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John Slivka is an effing legend. What a blessing he has been to the Cathedral program!

Evidently beats Baumann

And let’s not forget the Region. Both CP and Portage could be working with two champs each w other place winners. CP - Mendez, Bettich Portage - Moran, Washington This tourney is wide open. Gonna be great theater.

Sleeping on Zeke. It was a 7-4 loss in his 7th high school match ever to Moran....

That is incorrect. Those are the 3 young men that beat us. 145: #3 Alex Mosconi loses to #1(D1) and #18 nationally Derek Glicher 7-1 to make the team score 8-9! 152: #2 Elliott Rodgers loses to #2(D1) and #7 nationally Kevon Davenport 6-2 to make the team score 8-12! 160: #2 Jordan Slivka loses to #1(D1) and #2 nationally Cameron Amine 7-4 to make the team score 8-15!

If you would have told me Mosconi, Rodgers, and Slivka would go down in the same dual this year, I would have kissed your arse. Wow. What a squad!

113: #2 Zeke Seltzer defeats #2(D2) Nick Korhorn by fall in the 3rd period to make the final team score 34-34! After discussing criteria #1(D2) Lowell wins by 8th criteria, most first points scored. Cathedral moves to 2-1 on the day. DCC is up next.

They agreed to wrestle Indiana weights for the tourney. Everyone gets pounds up north

#7 Flo ranked Detroit Central Catholic (DCC) vs #38 Flo Ranked Indianapolis Cathedral wrestle this Saturday at DCC. DCC boasts hammers at 145, 152, and 160 with young lower weights. Very similar squads. Can the Irish hang with one of the country’s best?

Pretty sure this is what happened.

I know it’s more work, but match-by-match scores are on Twitter @CHSswamp. Match started at 285. David Guhl bumps up to win at heavyweight 12-5 after getting tossed to his back twice in double overs!!

37-19 Irish

Cathedral vs. Perry Meridian Tonight at 6pm at Cathedral. Should be some good ones. Warren vs. Mosconi at the minimum. If Fair is healthy, he'll square off against Rodgers. Always an electric dual of Northside vs. Southside.

After seeing Boarman this weekend for the first time and Littell/Bettich the weekend before, he’ll be hard pressed to beat either of those two at 120. I think he’s a top talent, but not to their level. And though Lee beat Mosconi by 4 and Warren by one, I don’t think he is a lock like a Rooks or Garcia. I think EMD is Top 5, but with multiple podium winners, not multiple champs.

Um, How about Brownsburg??? Taking out Perry Meridian w Sam Fair back, Cathedral, and Warren Central in one tournament?? One hell of a day. Congrats. 3A Mats: Cayden Rooks looked untouchable. Asa Garcia looked untouchable. Mater Dei looked young (maybe deflated) in the 3rd/4th dual, but super promising. Avon is incredibly improved, and not just with the addition of Brewer. Great to see Carmel back. Roncalli will be a force next season. The IHSAA finals are going to be insane. Two schools with 2 champs seems highly likely in Avon and Columbus East. Can anyone overcome that to beat them?

Are there pass-outs tomorrow?

Beep beep. I’ll remind all of you what EdP, Northside Indy, and Hamilton County deal with in spades: Vaginitis. Little Johnny doesn’t get a bloody nose perhaps in his whole life unless he wrestles. No bike or skateboard accidents....they’re in the basement playing Fortnight. They’re on the iPad getting an allowance to make their bed. The Carmel life is real and it’s an epidemic. I fight it daily with some youngster programs, but the struggle is real with these middle class kids. Kopnisky finally threw in the towel at Carmel. Most of the north side Indy schools are grinding to keep kids in the sport. Lacrosse, boys’ volleyball, and a slew of other sports are decimating wrestling. The CYO in Indianapolis has added 140 boys’ volleyball teams in competition with wrestling in the last 3 years. So, CoachP and many of us in Indy are marketing our asses off to preserve the sport. It might feel good for “The County” and the Indy County teams, but it is an assault to the sport. We’ll make it at Cathedral because we’ll find great, committed kids. However, I fear for the 75 kids in K-4 that end up prancing off to volleyball in 5th grade. Give me a violin, perhaps, but our sons are getting weaker. It pisses me off.

It’s more Rodney in Back to School than Caddyshack. I’m convinced you have a Triple Lindy tucked away in that svelte frame anyway. Probably the real reason Carmel brought you in. A back door hire to diving coach..

Fielden is Top3 at 170. In shape, in the weight room, and super athletic.

Roncalli, Warren, Columbus East in the #3 bracket! Ouch!

Since I was a first timer at the Al Smith, I have a few more thoughts about Day2: 1. The tournament was run incredibly. Done with wrestling at 5pm yesterday and 4pm today. There were NO breaks (outside of a short faceoff organization after the 7th/8th round matches). When do the Cavemen eat? Are they super human? Was it to be done in time for the ND kick-off? If so, that was a waste Great job to all of you. I spent about 20 years at Connersville as a competitor, coach, and fan. Night and Day. 2. Hands to the face calls were frequent. Cathedral lost a couple very close matches to this, but it was called very liberally across all teams. Makes me nervous for the IHSAA state series. The heavy hands attack is an important one and even more subjective than stalling calls. 3. Conditioning of every contender. I kept waiting for a squad to show some cracks in conditioning, but every program seemed to put a premium on their wind. Almost zero "sucking wind" in injury time. 4. Gym was awesome. Felt like the Hoosiers' version of wrestling at Hickory. 5. Cathedral - I don't like prognosticating about my squad, but they wrestled 4 out of 5 very solid rounds. They were pretty shaky in the Blood Round this morning, but pulled it together for placement matches. Nice job, Irish! 6. The Region teams were very formidable. Merrillville and Crown Point would not go away. Sounds like Penn had a couple individual issues at weigh-in and medical scratch, but as I mentioned yesterday, they wrestled solid. (PS. I've decided Coach Harper is the doppelganger of Nick Nolte and Gary Busey. Props to him on a nice program). 7. Columbus East could have 2 champs and two high place winners. Will be dangerous at Bankers! I'll try to discuss some weights, but I did try to drive back to Indy for the 2nd half of the ND-Clemson game. I missed 195 - Heavy Finals. I am regretful I left that great environment to witness that embarrassment on the gridiron. 106 - Cottey was the class of the weight. He did play it a little close in the finals, but Malik Hall wrestled him tough. 113 - I know Mendez is the talk of the state, but no one can say Zeke Seltzer wasn't arguably the OW too. He dismantled Martin Cruz in a incredibly active, high scoring final of 17-6. Not sure if Zeke or his dad were more happy with the W. 120 - Match of the Day! Wherever Crown Point got Riley Bettich, he was great. 4 undefeated wrestlers in the semis at this weight. I thought Littell left a little on the table after he scored early, but he was my favorite to watch all tourney long. His strength and hips for a 120 pounder are impressive. Hoping he might make it under the lights with Boarman. What a final that would be! 126 - Deepest weight in my opinion. Mendez vs Watts was a close second for match of the finals. Hunter certainly didn't back down from Mendez. In fact, I thought he was gonna pin Mendez for a fleeting couple second on a scramble. That will be a fun rematch at Bankers. Walendzak avenged his loss to L. Wagner. 132 - Lotta drama in the semis here, but Geremia Brooks is the real deal. He does not take his time on his feet! Congrats to Matt Gimson. His fireman game is super strong. 138 - Rooks is a beast. I feel like he was challenged the least of the small and mid-weight champs all tourney. No one really got close. 145 - Mosconi vs. Warren was a great dual. Good action in the first and two kids that play to their mean streaks. Warren tried a few 360 spins to a double that cost him big. 152 - Rodgers is just wrestling great right now. It was an unimpressive W for him in the finals, but I felt like he was sleep walking a bit. And, by the way, Schonegge has a little Jim Varney look about him. Hey Vern!! Great wrestler though. Tolin gave Rodgers a good test in the semi. 160 - What can I say about Jordan Slivka?! He might never win a match by more than a point for the rest of his high school career, and I think I'm great with that. Gamer and superior mental toughness. 170 - More semi-final drama with a stalling call and a late takedown that even surprised the ref in the Blubaugh-Walker match, but Derek kept it too close. Not sure he was beating Nick South though. He's thicccc. And, can I say Nick South is the greatest porn name of all time without getting this post removed? If not, just edit it Y2/OTR/etc. 182 - Weaker weight, but LaPlace was the class of it. 195 - I am shocked Rockne Hurley lost. He is a giant at 195. Both he and Austin Lane will be podium guys at Bankers. 220 - Love the Fowler legacy wrestling history at Calumet. If Jacob Bolte continues to master his Russian tie attack, he could score some big points for CE in the IHSAA Finals. Heavy - Man, this weight class is wide open without Portoney. Congrats to Devault and all the Penn heavies. Not sure who is working with them, but it is noticeable. All for now, lads and lassies. The NCAA Semi-final football games are so terrible, I needed to take my mind off of the TV. See you at IHSWCA Team State! Go Irish!

You can’t post that and not also list the head-to-heads!! I’m too busy watching Notre Dame getting manhandled by Clemson.

Don’t forget about Cathedral! We were there for about 15 years. We won that tourney many, many times through the 90s and early 2000s. I wrote a diatribe about it a few years ago. I just haven’t been able to find it in the IndianaMat archives.

First Day Thoughts: Tournament flew by today! There were no dedicated consolation rounds. All wrestlers no matter the round wrestled simultaneously. And, everyone was done by 5p. Bravo. Biggest surprise: Penn - Big boys carried them all day. Couple big quarter final swing matches. Second place after Day1. Great day. Harper is a maniac walking the floor coaching. Great stuff. Strugglebus: Perry - Losing Fair to injury and missing a couple others, they were off all day. Warren has nasty edge. Cottey is a stud. Spent much of the day in the small weight gym, but a few wrestlers that stood out: Littel 120 (CG) - sooo smooth. Whether upper body or shots, he makes it look effortless. Watts 126 (Jimtown) - Furious pace. Workmanlike. Gimsons - Fireman Carry clinic all day. L. Wagner 126 (Zionsville) - Super conditioning and good motor. Beat a tough Walendzak in the quarter. Berta 220 (Penn) - Good position and nice shots for a biggun. Mendez 126 (CP) - super frosh great on top with tilts. Cathedral has a decent lead, but plenty of contenders loom. Also, Mishawaka gyms are a mile apart, but the history oozes from the old initial gym. Looking forward to a great final day tomorrow. Some excellent athletes and an injury free day from what I saw.

Agree but 132. Tough weight. I’ll take the red ass. Leg game strong. Scrambles better. Collegiate. #3rdShiftLogic