TripleB

We wrestled in a 10 way, and my 103lber(whose 18 years old) wrestled 10 times. We wrestled in an 8 way and he wrestled 6 or 7 times. He doesn't even lead the team in wins against For Feit. and did somebody really say that an increase in 103 will bring out more wrestlers?!?!?!? Because there's some 107lbers walking around the hallways saying, "Man if there was a sport out ther for guys like me, I would be all over it!" www.DisciplesfoY2CJ41.co......errrrrr...www.Indianamat.com certainly does have a certain flavor to it!

Eliminate 12 weight classes, only have lower weight and upper weight, like beach wrestling

My last name is Bentz and in college some of my team mates started calling me Big Body Bentz, after the Mercedes. I never really understood the Big Body part. Anyway, it was eventually shortened to TripleB (late 90's pro wrestling craze contributed to that). On the old board it was Icon, part of a running joke between me and friends. It was so often confused with Triple Bicon, that I dropped the Icon and kept Triple B And Ogre, I was pretty Light on my Toes for a size 15 HWT

Very few, most of my info last year came from Dads and Moms Email me at: dubentz@madison.k12.in.us I haven't heard from anybody this year.

AJ, You just got Wahoo'd!

We need the The Wise Owl, The Ancient Elder........

Here's the results Anti-Class Wrestling WBF (:04) Class Wrestling

I got a 4 second pin from this past weekend, what do i need to do, anybody know?

Yeah, once more people join the conversation, it will get lively. Y2 will get the chance to drop his Ohio champions pictures, somebody will say Mater Dei recruits, newer teams will get thrown into the recruiting cycle like CP and Mish. There will be new blood with old retoric on both sides of the aisle. Just saying for now it's all of us, the usual suspects.

Sorry AJ, I don't enough post yet to give you props, soon enough I will I don't think this discussion will be as fun or decorated as ones in the past. Mainly because the one's posting are the pioneers of the class threads. We've all said our peace with each other. Heck Y2 and I are about as far as you can get on the class poll, but I consider Y2 to be friend and we talk all the time about other things. I've even gotten the last two Y2 trained shirts!!

It's not just small schools that are losing numbers. The following article is from the Bloomington Herald Times: Is wrestling an endangered sport? This is a question area coaches are asking as they see fewer and fewer kids come out. Gone are the days when a coach can take his pick from a squad of 40. Today he is lucky to have 20. Tomorrow is looking even dimmer. Only four freshmen came out for wrestling at South and Owen Valley this year. Edgewood coach Andy Bengtson counted five freshmen. North coach Perry Summitt counted six. Had not eight freshmen come out at Brown County, the Eagles would have been hard pressed to field a team. Is it just a just a temporary lapse, or is it a trend? It might just be a local phenomenon. The National Federation of High School Associations noted an increase of 1.1 percent in wrestling participation nationally n 2007-08. The total number of wrestlers was 265,215, making it the sixth highest participation sport. But that is of little consolation to area coaches, who only know the numbers right in front of them. Said South coach Royce Deckard, ?When I wrestled in the 1960s, we had so many kids that you could wrestle four years and not make the varsity.? Searching for answers Ask any one of these coaches and they have a theory as to why the numbers are declining. A lot of theories pertain to the social climate and the sport itself. Let?s face it, what sport demands more discipline and more self-sacrifice than wrestling? What sport has so little payback in terms of glory for all the work that goes into it? What sport has more risk of personal humiliation? ?You practice in a room that is 88 degrees, get beat to a pulp and then have to keep your weight down,? Bengston said. It is even more daunting out there in a real match, Bengtson said. ?You take a young man in the prime of life, wearing next to nothing, and put him in front of hundreds of fans ? with no teammates around him. And it?s either you or me. To lose is humiliating. It?s a huge blow to your pride and you are half naked. You are so exposed.? ?Some kids can?t deal with public defeat,? Deckard said. ?It?s different than team sports. In team sports there is somebody else to help you share it.? For the love of the sport What sort of satisfaction does a wrestler get in return? Wrestling can?t compete with boys? basketball for fan appeal or space on the sports pages. A good crowd in wrestling would be 500. So the risk/reward factor is not at all even. North assistant Lee Miracle talked about that aspect of it. ?There are no millions to be made in wrestling,? he said. ?There is no Hollywood to it. In this generation of immediate gratification, it is not celebrated like the other sports. We keep getting pushed to the back gym.? You can?t blame this generation for looking at less demanding extracurricular options. In addition to other winter sports, basketball and swimming, there are alternatives such as swing choir, theater, student government or maybe even the debate team. ?Some kids would rather be second string on the football team than go out for wrestling,? Deckard said. Some kids may elect to take a break between fall and spring sports. Some may opt for a part-time job. Some may be content to stay home and play video games. ?Nothing against technology, but we are in the age of computers and video games,? Bengtson said. ?Kids can stay home and play on the computer. They aren?t used to the activity that wrestling requires.? A 24-7 sport From the time a kid reports to camp, it is all wrestling all the time. Forget about hamburgers, pizza and milk shakes. A good meal for a wrestler is a salad and some broiled fish. The holidays offer no relief. In fact, they are downright torturous. ?We have a meet right after Thanksgiving and another right after Christmas, so we have to train right on through,? Bengtson pointed out. ?Some kids go out and find that the sport is way harder than they ever imagined,? Owen Valley coach David Stewart said. ?Not every kid is meant to be a wrestler. The ones who stay are the ones who really love it.? ?I don?t know if it is society or what,? Deckard said. ?I don?t know if the kids want to put in the hard work any more.? No pain, no gain And then there is also the increased risk of injury. As contact sports go, wrestling is basically hand-to-hand combat. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, wrestling is the fourth highest participation sport at the middle school level and the second highest in number of injuries. No wonder the ranks are thinning at the high school level. And as Bengtson noted, you have to always have your ?A? game in wrestling. ?In the traditional sports like football, basketball and swimming, if you are injured you can still perform,? he said. ?But in wrestling, if you are not in your best shape, you can?t perform. The kids know that and so are unwilling to prepare themselves.? ?It?s a testament to our times,? North?s Summitt said. ?Wrestling is the toughest sport bar none. A lot of kids don?t want any part of it.? Winning them back Summitt and Miracle are planning some things at North this year to make their meets more fun and lively. Each match will be staged under a spotlight. Each wrestler will be introduced with his own personal theme music. Local radio personality Sheila Stephen will serve as announcer. ?We are pulling out all the stops to make wrestling exciting again,? Miracle said. Another strategy is to beef up the feeder systems. ?We started our AAU and freestyle programs six years ago,? Bengtson said. ?We still haven?t totally reaped those benefits, but as they come around our numbers should start to improve.? ?We give them all kinds of opportunities in the summer,? Brown County?s Bruner said. ?We have clubs set up, give them every opportunity to make themselves good wrestlers. The opportunities are there.? The coaches want athletes to understand the man upsides that wrestling offers. ?With wrestling, if you dedicate yourself and discipline yourself like the good ones do, you are going to succeed at something later in life,? Deckard said. ?If all kids could only experience the thrill of achievement that comes with wrestling,? said Bengtson, who excelled at wrestling and football in high school and college. ?When you win, the rush you receive from succeeding in the sport is second to none,? he said. ?I?ve had the benefit of both football and wrestling. Wrestling has such of sense of accomplishment. It is just you, your opponent and the mat. It teaches so many life lessons ? discipline and mental toughness and hard work ? things that will help you later on.?

Jeffersonville vs. Floyd Central tomorrow night @ Floyd Central. Should be a great match

No love for the South(!), or just lack of info for the south?

These will modified again tomorrow, but here is what I got so far. Any glaring mishaps? dubentz@madison.k12.in.us 103 1 Bryan Kuhn 10 Evansville Reitz 2 Dylan Hall 10 Evansville Harrison 3 Dustin Kief 11 Franklin Community 4 Jacob Boomsma 10 Bloominston South 5 Jordan Judy Danville 6 Andrew Bowman 10 Martinsville 7 Luke Schroeder 10 Southwestern 8 Stephen Rieker 10 Columbus East 112 1 Francisco Colon 12 Columbus North 2 Derek Fisher 11 Martinsville 3 Shawn Miracle 11 Bloomington North 4 Blaine Hall 11 Avon 5 Lenny May Evansville Mater Dei 6 Curtis Smith 12 Jeffersonville 7 Robby Taylor 10 Madison 8 Michael Brown 10 Castle 119 1 Ethan Raley 10 Indian Creek 2 Alex Johns 12 Evansville Reitz 3 Matt Milton 11 Center Grove 4 Jeff Stotridge 11 Charlestown 5 Kaleb Heald 10 Plainfield 6 Tim Martin 11 New Albany 7 Quinn Schroeder Evansville Mater Dei 8 Devon Miller 11 Jeffersonville 125 1 Eddie Duran 12 Charlestown 2 Matt Adams 12 Center Grove 3 Zach Henderson Evansville Mater Dei 4 Cole Van Horn 10 Franklin Community 5 Beau Pingleton 12 Northview 6 Renaldo Weekly 11 Jeffersonville 7 Sulawske Evansville North 8 Blake Rueger 9 Evansville Reitz 130 1 Brannigan Barlow 12 Bloomington South 2 Quaye Bealmer 11 Tri-West Hendricks 3 Jordan Deem 11 Center Grove 4 Quincy Richey 9 Brown County 5 Omar Salguero 12 Providence 6 Logan McWhorter 12 Columbus North 7 Travis Girten North Posey 8 Aaron Witt 11 Floyd Central 135 1 Mitchell Ritchey 12 Brown County 2 Jerod Crump 12 Center Grove 3 Adam Weinzapfel 10 Evansville Mater Dei 4 Doug Welch 10 Castle 5 Nick Smith 12 Franklin Community 6 Aaron May 12 Charlestown 7 Zach DeHaven 12 Evansville Memorial 8 Jeremy Salyers 11 Edgewood 140 1 John Sims 10 Evansville Mater Dei 2 Jacob Milenbaugh 12 Columbus North 3 Chad Welch 10 Castle 4 Luke Armand 12 Jennings County 5 Kyle McCoy 12 Northview 6 Zach Wojdyla 12 Brown County 7 Voegle Evansville Reitz 8 Andrew Jones 11 Jasper 145 1 Jordan Krulik 12 Martinsville 2 Zeke Zenthoefer 12 Evansville Mater Dei 3 Preston Richard 12 Castle 4 Corbin Richards 12 Avon 5 Marcus Waddell 12 Columbus North 6 Taylor Newcomb 12 Charlestown 7 Coty Gendricks 11 Jeffersonville 8 Ben Moberly 11 Floyd Central 152 1 Jeff Weiss 12 Heritage Hills 2 Drake Stein 10 Princeton 3 Joey Juliano 10 Mooresville 4 Trey Reese 10 Indian Creek 5 Andrew Pettijohn 12 Castle 6 Holden Fudurich 12 Sullivan 7 Steve Spicer 12 Edgewood 8 Shane Ritter 11 Evansville Reitz 160 1 Briar Runyan 12 Martinsville 2 Dalton Jones 12 Avon 3 Zach Easterling 12 Evansville Mater Dei 4 Bryan Breiswenger 12 Jennings County 5 Terry Terrell 12 Bloomington South 6 Sebastian Rodgers 11 Scottsburg 7 Justin Kleeman 11 Tell City 8 Ashton Brierly 10 Columbus East 171 1 Tanner Wedding 12 Evansville Memorial 2 Shelby Mappes 12 Center Grove 3 Ivan Stetter Southridge 4 Gabe Watson 12 Columbus North 4 Ryan Mann 12 Castle 5 Garrett Goldman 10 Bloomington North 6 Caleb Browner 11 Jeffersonville 7 John McAnderw 12 Floyd Central 189 1 Andrew Leach 12 Avon 2 Ethan Cook 12 Providence 3 Todd Hacker 11 Mooresville 4 Tyler Tatgenhorst 12 Jeffersonville 5 Aaron Stevenson 10 Indian Creek 6 Tanner McGowan 12 Vincennes Lincoln 7 Patrick Price 11 North Posey 8 Darren Eads 11 Bloomington South 215 1 Clay Robison 12 Castle 2 Ryan Sandwith 12 Evansville Memorial 3 John Kercher 12 Evansville Mater Dei 4 Jarred Smith 12 Southwestern 5 Neal Lane 12 Franklin Community 6 Zach Ruggeri 12 Mt. Vernon 7 Dylan Froehlich 12 Tell City 8 Tyler Jenkins 11 Jasper HWT 1 Alex White 12 Mt. Vernon 2 Jowan Gill 12 Columbus North 3 Nate Richey 12 Brownsburg 4 Joe Arthur 12 Bloomington North 5. Jonathon Clark12 Jeffersonville 6 Dan Borkowski Evansville Memorial 7 Hunter Mason 12 Danville 8 Zach Vandeman 11 Whiteland

Richey is at 135

Late to the party, nice job Y2!