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Congratulations to Alex Cottey from Perry Meridian for signing with Tennessee-Chattanooga. He is projected to wrestle 125.
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This may have been posted elsewhere, but I did not see it. Here are the medal/champ counts by semi-state. I did this manually so there is a chance I miscounted.
 

2018-19 - 311 Schools - 9,648
2017-18 - 313 Schools - 8,999
2016-17 - 310 Schools - 9,220
2015-16 - 310 Schools - 9,070
2014-15 - 312 Schools - 9,725
2013-14 - 317 Schools - 10,276
2012-13 - 310 Schools - 9,893
2011-12 - 315 Schools - 9,781
 
Over an 8 year span, it has fluctuated, but Jersey's participation is nearly identical to what it was in 2011-12. Why have they been able to keep participation at a higher and more consistent number? Statically speaking, they are a comparable state due to the number of schools that support a wrestling program, yet they have nearly 3,000 more participants in a single-class state.  

I am disappointed that he didn't jump in your arms.. I really wanted to see if you could hold him LOL. Congrats!

Thanks everyone. Reeve is a great kid and it was a fun ride with him. Lots of great wins and tough losses. Glad it ended how it did.

Boarman has beaten in his career last night champs Kysen Montgomery, Logan Wagner, and J Conway.
 
Food for thought. 

Should be 12,000 people there watching these kids achieve their goals! 

I’m sure he was a little of both.
 
The kid recovered from a head injury and got cleared by medical professionals in a week. That means he most likely took extra caution with his body, most likely couldn’t practice, found a way to make weight, and beat a really good semistate champ. 
 
Congratulations to the champ. I will be rooting for him all weekend (regardless of how he looks to others). 
 
Great win kid. Keep it up! 

Big win for the freshman phenom! I gotta feeling he'll be under the lights a few times in his career!

Metal Health-Quiet Riot. Debate over.😁
 
 

They should change the name of Semi-State to State and change State to Super-State. That way we will have 4 State Champs for each weight class and 1 Super-State Champ. Lol. 

Be ready for this 15 person parlay to hit and when it does I’ll be expecting all the bananas in my crypto bank. 
106: Dickey/Billerman (Dickey)
113: Ruble/Cottey (Ruble)
120: Graham/Sprague (Graham) 
126: Seltzer/Schoeff (Seltzer)
132: Montgomery/ Pierson (Montgomery)
138: Mendez/ Goodwin (Mendez)
145: Reynolds/Watson (Reynolds)
152: Anderson/ Koontz (Anderson)
160: Major/Wilson (Major) 
170: Hall/Urasky (Hall)
182: Sollars/Laymen (Sollars)
195: Flipdawg/ Parker (Flipdawg)
220: Ruhlman/ Streck (Ruhlman)
HWT: Muncie/ Shafer (Muncie)
Team: DA SWAMP 

If there are scalpers out there on Friday, I fear for their safety. 

If there are scalpers out there on Friday, I fear for their safety. 

Apparently the IHSAA may want to think of a more unique coding process before the Saturday session goes on sale.  

This epitomizes what I love so much about Indiana's state tournament. I love watching the placement matches. The pressure is off at that point and the kids just seem to wrestle loose and get after it. So much fun. The year my oldest son placed 3rd was one of the most fun experiences of my life. He won with a last second takedown that at first was a no call, but after deliberation, he was awarded the two... And the crowd went wild. It was awesome!
 
Of course, last year's headlock from his younger brother was about 7 seconds of absolute pandemonium that I still haven't fully recovered from. If you can't tell, I'm ready for this weekend! Let's get it on!

As you can see by the performance of the paper airplanes displayed in Bankers Life by the Mater Dei Students, Mater Dei has a REQUIRED Origami class taught by world renowned origamist T-Wall. Expect to see something more spectacular and exciting this year. 

Andrew King has seen plenty in his 35 years a wrestling coach at Oak Hill High School.
 
Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Famer King has enjoyed more than 450 dual-meet victories and lots of in-season and postseason championships.
 
But the 1981 Oak Hill and 1985 DePauw University graduate had never seen the Eagles celebrate an IHSAA semistate team title until Saturday, Feb. 13 at Memorial Coliseum.
 
“The pieces all fell together,” said King moments after his team hoisted the trophy. “It’s a great feeling for Oak Hill.
 
“Most people don’t know where Oak Hill is.”
 
The Grant County school of about 520 students is located in Converse, Ind.
 
Oak Hill’s first semistate crown came on the day the Eagles had two individual semistate winners — 152-pound senior Aidan Hardcastle and 138-pound junior Brody Arthur — for the first time.
Hardcastle (36-0 on the 2020-21 season) pinned South Adams junior A.J. Dull in 5:26, bested Huntington North senior Julian Fletcher by 13-2 major decision and edged Adams Central junior Alex Currie 2-1 before besting Carroll senior Evan Ulrick 5-2 in the finals.
 
Arthur (38-1) scored four pins for his semistate championship — Carroll junior Jared Landez in 3:13, Lakeland junior Ben Miller in 2:11, Columbia City senior Jarrett Forrester in 2:58 prior to Daleville junior Julius Gerencser in 1:38 in the finals.
 
Seniors Jett Thompson (second at 182) and Harper Dedman (fourth at 126) were also placers for Oak Hill. Thompson goes to Indy at 34-4 while Dedman is 27-4.
 
Senior Julian Perez (120) and Freshman Tyson Kendall (106) also represented the Eagles at semistate.
 
The top four in each weight division advanced to the first round of the State Finals Friday, Feb. 19 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
 
King talked about all the time put in my his wrestlers and their parents, grandparents and siblings.
 
“That’s why makes a great wrestling program — the families that are involved,” said King. “It’s a family affair.
 
“I”m proud to be a part of it. That’s all I am — a part of it — and everybody plays a part.”
 
With 76.5 points, Oak Hill finished ahead of Western (67.5), Northridge (64.5), Fort Wayne Carroll (63) and the rest of the field.
 
During all his years of coming to the semistate, King has seen the larger schools earn team titles.
 
“I like to say that wrestling is classless,” said King. “Whether you’re a big or a little school, we’re all in the same boat.”
 
In 2020-21, Oak Hill, Western and Kokomo finished 1-2-3 at the Oak Hill Sectional. Western, Wabash and Oak Hill took the top three spots at the Maconaquah Regional.
 
“We love to hate Western and Western loves to hate us,” said King. “We thrive on it. Steels sharpens steel.”
 
Like everyone in the athletic world, Oak Hill has had to deal with COVID-19 issues this season.
 
“I’m a lay coach so when I come to school I have an open mind,” said King. “I’m not going to get mad about it. I deal with it as it is.
 
“I walk into the school and see my athletic director (Ryan Fagan) coming down the hallway and I cringe because he’s going to tell me which two, three or four kids are now out of for the next 10 days because of social distancing. You just do what you can each day. We’ve had our challenges with that. but our kids have been really good.”
 
Oak Hill has been extra-diligent about keeping the wrestling practice room clean.
 
“We’ve gone overboard spraying down the room before practice after practice and in-between practice,” said King. “You can only have one practice partner, you can’t have three, four or five (because of contact-tracing protocols).
 
“We have to keep doing what we’re doing.”

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State rankings are in bold, if there is no STATE ranking for a wrestler, the Simi-State ranking, if available, is in normal font. Hopefully, I’ve got the correct numbers... 
 
106 Jasper /Evansville     Top 16 Non-qualifiers  6, 11, 12, 14, 15
  1st Place - Evan Seng of Evansville Mater Dei #4   2nd Place - Blake Zirkelbach of North Posey #13   3rd Place - Donnie Feeler of Crawford County #19   4th Place - Liam Krueger of Columbus East #9 New Cstl 
 1st Place - Evan Dickey of Indianapolis Cathedral #2   2nd Place - Nathan Smith of Southport #5   3rd Place - Toby Billerman of Perry Meridian #3   4th Place - Zac Dray of Warren Central #10 Ft. Wayne
  1st Place - Tanner Tishner of Western #8   2nd Place - Vicente Eckman of Goshen N/R SS #9   3rd Place - Cody Rowles of Jay County #25   4th Place - Keegan Malott of East Noble #16 E. Chi 
  1st Place - Ashton Jackson of LaPorte #7   2nd Place - Jeffrey Bailey of River Forest #1   3rd Place - Evan Cruz of Crown Point #22   4th Place - Dylan Bennett of Penn #20 113 Jasper /Evansville    Top 16 Non-qualifiers  2, 10, 11, 12, 
  1st Place - Reed Egli of Evansville Mater Dei #16   2nd Place - Coy Hammack of Tell City. #6   3rd Place - Joey Buttler of Whiteland Community #20   4th Place - Reese Courtney of Center Grove #7 New Cstl
  1st Place - Kyrel Leavell of Warren Central #4   2nd Place - Isaac Ward of Carmel #14   3rd Place - Dylan Driver of Westfield #13   4th Place - Alex Cottey of Perry Meridian #1 Ft. Wayne
  1st Place - Isaac Ruble of Bellmont #3   2nd Place - Jared Brooks of Wabash #15   3rd Place - Hayden Brady of Garrett #5   4th Place - Beau Brabender of Northridge N/R E. Chi 
  1st Place - Hayden DeMarco of Chesterton #9   2nd Place - Anthony Bahl of Crown Point #8   3rd Place - Bryce Denton of Penn #21   4th Place - Drake Fritz of West Central N/R SS #7 120 Jasper/Evansville    Top 16 Non-qualifiers  5, 10, 11, 16
  1st Place - Lane Gilbert of Sullivan #3   2nd Place - Cole Ross of Evansville Mater Dei #4   3rd Place - Braden Haines of Brownsburg #15   4th Place - Travis Haug of Forest Park N/R New Cstl
  1st Place - Dillon Graham of Indianapolis Cathedral #12   2nd Place - Braxton Vest of Westfield #7   3rd Place - Carleton Perry of Warren Central #8   4th Place - Keaton Morton of Perry Meridian #13 Ft. Wayne
  1st Place - Aidan Sprague of East Noble #6   2nd Place - Tony Wood of Jay County #9   3rd Place - Austin Lewis of Bluffton #21   4th Place - Justin Puckett of Northridge #14 E. Chi
  1st Place - Sergio Lemley of Chesterton #1   2nd Place - Logan Frazier of Crown Point #2   3rd Place - Nathaniel Hennessey of Seeger N/R SS #7   4th Place - Tristian Vaughn of Harrison (West Lafayette) N/R SS #9 126 Jasper /Evansville.   Top 16 Non-qualifiers  6, 10, 15, 16
  1st Place - Brady Ison of Brownsburg #2   2nd Place - Cheaney Schoeff of Avon #3   3rd Place - Jacob Bechert of Franklin Community #13   4th Place - Michael Tharpe of Center Grove #17 New Cstl 
  1st Place - Zeke Seltzer of Indianapolis Cathedral #1   2nd Place - Bryce Lowery of Roncalli #4   3rd Place - Blake Wolf of East Central #14   4th Place - Elijah Anthony of Frankfort #7 Ft. Wayne
  1st Place - Landon Bertsch of Bluffton #9   2nd Place - Nick Olson of Goshen #12   3rd Place - Logan Uhlman of Adams Central #11   4th Place - Harper Dedman of Oak Hill #23 E. Chi
  1st Place - Sam Goin of Crown Point #5   2nd Place - Matteo Vargo of Penn #8   3rd Place - Devin Wible of Hobart N/R   4th Place - Brenden Dilley of Wawasee N/R 132 Jasper /Evansville.   Top 16 Non-qualifiers  5, 6, 13, 14
  1st Place - Kysen Montgomery of Brownsburg #4   2nd Place - Alec Freeman of Evansville Mater Dei #1   3rd Place - Ben Dalton of Monrovia #8   4th Place - Cade Meier of Bloomington South #17 New Cstl
  1st Place - David Pierson of Warren Central #9   2nd Place - Anthony Hughes of Lawrence North #16   3rd Place - Brac Hooper of Carmel #12   4th Place - Devin Frazier of Centerville #15 Ft. Wayne
  1st Place - Ian Heath of Leo #2   2nd Place - Dylan Stroud of Manchester #11   3rd Place - Dominic Litchfield of Bellmont N/R SS #6   4th Place - Cameron Clark of Jay County #22 E. Chi
  1st Place - Aidan Torres of Chesterton #3   2nd Place - Stephen Roberson of Crown Point #7   3rd Place - Cole Solomey of Kankakee Valley #10   4th Place - Lakin Webb of Rensselaer Central #24 138 Jasper /Evansville    Top 16 Non-qualifiers  6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16
  1st Place - Blake Boarman of Evansville Mater Dei #3   2nd Place - Gavinn Alstott of Floyd Central #4   3rd Place - Delaney Ruhlman of Bloomington South #2   4th Place - Gavin Garcia of Brownsburg #18 New Cstl
  1st Place - Luke Goodwin of Southport #7   2nd Place - Hudson Harreld of Zionsville #10   3rd Place - Seth Lawson of Frankton #14   4th Place - Jared Brown of Pendleton Heights #19 Ft. Wayne
  1st Place - Brody Arthur of Oak Hill #15   2nd Place - Julius Gerencser of Daleville #25   3rd Place - Logan Hooley of Northridge #21   4th Place - Jarrett Forrester of Columbia City N/R SS #4 E. Chi
  1st Place - Jesse Mendez of Crown Point #1   2nd Place - Bradley Conrad of Portage #9   3rd Place - Jace Alexander of Wawasee #5   4th Place - Kyle Carter of Rensselaer Central N/R SS #9 145 Jasper /Evansville.   Top 16 Non-qualifiers  4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 16
  1st Place - Jaden Reynolds of Avon #1   2nd Place - Hayden Watson of Center Grove #3   3rd Place - Hunter May of Floyd Central #6   4th Place - Connor Gilles of Jeffersonville #24 New Cstl
  1st Place - Logan Wagner of Zionsville #2   2nd Place - Brady McKivitz of Perry Meridian #25   3rd Place - Eli Otto of South Dearborn #13   4th Place - Max Naselroad of Alexandria Monroe #11 Ft. Wayne
  1st Place - Elijah Chacon of New Haven #5   2nd Place - Hayden Shepherd of Western #12   3rd Place - Toby Abbott of Cowan #15   4th Place - Sam Levitz of Prairie Heights #23 E. Chi
  1st Place - Ethan Kaiser of Chesterton #10   2nd Place - Braden Nuest of West Central N/R SS #6   3rd Place - Cameron Powell of Mishawaka High School N/R SS #4   4th Place - James Smith of Penn N/R 152 Jasper /Evansville     Top 16 Non-qualifiers  4, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
  1st Place - J Conway of Floyd Central #5   2nd Place - Tyler Conley of Avon #7   3rd Place - Ben Phillips of Charlestown #10   4th Place - Aiden Farmer of Evansville Reitz Memorial #21 New Cstl
  1st Place - Jajuan Anderson of Warren Central #1   2nd Place - Matthew Koontz of Perry Meridian #2   3rd Place - Ben Wolf of East Central #20   4th Place - Avery Wills of Eastern Hancock N/R SS #9
Ft. Wayne
  1st Place - Aidan Hardcastle of Oak Hill #11   2nd Place - Evan Ulrick of Carroll (Fort Wayne) #9   3rd Place - Alex Currie of Adams Central #8   4th Place - Chase Leech of Garrett N/R SS #11 E. Chi
  1st Place - Brock Ellis of Chesterton #6   2nd Place - Javen Estrada of Crown Point #3   3rd Place - Aidan Pollitt of Valparaiso #18   4th Place - Isaiah Ponce of Lake Central #23 160 Jasper /Evansville    Top 16 Non-qualifiers  7, 9, 12, 13, 15
1st Place - Brody Baumann of Evansville Mater Dei #2 2nd Place - Landon Boe of Plainfield #11 3rd Place - Kade Law of Columbus East #4 4th Place - Bray Emerine of Floyd Central N/R New Cstl
1st Place - Robert Major of Carmel #1 2nd Place - Andrew Wilson of Indianapolis Cathedral #3 3rd Place - Tyler Jones of Warren Central #6 4th Place - Jakob Sheets of Perry Meridian N/R SS #4  
Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Landon Buchanan of Jimtown #10 2nd Place - Logan Farnell of Maconaquah N/R SS #10 3rd Place - Eli Johnson of Norwell #14 4th Place - Eli Hilger of Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger #16 E. Chi 1st Place - Orlando Cruz of Crown Point #5 2nd Place - Bradey Pittman of Plymouth N/R 3rd Place - Aaron `AJ` Steenbeke of Penn #8 4th Place - Jamaal Salary of LaPorte #23 170 Jasper /Evansville    Top 16 Non-qualifiers  7, 10, 14, 15 1st Place - Sam Morrill of Columbus East #6 2nd Place - John Purdy of Castle #5 3rd Place - Codei Khawaja of Floyd Central #11 4th Place - Tyler Fuqua of Franklin Community #3 New Cstl 1st Place - Bryer Hall of East Central #1 2nd Place - Shane Bates of Zionsville #12 3rd Place - Ulrik Urasky of Indianapolis Cathedral #9 4th Place - Jajuan Dale of Perry Meridian #13 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Jacob Kreager of Fort Wayne Snider #16 2nd Place - Jacob Graden of East Noble N/R 3rd Place - Brodie Porter of Eastern (Greentown) #4 4th Place - Duke Myers of Bellmont #19 E. Chi 1st Place - Pate Eastin of Penn #2 2nd Place - Aiden Sneed of Kankakee Valley #18 3rd Place - Jacob Simpson of Hobart #8 4th Place - Spencer Phillips of McCutcheon #23 182 Jasper /Evansville    Top 16 Non-qualifiers  5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15 1st Place - Gabe Sollars of Evansville Mater Dei #3 2nd Place - Drake Buchanan of Center Grove #1 3rd Place - Dominic Pugliese of Tri-West Hendricks #9 4th Place - Reid Schroeder of Southridge N/R SS #11 New Cstl 1st Place - Aiden Warren of Perry Meridian #2 2nd Place - Riley Woodall of Southmont #10 3rd Place - Sam Peeples of Roncalli #16 4th Place - Johnny Weisheit of Franklin Central N/R SS #10 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Jacob Saylor of New Haven #14 2nd Place - Jett Thompson of Oak Hill N/R SS #5 3rd Place - Hunter Page of Monroe Central N/R SS #11 4th Place - Je`kwan Williams of Marion N/R SS #10 E. Chi 1st Place - Gavin Layman of Chesterton #4 2nd Place - Colin Kwiatkowski of Valparaiso #8 3rd Place - Jake Sues of Lake Central N/R SS #7 4th Place - Brandon Estepp of Warsaw Community N/R SS #9 195 Jasper /Evansville    Top 16 Non-qualifiers  5, 13, 14 1st Place - Brach Carrington of Greencastle #7 2nd Place - Ke`Shawn Dickens of Avon #9 3rd Place - Wyatt Willman of North Posey #15 4th Place - Harris Eason of Franklin Community #6 New Cstl 1st Place - Hayden Filipovich of Indianapolis Lutheran #2 2nd Place - Johnny Parker of Indianapolis Cathedral #4 3rd Place - Max Broom of Hamilton Southeastern #11 4th Place - Ryan Bovard of East Central N/R  Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Ibrahim Khaoucha of Northridge #16 2nd Place - Matt Lepper of Carroll (Fort Wayne) #8 3rd Place - Blake Heyerly of Adams Central #12 4th Place - Chad Washburn of Kokomo N/R E. Chi 1st Place - Eli Pack of Culver Academies #1 2nd Place - Connor Barket of West Lafayette #3 3rd Place - Gage DeMarco of Chesterton #10 4th Place - Bazle Owens of Tippecanoe Valley N/R 220 Jasper /Evansville    Top 16 Non-qualifiers  4, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16     1st Place - Tristan Ruhlman of Bloomington South #2 2nd Place - Josh Howell of Terre Haute South Vigo #5 3rd Place - Kelton Farmer of Evansville Reitz Memorial #14 4th Place - Nolan Skaggs of Franklin Community N/R SS #10 New Cstl 1st Place - Jeffrey McClure of Perry Meridian #10 2nd Place - Jack Taylor of New Castle #7 3rd Place - Aataeveon Jordan of Franklin Central #8 4th Place - Kole Viel of East Central #6  Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Ian Clifford of Columbia City N/R 2nd Place - RJ Dilbone of Fremont N/R SS #8 3rd Place - Julante Hinton of Fort Wayne Northrop #17 4th Place - Coy Brames of Angola N/R SS #10  E. Chi 1st Place - Evan Bates of Chesterton #1 2nd Place - Jason Streck of Merrillville #3 3rd Place - Jacob Raub of Lafayette Jefferson #12 4th Place - Peyton Kendall of Penn N/R SS #6 285 Jasper /Evansville    Top 16 Non-qualifiers  10, 11, 14, 15, 16 1st Place - Leighton Jones of Brownsburg #3 2nd Place - Matthew Munoz of Jeffersonville #7 3rd Place - Jacob Johnson of Franklin Community #5 4th Place - Amara Kaba of Pike #17 New Cstl 1st Place - Evan Shafer of Connersville #12 2nd Place - Antone Alexander of Franklin Central #4 3rd Place - Mihail Platonov of Westfield #18 4th Place - Makhi Watts of North Central (Indianapolis) #22 Ft. Wayne 1st Place - Reeve Muncie of Carroll (Fort Wayne) #2 2nd Place - Braydon Erb of Western #1 3rd Place - Brandon Villafuerte of Angola #9 4th Place - Jacob Sommer of Elkhart N/R SS #9 E. Chi 1st Place - Mariere Omonode of West Lafayette #8 2nd Place - Edgar Decker of Gavit #13 3rd Place - Hunter Whitenack of New Prairie #6 4th Place - Brock Donati of Penn N/R SS #10

Bray Emerine over Owen Bryant with the pin! Emerine is headed to the bank!!

Sting this guy up

Will it be?  Who is to say these kids or their parents didn’t seek out the schools themselves because they weren’t able to wrestle in Illinois?

Westfield taking all 14.

Track stinks today

For those of you that can't compete today and those that lose the chance in the coming weeks. You are all champions in my book. If it is from Covid or injury, keep your heads up. These are crazy times and I know your dreams have been crushed. Again keep your heads up and you are all champions. Good Luck and God Bless.