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Congratulations to Cathedral on a job well done.  
Congrats Asa on 3. Good luck at IU and to all the others that have signed to go there.
Congrats to the 14 state champs.
Congrats to the parents that raised these kids to be well spoken, good young men.  It was impressive to hear all the champs carry theirselves with confidence and gratitude.
How about that national anthem!  No kneeling!  Respect for the sport and our great country.
 
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Rankings guy said a college coach should look at him.. I didn't think nothing of it but dang! That kid is no joke. I love watching him shoot so much and stay active. 

Brewer with a major.

Personally 5 seats ok but rows is unacceptable.. people who get there early and stand in line should be able to sit anywhere and not be denied because someone is trying to save seats for people who feel they can get there whenever they want.. Just my honest opinion..

Madison Grant gets their first ever qualifier at Heavyweight 

Anyone laughing or making jokes about anyone who is injured, let alone laying motionless, has some serious issues! I hope this young man is okay and is able to continue wrestling. Godspeed young man.
 

Has nobody learned not to bash people (especially high school kids) until the whole story comes out?
I’ve been searching for info most of the day but have only found one vague article and a bunch of people on here ready to execute them. It all seems strange to me because some of these duals were from early December. Who knew about these for most of the season and waited to report it until until the right before sectionals? By everyone’s comments here, that person also put all these kids’ lives in danger for a couple months for not reporting it sooner. 
The article I read did state that Carmel’s Athletic Dept self reported the violations to the IHSAA as soon as they learned of it. But there was no info on how they were told. 
I’m going to choose to wait on my judgement and what an appropriate punishment would be until more info comes to light. 

Since most of us have a snow day today, let’s talk about an inspirational story from an outside perspective. 
Elliott Rodgers of Cathedral and his rise to the top. Again, I don’t know the kid but have been following since his remarkable freshman season.
Elliott was a freshman wrestling 145 for the always tough, Cathedral team. Elliott’s record was 20-11 going into regionals, after he had just won a weak sectional. He won his first round match 7-5. Win by pin in his second match and lost in the finals 3-6. 
Elliott was NOT on anyone’s radar to punch his ticket to state. His ticket round match was Antwaun Graves of Warren Central who was 35-2 at the time and ranked high in state. Elliott drew a 17-15 kid from Carmel first round… in which he won 1-0 in a close match. Elliott then upset Graves in a 8-6 match that sent him to the state finals. But he wasn’t done yet, as he beat a North Central kid who was 33-12 at the time in the semifinals to send him to the Semi-State Championship match with a record of 25-13. Elliott was pinned by undefeated Boone Welliever in one minute. Great story right? Kid has a killer day and performs well…really well. But, is it really a Cinderella story if it happens again?
Elliott drew Corban Pollitt of Col. East first round at state. Corban was 34-12 but was part of the elite CE wrestling team. Elliott pulls out the win 5-3 and advances to the second state. Elliott then beats Mason Winner (38-4) 3-0 to advance to the semi-finals. Elliott then lost 1-4 to Jason Crary of Munster and lost by pin to Welliever for 3rdand 4th. Elliott finished his freshman season 27 wins and 15 losses and a 4thplace finish on the podium. 
No imposter syndrome for Elliott… a kid who out performed his skill level? A kid who never placed in middle school state (according to track). 
Elliott comes back for his sophomore season and wins Semi-State with a record of 35 wins and 5 losses. He took 5that the Al Smith and DNP at the IHPO.
Eliott went on to finish 2ndwith 2-1, 3-2, and 8-4 wins to eventually lose by TF to Brayton Lee in the finals. Elliott finished with 38 wins and 6 losses his sophomore year and a second place finish on the podium.
As a junior, Elliott has wins over ultra-tough wrestlers Brock Ellis and Jake Schoenegge already.. but has a loss to Eli dickens and we also seen Elliott lose his #1 ranking, sliding him to #2. 
You may never find a wrestler who has so many losses after two years who has placed 4thand 2nd. 
 
Here is a kid who can teach us adults a life lesson.. 
 
You WILL fail in life, you may fail a lot, but as long as you don’t quit and keep getting better, you will be successful. 

Great attitude...our state series should be single elimination also, just win or don't waste my time with the losers.

What about Big Ern? 

Thanks Joe, and all the others that are involved with this site. 

Can we please get back to what this thread is actually about?

I just want to thank Joe and all the other people that put the time and effort to bring this event to Indiana and give our state the publicity it deserves on a National level.  All of our wrestlers were very impressive and put up a great fight against the top kids in the country (win or lose).  I appreciate Team USA coming to Indiana with a "nothing to gain, but everything to lose" situation.  Ty was able to capitalize and take out his opponent and has gotten a flood of national publicity.  Without all the work that was put into this, he would have not had this opportunity.  We found out yesterday that he was named the National High School Wrestler of the Week by TheOpenMat.
https://news.theopenmat.com/blog/2018/04/16/adidas-high-school-wrestler-week-apr-16th-2018/

It was a well run meet with a great atmosphere.  Thanks Joe and everyone else that helped make this meet happen.  

It was a well run meet with a great atmosphere.  Thanks Joe and everyone else that helped make this meet happen.  

It was a well run meet with a great atmosphere.  Thanks Joe and everyone else that helped make this meet happen.  

Bang bang

Let's be honest for a second. You NEVER gave North a chance before it even started as apparent by your previous postings. Their concessions moved freely. The restrooms were far superior than that of Castles. They were clean and always had supplies much unlike Castles. I sat near the lower level and the view was great. Yes, there was a hiccup with getting the matches in order at first, but were quickly ironed out. If a little walking is against your likings, you must really hate having to walk a couple blocks to get into Ford Center. 
North-   A-
Hook- D+

IHSAA needs to ban them in basketball too if this is the case. 

Sounds ridiculous that the ihsaa hasnt already solved this problem.  Hopefully common sense will prevail......soon.

Sounds ridiculous that the ihsaa hasnt already solved this problem.  Hopefully common sense will prevail......soon.

Our coaches association needs to push for this. I'm not privy to their conversations, but I'd hope they have brought this up.

Ill just put it in another perspective.   Why in Indiana, does the same location  always have to host the sectional or Regional?   Used to live in Missouri and Kansas,  and they moved it around year to year.  Really wasn't a big deal.  Maybe its a good idea to move it as long as a location has capacity to host it?   Maybe its quite a burden on a school to host every year.   Maybe move it around so teams can travel more or less, and so hometown fans might get to see it once in a while.

Rat.....have you been hitting the bottle tonight?

Rat.....have you been hitting the bottle tonight?