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I had boring Teyon on our feet, but I was told my feet hit the ceiling his lift in the third. 

Coach Stewart too. 
Some of my earliest wrestling memories are watching him smoke people in the balcony of VHS after Viking Wrestling Club practice in between goes of his sons taking it to me. Eventually I got to coach Coach Stewart's grandsons at Chesterton. 

I've got a Bobby Douglas instructional book my dad gave to me when I graduated high school and he retired from coaching, and it helped me figure out some of the things Dave Maldonado was coaching to beat up on my teams so much. I figured it out, but that doesn't mean it changed things too much.
 
Teyon was my first loss in college. 

This is showing my age but James Tannehill (sp?) was a big influence and figure in Indiana Wrestling when I competed and first started coaching.  Saw him almost every weekend!

When I was a kid, I loved the Cyclones because of Bobby Douglas. That squad he built with Cael and Joe Heskett was one of my favorite to watch.
 
Also a guy who is a little less popular but one of my all time favorites, Teyon Ware. 

What are some of the best face off moments you can recall?  Chad Red in the shiny pants?  Mine is Spence Spencer Lawrence North with the black gloves.  I've been wearing them ever since.

Central Time Wrestling is the best wrestling.

Central Time Wrestling is the best wrestling.

Central Time Wrestling is the best wrestling.

Central Time Wrestling is the best wrestling.

Central Time Wrestling is the best wrestling.

It's the state finals. How about it's just a good bracket and not a bad draw?

As someone who was at semi state today, Semi state is as awesome today. 
Eliminate the filibuster, left turns at stop lights, or something else, and keep your damn dirty ape hands off my semi state. 

besides not having wrestlebacks, what about the Indiana State tournament series is subpar?

My Brain be buzzing from typing.... so took a break and came up w/ this gem
 
Is it Saturday yet?!?!?!
 
We got winners
We got losers
Dippers and boozers
We got WildCats
We got Bulldogs
We got angry fathers
And the moms all dressed up in their glitter
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love the FORD
We got Trojans
We got Olympians
Broken-hearted wrestlers and seniors
And we got state placers
We got fighters
Early-pinners and over-timers
And the old timers in letter jackets talk about their battle scars
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love the FORD
I love THE FORD
It's my kind of place
Just walkin' through the front door
Puts a big smile on my face
It’s actually pretty far
Come as you are
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, I love the FORD
 

Here is Team State qualifying through regional. Results are verified, but enrollment numbers are still unofficial. Some DOE numbers need verified, and we will only use the DOE enrollment numbers we're currently using if the IHSAA does not do its annual enrollment/classification release before the state finals.
 
Remember, with changes this year:
4A: 3 best semi-state high scores, plus next best 3 scores are automatic. 2 vote-ins in December.
1A-3A: All 4 best semi-state scores plus next 4 best scores are automatic. 4 vote-ins in December.
 
Rankings in 1A will see very little movement from here on out. Injury info still hasn't been processed and enrollment numbers are unofficial, so nothing is official. But assuming this board is on target, only the top 9 teams are involved for automatic bids at this point.
 
In 2A, the top 6 scores here will probably get in for either SS reasons or wildcard reasons (again, assuming no big injury or classification changes). Some intrigue for the final automatic wildcard and the 1 v. 1 New Castle SS bid.
 
In 3A, big points are still up for grabs and we'll still see considerable movement.
 
In 4A, this is the week to get fed. Nothing's decided if you don't win a lot--and huge moves can still be made even by teams far down the board that have a lot of wrestlers left.
 
Link to regional & sectional week leaderboards and classification numbers: Team State Classification & Leaderboard 2024.xlsx
 
Click multiple times to zoom in on this image to see only the Regional Leaderboard:

 

I think it’s important now that the season is nearing its zenith to address one of the most important issues that I think goes under talked around this time, which is the hard working kids who lose at semi state. Obviously, we should celebrate those who make it to state. That is the goal of almost every high school wrestler, to be among the best in the state and compete in the best venue in all of Indiana. But inevitably, most wrestlers Sunday will not end up advancing to the state tournament. And I think it’s important that we address how to support the kids that lose, especially the seniors who will possibly wrestle their very last matches on Saturday.
 
Last year as a senior, I went into my season with high expectations. For three years straight, I went to everything. My high school coaches could tell you I was person who missed the least practices. I showed up to everything; morning practice, optional practice, summer open mats, I even went to RWA three days a week and trained at my coaches own gym in order to build up my strength and conditioning.  I felt like I was one of the hardest working, toughest people in the state. In middle school at my first off-season tournament I suffered a concussion. My freshman year I broke my left elbow and had to get screws out in, which I still have to this day. Junior year I dislocated my rib wrestling freestyle, and over the summer I suffered severe second degree burns which caused most of the epidermis on my back to slough off. But still, I worked through it all because I felt like if I didn’t I wasn’t being the best wrestler I could. Going into regionals of senior year I broke the scaphoid bone in my wrist, and couldn’t press down or grip my right hand for the rest of season. I felt like all of this only contributed to me being a tougher wrestler on the mat. And even with all of that, I got completely out wrestled at semi state. My broken wrist meant nothing, I did not live up to my potential and didn’t wrestle my best, and that’s why I lost. For at least a month after semi state I was completely in the dumps. It’s like I had a rain cloud overhead, I felt like my career meant nothing. It was over, and I didn’t accomplish what I wanted to. No matter what people said to me, it really didn’t ease the fact that I felt completely empty. I also felt angry. I felt so angry that I had teammates who put in way less practice time than me, who didn’t show up to half the things I did, and yet still advanced farther than I did. I wasn’t angry at them, though, I was angry at myself. I was angry because I felt like that there was something that I must have missed, some piece of the puzzle that despite all my hours I just couldn’t get. And that made me really hate myself for a few weeks. Our sport is so much more draining mentally than it is physically, and for those seniors who lose at semi state, it can really knock your happiness down a few notches for a quite a while. So coaches and parents, if you have a wrestler whose career comes to an end this Saturday, it’s important to not look at their whole career under a microscope and appreciate the whole journey. You got to participate in the toughest sport in the world, you were able to make it to semi state, which while not a particularly impressive accomplishment, still means that likely hundreds of hours of hard work went into that qualification. It’s okay to feel upset, but don’t let it hang over your life. You worked hard, and you did something that most wrestlers in the state didn’t. And to those who have more years, never stop grinding. Embrace it, and make sure to have fun with it. When the sport is fun, you do better. You can make it to state, but you can’t take your foot off the gas.
 
I love wrestling, so so much. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done, and something I plan on continuing even though I’m not on a college team. I’m so grateful to the sport and my coaches for making me the man I am today, and for teaching me such invaluable life lessons. And I think loving the sport is really what’s so important. If you were able to make an athlete fall in love with the sport, with the process, then you succeeded as a coach. If you support your kids and help them foster that love, then you succeeded as a wrestling parent. The lessons athletes learn from wrestling are some of the best life lessons you can learn, and when you are able to fall in love with the sport, these values are only engrained deeper. So to those seniors out there, wrestle your hearts out. Don’t be afraid to lose, don’t be afraid to score points. Leave it all on the mat and put your name in the history books. And to those seniors who worked so hard and end up coming up short, it will suck. But you’ll live. You’ll be okay. And I think that, even if you lose at semi state, if you managed to fall in love with the sport, then it was all worth it in the end. We are all apart of something amazing, and wrestling is absolutely the greatest sport ever. Fall in love with it, and wrestle your hearts out. 
 

Sunungura Rusunanguko!!... Not positive on the spelling, but being announced I never forgot it!

Copy that… makes more sense. Thank you. 

many more points will be scored, so ranking won’t matter now cuz the points will be so much different in two weeks.

If the pinning wrestler's head is on the ground for a nelson, it usually is supporting weight, which takes weight off the opponent. I often yell head up when our wrestler's chin is on their opponent, as this is a reason why the top shoulder stays high. 
 
 
 
I yell "lift both heads" a lot. 
 
 
Are we getting trolled? 

If the pinning wrestler's head is on the ground for a nelson, it usually is supporting weight, which takes weight off the opponent. I often yell head up when our wrestler's chin is on their opponent, as this is a reason why the top shoulder stays high. 
 
 
 
I yell "lift both heads" a lot. 
 
 
Are we getting trolled? 

If the pinning wrestler's head is on the ground for a nelson, it usually is supporting weight, which takes weight off the opponent. I often yell head up when our wrestler's chin is on their opponent, as this is a reason why the top shoulder stays high. 
 
 
 
I yell "lift both heads" a lot. 
 
 
Are we getting trolled? 

This thread became the “what an upset! oh ok ok ok, I gotcha” trackwrestling tutorial. 
 

This is 100% true.
 
IHSWCA, please keep reiterating to Faulkens that the sectional seeding criteria are perfect in every way. And, @Y2CJ41, please encrypt this thread so that only those with current or past ability to execute a power half can view it.