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At 190 Beau Rose of Gibson Southern over 175 #18 James Hastings of Terre Haute North 7-2

28 minutes ago, GenHeavyHandz said:

                                                                                                                                                  You obviously didn't read my earlier post about supporting class wrestling.  But go ahead and write a dissertation: I'm all ears.  When one arrives late to a party it's customary to bring refreshments and libation. You instead brought Natty Light and Slim Jim's. This ain't that type of party. 

I was only going off what you had said about MD.  The rest was going off of what others had said on here and my 2 cents on classifying, i just quoted that one because it was what I saw first.  I had always been against classed wrestling up until this season.  Natty Light and Slim Jim's however sounds like a hell of a time. 

On 3/18/2023 at 3:55 PM, GenHeavyHandz said:

I meant the actual student body. I’m not trying to throw shade here. But I think you know where I’m going with this. Copy them. Call their coaches. Reach out to those who are winning and take your team to club practice there. We plan on taking several trips to RWA this summer. I send my kids to practice at Sebolt and Big Game and Easter Iowa but they belong to DC Elite.  Can’t beat’em join’em. No shame in it. Get that work.  Warren Wrestling Academy has an open door policy.  Network with those you want to emulate. 

For a school like Mater Dei it isn't as simple as calling a coach and seeing what they are doing different.  They are an anomaly for a lower enrollment school that has come from decades of family tradition.  Alumni will send their kids there to carry on tradition and that kid will have grown up hearing about the success of MD wrestling and will want to achieve that same level of success.  It is very rare that a small school could get that kind of dedication over the course of generations.  Now it is to the point if a wrestler from Southern Indiana wants to be successful and their family has the resources they will send that kid to MD and rightfully so. 

To go off what others  have said. If Indiana were classed, small schools like MD should compete in whatever division they are in based off enrollment.  All this does is create more opportunity for kids to get to be state qualifiers or hell even regional qualifiers.  

I have been around wrestlers from states that are classed and none of them feel any less about being a state qualifier/placer/champ.  Some states like FL, may not be the case now but used to, have a mini tournament with all the champions after state for bragging rights.

There are too many kids that are not seeing the fruit of their work and it is discouraging when they are in a sectional/regional that is a grinder to get out of and watch other kids that they have beaten get to semi-state/state because of the path they have.  If it were classed it would just give more opportunities for all. 

Brody Klem of Gibson Southern with a win over 18 Brock Higgins from West Vigo 

I went through a few random sectionals and after looking at them, there are some sectionals where multiple weight classes have four wrestlers or less.  The IHSAA needs to find a new way to advance people because in some weight classes a wrestler could have an 0-15 record and still could be a regional qualifier.  And as someone stated above with the Shenandoah 113 bracket a wrestler from the other sectional (if there are only 4 or 5 people) could potentially be a semi state qualifier and only have to win 1 match if any all season.  That’s just wild! 

Check out 195 tonight, Willman from NP is a lot of fun to watch.

Evansville stream is terrible right now too 

On 2/3/2020 at 11:16 AM, moedaddy77 said:

So how does someone beat someone who has perfect technique.

  Just an example castle had a kid who was something like 12-16 on the season he was being dominated roughly 13-3 when he sticjs the kid for the pin .

    So either he had good technique or the other guy had a lapse in his.

I’m confused as to how that example supports your argument? Neither of those kids would have “perfect” technique.  Also stating that a kid has been “perfect” this year because they have an undefeated record is a major over exaggeration.  If a a high school wrestler has wrestled every single match “perfectly” then they may be the greatest high school wrestler ever.  I’ll give credit where it’s due because it is very difficult to make it the the post season without a loss despite strength of schedule, but no one has been perfect this year 

This whole two tournament rule is bs, payed $24 plus the gas to get there just to get one exhibition in both styles, nothing against the tournament, it was ran very well, just don't see the point of wasting the money

At Evansville Central- 145 Nick Burke Evansville North over #9 Chase Wilson Princeton 5-1

It had something to do with his alpha I believe

Don't count Chase Wilson out at 45 he beat Bethel this last weekend at the Big 8

I believe he beat Miller last week also

Does anyone know the teams at Paoli Duals?

Any big matches at Harrison 10 way?

Who are some guys that we will see make some noise at the Ford Center from the Evansville area?