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8 hours ago, Davistein said:

We are actively seeking the best candidate.  Administration is very motivated to help this program continue what we started and continue the climb. 

 

See attached vacancy announcement (PDF)  Should anyone have questions feel free to contact me directly at # below. 

 

Keith Davison

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Davison and McMurray finally unite?!

I kid I kid

Few years back the Moran brothers lost a year of eligibility when transferring to Portage from CP. I certainly do not know the entire story of what happened, I was coaching during that time at Portage, and I was more upset that Jonathan lost his senior year because of the block.

I don’t know the story behind Penn and C. Carroll, but my view is if they want to move to another district, school or what have you let them. I don’t care what their reasoning is, a state title isn’t worth a kids future in my eyes. Why block a kid from success just to have your head get bigger. It could possibly hurt kids in the long run for scholarships and such just because you’re upset they didn’t want to wrestle for you. Just my opinion, don’t try to pick it apart because you won’t change my mind.

-TJ 

I’m not saying choose me, but I did coach Jason Tsirtsis to a VA beach high school freshman national championship. 1-0 in national finals.

1 minute ago, V and M's Dad said:

 

   Call me biased all you want! But he is certainly my pick. 

I was pulling for him to go out on top. 

Portage hangs a picture in the hallway by the concessions and gym of state placers and all state for all sports. In the wrestling room we have banners of the state champs and a state placers board as do most schools I’m sure

Aiden Warren? SQ 3,3,3

What happened to Logan Miller? Hate to see this

10 hours ago, Jayruss said:

Is Koontz staying at 132? Great match between him and Pierson.

Koontz is a beast, he is my pick at the top of the podium for 32.

Sean McMurray would’ve ran through this bracket...

On 3/14/2020 at 8:22 PM, FCFIGHTER170 said:

And he's well ahead of the learning curve.. ..his accelerated learning ability means means a year of development is equivalent to 3 years to anybody else.. plus he's not even begun to reach his prime and the type that could train at the otc and be contending for a spot on our national team.. that article written about him made me believe that as crazy as it sounds he just now started believing in himself to the highest degree.. He's so talented that he didn't realize how capable he really is!  Its came so natural to him that he didn't fully understand the magnitude of what he's accomplished in no time.. And now it seems he's fully invested and clicking on all cylinders competing at a high level..Wartburg has a tough schedule and their continuous success speaks to that..Put him in Purdue's room and get outta the way.. he's an enigma and with this type of talent there's no limit to what he can accomplish. 

It’s insane to watch him with my own eyes to be developed by Eric Keith into just a stud. Literally came in the room and Keith saw something in him and said he was going to be a champ. Sophomore year goes out against red in the semis and battles for a bit before getting pinned, goes up against black who is another seasoned wrestler and finishes second and senior year the kid was just a monster blowing through people with his blast double. What’s funny was in high school he didn’t understand top and bottom. Shoot he didn’t even know how to properly ride someone his senior year. But he is just soooo explosive it didn’t matter. I love watching the kid wrestle and work hard. 

Ahhh talking about one of my favorite wrestlers to ever watch develops into an absolute stud! I think Kris could place pretty high, give him a coach that will work on his little mistakes and he could be fighting for a natty. The kid has all the ability in the world to be a champ 

@CpDinger I remember you asking about this 

7 minutes ago, Jack Jones said:

Possibly so.

It also lets those small school kids get more matches in. I get the level of competition for some of these schools is greatly lowered than those of the bigger schools. But it’s high school, I’m all for giving every opportunity to kids to go further in wrestling and education.

27 minutes ago, Wrestling Scholar said:

So they didn't want a thumping again from an Indiana School.    Sounds legit to me.

I wonder what @Doctorwrestling thinks about that.

well they put a thumping on culver(68-12 and cathedral(40-16) in 2018. So I don’t know if that was the reason lol but DCC always has a great squad every year. I just can’t remember if that’s the tourney portage couldn’t go to because of a team from 300 miles out or not. 

1 hour ago, takemtothemat said:

Curious???? What would be the rule if you travel your 300 miles? And another team is at a meet 301 miles from your home address?

Well for instance, Portage couldn’t attend the DCC super duals the following year I believe it was, because DCC had a team outside of our 300 mile rule come. With the possibility of a match up portage couldn’t attend. 
 

I really think it was DCC but don’t quote me lol

8 minutes ago, Y2CJ41 said:

Kids having success earlier will equate to them getting more looks from colleges. If you are a one-time placer, even a champ, as a senior your opportunities are limited because most schools(D1, D2, and even NAIA) are already looking at current juniors. It is crucial for a kid to have success(meaning state qualifier or medal) earlier especially when competing against classed states like Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. 

I’m just wondering though, would a 2nd class be helpful to these smaller schools for that reason? 

4 hours ago, Wrestling Scholar said:

Wasn't it Portage that went to a dual tournament at Detroit Central Catholic a few years ago.  I think they had a stacked team,  I don't remember if they won or not but they competed well.  Does have the results?

 

I think the top teams like Cathedral, Brownsburg and  Mater Dei would compete well against a lot of the National teams in range of to 11- to 50 and the Indiana teams  get a little under rated in the national rankings. 

Portage wrestled at DCC in 2015-16 winning the dual 41-22 if I remember right. 

Would it benefit these smaller school wrestlers for more scholarships offers if Indiana were to have a 2 class system? 
 

I agree I think saying ‘Indiana state champ’ sounds great, but if it’s going to benefit a kids chances of getting a scholarship I’m for it. 

32 minutes ago, blueandgold said:

I think @Sig40 makes a great point. Our lack of exposure plays a great role in our national attention. The IHSAA doesn’t allow teams to travel within a 300(?) mile radius, and that limits our attention on the national scene.

I believe they can’t wrestle a team outside of 300 miles as well. So if you travel 100 miles you can’t wrestle a team from Florida. I think that is a terrible rule.

1 hour ago, jpt189 said:

You are correct, I apologize. Funny, I was at that event in 04 watching and still forgot who beat MD that year  

I remember like it was yesterday. Took down the mighty mater dei. Then come one match short or winning a team state title

2 hours ago, jpt189 said:

That’s a crazy statement to say considering the two years following the 03 Mater Dei team, Lawrence North did win team state, beat MD in the process both years

Correction, portage beat MD in ‘04 then lost to LN in the semis. Give us some credit for being the first team ever to beat MD in the team state dual format lmao

Agree with @Mattyb. Shoot some people who never won a state title thought my brother would get smoked his senior year by a couple kids. There is a reason why these kids are state champs and some of them highly ranked in the country. I think it’s silly to say one state champ would smoke another. 
 

I don’t find this thread silly, I enjoy the what if scenarios and the discussion on why someone chose that outcome. 

2 hours ago, hook and half said:

 

The Wildcats traveled to Columbus, Ohio on January 18 to compete in the National College Duals.  Mater Dei rolled over, Lisbon, 56-12 in the first round, and Cincinnati Lakota East, 58-13, in the second round.  Their last opponent, St. Paris Graham, was much more formidable.  The national polls had Mater Dei at 11^th, while St. Paris Graham was ranked second.  St. Paris Graham was a buzz saw and defeated the ‘Cats, 39-15.  The loss broke Mater Dei’s 116-match winning streak and handed Mater Dei its second dual loss in 253 matches.

"If our streak mattered, we wouldn't have accepted this challenge,” said Mike Goebel.  “We never talk about that. We just saw this as a chance to wrestle a quality opponent, somebody who will make us better in the long run.”

St. Paris Graham was the real deal.  Standard-bearer Blake Maurer lost only the second match of his career, a 3-1 decision to Joe Dennis. 

"It was a great match," said Goebel. “He (Dennis) got a takedown with two seconds left. We didn't question it when we were there, but when we watched the tape, Blake was clearly out of bounds and Dennis' foot was on the line. The match should've gone overtime, I guess. But that doesn't necessarily change the outcome. The guy was a bear. Blake will learn from it, go on and get better."

"The guys came back to the room and decided they needed to work harder, and that's what they've done," said Goebel. "We didn't lose anything that really mattered, we just lost a match.  But even at that, if we win all four of our close matches, it's a tie. And if we get those and Craig Weinzapfel gets the pin at 145, which we thought he had, well, we could conceivably win."

Maurer faced an unfamiliar foe in his match with Dennis:  Nerves.

 

“To be totally honest, I was very nervous,” said Maurer.  “The match was at Ohio State.  I really wanted to go to Ohio State.  After my warm-up, I look in the stands and there is Russ Hellickson (Ohio State’s wrestling coach) setting next to my dad.  I’m like, ‘Holy crap, I need to get it done out here.’”

 

Mater Dei tallied wins from Matt Coughlin, Craig Weinzapfel, Sam Wildeman and Chaz Schwartz.  Schwartz won with an eight-second pin at heavyweight. The Wildcats were disappointed with their performance.

 

“The whole dual was about ‘What ifs?’” said Craig Weinzapfel.  “We had a bunch of one-point matches that went the wrong way.  To not do our best was a real let-down.”

 

In Paris St. Graham, Mater Dei found themselves sampling their own medicine.

 

“Everywhere we wrestled, people always talked about what good shape we were in,” said Craig Weinzapfel.  “That team (St. Paris Graham) was in incredible shape; incredibly strong.  It seemed like they had the mentality that they were going to go as hard as they could no matter what.”

 

“We were at the weigh-in,” said Wildeman.  “I’m looking at this guy, and he is around my size (160 pounds).  One of the guys on the team, said ‘No, that’s who Macke (125 pounds) has.  The guy was huge.  He was a man.”

 

“Graham won all of the close matches,” said Maurer.  “Their conditioning was better than ours.  We had our opportunities; we just didn’t get it done.”

The 125 pounder was dustin schlatter lol 

Didn’t that ‘03 st Paris team feature dustin and cp  schlatter, Cameron doggett and David Erwin? Geez that’s a squad right there. 

Dickens NOR slivka smoke either one. They are both great wrestlers. Dickens would control neutral game, slivka would control the top game. The kid was down by 5 to my buddy DJ at state and came back to win because of his brutal top game. It’s really a toss up. Dickens could win 5 and slivka could win 5 in 10 matches.