Coach Willmann

High School - 106A 1st Place - Mykel Lundy of Portage 2nd Place - Ryan MacLane of Plymouth 3rd Place - J Johnson of Merrillville 4th Place - Logan Kidwell of Kankakee Valley 5th Place - Clark Smith of Lowell 6th Place - Joe Swanson of LaPorte 7th Place - Shamus Troy of LaPorte 8th Place - Larz Stanford of Lowell 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Mykel Lundy (Portage) won by pin over Ryan MacLane (Plymouth) (Pin 0:31) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - J Johnson (Merrillville) won by major decision over Logan Kidwell (Kankakee Valley) (Maj 12-1) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Clark Smith (Lowell ) won by pin over Joe Swanson (LaPorte) (Pin 0:52) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Shamus Troy (LaPorte) won by pin over Larz Stanford (Lowell ) (Pin 2:49) High School - 106B 1st Place - Tyler Schwartz of Valparaiso 2nd Place - Jimmy Curry of Lowell 3rd Place - C Bracey of Merrillville 4th Place - Shawn Salazar of Portage Round 1 Round 1 - Tyler Schwartz (Valparaiso) won by major decision over Shawn Salazar (Portage) (Maj 8-0) Round 1 - Jimmy Curry (Lowell ) won by decision over C Bracey (Merrillville) (Dec 11-8) Round 2 Round 2 - Tyler Schwartz (Valparaiso) won by pin over C Bracey (Merrillville) (Pin 1:45) Round 2 - Jimmy Curry (Lowell ) won by decision over Shawn Salazar (Portage) (Dec 10-4) Round 3 Round 3 - Tyler Schwartz (Valparaiso) won by pin over Jimmy Curry (Lowell ) (Pin 3:32) Round 3 - C Bracey (Merrillville) won by pin over Shawn Salazar (Portage) (Pin 0:59) High School - 113A 1st Place - Alex Bravo of Valparaiso 2nd Place - Chris Ruiz of Hanover Central 3rd Place - Matias Perez of LaPorte 4th Place - Carter Bryant of Hobart 5th Place - Dominic Guizzino of Portage 6th Place - P Simmons of Merrillville 7th Place - Caleb Galloway of LaPorte 8th Place - Bo Reed of LaPorte 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Alex Bravo (Valparaiso) won by pin over Chris Ruiz (Hanover Central) (Pin 1:21) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Matias Perez (LaPorte) won by pin over Carter Bryant (Hobart) (Pin 0:20) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Dominic Guizzino (Portage) won by pin over P Simmons (Merrillville) (Pin 0:25) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Caleb Galloway (LaPorte) won by pin over Bo Reed (LaPorte) (Pin 1:22) High School - 120A 1st Place - Brandon Arena of Lowell 2nd Place - Jake Rothrock of Lowell 3rd Place - Julius Barocio of Portage 4th Place - E Coy of Merrillville 5th Place - Juan Duque of Portage 6th Place - Alex Thompson of Kankakee Valley 7th Place - Brandon Davis of Hanover Central 8th Place - Josh Neely of LaPorte 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Brandon Arena (Lowell ) won by decision over Jake Rothrock (Lowell ) (Dec 3-2) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Julius Barocio (Portage) won by pin over E Coy (Merrillville) (Pin 1:10) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Juan Duque (Portage) won by major decision over Alex Thompson (Kankakee Valley) (Maj 18-9) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Brandon Davis (Hanover Central) won by pin over Josh Neely (LaPorte) (Pin 0:41) High School - 126A 1st Place - Mike Nava of Kankakee Valley 2nd Place - M Tapia of Merrillville 3rd Place - Jarred Rafferty of Valparaiso 4th Place - Tyler Ott of LaPorte 5th Place - Cody Johnson of Hanover Central 6th Place - Tim Majtyka of Portage 7th Place - Anthony Pascaul of Hanover Central 8th Place - John Ortiz of Bishop Noll 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Mike Nava (Kankakee Valley) won by pin over M Tapia (Merrillville) (Pin 2:46) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Jarred Rafferty (Valparaiso) won by pin over Tyler Ott (LaPorte) (Pin 1:05) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Cody Johnson (Hanover Central) won by major decision over Tim Majtyka (Portage) (Maj 11-1) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Anthony Pascaul (Hanover Central) won by pin over John Ortiz (Bishop Noll) (Pin 3:00) High School - 132A 1st Place - Mike Delgado of Portage 2nd Place - Ayden Blake of Kankakee Valley 3rd Place - I Jara of Merrillville 4th Place - Mason Reed of Plymouth 5th Place - John Reeves of Hanover Central 6th Place - Braxton Moore of Plymouth 7th Place - M Arifee of Merrillville 8th Place - E Davis of Merrillville 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Mike Delgado (Portage) won by decision over Ayden Blake (Kankakee Valley) (Dec 5-2) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - I Jara (Merrillville) won by pin over Mason Reed (Plymouth) (Pin 1:48) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - John Reeves (Hanover Central) won by pin over Braxton Moore (Plymouth) (Pin 2:33) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - M Arifee (Merrillville) won by pin over E Davis (Merrillville) (Pin 0:51) High School - 132B 1st Place - M Spudic of Merrillville 2nd Place - John Halfman of Valparaiso 3rd Place - Luke Schumacher of Plymouth 4th Place - Talbot Dorr of LaPorte 5th Place - Fred Armstead of Valparaiso 6th Place - Camden Ordway of Portage 7th Place - Davin Gonzallez of Portage 8th Place - Justin Golich of Bishop Noll 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - M Spudic (Merrillville) won by pin over John Halfman (Valparaiso) (Pin 1:36) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Luke Schumacher (Plymouth) won by decision over Talbot Dorr (LaPorte) (Dec 10-9) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Fred Armstead (Valparaiso) won by decision over Camden Ordway (Portage) (Dec 7-1) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Davin Gonzallez (Portage) won by decision over Justin Golich (Bishop Noll) (Dec 6-3) High School - 138A 1st Place - Darren Svitko of Portage 2nd Place - Caleb Neal of Valparaiso 3rd Place - Jordan Likens of Kankakee Valley 4th Place - Kyle Emenaker of Plymouth 5th Place - Joey Pimintel of Valparaiso 6th Place - S Ellison of Merrillville 7th Place - Robert Ragsdale of Kankakee Valley 8th Place - Jerrith Morrison of Portage 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Darren Svitko (Portage) won by decision over Caleb Neal (Valparaiso) (Dec 6-3) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Jordan Likens (Kankakee Valley) won by pin over Kyle Emenaker (Plymouth) (Pin 2:57) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Joey Pimintel (Valparaiso) won by pin over S Ellison (Merrillville) (Pin 1:38) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Robert Ragsdale (Kankakee Valley) won by decision over Jerrith Morrison (Portage) (Dec 8-4) High School - 138B 1st Place - T Butler of Merrillville 2nd Place - Chase Clark of Kankakee Valley 3rd Place - Collin Vinyard of Valparaiso 4th Place - Domingo Noriega of Bishop Noll 5th Place - Tyler Tomeklin of Hanover Central 6th Place - Daniel Hayes of Kankakee Valley 7th Place - Chaz Scruggs of Plymouth 8th Place - Eric Phillbrook of Kankakee Valley 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - T Butler (Merrillville) won by decision over Chase Clark (Kankakee Valley) (Dec 5-4) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Collin Vinyard (Valparaiso) won by pin over Domingo Noriega (Bishop Noll) (Pin 0:46) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Tyler Tomeklin (Hanover Central) won by tech fall over Daniel Hayes (Kankakee Valley) (TF 17-2) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Chaz Scruggs (Plymouth) won by decision over Eric Phillbrook (Kankakee Valley) (Dec 6-0) High School - 145A 1st Place - Gio Guarnero of Hobart 2nd Place - W Armstrong of Merrillville 3rd Place - John Stillson of Plymouth 4th Place - Nick Martin of Valparaiso 5th Place - J Rivera of Merrillville 6th Place - Mark Bebats of Valparaiso 7th Place - Ian Jones of Valparaiso 8th Place - Nate Porceu of Hobart 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Gio Guarnero (Hobart) won by decision over W Armstrong (Merrillville) (Dec 5-1) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - John Stillson (Plymouth) won by decision over Nick Martin (Valparaiso) (Dec 6-0) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - J Rivera (Merrillville) won by decision over Mark Bebats (Valparaiso) (Dec 9-4) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Ian Jones (Valparaiso) won by decision over Nate Porceu (Hobart) (Dec 7-4) High School - 145B 1st Place - Alex Guerrero of Portage 2nd Place - Nick Wilson of Hanover Central 3rd Place - Will Sibal of Plymouth 4th Place - Noah Puckett of Plymouth 5th Place - Jacob Payne of LaPorte 6th Place - Jacob Castel of Plymouth 7th Place - Alex Torres of Lowell 8th Place - V Cox of Merrillville 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Alex Guerrero (Portage) won by pin over Nick Wilson (Hanover Central) (Pin 1:32) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Will Sibal (Plymouth) won by pin over Noah Puckett (Plymouth) (Pin 0:45) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Jacob Payne (LaPorte) won by pin over Jacob Castel (Plymouth) (Pin 1:00) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Alex Torres (Lowell ) won by pin over V Cox (Merrillville) (Pin 3:54) High School - 152A 1st Place - Darius Ginn of Valparaiso 2nd Place - George Krummel of Valparaiso 3rd Place - Tyler Armstrong of Kankakee Valley 4th Place - Matt Lukacek of Kankakee Valley 5th Place - Devin Calmbacher of Portage 6th Place - Marcos Rodriguez of Plymouth 7th Place - Jacob Borns of Valparaiso 8th Place - Michael Mason of Lowell 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Darius Ginn (Valparaiso) won by decision over George Krummel (Valparaiso) (Dec 4-0) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Tyler Armstrong (Kankakee Valley) won by pin over Matt Lukacek (Kankakee Valley) (Pin 2:39) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Devin Calmbacher (Portage) won by decision over Marcos Rodriguez (Plymouth) (Dec 9-3) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Jacob Borns (Valparaiso) won by decision over Michael Mason (Lowell ) (Dec 6-0) High School - 152B 1st Place - Jeff Stone of Hobart 2nd Place - Joe Lara of Valparaiso 3rd Place - Justin Hall of Portage 4th Place - Koy Schmidt of Kankakee Valley 5th Place - Grant Mikowski of LaPorte 6th Place - Scott Masson of Plymouth 7th Place - Zephan Xaver of Plymouth 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Jeff Stone (Hobart) won by decision over Joe Lara (Valparaiso) (Dec 4-3) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Justin Hall (Portage) won by decision over Koy Schmidt (Kankakee Valley) (Dec 7-4) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Grant Mikowski (LaPorte) won by pin over Scott Masson (Plymouth) (Pin 0:40) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Zephan Xaver (Plymouth) received a bye () (Bye) High School - 160A 1st Place - Luke Maciejwski of Hanover Central 2nd Place - Jacob Tillger of Kankakee Valley 3rd Place - Ronnie Strain of Hanover Central 4th Place - Kristian Cullings of Kankakee Valley 5th Place - N Polecoes of Merrillville 6th Place - R Giles of Merrillville 7th Place - Gerardo Medias of Bishop Noll 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Luke Maciejwski (Hanover Central) won by pin over Jacob Tillger (Kankakee Valley) (Pin 1:08) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Ronnie Strain (Hanover Central) won by pin over Kristian Cullings (Kankakee Valley) (Pin 2:56) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - N Polecoes (Merrillville) won by pin over R Giles (Merrillville) (Pin 1:33) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Gerardo Medias (Bishop Noll) received a bye () (Bye) High School - 160B 1st Place - Eli Wendt of Plymouth 2nd Place - Mark Feliciano of Bishop Noll 3rd Place - Juhani Jarvensivn of Lowell 4th Place - Matt Haines of LaPorte 5th Place - Jezi Martinez of Portage 6th Place - Steve Ford of Portage 7th Place - Chris Hartz of Valparaiso 8th Place - Jake Casko of Bishop Noll 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Eli Wendt (Plymouth) won by major decision over Mark Feliciano (Bishop Noll) (Maj 9-0) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Juhani Jarvensivn (Lowell ) won by major decision over Matt Haines (LaPorte) (Maj 9-0) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Jezi Martinez (Portage) won by pin over Steve Ford (Portage) (Pin 1:21) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Chris Hartz (Valparaiso) won by pin over Jake Casko (Bishop Noll) (Pin 1:10) High School - 170A 1st Place - A Jara of Merrillville 2nd Place - M Thompson of Merrillville 3rd Place - Aj Swihart of Plymouth 4th Place - Alex Smith of Hobart 5th Place - Derrick Suttles of Valparaiso 6th Place - C Maynard of Merrillville 7th Place - Jesus Loe of Bishop Noll 8th Place - Jay Weaver of Kankakee Valley 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - A Jara (Merrillville) won by pin over M Thompson (Merrillville) (Pin 2:34) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Aj Swihart (Plymouth) won by decision over Alex Smith (Hobart) (Dec 10-6) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Derrick Suttles (Valparaiso) won by pin over C Maynard (Merrillville) (Pin 1:09) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Jesus Loe (Bishop Noll) won by major decision over Jay Weaver (Kankakee Valley) (Maj 10-0) High School - 170B 1st Place - Bronson Bigbie of Lowell 2nd Place - Eric Botts of Portage 3rd Place - Taylor Scheidenberger of Valparaiso 4th Place - Jake Cooper of Lowell 5th Place - C Jenkins of Merrillville 6th Place - Kevin Hoover of Kankakee Valley 7th Place - Chandler Lamb of Plymouth 8th Place - Emmanuel Miramontes of Bishop Noll 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Bronson Bigbie (Lowell ) won by decision over Eric Botts (Portage) (Dec 5-1) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Taylor Scheidenberger (Valparaiso) won by pin over Jake Cooper (Lowell ) (Pin 1:23) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - C Jenkins (Merrillville) won by pin over Kevin Hoover (Kankakee Valley) (Pin 0:19) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Chandler Lamb (Plymouth) won by pin over Emmanuel Miramontes (Bishop Noll) (Pin 1:31) High School - 182A 1st Place - Vicente Vasquez of Plymouth 2nd Place - E Harmon of Merrillville 3rd Place - Sergio Aguliar of Portage 4th Place - Branton Leazenby of Plymouth 5th Place - Angelo Madrigal of Valparaiso 6th Place - Austin Garbison of Valparaiso 7th Place - Brandon Stutler of Hanover Central 8th Place - Anthony Martinez of LaPorte 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Vicente Vasquez (Plymouth) won by pin over E Harmon (Merrillville) (Pin 1:57) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Sergio Aguliar (Portage) won in overtime over Branton Leazenby (Plymouth) (OT 3-2) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Angelo Madrigal (Valparaiso) won by decision over Austin Garbison (Valparaiso) (Dec 12-7) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Brandon Stutler (Hanover Central) won by pin over Anthony Martinez (LaPorte) (Pin 3:11) High School - 195A 1st Place - Sam Steward of Lowell 2nd Place - Xavier Orta of Portage 3rd Place - Johnny Bednar of Valparaiso 4th Place - A Merced of Merrillville 5th Place - T Norman of Merrillville 6th Place - M Manning of Merrillville 7th Place - Matt Hendricks of Portage 8th Place - Stan Deluna-Avila of Bishop Noll 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Sam Steward (Lowell ) won by decision over Xavier Orta (Portage) (Dec 8-1) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Johnny Bednar (Valparaiso) won by major decision over A Merced (Merrillville) (Maj 12-0) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - T Norman (Merrillville) won by pin over M Manning (Merrillville) (Pin 3:37) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Matt Hendricks (Portage) won by tech fall over Stan Deluna-Avila (Bishop Noll) (TF 15-0) High School - 220A 1st Place - Travis Williams of Portage 2nd Place - J Perry of Merrillville 3rd Place - Joey Reed of Lowell 4th Place - Alex Toth of LaPorte 5th Place - Ian Suttles of Valparaiso 6th Place - A Sherwinski of Merrillville 7th Place - Tyler Hutton of Lowell 8th Place - Jake Eason of LaPorte 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Travis Williams (Portage) won by decision over J Perry (Merrillville) (Dec 10-3) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Joey Reed (Lowell ) won by pin over Alex Toth (LaPorte) (Pin 1:17) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - Ian Suttles (Valparaiso) won by decision over A Sherwinski (Merrillville) (Dec 4-1) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Tyler Hutton (Lowell ) won by decision over Jake Eason (LaPorte) (Dec 4-2) High School - 285A 1st Place - Casey Wilson of Kankakee Valley 2nd Place - G Papa of Merrillville 3rd Place - Dominic Canter of Portage 4th Place - Quentin Pops of Portage 5th Place - A Acosta of Merrillville 6th Place - Grant Holt of LaPorte 7th Place - Jose Salinas of LaPorte 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - Casey Wilson (Kankakee Valley) won by pin over G Papa (Merrillville) (Pin 2:46) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Dominic Canter (Portage) won by pin over Quentin Pops (Portage) (Pin 0:14) 5th Place Match 5th Place Match - A Acosta (Merrillville) won by pin over Grant Holt (LaPorte) (Pin 3:11) 7th Place Match 7th Place Match - Jose Salinas (LaPorte) received a bye () (Bye)

Congrats to Bobby Howard. Lowell High Schools new Head Wrestling Coach. I have stepped down to Assistant Coach for Bobby as I have taken a new job in our school corporation that is taking much more of my time. Bobby was a state champion for Lowell in 2000 and was one of my assistants for the last 3 years. He is a standup guy and I'm excited for him to lead our Red Devils! Joe Willmann

Lowell High School finished up 8th in the Community 2 division... The team went 7-5 and was one match away from the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th Place teams! A great experience had by all! Here are our final stats and category leaders of the tournament. Stats: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0ByXKTbd9Sh0kMWI0ZDZjNzYtYmZiZS00YjdmLWJlY2UtMTY4MjRhNzBjNjA4&hl=en_US Category Leaders: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0ByXKTbd9Sh0kOTAwNzU0OTUtNDBmMi00ZGNmLWI0M2ItNjA4NmNjZTdkNWIz&hl=en_US

Lowell (The Bilka Experience) Stats through three days.... We are currently 7-3 and in the wrestle back of the winners bracket. Category Leaders https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0ByXKTbd9Sh0kYjk1ZjEyOTEtMDBiNi00ZGIyLWFjYmYtNDYyNmZkMzBiMTUx&hl=en_US Team Stats https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0ByXKTbd9Sh0kZjIxY2IwM2MtMGYxZS00NmZjLWFiOGYtOWY5YzM5MmFkMzA3&hl=en_US

Congrats to former Randolph Southern and Purdue Standout Jason Martin as he accepted a teaching job at Lowell Middle School today! Jason will also be apart of our high school coaching staff.

Lowell High School has an emergency opening at 160 pounds for the Disney Duals. If you are interested please contact Coach Willmann at jwillmann@tricreek.k12.in.us or jtwillmann@gmail.com. Thanks!

AJ- I'm sure that that could be a possibility. Although I would be even more in favor for seeding the top 8 and drawing in the rest for each bracket. Karl- I'm not the person to answer that question for the IHSWCA, but I would think that would be the opinion of most coaches. (At least I hope it would be)

I thought about your question AJ. I'm not sure how that could be factored in. I don't think it could be. There are really three options to do this tournament, and the format I chose to represent was the best overall. The first option was to have everyone in the tournament and wrestle it out. This really isn't a possibility though. Since we can't go after the season (and who would want to be wrestling until March 20) the only two other times we could do it is during the season (which there is no way we could fit two weeks of a team state in during the year, plus there isn't any way the IHSAA is going to grant releases to every single school during the season to go over their points), or during the state tournament series (which the IHSAA would never let happen.) The second option was to have a group of people just select the tournament. While I would trust the people that were put in charge of this, it would become similar to the BCS where if you were a bubble team and didn't get selected, all we would hear about is how unfair that system was. So I nixed that idea. I finally came up with the third option which puts a premium on returning talent. The only flaw in this system would be the year that you have 9 or 10 seniors on your team. I still feel that it is the lesser of all evils as you earn your way into the tournament by returning talent. It obviously could be tweeked and changed. Ohio only looks at the equivalent of our semi state tournament for their series. I didn't feel that was fair in Indiana as we do not have class wrestling for individuals. It could really hinder the smaller schools if that was the only level we looked at.

If we must go to a coaches trophy for our team tournament, I would vote that we would go to a format similar to Ohio, in which you look at the performances of the previous years returners on your team. I would vote for the top 4 large schools and the top 4 small schools advance from each semi-state to the next years IHSWCA state tournament. That way there is a chance for each regional to be represented at the state tournament, and regionals who have two great teams could both advance. I would award points in this fashion. 2 points for returning regional qualifiers, 4 points for returning semi-state qualifiers, and 2 points for returning state qualifiers. The reason semi-state is weighted more is because I believe it is the level of the tournament that shows most teams strengths. If you look at this years teams from the Merrillville Semi-State, Penn and Crown Point both had 14 wrestlers advance. These were the cream of the crop for the tournament. I would say this is a fair system and similar to the point structure of Ohio. The tournament would be held the week before sectionals, so we would move our state tournament back one week. It could be held at two sites, such as Franklin and Center Grove. 1 match held Friday night and the other three held on Saturday. If this were in place next year this is how the Merrillville Semi-State would be represented at the tournament. Large School [table][tr][td]School Regionals x2 SS x4 State x2 Total Crown Point 20 40 10 70 Merrillville 20 28 6 54 Lowell 20 24 4 48 Penn 14 28 6 48 Lake Central 16 24 4 44 Mishawaka 18 20 4 42 Hobart 12 20 2 34 New Prairie 16 12 2 30 Chesterton 12 12 4 28 Munster 10 16 2 28 Culver Academies 12 12 2 26 McCutcheon 10 16 0 26 Griffith 8 16 0 24 Valparaiso 16 8 0 24 Warsaw 14 8 2 24 South Bend Clay 10 8 4 22 Logansport 14 4 0 18 Twin Lakes 8 8 2 18 Portage 12 4 0 16 South Bend Adams 6 8 2 16 Wawasee 16 0 0 16 Michigan City 6 8 0 14 South Bend Riley 6 8 0 14 South Bend Washington 6 8 0 14 Kankakee Valley 8 4 0 12 LaPorte 8 4 0 12 Plymouth 8 4 0 12 East Chicago Central 10 0 0 10 Gary Wallace 10 0 0 10 Hammond Morton 6 4 0 10 Harrison (WL) 10 0 0 10 Lafayette Jefferson 4 4 2 10 Hammond Gavit 6 0 0 6 South Bend St. Joseph's 2 4 0 6 Hammond Clark 4 0 0 4 West Lafayette 4 0 0 4 Highland 2 0 0 2 [/table] Small School [table][tr][td]School Regionals x2 SS x4 State x2 Total Delphi 14 24 2 40 Hanover Central 14 12 4 30 Benton Central 10 16 0 26 West Central 12 8 0 20 Culver Community 10 8 0 18 Glenn 10 8 0 18 Rensselaer Central 10 8 0 18 Bremen 6 8 2 16 Knox 8 8 0 16 Seeger 8 8 0 16 Caston 8 4 0 12 South Newton 6 4 0 10 Calumet 4 4 0 8 Cass 2 4 0 6 Gary West Side 6 0 0 6 Hammond 6 0 0 6 Lake Station Edison 6 0 0 6 North White 6 0 0 6 Tippecanoe Valley 6 0 0 6 Winamac 6 0 0 6 Andrean 4 0 0 4 North Newton 4 0 0 4 Pioneer 4 0 0 4 Boone Grove 2 0 0 2 Carroll 2 0 0 2 Hebron 2 0 0 2 Lafayette Central Catholic 2 0 0 2 Mishawaka Marian 2 0 0 2 North Judson 2 0 0 2 Rochester 2 0 0 2 Attica 0 0 0 0 Frontier 0 0 0 0 Gary Roosevelt 0 0 0 0 Hammond Bishop Noll 0 0 0 0 LaVille 0 0 0 0 River Forest 0 0 0 0 Triton 0 0 0 0 Whiting 0 0 0 0 [/table]

Manchester College HC Matt Burlingame will be at Lowell tonight! 6 P.M.!

Due to a blood drive held in our wrestling room, RTC is cancelled tonight. Matt Burlingham from Manchester Wednesday! See you there!

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Starting back up tonight! 6 P.M. door #17 LHS!

We will only be accepting emailed weigh ins for our tournament. We will be hosting our tournament on the 9th. $15 per wrestler. Please fill out the attached Form and email me a digital copy of it back! This is due by 8 P.M. CST Thursday April 7th to lowellwrestling@gmail.com We will be doing two start times. Pee-Wee through Novice 9:00 A.M. (1:30 second periods) Schoolboy through Senior 1:00 P.M. (2 Minute periods) We will utilize matside pairings and your pools will be posted online Friday April 8th. Get Weigh In Form Excel File Here: http://www.mediafire.com/?4fl55e9cv17o8gb Joe Willmann lowellwrestling@gmail.com

2x State Champion Eric McGill will be running the Lowell RTC tonight! I look forward to seeing you all there! 6:00 P.M. door 17.

Back at it tonight at 6:00! Great rooms the last two weeks.

Back at it tonight! 6:00 P.M. Central Time!

At the risk of hi-jacking this thread: I have the debate with my coaching staff all the time about class wrestling. I make no bones about it that I am a supporter of class wrestling at every level. I will not sit here and mock anyone who has an opinion otherwise. That is why it is an opinion. You are allowed to have it. As a wrestling community, we have the greatest spectacle for any state tournament. Shut off the lights and have two wrestlers battle for a state title. It is amazing. It's my favorite weekend of the year. Would going to class wrestling at every level, team and individual ruin the spectacle of our state tournament? Yes. There is no way we could have as amazing of an individual tournament with three matches going at once, or even just two. It just wouldn't happen. I'm not afraid to admit that. Would it water down the level of competition at our state tournament? Probably. Having said those things: Would the depth of overall wrestling in our state (outside of the state tournament) be better? More than likely. Would our studs in Indiana still be studs? Yes (You can't tell me that Jason Tsirtsis would be less of a wrestler if he won in a class system.) Having more opportunity for our wrestlers to succeed is only going to grow our sport. Would it be at our expense as fans, yes. The aura of the state wrestling tournament would never be the same. You can't replicate one match under the lights in front of 10,000 fans. I would be willing to give that up if our sport grew. We have to accept that having class wrestling helps several states. The states that do very well at NCAA's are states that have class wrestling. Most people will bring up the argument that they are much larger states than we are. If that is the case, then why is California (everyone's go to point as the largest state with 1 class) not killing everyone in NCAA qualifiers? The top two states for NCAA qualifiers last year were PA and OH. Both of which have class wrestling. They are considerably larger than Indiana, both almost doubling our population. California though has about 12,000,000 more people than PA and OH combined. So what is the difference? Again, I have nothing the gain here. I coach at a 4A high school that is larger than most schools in the state. We aren't a huge high school, with about 1300 kids, but we aren't the same size as everyone else. I will be fine whatever we decide. I just think that class wrestling is the best thing that could happen to our sport in this state, even if it does take away from how amazing our state tournament is.

Back at it tonight at Lowell. Great group of 45 kids from Lowell, Hebron, Rens. Central, Illinois, Crown Point. 6:00 P.M. Lowell High School!

Had a great group on Monday night! Working on hand-fighting and breaking our opponents tonight!