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Very capable young man. In fact.....as capable of getting it done as anyone in the field.  And yes.....that includes my son Silas.  Apart from wrestling, Noah is a great young man who deserves all the good that life & the sport of wrestling brings his way.  Ironically, Noah & Silas roomed together in Fargo and forged a friendship.  My opinion....North Dakotah State got a serious steal in signing him.  Noah flying under the recruiting radar until last summer really benefits that program in a big way.  Excited to follow his development at the next level.
I usually avoid the prediction conversations when they involve my son.  But realize....I appreciate the luv, acknowledgement and confidence a great deal.  Yes....I'm very bias and don't know many wrestling dads who aren't.  So the only thing Ill share regarding Silas and State is this......He has plenty of great opponents to wrestle before even matching up with one of the other top ranked guys.  And fact is.....while he's humble off the mat, they'll be no respect towards ANY opponent once they're in the circle.  Because at this point in the season.....We don't care if you're ranked #1.....or if you're a first year guy whose forfeited your way to this stage.  You'll be prepared for and taken very serious.  

I voted No, Indiana has a one of a kind format . Why make excuses to change what others envy, they know it’s tough that’s why others States don’t do it . Indiana Wrestling is a Leader 
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower”
“Steve Jobs”
 

Just want to chime in on this sport can take a hold of you and make you a fan for life. I wrestled in high school , joined the army after graduation and got married. I would go watch the local schools wrestle as well as local touneys that I found in the newspaper. I came home in the mid nineties and jumped right back to supporting my old school. I have three daughters none of whom wrestled, but would come watch with me and then became stat keepers in middle school and high school, the youngest did it in college. I'm now an empty nester, but my wife and I can still be found in the stands every saturday and even some sundays when we can. State is our weekend getaway, and some people call us crazy sometimes, but they just don't understand that once you are a wrestler the love for this sport stays with you for life.

My son played for the Indiana Bulls and they traveled to Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida.  I would spend every bit of $4,000 a year on Hotels, Food and Gas; throw in organizational fees (around $2000), baseball equipment (new bat every year), gate fees, and just a crap load of incidentals and I was probably close to $7,500 on baseball alone.   My daughter was involved in Club Volleyball and Travel Softball but because they didn't travel outside of the state very often it felt like we were paying a discount for them.
With that said they had a wonderful time, learn their sport extremely well and I know they will remember it for a lifetime so it was money well spent. 

So time to take a quick break and provide a distraction to the loaded regional and SS talk.
My son is new to the sport...it was a little over a year ago that he decided he wanted to give wrestling a try.  Something about watching kids under the lights at Bankers Life in 2015 provided that spark.  So as a 5th grader he started on his journey.  
After a bit of research, we learned about Red Cobra and he’s been in that sweat box ever since...and most nights I’m also spending a few hours listening to Coach Red bark instructions to all the kids.
Now true confession time...I never wreslted myself and frankly thought wrestlers were an odd bunch growing up.  One dude I knew in Junior High covered his singlet in deer attractant as an “advantage”.   Another kid claimed to rub onions on his pits and “area”.  I was a basketball player and that was my love...I wasn’t tough enough to wrestle even though I considered myself a tough guy.  So needless to say, I knew next to nothing when my kid started and know just a tiny bit more now.
More recent confession, during our first few meets man some parents were going insane during a match while I just saw some kids leaning on each other.  My inner monologue said “dude, what’s those people’s issue?  They’re some real nut-jobs.”
Fast forward to today, and a solid year of Coach Red training has not only helped my kid but also his old man that’s been sweating profusely on the other side of the partition while Coach Red instructs like only he can.  What I didnt know is that I was getting C-Red Trained too.   Now I find myself automatically and instinctively barking stuff like “Get Your HEAD UP!!!” And “UP AND OUT!!!” Or “GET THAT TIGHT AND SQUUUEEEEZE!!!” Or “God gave you two hands SO USE THEM!!”  Its like I can’t control it.
So to all you parents before that I was secretly being real judgey towards in my head, because y’all were losing your minds (or so I thought)...my bad.
To all you beginner parents wondering why the big dude in purple is losing his mind in the future....you’ll get it one day.
One thing I’ve learned while my boy has really embraced and taken to this sport and the process...if you’re the parent of one of these high schoolers that’s putting it all out there in the coming weeks, then really be proud of it and where you are.  Make sure to take a moment and take it in.  Be proud they’re there regardless of outcome. Unlike any other, wrestling is an awesome sport that requires some real courage to even walk out there on that mat.  Sometimes it takes the eyes of a newbie to bring the obvious into focus.
Good luck to all competitors and teams as each step gets a little tougher.  I’m glad I’m here...and I’m glad my son has chosen to be a wrestler.  
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i Like it with 8 man bracket you eliminate the upset but get to the closet top 4 per semi state 
at the state level I would like 2 changes
1. A committe to seed the champs 1-4 separating the top 2 guys instead of having that in the semis. 
2. Random starting point for the finals or choose the marquee match lee vs red or 126 this year. I dislike that half the statium leaves before these guys wrestle. 

I have noticed that the North Regional is in Portage and the South Regional is in Evansville. Those regionals are both on opposite sides on the state but what about the central part? The drive is about 3 hours and 30 minutes eachway for some people. Is their anyway we could get another regional in the central part or bring one of them a little closer 

I’d go as far to say it’s better than Rumph and black last year, if it happens. 
 
Both have wrestled under the lights. Both have placed every year so far. Doesn’t get much better than that. Props to both of them for not dodging each other and running to another weight class. 

He's stable. Has no movement on his left side. Not sure if he's out of the woods yet. He's in great shape, obviously, so hopefully everything works out in his favor! 

Any updates?

I tend to agree with you, however doesn't it go deeper than that even? Is a sectional really hard if there's only one challenger in each weight class to the favorite? Look at both the Avon sectional and the Southport sectional. Noone would argue that those have a TON of talent at the top two seed lines, but beyond Avon and Brownsburg and beyond Roncalli and Perry, what's the third best team in each? Probably Plainfield and Beech Grove (a team with 4 forfeits of their own). To me, if you are all but guaranteed a spot in Regionals (like most members of those four teams are), then how tough can the overall sectional really be? 
Again, not arguing the talent at the top is lacking, how could I? I think the 3rd and 4th placers at both will struggle (in most weight classes) come Regional time though against the Sectionals they feed into. Is there a Sectional across the state where they may advance two times as many kids to SS than their partner sectional? That, to me, may be the strongest sectional (or paired with the weakest one). I guess it depends on definition.
EDIT: Made the caveat of "most weight classes" in second paragraph.

Guys, we can settle who has the best and worst sectional fairly easily. Who offers the best hospitality room, and who offers the worst? There must be a correlation between the two.
 
 

Prayers are sent

Prayers for this young man - being a wrestler will give you the special advantage of fortitude and strength to battle through this!

Praying for God's healing hand to be over him right now. Also praying for comfort for the family during this time of sorrow. Keep fighting bud. 

Thoughts and Prayers for this young man. 

Prayers being sent for him, his family, team, and the medical team treating him. ??

Wanted to share a fellow wrestler's instagram post.  Prayers for Michael!
 

God help this young man through his tuffest match

Keep fighting Michael. I'm sure all the wrestling communities across the state are praying for you.

Update: surgery went as well as expected. He has lost movement on the left side of his body. He is in bad shape but still kicking! Long road ahead. It really sucks. Michael was Peyton's first round opponent this Saturday. The Irony is them two plus my nephew were Steve Livingston's first kids in the club 11 years ago at Cloverdale. Please keep Michael and his family in your prayers. 

Update: surgery went as well as expected. He has lost movement on the left side of his body. He is in bad shape but still kicking! Long road ahead. It really sucks. Michael was Peyton's first round opponent this Saturday. The Irony is them two plus my nephew were Steve Livingston's first kids in the club 11 years ago at Cloverdale. Please keep Michael and his family in your prayers. 

Update: surgery went as well as expected. He has lost movement on the left side of his body. He is in bad shape but still kicking! Long road ahead. It really sucks. Michael was Peyton's first round opponent this Saturday. The Irony is them two plus my nephew were Steve Livingston's first kids in the club 11 years ago at Cloverdale. Please keep Michael and his family in your prayers. 

Prayers sent.
 

Prayers!