Tmartz

Congratulations to Tristen Martz from New Haven for signing with University of the Ozarks. He is projected to wrestle 197, 285.

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Any word on Caden Friedt?  195 from the FWSS....injury forfeited his championship match.  That kid has had some of the worst luck with injuries.  Although he's a Bellmont guy and sadly I was a few feet away when his knee snapped last year vs Adams Central, I pray it's not the same issue this time.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2020/02/14/ihsaa-wrestling-nebraska-wrestling-commit-silas-allred-champion-shenandoah-als-lou-gehrig-disease/4714088002/

That’s a real statement brother.  Painful lesson.....but a valuable one.  An early cradle and extremely intelligent wrestling of backing up and down blocking, allowed a very strong...physically mature and battle tested Mazero to squeek past 14 yr old Silas by 1 point.
Admittedly....it was one of the best things to happen to Silas.  It initiated an even deeper sense of drive towards strength training, positioning, and becoming a well rounded wrestler.  Not just a dynamic athlete on his feet.  I’m hopeful every wrestler who reads this....whether freshman or upper classmen, fully realizes......wins & losses don’t define you.  Your response does. 

The team score will not be close this time. 
132 Heeke & Baughn 
145 You can’t count Schwindel out. 
152 Ramsey has beat Dollison 2x
195 Rodgers and Burrel
220 Stewart will coast through even with Palmarchuk and Farmer wrestling well. 
It won’t be close for whoever is in the finals w Stewart. If he puts on together a good weekend at the Bank he’ll be a 220 State placer!!
285 Garrett and Combs will go again this weekend. Garrett is athletic for a big kid, and strong as a bull. 
 
Records don’t mean a thing starting Saturday...what does matter is strength of schedule at that point. 
If you have a 34-1 record, but haven’t wrestled anyone then that record is worth the paper it’s printed on. 
Just my 2 cents. 

Thanks to @littlevito for all his work on these rankings. 
 
 

Friday night at Maconaquah was filled with some great action and a lot of young ladies putting themselves on the line, but I wanted to share with all of you a photo I took that really hit me. 
 
Heritage High School hasn't (according to IndianaMat results) won a dual meet in the last four years and they are 0-47 in that time. But every time I see coaches Lockett and Martin, I am impressed at the way they run their program. They are full of energy and passion for their kids. I have seen it at home dual meets, at the ACAC duals and I saw it on Friday night. 
 
Heritage had one girl wrestling. One girl. Yet the entire team (almost, I think) and both coaches were in attendance and coaching their hearts out and laughing with their kids. This made a huge impression on me and I will be rooting for the Patriots the rest of the year. 
The whole team spent six hours in a gym to watch Amber Hoy wrestle four matches. 
 
Kudos to the Heritage team and to both coaches for the role they are playing in their program and congrats to Amber Hoy on her placement Friday night. 

I will be doing a mass import of the past couple years worth of results hopefully this week.

Hey man, feel free to ask. Feel free to let me know if there is someone being completely overlooked; I want this to be as accurate as possible, and for the kids who crack the rankings for the first time to be ecstatic when they see their name. I just need information on the kids who are being overlooked.

Cameron Mason New Haven beat #14 fwss Reakus Shelton 7-6 and Cameron Mason beat #5 fwss Michael Tippman 10-6