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Top 4 in order 106: Lee, Peeple, McCormick, Glogouski 113: Knapp, Gayfield, Miller, Mock 120: Phillips, Moser, Ledford, Wilson 126: Crume, Walburn, Kern, Cardenas 132: Krumlauf, Baysinger, Fiechter, Koebel 138: Carroll, Loe, Ellinger, Evans 145: Jolas, Householder, Walker, Randolph 152: Bradley, Brummett, Eckert, Wilson 160: Hiestand, Tredway, Malcom, Hammersley 170: Adams, Lefever, Linnear, Reed 182: Busse, Pfister, Evans, Hazelet 195: Garringer, Johnson, Green, Ross 220: Nicodemus, Wilson, Miller, Gerber 285: Hemmelgarn, Beard, Demuyt, Travis

I usually fall on the side of "tough luck" -- go win your match otherwise don't complain, when it comes to ticket round matches. However, if this is how we are crowing a team state championship now, we need full wrestlebacks at every level.

I don't think Fort Wayne will get 6 champs, but these 6 guys have a shot 106 -- Lee 120 -- Phillips 126 -- Crume 138 -- Carroll 152 -- Bradley 170 -- LeFever

Welch twins both state champs. Lefever twins both top 4?

3A - Perry rolls 2A - Jimtown vs. Yorktown final? 1A - All Adams County final?

I agree that Howe was probably better than Jason as a freshman, although I'm not sure Andrew had a better win as a freshman than Jason did over Cashe. As a senior, I think Jason is the best ever from Indiana.

http://espn.go.com/espnw/title-ix/7959799/the-silent-enemy-men-sports

I take Howe over Alex. I'd take Jason over Howe for many of the same reasons Maligned stated. Jason could've teched everyone at state. He almost teched the #2 guy in the country. Only beat him by 14. He also has a win over a former National Champion.

Which Tsirtsis?

Criteria for Olympic redshirt: 1. Past Senior World and Olympic Team members 2. Top eight placewinner at the 2011 U.S. Senior World Team Trials 3. Top three placewinner at the 2011 NCAA Championships or NCAA champion from a previous year AND a top two finish at the 2011 University National Championships (must accomplish both).

True but maybe they wouldn't release him from his scholarship to any Big 10 school

I hope all the Mothers had a great day yesterday. They deserve recognition more than just once a year for all that they sacrifice.

http://awn.theopenmat.com/2012/05/purdue-wrestling-adds-two-to-2012-recruiting-class/

Wow -- kinda surprised he chose Oklahoma. I think everyone assumed he'd go to Michigan. Maybe we wouldn't have been released to a Big 10 school.

I think Alex was his own biggest enemy. He made many poor decisions off the mat that I think Jason will learn from. That might be part of the reason Jason wanted to stay closer to home. Not only for a great education, but to have those relationships so close.

Looks like Mens 60 kg begins August 11th. http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/schedule-and-results/ Depending on Reece's hand, hopefully they can get this done sooner rather than later.

Enjoyed meeting him in the past. Heck of a coach.

Sorry if this was already posted. Didn't see it -- althought I didnt look very hard. NFHS RULES UPDATE: Stalling penalty increased in high school wrestling Apr 26, 2012 INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 26, 2012) ? High school wrestlers who are called for a third stalling violation will receive a stiffer penalty beginning with the 2012-13 season. In addition to the two-point penalty assessed for a third stalling violation, the opponent will now have his or her choice of position on the next restart. The stalling penalty revision was one of eight rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee at its April 9-11 meeting in Indianapolis. The changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. ?The change to the third stalling penalty resulted from the committee?s desire to encourage wrestlers to wrestle aggressively by providing a greater incentive not to stall,? said Dale Pleimann, chair of the Wrestling Rules Committee and former assistant executive director of the Missouri State High School Activities Association. ?No one likes to see a wrestler disqualified for stalling. The hope is that by increasing the third stalling penalty, a wrestler who has been penalized twice will be encouraged to pick up the pace and wrestle more aggressively.? In other changes, the committee adjusted the current dual meet weigh-in procedure to align with the random draw. Bob Colgate, NFHS director of sports and sports medicine and staff liaison to the Wrestling Rules Committee, said this change would provide maximum preparation and warm-up time for the first contestants scheduled to compete in a dual meet. Three new rules were approved by the committee, including Rule 4-3-5, which states that wrestlers ?may not wear wristbands, sweatbands or bicep bands during a match.? This rule was enacted in an effort to minimize risk of injury from wrestlers getting their fingers caught in an opponent?s wristband or sweatband. Another new rule for 2012-13 is an exception to the 30-second tiebreaker. The new exception (8-2-1h) will read as follows: ?If the second injury time-out is taken at the conclusion of the first 30-second tiebreaker period and the opponent already has the choice at the beginning of the second 30-second tiebreaker period, the opponent would then have the added choice at the first restart after the beginning of the second 30-second tiebreaker period.? This provision was a rule change last year for the regulation match and will now apply to the overtime as well. Rule 10-2-9 will be added to next year?s rules to address what happens when two wrestlers in the championship bracket simultaneously cannot continue a match. If both wrestlers cannot continue because of disqualification for stalling or having their injury or blood time elapse, the wrestler who is leading on points at the time the match is terminated will continue in the consolation bracket. If the match is tied at the time of termination, neither wrestler will continue. Following are the other three changes approved by the committee: 4-1-1a: Language has been updated to describe the wrestler?s singlet, and the change will also allow the T-shirt with no sleeves to be worn under the one-piece singlet when approved by the referee. 5-11-2i: Rules language was expanded to complete the near-fall and penalty sequence. 10-3-6 and 10-3-7: The tournament bracket format was revised to allow more flexibility in conducting a tournament. ?The NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee confirmed that the sport of high school wrestling is in great shape overall by making only a few changes to the scholastic rules,? Pleimann said. Wrestling is the sixth-most popular sport for boys at the high school level with 273,732 participants in 10,407 schools during the 2010-11 season, according to the NFHS Athletics Participation Survey. In addition, 7,351 girls were involved in wrestling in 1,215 high schools.

Yes.

Maybe a kid like CJ Red?

I noticed the same thing. Indiana had guys littered all over the place up until 145. Then I think only Sliga in the top 7 weight classes. Also: Todd, Molloy, Petrov, Jackson A pretty big honor for Tsirtsis. Especially to win over a guy like Massa.

I would think the "legend" of Tsirtsis might not be as favorable in Iowa as you think. Although I have no doubt Jason completely impressed the Iowa fans. His win over Darrion Caldwell a few weeks ago proved he can compete at the highest level right now. I say no redshirt. Let him get wrap up his senior season right before the 2016 Olympic trials. Or take an Olympic redshirt for the 2015-2016 season and then his senior season the following year.

No sport greater than wrestling. It's not a coincidence that Teddy was a wrestler.

That's a great story.

None of these guys are my picks but I'll take these odds 55 kg -- Angel at almost 8 to 1. The Olympic Gold medalist at slightly over 4 to 1 is a pretty good deal too. 60 kg -- Oliver at 16 to 1 66 kg -- Schlatter at 8 to 1 74 kg -- Howe at 20 to 1. Love his "rivalry" with Burroughs. 84 kg -- Raymond Jordan at 10 to 1. Gets to train with a world champion every day 96 kg -- I guess Bergman at 9.5 to 1. 120 kg -- Les Sigman at 9.5 to 1.