Coach McCormick

AWARDS FOR EVENT

1.  Team trophies for top 3 teams in each class.

2.  Championship banner for 1st place team in each class

3.  Top 2 teams' wrestlers each receive a custom sublimated, long sleeve event shirt (sponsored in part

          by Brute)

4.  Wrestlers on 3rd - 5th place teams each receive a medal

5.  Wrestlers on 6th - 8th place teams each receive a certificate

6.  1 Outstanding Wrestler Award and 1 Technical Superiority Award for each class as voted by coaches

          in that class.  (These awards are being sponsored by Indianamat.com)

Fall Creek Valley MS (Lawrence North) commits to event.

Fall Creek Valley Middle School (Lawrence North)  commits to event

I incorrectly reported that Broadcastsport.net would only be covering the "finals" at this Saturday's Team State Duals event.  Mr. Yaw informed me that Broadcastsport.net will be covering the event all day long.

Just wanted to make sure the correct information was out there.

Thank you,

Coach McCormick

Status of teams competing at event thus far:

1. Yorktown MS

2. Bellmont MS (entry fee received)

3. Brownburg East MS (verbal commitment to come)

4. Danville MS (verbal commitment to come)

5. Perry Meridian (verbal commitment to come)

6. Avon (verbal commitment to come)

7. Evansville Memorial MS (have inquired and considering)

For further information on entering this event, contact Coach McCormick at

tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us

Danville MS commits to event.

See updated roster of teams at top of this thread.

Coach McCormick

I stopped in this past Sunday to watch some elementary wrestling in the Yorktown gymnasium.  To my surprise there were 6 Delta wrestling grads who were coaching a team and/or their sons at the event.  It was nice to visit with them and see that they are still involved in the sport.  As I watched each of them interact with their son and their team, it brought back fond memories of our days at Delta High School wrestling under Coach Don Patton.  The 6 guys I saw in that gym last Sunday produced a heck of a lot of wins in their day and brought many championships back to Delaware County.  I hope I didn't forget anyone else who might have been there.  It was nice to see the next generation of wrestlers cutting their teeth on the mat!

Troy Patton

Jeff Tuttle (state champion)

David Locke (state champion)

David Palmer (state champion)

Gary Schliessman (state placer)

Randal Hayes (state runner up)

8:00am     Weigh-ins (all 24 teams)

10:00am   Round 1 (24 teams on 12 mats)

                * 4 mats in main gym and 8 mats in fieldhouse

12:00pm  Round 2 (24 teams on 12 mats)

2:00pm    Round 3 (18 teams on 9 mats wrestling for 3rd - 8th place)

4:00pm - 6:00pm   Awards ceremony for teams placing 3rd - 8th place

6:30pm    Finals -  3 duals (1 per class) wrestling side by side in main gym

8:30pm    Awards ceremony for top 2 teams in each class

* all times are approximate and will depend on how each round flows

* $10 admission

Updated roster of teams at top of this thread.

Perry Meridian commits to event

In following up with thecomets post regarding the actual IHSAA by-law addressing competition levels, I discussed this issue face to face with Commissioner Faulkens last spring.  He said to me, "actually, a school could send two varsity football teams out on the same night.  Varsity football team "A" could be playing at home and they could send a Varsity "b" away to another school for an away game.  Coaches/schools typically don't do this in football due to numbers of players, coaching responsibilities and traditional habits.  It just says that a school can only enter one team into the post season tournament."

From a rules perspective, the IHSAA seems to be concerned about two things (one wrestling related and one not).

1. From a wrestling stand point, they want to make sure individual wrestlers stay under their 18 competition points.  Mr. Faulkens (the IHSAA) did not seem to have a problem at all with the "2 varsity squad" situation as long as each wrestler stays under their points.

2.  Where they are having problems is with "over booking" of varsity competitions resulting in cancellations in other sports.  An example would be baseball which occurs in the spring during bad weather.  Coaches would over book their schedules knowing that a few games would get cancelled due to inclement weather.  Then all of a sudden, the perfect spring occurs with no weather cancellations.  School "A" would have to contact School "B" at the last second and cancel, because they were going to be over their allotted number of competition points.  School "B" had senior night planned that night, and now everything is a shambles and parents from school "B" are calling the IHSAA complaining about school "A"'s scheduling policies.

Certainly a good discussion piece.  I think each person who has posted has made some valid observations regarding this situation.  I remember when I wrestled at Delta in the early/mid 80's.  When I was a freshman, I wrestled on the Delta freshman team.  When we wrestled most other schools, we would wrestle that school's 9th grade team.  Back then, our wrestling competition model looked much like football or basketball still looks today.

When I was a sophomore, I was on Delta's JV team and we would compete against other schools' FULL JV squads.  It is getting harder and harder to find quality JV competition opportunities for kids.  I hate that for our sport, but that is the reality these days.

This can be a sensitive matter as a variety of people place different levels of emphasis on Varsity vs Junior Varsity.  Personally, I think people get too hung up on these two terms.  I like it that coaches who have 70 kids on their team send a Varsity "b" squad out to compete at varsity events.  In the absence of full 9th grade and JV events, coaches are forced to "think outside of the box" in getting their kids matches.  The final determination falls on the coach as to what level of competition he thinks his Varsity "b" kids are ready to take on.

Coach McCormick

W     Yorktown  66   Arsenal Tech  12

W     Yorktown  61   Delta  12

W     Yorktown  68   Western Boone 9

L      Yorktown  32   New Palestine  36

W     Yorktown  61   New Albany  15

W     Yorktown  41   Bellmont   27

W     Yorktown  68   Fox HS (MO)  6

W     Yorktown  68   St. Benedict (TN)  6

L      Yorktown  30   Wentzville-Holt HS (MO) 32

W     Yorktown  71   Belleville East (IL)  12

W     Yorktown  34   Edwardsville (IL) 31

W     Yorktown  52   Northwest (MO)  30

W     Yorktown  35   Wentzville-Holt HS (MO) 27

W     Yorktown  48   Bloomington North 25

W     Yorktown  48   Southport  16

W     Yorktown  58   Shelbyville 15

W     Yorktown  39   Triton Central  33

L      Yorktown  15   New Palestine  66

W     Yorktown  58   Lebanon  6

W     Yorktown  57   Culver Comm.  14

W     Yorktown  51   Prairie Hts  30

W     Yorktown  78   Maconaquah  6

W     Yorktown  58   Adams Central  16

W     Yorktown  40   Elkhart Mem.  30

Current dual meet record:  21-3

Round 1

Yorkown  57       Culver Comm.  14

Prairie Hts  45    Maconaquah  33

New Haven 70    Southern Wells  9

Elkhart Mem. 49  Leo    21

Round 2

Yorktown    51     Prairie Hts.  30

Adams Cent 69    Maconaquah 12

New Haven  40    Leo   37

Elkhart Mem. 56  FW Wayne  15

Round 3

Maconaquah  44   Culver Comm.  30

Adams Cent.  68   Prairie Hts.  6

New Haven   72    FW Wayne  4

Leo    56              Southern Wells  13

Round 4

Yorktown  78     Maconaquah   6

Adams Cent 46  Culver Comm.  25

Leo         58       FW Wayne  16

Elkhart Mem. 72 Southern Wells  6

Round 5

Yorktown   58    Adams Central  16

Prairie Hts  42    Culver Comm.  35

FW Wayne  48    Southern Wells  24

Elkhart Mem. 50  New Haven    17

Crossover Finals for Placement

1st/2nd     Yorktown  40    Elkhart Memorial    30

3rd/4th     New Haven 39   Adams Central     27

5th/6th     Leo   46      Prairie Hts.    34

7th/8th     FW Wayne  39  vs  Maconaquah  39  (FW Wayne wins on tie breaking criteria)

9th/10th   Culver Comm.  39     Southern Wells  24

1st/2nd Place Dual

106 - C. McCormick (Y)  over E. Moody-Neukom (EM)  md 8-0

113 - T. Vaughn (EM)  over K. Campbell (Y)  pin  :45

120 - S. Phillips (Y)  over  C. Flickinger (EM)  4-1

126 - L. Campbell (Y) over T. Weisweaver (EM)  pin 2:41

132 - J. Moody-Neukom (EM) over J. Stephenson (Y)  dec 8-1

138 - D. Baysinger (Y) over P. Mathiak (EM)  pin 2:39

145 - C. Carroll (Y)  over E. Blodgett (EM)  pin 1:38

152 - E. Walker (Y) over C. Morri (EM)  tech fall 16-0

160 - R. Hiestand (Y) over N. Vaughn (EM)  md 11-1

170 - T. Kendall (EM) over D. Jackson (Y) dec 2-6

182 - K. Jenkins (EM) over D. Hiestand (Y) pin 1:38

195 - T. Johnson (EM) over J. Wales (Y)  pin 1:08

220 - K. Gerger (EM) received fft

285 - N. Little (Y) over C. Neel (EM)  pin 1:03

Undefeated Yorktown Wrestlers on the Day

106 - Cael McCormick

120 - Schuyler Phillips

138 - Dalton Baysinger

145 - Chandler Carroll

152 - Eli Walker

160 - Rhett Hiestend

220/HWT - Noah Little

Yorktown is now 21-3 (at Lawrence North Tuesday night)

Yorktown 58  Lebanon  6

195    John Wales (Y)  over  Eric Hart (L)  fall :45

220    Noah Little (Y)    over  Michael Smith (L)    fall 3:54

HWT    Cody Bauer (L)  over  Bryce Kidd  (Y)    fall  :12

106    Cael McCormick (Y)  over  Caleb Bocock (L)  md  16-4

113    Kenny Narramore (Y)  over Tommy Veerkamp (L)  fall 1:21

120    Tony Jones (Y)  over  Nolan Talbott (L)  dec  4-2

126    Schuyler Phillips (Y)  over Grady Robertson (L)  fall  :24

132    Jacob Stephnson (Y)  over Jarrin Milakovic (L)  dec 4-3  ot

138    Dalton Baysinger (Y) over Austin Smith (L)  dec  5-0

145    Chandler Carroll (Y)  over Collin Campbell (L)  dec 3-1

152    Eli Walker (Y)  over  Ethan Bowen  (L)  fall 1:03

160    Grant Isaacson (Y)  over Tyler Kinzer (L)  dec 5-2

170    Rhett Hiestand (Y)  over  DJ Moore (L)  fall  1:03

182    Myron Howard-Anderson (Y) over Griffin Steffy (L)  dec 5-4

Yorktown dual meet record  16-3

Wrestle next at home:  Saturday, Dec. 15 (10 team dual event)

My guess is that there will be a good attendance at the Dec. 22 event, BUT many people are focused on their competition for this week-end (and rightfully so).  The bracket draws (and their posting) will no doubt create some interest and dialogue surrounding the Team State Duals event.

The brackets have been developed and will be released this week-end.

I have been personally contacted this week by several newspaper reporters who are inquiring about event details and plan to be at the event to cover it.

The IHSWCA will be putting out a special edition of UNITE early next week with its content focused on the event and the teams competing in it.

This is a unique time of the year with holiday tournaments approaching and semester 1 finals week hanging over wrestlers' heads.  People have a lot on their minds with the holidays coming.  I believe the wrestling community will start to follow the event more next week when more information is released and this week-end's competitions are complete.

Coach McCormick

Yorktown "White" finished 4-1 at Columbus Duals

Yorktown 48    Bloomington North  25

Yorktown 48    Southport  16

Yorkown  58    Shelbyville  15

Yorkown  39    Triton Central  33

Yorktown  15    New Palestine  66

106  K. Narramore - 2-3

113  Open

120  K. Campbell - 2-3

126  T. Jones - 2-3

132  J. Stephenson - 4-1

138  S. Rench - 3-2

145  J. Isaacson - 0-1/ G. English - 1-0

152  P. Stites - 1-4

160  M. Howard - 5-0

170  D. Hiestand - 4-1

182  J. Pier - 2-3

195  G. Isaacson - 2-1/ J. Moffitt - 1-1

220  N. Little - 5-0

285  B. Kidd - 2-1

5th and/or 6th graders who may go to an intermediate school within the district are certainly permitted to participate on that middle school's team at this event.

http://www.indianamat.com/stuff/msteamstate2013.pdf

Coaches can find full tournament details and information under the tournament ad found throughout Indianamat.com.  Click on the ad and the event flyer will open up.

There are additional weight classes added for this year's event for increased participation.

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

Tournament entry fee:  $200 per team

* entry form may be found at the end of the event flyer

* instructions are there as to who to mail entry form and fee to

This is a fun event every year.  There are competitive teams at this event, but it is really just good middle school mat time for your team.

If you have a question, or would like to commit to this season's event, please e-mail or call Coach McCormick.

cell: 765-282-9136

e-mail:  tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us

Thank you,

Coach McCormick

http://www.indianamat.com/stuff/msteamstate2013.pdf

Coaches can find full tournament details and information under the tournament ad found throughout Indianamat.com.  Click on the ad and the event flyer will open up.

There are additional weight classes added for this year's event for increased participation.

Teams verbally committed at this point:

1. Yorktown MS

2. Bellmont MS (entry fee received)

3. Brownburg East MS (verbal commitment to come)

4. Danville MS (verbal commitment to come)

5. Perry Meridian (verbal commitment to come)

6. Avon (verbal commitment to come)

7. Fall Creek Valley - Lawrence North (verball commitment to come)

Tournament entry fee:  $200 per team

* entry form may be found at the end of the event flyer

* instructions are there as to who to mail entry form and fee to

This is a fun event every year.  There are competitive teams at this event, but it is really just good middle school mat time for your team.

If you have a question, or would like to commit to this season's event, please e-mail or call Coach McCormick.

cell: 765-282-9136

e-mail:  tmccormick@yorktown.k12.in.us

Thank you,

Coach McCormick

Pool Rounds Friday

Rd 1. Y- 68.  Fox HS - 6

Rd 2. Y- 68.  St Benedict (TN)- 6

Rd 3. Y- 30.  Wentzville Holt - 32

Bracketed Tourn. - Saturday

Rd 1. Y- 71.  Belleville East (IL)-12

Rd 2. Y-34.  Edwardsville (IL)-31

Semis: Y-52. Northwest HS- 30

Finals: Y-35.  Wentzville Holt- 27

Full results can be found on trackwrestling

at Fox "Ron Sauer" Tourn.

Thank you to all of the teams that participated at our event today.  I apologize for not having complete team scores.  One of my tournament workers mistakingly threw away the sheet with my scores on it at the end of the event.  Each team that was at our event will need to post their team's results if they so desire.

New Palestine won the tournament with a dual meet record of 5-0.

Yorktown second at 4-1

Bellmont third at 3-2

Western Boone, New Albany and Delta???? (not sure final 3 team placings)

Yorktown results

Round 1:  Yorktown  61          Delta  12

Round 2:  Yorktown  68          Western Boone  9

Round 3:  New Palestine  36  Yorktown  32

Round 4:  Yorktown  61        New Albany  15

Round 5:  Yorktown  41        Bellmont  27

106 - Cael McCormick - 4-1

113 - Konner Campbell - 3-2

120 - Tony Jones - 3-2

126 - Schuyler Phillips - 5-0

132 - Logan Campbell - 0-2/ Jacob Stephenson - 1-2

138 - Dalton Baysinger - 5-0

145 - Chandler Carroll - 5-0

152 - Eli Walker - 5-0

160 - Rhett Hiestand - 4-1

170 - Dillon Jackson - 4-1

182 - Hunter Hiestand - 4-1

195 - John Wales - 1-3/ Joey Pier - 1-2

220 - Noah Little - 4-1

HWT - Open

IHSWCA Monthly Board Meeting Agenda

    - Location:    Lawrence North HS

    - Time:          3:00pm

    - Agenda:

          Fall Clinic minutes

          Financial report

          IHSWCA Team State Duals tasks

          Executive Director position

          Committee reports

          Coaching Milestones/Records (record keeping protocol)

          Spring Clinic update

Respectfully Submitted,

Trent McCormick

IHSWCA President

I would like to thank Mr. Creason (South Bend Tribune) for his recent press release surrounding our event.  Additionaly, Mr. Creason forwarded his article through the Associated Press to newspapers all over the state of Indiana.  It has already been run in several newspapers.  If your local newspaper has not run it yet, you might want to contact them and ask if they will indeed run it at some point to recognize your team who is participating in the event or to simply promote the event in your area.

Although it is true that the coaches and teams participating in this event are highly competitive in nature, the IHSWCA really hopes this will be a special event for Indiana wrestling in general.  It will be a celebration of wrestling for teams from 24 communities as well as an opportunity for teams/schools of all sizes to showcase their skills and have their moment under the spotlight on Dec. 22.

Any, and all, correspondence that I have had with the coaches who are participating in this event has been extremely positive in nature.  One coach has already reached out to all of his school's wrestling alumni to ask them to come to the event and support their team; another school has already ordered special gear for their team just for this event; and there are other specific examples of how coaches are in essence making this event one of the main focal points of their season.  It is gratifying to me, and the IHSWCA Board of Directors, to see people excited about wrestling in the framework of dual meet competition.  This is one of the beautiful aspects of our sport...  at times it can be purely an individual sport; while at other times, teammates depend on each other to score points for their squad!

When the tournament is over, it is the IHSWCA's hope that both the wrestling teams and Indiana wrestling fans enjoyed themselves and felt like they got their monies' worth.

There are a few people that I would like to already start thanking for the time they are investing into this event:

1. JD Minch - tournament director - has already put numerous hours and days into this event.

2. Terry O'Neill and the Westfield HS athletic office who have been working feverishly on the logistics of the event.

3.  Mark Durham - who has taken the bull by the horns with regard to trackwrestling and the 4 live camera feeds that will take place at the event and the sponsorships to cover this cost

4.  Tom Clark - who has lined up 20 of Indiana's best high school mat officials to work this event

5.  The ISWA - which has pledged their full support with equipment and manpower for the event

6.  The Indianamat staff - who will be producing "classed" team ranking in coordination with the IHSWCA staff for Indiana wrestling fans to view.

There are other people carrying out smaller pieces to the puzzle, but these are some of the people who have put a lot of work in upfront in preparation for the event.

Thank you,

Coach McCormick

Well said AC Computer and very accurate.

The IHSWCA Board of Directors and the seeding committee will be finalizing the seeding criteria at our next monthly board meeting (Nov. 11th) at Lawrence North HS.

Coach McCormick

Fall Clinic flyer will be posted very soon.  We are finalizing some things this week-end and will send/post flyer very early next week.

Date:  Oct. 11-12

Place:  Warren Central HS

Clinician:  Trevel Dlagnev (US Olympian)