RegionRoyalty

2004 was a successful year.  The Region had 5 champions and 5 runner-ups

Jose Escobedo- Griffith, Angel Escobedo-Griffith, Andrae Hernandez- Griffith, Darren Elkins- Portage, and Alex Tsirtsis- Griffith took home titles.

McGill, Sessa, Oria, English, and Larimore were Runner-Ups

30 minutes ago, brickfor6 said:

What year did we get 5?

It looks like the Region got 5 champions in 2006.

Javier Salas- Merrillville, Eric McGill- Munster, Andrew Howe- Hanover Central, Chad Biddle- Portage, Dexter Larimore- Merrillville

3 more from Mishawaka (Harper, Hinton, and Day) gave the Merrillville Semi-State (now EC Semi-State) 8 champions.

1 hour ago, Sig40 said:

4 to 6 State titles coming from this region.

I'm as big a Region fan as you will find outside of Da Rat.  I don't see how you get to 4, much less 6.

I'd set the Over/Under at 2.5 and take the Under.

100% true.  I would not count Perry, Warren, Portage, Chesterton, Brownsburg, Avon, Mater Dei, etc. among the part-time coaches.  You see their coaches at all the ISWA and Youth events all year round.

Sadly, however, these guys are more the exception than the norm.  And it is no surprise that they are the ones who have the successful programs.  That's the point I'm trying to make.  For kids who aren't fortunate enough to have a coach who puts in this level of time and effort year round, their Academy coach probably has spent more time with them and knows them better.  The above schools and a handful of others would be the exception.  

43 minutes ago, Numchuck Skills said:

My opinion, the coach knows the athlete and his style better than an "Academy" coach who doesn't know the athlete that well and does not want a brand new technique pushed on the kid mid season

Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but in a lot of instances, this is exactly the opposite of what is true.  The high school coach is with the athlete from November to February for his 4 years of high school.  The Academy coach has been with that athlete year-round since he was 6 or 7 years old.

32 minutes ago, TeamGarcia said:

Key word for you haters is “Like”

I don't consider myself to be a hater.  I'm actually a fan of Asa and think he wrestles a fun to watch, aggressive style.

1.5% weight loss per week to get to 113 would put your max at 114.7 in a 1-week period.  114.7 and 133 are not ALIKE.  They are not SIMILAR.  They are not ALMOST THE SAME, or any other word you'd like to use to describe two things that are similar.  "Like" is not the key word here, because 133 and 114.7 are not ALIKE. 

Exaggeration about the amount of weight you cut is not "cool".  It hurts our sport.   I'm sure most kids lose more than 1.5% in a week, probably even in a practice.  It doesn't need to be published or exaggerated.  It's not cool, especially when you're an athlete who a lot of peers and young wrestlers look up to.  

I just think that when Mr. Faulkens comes to a coaches dinner in the Region and lectures 50 coaches about adhering to the weight management plan, and then a couple weeks later an article is published about a state champion (one of the faces of the sport at the high school level in our state) cutting 20 pounds in a week, it's not a good look.

Just my two cents...

3 hours ago, Y2CJ41 said:

I was like 133 pounds during the week and I was cutting to 113. I wasn’t able to practice to get better, I was practicing to get the weight off.

Sounds like Mr. Faulkens may need to pay a visit to the Orioles to discuss their adherence to the weight management protocol...

I believe the complete list can be found in the Roncalli email distribution list called "Prospects"

Looking forward to the future 125 lb. Region rivalry between Army and Navy with Cummings and Moran.

If it's the Indiana version of the Hodge trophy for seniors only (most dominant p4p season of the seniors), give it to Andrew Davison or Evan Ellis, the only two without a loss this year

If it's a culmination award over 4 years for the senior with the best career, give it to Colton Cummings, the only 2x state champion in this senior class.

No offense to Gunnar Larson (by all accounts he seems like a great kid), or Cummings, but if you didn't win a state title as a senior (or at all) then you shouldn't be in consideration.

Why does it matter what year in high school you won a state title?  Only 1 senior in this whole senior class was a 2x state champion, that was Colton Cummings.

If you asked the question "whose career would you most like to have?", I'd bet most people would say the one that ended with 2 state titles.

Not the one that had 3 losses in the state semifinals and only one title.

Not the one that had a ticket round loss, a loss on Friday night, and only one title.

Not the one that had 3 state placements and only one trip to the finals and no titles.

Hard to vote against Colton Cummings. The ONLY 2x state champion in this senior class and had as dominant a 2 year run as I've seen his sophomore and junior years. Great student and community member headed to West Point. Had the national success as well (2nd at USA Folkstyle Nationals). An injury derailed his title hopes this season but IMO he had the best career of any of this years seniors.

BEST MATCH OF THE SEASON!

Kris Rumph... Not many quicker in the state than this kid when he decides to pull the trigger and attack the legs

Unfortunate that Carroll (Fort Wayne) is effectively going to be stealing a spot from a more deserving team for no other reason than geography.  They wouldn't even be in consideration for a wild card spot if the top 10 automatically qualified, as they are more than 15 points from the 10th team on the list.

It happened in 2000 at 140 lbs.

Erik Keith- Portage was the undefeated state champion over previously undefeated Derek Donaldson- Plainfield.  Jerald Ridley- FW Northrop and Josh Baxter- Pike were also undefeated until the semis.

Pretty good definition.  If that's what we are using as the criteria then there are 4:

B. Lee

J. Lee

A. Davison

M. Parris

If Merrillville were to decline like they have always done, it will be an exciting race for the final automatic berth this weekend between Harrison, Crown Point, and Chesterton. 

Here's the last time they wrestled, granted it's been almost 3 years.

ISWA Sch/Cad/Jr Folkstyle State (03/15 - 03/16/2014)
    Cadet - 106 (1st)
        1st Place Match: Colton Cummings (Region) over Alec White (Red Cobra) (Maj 9-1) 

Having a huge number of returning starters was absolutely the reason a less-known team like Chesterton, who were never before in the top 20 in the 30 years I've followed Indiana wrestler, were chosen "on faith" and proved they deserved their spot this season.

Chesterton was the team state champions in 1989, within the last 30 years.. barely

Don't sell yourself short - I see 6 in my magic ball 

Who are your 6?

Triana/Poynter is a possibility though not a strong one.

Cummings/DeLaPena- neither are favored but it's hard to go against a 2x champion in February

Reitz is 50/50 at best with Bailey

Rumph/Black I think is the most likely weight where a title comes home to the 219

L. Davison is a possibility though not the favorite

A. Davison is the favorite to win 195.

I'd say you have 2 for sure champs (Rumph/Black winner and A. Davison).  Of the other 4, likely 2 win and 2 lose.

I'll go with 4 total.  2 on a horrible day.  6 on the best day imaginable. 

In 2003 it was held at New Castle and called the "MS Duals National Qualifier".  The tournament was started in response to the Indiana Bad Boys team put together by Kevin English which took 2nd place at the MS National Duals in 2002.  The ISWA didn't like that an Indiana team was having success that they weren't sponsoring, so they created this tournament in 2003 so they could control who was on the team that went to Danville.

I just saw this post.... and I see a lot of statements about what gym or parking lot or who can host it. First .... wadkins is a great person that has done a lot for this sport in our area.

 

But has anyone asked the important questions?

 

How is this going to affect the region. Are they going to just move the place where sectionals and regionals are hosted? Or are they planning on shuffling some schools around? From what I hear it isn't good. Sectionals not a big deal, the kicker is at regionals!!! Can you imagine having a regional tougher than semistate? Just think of wrestlers that wouldn't make it to state bc they got eliminated at regionals not semistate. I think the region should be well represented down in Indy. That's actually good for the sport. Having the best guys competing down in indy. But again it could be all rumors since no one is talking ....

Don't drink and IndianaMat.  You'll end up posting non-sense like this.

How exactly can a regional be tougher than a semi-state?  At semi-state you have your own regional, PLUS other regionals.  Think (and don't drink) before you post.

Having semi-state as two days would be more difficult since we rent out two big arenas for Evansville and Fort Wayne. Also add in that there are teams that travel 2+ hours for some semi-states that would be very much frowned upon by administrators and the IHSAA.

Then have a repechage-style wrestleback at the semi-state.  You get to wrestleback if the guy who beat you makes the finals.  1st round loser to finalist A vs. 2nd round loser to finalist A, winner faces the semifinal loser to finalist A to get into the 3rd place match.  1st round loser to finalist B vs. 2nd round loser to finalist B, winner faces the semifinal loser to finalist B to get into the 3rd place match.  Take the top 4.  This is only 4 extra matches per weight from our current system and does not require two days and cuts an entire week off the tournament.