JMILL

I can tell you this after being there and watching Matt Lee, he was in a class all to himself for sure !!!   Great performance, kid and family

I can tell you this after being there and watching Matt Lee, he was in a class all to himself for sure !!!   Great performance, kid and family

Paying for rankings?

Congrats Carson and Papa Brewer! From me and my cats.

I love @JMILL.....did anybody else read this with Bruce Springsteen's Glory Days playing in their head??
To stay on topic, I too was wondering how a top 5 program could have two forfeits in such an important dual? Not enough #YungGunZ for a full lineup yet?

Please support a wrestler for Indy Star Athlete of the week! 
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Our kids have trained together year round, since early in elementary school. As soon as the high school season ends to the first day of the season, they are grinding. These kids are pushing eachother 24/7/365. We spend a lot of time together. Sure we want to beat eachother bad as hell. With that said... we all see the work that each kid puts in. Can’t be mad at anybody that sacrifices like these wrestlers, families, and coaches do. Like it or not we changed the wrestling culture in the Westside of Indy. I promise Plainfield is going to be making noise for years to come also. The # championship is an awesome thing. 

It’s a great rivalry, but one full of friendship and complete respect.  I’m thankful to be a part of it. 
 
Snyder 

the best of 3 will be 8 second periods however as @TeamGarcia has a small tank and I don't wanna take advantage of him...... BTW Happy Bday to my half brother @TeamGarcia Love ya brother, but Thursday #WeBeBeefinBro  #BburgvAvon

see that @MattM ....... now that's how make a short joke buddy !!!!
wait a minute.............................. %#@!?!  @TeamGarcia

see that @MattM ....... now that's how make a short joke buddy !!!!
wait a minute.............................. %#@!?!  @TeamGarcia

Happy Birthday @JMILL ! My brother . 
@JMILL will win cause of his short advantage. -2 Feet 
#wefightin TheCounty #werunindianawrestling #westside
 

MD had TWO forfeits in the 2012/13 season.  
MD had one forfeit in 1955/56 campaign and one in 1961/62.

That's the most interesting meaningless fact that i'm going to hear today.     Hook and a Half is a walking MD history book.

DLane It will be! Bcsc.tv. Special guest commentary will be done by former state placer Issac McCormick.
 
What will the new part of this meet Beth is year? Will it be the often talked about pony rides? Balloon animals? Face Painting? Intermission of JMill vs TeamGarcia in a best two out of three takedowns?
OR will it be a meet and greet with a 3 time state champion who went 190(+) and 2 in high school and wrestled Big 10?  Find out Thursday in the battle for the “#”.

My Guy! 

Great guy

By STEVE KRAH
stvkrh905@gmail.com
The second time around has been extra sweet for Jake O’Neill and the Wabash High School wrestling program.
O’Neil spent six seasons as Apaches head coach then four as an assistant at his alma mater — Ben Davis in Indianapolis — and is now in his second six as head coach at Wabash.
With the help of several folks, O’Neill and the Apaches have enjoyed a resurgence since he was drawn back to the northern part of Indiana.
“I like where this little school’s going,” says O’Neill. “I’m excited about it.”
“I love this community.”
Wabash has a population of about 10,000 and around 400 attend the high school.
This season, the Apaches will participate in the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association State Duals for the first time. Wabash will be in Class 1A for the Jan. 5 meet in Fort Wayne.
The Apaches’ varsity schedule also includes the Wabash County Invitational, Western Invitational, Whitko Invitational and duals with Maconaquah, Rochester, Lewis Cass, Eastbrook, Peru and Western.
“When you have rivalries and communities meet up it only only helps the sport grow,” says O’Neill. “We had a nice gym going against Maconaquah. It was a fun atmosphere.”
There are 27 wrestlers on the Wabash team.
“We have a really big sophomore group,” says O’Neill. “Quantity helps. Quality is what we’re looking for.”
In the mix are freshman Jared Brooks and sophomore R.J. Steg at 106 and 113, sophomore Ethan Higgins at 120, junior Braden Brooks at 126, junior Jaxon Barnett at 132, sophomore Anthony Long at 138, freshman Brayden Sickafus at 152, junior Traydon Goodwin at 152, sophomore Grant Carandante at 160, sophomore Justin Heckman and sophomore Bryson
Zapata at 170, senior Blake Wiser at 182, senior Luke Voirol at 195, sophomore Grant Warmuth at 220 and senior Justin Samons and junior Blake Price at 285.
Higgins and Braden Books competed in the off-season at the Freestyle and Greco-Roman Nationals in Fargo, N.D.
“They got to see guys who will be on the (IHSAA State Finals) podium at the end of the year,” says O’Neill. “Training with them all summer was definitely good for them.”
Carandante is O’Neill’s stepson. His other two children are freshman wrestler Kiersten O’Neill and sophomore basketball player Keegan O’Neill.
Upon his return to Wabash, O’Neill established the Apache Wrestling Club. It now has about 30 grapplers in grades K-6.
There are also about 20 sixth, seventh and eighth graders in the junior high program.
A wall was knocked down in the weight room to double the size of the Wabash wrestling room.
“We’re changing the culture here with the sport,” says O’Neill, who notes that the Apaches scored four points and were down to six wrestlers the season before his return. “The community is starting to see the hard work these young men and women are putting in.
“We want to continue to get kids up on that podium at Bankers Life and get kids up on our little wall of fame at school. We’ve got to aim big. That’s how I want my wrestlers thinking.”
Ross Haughn and Jimmy Olinger are coaching the elementary wrestlers and are part of a high school coaching staff which also includes Tyler Niccum, Jeremy Haupert and Isaac Ray. Ray wrestled at Hamilton Heights High School and at Manchester University in North Manchester, Ind., about 15 miles from Wabash.
“I have a solid relationship with Coach (Kevin) Lake (at Manchester U.),” says O’Neill. “I use my resources wisely with that.”
Chad Ulmer, who wrestled at Triton High School and Manchester U., has departed Wabash for Hendricks County, where he will serve as a probation officer and likely help coach wrestling at one of the area schools.
At Ben Davis, where O’Neill had graduated in 1995, he joined with then-Giants head coach Aaron Moss to have plenty of mat coaching success.
“We produced some pretty good wrestlers together,” says O’Neill.
O’Neill was dating a Wabash girl — Aimee — and decided to look for a job that would bring him back north. He took an interview at nearby Manchester High School.
By then, principal Jason Callahan had become superintendent of Wabash City Schools.
“(Callahan) made it happen,” says O’Neill of the former Daleville High School wrestling coach. “A job created (at Wabash) within a couple of weeks."
“He believed in me a bunch.”
Jake and Aimee O’Neill have been married for five years.
In his first tenure in town, O’Neill formed some key relationships like those with Peru coach Andy Hobbs and Northfield coach Bill Campbell (now retired).
“They put their arms around me and helped me,” says O’Neill. “I’m proud to call them mentors and friends.”
He’s also grateful to Pat Culp for her role in running tournaments at all levels around Indiana.
“She’s a blessing for everybody,” says O’Neill, who is an Indiana State Wrestling Association director for Cadets. “She encouraged us to host tournaments. She played a big rule in helping us grow this program.”
O’Neill admits that during his first tenure he was looking to go elsewhere. This time, he’s in it for the long haul.
“My first year back at Wabash, I started approaching it looking at the big picture and setting long-term goals with the program,” says O’Neill.
About that time, O’Neill discovered a move-in from North Carolina in his eighth grade physical education class.
Noah Cressell qualified for the IHSAA State Finals twice and placed third at 182 pounds in 2018 — Wabash’s first state placer since heavyweight Tim LaMar won a state title in 1999.
“That kid did a lot with helping this program grow,” says O’Neill of Cressell. “It was not just his wrestling, but his personality. He was a humble kid and everybody loved him. He was the poster boy for our program.”
Cressell is now on the team at North Dakota State University.
And the Wabash Apaches are back on the state wrestling map.
 

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this is an example of an inappropriate use of the "#"...........   on this site it should only be followed by "TheCounty"

Calm down @JMILL...he means @Mattyb is Jason Miller..not that you're Jason. Geez.....
I sense hostilities in <Pound Sign>HendricksCountySmellsFunny..where's the love, man?
To stay on topic...JMILL eats way more than MattyB.

@Coach Seymour in the re-enactments who gets to be Kyle and who is Campbell ?  Does he get to choose or is it a BFF thing where @Darrick Snyder is always @Kyle Ayersman ?

Indiana Smackdown took a MS team to Taylor County, KY this past weekend to compete in the KWOA Fall Classic.  It was a great tournament with 18 teams.  Well organized tournament, good officiating, and great hospitality room! Great group of kids, parents and coaches.  This was an individual tournament with a team points race.  5th graders are allowed to wrestle in MS tournaments in Kentucky.
Indiana Smackdown placed 1st with 266 points, 2nd place McCracken County 244.5 points, 3rd place Walton Verona 187 points
We had 15 wrestlers place: 4 champions, 4 runner ups, 4 3rd places, 1 4th place, and 2 5th places.
70 lbs Layne Horn Champion (5th grade)
70 lbs Ethan Curtis 5th (6th grade)
75 lbs Gunner Butt 3rd (5th grade)
80 lbs Jacob Shackleford 3rd (7th grade)
80 lbs Lane Kirchner 4th (6th grade)
86 lbs Brysen Hutt Champion (7th grade)
86 lbs Asher Ratliff 2nd (5th grade)
92 lbs Gauge Clark 3rd (7th grade)
98 lbs Blake Wolf Champion (8th grade)
105 lbs Evan Roudebush 2nd (7th grade)
105 lbs Mason Adams 5th (7th grade)
113 lbs Keegan Logan 2nd (7th grade)
121 lbs Ryder Searcy Champion (8th grade)
130 lbs Bray Emerine 3rd (7th grade)
140 lbs Michael Hutchison 2nd (8th grade)
140 lbs Brayden Rorick DNP (7th grade)

Well.... did anybody bring up the 45 pound gap is weights? Oversite happens everywhere. I sat through enough ISWA board meeting to assume that this aspect was not brought up (I am just about certain of that). With that said, I would say that if it were brought to light that the weights may have been tweaked or at very least the vote would not have been Unanimous.
At very least, please bring up this very valid point up next meeting. I would suggest on of two things happen.
1. Bring back the 150 class.
2. Make the top weight class 131 to 175. No wrestler will be allowed to bump up to this weight class.
I do not like the second option. It would be an option to ensure that a kid doesn't wrestle a kid that is 59 pounds heavier.
BTW... stop messing with perfection. What's next.. changing my Heartland duals wrestle off format!!! LOL...

May want to pre-sale tickets...............Jimmy T is a big a draw and with 98 degrees concert coming to town there will be a shared similar female fan demographic I can only assume !!!   Nick Lachey < Jimmy T

May want to pre-sale tickets...............Jimmy T is a big a draw and with 98 degrees concert coming to town there will be a shared similar female fan demographic I can only assume !!!   Nick Lachey < Jimmy T