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Just a quick note to let everyone know that this tourney is a limited tourney. We are a small school and want to make it enjoyable for all who attend. Please see the flier to get registration info. We do not use TrackWrestling. Registration must be done using our forms. Looking forward to hosting our 12 annual tourney. formerwrestler

I know there is a database of all Indiana USA Wrestling Card holders, but can't remember how to access it on the ISWA site. Can someone point me in the right direction? Just wanting to be sure all my kids have the wrestling cards. Thanks,

We just keep the old weight classes and the new ones. No real good way of combining them in my opinion.

Agreed. Been watching this young man since first meeting him and his father at the tournament of champions in Columbus many years ago. Will always pull for Andrew!

The Tipton Tournament registration is now closed.

Coaches: Some of you may have the same trouble I am having getting USA card numbers from the parents of wrestlers. The good news is you can access the database of all the card holders by name on the ISWA site: Go to iswa.com an select Membership, then Athlete at the top of the home page. Then click on 2013-2014 USAW Competitor Members. They are all there. You can find a wrestler by searching using Control F. We try to update daily but it does take 24 hours for them to receive their card via email. You can except a paypal receipt as proof of purchase. The receipts have the wrestlers name and date of birth on them. Thanks, Sharon at ISWA!

Bump. Have extended registrations. Please send an e-mail listing a cell number and club name to the e-mail listed for info and forms, by Monday, 3/3.

Tourney is now closed....... Thanks,

Watch out for the Honey Badgers!

What about Corsaro 18-2! Amazing on his feet!

Thanks, JD. I knew it would be before Friday, but wanted to be sure I did not miss it.

Is there a link to the AAS team members?

Tipton High School looking for additional wrestling opportunities. Please send me a PM if you have any openings, tourney, single, double or triple duals, etc. Need some mat time. Weather has been brutal on our schedule this year. Thanks, formerwrestler

Outstanding! Congrats, Chandler!

Sorry to hear of Dave's passing. Very caring mentor to a lot of Indiana wrestlers. He will be missed. RIP, Dave!

Congrats, Wesley! It has been a pleasure watching you wrestle throughout high school. Looking forward to learn of your future successes. formerwrestler

Thoughts and prayers to the Kriebel family, Pendleton Heights wrestling, and the state of Indiana from the Tipton Wrestling Club. RIP Coach Kriebel.

This is awesome! Richard has put a ton of effort keeping these records over the years. Will be neat to be able to access this info on this site. Thanks to you both for this tremendous effort! Well done! formerwrestler

Wow! Awesome! What an inspiration!

I guess I'll chime in too.... I require all my kids to shake hands with the opposing coach after every match, regardless of the outcome. I think it is one aspect of wrestling that I really like. It teaches sportsmanship and also teaches kids that they have to learn to control their emotions. If they can't control their emotions when representing their school, then they should choose another sport. If the coaches fist bump or shake, is OK with me. Personally, I always shake hands with any wrestler who comes to my corner to shake hands. The only time I "fist bump" is when I have a cold or am not feeling well. I do not want to pass along my illness to another wrestler or team. I also will tell everyone else why I am not shaking hands, so they are not offended. Most times, they thank me for not trying to spread my illness. Each year, I remember every team that we wrestle that does not send their wrestlers over to shake our hands. I feel it is disrespectful to the sport not to do so. If my wrestler is not respectful to the opponent or his coach, I make him go back and do it again the right way or they will be suspended from further competition. I won't tolerate it. But that is just my opinion. To say that "teams shake hands at the end of the dual anyway..." is not accurate in a tournament setting like conference or IHSAA state tourney series. To me I see no distinction between shaking hands either time. Regardless of how the opposing team feels on this issue, our kids always shake hands with both coaches in the corner. Just my opinion.

Pendleton Heights,..Started at 9:00am , done wrestling by 3:50 including a 20 min break for lunch.

I guess I'll chime in on this topic too... Stalling is stalling. It is difficult to expect all or most officials to call it the same way for each match. Like with many decisions that have to be made by officials, there is some "judgement" or "feel" involved in making calls. As a coach, fan, and former official, I agree with most, but rarely all the calls made by officials. I think that is human nature. Regarding stall calls in particular, I did see one official this year call stalling within the first few seconds of several matches at a super six. If the wrestler would back up out of the circle before making contact with his opponent, the official would give a stalling warning. Often times, this would occur in the first few seconds of the match. To me this was a little excessive, because I feel the intent of the rule is to prevent wrestlers from stalling during the course of the match, to "protect a lead" or "Keep it close". In my mind the rule was not made to be used at the very beginning of the match. I simply told my wrestlers to be prepared for this and not back out of the circle before making contact. Despite my warning to the wrestlers in advance of the match, we still had one of the earlier wrestlers get a stall warning just after the match started. It was not a big deal, but I then reinforced the concept to the others on the team, and did not have any more issues with it for the rest of that dual. Not a big deal at all, but I can say that this was the only official i have ever seen make this type of stall call. Fortunately, this was in a team dual format, so it had little affect on the match. We adjusted and continued on. However, if this type of call were going to be made during an individual (like conference, or state tourney series), I would probably be more critical of the call, because his interpretation of the rule was so different from the "norm." When one official is the only one consistently making this type of call, it appears to me that the official is trying to make the match more about him (and his knowledge of the rules) than it is about the wrestlers competing. The very same thing could be said about coaches, too! I have seen many coaches go "over the top" in some of their protestations! In my opinion, the best officials are not normally even noticed. They have a very important job, are there to enforce the rules and make the calls. They rarely get any credit for their efforts, and they get very little compensation for their time and talents. I am not being critical here, and never even mentioned this to the official, because I thought it was not that big of a deal in that setting. I did notice it, however, and felt it was a little excessive. Just my $.02

I am so tired of this attitude in our society. I can't tell you how many times I hear people say...." well we have to do something!" I don't care if it's immigration, gun control, concussion testing, now recruiting of 10 year olds. Let's not "do something" if it's the wrong thing to do. I think we need to investigate these issues more fully before we "pull the trigger." No pun intended.

Congratulations, Otis!

OK. If you say so, but he was not in the chairs, and I was told they left. Glad he got is ribbon.