Pound for Pound #9 Parris
106. #20 Moran
145 #2 Brayton Lee (behind Sasso of PA)
145 #16 McIntosh
152 #1 Joe Lee
195 #13 Davison
220 #1 Parris ( initially he was slotted at #2 behind Schultz of CO but was moved up in the revision)
HWT #16 Pokorney
 
These rankings could set up a Who's #1 clash between B. Lee and Sasso.  It also could make meeting between Parris and Schultz unless Football gets in the way.  
 
Indiana is a little light on this list and with little Hoosier movement during the regular season (travel restrictions) hopefully we have some of our top guns participating in some of these spring and fall events.  

Congratulations!!!!! So excited for you. Yorktown should be very proud. Three back to back to back. Cael, Brad and now Christian.That is a great reflection on the Yorktown program and Coach McCormick. Cathedral has sent the Harvey brothers, Brian has graduated, Ben is still there. Lowell has sent Colton and Avon has sent Gunnar. Can't wait to see who is next. Congrats agian to Christian.  

Congratulations!!!!! So excited for you. Yorktown should be very proud. Three back to back to back. Cael, Brad and now Christian.That is a great reflection on the Yorktown program and Coach McCormick. Cathedral has sent the Harvey brothers, Brian has graduated, Ben is still there. Lowell has sent Colton and Avon has sent Gunnar. Can't wait to see who is next. Congrats agian to Christian.  

Congratulations to Christian on his commitment to serve our country and attend the United States Military Academy at West Point! Not only has this kid put hours of diligence on the mat but has made leaps and bounds in the classroom. I'll never forget when a scrawny 106 pounder with an indifference to his GPA told me over the dinner table three years ago that he wanted to go to an Academy and wrestle. Knowing the rigors of that decision, I rolled my eyes but said "well let's go to work." Three years later, I stand corrected. Good things come to kids who work hard in the classroom. Congratulations to Christian and his family, and Go Army!
 

Tristen Tonte for being named Indy Star Marion County Male Athlete of the year and Ben Stewart for being named Indy Star Male City Athlete of the year. Much deserved for both.

Article + video from WISH-TV
 
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Congratulations to all of our 2017 ISWA Triple Crown winners!! 

 

Bantam 45- Spenser McCammon of Sullivan Co WC

Bantam 55- Carter Hall of Maurer Coughlin WC

Bantam 65- Cohen Long of Club Madison/PWA

Bantam 90- Kameron Hazelett of Region WA

Intermediate 75/80- Kyle Harden of CIA

Novice 55- Nathan Rioux of Contenders WA

Novice 60- Revin Dickman of Contenders WA

Novice 65- Parker Reynolds of Contenders WA

Novice 75- Brady Ison of Contenders WA

Novice 90- Caden Brewer of Contenders WA

Novice 95- Aiden Torres of Chesterton WC

Novice 100- Kaden McConnell of Contenders WA

Novice 120/130- Dylan Bridgman of Perry Meridian WC

Novice 165- Edgar Decker of Hammond Gladiators WC

Schoolboy 84- Cheaney Schoeff of Contenders WA

Schoolboy 105/112- Jesse Mendez of Region WA

Schoolboy 128- Brady McKivitz of Avon WC

Schoolboy 144- Griffin Ison of Red Cobra WA

Schoolboy 152/160- Evan Bates of Chesterton WC

Schoolboy 160/175- Robert Bowman of Region WA

Schoolboy 265- Matthew Munoz of Team Jeff WC

Cadet 88/94- Alec Freeman of Maurer Coughlin WC

Cadet 120- Blake Boarman of Maurer Coughlin WC

Cadet 152/160- Antwaun Graves of Warren WA

Cadet 170-Silas Allred of Shenandoah WC

Junior 113- Jacob Moran of Portage WC

Junior 195- Lucas Davison of Chesterton WC

 

 

 

Now that was a fun weekend! Most of these kids have been traveling together for years. Kinda sad that it will all be over sooner rather than later. I assure you all that this group of kids are crazy funny and will have some great memories to look back on. This weekend is definitely one to remember. Man..... we lit up the scoreboard! Thanks to Bryan Bailey

Outlaws Black went 5-0 today dismantling the Iowa Allstars, South Dakota Blue, Montana Maroon, Nebraska Black & Iowa Young Bucks teams in very convincing fashion. They will head into competition tomorrow in the Gold Pool seeking a team championship. Undefeated wrestlers seeking All American honors are........
Gavin Alstott 98lbs
Logan Bailey 106lbs
AJ Black 113lbs
Lukasz Walendzak 120lbs
Asa Garcia 126lbs
Jacob LaPlace 145lbs
Tucker Coffman 152lbs
Carson Brewer 160lbs
Silas Allred 170lbs
Caden Hubner 195lbs
Kyle Cornwell 220lbs
 
Follow the action tomorrow on Trackwrestling!!!

Not sure if this is it until next year but Indiana has 10 kids in the rankings.
 
106 Brayden Curtis Yorktown #20
132 Breyden Bailey Cathedral #12 Northern Illinois, Won vs Illinois Sunday
145 Brayton Lee Brownsburg #5
152 Joe Lee EMD #8 Penn State
160 Brad Laughlin Yorktown #17 Army - West Point, Won vs Illinois Sunday
195 Andrew Davison Chesterton #8 Michigan, Won vs Illinois Sunday
195 Tristen Tonte Warren Central #16 Marian FB
195 Ben Stewart Cathedral #18 Boston College FB
220 Mason Parris Lawrenceburg #3
220 Gunnar Larson Avon #7 Army - West Point, Won vs Illinois Sunday
 
Who will take the place of the Seniors that will be leaving the ranking next year? Asa Garcia? Others??

Gunnar has had a GREAT wrestling career and it would be easy to "define" him by his athletic accolades, but his accomplishments off the Mat are 10 fold to those.  His Teammates from Indiana and around the Country know and appreciate this about him.  Comments from DLane, hook and half and quinnsDAD mean a lot!  Thanks for the "ride" IndianaMat.....now on to West Point

My son Mason has been on Indiana Gold team the last 2 years and will be on it again this year.  The tournament has been great , the coaches have been great no complaints here at all.  It's been a great experience....  I also believe the best that Indiana can put on the mat should be on one team, and then have as many IN. teams as you want.  

GREAT KID and Family!!!!!

The Indianapolis Star used to publish one of these lists after the state finals, but it hasn't in recent years. I thought it would be cool to compile my own list of Indy area wrestlers and hear who most would pick for their respective regions/areas, or even by semi-state.
 
Indianapolis Area Super Team
 
106 - Brayden Lowery, Perry Meridian, 9, 47-3 | State 3rd
113 - Alec Viduya, Roncalli, 9, 47-2 | State Champion
120 - Ty Mills, Brownsburg, 11, 37-3 | State Runner-Up
126 - Alec White, New Palestine, 12, 39-1 | State Champion
132 - Breyden Bailey, Indianapolis Cathedral, 12, 42-1 | State Champion
138 - Zach Melloh, Indianapolis Cathedral, 11, 39-2 | State 3rd
145 - Brayton Lee, Brownsburg, 11, 46-0 | State Champion
152 - Noah Warren, Perry Meridian, 11, 45-2 | State Runner-Up
160 - Gleason Mappes, Center Grove, 11, 41-3 | State 4th
170 - Burk Van Horn, Franklin, 12, 36-3 | State Qualifier
182 - Nathan Walton, Brownsburg, 11, 45-2 | State 3rd
195 - Tristen Tonte, Warren Central, 12, 39-2 | State Runner-Up
220 - Gunnar Larson, Avon, 12, 42-1 | State 3rd
285 - Robert Samuels, Lawrence North, 12, 43-7 | State 3rd
 
Honorable Mention
106 - Drake Campbell of Brownsburg
113 - Asa Garcia of Avon
120 - Alex Mosconi of Indian Creek
126 - Blake Mulkey of Brownsburg
132 - Ethan Smiley of Beech Grove
138 - Nathan Conley of Avon
145 - Kain Rust of Perry Meridian
152 - Jacob Clark of Avon
160 - Jaylen Adkins of Decatur Central
170 - Joe Mazero of Hamilton Southeastern
182 - Jake Moore of Franklin Community
195 - Ben Stewart of Indianapolis Cathedral
220 - Isaac McCormick of Brownsburg
285 - Rickie Clark of Brownsburg

I think this could be a great to get kids some recognition they don't normally get.