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Jason, thanks for they updates. I was right there when this happened - that though of that could have been my kid went through my head 100's of times. Good luck to Maverick on his recovery - hope to seem him on the mat again once he had fully recovered. Also thanks to all the kids, coaches and parents for attending yesterday - good luck the rest of the season. Chris Lynch

GOOD NEWS! - We will have a parade of teams before the event. Coaches meeting will be at 8:30 - during that time we will be lining up kids for the parade of teams. Once coaches meeting is over (around 8:40) we will start parade of states. Should be fun for the kids and parents. If you have a school flag or sign you would like to carry please bring with you. Chris Lynch ISWA - Vice Chair

Coach Shelton, This is Chris Lynch - one of the Vice Chairs for the ISWA. I will try to answer some of your questions the best I can. The Elementary State Duals were started 5 or 6 years ago when I was Folkstyle Director for the ISWA. Hearing many request from coaches to have such an event Franklin Wrestling Club took it as one of their events and ran with it. I first started it as a local club event and an Academy Event - that didn't work so had to make changes at last minute to have enough teams to have the event. Since then it has grown 3 times over thanks to the help great coaches like yourself and past and current ISWA Board Members that have really worked hard to make this a great event. That is a little history on the event. With that being said we have used the criteria of separation the top 4 teams from the previous year since the 2nd year of having the event when it was discussed at board meeting on how we would separate the top teams. Wrong or right that is the way we put it into place - thats not saying we can't change the way we do it for future years but thats the way it will be set up for this year. The top 4 Team from pervious year rule is for separation and not seeding. Another thing that has changed that we have failed to take of the flyer (and can be blamed on me since i should check all printed material before it goes out) is the Team Draw. This being the 3rd year we have used Trackwrestling at this event - our head pairing person for this event Pat Culp - separates the top 4 from the previous year and lets the computer randomly place the other teams - this is done at her home and not at the ISWA office. Anyone that would like to make recommendations on any changes - such as the ones Coach Shelton can be e-mailed to the ISWA office at iowa@sbcglobal.net and we would be happy to consider different ways of doing things. Thank you and look forward to great event this weekend and remember we do this for the kids! Chris Lynch ISWA - Vice Chair

DANIEL MERCER-CHAMPION SERIES DUE TO WEIGH INS SITES OPENING AT 2 PRE-REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AT 2- HOWEVER, YOU MAY REGISTER ONSITE AT ANY WEIGH IN SITE. PLEASE HAVE $15 CASH AND CARD

DAY 1 OF THE CHAMPION SERIES CHANGE OF ADDRESS Franklin Community MIDDLE School- LOCATED ON US 31- NOT high school WE WILL WRESTLE ON FULL MATS REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAY AT 5 PM WRESTLING WILL START AT 9 AM WEIGH INS FOR DANIEL MERCER FOLKSTYLE CHALLENGE ARE SATURDAY JANUARY 24 AT: Franklin Community MIDDLE School 6-8 Perry Meridian High School (enter main door go to wrestling room) 6-8 Yorktown High School (enter door 19) 5:30-7 Edgewood High School (enter door 5) 5-7 Beech Grove High School (enter athletic door) 2-3:30 IF YOU ARE WRESTLING IN THE GRIZZLY SUPER 12 DUALS WE WILL HONOR YOU WEIGH-IN IF YOU WANT TO WRESTLE IN THE DANIEL MERCER- YOU MUST NOTIFY THE HEAD TABLE OF THIS DECISION.

i could be wrong - but i think Franklin had a different 106 also.

Still have one spot open - please call Chuck VanHorn if team is interested. 317-412-3301

There are still 2 spots open for the Franklin Grizzly Elementary Duals - This Sunday December 7th (not the 6th as listed on ISWA Website). For more information please contact Chuck VanHorn at 317-412-3301.

There are still a lot of spots open on the Cadet and Junior National Team going to Fargo. If you are panning on going get a hold of the team leader for your age group ASAP! We are taken petitions for the team for those who did not place top 3 at state or were unable to participate at ISWA Freestyle / Greco Roman State. Junior Team Leader - Mark Stevenson - 812-390-8656 Cadet Team Leader - Thomas Pompei - 317-730-4056

Two Weeks Out - Please get paper work to Team Leader Now!

Sorry to hear that Indiana Wrestling lost a great man. Thoughts will be with Perry Meridian and Dave's family the next few days.

****PLEASE NOTE**** Some of the information listed on the ISWA Website Central Regional Flyer is not correct. The information listed at the top of this post and below is correct. 1) Freestyle Wrestling for ALL Age Groups will start Saturday at 10:00 am - the iswa website has kids starting at 9:00 am 2) All Wrestlers (age groups) can register on site and weigh-in on Saturday morning (not just cadets and juniors as listed) 3) There are NO Greco Only Registration and Weigh-ins on Saturday Night - Greco only registration and weigh-ins are Sunday Moring Please refer to the USA Wrestling Event Schedule (the posted at top of this post) and the link is http://www.teamusa.org/Home/USA-Wrestling/Events

They will be provided at registration.

this link takes you to the ones that have pre-registered. All Wrestlers can do walk up registration and weigh-ins both Friday night and Saturday morning http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/registration/TournamentList.jsp?TIM=1400200025806&twSessionId=qgzkkpruzmkpdsn&tournamentGroupId=130396009&tournamentBox=F_84094

and to add to that - both are great kids - we are glad they will represent Indiana this summer.

This is being posted by the request of Patt VanHorn - ISWA Tournament Director Due to a large number of extra curricular school activities on Friday night the ISWA board had decided to add an additional weigh-in for Juniors ONLY. It will be Saturday morning from 9:30 - 10:00 am in the wrestling room at Avon High School. All wrestlers must still pre-register on Trackwrestling by 11:59 pm Thursday night. Patt VanHorn ISWA Tournament Director

USAW Folkstyle Nationals All- Americans Champions:Bantam 40- Luke Rioux of Contenders Bantam 45- Nathan Rioux of Contenders Schoolboy 136- Zack Fattore of Region Schoolboy 210- Kyle Cornwell of Elwood Cadet 106- Paul Konrath of Thorobred WC Cadet 195- Kobe Woods of Penn Junior 182- Blake Rypel of Team Indiana Junior 220- Fletcher Miller of Team Indiana Runner-Ups:Bantam 50- Parker Reynolds of Contenders Bantam 75- Jalen Young of Perry Meridian Novice 65- Jesse Mendez of Region Novice 112- Tyler Turley of Hobart WC Schoolboy 160- Caleb Thomas of Region Cadet 138- Steven Lawrence of Portage WC Cadet 195- Jacob Cavins of Team Indiana Cadet 220- Evan Ellis of Team Indiana Junior 106- Drew Hildebrandt of Penn Junior 145- Drew Hughes of Team Indiana / Region Junior 195- Jacob Aven of Team Indiana 3rd Place: Bantam 75+- Garrett Gatke of Club Madison PWA Schoolboy 175- Randy Sneed of Kankakee Valley Schoolboy 190- Landon Burton of Shelbyville WC Cadet 152- Jacob Gray of Team Indiana Junior 113- Garrett Pepple of Team Indiana 4th Place: Bantam 60- Anthony Rinehart of Contenders Bantam 75+- Anderson Osburn of Mater Dei Intermediate 80- Drake Buchanan of Center Grove Schoolboy 70- Raymond Rioux of Contenders Cadet 145- Jacob Covaclu of Merrillville Junior 285- Shawn Streck of Merrillville 5th Place: Bantam 75+- Jericko Jackson of Angola WC Intermediate 103- Royce Deckard III of Center Grove Schoolboy 152- Oszkar Kasch of Region Cadet 126- Gaige Torres of Portage WC Cadet 195- Garrison Lee of Team Indiana Junior 220- Tyler Scott of Team Indiana / Region 6th Place: Bantam 45- Cameron Meier of Bloomington South Intermediate 75- Sam Goin of Region Cadet 120- Jeremiah Reitz of Team Indiana / Region 7th Place: Cadet 106- Colton Cummings of Team Indiana / Region Junior 152- Tommy Forte of Team Indiana / Region 8th Place: Bantam 60- Julian Weems of Team Indiana Cadet 94- Kory Cavanaugh of Penn Junior 160- Isaiah Kemper of Team Indiana Junior 285- Andre Porter of Husky WC Team Indiana also lead the team point race in both the Cadet and Junior Age Groups. Thank you to Region Wrestling for helping coach the Team Indiana Kids as well as putting the Region Kids on our team. I would also like to thank Lauren Rioux for putting this list together - if anyone was left off the list let us know and we will get it fixed.

I just released back 7 double queen rooms to the Days Inn Cedar Falls that we did not need to use. Their number is 319-266-1222. Not sure the quality of the Hotel but the lady there has been very nice to work with.

Richard Michael "Mike" Dowden, 69, of Indianapolis passed away March 14, 2014. He was born on October 3, 1944 to the late Richard Kenneth and Margaret Elizabeth Dowden in Indianapolis, IN. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Sharon Miller Dowden. He was a father to three sons: Jeff (Trina), Jay (Tianna) and Aaron (Melissa). Mike enjoyed his six grandchildren: Elizabeth, Olivia, John, Huston, Reaghan, and Mason. He has a sister, Sherie (Ben) Dodson, of Youngstown, OH and a brother Gary (Marcia) Dowden of Kokomo, IN. He was a long-time member of Southeastern Christian Fellowship. He was defined by his faith, love of his family and a passion for wrestling. Mike served as a member of the Indiana National Guard from 1965 - 1971. He was employed at AT&T for 35+ years. After retiring from AT&T, he operated AM Awards. He was a 25 year member of the Indiana State Wrestling Association (ISWA) Board of Directors. He served as the ISWA State Chairman from 1993 to 2008. Mike was the recipient of the John Hurrle Memorial Award. He was inducted into the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame. USA Wrestling named Mike "Junior Person of the Year" and "State Chairman of the Year". Visitation will be held at Hendryx Mortuary Cumberland Chapel on Thursday, March 20, 2014 from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Private services to follow Friday, March 21, 2014. ~ "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him." James 1:12

Thank you Joe for getting this done.

Mike Dowden passed away on Friday late afternoon. Mike was the past State Chairman for the ISWA and grew the Indiana kids wrestling program to one of the best in the country. He taught me that the sport of wrestling is more than about just one kid or one team but that we do this for ALL the over kids. Mike also served on several boards for USA Wrestling and will be truly missed. Please pray for Sharon Dowden and their kids and grand kids during this tough time.

USA Wrestling helped out with making this happen.

The ISWA is very excited to have Olympic Champion Rulon Gardner at the ISWA Kids State this Saturday and Sunday. He will be doing meet and greets as well as helping the IHSAA State Champs hand out awards. Should be a great weekend for the kids of Indiana Wrestling.

He will also be helping give out the Awards on Saturday and part of Sunday with the IHSAA State Champs.

I will be up there helping run the tournament again.