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    graham got a reaction from piscis1956 in Veazy   
    The joke was directed at brickfor6 and his 100yd diagnosis, not Veazy

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    graham got a reaction from piscis1956 in Veazy   
    Here ya go.. get it??
     
     
     

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    graham got a reaction from MUSKEEWRESTLER in Veazy   
    The joke was directed at brickfor6 and his 100yd diagnosis, not Veazy

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    graham got a reaction from HeadLocksWinChampionships in Veazy   
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    graham reacted to 1prouddad in Veazy   
    @Y2CJ41do ya reckon this is the address for that Holiday Inn?
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    graham got a reaction from Sig40 in Veazy   
    The joke was directed at brickfor6 and his 100yd diagnosis, not Veazy

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    graham reacted to Short Jay in In the corner   
    I’ll take Bruce Wood
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    graham reacted to TeamGarcia in Veazy   
    We see right through your classless video . Really no need for it. Make fun of adults on here not the kids . Hell make fun me, I say some dumb things on here . Pretty sure the kid knows what he did wrong . If it was your kid you be lite . JS, kids do read this . Cmon man . 👎🏾
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    graham got a reaction from 1prouddad in Veazy   
    The joke was directed at brickfor6 and his 100yd diagnosis, not Veazy

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    graham got a reaction from Rugger44 in Veazy   
    Here ya go.. get it??
     
     
     

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    graham reacted to ontherise219 in It’s almost Tournament time when….   
    You know it’s almost tourney time by the stages of posts on the forum.
     
    The stages before the state tournament 
     
    stage 1: training 
     
     he is on a mission this year, changed his training 
     
     Stage 2: rankings disputes 
     
    hates where they are ranked or not ranked but closes every message with “not that rankings matter” 
     
    Stage 3: getting chippy 
    is upset at every post about their favorite wrestler or team and they will use it as extra motivation. 
    (The stage we are in)

    stage 4: the dark horses 

    these guys are going to make a run and knock off many ranked wrestlers
     
    Stage 5: the actual state tournament 
    This is where we actually wrestle the state tournament 
     
    stage 6: the I told you so 
     
    the message of I told that was going to happen but you didn’t want to listen but those payout 1 in 50 
     
     
    rememer it’s a long season and the message board is a lot of fun. We have an amazing community don’t take everything so serious. Everyone wants to see upsets and great matches 
     
    please keep your angry messages light and fun I don’t want @Y2CJ41 to ban anyone 
     
    have a safe and happy New Years 
     
    OTR219 
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    graham reacted to gsmith58 in Veazy   
    I can always count on you. You don't post often, but when you do...
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    graham reacted to ontherise219 in Traicoff Bracket   
    This would be a great opportunity for a team to jump In a tough event 
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    graham reacted to Mattyb in Scholarship Question   
    This is a great and loaded question that has no simple answer. I’m my opinion, this really needs to be talked about more and better explained to our athletes and families. 
     
    My family had the opportunity to go through the recruiting process with my oldest son. We learned a TON during his last couple years of high school. While my son did all the work on the mat, it took the whole family and others to help him reach his goal of being a college wrestler with a full ride. I would like to share some thoughts and observations that may help others in this journey. With this said… this post may get a little long, but hopefully it can help… because many times nobody will take the time to explain or even has the knowledge of the process.
     
    1. First and foremost (absolutely most importantly) is grades.
     
    If a kid decides to go the NCAA division 1 or 2 route, they go by title 9. This dictates that NCAA division 1 and 2 programs must limit the amount of athletic scholarships per wrestling team to 9.9 full scholarships. In college there are 10 weight classes. Most college programs have 30 to 45 kids on the teams. Most of those 30 to 45 kids at D1 and D2 schools are state champs or placed VERY high. So… let’s do the math…. 9.9 for 40 kids… that means on average a D1 or D2 kid is only getting a 1/4 ride.
     
    Very few (and I mean VERY few) D1 and D2 kids get full athletic scholarships. With that said, a wrestler MUST make academics a priority! Schools will help a kid with academic money but the wrestler must make the minimum threshold for those funds. They will find athletes academic money that a typical student, with the same gpa, wouldn’t get. They typically need a 3.5 GPA or better and / or good SAT or ACT scores to qualify for most academic money. This means that a wrestler MUST take his whole high school career seriously. Do not think that a kid is going to make a C average his first two years of high school then magically turn it around his last two years! By then it’s two late. From day one… do the work and make good grades. Without good grades… most likely they are paying and paying a lot. 
     
    Testing… start taking ACT and SAT early and often. I would recommend at the end of their sophomore year. First they must determine which one is easier for them. My son liked the SAT because it’s ran by the national college board. Once you take the SAT test, they will provide you with resources (including the Khan Academy) that will help you with future test. While you can’t actually study for what’s on the SAT or ACT, programs like Khan Academy will help you learn how to process the questions and help you score better. Also.. schools will allow them to super score your test results. Meaning this…. If you take the SAT five times and score really high on Math one time and really high on English another time, they will allow you to combine the two highest scores to make your applied total. So again..  take those test multiple times if the school requires SAT or ACT for acceptance or academic scholarships.
     
    That is D1or D2. As far as I know…. D3 has zero athletic scholarships, but typically offer scholarships and grants to help with cost. D3 guys typically make good grades to get that help. 
     
    Which brings us to NAIA. These schools are not bound by title 9 (as far as I know). My son did not go the NAIA route so i have less knowledge on this. In general, these schools are allowed to give more athletic money. We have some great NAIA schools and teams here Indiana. These teams have had a lot of success and should be considered by any kid looking to wrestle at the next level. 
     
    Many high schools have an NCAA rep. It is typically a councilor. These reps can provide you with some helpful information and help you with stuff like getting your NCAA card (needed to take visits) and getting transcripts to potential schools. If you don’t have a designated NCAA rep, make sure you find out the best person at your child’s school to help you with the process. At our former school we found out that our weighted grade scale did not meet NCAA guidelines and could not be considered. With that said, my sons weighted GPA could not be considered when applying for some money. Not having his weighted GPA considered messed with some of his offers. With this said… a few years later, they still haven’t adjusted their grade scale and NCAA can’t use their weighted gpa (must be Covid). I’m still trying to help get it changed there. With this said… make sure your schools grade scale is approved by the NCAA so that your wrestler gets every dollar possible! Again.. your NCAA rep or councilor can help you with that. 
     
    2. Put your wrestler out there! Pick the schools that they are interested in and let them know you are interested. Reach out to the coaches and let them know that they want to come to their programs and what you have to offer them. Most team websites have a recruiting page. Fill that info out. That puts your wrestler on their radar and helps them get noticed. Colleges coaches are busy. Help them help you. 
     
    3. Pick the right team. A kid may be a state champ or multiple time state champ. Know this.. if he goes to the Big10… every kid is a state champ or multiple time state champ. Each weight class has 3 to 5 kids. Know that it’s gonna to be a up hill climb just to start one season. Know who is in the line up at the school you pick and who’s coming in. I’m not saying not to challenge yourself.. just know that most likely your not coming in a taking the spot from a returning AA. Know that you may sit some places for a while. Can you handle that? 
     
    4. Pick the right school. If you want the traditional college experience… don’t pick a service academy! What I’m saying is… take your visits get to know the school, the town, the coaches, and the team. Ask members of the team if they like it there. During my sons visits some kids told him that they loved it and many told him they hated it. Financials should be a priority, but if they are going to be miserable for 2 to 6 years… then it’s not worth it. D1 allows 6 official collage visits. They are typically very fun for the whole family. If you can, take them all. 
     
    5. To answer your main question… wrestling. Go wrestle good kids and beat them! No matter where. If you beat a good kid… people will know. And… try to have fun as a family doing it. That’s the easy part that we all can understand. The other stuff is what we don’t talk about and is not explained to us enough. 
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    graham reacted to Ch1StyleZ84 in IndianaMat Store is OPEN!   
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    graham reacted to Y2CJ41 in IndianaMat Store is OPEN!   
    Someone..... bought all the backpacks unless you want the utility one.
     
    The utility backpacks are 9 million bananas. Right now bananas are like dogecoin, not worth too much.
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    graham reacted to Darrick Snyder in Brownsburg RWO - Thursdays 6PM   
    Kyle you are bringing up a great memory.  I know you and Smiley never won a college conference title.  You must have been watching my VHS tape from 1999.  Was a grueling day.  Was able to grind out a win in the finals.  I was always disappointed that I didn’t get to wrestle Cael Sanderson my senior year in the Wisconsin Parkside Open.  It was an “Open”.  He could have come.  I lost to some other guy in the finals, but it was because I was frustrated Cael dodged me....again.  
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    graham reacted to TeamInjuryTime07 in Congratulations Gimson Twins   
    Congratulations Conner Gimson on a National Title, and Matt Gimson finishing 3rd. I personally wanted to see the brother vs Brother  finals matchup that I have seen behind closed doors that usually ended like most brother disputes do... congratulations to coach Pompei and his staff well earned! 
     
    Side note: Jimtown legend Colin Crume coaching Jimtown legend Conner Gimson in the finals was a thing of beauty! 
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    graham reacted to Y2CJ41 in Gavinn Alstott of Floyd Central commits to   
    Congratulations to Gavinn Alstott from Floyd Central for signing with Wabash. He is projected to wrestle 141.
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    graham reacted to Matt Time in Rianne Murphy?   
    Rianne is the real deal. In NWI there's a bjj school that easily has the best kids competition team in the Midwest and a national travel team that is top 10 in the country. Saturday classes focus on wrestling and bring in local high school wrestlers, coaches, etc. Bjj is notorious for teaching "guard pulling" and de-emphasizing takedowns, so these kids were blowing away the competition with their wrestling to get the match to the ground.
     
    Rianne was among the first in a group of kids there that cross-trained in wrestling who are now making their way into the high school ranks and progressing very quickly. At least three of the placers at girls state got their start with this group. Four or five boys from the same group made it into the EC Semistate. Most of them "pause" their bjj careers in high school to focus on wrestling and will train at RWA and intend to circle back to the bjj after college.
     
    The two sports are very complementary and give kids a great sense of body mechanics, mat awareness and make them very coachable. So, even with limited ability to train a lot of freestyle, you'll see these kids get thrown into a tournament and you can literally watch them figure it out after a match a two (you want me to lace their legs and do what?). The college coaches I've talked to notice this and are quick to point out that these are kids who haven't yet "peaked" and still have a lot of upside in a good college program.
     
    Rianee was a pioneer in this group and the furthest advanced at having combined the two. I would not bet against seeing her emerge as a strong contender for a spot in the next two Olympic cycles (after this one). 
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    graham reacted to Silence Dogood in Cathedral Singlets Question   
    Except Seltzer got it done in the championship game (I say that as a Notre Dame fan). 
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    graham reacted to ENoblewrestling in Faulkens view on Class Wrestling   
    If it is not a good argument then why do the numbers in terms of qualifiers mirror the numbers of the general population pretty much every year? Is it just  coicidental?
     
    Id like to think we can have a fair conversation.  The % of qualifiers in each group almost always mirrors the % of the total population each group makes up.  I feel that is what you would expect.
    Some people believe that fairness would be shown if 12% (Small school population) of the population made up 33% of the qualifiers.  I personally do not think that makes any sense, but to each their own i guess.
     
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    graham reacted to TheCountyKid in Great sportsmanship at the state finals   
    Just came across this picture of Montgomery from Brownsburg talking to Heath from Leo after their match. I know a lot of these guys who wrestle each other are practicing together all the time and it’s amazing to see how much they respect each other. Does anyone else have any pictures or examples of instances like this?

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    graham reacted to buttler73 in First Time Placers   
    JOEY BUTTLER 113 Whiteland Community High School
     
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