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Blake is a beast no doubt!! I think Cam jones is very underrated. Both guys are studs. There are many types of domination

Blake took care of business and dominated the interview speech too.     Congratulations and thank you for all the years of excitement.  Look forward to watching you dominate at the next level too.

Blake pinned his first three opponents and was not scored on at all in those three matches. He and Jones are friends that have wrestled in the finals the last 4 weekends. Blake knows that Jones is a great wrestler that would give it his all with nothing to lose. Jones is more dangerous than many realize. I am sure that was in his mind after watching the many upsets this weekend. He wrestled safe with the ultimate goal of winning that match. He accomplished that goal and earned his 2nd State title.

I just want to give a big shout out to Alston Bane and all the wrestlers from Cathedral at state tonight. The Cathedral wrestlers and Alston paid tribute to my late son, who passed away in November. The Cathedral wrestlers wore green laces in their shoes, the green is to show support for mental health awareness and Alston wore green in his hair and on honored him on his warm-ups. I can't thank these young men enough for their show of support. It is much appreciated. Thanks again!

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Daleville has, but Maddox was the first since 1993...back when I was pretty intimidating
 

Here you are people!
 
http://indianamat.com/brackets/2016/State2016.pdf

Looks like grappleapple's gut feeling was right on the money. Based on a second grade showing or not it is hard to beat a good wrestler two weeks in a row. SOOO before you start ridiculing someone, you might want to wait until the results are in...

Because I work full time, have a bunch of kids in a bunch of sports, have a wife that expects me to clean up after myself, occasionally I go outside and...mainly..because I don't have the time to research every wrestler and their head-to-head record. I do know that in second grade Worm was a stud - so I'm basing my pick on that. And I'm sticking to it.

Participants by grade
09th 79 9%
10th 184 21%
11th 288 32%
12th 345 39%

By Weight and grade
Wgt 9 10 11 12
106 29 18 9 8
113 11 17 26 10
120 11 21 18 14
126 8 15 18 23
132 2 14 19 29
138 5 13 17 29
145 4 12 20 28
152 1 8 23 32
160 1 13 23 27
170 2 12 26 24
182 3 12 20 29
195 1 8 22 33
220 1 13 21 29
285 0 8 26 30

Most Wins 50 by Trey McCartney of Harrison(WL)
Most Losses 30 by Kyle Simpkins of LaPorte
Average wins 29.9
Average Losses 7.6

Undefeated wrestlers 29
106 Andrew Black of Shenandoah
113 Colton Cummings of Lowell
113 Baxter Annakin of Castle
120 Blake Mulkey of Brownsburg
126 Brock Hudkins of Danville
132 Elliott Molloy of Danville
132 Chad Red of New Palestine
132 Fernando Luevano of West Noble
132 Nick Lee of Evansville Mater Dei
138 Kyle Hatch of Warsaw
138 Sage Coy of Delta
138 Brayton Lee of Brownsburg
145 Isaac Eicher of Leo
152 Cael McCormick of Yorktown
160 Alston Bane of Richmond
160 Laine Frazee of Fountain Central
160 Jacob Covaciu of Merrillville
160 Mitchell Mundy of Southridge
170 Drew Hughes of Lowell
170 Nathan Walton of Brownsburg
182 Blake Rypel of Indianapolis Cathedral
182 Andrew Davison of Chesterton
195 Jacob Cavins of Milan
195 Ben Stewart of Indianapolis Cathedral
220 Mason Parris of Lawrenceburg
220 Evan Ellis of Eastern (Greentown)
220 Gunnar Larson of Avon
220 Kobe Woods of Penn
285 Shawn Streck of Merrillville

 

Awesome preview Dingo

This year we are going to do FOUR separate Hangouts for our semi-state previews. Here is the schedule and links to each one
 
Monday 8:30pm New Castle Semi-State
with Y2, Mike Reiser, Dingo Brigade, and the Blue Monster
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/crn91f3eho3f6tn1qeuvctec17k
 
Tuesday 8:30pm East Chicago Semi-State
With Y2, Mike Reiser, and Karl Hungus https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c1ebkpjimd8rvg96ifektls2uho   Wednesday 8:30pm Evansville Semi-State
With Y2, Mike Reiser, TripleB, and NickyDubz https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c0ubok01ag53kd57d8t16dvqprk   Thursday 8:30pm Fort Wayne Semi-State
With Y2, Mike Reiser, and decbell1 https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cl4po7jmqj7740iod3d0p2v107o

I would put rypel up there with streck as being a lock. Otherwise looks good!

Ryan Guhl over Walter Haire by fall @ 220

I understand that some people are trolling. I guess you have the right to do that, if you please. But please be mindful that we are talking about a couple of high school kids here. Please do not bash either wrestler's courage or mental toughness.
 
Both wrestlers' have resumes that are shaping up in fashion for them to mentioned as some of the best wrestlers in Indiana history. Let's discuss their potential match up with the respect it deserves.
 
If this match up takes place and it isn't under the lights, it will be one of the biggest shams in IHSAA Wreslting history. I am all for a making a match like this the main event. If we can figure out a way to do so, I am all about a vote or petition. Maybe we could do something where fans voted the order of the weight classes in the championship match? It'd also be nice for the big guys to not have to go last and have half of the fans in Banker's Life already in their cars headed home.
 
Best of luck to Nick Lee, Chad Red, and everyone else at 132, especially all the seniors. I hope you all have a great state tournament run. Stay healthy, have fun, and leave it all out on the mat.

I'll take things you didn't expect to learn on a wrestling messageboard for $800 Alex

195 was McClosky for Perry and the score was 3-2

Ben Stewart Cath over Kolby Ferris HSE and Nick Shaeffer Westfield at NC Duals today at 195.

Free Middle School Clinic – Sunday, January 10 at 11:00 am
The Indiana wrestling team will offer a free wrestling clinic for middle school-aged grapplers on Sunday, January 10. Check in will begin at 10:00 am at the University Gymnasium, and the clinic begins at 11:00 am.
 
The clinic is available for youth aged eighth grade or younger. Participants will receive instruction from several Indiana wrestlers and coaches prior to the Hoosiers' Big Ten dual action. If you or your team wishes to attend the free clinic, please RSVP to aedeleon@indiana.edu. Those who RSVP will receive free pizza after the conclusion of the clinic. It is not required to RSVP for this event, but those who do not RSVP may not receive free pizza.
 **Free entry into the IU vs Penn State Dual

Ben Stewart Cath over Kolby Ferris HSE and Nick Shaeffer Westfield at NC Duals today at 195.

Old.   Stodgy.   Out of touch.   Clueless.   Oblivious.  Don’t get it.   Outdated.  
 
This is how my grandchildren and children describe me.
 
Honestly, I dislike most people under 35.   I do not get social media.   The whole of idea of ‘being famous’ on Twitter or Facebook is a farce.   The narcissism of so many young people is completely foreign.   And social media is just a stupidity amplifier for the selfish foolishness of millennials. 
 
There is one group of people under 35 I still can relate to and that’s wrestlers.   I can talk to a kid who wrestles for hours.   There isn’t much selfishness in these kids.   These are really damn good kids. 
 
That got me thinking.   Wrestling is really the most humbling thing a person can do.   At least in my opinion.   Even our greatest wrestlers ever, guys like Ellis and Tsirtis and Palmer, have been beat and pinned at some point.   If you’ve ever wrestled, you been humbled.   Probably multiple times.
 
So many kids today really have no idea what failure is.   I watched the video of that girl at Yale screaming and I could not believe it.   Halloween costumes are now offensive and cause a person to emotional convulse?  Really?  Too many soft people.   Too many people who have never failed.   Too many people who have never been challenged. 
 
I see so many wrestlers perform so admirably in adulthood.   And I honestly think it is because so many of these kids failed.   They failed plenty of times in wrestling matches.   And they were taught to get back up and do it all over again.   Don’t quit.   Don’t stop fighting. 
 
Wrestling provides these kids armor for life.   If they lose a job or something does not go their way, they don’t immediately crumble.   They move on.   And they certainly don’t fall to pieces over made up transgression like Halloween costumes or micro aggressions. 
 
These kids who wrestle are probably the one thing that give me some glimmer of hope for the future.
 
End of old man's rant.

McKinney narrowly escapes Troy Owen, 6-4...12-6 Brownsburg

Seems they did

Both of the Levitzes with pins...18-14 Prairie Hts on top now

Whoa...Blakeley with the fast fall over Worm...Prairie Hts threatening to run away suddenly, 30-14

Pruitt with the fall...12-12

Another pin for Bellmont...25-4

Herrick with the win after early struggles...15-12 Warren

And another...31-4
 
And another...37-4

Wow..Walton with the quick fall over Goddard.  18-15 for Brownsburg

Yikes..one more fall for Bellmont and now it's over already against Jimtown, 43-4 

Damler by major over Blount...22-15

Warren will be favorites in all 5 of the remaining matches now...can Brownsburg take a couple where they're slight underdogs and pull the upset?

Prairie Heights the 1A champs...leading 39-23 with only 113 to be wrestled

Mater Dei getting rolled without the Lees...36-12 with 220 thru 113 left

Cicciarelli with the last second escape to avoid a major against Tonte...22-18 Bburg

mccormick bumps up to wrestle knox-abbott

Monrovia takes 3rd in 1A over AC

Boots of MD beats McClockey, but PM wraps up the dual win, now leading 36-15 with 3 to go

Blood timeout as McCormick of bburg leads knox-abbott 5-3 in the third. they'll be neutral at the re-start

`mccormick holds on..25-18 Brownsburg with 3 to go

Warren still favored in all 3 here...win out and they still get the win.  Any Brownsburg win most likely gives them the title

Yorktown takes 3rd in 2A over North Montgomery

Clark of Bburg earns a penalty point in the first period and leads 1-0 going into the second

Clark up 2-0 heading into the 3rd..that penalty point turning out to be big

We do things our own way. We aren't trying to sneak up on anyone or hide. People noticing us is fine and what we set out to do. We have grown our fan base and our hate base tremendously. Students and staff wear Brownsburg Wrestling Gear and yes it says #PainTrain. You do it your way and we will do it our way. Many think we are annoying and over the top...we think many are boring and dry and it is exhausting and in our opinion hurting the growth of our sport. Our wrestlers, parents, fans, and administrators like what we do so we are going to keep it up.
 
#dosomethingdifferent
#growthesport
#getfans
 
We don't have to pretend we are wrestling in Ancient Greece. It's okay to be different and smile every once in a while or attempt to make wrestling more exciting.
 
Good luck to everyone Saturday.
#PainTrain
 
Snyder

Yes

 
It was a pretty good show...

From what I understand the 113lber from Bellmont got the first takedown in his match. He lost by pin in the second...however he WON the match for the team.