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4 hours ago, Bulldog89 said:

Baumgartner did go to my alma mater Indiana State!!!!  Can we get partial credit for that.  3rd most famous Sycamore behind Larry Bird and myself!!

I too am a Sycamore, helped get a wrestling club going while I was there out of respect for the great and powerful Bruce Baumgartner.

NJ has Baumgartner, Mocco and Cassar

Minn. has Lesnar, Nelson, Kerkvliet and (arguably) Steveson

PA and Ohio have had multiple each.  

Its an interesting topic for sure.  I'd probably give it to NJ considering Bruce went there and he may be the most underappreciated wrestler of all time.

Franklin Community- Bryce Hasseman 

Whiteland Community- Joey Buttler (1,2,8)

Hard to say that the Angel Escobedo, Alex Tsirtsis, Matt Coughlin and Blake Maurer era wasn't the most fun time to watch for Indiana wrestling.  

34 minutes ago, hogleg said:

Am I reading this correctly that the grade school kids will be at Southport this weekend as well?  Is that new this year?

Apparently 2/25 @ Southport

7 hours ago, aoberlin said:

For anyone that knows Waylon when it comes to wrestling he has a mindset at all times to score points and break his opponent. All the while being confident he will do that. What is wrong with that? His speech reflected that and the question is asked less than 5 minutes after he just got done taking care of business. You think his mindset changed that fast? The kid just went full throttle on a very tough bracket. Being humble in an interview is not be a requirement. Being confident in your ability is if you want to win on that level. 
 

 

Everyone is entitled to their own perception of things.  I don't really care.  In my point of view it didn't come off well.  You are entitled to like whatever you want.  I love the way he wrestles, very talented kid.  Look forward to seeing him grow.

6 minutes ago, blueandgold said:

Y’all been hating on Kyrel all year. Y’all even going as far as taking away from a post about him and my opinion on his performance to mention what you think about Hockaday’s dominance. We not talking about that right now. So, based on everything I’ve seen posters on this site say about him, it seemed like hate to me even if you want to pass it off as a joke. “Yikes.”

The joke was, when asked about being a teammate with Kyrell, after winning the state title himself, Cressell went on to talk about how it was nothing new for him to win a state title and he knew he was going to win.  It's a joke brother.  Not taking anything away from the two-timer, he's a stud, as I previously stated lol.

21 minutes ago, Fanoffans said:

Don't know that Waylon broke a sweat other than warmups the entire tournament.

Very true.  I'd say Hock was in an arguably tougher weight class but both wrestled very well.  I hope Cressell finds some humble in his game, confidence is one thing and I know he is just a sophomore but he didn't come off well in the post match interview.  

1 hour ago, blueandgold said:

This is a nasty level of hating. Kyrel pinned and teched his way through John Hurrle, pinned his way through Marion County, pinned and teched his way to the Al Smith finals, got two falls in the matches Warren wrestled at Team State, pinned his way through sectionals, pinned and teched his way through regionals, pinned his way through semi-state, and teched his opening round at State, won his semis 9-3, and pinned the #1 in the finals… DOMINANT without a doubt.

I'm not hating at all.  He did great!  I'm just saying Waylon Cressell is a beast with a boatload of confidence haha.  I think everyone shared the same level of shock/also not shocked feeling when Leavell pinned Shep.  

22 hours ago, blueandgold said:

Had it not been for the one loss he suffered at Al Smith to Shepherd, he’d be my pick for most dominant wrestler this season. Just absolutely insane strength on top and he wrestles with so much finesse. I’m happy he avenged that loss in top form, though. Congrats, Rello!

He wasn't even the most dominant on his team, even Waylon Cressell would tell you that.

Coach Chris Jordan from Franklin.  

Haven't you heard?  Officials shouldn't be criticized as they try really hard.  The coaches who work seven days a week in wrestling have no right to complain about being treated like garbage from the ref or blown calls! 

Lynn Panko

Leroy Vega

Benji Dolly

Pat Day

On 1/27/2024 at 7:33 PM, AlaskanMountie said:

I was inquiring if there were any other sectionals that had one 6A (football) school paired with all 1A & 2A schools which is the case in the Crawfordsville Sectional. 

Wait til this guy sees who Cathedral wrestles in sectionals!

Get your wrist back.

Stance.

His head down.

Bang the head.

Circle.

**My favorite, kid keeps pushing our face and smacking our head gear, "STOP LETTING HIM DO THAT TO YOU!"**

23 minutes ago, HornetSloan said:

 

 

Please oh please let there be someone else on this forum that has watched I Think You Should Leave....

Sloppy steaks, anyone?

On 8/24/2023 at 3:45 PM, Caleb Spires said:

The day somebody links me to a video of Angel Escobedo vs. Shane Perkey, you have automatically become an ally for life.

Angel's dad had all of his accolades as stickers on his van (most intimidating thing to see rolling up to any ISWA tournament).  Would be shocked if there wasn't a home video by someone in that family of that match.  

On 8/14/2023 at 10:05 AM, TripleB said:

 

That'll make Whiteland Zesty!

2 hours ago, Y2CJ41 said:

Guess what, ESPN misspells names and gets scores wrong and surprisingly humans make mistakes.

 

The marketing for the IHSAA for the boys basketball state series is typical of the state. Not sure how long you've been around, but basketball is pretty important here unfortunately. There are even movies made about the sport. I would love to be Chicken Little here, but it's hard to ignore the history of basketball in the state.

TBH Chicken Little is an underrated movie.

9 hours ago, TripleB said:

Maybe downtown Indy is still an option 

Mats around the circle, I like where your head's at!

Chris Taylor is looking down from wrestling heaven with a smile.

BBB, 

         Under 120 you wrote Eddie Goss Crown Point.  Oops.

                                                                                Sincerely,

                                                                                 Coach J

Someone who has the white book they gave out every year.

No Cody Johnson from Franklin Comm '06?

I would love to have a time machine and see Jesse vs. Alex Tsirtsis/Jason Tsirtsis/Angel Escobedo.  Those would be insane matches.  Jesse is a generational talent and has been very fun to watch over the past four years.  Wish him all the success in the world.