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Next Thursday at 6pm we have Jason Tsirtsis coming to Brownsburg at 6pm!!! Enter door 15.  
 
Too many credentials to list so I’ll keep it short:
 
4X STATE CHAMPION
DI NATIONAL CHAMPION
IU Assistant Coach
 
I think we could all learn a few things next Thursday.  Come get better and learn from one of the best to ever do it!
 
Snyder 

Congratulations to Gavin Garcia from Brownsburg for signing with Indianapolis. Projected to wrestle 149.
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Cascade HS in Hendricks County will be hosting an open room the next 3 Tuesdays with College Wrestlers as Clinicians. I have my first 2 set in stone will be announcing the 3rd in a few days. This is an opportunity to come and get a good workout in with kids from all around the area! 
 
Next Tuesday May 10th from 4:30-6:00PM we will have Dawson Combest of UINDY in the room!
Dawson was a 3X IHSAA State Placer (8th, 3rd, 4th), a 3X GLVC First Team Member, and a 3X NCAA D2 All-American (7th, 4th, 7th).
Dawson is a STUD and will show some great stuff with live at the end, hope to have a great room the week of Freesyle/Greco State!
 
Tuesday May 17th from 4:30-6:00PM we will have Kyle Hatch of Wabash College in the room!
Kyle was a 4X All-American In College (8th, 6th, 1st Team, 2nd), 3X Wabash College MVP, and held a career record of 137-13 with 110 bonus point wins!
I can't wait to have Kyle in the room as well hope we can pack the room full!
 
We have a big room and brand new mats that I hope to put to use the next few weeks before school is out!
 
If you have any questions please reach out!

That is correct. Solid group of Middle School athletes already and a few good HS kids returning in a strong Small School conference that includes Frankton and Oak Hill. They also just started including Wrestling as a league for the elementary school and numbers were pretty solid. Great AD that is supportive of whatever you need and a great group of alumni parents that are working to make MG a premier small school athletic program. Contact Ryan Plovick, AD at Madison Grant if you are interested at rplovick@mgusc.k12.in.us
 
Madison County is a great place to coach wrestling because the coaches all want to see each other succeed and help each other learn and get better. This could be a great job for a young guy that wants to learn to build a program as many of the pieces are already in place, they just need a captain for the ship!

Congratulations to Jake Stall from McCutcheon for signing with Trine. Projected to wrestle 125.
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The Avon RTC will start this Thursday, March 10th. Practice will run from 6:00-7:30 PM. Please enter Door 31. 
 
This week's guest clinicians will be Avon alum and current UIndy wrestlers Raymond Rioux and Nathan Conley.
 
Raymond Rioux
Avon High School (Class of 2020)
2x IHSAA State Runner-up
4x IHSAA State Placewinner
4x IHSAA State Qualifier
2x IHSAA Semi-State Champion
3x IHSAA Regional Champion
2x IHSAA Sectional Champion
150 Career Wins & 81 Career Falls
Current University of Indianapolis Wrestler
 
Nathan Conley
Avon High School (Class of 2019)
2x IHSAA State Placewinner
4x IHSAA State Qualifier
2x IHSAA Regional Champion
3x IHSAA Sectional Champion
130 Career Wins
Current University of Indianapolis Wrestler
 

Let’s get ready to grind and perform at Folkstyle state this weekend!

Mike Morgan 
2021 Veteran World Championship team member—9th place 
2021 Last Chance Senior World Team Qualifier Runner up
2022 IHSAA and IHSWCA runner up Brownsburg
2021 IHSWCA Runner Up Warren Central—Head Coach 
3x IHSAA State Championships PM/WC
1x IHSWCA State Championship PM
1x IHSAA runner up Brownsburg
5x IHSWCA Runner up
2005 IHSAA 4th place 140
 
 
Enter door 21 practice starts at 6 PM

Zionsville Community High School will host an RTC Wednesday’s from 6:00-7:30pm.  Enter through door 27 (backside of the school). The wrestling room is right above the weight room. We will start these workouts March 9th. 
Contact Doug Welch if you have any questions -
dwelch@zcs.k12.in.us
(812) 629-0086 

Matboss or just upload them onto a private google drive and invite your wrestlers. Very easy to share with other coaches if needed

Congratulations to Elijah Anthony from Frankfort for signing with Indiana Tech. Projected to wrestle 133, 141.
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I think small school state should be a holiday  tournament. 

yes, we are working on getting it up ASAP, but we should have it done by tomorrow morning and the State Qualifiers, SS Quarterfinalists, SS Qualifiers, and both North and South Qualifiers are in. 
 
 
Once qualified, you could have wrestled 152 during the season (or qualifiers) and wrestle 106 if you want to chop off a leg or something. (But we don’t advise that)

Congrats to Brayden Jellison for being the reunited Elkhart High School's first state placer since the new school opened!!

It takes far less time for BD, Pike, Avon and Brownsburg to drive to any of the other 3 semi state locations than heading down to Evansville... That's something to think about...

Columbia City was not allowed to practice today. We are notifying the power to be. Please watch for word from IHSAA before taking my word.

Congratulations to Carson Johnson from Mount Vernon (Fortville) for signing with Indianapolis. Projected to wrestle 141.
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Oliver only has 7 losses on the season
DQ vs Hicks Cascade
Watson x 2
Garcia x3
Hooper

I want to first say thank you to @blueandgold for starting this thread.  I was not sure who you were but have been informed and I have huge amounts of respect for you young man so again thank you for the kind words about Logan.
 
To everyone else who has commented on here thank you also so very much.  I have been around wrestling for many many years as an athlete, coach, ISWA board member & parent.  I have gotten to know lots and lots of kids and families from all over the state thru the many many years 
Thru all the years I have known this is a great sport that can have heartbreaking endings and results and equally great un-believable outcomes and accomplishments.
 
Logan has had a great career in the sport and has achieved things greater than I would have and could have expected for him.  The thing that makes me the happiest of all after everything he has gone thru (especially over the last two years) is how he carried himself after it all came to an end on Saturday.   Mom and I were completely devastated and honestly I could not think or rationalize what to do next, but seeing Logan stand up shake hands and then come back out and sit with his team was un-believable to me.  I talked to him a few times during the rest of the day and while I was teary he assured me he was OK and he was going to be fine just a little disappointed.  
 
Now to address all the above comments (like I said I have made many friends along the way during my time in the sport) and I thank all of you for your kind words.  Most of you I do not know personally but please seek me out at some point at any ISWA event so I can fist bump you and thank you personally for acknowledging what I know already is that Logan is an awesome & kind young man.
 
To @Darrick Snyder @mikemorgan what a wild ride its been over 4 years from a state title to a heartbreaking loss and everything in between (thanks to Mike for coming in to help navigate this last run).  You guys have been awesome and amazing and I know I will be friends with you guys forever and love you both.  Thank you for everything.
 
Lastly to @tiger92 thank you for post and to be honest it does not surprise me that Logan found your son on social media some how and reached out to him to congratulate him and wish him good luck going forward. 
Unfortunately for me I selected seats in the part of the arena that I had sat in the previous times I had been fortunate enough for Logan to be at Semi-state and did not want to break from tradition even though they were not in the "B-burg section".  This turned out to be right next to the Princeton fan section.  It was tough to be honest, but I did get to see what I think was mom and dad happy and elated for their son Jared Dunn thru the whole day.  To me that is what this sport is all about, as I was devastated they were elated and I honestly could not be mad about that.   I hope your son enjoys this experience and has the time of his life.  Its a great event being at the state finals and I know he will soak it all in and have great life experiences and take a ways.  I hope he makes a deep run and can achieve all he wants and dreams about.
 
To all other kids competing this weekend best of luck, stay safe & healthy and accomplish your dreams and enjoy the moments, soak it all in and never have regrets. 

Here is a hypothetical Semi-State Realignment for discussions.
 
This doesn't involve moving teams from one sectional to another but instead looks at moving a whole sectional to a different semi-state. At first glance it does look silly that a school would drive to a farther semi-state location but this is happening in our current alignment, ie,  Floyd Central and New Albany sectional location.
 
The thought about this realignment is to distribute the balance of "power" as much as possible with keeping travel distance in mind. Longest distance between a school and their semi-state location is under 155 miles, this is in line with our current alignment. This post isn't created to make anyone mad or upset but just something I have thought about the last couple days. 
 
Six new schools would have to host a regional. 
 
Tables of each semi-state are below 
 
Changes 
East Chicago Semi-State
Gains: 
Frankfort Sectional 
Loses:
Mishawaka Sectional 
 
Fort Wayne Semi-State
Gains:
Mishawaka Sectional
Loses: 
Delta Sectional 
 
New Castle Semi-State
Gains:
Delta Sectional
Avon Sectional 

Loses: 
Crawfordville Sectional 
Frankfort Sectional
 
Evansville Semi-State
Gains:
Crawfordville Sectional 
Loses:
Avon Sectional 
 
Please let me know your thoughts and any critiques on this hypothetical Semi-State Realignment. 
 
Thanks
Coach Schlueter 
Decatur Central HS

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
Edited: I removed classes from schools. 

Thank you! Cascade gets a kid to state for the first time since 2014. 
 
I personally would like to thank everyone who has come up to me and my staff and congratulated us not only on our season but what we have done this year. It means a ton and shows us we are headed in the right direction!
 
Goodluck to all of the coaches and wrestlers who are still alive!

Delta is taking 4!
Most in 25 years (1997)

The Evansville semi state is nastier than usual this year some straight CRAZY draws some "curtain jerkers" for sure! So glad we are back at the Ford Center although Jasper was a great host last year I am very excited to be back at this awesome venue! Excited to see some Cadets get to compete and hopefully punch their tickets would be the first time since 2014 Cascade has sent someone to state! 
 
Goodluck to everyone preparing for this awesome event!

Now that it's tournament time, there are a lot of wrestlers that will not end their seasons the way they want.  It is imperative, that we, as coaches, hold them accountable for their post match behavior, even when it's a disappointing match for them.  I see so many kids throw child-like temper tantrums and are disrespectful to the other wrestler, the referee, the opposing coach, and sometimes their own coach.  We owe it to them to teach them that things in life will not always go their way and that maybe they just didn't work hard enough to accomplish the goal they set out to accomplish.  You know, tell them the truth.  When it is just one individual, I understand, it is probably just the one wrestler, however, when it's the majority of the team, it has to be what is tolerated as a program.  Making good wrestlers is very important to all of us, making great people through the lessons of our great sport, should be the ultimate goal.  Good luck to everyone advancing in the tournament and let's all do our part for the sake of our young people!  

Cashe Quiroga vs Josh Harper in 08 was insane