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good luck portage!!!

agreed...no need to knock the old site...i still may return there to post my 2 cents??

kudos to the creators of this board!! i no longer have to open multiple browsers to get everything i need. its sweet!!!!

Saweet.... Indians have climbed their way back on the Rankings......hopefully they will have good showing at North Montgomery and climb few spots higher!

I think CP will win in a dominating fashion. by at least 15ish.

nice. man what a match. im visioning it in my head lol

scores??? whats going on?

I agree. Look how many years MD won state and were #1 the following year... Seems like its just biased toward MD sometimes. Mish is definately the best best team in the state until proven otherwise. If they win today they will and should remain at #1 until February....

Back in 2003.....Valparaiso Team SEMI-STATE.... Portage vs. Griffith.....probably the biggest match and crowd i seen others than team state at center grove...they opened up the balcony bleachers and packed it pretty well. Griffith edged out the meet.. back when they had the escobedo's and tsirtsis

next year we need a live feed to the matches lol...... would it be very difficult to do so?? even if it isnt live video.... at least a game tracker with match by match results.... probly be hard to do with so many teams though

Even thought im a Portage fan...gotta root fo the DAC!! go CP!

who does Portage Face Next?

Back in the day.... Portage vs. Hobart got pretty heated. Lots of emotion went down especially when it took place under the lamps at hobart! Portage and M'Ville had their share of good bouts. the last couple years of coach P and tharp were big rivalries and closely matched teams. The last meeting with the ville under Coach P was a good one...

sean, shouldnt you be in school?? instead of writin on here. or they just not block the wrestling chat in school?

Coach P has coached a lot of the kids in the portage program maybe not in high school but through the PWC. But i highly agree regionrat1. Coach P was an amazing coach!! and having a hard nosed strict tharp to back him up made an ever better coaching staff.

Young portage program looking tough. I think maybe a few starting seniors on the team currently. Got good coaching staff as well that is fit for the portage system (portage boys). Wilkins and Joseph both from portage during the Pendoski/Tharp era. Team should be able to pull of some good matches or at least make a good impact in the state this year if not even a bigger impact next year. Only had a 5 pt. deficit to M'ville last night. Portage sort of lost their edge after Hayes took over. different style of wrestling hayes brought to portage. They seem to have brought back the Indian Tough spirit. Im excited for the team and ready to see some great portage wrestling once again!!! GO INDIANS!! GOOD LUCK AT TRAICOFF THIS WEEKEND...WRESTLE INDIAN TOUGH!!

119 Andrew Bradbury 5th and 2nd 125 Jeremy Rivas 2nd SQ 130 Eric Keith 3x SQ, 1st@140 215 Scott Buhman 6th, Sq HWT Chris Spurrier 2nd@215, 4th 189 could be Jon Brandon (before he left portage) great wrestler, helped greatly in Portages defeat of Mater Dei

use URL or read below...... http://www.nwi.com/articles/2008/11/17/sports/top_sports/doc6618e3289520d2768625750300312d8b.txt What have you done for me lately? His 2008 state title at 135 pounds still a fond memory, Portage's Sean McMurray realizes how quickly an athlete can become yesterday's news. "I enjoyed the whole state championship thing for a while," McMurray said. "I had fun. I feel really confident. It helped me work hard to get another one and another one. But it's coming back to me that last year doesn't really matter. It's a new year. If I don't win again, what does it mean? It's all a part of wrestling. It's going to be tough, but I'm excited for it all to start. I like the pressure. I like listening to people talk." The Indians' junior didn't rest on his laurels. He hit the national tournament circuit to enhance his presence on the college recruiting radar. "You can't just have high school state championships when you're talking to Division I colleges," McMurray said. He went on a high protein diet, eating eggs every day, to augment his weight workouts. A few inches taller, McMurray's now a solid 145, a weight he won't have to strain to maintain. He trained with IU national champion Angel Escobedo, former Portage state champ and Minnesota All-American Leroy Vega and new Portage assistant Reggie Wright, with a focus on sharpening his technique and broadening his style. "I learned a lot," McMurray said. "I feel like I'm better than ever. I feel like I've matured a lot as a wrestler. Wrestling's like chess. You've got to do four moves before you can do this. If a guy tries to muscle me, I can muscle back. I can scramble. It doesn't matter who I wrestle. I'm not going to change the way I wrestle. It's the same game plan. I'm going to be myself and see how it works out. If a guy beats me, he'll have to be the best in the state." Portage coach Pat Wilkins expects great things from McMurray, but is expecting more from him than wins as a veteran in a still relatively young practice room. He wants him to have more of a presence, to use the attention that comes with being a state champion to benefit the team. "He almost needs to be a fan of his teammates," Wilkins said. "Our lack of success as a team (last year) took away his motivation to motivate his teammates. The team wasn't really competing like we wanted to, so he had to look out for himself to accomplish his goals. Now he sees that we're a lot better and he's working with guys, helping make them better." McMurray is well aware of his place and his need to contribute off the mat as well as on it. He knows younger wrestlers are watching his every move, and it's up to him to lead them in the right direction. "I've opened up to teaching kids," McMurray said. "We've got a real tough team this year. We've got a lot of good puppies. I've seen more blood this year than any other year. The program is coming back and it's coming back fast." PREP WRESTLING | SEASON PREVIEW Complete prep wrestling season preview capsules are on B3. The Sean McMurray file School: Portage Year: Junior Background: McMurray won the state championship at 135 pounds as a sophomore, finishing 33-4. He took seventh in the state at 112 his freshman year. His career record is 68-12.

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