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Here is the link to the brackets from the tournament on Sunday: http://n010.trackwrestling.com:8080/tw/opentournaments/MainFrame.jsp?sport=wrestling&TIM=1351727713407&pageName=&ie=false&frameSize=706 Highlights: 5 of 7 placed in the top 3 in their weight classes. There were 3 preseason top 20 teams at the tournament. 125: Kaleb Barajas (Franklin Central) placed 3rd, was injured in the second to last match 133: Justin Eshelman (Pendleton HS) was never losing a match when he got beat 141: Chris Beck (Lincolnview HS in Illinois) 197: Dominic Fimbianti (Munster HS) beat #7 @197 Dominic Walker from Mott TWICE by 7 to be tourney champ 235: Colin Warner (Tipton HS) beat #2 @ 197 Carl Walker from Grand Valley 5-2 to be tourney champ 235: Kyle Smitherman (Pendleton HS) placed third, losing to #2 in the nation by 7-2 285: Tyler Melby (Westfield HS) placed second, losing finals in OT.

You can look on ncwa.net. Click on "Rankings" and it will have a list of the top clubs. The clubs in the Midwest will be in the Great Lakes Conference and the Great Plains conferences.

For those interested, I have begun a new thread: http://indianamat.com/messageboard/index.php/topic,23004.0.html

We are on campus this year and will be competing. The president's name and contact information is: Colin Warner crwarner@bsu.edu We are part of the Great Lakes Conference (All National Collegiate Wrestling Association teams in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin). The club began to be run by an ROTC guy last year who simply could not run an organization, but was removed from the position and the club is student-run now. Our coach is Luke Register (former WTT Qualifier for the Marines). We are incredibly excited to compete this year, and the first scheduled tournament is October 27th and the next one is scheduled for November 10th.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but was he not a 3X champ, not a 2X?

Thats great information! Thank you for your support! We are very excited to step back on the mat

That's great to hear! Don't let him be satisfied; one of my biggest regrets. Best of luck in the upcoming season

If you are coming to Ball State next year and want to keep wrestling, (Ball State does not have a collegate team) the Ball State wrestling club plans to compete this fall with other club teams in the North Central Conference (27 teams in our conference from north and south dakota, nebraska, minnesota, iowa, wisconsin, illinois, michigan, indiana, kentucky, and ohio), and then to go on to the NCWA national tournament. For more information on the association, go to ncwa.com. We do not discriminate on skill level or previous success so do not hesitate to come out. If you have any interest in continuing to compete in our great sport of wrestling, feel free to inbox me and I will get you more information!

I'm not trying to say your son isn't a great wrestler, but I was a Fargo All-American (5th), made the All-Junior Duals team in Oklahoma City (6-0), went 7-1 (with 6 pins) at the Scholastic Duals in York, PA, placed second at folkstyle state, won greco and freestyle state as a junior, and never placed at high school state. This kind of post simply sets your son up to have people rooting against him. Let his success on the mat speak for itself, with all due respect. * this is in no way, shape, or form a post bashing you or your son. I am just trying to let you know the difference of competition in the IHSAA state tournament vs. the off-season state tournaments Best of luck to you and your son this year though. I love seeing the underdogs that no one saw coming succeed

Y2 has had some controversial arguments in the past, but I cannot argue with his logic here. How exactly has the IHSWCA gone about asking for a classed tournament and wrestle-backs? I am asking because I honestly don't know. If it has been through proposing ideas to the IHSAA, that can be construed by the IHSAA as one of two ways: 1. It can be viewed as proactive by the IHSWCA's part, or 2. It can be viewed as disrespectful and seem like the IHSWCA is sort of going out of the way to make themselves heard. If it has been through asking what the IHSAA wants to see happen to make sure we can have a classed team state and wrestle-backs, I believe that would work better. If this is the way it was done, than my argument is invalid; but again I have no background knowledge on how it was gone about discussing the implementation of a classed team state and wrestle-backs. What if we asked what the IHSAA would like to see from us to have a classed team state and wrestle-backs in five years? Why don't we put together a plan, or contract with the IHSAA. If we follow all the guidelines AND THE INTENTIONS of the guidelines without being conniving and trying to find loopholes, how can the IHSAA say no after the date decided by the contract? This is something that I think makes sense. Thoughts?

I think we should most certainly have wrestlebacks at all levels. I did not place my senior year while seven other individuals I never lost to did, one of which being in my own weight class. However, that is part of it. Would we have the TIME to hold those extra matches?

Sweet mother of God...

126 was pretty ridiculous too. Kyle Ayersman 3X state champ (lost in the finals as a freshman, I believe) Cody Phillips 2X state champ, another place as well last year and woulda been fun this year if he would have been healthy Cody LeCount How many ISWA state titles? Has he placed nationally yet? Chandler Carroll 3rd as a freshman last year and nearly pulled a Petrov on Campbell last year in the semi's Nick Crume beat Carroll 5-0 in the semi state

I agree that it is a safety thing. Also, I think that insurance has a lot to do with it. A lot of high schools have done away with gymnastics both as a sport and in physical education due to insurance. Notice how very rarely you can find a rope hanging from a gym ceiling? Insurance. There is technically no such thing as a "slam" in Freestyle and Greco. Therefore, when a competitor is thrown to the ground in a suplex, reverse body lift, etc., there can be some devastating blows to the body. When a wrestler picks up his opponent in Folkstyle, the rulebook states that he must, "return him to the mat safely." I am almost positive that these safety rules were put in place for insurance purposes.