casualwrestlingfan

Been saying for a while the top of this sport, and most sports, is becoming a little less accessible to blue-collar wrestlers/families than it used to be.  Affordable access to wrestling opportunities and just simply the ability to travel (since many have parents who work a lot) is becoming hard for some families to overcome.  Especially when certain events and academies are not within a short drive from the location you live in. 
 
It's awesome that some kids have the opportunity to make a major jump in their skill level.  But a decent percentage of wrestlers are limited in what their family can do and really have to search for what rare options may present themselves if they want to make decent gains in their ability.  Sometimes coaches have to be creative as well in order to help those kids get some type of opportunity.  When the demographic of a large percentage of your team is within that socio-economic situation, obviously finding enough avenues to help them becomes a little more daunting. For several coaches, there isn't much of an off season anymore to start with, and then add on to that the legwork you'll also be putting into finding ways to help those types of wrestlers out so they can "shrink the talent gap."

Time to pump up #The#1County this offseason & next season as the bar has been set. Throw in the ACAC & NE8 along with the Jay County Sectional & Regional and FW Semi State! Watch out for those WarriorRTC, The Fort Hammers, and Madmen wrestlers. They're going to be coming! The Northeast will rise again!

Time to pump up #The#1County this offseason & next season as the bar has been set. Throw in the ACAC & NE8 along with the Jay County Sectional & Regional and FW Semi State! Watch out for those WarriorRTC, The Fort Hammers, and Madmen wrestlers. They're going to be coming! The Northeast will rise again!

I can only speak for Adams Central, but the culture isn't just wrestling. The culture goes throughout the athletic department and in the classroom. I feel all 3 sports seasons try to work together to share the athletes & there has been a huge focus on the weight training end of being multiple sport athletes. There are a few wrestlers that wrestle year round, but more 2-3 sport athletes on the roster. The goal seems to be focusing on the team state duals, competing with the normal wrestling powers at sectional & regional in team standings, and then hopefully a few state qualifiers. If those qualifiers are just wrestling all year, then hopefully state placers. Though this year was abnormal with no qualifiers, it has worked out for the most part. 3 straight runner up finishes in football, 2 straight team state dual runner ups, won the conference team duals & individual tournament this year, and solid years in spring sports. Plus the prior 25 or so straight years of having a state qualifier in wrestling before this season. 

I can only speak for Adams Central, but the culture isn't just wrestling. The culture goes throughout the athletic department and in the classroom. I feel all 3 sports seasons try to work together to share the athletes & there has been a huge focus on the weight training end of being multiple sport athletes. There are a few wrestlers that wrestle year round, but more 2-3 sport athletes on the roster. The goal seems to be focusing on the team state duals, competing with the normal wrestling powers at sectional & regional in team standings, and then hopefully a few state qualifiers. If those qualifiers are just wrestling all year, then hopefully state placers. Though this year was abnormal with no qualifiers, it has worked out for the most part. 3 straight runner up finishes in football, 2 straight team state dual runner ups, won the conference team duals & individual tournament this year, and solid years in spring sports. Plus the prior 25 or so straight years of having a state qualifier in wrestling before this season. 

I can only speak for Adams Central, but the culture isn't just wrestling. The culture goes throughout the athletic department and in the classroom. I feel all 3 sports seasons try to work together to share the athletes & there has been a huge focus on the weight training end of being multiple sport athletes. There are a few wrestlers that wrestle year round, but more 2-3 sport athletes on the roster. The goal seems to be focusing on the team state duals, competing with the normal wrestling powers at sectional & regional in team standings, and then hopefully a few state qualifiers. If those qualifiers are just wrestling all year, then hopefully state placers. Though this year was abnormal with no qualifiers, it has worked out for the most part. 3 straight runner up finishes in football, 2 straight team state dual runner ups, won the conference team duals & individual tournament this year, and solid years in spring sports. Plus the prior 25 or so straight years of having a state qualifier in wrestling before this season. 

South Adams 
Sawyer Miller, 4th, 3rd, 2nd at state and then three time AA and a national championship at Indiana Tech
Glad to have him back in the room, working to add some new nominees for this question! 

They need to let the schools sell tickets in allotments. I bought tickets from the school for the football championship game as they were cheaper than Ticketmaster. This would hopefully get the qualifiers supporters good seating. These should be offered earlier than other tickets. Then have lower sections still available to be reserved & upper levels be general admission. 

Glad to see a school like Rossville get a champ. Ft Wayne SS on the rise to get back where we belong!

Glad to see a school like Rossville get a champ. Ft Wayne SS on the rise to get back where we belong!

They need to let the schools sell tickets in allotments. I bought tickets from the school for the football championship game as they were cheaper than Ticketmaster. This would hopefully get the qualifiers supporters good seating. These should be offered earlier than other tickets. Then have lower sections still available to be reserved & upper levels be general admission. 

They need to let the schools sell tickets in allotments. I bought tickets from the school for the football championship game as they were cheaper than Ticketmaster. This would hopefully get the qualifiers supporters good seating. These should be offered earlier than other tickets. Then have lower sections still available to be reserved & upper levels be general admission. 

They need to let the schools sell tickets in allotments. I bought tickets from the school for the football championship game as they were cheaper than Ticketmaster. This would hopefully get the qualifiers supporters good seating. These should be offered earlier than other tickets. Then have lower sections still available to be reserved & upper levels be general admission. 

Glad to see a school like Rossville get a champ. Ft Wayne SS on the rise to get back where we belong!

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

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

Dude, this is the emptiest I’ve ever seen a place. No way should it ever be here again. 

Thought the radio said Harper had won 2-0 and then they were at each other  or at least the New Haven wrestler was irritated. 
 
Dane mentioned someone needed to separate them in the tunnel before things got really heated.

Sounds like the Evansville folk can drive to Fremont for a state finals. 🤣

Sounds like the Evansville folk can drive to Fremont for a state finals. 🤣

Sounds like the Evansville folk can drive to Fremont for a state finals. 🤣

Sounds like the Evansville folk can drive to Fremont for a state finals. 🤣

If this is really how it works.... that is pretty dumb. Par for the course for the IHSAA.

What a flop by the IHSAA… “all session”, “session 2”, and “session 3” events not open for parents to buy seats like Ticketmaster said they would be. So now parents have to wait and compete in general public sale Wednesday in order to watch their kid wrestle on Saturday? This doesn’t seem like a difficult thing to get right, but then I remember we are dealing with the IHSAA 🙃

Streak is over as 0 Bagubas are heading to Evansville. Just 1 Starfire & I believe 4 Braves. Adams County had a good 1st round but the ticket round was a bit rougher. Good luck to the 5 going next week. Starfires starting a new streak this year hopefully. Bellmont continues theirs, and it's time for the Bagubas to start a new streak next season.