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Cathedral's 2019 State Title run as a team was pretty magical, so I will tell the story from a Cathedral fan's point of view. Coming into state with only 5 guys (Zeke Seltzer, Lukasz Walendzak, Alex Mosconi, Elliott Rodgers, and Jordan Slivka) it was an uphill battle from the beginning to defend our 2018 state title! As a result, the Irish came to wrestle with us placing all 5 wrestlers and putting 4 guys in the finals (including two champs). However that was not the only thing that made this run so phenomenal, as it was the manner in which we did it. To get the fun started, on Friday Night we saw Elliott Rodgers defeat Nathan Conley via a last second takedown that ultimately decided who won the state! Upon returning on Saturday, we knew that we needed to not only put at least 4 guys in the finals, but also pick up some bonus along the way to win as a team, and we did just that with both Jordan Slivka and Alex Mosconi picking up a fall in the semis and heading into the finals we held a narrow lead to an Avon team that was on fire. However, in the finals is when the real magic happened. Following Zeke Seltzer's narrow defeat to Jacob Moran at 113 and Asa Garcia's 3rd state title at 132 - as well as knowing that Avon's Carson Brewer was almost a lock to win at 182 - heading into the 145lb weight class we knew that in order to win as a team, one of our remaining three wrestlers needed to win state, which was a daunting task considering that all three of our remaining guys had lost to their opponent earlier in the season. Consequently, after a 145lb match that saw Alex Mosconi lose to a nationally ranked Matt Lee, Irish fans were now on the edge of their seats as all that we had left to try and win the state title as a team was Elliott Rodgers vs. Cooper Noehre - where Rodgers had lost to Noehre the week before in Semi-State - and Jordan Slivka vs. the nationally ranked Donnell Washington - where Washington had beat Slivka 8-2 earlier in the season. This is when things got crazy At 152 after a scoreless 1st period Rodgers chose down and gave up 3 back points before reversing Noehre with 30 seconds left to make the score 3-2 heading into the 3rd with Noehre on bottom. In the 3rd things started to heat up with Rodgers cutting Noehre and taking him down to tie up the match 4-4 with a little over a minute remaining, and this is when the match got really interesting. With only a minute to go to decide the state champ Noehre got an escape and a takedown to make the score 7-4 with only 50 seconds left to go, when Rodgers somehow managed to get an escape and a takedown with less than 10 seconds left to tie things up 7-7, sending the match to overtime. As if the match was not already crazy enough, Rodgers then iced the match with an Inside Trip takedown on the edge of the mat to win the match in 9-7 in OT, also somewhat securing the team state title for the Irish (Permitting that Brewer did not pick up bonus point at 182). With state title in our grasp, the Cathedral section was on their feet but as if the night was not already crazy enough, we still had one wrestler remaining, Jordan Slivka... and his match turned out to be one of the best finals matches I have ever seen. Following being taken down twice in the 1st period and being reversed in the 2nd, Slivka was losing 6-2 going into the third period, and little did we know that we were about to witness one of the greatest 3rd period comebacks in state finals history. At the start of the 3rd period Slivka got an escape and a takedown almost immediately to make the score 6-5 with about a minute left. Still losing, Slivka cut Washington and managed to take him down again to tie the match up at 7-7 with short time remaining. At this point Cathedral fans thought the match was headed to OT, but Slivka was not done yet. Following an Injury time that gave Slivka choice, where he obviously chose bottom, Slivka got away to make the score 8-7 with only 40 seconds left. Finally, after a last ditch effort by Washington that saw him get taken down again the match ended, securing not only Slivka's 2nd state title, but also officially putting the team title out of reach, declaring the Irish the 2019 State Champions! That State Finals run was undoubtedly one of the most impressive I had seen in my 10 years of attending the state finals, and I am grateful to have been a small part of it! Hope everyone enjoyed the story.

Rankings look good! Now, with that being said I wanted to defend some of my Irish wrestlers... First, at 285, Hosia Smith avenged both of his losses to #14 Schott of Center Grove and #19 McMahon of Columbus East while also defeating #1 ranked Leighton Jones of Brownsburg via UTB at team state. I believe that warrants a better ranking than #8! Second, at 106, John Bissmeyer avenged his loss to #10 Lian of Perry Meridian in the final match of the night last week during the Perry dual and he is still unranked! Also keep an eye out for Cathedral's 113, Nathan Reyes, during the postseason! Keep up the good work, I'm excited for the postseason!

New Castle Sectional and Regional Results + Semi-State matchups. Includes wrestler's: State Ranking | Semi-State Ranking | Record | Name | School Blue = 1st, Green = 2nd, Red = 3rd, and Yellow = 4th. Will update spreadsheet after semi-state. State Numbers 2.pdf

New Castle Sectional, Regional, and Semi-State Results: Includes wrestler's: State Ranking | Semi-State Ranking | Record | Name | School Will update spreadsheet after regionals. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GLD7_O61e8QeuOeL2tmQfFJ6XYfYt1t1LcR_LyaTcec/edit?usp=sharing

Yes, he’s Ben’s little brother.

Garrett Stewart

Projected Lineup for #1 Cathedral vs #5 Roncalli: 106: SS #7 Evan Dickey vs #13 Kody Glithero 113: #2 Zeke Seltzer vs Zach Wilson 120: Luke Gonzalez vs #4 Brayden Lowery 126: #5 Lukasz Walendzak vs #16 Sam Slivka 132: #6 Logan Bailey vs #2 Alec Viduya 138: #14 Andrew Wilson vs #3 Tyce Freije 145: #3 Alex Mosconi vs David Page 152: #2 Elliott Rodgers vs Trent Smith 160: #2 Jordan Slivka vs Sam Peeples 170: #16 Tyler Wagner vs #5 Elijah Mahan 182: SS #6 Jacob Huffman vs Lorenzo Salazar 195: Luke Adams vs Michael Fletcher 220: SS #5 David Guhl vs Spencer Fears 285: Alex Taylor vs #10 John Harris Tune into @ChsSwamp (https://twitter.com/ChsSwamp) on Twitter for match updates. Tonight's dual will also be broadcasted live on IndianaSRN at 6:15 pm: Also, because it has been a hot topic, here are the two videos that we showed on our Senior Night. Cathedral 60 year's: Here Come the Irish of Cathedral:

For confirmation on matches from the dual visit DCC's twitter page: https://twitter.com/DCCWrestling Also, one correction from our twitter (@ChsSwamp): Slivka's match versus Amine was actually 9-4, not 7-4 after Amine scored a last-second takedown following a late desperation shot from Slivka.

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Cathedral significant results from the weekend: Avon Dual: 126: #5 Rioux over #6 Walendzak 3-2 132: #1 Garcia over #2 Bailey 1-0 145: #1 Mosconi over #10 Reynold 10-0 160: #5 Conley over #2 Slivka 3-2 Culver Dual: 160: #2 Slivka over #5 Welch 4-1 170: #13 Pack over #10 Wagner fall Warren Dual: 113: #3 Seltzer over #4 Pierson 5-0 126: #6 Walendzak over #15 Ross 12-4 138: #12 Rowlett over #15 Wilson 3-0 145: #4 Graves over #1 Mosconi fall 160: #2 Slivka over #6 Coleman 1-0 170: Johnny Parker over Aaron Taylor 6-3 182: #10 Tyler Wagner over Damon McClain fall Bellmont Dual: 126: #6 Lukasz Walendzak over #10 Kyle Lawson 8-7 152: #1 Elliott Rodgers over #12 Jon Ruble 4-1 182: #13 Caden Friedt over Jacob Huffman 5-3

Cathedral Super 6 ranked vs ranked/ranked loss to unranked results: #8 Jevian Ross over Tyler Conley: 3-2 2OT #7 Tyler Conley over #14 Caleb Oliver: 4-3 #8 Jevian Ross over Caleb Oliver: fall #7 Lukasz Walendzak over #8 Raymond Rioux: 7-1 #3 Jordan Slivka over #5 AntwanGraves: fall #4 Nathan Conley over #9 Elliott Rodgers: fall Jacob Obst (285) over #11 Braiden Shaw (220): 2-0