Coach Tonte

Slight change at Franklin. Since FB practice is canceled there will just be the regular RTC session of 6-7:30pm

Brandon Wright Wednesday night at Franklin Community. 6-7:30 pm enter door 21. Head coach of Wright Way Wrestling. 2x Indiana State Champion (Cathedral-Warren Central) Cadet Freestyle National Champion 08’ 4x Collegiate All-American 2x National Champion For Grand View University 3x World Team Trail Qualifier US Open Finalist 2018 National Team Member 61kg

Let’s get some great live in tonight

looking forward to the Pride of the Eastside coming to Franklin and bringing some fellas. Great night to scrap and learn from this young kiddo with a bright future ahead him. bring some teammates wrestling community. Great night ahead.

Derek Blubaugh will run Franklin's RTC this week. Enter door 21. 6-7:30pm. Also, coming with Derek will be All American teammate heavyweight Cale Gray. Cale will be there to roll around with any big kids. Derek Blub2024 National Champion at 197 ... Earned 2024 Outstanding Wrestler at the DII National Championship ... A two-time NCAA Division II National Runner-up at 197 (2021-22, 2022-23) … Back-to-back GLVC Wrestler of the Year honoree in 2022-23 and 2023-24 … Captured his first Midwest Classic title at 197 in 2023-24 ... First Team All-GLVC in 2022, 2023, 2024 and a second team nod in 2021 … Two- time NWCA Scholar All-Academic and three-time Academic All-GLVC honoree … Led the Greyhounds in victories in 22-23 with 33, while capturing 12 falls … helped lead the Greyhounds to their first GLVC Championship in 2022-23 Four-year letterwinner in wrestling for Bloomington South...two-time state placer, 6th as a junior, 4th as a senior...career record of 153-26...four-time sectional and regional champ...Conference champ as a senior...two-time Team MVP...team captain as a senior...84 pins as a prep. Engineering major...National Honor society member...National art Honor Society member...son of Rene and Dana Blubaugh... Grandson of the Olympic Gold Medalist Doug Blubaugh, winner of the 1960 Olympic gold medal ... Doug Blubaugh was also the 1957 NCAA DI National Champion for Oklahoma State at 157lbs.

Wednesday April 3rd. We are excited to pack the house and bring in another stellar clinician. Also if you are wrestling at Mooresville Greco/freestyle this weekend you can weigh in at our RTC. Brandon Wright Head coach of Wright gWay Wrestling. 2x Indiana State Champion (Cathedral-Warren Central) Cadet Freestyle National Champion 08’ 4x Collegiate All-American 2x National Champion For Grand View University 3x World Team Trail Qualifier US Open Finalist 2018 National Team Member 61kg Enter door 21. 6-7:30 pm. April 3rd.

There will be no RTC this upcoming Wednesday, March 27th due to spring break. We will reconvene April 3rd. We are excited to pack the house and bring in another stellar clinician. Brandon Wright Head coach of Wright Way Wrestling. 2x Indiana State Champion (Cathedral-Warren Central) Cadet Freestyle National Champion 08’ 4x Collegiate All-American 2x National Champion For Grand View University 3x World Team Trail Qualifier US Open Finalist 2018 National Team Member 61kg Enter door 21. 6-7:30 pm. April 3rd.

Prayers from the Tonte family and Franklin wrestling.

Packing the house again tonight. RTC HAS AVERAGED OVER 50 KIDS PER WEEK. LOTS OF LIVE FREESTYLE AND GREAT TECHNIQUE TONIGHT.

Clinician: Nick Hull ISWA Olympic Developmental Director USAW National Developmental COY UWW International Freestyle Certified UWW Masters Bronze Medalist US Open Masters Champion Collegiate All-American IHSAA State Champion 3x placer Has developed and trained numerous men's and womens state and national champions at all levels. enter door 21. 6-7:30 pm this Wednesday. lots of great freestyle technique and freestyle live. The rooms been popping. Let’s keep it going.

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Free ISWA Wrestling RTC/Clinic Olympic Gold Medalist Rulon Gardner When: Tues. Mar. 12, 2024, 6-7:30 pm Where: Franklin Community HS Enter Door 21 REQUIRED: Current USAW Card Required. Boys/Girls/All Ages Accepted Join us for a full wrestling clinic with 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Rulon Gardner who overcame a devastating accident to shock the world and defeat the previously unbeaten Russian, Alexander Karelin, in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Franklin will host a special two day RTC next week to kick off Freestyle/Greco season. March 12th, Tuesday night, 6-7:30 pm Franklin will host Perry Meridian’s RTC and have Greco Olympic Gold medalist Rulon Gardner. Free ISWA Wrestling RTC/Clinic Indiana’s 4 Timer CJ Red & IU Asst Coach When: Wed. Mar. 13, 2024, 6-7:30 pm Where: Franklin Community HS Enter Door 21 REQUIRED: Current USAW Card Required. Boys/Girls/All Ages Accepted Indiana’s very own four timer and assistant IU Coach C.J. Red will be running RTC. THIS IS FREE OF CHARGE FOR BOTH DAYS. What a deal! What a Special two day event hosted by Franklin and Perry Meridian together! Let’s pack the room these two days and kick off Freestyle/Greco season. Coach Tonte, Franklin Community HS & Coach Schoettle, Perry Meridian HS C.J. Red, Assistant IU Coach The 2022-23 season marks C.J. Red's first on the Indiana Wrestling coaching staff. In year one, Red helped Indiana's program make big strides. The Hoosiers' 8-5 record in 2022-23 was the team's best since 2016-17, that included three Big Ten wins and three ranked victories, as well. Red provided valuable experience of wrestling at the highest stage and in recent time, after just finishing his collegiate career in March 2022. He worked closely with Indiana's light and middleweights and helped push Graham Rooks (149 lbs.) to have the best season for an Indiana wrestler since 2017. Rooks went 29-11 and reached the Round of 12 at his third career NCAA Championships. This was the furthest an Indiana Wrestler had gone in the tournament since 2017 when Nate Jackson got eighth place at 184 lbs. Rooks also finished in fifth place at the Big Ten Championships. Red, an Indiana native, returns to his home state after completing his highly successful collegiate wrestling career at Nebraska this past spring. At Nebraska, Red was a standout in the lineup at 141 lbs. throughout his entire career from 2016-2022. Red was a three-time NCAA All-American ––– earning sixth place at the 2021 NCAA Championships, as well as eighth place in 2019 and seventh place in 2018. In total, he was a five-time NCAA Championships qualifier from 2018-2022. Additionally, Red earned multiple podium finishes at the Big Ten Championships over the years. He finished in second place in 2019, third in 2020, fourth in 2021 and seventh place in 2018. For his Cornhusker career, Red had a 98-46 overall record and a 39-20 dual record. He won 22 bouts via fall with five tech falls and nine major decisions to his name. The move to the Indiana coaching staff will be Red’s first coaching role in his professional career. Prior to competing at Nebraska, Red had a legendary high school wrestling career. He attended New Palestine High School where he wrestled for coach Chad Red Sr. Red went 183-0 in his prep days, including being a four-time state champion. He was deemed the top 132-pounder in the country according to the Asics FloRankings in the class of 2016. He won the 2015 FloNationals crown, was the 2014 Super 32 champion and 2014 Fargo Junior Cadet Nationals champion, all at 126-lbs.

It’s going to be a great Wednesday night in the Franklin room. Multiple state place winners last week. Over 70 kids. lots of hard drill and live going into Folkstyle state this week. Be there by 5:45 if you can. Come in door 21. 6-7:30 pm. Breyden Bailey 4X IHSAA State Placer 2017 IHSAA State Champ Top 70 Recruit in Class of 2017 Career record: 182-5 2X NCAA National Qualifier Logan Bailey 2x IHSAA State Placer 2020 IHSAA State Runner up 2x NCAA All American 2022 NCAA D2 National Runner Up

Alex Cottey. 2x state champ who wrestled at D1 UTC will run a great RTC tonight at Franklin Community High School. 6-7:30 pm. Enter door 21.

All good. I just wanted voters to know what the situation is. As several people said being at full strength is a rare occasion in our sport.