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Floyd Central

Either Cooper Samuels or J Conway

Cooper 4x Medalist, 3x Finalist and 2x Champ (Career Wins)

J Conway 4x Qualifier, 3x Medalist, 2x Champ, Fargo All-American (Takedown Record, and only wrestler with 2 undefeated seasons)

Nate Peterson was a 3x Qualifier, 2x Placer, State Champ (Only NCAA Qualifier)

Codei Khawaja was a 3x Fargo All-American and zero time Indiana state placer because of some poor luckl

The last time a popular website involving Indiana wrestling crashed @Y2CJ41 stepped in!  Ticketmaster better watch out!!! 

Yes it is a long drive both this weekend and next but I can't deny the success our team has had, as a team and individuals since moving to a different sectional and regional.

15 hours ago, Y2CJ41 said:

Sisson is horrible at jumping rope and a big meanie butt, don't let them in!

@Y2CJ41 well that wasn't very nice! I'm at least above average at jumping rope!

In all seriousness I think the logical thing is to expand it to 12 teams.  The 3a has proven to be the most unpredictable by the points with late additions such as ourselves and Columbus East having a lot of success.

On 7/25/2023 at 5:57 PM, Mattyb said:

Let’s go grandpa HOF

Gavinn Alstotts grandpa on that list too! 

 

Ronnie is a Hall of Fame personality FOR SURE!  I really miss some of those Ronnie stories!

I'd like to add that I believe the ISWA has finally figured out the right way to run the girls tournament!  They have tried many different things but I think until it is big enough to be it's own separate event that running age groups at the same times and giving them their own mats was by far the best experience I've had with my daughter the past 6 years.

Middle School State needs to figure it out because 100+ girls on one mat led to 2 matches in 10 hours! 

19 hours ago, richyy253 said:

If memory serves me he was also sick as a dog at semi state last year aswell. Was probably still dealing with that aswell

Codei was battling illness from Sectionals on that he could never fully kick. Then in the closing seconds of Semi-State 3rd/4th match he rolled his ankle pretty severely.  Codei was not able to practice hard for the last month of the season.  In all honestly it took an enormous amount of will power and courage to even step out on the mat at the State Finals.  I am not taking anything away from JJ Braun as he came out and did what he needed to do to win.

With all of the great wrestlers our program has had Codei is probably on our Mount Rushmore without ever placing at state.  He's a 3x Fargo All-American.  I honestly don't think he is close to done and we will be hearing his name for some time!

Floyd Central- Teacher

Providence- Lay

Charlestown- Teacher

Silver Creek- Teacher in a different Corporation

Corydon- Lay

1 hour ago, Ahawkeye said:

Hate to lose Gainbridge but could we do New Castle? Would Lucas Oil be an option? Anybody else have any ideas? Or we try to postpone sectionals by one week?

The Girls Basketball State Finals is typically the weekend after us so postponing a week doesn't really help unless you postpone them as well. 

Dealing with a hotel we've been using a few years they mentioned doing a 2 year contract next year, but later stated that they can't do that because the NBA All-Star Game is being hosted in Indianapolis 2024.

I thought this couldn't be right but the date for IHSAA State is Feb 16-17 and looking at the NBA website they have All-Star Weekend listed as Feb 16-18.  Even if it is some how figured out how to host both events by holding other events at Butler, hotel prices will probably be astronomically high all around Indy.  The hotel we deal with already said they are contracted for meeting space and guest rooms that weekend.

4 hours ago, GenHeavierHandz said:

This is why I take the stairs.

Until the elevator broke the only stair access set off an alarm and if you took stairs down you couldn't enter the lobby and it took you directly outside.

The coaching passes were limited last year because Bankers had restrictions on the number of people on the floor at any given time. That does not seem to be the reasoning this year.  They moved to wristbands a few years back but It was still a minimum of 3 passes. 2 coaches + assistant/manager.  Even for a team with 1 wrestler that 3rd pass is often very important. It might go to an assistant coach that works one on one with the guy, or it allows you to bring that partner that has worked with his friend all year to experience state and warm him up.

I'll also say that I am not in favor of the 2 sessions if it's is for the purpose of splitting weight classes. 

54 minutes ago, bbulldog152 said:

So if you look back at the New Castle Semi-state 126 for 2017 you'll see Negangard from East Central getting a forfeit in the first round.... Negangard was a Regional runner-up... I remember there being a wrestler from Pike missing weight and not wrestling, he finished 3rd in his regional, however Evans from Greenfield Central finished 4th but still wrestled Pugsley from Shanendoah who won regional. I don't know if there was a mistake made during the coaches meeting and it was over looked, but they didn't not shift the seeds that one time which led to a runner-up getting a forfeit while his champ had a match.

If a wrestlers misses weight a new wrestler only moves in if the alternate is present.  If not it turns into a forfeit.  At the coaches meeting they said our wrestler missed weight but that was not the case. I sent the email late Friday.

It was a tough call for our wrestler to not wrestle at Semi-State, we literally did everything possible to get him ready but unfortunately it did not happen.  I knew the implications it would have on the bracket, and sending that text message to Owen Valley honestly hurt me.  I also agree that it is a simple fix by allowing the wrestler/coach decide if they would like to move in the bracket.

13 minutes ago, formercollegekid said:

I've heard track runs into similar problems that we do... some regionals being tougher then others. So a potential mismatch at state.

 

The thing I don't like about the football baseball basketball comparison is that they only hand out medals for the top two teams

 

This is an individual tournament, that Metals for the top 8. 

 

Ps that brings up another interesting question why does track and cross country give out State Metals for the top 16

Doesn't track have a "standard" for most events.  Which allows kids in a loaded Regional at least a chance to move on?

Since Cooper Samuels became my head assistant 7 years ago we've placed 8 with 2 state Champs.  He's an amazing technician and a constant student of the sport.

Also Brian Foxworthy, who still helps me, was the man behind all of the medals and finals appearances during our run in the 2000s.  He's forgot more wrestling than I've ever known.

Momir Petkovic doesn't sit in the corner but having him in the room and listening to his approach about wrestling and the journey has been very special for our program.

1 hour ago, Blane Culp said:

Anyone having success using a school code for both sessions?  I have wrestlers in both sessions but only 1 code. It is not working

We received different codes for each session

14 minutes ago, crosstownrivals said:

27 years

 Favorite match of all time Vega vs Schaffer 

Saturday Morning 96 or Finals 97?

@Y2CJ41 with this whole thread:

10 hours ago, casualwrestlingfan said:

What would be the thoughts of adding an additional week of the tournament to get wrestle backs at each round? Say you put a "District" round between Sectionals and Regionals. Keep the Sectionals current as reducing down from 300+ (theoretically) to 128. Districts being the current regionals of 128 to 64. Then Regionals 64 to 32 and Semis State 32 to 16 and then 16 to 1 at State. All rounds having wrestle backs to 3rd. Lose the 1st match Friday at state earns you another Friday night match (start it earlier is my preference as the wait sucks) or early Saturday morning match before being eliminated.

I believe we already have one of the longest state tournament series at 4 weeks.  Most are 3 and some are 2.  Yeah those shorter series have a longer finals weekend as well but the overall length is short.  In my opinion the grind of a state tournament mentally and physically for 4 weeks is already enough.

I have the score for the Lawerence North vs Floyd Central at 46-34 Lawerence North.

@UncleJimmy hit on a lot of great points. There are so many factors that come into play once a wrestler moves to the next level not just from Indiana but everywhere!  You will watch guys that didn't win state titles become all-americans and guys that won mutiple-state titles not make it through their first year or two.

One of the biggest is getting use to there never being any easy days. Most top level guys dominate their room in high school. Once you enter college, especially at the D1 level, you are no longer the alpha and even days you go against walk ons are going to be tough.  This becomes mentally taxing and you struggle with confidence issues almost daily!

Relationships with coaches and wrestlers play a part as well. Maybe you don't mesh well with the coaches or the guys on the team. They are partiers and you're not. Another thing I have personally observed is guys fitting in right away and with all the new found freedom don't know how to balance partying, athletics, and school. We'd like to think that these kids can make the right choices but learning how to deal with that freedom can be really difficult! It doesn't make them bad kids it's just the reality.

I was only a walk on at IU. The highlight of my career was being booed at rec hall for stalling and not giving up a major against Pat Cummins when I was thrown in at heavyweight.  It was/is still the hardest 4 years of my life physically, mentally and academically.  In fact I tried to come home after my first semester and my dad wouldn't let me!  It never got easier but it just became the new normal.

I agree with others that this is a good time for Indiana wrestling and we have a lot of talent at many levels.

Tonight the Floyd Central Highlanders will be taking on the Bloomington South Panthers.  We will run a Facebook live from our Facebook page. 

Kevin Whitehead, the state announcer, will once again be calling the action!

It's a fun night of wrestling. 

JV starts @ 6:30

Varsity @ 7pm

Just now, Y2CJ41 said:

12 hours ago, Silence Dogood said:

My favorite was when Cooper Samuels came from unknown and unranked to win the state title. And by unknown I mean returning state runner-up. 

Cooper had an injury his junior year and someone posted he quit to start swimming and everyone wished him well!  

He was wrestling from the Mater Dei holiday tournament on!  No longer are the day of being able to hide in the dark! @Y2CJ41 has eyes EVERYWHERE!

Sounds like an awesome idea/event!!