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This makes to much sense for state week lol 
 
 

One of the best articles I have read not only on our great sport but in high school athletics overall. We tend to look at the sport in black and white. Win or lose and we forgot how much is going on in people’s lives 
 
take 5 minutes to read an amazing article 
 
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2024/02/15/shark-catching-brownsburg-sophomore-chases-ihsaa-state-wrestling-title/72578001007/

Honestly Jake and Thrine is such an interesting match up because of their style. 
 
Jake wins a lot of matches with how quick he is on reattacks and how smooth he is. Thine might be the superior athlete. 
 
Demarco is another wrinkle, he is mean, wrestles edgy and has crazy good hips where he lands on top in almost every scramble.
 
I know we all don’t get to see Thrine very much all year but kid showed up last year and stole the show beating Frazier 
 
who I think was ranked higher nationally a D1 committ and had a very impressive resume 
 
 

One of the best articles I have read not only on our great sport but in high school athletics overall. We tend to look at the sport in black and white. Win or lose and we forgot how much is going on in people’s lives 
 
take 5 minutes to read an amazing article 
 
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2024/02/15/shark-catching-brownsburg-sophomore-chases-ihsaa-state-wrestling-title/72578001007/

One of the best articles I have read not only on our great sport but in high school athletics overall. We tend to look at the sport in black and white. Win or lose and we forgot how much is going on in people’s lives 
 
take 5 minutes to read an amazing article 
 
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2024/02/15/shark-catching-brownsburg-sophomore-chases-ihsaa-state-wrestling-title/72578001007/

The point still stands. We talking about scoring margins. Hockaday’s biggest in-state win over a returning state qualifier was 21-9 over Sessa and 11-4 over Goss who medaled; Hayden DeMarco shares Goss as a common opponent with Hockaday, and he beat him 10-2. He has also teched returning medalist Carter Fielden, and Chesterton has a pretty strong schedule. Would you say that based on his margins he’s beating Hockaday? You should if that’s what you use in your argument against Thrine. Huyvaert’s won 17-6 over Graham, but Zar Walker still beat him 4-2 regardless of the scoring margins he’s put up. Hockaday was dominating last season too, yet he only beat Mosier 3-2 in the semis. It’s all about match-ups. Every match is different, especially at State.
 

I have probably 15 extra.    Price is going up per ticket every day.    

You dont want this guy in your corner? 

My son wrestled him in the finals of the north qualifier at Hobart a few years back. I’m pulling for him and noticed back then as a sophmore he was extremely solid

Just on a sidenote.  There's a new restaurant called "Flaming Kuma" in West Layayette  (runner up to Evansville for state) that has gourmet corndogs with about 15 options including type of hotdog/sausage to stuff it with.  Technically they're Korean Corn Dogs.   So hot dog afficianados, if you believe the corndog is in the hot dog family,  you should stop by the "Flaming Kuma".
 
So guys coming down from the Northern part of state, it might be worth a 15 minute stop off the highway 65, and get a flaming cheetoh corndog, fruity pebble corndog, corndog  a Nashville hot corndog or one of their funky flavors. The Kuma fries are amazing.
 
Just think if we had the State Tournament in West Lafayette at Purdue,  we'd have great hot dog reviews and plenty of seating.   Maybe the next NBA all star game it will happen. 
 

Send them to the LOCKER Room JOE....not the place for comments like this
 
Post was specific to State Champ Picks

Goss and DeMarco getting nose to nose at the Al Smith this year!

Friday can’t get here faster

Man, what a difference two weeks make.  No, I'm not talking about the hot dogs, I'm talking about security.  At Sectionals, the EC security are pretty friendly and accommodating, come semi state, it's as if they are the last line of defense before all of humanity falls.  I was careful not to look at security at all, less they decide to handcuff and taser me(in my opinion handcuffs and tasers only belong in the bedroom).  I will say this, since I'm typing this review three days after the event, they obviously saved civilization.  So, good job?  Oh yeah, the hot dogs.  Still not good, and still disappointing since they were amazing the three years previous.  I guess they had to cut the hot dog budget to keep our asses from slipping back into the dark ages.  3.5 slices of pizza outta 8.  Next week I drive my happy ass to Evansville and the Ford center.  5 hour drive (I think I can make it in 4.25) and I'm a Chevy guy.  At least Evansville in is the correct time zone.  Thank you for reading.
Quick edit, Thank you Joe for the t shirt.  The material and fit are top notch.  The shirt gets 8 slices of pizza outta 8, and I will be wearing it this weekend.

138: new castle finals Kyrell Leavel vs Gavin whitehead 
 
Watching the end of that match, if that isn’t a DQ in Indiana I am not sure what needs to be. 
 
*** before any one says you don’t want to see a kids career ended like that, judging by his actions I don’t believe he cared 

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The 157 championship in EC 1 vs 2 Brabender vs Pellot was a ready good match crazy final 10 seconds 

138: new castle finals Kyrell Leavel vs Gavin whitehead 
 
Watching the end of that match, if that isn’t a DQ in Indiana I am not sure what needs to be. 
 
*** before any one says you don’t want to see a kids career ended like that, judging by his actions I don’t believe he cared 

Regarding NC 138 finals
 
disclaimers:  I intend to focus only on the actions on the mat and seen on camera.  I intend to remain as impartial as possible and acknowledge that I have a bias towards NC having coached within the program and my family is from NC.  
 
having worn the stripes in the past, what I saw was extremely disrespectful to the sport, the opponent, the offending athletes coaches and the offending athletes own dignity and integrity along with the state as a whole.  That said, time to move on and grow from this.  
 
personally, and after refreshing myself on the rules, having worn the stripes in the past, I’d have assessed the situation as follows
 
1. Pinfall
2. USLC during match against wC contestant, deduct 1 team point
3. USLC during match against NC contestant, deduct 1 tm point.
 
Regardless of opinion, retaliation should be penalized.  NC having to be restrained by refs warrants USLC
 
4. USLC during match against WC Contestant after second gesture. Deduct 1 team point. 
 
5. Coach misconduct during match against WC. Deduct 1 team point. I call this because of the coaches failure to control the contestant, as ultimately the coaching staff and administration is responsible for the team/athletes conduct. 
 
despite the actions being what they were, I can’t see where Flagrant Misconduct should be called. 
 
fan misconduct does not affect teams or athletes, but can result in fans being removed from the premises.  
 
Now, it’s been a while since I was a ref so I could be wrong.  I’m basing this on how I saw it and the current NFHS penalty chart. Regardless, I still can’t see where anyone should be removed from the state meet. 
 
 

Donald Bowie is gonna be really good. Saw him battle at Al smith keep grinding 

I know we have it in his permanent file somewhere it wasn’t #thecounty back then it was #younggunz but he did let us know. 

Not bad for a look ahead a year ago some of the weights are off but I could see a lot of these guys under the lights 

Not bad for a look ahead a year ago some of the weights are off but I could see a lot of these guys under the lights 

Not bad for a look ahead a year ago some of the weights are off but I could see a lot of these guys under the lights