MountieDad

Dear 138 pound weight class at state finals,
 
Congrats to all of you, lots of fierce competitors, and you should all be proud! Wrestling is the ultimate teacher of life lessons, so learn what you can from your experience!
 
Kris Rumph
You are a great wrestler and competitor and your interview showed some great character.  You have overcome a lot in life and I hope you understand that your wrestling achievements can transfer to anything you chose to pursue in life.  The Melloh family will look forward to seeing good things for you in the future, and will say a special prayer for Kris Rumph today at church.  Looking forward to rooting for you, not against you!  
Blake Mulkey
You are an awesome wrestler. Blake, you have a great wrestling future,  and we wish you the best.  Sometimes things don’t go your way, it will make you stronger if you let it.
Dawson Combest
We wish you the best at Uindy.  It truly seems like yesterday that you and Zach were battling it out for ISWA state finals.  I miss those days already.  Uindy is getting a good one and we know you will do great in wrestling and school.  Count your blessings son, you have an awesome support group with Columbus East wrestling family!  That’s a good group!  I will always hold Coach Trapp in high regard..... I saw how much he did for you guys with the youth program. What a great guy and mentor!
Lastly, to my son, Zach Melloh
With tears of pride, I want to tell you that I love you and I am so proud of you.  My sadness only comes from knowing this chapter is over.  I didn’t appreciate the ride like I should have while I was living it.......through wrestling, you have helped us grow as a family and expand our faith.  So few people know what you have been through to get to where you were yesterday. But God does and your family does, and we are proud to call you our son and your siblings are proud of their brother.  Part of trying to live a Christ centered life means that sometimes the target on your back gets bigger.  It’s ok, keep fighting the good fight.  Keep grinding and doing the right things in life.  With a heart full of pride for the young man you have become, looking forward to the next chapter. 
 
Your biggest fan club,
Dad, Mom, Corinne, Alex, and Cecelia
(Nick Melloh)

I believe he wrestled Unseld from Lawrence North, and Pack from Culver Academy, but Sellmer was injured when they wrestled Floyd Central. He did beat Ellis preseason at Calumet, but that was preseason and I just can't motivate him like his coaches do. We just didn't see many ranked wrestlers this year, but that's what this time of year is for. I'm just excited to watch it unfold, I and wish everyone good luck. 

106 Cottey, Simone, Bailey, Hadley
113 Eldred, Lowery, Moseley, Oliver
120 Fair, Mattingly, Rose, Stapleton
126 Johnson, Holman, Hall
132 Mosconi, Noehre, Peavler, Rowlett
138 Melloh, Mancera, Strueder, Ragle
145 Ball, Slivka, Graves, Lohrey
152 Rodgers, Wagner, Browning, Lowe
160 Davis, Groves, Eiteljorge, Masconi
170 Warren, Mahan, Klettheimer, Lowe
182 Hart, Gobeyn, Williams, Allred
195 Penola, Hansen, Bohman, Bynum
220 Parris, Cornwell,McClaine, Burton
285 Obst, Williams, Adams, Fuller

A little bias here, but I believe he will put on a show.  Maybe it will be the two undefeated at 145 for a championship, you just never know. 

106 Simone, Chindits, Harreld, Hall
113 Eldred, Moseley, Crousore, Greiner
120 Mattingly, Wagner, Lauy, Sandlin
126 Johnson, Holman, Brogan, Ramsey
132 Rogers, Warren, Poynter, Merkel
138 Robinson, Strueder, Theriot, Lauy
145 Ball, Gobeyn, Lucas, Sharp
152 Wagner, Lowe, Delph, Saez 
160 Eiteljorge, Spurr, Gerdes, Groves
170 Roehm, Wray, Lawrence, VanCleave
182 Hart, Gobeyn, Williams, Mahoney
195 Penola, Irick, Bacon, Hoffman
220 McClaine, Kunkleman, Webster, Cody
285 Williams, Fuller, Adams, Essex

So time to take a quick break and provide a distraction to the loaded regional and SS talk.
My son is new to the sport...it was a little over a year ago that he decided he wanted to give wrestling a try.  Something about watching kids under the lights at Bankers Life in 2015 provided that spark.  So as a 5th grader he started on his journey.  
After a bit of research, we learned about Red Cobra and he’s been in that sweat box ever since...and most nights I’m also spending a few hours listening to Coach Red bark instructions to all the kids.
Now true confession time...I never wreslted myself and frankly thought wrestlers were an odd bunch growing up.  One dude I knew in Junior High covered his singlet in deer attractant as an “advantage”.   Another kid claimed to rub onions on his pits and “area”.  I was a basketball player and that was my love...I wasn’t tough enough to wrestle even though I considered myself a tough guy.  So needless to say, I knew next to nothing when my kid started and know just a tiny bit more now.
More recent confession, during our first few meets man some parents were going insane during a match while I just saw some kids leaning on each other.  My inner monologue said “dude, what’s those people’s issue?  They’re some real nut-jobs.”
Fast forward to today, and a solid year of Coach Red training has not only helped my kid but also his old man that’s been sweating profusely on the other side of the partition while Coach Red instructs like only he can.  What I didnt know is that I was getting C-Red Trained too.   Now I find myself automatically and instinctively barking stuff like “Get Your HEAD UP!!!” And “UP AND OUT!!!” Or “GET THAT TIGHT AND SQUUUEEEEZE!!!” Or “God gave you two hands SO USE THEM!!”  Its like I can’t control it.
So to all you parents before that I was secretly being real judgey towards in my head, because y’all were losing your minds (or so I thought)...my bad.
To all you beginner parents wondering why the big dude in purple is losing his mind in the future....you’ll get it one day.
One thing I’ve learned while my boy has really embraced and taken to this sport and the process...if you’re the parent of one of these high schoolers that’s putting it all out there in the coming weeks, then really be proud of it and where you are.  Make sure to take a moment and take it in.  Be proud they’re there regardless of outcome. Unlike any other, wrestling is an awesome sport that requires some real courage to even walk out there on that mat.  Sometimes it takes the eyes of a newbie to bring the obvious into focus.
Good luck to all competitors and teams as each step gets a little tougher.  I’m glad I’m here...and I’m glad my son has chosen to be a wrestler.  
<Pound Sign>HendricksCountySmellsFunny #PainTrain #PoundSign

You're probably right. I just hate to sign up for a tournament, drive two hours and there not be anyone there. We like to go to tourneys we haven't been to before - so we don't always hit up the ones closest. I think wrestler lists should always be available, instantly.

The list rarely changes for this.  This was last years list.
 
#1 Portage
#13 Cathedral
#14 Crown Point
#19 Lawrence North
Franklin
South Bend Riley
Mishawaka
Valpo
Lowell
Floyd Central
Westfield
Southmont
Calumet
Hanover Central
Munster
Lake Station Edison

What Teams are in the Traicoff this year??

Former Indiana Wrestler Saves American Flag https://www.facebook.com/indagation/posts/1217781004931826
Here is a Former High School Wrestler that Graduated from Southmont behind me a few years or so he did something we should all be proud of.
Show him your support and thanks.