TripleB

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

There's a nice new house 2 doors down in beautiful Madison Indiana. 

Here is a story that I felt was worth sharing with the community that involved Bryce, I don't generally like sharing stuff involving my kids, but felt he deserved credit for this.
My middle son (8 years old) had lost in the state semi-finals, and was not handling it very well. We were in the cafeteria wrestling area, and he was having a "freak-out" (he needs to work on this) in the area behind the mats. I was trying to talk to him to calm down, but he was not registering what dad/coach was saying.
While this was going on a high school kid was passing through and asked me if he could talk to him.  The high schooler sat down with my son, and told him about how he had never placed at ISWA until this weekend, and he had won it today. He discussed how wrestling isn't just about wins and losses, but about progress.  This discussion caused my son to calm down, stop crying, and go on to wrestle the rest of his matches and place third. As he left I asked the high school kid his name, he said Bryce Denton.  I told him I had heard of him lol.
Anyhow I was really impressed with the maturity and kindness that Bryce showed this weekend. I had never met him. As a dad I was worrying what people thought of me/my son with the way he was acting, and Bryce was awesome in helping to calm him down and put things in perspective.  Also in my opinion it took a lot of bravery to ask a dad that you had never met to talk with his son in a situation like that.  Just wanted to share this and publicly say thanks to Bryce.  I was blown away with how impressive he was in this situation.

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I still recall the vintage TripleB days live and in person.  But glad to see him back in the groove. Call out to the rest of us that we need to get off our a** and put in some work. 

My dude was out there putting on a show! Congratulations to all competitors 

Well earned! I think he still has some college eligibility left...the most logical next step. #♥️tripleb

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

I almost left my shoes on the mat.....
 
But I couldn't bend over to do it, so they came home w/ me. 
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was pretty cool and that's a good group of guys in that picture. All very supportive of each other and wrestling movement!
 

The parking situation at state is awful. Scheduling wrestling state finals and a dance competition the same weekend seems like a mistake. 
Also congrats to @TripleB. I was able to watch him yesterday. It was quite fun. 

First off, @TripleB has a great comeback story and he not only competed today, he went 3-0 and won a state championship!
 
Junior 113
Ayden Bollinger (Delta Wrestling Club Inc.) won by decision over Mason Jones (Indian Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-7)
 
Junior 126
Tanner Tishner (Red Cobra Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Gavin Bragg (Fighting Irish Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-0)
 
Junior 195
 
Gunner Henry (Indiana) won by fall over Trevor Currie (Jet Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:00)
 
junior 220
1st Place Match
Cole Chicoine (Indiana) won by decision over Brandon Johnson (Central Indiana Academy Of Wrestling) (Dec 12-6)
3rd Place Match
Caden Brewer (Red Cobra Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Austin Hastings (Noblesville Wrestling Club) (Dec 5-3)
 
Junior 285
1st Place Match
Brady Beck (Rochester Wrestling Club) won by decision over Hosia Smith (Fighting Irish Wrestling Club) (Dec 3-2)
3rd Place Match
Anthony Popi (Indiana) won by major decision over Benjamin Land (Team Jeff Wrestling Club) (Maj 12-2)

I'd love to see video! Been waiting all evening for police and firetrucks wailing their sirens bringing the Champ back home to Madtucky! 

@TripleB channeled his inner Drew Hughes in the finals slapping the legs in and getting a turn for the win. The ref didn't want to give him the points, but eventually caved! 

Story found on ESPN this morning
 
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/35820049/college-wrestlers-grizzly-bear-attack
 
If you have a weak stomach don't read or look at pictures. 

I heard Purdue wants to host some wrestling.

Alex Tsirtsis, Dillon Whitacre, Eric Aue, Cahmelan Porter. I believe in that order. Up in at least one of the matches, if not two. Broke his foot in the sectional finals as a senior wrestled through, but faded in the Porter match.
 
It gets brought up every year but we (Madison) have arguments for best to never place and best to never win. Michael Galbreath, early 1990's, (3x qualifier, 2x runner up). We'll clear that bad juju in due time.

NO ONE WANTS TO SIT ON WOODEN BENCHES FOR 2 DAYS