TripleB

That's great...Cameron Stewart never stepped foot on a high school mat...decided Thuggin and Buggin was better.

Man....that's the School of the Gods aka...TripleB's elementary school... I might have to make an appearance now!

It was actually the cliff notes

Hey everybody! I just finished up “We Are...MD! A History of Mater Dei Wrestling” and thought I would share my thoughts on it. Evansville Mater Dei is one of Indiana wrestling’s storied programs, and for years, the most shrouded in mystery. I’ve done the Evansville Semi State rankings for too long to remember and I can recall when you could not get any information on Mater Dei. This book does a great job of pulling back the curtain and inviting the reader into the Mater Dei realm. We Are MD! begins with a chronological, season-by-season history of its program. But it doesn’t just simply list wins, losses, and stats; it delves deeply into each season. Author John S. Johnson scoured 65 years of wrestling history and scored over 100 interviews with coaches and wrestlers. One of my favorite stories comes from the 2002-2003 season. Sam Wildeman commented, after losing at the Cincinnati SWOWCA tournament, how he took it on the chin from his uncles and family members at a family gathering. He had to endure their comments about how they spent all the money on hotels, travel, and food only to see him get stuck! Wildeman got his revenge as he proceeded on to win a state title that year, defeating a heavily favored Jimmy Schultz of Mishawaka in the semifinal at state. That is Mater Dei Wrestling. I enjoyed reading the chapter from when I was in school 95-98, and the historical 2003-2004 season. Due to work commitments I was unable to see the Maurer/Dolly match, considered by many to be the greatest state finals match of all time. The book brought that match to life. At the end, there is a section about Mater Dei's greatest dual matches. The 1999 Team State Finals comeback against Hobart is the greatest in IHSAA Team State history. What fun it was to relive that! The book ends with the State, IHSAA All Sports and National records held by Mater Dei. Additionally, it provides a Mater Dei dream team, annual award winners, all time dual meet records, individual state performances, etc. This book leaves no stone unturned. A fun nugget at the end of the book, is what I can only assume is a nod to the “Mater Dei Recruits” posters on Indianamat.com, is a list of Mater Dei Youth League Champions from 1983 to present day. Many familiar names are listed there. This just isn’t a book for Mater Dei fans. This book is a must for any fan of Indiana Wrestling. If you are reading this post, chances are this book is for you. Johnson has done a great job bringing you only Mater Dei wrestling but Indiana's tradition and growth in wrestling. We are MD! is a great way to get in the wrestling mood for the upcoming season! Triple B (Dustin Bentz, Madison Wrestling)

(Insert Tourney Name) is a meat grinder! When's the next rankings update?

My then 4 year old filled in on our team last year and got rolled by much older kids....it was ugly!!! We host the annual Red Alert Duals in Madison on November 23rd, we try to get 4-5 teams. If anybody is interested, let me know (dubentz@gmail.com)! Wghts 40,45,50,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95,105,115,130, 150, and HWT. I'm pretty sure those are also the weights used at Elem State Duals.

Of course!

I'm shooting for Christmas

That's our current system!! Hahaha Our Vision Quest and Garth Brooks cassettes are about played out!

looking to add Bluetoooth speakers to our matroom, would prefer portable but it's whatever. Any suggestions? Our matroom is about 100x50, holds 2 1/2 full mats. Would a Beats Pill work in that set up or is it too big. I'm dumb to this technology, just need some advice. Thanks!

Who's this J-Biceps guy?!?!?

Anybody catch his interview on Voice Versus last Friday? It was on AXS TV. Hour long interview, it was awesome!

Congrats to Madison's Mitchell Sandlin. He signed to wrestle w/ Luther College in Decorah Iowa. Mitchell was a 2x HHC champ, 2x Sectional Champ, 2x Regional Champ, and this past season became just Madison's 2nd ever Semi-State Champ. Luther finished 16th last year at NCAA D3 Nationals. Good Luck Mitchell!!!

Yeah, I didn't think Happel should have gotten a four there either.

You probably couldn't have liked him, the dude thrives on hating IU. It's over the top. Good luck to you and your son!

The IHSAA wanted uniformity throughout the system, so 8 is their magic number for scoring.

Hey hey I lit up many scoreboards!

After years of fighting it... Dake finally initiated an offensive move. His muscles, not used to such motions and use all ruptured. We'll never see another offensive attempt again from Dake again....

To go a little off the topic, when a coaching change happens aren't athletes free to transfer w/ no penalty? I've heard they've been told at Purdue that they can't transfer?

Point taken... On a serious note I had a blast at my first Scholastic Duals! I saw some great wrestling, met up with friends, made many new friends, and Madison wrestlers picked up a ton of experience. Thanks to Indiana Renegades coaching staff and to Ohio1030 for giving some Madison wrestlers an opportunity to compete! And shout out to my new buds from EMD and Castle, it was great meeting my fan club, lol!

one of the matches I was matside for Lee gave up first td, then promptly steamrolled the kid.

He's Bobby Stevensons brother, duh

I recieved complaints all day from people where track wasn't displaying all mats

Ohio1030 is in need of a 170 and 220 lber for Scholastic Duals. Pm me if interested and I'll get you coaches info.

Nice.... way offer input and really class up this thread...