#TheBrand

Forgot another...

Parker Reynolds - 144 Brownsburg (St. Michael, St. Malachy)

144 happened today if CP doesn’t insert Washington for team state.

I believe Baker only pinned Dickman in Greco.  In Freestyle Dickman TF'd baker at Fargo.

On 12/31/2022 at 11:15 PM, TeamGarcia said:

That list going to be real short going forward . Especially since IHSAA opened its borders . I’m taking the under 37 on FanSchool Sportsbook Total lines . 
 

-37

 

give me 500 Bananas on it . 

The $ line on the only two nationally ranked IN teams as of this week with a single undefeated wrestler in their lineup was +1500.  Fan School Sportsbook had the cover at -2500 for ZERO undefeated wrestlers from these two programs.  Looks they were right.
 

Most of the #TheCounty Dogs have only wrestled 3-4 Indiana kids total all season.   

Carnahan

#4 Parker Reynolds IN 10-1 over #4 Hayden Hughes  Ohio (2A St. Parish Graham)

#4 Parker Reynolds  IN 5-0 over #12 Evan Cruz 

Ironman

#4 Parker Reynolds  IN 5-0 over #1 Ashton Homan Ohio (3A Monroeville)

#4 Parker Reynolds IN 12-0 over #8 Tyler Aters Illinois (3A Marmion)

Indiana had a great showing at the National Middle School Duals in Toledo OH.  This is one of the top 3 duals in the country each year.  Below are the overall records for the Indiana MS wrestlers who participated in the Gold Pool starting at weights 70 and above.  Indiana had 1 team in the Gold Pool (Midwest Legacy), and 5 other wrestlers in the Gold Pool for Team USA.  Midwest Legacy finished 5^th losing by 3 points in the final dual.  Indiana had 2 wrestlers finish the dual undefeated: Parker Reynolds & Jensen Boyd.

Gold Pool All Americans

Team USA

-Parker Reynolds Gold All American (128) 7-0

-Landon Hawkins Silver All American (120) 6-1

-Revin Dickman Silver All American (90) 6-1

-Kyle Harden Silver All American (HW) 6-1

Midwest Legacy

-Jeffrey Huyvaert Silver All American (128) 6-1

-Clinton Shepherd Bronze All American (105) 5-2

-Alex Huddleston Bronze All American (70) 5-2

Other Gold Pool Records

-Miguel Rojas (155) 4-3

-Case Bell (85) 4-3

-Layne Horne (90) 4-3

-Waylon Cressel (155) 4-3

-Braylon Reynolds (100) 3-4

-Traevon Duckling (75) 3-4

-Matthew Staples (95) 2-5

-Dominic Brown (112) 1-6

-Case Bridge (80) 1-6

-Evan Stanley (120) 3-1; 3 injury forfeits

-Austin Reading (HW) 0-3; 4 injury forfeits

Other Pool All Americans

Silver Pool

-Nate Rioux Silver All American (80) 7-1

Bronze Pool

-0 All Americans

Copper Pool

-Jensen Boyd Gold All American (80) 7-0

-Tommy Gibbs Bronze All American (112) 5-2

-Asher Ratliff Bronze All American (136) 5-2

-Jett Goldsberry Bronze All American (155) 5-2

On 8/26/2021 at 2:56 PM, ontherise219 said:

How about these 2 non high school studs in the field 

both training partners 

Hawkins and Stanley 

IN well represented in Natl MS Rankings... For IHPO Huddleston #4 (70), Bell #8 (80), Dickman #2 (85) all too small, Rojas #4 (160) & Harden #4 (180) not registered.  Harden will not be due to football.

Stanley #4 110 at 109... Hawkins #9 120 & Reynolds #5 130 both registered at 116.

There were some great matches and performances in the cadet division this weekend with several notable match ups, including glimpses of potential HS placers next year from 8th graders.

88 - Dickman (7th) over Rioux (7th) 12-0 in finals

100 - Hockaday (8th) over Jendreas (8th) 9-3 in finals

106 - Tishner (HS Placer 8th at 106) over Schaefer (8th) 7-2 in finals

113- Syra (8th) over DeMarco (HS placer 6th at 113) 4-2 in finals

120 - Reynolds (7th) 4 TF's, 2 victories of HS SS qualifiers (4 in bracket) to win bracket (tied Seltzer for most pts scored in tournament 75)

126 - Kresjan (SS qualifier) pin over Graham (HS Placer 4th at 120) in finals, 10-0 win over Johnson (2020 8th 106)

132- Thornton (8th) over Dinn (SS Q) bracket champ

138 - Rinehart (8th) over Searcy (SS qual, F/S champ) beat 2 SS Qual to win bracket

145 - Davis (8th) pinned way through bracket

160 - Emerine (State Qualifier) over Weems (8th) in finals 13-12

187 - Veazy (8th) over Henry (8th) 11-2, Beat SS Qual in bracket

And you could argue Reynolds as a 7th grader, and Hockaday, Brewer, Henry, Forrestsr as 8th graders all could have placed this year.  Not to mention the smaller 7th graders like Dickman, Haines or the younger 7th graders Rojas or Day in 2 years that are placers and eventual champs.  It won’t be #TheCounty as much as it will be #TheBurg.   Their expectations along with their coaches  are state championships, not placing. It will be a fun next 5 years!  The wave is coming for sure. 

I give credit where credit is due....mad props to Ryan Parrish for getting this pulled off and everyone who helped him.  These are the type of positive announcements we need.  I have been a critic of the ISWA, but they definitely pulled this off and worked countless hours to make this happen.  Now everyone just bring lots of hand sanitizer and fist bumps.

13 minutes ago, Beef Stew said:

World Health Organization just declared the coronavirus as a Global Pandemic 10 minutes ago. 
 

Surprised they didn’t consult with #TheBrand with his biotech background and what not. 
 

Update on State at CompoundIndy.  Dana White will be there scouting to land contracts for the new 6th grade UFC division beginning next year. 

Gotta love those peeps with mult accounts on a website lol. Anyways.  I was looking at how the wrestling community handled the last global pandemic, you know the one in 2009 for H1N1.?  I can’t find any findings.  Maybe you can enlighten us on how it was handled back then.  And I’m in a plane for the 10th time in 12 weeks as we speak.   Maybe I should just play the lottery when I get back home.  Anyways, you have been enough entertainment during my flight.  Enjoy the rest of your day. 

17 minutes ago, TripleB said:

I know every Karen, Bob, and Steve is suddenly a google/social media medical expert but check out what's going on in Italy. 10k plus infected, over 400 people have died since Monday. 

 

I know this doesn't sit well w/ the conspiracy theorists and tough guys.......but let's try to not let that happen here. 

Considering 264M people more live in the USA, you are comparing apples to oranges.  Also considering Italy’s population is 12% older than the USA, and the Covid-19 affects the elderly, again, can’t compare the two.  The media is driving this circus.  And it’s unfortunate.  If we want to compare, we need to adjust for different cohorts and look at it retrospectively.  And adjust for the variation.  

More importantly, let’s ban all Walmart’s.  Considering the avg Walmart sees 4K customers a week and many many more over 10k, you are way more likely to encounter COVID-19 at Walmart than at a wrestling meet.  But then again what do I know.  Guess my Biotech background excludes me from knowledge.  Considering everyone is an expert on the internet.   

Just now, graham said:

Looks like WC is a no go.  They are looking for other venues.  We shall see what happens from here. 

This is what happens when an organization does not have a backup contingency plan.  It was foreseeable 2 weeks ago that this could be a possibility.  Or even if we learned from last year at Carmel for MS state with their gym, there should ALWAYS be a contingency plan in place prior to the actual event occurring.  Now pushing it back will affect numerous national duals, as well as the heart of spring break for many.

6 hours ago, Clint Gard said:

Might not be the ISWA's choice if schools start shutting down and WC becomes one of them.  This could get stupid.

You mean we may have to actually hold our state tournament in an actual arena venue and not in school cafeterias???  Maybe some good will come from all of this non-sense!  Eville Ford Center, FW Coliseum, state fairgrounds? All venues would be an upgrade.  And don’t tell me they are not big enough. Make it something special for state.  Hell Fri-Sun.  All finals and placement matches on the final day.  

Unfortunately the media is responsible for the panic.  Businesses and retirement accounts and people’s lives are being disrupted by this panic.  As someone who is in the health care industry, we as a society and our media should have this same passion for encouraging those same people who are at risk of COVID-19 to go and get their flu shots every year.  It’s those with compromised immune systems, the elderly and those with COPD that are most at risk.   The main issue with an outbreak is the transmission from healthy individuals to those who are compromised.  Instead of keeping a wrestler from going to state, how about we tell grandma and grandpa to stay at home.  If the media had its way, every Walmart in the country should be closed to keep this virus from spreading.  

New Updated Rokfin Top 200 National Middle School Rankings are out by MatScoutWillie (former Flo ranker).  Indiana continues to have 4 wrestlers represented: 8th graders Brady Ison (130 lbs) & Drew Mills (150 lbs) and 6th graders Parker Reynolds (95 lbs) & Revin Dickman (77 lbs).  https://rokfin.com/MS1

Next round of updated rankings will come after the Tulsa Natl duals, Reno Worlds & USAW folkstyle Natls.  Way to represent the state young men.

14 hours ago, graham said:

I hear what you’re saying, but these are growing kids and you just never know what’s gonna happen. A lot of it will likely play out as you suggest, but I think we will have a few surprises. 
 

Plus everybody likes a good underdog, right? 

Your right, without a qualifier like PA,OH,IL, everyone has a possible chance here in IN. So anything can happen.  However, past success is the best predictor for future success.  Some of these predicted champs have won 4,5,6 straight ISWA state championships.  I believe some upsets will happen, but cream always rises, and those who have been tested in Tulsa, Super 32, VAC Gold brackets, USAW,....Indiana’s MS State is not  a stage most of these talented wrestlers will be lacking in experience.  I can personally attest this may be one of the most accomplished 6th grade classes IN has seen.  I believe you will have 3 6th grade champs at a minimum.  Dickman 75, Reynolds at 95, or if he can’t wrestle, Stanley has to be the favorite, and Harden at 110.  You could also realistically see Hawkins at 85 and L. Haines (being held back) could win again at 80 if he was registered.

2 hours ago, graham said:

Many still haven’t registered and I have a feeling we’ll have a few surprises when the brackets come out. 

I’m fairly confident those that have a legit chance to win have registered.  With maybe the exception of D’Pone Veazy at 160.  There may be a few wrestlers who are potential placers who have not registered, but any potential champs are registered.  With maybe the exception of HW.  Those who have wrestled the true national circuit: Tulsa, Super 32, Tyrant, McDonough, USAW, they are all registered.  Maybe a few regional type kids are still unsigned, but not the big ones. 

Here are the favorites I would think based upon who is signed up as of right now.  Remember wrestlers can now switch weight classes (bad idea in my opinion).  Disclaimer....This is not necessarily who I think will win (well 99% agree), but who the favorites would be going into it based upon registration.

75   Dickman (Brownsburg) 6th

80   Jendreas (Crownpoint) 7th

85   Hockaday (Tri West) 7th

90  Schaefer (returning champ) (Mater Dei) 7th

95  Reynolds (if healthy & can wrestler) (Brownsburg) 6th

102  Graham (Cathedral) 8th

110  Harden (Cathedral) 6th

117  Courtney (Center Grove) 8th

125 Ison (Brownsburg) 8th

132  Caden Brewer (Avon) 8th

140 Hunter May (returning champ) (Floyd Central) 8th

150 Drew Mills (returning champ) (Center Grove) 8th

160 McBride (Perry Meridian) 8th

175 Gunner Henry (Brownsburg) 8th

195  Brady Beck (Rochester) 8th

220  Maximus Forrester (Brownsburg) 8th

275 Pick 'Em

This with both L. Hanies (75 Champ last year) & Preston Haines (85 Champ last year) & Nate Rioux not wrestling in this years MS state.  All 3 will be at Wildwood duals.

3 6th graders to win, Brownsburg leading the way with 5 champs, and only I. Schaefer at 90 with the a streak of going for 3 straight (does not include 6th graders).

Next year weight classes may be changed.  My input was to follow the school boy weights up to 102 and then HS weights.  This discourages wrestlers to cutting to a weight that does not exist on the National circuit.  71, 77, 83, 87, 92, 97, 102, and then HS weights.  71 allows for a smaller weight class, and the weights from there will be what most MS will have to wrestle on a national circuit.  From what I am hearing, this is getting a lot of traction.  Stay tuned.

And if I'm counting that is 7 of 16 (not counting HW) as being #TheCounty

And I'm proud to say 10 of the favorites have wrestled for The Compound Indy and won at either AAU National Duals or the Defense Soap National Duals at Cleveland State.  More big things to come with IN top wrestlers.

Doesn’t make sense for them to block the entry list if they are allowing wrestlers to change weight classes.  Personally, they should do it like Tulsa.  Block the entry list, make weight at what you register at.  If you don’t make it go home.  But if you are going to allow weight class changes at weigh-ins, then just unblock the list.

8 minutes ago, JORVILLE said:

Some other names I think of who will be tough at their weights will be Landon Hawkins, Clinton Shepherd, Griffin Van Tichelt, Jacob Jones, Tanner Tishner, Bryce Denton, Jeffrey Huyvaert, Damian Resendez, Asher Ratliff, Nate Rioux, and Jairo Acuna 

Yes I meant L Hawkins at 85, and forgot about Acuna.  

Kyle Harden will most likely be at 110 (what he went for Tulsa)

Preston Haines cannot wrestle this year as he has already participated as an 8th grader last year.

Parker Reynolds may not be medically cleared to wrestle by then as he suffered a dislocated knee cap out in Tulsa.

I do agree with a lot of your predictions other wise.  

Here are some top matches possibly at a few weights

80: L Haines returning champ v G Jendreas

85: E Doster, J Hockaday, L Haines

90: P Reynolds?, S Syra, J Hockaday ?,  H DeMarco

95: P Reynolds?, E Stanley, I Schaefer

102:  D Graham, E Stanley ?, R Murphy

110:  K Harden, R Courtney, A Rinehart

150: D Mills, D Veazy

MS Tulsa Results are posted on the Top MS Rankings 2019/2020

Here are the 12u/15u results for those IN who attended Tulsa Nationals this past weekend.  The toughest tournament in the country.

Revin Dickman 1st 12u 73

Kyle Harden True 2nd 12u 110

Hunter Henry 4th 15u 135 (made semi finals)

Gunner Henry 5th 15u 157 (made semi finals)

Jairo Acuna 6th 12u 88

Parker Reynolds 6th Medical Default Semi Finals 12u 92 (made semi finals)

Following MS wrestlers wrestled and DNP

12U

Miguel Rojas 145

Carson Volz 130

Evan Stanley 96

Isaiah Schaefer 96

Griffin Van Tichelt 92

Camden Baumann 88

Clinton Shepherd 88

Landon Hawkins (Did Not Wrestle) 84

Wesley Spencer 84

Elijah Guyer 84

Ty Henderson 80

15U

Spencer Turner 135

Lee Spencer 125

Peyton Bell 125

Walter Hagedorn 95

Landen Horning 89

Lukas Tsirtsis 75

9 minutes ago, blueandgold said:

I didn’t kill my own point though. That’s what ISWA and USAW tournaments are for. Participation needs to go up there as well. You want a shot at the other class champ? Enter the same weight at Folkstyle State. People talk as if winning in a single class state means you’re automatically a super recruit. We NEED the depth. That’s what other states have that we don’t. That’s why going to classed wrestling can be a great thing because the states that we cannot compete with (IA, IL, OH, PA) have it and they have the depth to be good nationally. Just give these kids the incentive to want to wrestle and invest in wrestling. Isn’t there a saying that “the rising tide raises all ships”? How in any way would classed wrestling hurt? It wouldn’t. It’s just that most of you in this state are fearful of change and unwilling to open your mind, and everyone seems to believe a small school kid being successful would hurt a large school kid’s success when it wouldn’t.

We are too busy holding our state in school cafeterias and wrestling at 10 PM at night rather than making our youth tournaments  mean something for a qualifier.  Going to an ISWA event should earn points for seeding for 4 Regional qualifiers to qualify for ISWA state.  Then you will see numbers increase.  Making a qualifier for youth and MS state would only increase numbers pre HS.