Coach McCormick

I want to thank all of those people who have worked so diligently on behalf of the IHSWCA during my past four years as an officer.  I thoroughly enjoyed working with Cale Hoover (IHSWCA president 2009-2011) who implemented some strong policies and practices which strengthened our association. 

I would also like to thank JD Minch for his endearing loyalty to the association.  Without his devotion and efforts over the past two decades, we may well not even have an association today. 

The other board members have done an outstanding job of working within their committees in implementing our various programs and services. 

I would like to thank Danny Struck for all of his dedication to Indiana wrestling.  It has been a pleasure working with him during the past two years.  You will be hard pressed to attend any tournament, clinic or state meeting without seeing Coach Struck in attendance.  He works tirelessly, not only for Jeffersonville Wrestling, but for Indiana wrestling as a whole.  Coach Struck will do a fine job as the next president of our association.  He will officially take over as president next Friday at the spring clinic.

I would like to note some of the new programs, personnel and policies that our Board of Directors have put in place over the past couple of years.  It has not been easy, but the journey has been worthwhile and gratifying.  Again, I would like to thank the Board of Directors for all that they have done in pulling off the following items.

1. Made our association's framework official with renaming to "IHSWCA Board of Directors" with official

          committee structure and committee chairmen.

2. Implementation of an Executive Director's position for the association (thank you JD)

3. UNITE e-magazine (thank you Coach Riesen)

4. Pulled off inaugural (and hopefully many more) IHSWCA Classed Team State Duals event

5. Addition of more monthly meetings for improved business productivity for the association.

6. Addition of "Coaches' Mentoring" committee on the board.  (thank you Coach Livingston)

7. Healthy checking account with roughly $15,000 in the bank

I would also like to thank Scott Schwarz for doing an amazing job with our Hall of Fame and HoF banquet.  This is not an easy undertaking, and he handles it so professionally.

A big thank you also goes out to the Louis Rosbottom, and the ISWA, for partnering with the IHSWCA on various projects.  Sharon, Trina and the ISWA board of directors are a phenomenal group of people.

Areas that I was unable to conquer, and I feel still need addressed:

A. I was unable to secure any sort of a Hall of Fame museum for Indiana wrestling.  There have been some

          neat ideas in this area such as a "virtual" Hall of Fame online; a Hall of Fame booth at a large

          sporting venue such as Bankers Life; or coupling a wrestling hall of fame with an already existing

          hall of fame such as the basketball hall of fame in New Castle.  This is still an area that I would like

        to see come to fruition someday for Indiana wrestling.

B. Despite valiant attempts by our regional representatives, we have still struggled to boost membership.

        I am hoping that the addition of an Executive Director will add some stability to our ranks and

          possibly aide in growing our membership.

C. I would have liked to have worked on getting wrestling reinstated in some of our Indiana colleges and

          universities.  This is a large task that would require a fair amount of work to be done in a top notch

          and professional manner in order to have any hope of being successful.  This would be a neat area

          to tackle.

Best Wishes,

Trent McCormick

IHSWCA President (2011-13)

After observing the IHSWCA teams over the past few years, and speaking with other Indiana coaches at the event this year, I plan to bring up the topic of how we select our IHSWCA teams at the spring clinic for discussion.  In no way, shape or form am I saying that anyone has done anything wrong in formulating our IHSWCA teams over the years.  Envelopes are passed out to the 2 highest placing underclassmen wrestlers in each weight class at the state meet.  If wrestlers decline their position, the next highest placing wrestler is contacted about filling the spot.  It has always been carried out in a very uniform and fair manner.

The issue seems to be that wrestlers cannot (or are choosing not to) make the weight (+5 lbs) that they competed at during the IHSAA post season for the NWCA Scholastic Duals.  I still think that our teams have competed very well at this event, but what if we gave our team leader(s) more flexibility in filling our teams?  If a kid was a state champion at 113 and would commit to our NWCA team at 120 so he could make the weight, wouldn't we still want him on the team?  Or not?  I realize this "pick and choose" type of a system might open things up for favoritism, or political selections, but it might also take the handcuffs off of our team leader(s) so they can put the best possible teams together for this event.  One coach brought up a good point that the NWCA Scholastic Duals fall right around the spring break time for many athletes.  Most would agree that kids don't want to have to watch their weight while they are on spring break.

This is not a topic that is burning deeply with me.  I just thought it might warrant some further dialogue and discussion to see how others feel about the issue.  Someone out there might also have some other good ideas in how we could improve our process.  One could also make the point, "if it ain't broke; don't fix it!"  Maybe the way we are selecting the teams is indeed the best manner to get the job done.

None-the-less, it is a great event, and all five of our teams competed valiantly at this year's tournament.

Coach McCormick

I would like to thank John Cook, and his staff, for pulling off a wonderful tournament this past week-end at the NWCA/USA Wrestling Scholastic Duals.  Coach Anderson, and the Wabash wrestlers, did a very nice job of setting up the facility and running the scoretables throughout the event.  Indiana's mat officials did a great job of providing top notch officiating at this very competitive event.  As usual, Chris Lynch kept those in attendance fed and watered with food that was "cooked on the spot." 

All of the teams that were present got to participate in 7 very competitive dual meets.  I love the format of this event as it places teams of equal caliber in four pools (Gold, Silver, Bronze and Copper) after the intitial pool wrestling is completed.  It makes for very competitive wrestling no matter what pool your team may fall in.

Thank you again for a great event from top to bottom.

Coach McCormick

Prime Time roster updated 4-10-13.

Coach McCormick

All six 1A schools have accepted their bid into next season's event.

In the 2A division all six have accepted their bids.

In the 3A division, five of the six have accepted their bids into the event.

The event selection committee will round out the field of 24 teams at the spring clinic later this month as they vote on the wildcard positions.

Contracts will be sent out before the end of the school year.

Coach McCormick

tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us

Teams who have accepted...

updated as of April 2 at top of this thread.

Coach McCormick

**  Camp flyer and information may be found at www.primetimewrestlingcamp.weebly.com

** High School cadet coaches that will be coaching and interacting with campers include:

Jacob Cottey (5th place - IHSAA state at 113/2x State Placer)

Cody LeCount (State Champion - IHSAA state at 132/ 3x State Placer)

Chandler Carroll (4th place - IHSAA state at 138/ 3x State Placer)

Schuyler Phillips (3rd place - IHSAA state at 120/2x State Placer)

Myron Howard-Anderson (IHSAA State Qualifier/ ISWA Cadet State Champion at 182)

Dalton Baysinger (IHSAA State Qualifier at 132/ Semi-State Champion)

Jacob Stephenson

Logan Campbell (IHSAA Semi-State Qualifier)

Dax Hiestand

Noah Little (IHSAA Semi-State Qualifier)

Josh Abbott

Joe Garland (2nd place - IHSAA state a HWT)

Konner Campbell

CAMPERS

NAME                            TOWN/CITY                        GRADE      WEIGHT

Taylor Adamson                Mooresville                            9th          145

Noah Baker                      Indianapolis                            7th          85 (2nd year at camp)

Alex Barr                          Yorktown                                7th          85  (3rd year at camp)

Justin Boone                      Yorktown                                2nd          55

Justin Brantley                  Kokomo                                5th          58

Jalen Breedlove                  Indianapolis                            4th          65

Garett Broyles                  Bunker Hill                              9th          170

Trent Burns                      Bunker Hill                              5th          80

Drake Campbell                Brownsburg                            6th          68

Omarion Clark                  Kokomo                                  4th          60

Gage Cline                        Yorktown                                4th          60

Brayden Curtis                    Yorktown                              6th          80 (4th year at camp)

Taye Curtis                        Yorktown                              2nd          50

Xayvier Curtis                    Yorktown                              7th          98 (4th year at camp)

Peter Deaton                      Kalamazoo, MI                      7th          95    (2nd year at camp)

Walter Dobbins                  Camby                                8th            147 (2nd year at camp)

Tanner Donathan                Georgetown, OH                    7th          95

Jack Eiteljorge                  Indianapolis                          8th            107

Chad Elliott                        LaFontaine                            8th          130

Austin England                  Winchester                            7th          120

Samuel Fair                      Indianapolis                            8th          75 (5th year at camp)

Jarrett Forrester                Columbia City                        6th          70

Sean Fox                          Clayton                                9th            100

Tyce Freije                        Clayton                                  5th          85    (3rd year at camp)

Tyler Fuqua                        Franklin                                5th            65

Michael Gaines                  Kokomo                                4th            62

Julius Gerenscer                Elwood                                  3rd            70 (3rd year at camp)

Blake Green                        Muncie                                8th            106

Austin Henderson              Wilkinson                              9th            95

Kyle Horner                        Carmel                                9th            80

AJ Hunt                              Bunker Hill                          8th            105

Mason Huser                      Farmland                              8th          140

Christian Hunt                    Yorktown                              7th          85 (2nd year at camp)

Solomon Johnson                Muncie                                  8th          120

Cody Klettheimer                Yorktown                              6th          105 (6th year at camp)

Brad Laughlin                      Yorktown                              8th          117  (5th year at camp)

Logan Louck                      Wabash                                8th            130

Ben Maze                          West Harrison                        4th          60

Mark Maze                          West Harrison                        9th          115 (2nd year at camp)

Jacob McClaine                  Thorntown                            8th            210

Ryan McConnaha                Lebanon                              7th          75

Ian McKinley                      Kokomo                                9th          ??

Josh Miner                        Columbia City                        5th            65

Mason Miranda                  Avon                                    8th            90 (2nd year at camp)

Troy Murry                        Indianapolis                          9th            125

Sky Neace                          Shelbyville                            5th            80

Keegan Padgett                  Kirklin                                  7th            80 (2nd year at camp)

Seth Parsons                      Bunker Hill                          9th            120 (2nd year at camp)

Tristann Poore                    Yorktown                              9th            125

Vince Prescott                    Winchester                          9th            120 (2nd year at camp)

Taybor Quear                      Anderson                              6th          65

Dalton Reynolds                  Lebanon                            8th            145

Tyler Reynolds                    Anderson                            8th              88 (4th year at camp)

Austin Richter                    Mooresville                          8th            140

Jake Ruberg                        Lawrenceburg                      9th            138 (3rd year at camp)

Colt Rutter                          Yorktown                              8th          100 (2nd year at camp)

Zeke Seltzer                      Indianapolis

Jackson Sigler                    Yorktown                              8th          120 (4th year at camp)

Dane Smith                        Camby                                8th            180

Ryan Spangler                    Mooresville                          8th            140

Jarred Spohn                      Amboy                                  9th          128

Kaleb Starr                        Marion                                  6th          68

Daniel Stephenson              Peru                                    9th          140

Sebastian Stewart              Yorktown                              7th          70

Andrew Todd                      Yorktown                              3rd          70

Zachary Todd                    Yorktown                                7th          75    (5th year at camp)

Josh Vaughn                      Indianapolis                          9th            88  (2nd year at camp)

Alec Viduya                        Indianapolis                          7th          85  (4th year at camp)

Eli Weeks                            Indianapolis                          9th          100

Jordan Willen                      Farmland                              6th          85

Mallory Winner                    Portland                                1st            55

Mason Winner                    Portland                                5th          100  (2nd year at camp)

Gunner Yurack                    Rushville                              9th            108

Schools/Teams that have earned a position for the 2013-14 IHSWCA Classed Team State Duals

** update on teams who have accepted their bid to next season's event which will be held on Saturday, January 4, 2014

Class 3A (Large School)

Merrillville (declined their bid)

Perry Meridian (accepted their bid)

Franklin (accepted their bid)

East Noble (accepted their bid)

Penn (accepted their bid)

Warren Central (accepted their bid)

*still 2 wildcard teams to be voted on for selection

Class 2A (Medium School)

Twin Lakes (accepted their bid)

Yorktown (accepted their bid)

Lebanon (accepted their bid)

Danville (accepted their bid)

Leo (accepted their bid)

Western (accepted their bid)

**still 2 wildcards to be voted on for selection

Class 1A (Small School)

Bremen (accepted their bid)

Fremont (accepted their bid)

South Putnam (accepted their bid)

Clinton Central (accepted their bid)

Adams Central (accepted their bid)

South Adams (accepted their bid)

**still 2 wildcards to be voted on for selection

For the dual meet state tournament series, they would give you roughly 20 medals and you could distribute them as you saw fit. 

$5 per medal for us to purchase them.  They aren't all that expensive... I guess it's just the principle of the matter that bothers me.

It's not like they are recognizing 3 or 4 classes of first and second place teams.  It's 2 teams in a single class sport for goodness sake!

Can you imagine if they told the basketball teams that they were going to have to purchase their own medals???

I wonder how many team medals they give to each of the 10 football teams in 5 classes???

I must say I am a little disappointed with how the IHSAA has handled this.  When our wrestlers accepted our State Runner-Up trophy, they were given 5 medals.  When I approached Bobby Cox and asked why we only received 5 medals, he said those 5 medals were for the coaching staff and that we would have to purchase any additional medals we would want for our wrestlers.  I didn't press the issue at that point.  Seeming it fair and reasonable that our wrestlers should receive state runner up medals, our AD contacted the IHSAA this week to inquire about this.  I don't want to misrepresent their conversation, but basically, he was told that since we are an individual sport, they (the IHSAA) did not provide team medals to our wrestlers.  They again said that we would have to purchase any additional medals that we would want for our wrestlers.

I am still a bit frustrated with this response.  I, personally, don't think it would have broken the IHSAA's bank to provide the two top teams with 14 team medals each for their 14 sectional entrants (their teams).

Coach McCormick

Congratulations to the following coaches who were voted "Coach of the Year" for their regional by their peers

FW Carroll Regional .......... Coach Raypole (FW Carroll)

North Mont. Regional ........ Coach Swain (North Montgomery)

Perry Meridian Regional ....  Coach Williams (Warren Central)

Jay County Regional .........  Coach Schultz (Adams Central)

Jeffersonville Regional ......  Coach Cooper (Columbus East)

Pendleton Hts. Regional ....  Coach Knotts (Noblesville)

Crown Point Regional .......  Coach Whitenack  (New Prairie)

Mooresville Regional ........  Coach Pugliese (Danville)

Logansport Regional ........  Coach VanDerAa (Lafayette Harrison)

Rochester Regional ..........  Coach Behling (Culver Academy)

Peru Regional ..................  Coach Shepherd (Western)

Goshen Regional ..............  Coach Hoffar (East Noble)

Bloomington South Reg.....  Coach Deckard (Bloomington South)

Richmond Regional ..........  Coach Bottomley (Connersville)

Calumet Regional ............  Coach Maldonado (Merrillville)

Castle Regional ...............  Coach Lapadat (Evansville Central)

Indiana "Coach of the Year"

Mike Bottomley (Connersville HS)

Date:  Sunday, March 17

Location:  Lawrence North HS (Indianapolis)

All invitations were given to qualifying seniors (or their coach) on Saturday

Contact Trent McCormick for information (tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us)

Confirmed Indiana wrestlers (2 wrestlers per weight class)

    (as of 2-27-13)

106 - Terrance Kennedy (Floyd Central) and Izaak Johnson (Pioneer)

113 - Damon Kuhn (Evansville Reitz) and Jasi Coureur (Jeffersonville)

120 - Schuyler Phillips (Yorktown) and Andrice Martin (Franklin Central)

126 - Nick Crume (Jimtown) and Luke Welch (Castle)

132 -  Hugo Perez (Frankfort) and Dalton Baysinger (Yorktown)

138 - Luke Blanton (Alexandria) and Anthony McHugh (Culver Academies)

145 - Neal Molloy (Danville) and Eli Walker (Yorktown)

152 - Josh Farrell (Greenfield Central) and Isaiah Bradley (Muncie South)

160 - Riley McClurg (Perry Meridian) and Mark Maldonado (Highland)

170 - Riley Lefever (FW Carroll) and Jake Reed (Muncie Southside)

182 - Matt Hurford (Culver Comm.) and Seth Riley (Fishers)

195 - Mitch Sliga (Fishers) and Jaylin Allen (SB Clay)

220 - Alex Lindemann (Milan) and Jared Boehm (Heritage Hills)

285 - Donte Winfield (Perry Meridian) and Joe Garland (Rushville)

Regional Reps

1. Jay County Regional          Brett Clark (Delta HS)

2. Perry Meridian Regional    Danny Williams (Warren Central HS)

3. Rochester Regional            Al Hartman (SB Clay HS)

4. Peru Regional                    Andy Hobbs (Peru HS)

5. Bloomington South Reg.    Greg Ratliff (Edgewood HS)

6. Richmond Regional            Mike Day (Centerville HS)

7. Jeffersonville Regional        Zach Harper (Jeffersonville HS)

8. North Montgomery Reg.    Terry O'Neill (Westfield HS)

9. FW Carroll Regional            Sam Riesen (Churubusco HS)

10. Goshen Regional              Joel Pippenger (Westview HS)

11. Crown Point Regional      Joe Willmann (Lowell HS)

12. Castle Regional                Matt Thompson (Heritage Hills HS)

13. Mooresville Regional        Steve Livingston (Cloverdale HS)

14. Logansport Regional        Scott Van Der Aa (Lafayette Harrison HS)

15. Pendleton Heights Reg.    Jeff Commeville (Lapel HS)

16. Calumet Regional            Jim Wadkins (Calumet HS)

The IHSWCA's 16 regional representatives were to pass out a packet of documents at their sectional seed meeting AND identify a coach at their "sister" sectional to pass out that same packet of documents at that sectional seed meeting.

The packet included:

1. IHSWCA membership form

2. Instructions on how to submit academic all-state information for juniors and seniors

3.  Milestones in Coaching document

4.  Regional Coach of the Year ballot for voting

Coach McCormick

Well done Adrian and Nick!

The IHSWCA cannot thank you enough for the time you have put into this project.

Your process is detailed, fair and reasonable for all classes.

You have been completely transparent with the guidelines.

Thank You,

Trent McCormick

Round 1

Yorktown  85    Danville  22

Perry Mer  81    Avon South  20

Bellmont  70    Avon North  43

Brownsburg E.  82  Fall Creek Valley  27

Round 2

Perry Mer  52    Yorktown  42

Center Grove Cent.  79  Avon South  43

Bellmont  66    Brownsburg East  39

Round 3

Yorktown  66    Center Grove Cent.  51

Perry Mer  79    Danville  29

Avon North  66  Brownsburg E.  54

Round 4

Perry Mer  72    Center Grove Cent.  43

Avon South  60  Danville  48

Avon North  72    Fall Creek Valley  49

Round 5

Yorktown  91    Avon South  29

Center Grove Cent. 68    Danville  46

Bellmont  88    Fall Creek Valley  28

Round 6 (crossover for placement)

Perry Meridian  68    Bellmont  45

Yorktown  66        Avon North  34

Center Grove Cen.  84    Brownsburg East  36

Avon South  62      Fall Creek Valley  52

1st    Perry Meridian

2nd    Bellmont

3rd    Yorktown

4th    Avon North

5th    Center Grove Central

6th    Brownsburg East

7th    Avon South

8th    Fall Creek Valley

9th    Danville

Outstanding Wrestler (as voted by coaches)

Skylour Turner (Center Grove)

Technical Superiority Award (as voted by coaches)

Brad Laughlin (Yorktown)

I like that concept (of multiple teams).  Maybe we need to get back to smaller squads with multiple squads.  Possibly only have 14-16 weight classes (so all schools can fill a full varsity team).  Then larger schools could simply have multiple squads (varsity, B team, C team, etc).

I do agree that a standard set of middle school weights would be helpful.  I'm not sure if anyone noticed this year, but we (Yorktown) used the same weights for the Middle School State Duals that they use for the Individual Middle School State Championships at New Castle.  We did this to try to bring a little uniformity between these two events.

The only problem I see is with having too many weights for some regions of the state.  Some would say "more is better", but it becomes very difficult for a medium to small size school to fill out 22+ weight classes at a team event.

I guess it depends on what the objectives are for your region of the state or the actual event you are putting on.  What about offering 2 sets of recommended weight classes?  One set could be used by smaller schools or by events that simply want fewer weight classes.  The second set would include 20+ weight classes and could be used by larger schools or state events where added participation is necessary.

Although it would take some work, it might be worth collecting some data from various size schools to see 1) what weight classes they currently use

2) how many forfeits they typically have 3) what is the distribution of weight classes?

Very good topic!

Coach McCormick

Meeting to be held at Lawrence North HS at 3:00pm this Sunday.

Agenda

1. Committee updates

                      - Spring clinic, UNITE and Hall of Fame reports will take place during this part of the meeting

2. IHSWCA proposal plan

3. Team State evaluation and adjustments to the event/process

Teams entered:

1. Yorktown MS

2. Bellmont MS

3. Brownburg East MS

4. Danville MS

5. Perry Meridian

6. Avon North

7. Avon South

8. Fall Creek Valley - Lawrence North

Eight teams scheduled to compete

Teams entered:

1. Yorktown MS

2. Bellmont MS

3. Brownburg East MS

4. Danville MS

5. Perry Meridian

6. Avon North

7. Avon South

8. Fall Creek Valley - Lawrence North

Under the current format, there will probably be some deserving team(s) left out of this event due to the IHSAA's decision not to grant us an extra weigh-in.  It would be great to be able to select the appropriat teams 2 weeks before the actual event, but that just wasn't in the cards for our first run with this event.

There will no doubt always be people on both sides of the fence with regard to this event, just as there are critics of the BCS football process... or how teams are selected for the NCAA basketball tournament.  I want to thank those coaches who were possibly on the bubble for making this event who have remained professional (and some even supportive) regarding our first attempt at this event.

I do agree with most everything that Y2 put in his analysis of the event at the top of this thread.  I, too, see areas where we can improve for next year's event, but I want to thank all of those people (mostly volunteers) who put many, many ours into planning and running the first event.  Many of these people were coaches who have their own team to worry about back home, yet they took extra time out of their day (year) to work on this project for many other teams and fans to take part in, and hopefully enjoy.

I would like to point out that Assistant Commissioner Faulkens was in attendance for rounds 1 and 2 Saturday.  In my brief conversation with him, he was very impressed and thanked the IHSWCA for hosting the event.

We will certainly evaluate all areas of the 2012 event, and make adjustments (where possible) in preparation for next season's event.  Please e-mail me with any recommendations you might have for improving this event.  Again, please remember that we have to operate under the rules of the IHSAA, so any adjustments or new implementations must meet these guidelines.

Thoughts/areas to consider:

1.  Selection process for next season's event

2.  Facility

          - size, location, cost and facility staff are important

          - Coach O'Neill and his staff were incredible to work with this year (you don't always get that at a big arena)

3.  Format

          - can/should the tournament invite more teams or stay like it is

          - facility and scheduling play a big part in this decision

Thank you,

Coach McCormick

IHSWCA President

tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us

Yes, there has been a 1 lb. allowance granted for tomorrow.

All schools were contacted.

A committee of head wrestling coaches from around the state met with the IHSAA several times last spring and discussed/evaluated different components of our sport in Indiana.  One of the items that was brought up is this very issue that CoachW33 has brough up.  What about the kid that is body fat tested at the beginning of the season, but a couple of months later his body has naturally come down in weight but he is now violating his weight control plan.

The committee recommended (and Mr. Faulkens agreed to it) that a wrestler in this situation be eligible to be "retested" by I believe the end of December (no later than this). 

You might give the IHSAA a call to double check, but it may be as simple as putting him back on the body fat analyzers and re-entering his data into the IHSAA's data base thereby re-calculating his weight class.  Certainly, this provision was not recommended so every wrestler in the state could recertify at the end of December, but more for football players whose body chemistry looks very, very different on Dec. 20 than it did on Nov. 4 after 6-7 weeks of wrestling practice.