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Match started at 215. 215: Matt Barlow (A) beat Don Stanish (NP) 9-4 285: Thomas Neely (A) beat David Wilson (NP) 2-1 103: Sam Ferdig (A) pinned Blake Savchick (NP) :49 112: Tyler Rayl (A) pinned Lane Hillegonds (NP) :17 119: Cody Dubich (NP) won by forfeit 125: Josh Olsen (A) pinned Nathan King (NP) 3:19 130: Richard Dixson (A) pinned Reese Armstrong (NP) 3:37 135: Demetrie Davis (A) pinned Josh Morford (NP) 3:55 140: Cody Higgins (NP) pinned Jose Medrano (A) :39 145: Joe Zigler (NP) beat Nick Acosta (A) 7-0 152: Dillan Escobedo (NP) pinned Brandon Markovich (A) 1:29 160: Niles Goodman (NP) pinned Dorian Stroud (A) 4:39 171: Jeff Jurczak (NP) beat Alex Skipper (A) 7-2 189: John Kampf (NP) pinned Miguel Robledo (A) 1:41 New Prairie won on the 9th tie-breaking criteria, total nearfalls. Official: Frank Tasler Records: Adams 5-1, New Prairie 1-0

New Prairie 2009-10 Varsity Schedule Teams in Parentheses are the other schools participating besides NP and the host school. Tue 11/24/09 S.B. Adams 6:00PM Sat 12/05/09 @ Jimtown SUPER DUAL WI 7:00 7:00AM (Knox, Laville, Marian, John Glenn) Sat 12/12/09 @ Washington WI 6:30 6:00AM (Bishop Noll, Michigan City, Winamac, Rochester) Sat 12/19/09 @ Munster SD WI 8:00 9:00AM (Laporte, East Noble, Concord, Michigan City, Griffith, South Bend Clay) Tue 12/29/09 @ Mishawaka Tournament WI 7:00AM 8:00AM Wed 12/30/09 @ Mishawaka Tournament WI 7:00AM 8:00AM Thu 01/07/10 West Noble (WI 4:45) 5:30PM Sat 01/09/10 @ North Newton Nick Spitler Invitational SD 8:30AM (South Newton, Boone Grove, Delphi, Frontier) Thu 01/14/10 @ S.B. Riley 6:00PM Sat 01/16/10 @ Bremen SUPER DUAL WI 7:00 8:00AM (Jimtown, Concord, Culver, Triton) Tue 01/19/10 @ Plymouth WI 5:00 5:00PM Sat 01/23/10 @ NSC TNY @Jimtown WI 7:00 8:00PM

The Northern State Conference does not as all the weight class champions are all-conference. In addition, the coaches vote for 2 at-large all-conference selections, which are two seniors.

Ummm. . . Clive and other female posters may have a slight problem with your Archie Bunker-ish descriptive term for women.

Begin tomorrow, Thursday April 16th at New Prairie running from 5:30pm-7pm CST (that's 6:30-8pm for those in the eastern time zone). This will run every Thursday for four weeks. All are welcome to attend. After the month is up, I'll see about extending it contigent on the numbers showing up and continued interest. If you have any questions, concerns, need directions, et al, just send me a personal message.

'85 from Elston.

Define "long time." If you graduated in the 80's, we may have crossed paths.

I haven't yet, but it's on my bucket list.

I seriously hope you don't plan on going on for about a 13-page thread of non-sensical rambling and self-contradiction.

I knew that it was you midget5589, but I wasn't going to out you on this. It's a silly rule, kind of like that radio commercial I heard the other day about it being illegal to cross the Minnesota state line with a duck on your head.

I think the twin simians may have confused him.

I think it might be an overreaction to an instance this past fall where a transfer student played in a football game and the proper paperwork wasn't filed with the state, resulting in a forfeit of a game that Laporte had won.

From the April 2nd edition of the South Bend Tribune: I know the rules are the rules, but isn't this just a bit nitpicky? When I was in college and on winter break, I used to go up and wrestle with my former team. I guess I should report those violations back in 1986 to the IHSAA then.

Are you a former resident of Laporte County, Shootfirst?

Sorry, you're right, it's Brian. Chad is his little (if you can call any of the Schroll boys little) brother. I stand corrected.

I knew who you were talking about. . . I just had to bust Chad's chops a little bit.

When did Schroll lose his hair? ;D

Last night at our winter sports program the boys swim team presented their coach with a wrapped gift. Nothing too special, this sort of thing happens at these things from time to time, usually for the girls teams at our school, so this was nothing unusual. Or so I thought. As the coach unwrapped the gift at the insistence of his team, he opened the ordinary cardboard box marked "fragile", and jumped back. Not being privvy to what is obviously an inside joke or story, the coach was presented, at our awards program, with a live snake. I'm not sure what type of snake it was, but I am pretty sure several local and school ordinances were violated last night. I've seen many things over the years at these programs, but this one jumped to number 1 with a bullet on my list. To think people consider wrestlers a bit off-kilter.

You beat me to it Ian. I was going to say "a bad clutch."

You've outed me, Chuck. I guess I'll have to go into the witness protection program now! 8)

Please don't tell me that your guest master of ceremonies is none other than Ned Beatty. :o

In the past it has been Coach Petty from Southport, but that may have changed.

Well, the federal government is taking unnecessary time and funding away from more pressing national issues, such as the unemployment rate and jump-starting the economy, to continually investigate steroids in major league baseball, so why should we expect our state not to follow a misguided example set by Uncle Sam?

Excerpt taken from a wndu.com article: Under the bill, the division of interscholastic athletics would be governed by a nine-member board of directors appointed by the state Superintendent of Public Instruction. "This board would regulate, supervise and administer all interscholastic athletic programs, and establish standards for eligibility, competition and sportsmanship while providing protection against the exploitation of schools or students," Niezgodski said. "In short, it would do everything the IHSAA does now, except with a level of oversight and accountability that is missing today." If the bill, which now advances to the full House, becomes law, state control of high school athletics would take place on July 1.

UPDATE From the South Bend Tribune: Niezgodski abandons effort to replace IHSAA Associated Press Report INDIANAPOLIS ? A state lawmaker has abandoned a bill that would have effectively eliminated the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Democratic Rep. David Niezgodski of South Bend was upset with how the IHSAA has handled the eligibility case of female high school basketball player who moved from Elkhart Memorial High School to Washington High School in South Bend. Niezgodski's bill would have replaced the IHSAA with a board under the state Department of Education. He says he withdrew his bill Wednesday because the IHSAA had lined up several lawmakers to oppose it. But he says he still made a statement that the IHSAA was an arrogant organization. The IHSAA has said the bill wasn't justified. End of Update I was just forwarded this by my AD, so I thought I'd cut-and-paste it here for those who may be interested. This was a hotly debated topic on an earlier thread, but the phrase "better the devil you know. . ." comes to mind. The email: To: IHSAA Member School Principals & Athletic Directors From: Blake Ress, Commissioner Re: House Bill 1733 Proposed Amendment Date: February 23, 2009 On Wednesday, February 18 the House Education Committee met to discuss several bills. Representative David Niezgodski (D) presented a proposed amendment for House Bill 1733 that would in essence eliminate the Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc. The bill proposes to create a Division of Interscholastic Athletics within the Department of Education that would be responsible for the athletic programs in Indiana. Rep. Niezgodski made no secret of the fact that the impetus behind his proposal is an eligibility case that the Association has been fighting in St. Joseph County. He also accuses the IHSAA of being a bureaucracy that is not responsible to anyone. Of course, that is blatantly untrue; we are responsible to you, our member schools. The wording in his proposed amendment is troublesome and very similar to a bill that was introduced in the late 1990?s shortly after the IHSAA approved classes in team sports. This issue arose suddenly. In fact, the lobbyist for the Association first got word of it late the day before the committee meeting. Usually, committee meetings are used to discuss proposed legislation and to allow those for and against a particular bill to air their feelings. I cleared my calendar in order to testify before the Education Committee and, as you might expect, my testimony was in direct contrast to that of Rep. Niezgodski. The crux of the matter is that it passed out of committee by a 7-5 vote that was not entirely along party lines. It appears that several legislators from South Bend, including the Speaker, Rep. Patrick Bauer, are supporting the legislation. With such support, one can conclude that there is considerable leverage in the House to pass this bill. I am contacting you for several reasons. Certainly, you should be aware of what is going on regarding your Association. There is also concern about the negative impact this could have on high school athletics and, therefore, we are requesting action on your part. It is very important that you communicate with your legislators and express your opinion on this proposed legislation. If you personally know any state representatives or senators, personal contact or a phone call is better than an email. However, an email is better than no action at all. Obviously, I hope that you concur with me that politics should not be introduced into high school athletic programs in Indiana. If you would like to discuss this matter in more detail, you may contact me at your convenience.