Perseverance

Wouldn’t be Adam Doherty of Jeffersonville.   I beat him there in a placement match at 103 his freshman - my sophomore year in probably the highest scoring match I ever had. Something around 24-19.  Cathedral’s Scott Weaver won the weight class that year over J. Collis.  Collis had beat Doherty earlier to put him in the consols. 

Pleak probably beat him there once though. 
 
Lance Ellis for sure. 
 
Dougherty? 

I was literally telling Colts dad that Silas might be the only 4x Spartan classic champion toda.. I've never heard of 1..Brimm would be a great guess if he did wrestle there 4x..

Silas Allred will pursue his 4th consecutive Spartan Classic title this weekend.  Due to my relative infancy regarding following the sport...I’m hoping others on the site can provide me with a possible list of other 4x winners, and/or the most recent.
Thanks in advance for any info or clarity provided.  It will be used by our school, local newspapers, program, and a proud dad’s ego stroking. 😏

Off the top of my head, no one .. maybe Lance Ellis.  Not sure Cathedral was there each of his years.  Maybe contact Connersville athletic department, they may or may not have a history of it.  

Silas Allred will pursue his 4th consecutive Spartan Classic title this weekend.  Due to my relative infancy regarding following the sport...I’m hoping others on the site can provide me with a possible list of other 4x winners, and/or the most recent.
Thanks in advance for any info or clarity provided.  It will be used by our school, local newspapers, program, and a proud dad’s ego stroking. 😏

Iowa Wesleyan is an upstart D3 program that will begin competing in 2020-21 academic school year.  Not only will they be launching the men’s wrestling program, but will be the first D3 in Iowa to offer women’s wrestling as well.  Coach Powell is actively seeking recruits and is very interested in Indiana’s deep talent pool.  Listed below is his contact information.  This is not only a great added resource/contact for the many coaches with wrestlers who fit the D3 mold......but also an excellent opportunity to continue helping grow the sport.  Feel free to contact Coach Powell with any questions, or to share the contact info of young men & women in Indiana who are deserving of his recruiting interest.
  Robert V. Watson-Powell Head Wrestling Coach  Iowa Wesleyan University  601 North Main Street Mount Pleasant, IA 52641 (o):319-385-6494 (c):440-227-6381 Twitter: @iw_wrestle Instagram: @iw_wrestle Facebook: @iwwrestle

Iowa Wesleyan is an upstart D3 program that will begin competing in 2020-21 academic school year.  Not only will they be launching the men’s wrestling program, but will be the first D3 in Iowa to offer women’s wrestling as well.  Coach Powell is actively seeking recruits and is very interested in Indiana’s deep talent pool.  Listed below is his contact information.  This is not only a great added resource/contact for the many coaches with wrestlers who fit the D3 mold......but also an excellent opportunity to continue helping grow the sport.  Feel free to contact Coach Powell with any questions, or to share the contact info of young men & women in Indiana who are deserving of his recruiting interest.
  Robert V. Watson-Powell Head Wrestling Coach  Iowa Wesleyan University  601 North Main Street Mount Pleasant, IA 52641 (o):319-385-6494 (c):440-227-6381 Twitter: @iw_wrestle Instagram: @iw_wrestle Facebook: @iwwrestle

Iowa Wesleyan is an upstart D3 program that will begin competing in 2020-21 academic school year.  Not only will they be launching the men’s wrestling program, but will be the first D3 in Iowa to offer women’s wrestling as well.  Coach Powell is actively seeking recruits and is very interested in Indiana’s deep talent pool.  Listed below is his contact information.  This is not only a great added resource/contact for the many coaches with wrestlers who fit the D3 mold......but also an excellent opportunity to continue helping grow the sport.  Feel free to contact Coach Powell with any questions, or to share the contact info of young men & women in Indiana who are deserving of his recruiting interest.
  Robert V. Watson-Powell Head Wrestling Coach  Iowa Wesleyan University  601 North Main Street Mount Pleasant, IA 52641 (o):319-385-6494 (c):440-227-6381 Twitter: @iw_wrestle Instagram: @iw_wrestle Facebook: @iwwrestle

All of these kids are great. I do know this. Been keeping my eye on our grads from last year that are going D1 (been getting updates from people in the rooms). 4 at IU and 2 at Ohio U. Proud to say they are all making it through the grind and by all accounts adjusting well. We got Littell coming to Ohio next year. I’m guessing others may end up there or at IU. Most of this years champs wrestled on teams together since early in elementary school. Looks like they are sticking together in college. Pretty cool stuff. Most of if not all of this years graduated champs are redshirting. Look for them to wrestle unattached at opens this year. They all should be at the Michigan State Open the first week of November. Mosconni and Washington should be there too. 
My point is that we have a bunch of D1 talent coming out of Indiana. Not seeing fall off. With that said.. 2016 was a REALLY tough group. Don’t know if any class would beat them. 

Iowa Wesleyan is an upstart D3 program that will begin competing in 2020-21 academic school year.  Not only will they be launching the men’s wrestling program, but will be the first D3 in Iowa to offer women’s wrestling as well.  Coach Powell is actively seeking recruits and is very interested in Indiana’s deep talent pool.  Listed below is his contact information.  This is not only a great added resource/contact for the many coaches with wrestlers who fit the D3 mold......but also an excellent opportunity to continue helping grow the sport.  Feel free to contact Coach Powell with any questions, or to share the contact info of young men & women in Indiana who are deserving of his recruiting interest.
  Robert V. Watson-Powell Head Wrestling Coach  Iowa Wesleyan University  601 North Main Street Mount Pleasant, IA 52641 (o):319-385-6494 (c):440-227-6381 Twitter: @iw_wrestle Instagram: @iw_wrestle Facebook: @iwwrestle

I know that the qualifying for state deal was not received with open arms. But.... this is what I’m seeing. Freestyle state numbers have risen for the first time in a long while (the last couple years). And... I’m seeing some quality freestyle at the locals! Is it just me? Anybody else seeing better freestyle matches this season? 
Also... great job by the ISWA for allowing other tournaments count as qualifiers. 
Freestyle is making a comeback here.

Congratulations to Nick Willham from Greenwood for signing with Indiana. He is projected to wrestle 197.

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Final FloNationals Results
Cadets
Jesse Mendez and Silas Allred CHAMPIONS *Both will represent the USA at the Pan Ams
Braydon Erb 4th
Zeke Seltzer 7th
Blake Boarman and Macartney Parkinson 8th

Juniors
Matt Lee, Eli Dickens, and Joe Walker 2nd
Hayden Lohrey and Will Crider 3rd

yes I totally agree that skys the limit for him.. He's strong as a ox with top notch work ethic!  Excited to hear where he's going.. Gotta feeling it's in state and a team I always root for! 

Great win for Hayden. I think he is still quite aways way from his ceiling and his best days are ahead of him at the college level (which he will be announcing this week). He really didn’t start wrestling year round until his junior year. His CIA crew is helping him tremendously. 

Allred & Mendez advance to Cadet Freestyle Semi’s.  Both in great position to secure the weight with Team USA for Pan Am’s.
Lee, Lohrey, Dickens and Walker all advance to Junior Freestyle Semi’s.
Quite a few hammers still wrestling back in consi’s at both levels.  Including Seltzer, Parkinson, Erb & Boarman.  
Semi-Finals begin tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.

Allred & Mendez advance to Cadet Freestyle Semi’s.  Both in great position to secure the weight with Team USA for Pan Am’s.
Lee, Lohrey, Dickens and Walker all advance to Junior Freestyle Semi’s.
Quite a few hammers still wrestling back in consi’s at both levels.  Including Seltzer, Parkinson, Erb & Boarman.  
Semi-Finals begin tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.

Parkinson secures AA status as well 

Allred and Mendez both drop their finals matches.
The main reason for the event is qualifying for the Pan Am team. They only take ONE wrestler per weight so there is a scoring system in place to determine who they will take. If they were to tie with someone the first choice would be the person with the most falls in the least amount of time throughout both events.

Some additional info.......
#10 Mendez knocks off #3 Franco to advance to Semi’s.  Will have #20 at 126 Ramos next.
#2 Allred pins #20 Paulus to advance to semis.  Will have #8 at 195 Franklin next.

After first session of Greco:
Mendez and Allred in semi-finals. 
Carroll is consi of 4. 
Erb guaranteed top 3. 

Here is the link to brackets, action for Cadet Greco is starting today.
http://arena.flowrestling.org/event/0df80003-a0df-64ea-8f55-722c576f83e7
Jesse Mendez and Silas Allred are both in the semi-finals
Braydon Erb is in the top 3...because there are only 3 big guys entered.
Christian Carroll an incoming freshman for Penn is top 8.

Some additional info regarding the tournament.  Aside from a dominating performance by IN Gold.......the Blue team competed extremely well and captured 3rd place. 
Excluding the stand out performances......a couple others from the Gold team that deserve acknowledged, begins with Deters.  The young man lost 1 match all weekend and really wrestled at a high level.  Chundi did awesome filling in for Cottey.  He arguably got one of the biggest wins in the final by knocking off Illinois 106 (1-0), in at that point....a tied dual.  He was an octopus in the top position all 3rd period.
Irrick showed incredible heart finishing his final bout.  With about 30 seconds left in the match.  He appeared to completely blow out his knee.  The young man literally hopped back to the center, and painfully finished the match to ensure we only gave up 3, having to then be carried to the training table.  Trainers on hand speculated complete tears of his ACL and MCL.  Dorian Keys also suffered a likely ligament injury in his knee the day before.  Landon Boe had a pretty major ankle break as well.  Genuine prayers are appreciated for these warriors.
On a final note......Kentucky’s top team is MUCH improved.  They were pretty Fresh/Soph heavy as well.  Not sure if the KY kids are traveling more or what, but they were hard nosed from top to bottom.  And had a couple kids who are right there on that “elite” level.  Was surprised, and very impressed by their upward trajectory as a state.

Some additional info regarding the tournament.  Aside from a dominating performance by IN Gold.......the Blue team competed extremely well and captured 3rd place. 
Excluding the stand out performances......a couple others from the Gold team that deserve acknowledged, begins with Deters.  The young man lost 1 match all weekend and really wrestled at a high level.  Chundi did awesome filling in for Cottey.  He arguably got one of the biggest wins in the final by knocking off Illinois 106 (1-0), in at that point....a tied dual.  He was an octopus in the top position all 3rd period.
Irrick showed incredible heart finishing his final bout.  With about 30 seconds left in the match.  He appeared to completely blow out his knee.  The young man literally hopped back to the center, and painfully finished the match to ensure we only gave up 3, having to then be carried to the training table.  Trainers on hand speculated complete tears of his ACL and MCL.  Dorian Keys also suffered a likely ligament injury in his knee the day before.  Landon Boe had a pretty major ankle break as well.  Genuine prayers are appreciated for these warriors.
On a final note......Kentucky’s top team is MUCH improved.  They were pretty Fresh/Soph heavy as well.  Not sure if the KY kids are traveling more or what, but they were hard nosed from top to bottom.  And had a couple kids who are right there on that “elite” level.  Was surprised, and very impressed by their upward trajectory as a state.