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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!

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. 

Sincerest form of flattery!

Rage on the Stage.  Man its almost like I have heard that event name before lol

F
riday November 22nd, Franklin Community will wrestle Jeffersonville on the stage in the auditorium.  It will be a fun time loaded with light shows, fog, walkout songs and a camera above the mat the will show three huge screens as well as the live event.  Screen one will be behind the mat on the stage taking up the entire backdrop while screens 2 and 3 will be on the side walls of the auditorium.  Watch in surround view.  And, its alumni night so all former Franklin Wrestlers are invited for special recognition.  Following the meet there will be a reception for the alumni at The Willard, in downtown Franklin.  Come see an exiting event.  Festivities and wrestling start at 5:15 pm

Dick Clipp, the long time coach of Corydon High School and member of the Indiana Coaching Hall of Fame, passed away today. 
He was a great man that had great stories! If you were lucky enough to attend one of his legendary seeding meetings on a Sunday you know what I mean. 
Rest in Peace Coach Clipp

Dick Clipp, the long time coach of Corydon High School and member of the Indiana Coaching Hall of Fame, passed away today. 
He was a great man that had great stories! If you were lucky enough to attend one of his legendary seeding meetings on a Sunday you know what I mean. 
Rest in Peace Coach Clipp

Dick Clipp, the long time coach of Corydon High School and member of the Indiana Coaching Hall of Fame, passed away today. 
He was a great man that had great stories! If you were lucky enough to attend one of his legendary seeding meetings on a Sunday you know what I mean. 
Rest in Peace Coach Clipp

Dick Clipp, the long time coach of Corydon High School and member of the Indiana Coaching Hall of Fame, passed away today. 
He was a great man that had great stories! If you were lucky enough to attend one of his legendary seeding meetings on a Sunday you know what I mean. 
Rest in Peace Coach Clipp

Dick Clipp, the long time coach of Corydon High School and member of the Indiana Coaching Hall of Fame, passed away today. 
He was a great man that had great stories! If you were lucky enough to attend one of his legendary seeding meetings on a Sunday you know what I mean. 
Rest in Peace Coach Clipp

Dick Clipp, the long time coach of Corydon High School and member of the Indiana Coaching Hall of Fame, passed away today. 
He was a great man that had great stories! If you were lucky enough to attend one of his legendary seeding meetings on a Sunday you know what I mean. 
Rest in Peace Coach Clipp

I, as a head coach, totally understand this. I preach effort more than wins and loses to both of my girls.  My oldest went 0-2 got 2nd her first year, went 2-0 last year and won and went 3-2 and got 3rd this year experiencing her first real set back that we all know won't stop coming.  My youngest went 1-2 this year and placed third. And both got the annual dipping dots at the end.
But like others have noted parents are a driving factor.  I love the sport of wrestling and I was even frustrated having my daughters first bout #2 and second at #70, yes you read that right a 68 match break.
Kids at a young age understand having success and not.  And getting beat 5 times in a day is going effect most kids even if they have supportive parents.  
I run our youth program as well I think there is a fine line between attending events to get your feet wet and going to too many before your ready.  We loved our friendship meets this year and it allows all of your kids to support each other. 

Yeah the girls Tournament has really grown and the ISWA is trying their best.  The first year we went it was all on 1 mat I believe and we didn't start in the morning with the rest.  Last year we started on one and eventually went to two.  This year we started on two.  It has really out grown 2 mats as well.  I do appreciate their effort to keep it in the main fieldhouse where everyone is.  I also don't want to see it moved to a separate weekend either but the extra 150 wrestlers, hopefully more next year, is really causing a strain on mat space. 
The long weekends of Folkstyle state are nothing new and honestly I am okay with them being longer and it should be expected. I will say that most of the youth Sunday tournaments I went to had between 250-350 and were out by latest 2pm most times.  We all know this is a tremendous improvement from the freestyle tournaments of the 90s.
In terms of sending my youth wrestlers to tournaments I weigh on the side of caution most of the time. My assistant coach, Brian Foxworthy, has a great quote. "Winning is a habit but so is losing" if you can't find a kid success at any level it will drive them away. We host our own tournament were all of our kids get their feet wet and even then I have watched kids get beat twice and never come back to another practice even after a positive pep talk.  We have all seen the super star youngsters that fizzle out.  The ones I want to keep out are the kids that lose some and keep coming back as their skills will eventually catch up to their effort and is a fine line to walk of getting them beat too much.  

I floated the Idea this weekend to some ISWA bigwhigs - TripleB_eginners Folkstyle State!!!
Must have never competed in ISWA Folkstyle State
Can only compete in beginners state in 2 consecutive years.
 

I think getting matches is key as well.  But when you wrestle that 6 man round robin you will also have some kid get beat 5 times in a day and that is tough for a kid as well.  I think in the youth aspect anything over 4 should be a bracket and you get your less stressful matches in your "friendship" meets.

I think getting matches is key as well.  But when you wrestle that 6 man round robin you will also have some kid get beat 5 times in a day and that is tough for a kid as well.  I think in the youth aspect anything over 4 should be a bracket and you get your less stressful matches in your "friendship" meets.

Not my greatest wrestling memory but I tell the story of getting booed out of Rec Hall. I was wrestling heavyweight at 205 and lost 6-2 to 2 time AA and MMA fighter Pat Cummins.  I was just trying to survive and stalling a lot. I can still here those boos and that wasn't in their strongest years.😂😂
I'm sure he will one day tell the story because it is a good story. 
The other funny part of that trip was when Greg Schafer and I were in the van together he said "Sisson I liked you when you were wrestling 184 but the minute you started wrestling heavyweight I hated you. I hate all heavyweights!" My feelings would have been hurt if the giant Mt Dew I was drinking and Doritos I was eating at the time didn't taste so good. 

Not my greatest wrestling memory but I tell the story of getting booed out of Rec Hall. I was wrestling heavyweight at 205 and lost 6-2 to 2 time AA and MMA fighter Pat Cummins.  I was just trying to survive and stalling a lot. I can still here those boos and that wasn't in their strongest years.😂😂
I'm sure he will one day tell the story because it is a good story. 
The other funny part of that trip was when Greg Schafer and I were in the van together he said "Sisson I liked you when you were wrestling 184 but the minute you started wrestling heavyweight I hated you. I hate all heavyweights!" My feelings would have been hurt if the giant Mt Dew I was drinking and Doritos I was eating at the time didn't taste so good. 

Not my greatest wrestling memory but I tell the story of getting booed out of Rec Hall. I was wrestling heavyweight at 205 and lost 6-2 to 2 time AA and MMA fighter Pat Cummins.  I was just trying to survive and stalling a lot. I can still here those boos and that wasn't in their strongest years.😂😂
I'm sure he will one day tell the story because it is a good story. 
The other funny part of that trip was when Greg Schafer and I were in the van together he said "Sisson I liked you when you were wrestling 184 but the minute you started wrestling heavyweight I hated you. I hate all heavyweights!" My feelings would have been hurt if the giant Mt Dew I was drinking and Doritos I was eating at the time didn't taste so good. 

Not my greatest wrestling memory but I tell the story of getting booed out of Rec Hall. I was wrestling heavyweight at 205 and lost 6-2 to 2 time AA and MMA fighter Pat Cummins.  I was just trying to survive and stalling a lot. I can still here those boos and that wasn't in their strongest years.😂😂
I'm sure he will one day tell the story because it is a good story. 
The other funny part of that trip was when Greg Schafer and I were in the van together he said "Sisson I liked you when you were wrestling 184 but the minute you started wrestling heavyweight I hated you. I hate all heavyweights!" My feelings would have been hurt if the giant Mt Dew I was drinking and Doritos I was eating at the time didn't taste so good. 

Not my greatest wrestling memory but I tell the story of getting booed out of Rec Hall. I was wrestling heavyweight at 205 and lost 6-2 to 2 time AA and MMA fighter Pat Cummins.  I was just trying to survive and stalling a lot. I can still here those boos and that wasn't in their strongest years.😂😂
I'm sure he will one day tell the story because it is a good story. 
The other funny part of that trip was when Greg Schafer and I were in the van together he said "Sisson I liked you when you were wrestling 184 but the minute you started wrestling heavyweight I hated you. I hate all heavyweights!" My feelings would have been hurt if the giant Mt Dew I was drinking and Doritos I was eating at the time didn't taste so good. 

Not my greatest wrestling memory but I tell the story of getting booed out of Rec Hall. I was wrestling heavyweight at 205 and lost 6-2 to 2 time AA and MMA fighter Pat Cummins.  I was just trying to survive and stalling a lot. I can still here those boos and that wasn't in their strongest years.😂😂
I'm sure he will one day tell the story because it is a good story. 
The other funny part of that trip was when Greg Schafer and I were in the van together he said "Sisson I liked you when you were wrestling 184 but the minute you started wrestling heavyweight I hated you. I hate all heavyweights!" My feelings would have been hurt if the giant Mt Dew I was drinking and Doritos I was eating at the time didn't taste so good. 

Not my greatest wrestling memory but I tell the story of getting booed out of Rec Hall. I was wrestling heavyweight at 205 and lost 6-2 to 2 time AA and MMA fighter Pat Cummins.  I was just trying to survive and stalling a lot. I can still here those boos and that wasn't in their strongest years.😂😂
I'm sure he will one day tell the story because it is a good story. 
The other funny part of that trip was when Greg Schafer and I were in the van together he said "Sisson I liked you when you were wrestling 184 but the minute you started wrestling heavyweight I hated you. I hate all heavyweights!" My feelings would have been hurt if the giant Mt Dew I was drinking and Doritos I was eating at the time didn't taste so good.