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Looking at some of the IHPO weights I thought I would put together a quick top 5 for discussion and as always criticism 

106

1. Brady Byrd Washington 

2. Cameron Meier Bloomington South

3. Julianna O'Campo 

4. Mason Jones Lake Central 

5. Jensen Boyd Delta 

113

1. Revin Dickman Brownsburg

2. Nathan Rouix Avon

3. Ayden Bollinger Delta

4. Jalen May Kokomo

5. Teigan Newell/ Logan Haney Crown Point

120

1. Charlie LaRocca Center Grove 

2. Preston Haines Brownsburg

3. Gavin Jendreas Crown Point 

4. Luke Rouix Avon 

5. Isaac Ash Monrovia 

126

1. Eddie Goss Center Grove 

2. LT Hawkins Crown Point 

3. Tanner Tishner Western

4. Neal Mosier Delta 

5. Braylon Reynolds Avon 

132

1. Jake Hockaday Brownsburg 

2. Tylin Thrine New Castle 

3. Clinton Shepherd Crown Point

4. Isaiah Schaefer Mater Dei 

5. Angelo Vargo Penn 

138

1. Brady Ison Brownsburg 

2. Kyrell Leavell Warren Central 

3. Tony Wood Jay County 

4. Zar Walker Mishawaka 

5. Gavyn Whitehead New Castle

144

1. Reese Courtney Center Grove 

2. Jeffery Huyvaert New Prairie 

3. Parker Reynolds Brownsburg

4. Easton Doster New Haven 

5. Christian Arberry Warren Central 

150

1. Wyatt Kresja Center Grove 

2. Michael Major Carmel 

3. Dillon Graham Cathedral 

4. Wesley Smith Plymouth 

5. Tommy Gibbs Brownsburg

157

1. Waylon Cressell Warren Central 

2. Hunter May Floyd Central 

3. Mitchell Betz Western 

4. Silas Stits Center Grove

5. Beau Brabender Mishawaka

165  

1. Benjamin Smith Crown Point 

2. Brenton Russall Warren Central 

3. Duke Myers Bellmont

4. Brant Beck Rochester 

5. Chase Leech Garrett 

175

1. Anthony Rinehart Crown Point 

2. Anthony Cashman Warren Central 

3. Aiden Costello Hobart 

4. Kyle Harden Cathedral 

5. Julian Weems Center Grove 

190

1. Luke Penola Zionsville 

2. Gunnar Henry Brownsburg 

3. Noah Clouser Center Grove 

4. Vinny Freeman Penn 

5. Laish Detwiler Goshen 

215

1. Will Clark Crown Point 

2. Cole Chicone McCutcheon 

3. Kaden McConnell Center Grove 

4.  Devin Kendrix Mt. Vernon

5.  Brandon Johnson Lawrence North 

285

1. Paul Clark Crown Point 

2. Armis McNutt Highland

3. Brady Beck Rochester 

4. Nate Johnson Center Grove 

5. Anthony Popi Plymouth 

Thoughts??? counting down the hours to the kick off of the season 

Always a great Event to see the incoming freshman compete and create some buzz for the upcoming season 

Jensen Boyd Delta  109 

Teigen Newell Crown Point 116 

Peyton Hornsby New Pal 141 

Gavin Lewis Crown Point 123 

some freshman who can make some noise early 

Then guys who could have been in the mix last year 

Landon Hawkins 129

Tommy Gibbs Brownsburg 

Evan Stanley  Mt. Carmel 

Guys Like Noah Clouser Center Grove who was really injured in the post season its good to see him back and at 193 

A couple 8th Graders in the field too looking to make some noise 

Cesar Salas Merrillville 

Collin Strayer Crown Point 

13 hours ago, Cmoney125 said:

Vargo beat thrive 2x, MS State 2nd and 1st. His 2nd was a 3-1 loss to Stanley. Almost teched Guyer. Kid is gonna be on the podium at minimum. Placed 4th at NHSCA twice. Harper won MS State and NHSCAs.

Beast Penn will be tough. 

Coach Tsirtsis and the Mt. Carmel Caravan are getting another great wrestler from the region! I saw on social Media that Evan will compete in Illinois. He will do great things for those guys and with CP continuing to wrestle Mt. Carmel it will be great to see Evan wrestle some tough Indiana guys! Good luck Stanley Family hopefully 4x illinois champ! 

Hearing rumors this is the 2023 line up 

CP, Brownsburg, Homewood, Arrowhead, Lowell, Davison, Bishop Watterson, Bishop McCort, Cleveland, Lakeshore, Dundee, Marmion, Springsboro OH Mount Carmel St Paris Graham Lakeshore Mi Joliet Catholic IL

Lots of good tacos spots in the Region…no good venues to host state 

44 minutes ago, Wrestlingfan937 said:

I will pull up with my smoker and sell some tacos across the street…

on a real note Taco Bell really is not that bad imo. Some places in Chicago I have heard sell al ágil at Taco Bell also.

Don’t sleep on the AM Crunchwrap 

1 hour ago, navy80 said:

If Hawkins and Rinehart go to state, what place would they have gotten?  What that have been the best team ever? 

Tough to say I think both would medal, Rinehart was in the line up and beat some guys who medaled. I don’t think he beats Lowery.

Hawkins has wins over multiple guys who have medals but doesn’t have wins over Joey, Ison, Kyrell Or Maldonado. Griffen was a SQ for Cp at 32 so they had a solid guy there. 
 

They get both back next year it will be interesting to see where they fit in the l line up. CP had a solid day Newell winning 16u 113, Sessa winning 16U 126, Hawkins champs in juniors and runner up at 38, GVT 5th at 152, MJ staples 3rd at 52, Rinehart Champ at 170 juniors, Reading champ at 95, 

The younger Clark brothers both medaled and Brooks was 3rd 

Bburg is adding some studs Rojas over Goldberry at 82, Brewer up at 220, Gunner at 195, Fugate won it at 285 cadets.  
 

I am not sure what schools the smaller weights will be at 

I think Huddleson is a bburg kid and Bridge and Bell are Avon(who is stacked down low) 

Boyd will be a nice addition to Delta to go with Bollinger mosier and Kaid Jackson 

16 hours ago, AlaskanMountie said:

Did we ever get a reason why Hawkins didn’t compete this year? Injury or disciplinary reason? I understand not going into details if it’s the latter but I don’t recall seeing any explanation for not wrestling this season. Same goes for Rhinehart at Regionals. Did he miss weight? Injured? 

Rinehart missed weight at the regional. The exact amount would only be speculation. He talks about the Cut in the CP movie around the Iron man time 

Hawkins was disciplinary unfortunately kids make mistakes it was good to see him on the Mat this weekend. We covered it on Gorilla radio around the time it happened. 

2 hours ago, navy80 said:

Crazy enough that Hawkins doesn't win a cadet title.

Tommy Gibbs is the real deal that was a good match.

cadets was tough, a lot of really good matches 

Pretty impressive Landon Hawkins won Juniors with out giving up an offensive point. I think he will look to double up tomorrow with a cadet title. 
 

weight jumps are always interesting, how the incoming freshman compete with established cadets is always exciting 

13 hours ago, AndyStJ said:

"If kids were allowed in season to club practice with club coaches would that solve some issues from moving"?

 

This is the single biggest issue holding back wrestlers at weak programs. Even an academy wrestler at a school with subpar coaching and low-level practice partners will get worse during the season, not better.

 

IHSAA rules seem designed to make sure that strong programs remain strong and weaker programs can't compete.

 

A track athlete can do event practice mostly solo, but to become a top wrestler you need practice partners of a certain level.

I do think it would help with some of that. It’s a weird rule 

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

23 hours ago, VisionQuest87 said:

Don't think he is jealous.  Just think he really wants to learn... LOL.  Oh by the way it's You're not your....

How does Merrillville do it? 

Mike Krzyston did it again! He followed the CP wrestling team for entire season his film premieres tomorrow. Here is The preview! It looks great! 

 

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check out the preview on Local 219 FB 

1 hour ago, Y2CJ41 said:

Finally 

Legend! RIP Coach Beckham 

I was thinking about doing a weight class every couple days with returning medalist and semi state wrestlers 

6 hours ago, Y2CJ41 said:

We will name the suites after former prolific posters on the board!

 

Mr. HappyPants

Caliboy
Indiana Mudflap

J Biceps

Brilliant 

we will have to give out restaurants to the best posters 

#thecounty banana splits 

region Rats  pizza puffs 

Let’s start a go fund me and build a centrally located Wrestling area and never allow All star games to play there. 
 

The new Golden state warriors stadium is 1.4 bill 

the New Indianamat Arena I’ll donate the first dollar 

While not as accomplished 

jeremiah Reitz win at 103 his freshman year ended up being an all star bracket 

11 minutes ago, jets said:

I would agree with that statement. 

 

I have no idea ?? But are you saying that the "Region Wrestling Academy" has no influence in these results?? 

 

Look - this isn't an "attack" on CP and/or BB at all. What they have accomplished and built is incredible! 

 

But I believe the person that started this thread asked "what are these programs doing differently" that sets them apart?? What is the "secret sauce" so-to-speak.

 

And- to me - just looking at it from afar the answer seems pretty simple - they are getting the best kids from the best academies to gather under one roof/one team. 

 

I know there are many more factors...but that seems to be a pretty big one. 

 

And it may come across as such - but it is not even really meant to be a critisim and/or a slight. 

 

"If you build it = they will come" 

Dedicated coaches and surrounding your self with good coaches. 
 

We used to kinda do academies, it would be open rooms

in the Region access to top level training partners and high level coaching has helped academies 

I am sure wrestling at region wrestling academy helps when you are with the same people every weekend you build relationships with like minded people. 
 

Alex Tsirtsis is the owner of RWA and head Coach at Mt. Carmel. 
 

Jose Escobedo RWA coach assistant coach at MC 

Jason Tsirtsis RWA coach 

paul Petrov RWA coach 

Mt. Carmel has benefited the most 

106-Lukas Tsirtsis Munster 

120-Damien Resendez Crown Point 

126- Jario Acuna Wheeler/portage 

132- Sergio Lemley Chesterton 4xer 

145- Nam Doan Lake Central 

it sounds like a couple 8th graders might be there also. 
 

I do not think any current  CP coaches help at RWA. They are all go for Bulldogs Premier 

i can not speak for the other areas but Buying a house in CP is tough, it’s a hot over priced market. If you are convincing families to sell their current homes and buy a new house in Cp then you might be in the wrong line of work. 
 

When choosing a community to move to if sports has an impact 

1. does your coach help you all year or is only an October-February it’s a lot tougher to be a part time wrestler and have success 

2. does it create a better training environment in season Partners, weight program coaching or coaching plans 

3. does the school have a better academics then our current community 

4. does the sport have better overall community support 

I think as a parent that makes the choice easy for me.