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  1. Two from the finals to win a state title. 

    Paul Petrov - Has the confidence to cut Brenden Campbell with a little under a minute left to give Campbell the lead then finding a way to secure the takedown to win.  Not the cleanest takedown but I was very impressed with the confidence to hand Campbell the lead and know you would find a TD to win in.  

     

    Chad Ruggeri - Double Overs to throw and pin Dexter Larimore one of Indiana’s best HWTs of all time.  Pretty much everyone had Larimore winning it but Ruggeri just went right in on him and chose to take the title for his own rather than be hesitant at such a big moment. 

     

    I may have seen better takedown moves but not too many in such a clutch situation with a state title on the line. 

  2. Been saying for a while the top of this sport, and most sports, is becoming a little less accessible to blue-collar wrestlers/families than it used to be.  Affordable access to wrestling opportunities and just simply the ability to travel (since many have parents who work a lot) is becoming hard for some families to overcome.  Especially when certain events and academies are not within a short drive from the location you live in. 

     

    It's awesome that some kids have the opportunity to make a major jump in their skill level.  But a decent percentage of wrestlers are limited in what their family can do and really have to search for what rare options may present themselves if they want to make decent gains in their ability.  Sometimes coaches have to be creative as well in order to help those kids get some type of opportunity.  When the demographic of a large percentage of your team is within that socio-economic situation, obviously finding enough avenues to help them becomes a little more daunting. For several coaches, there isn't much of an off season anymore to start with, and then add on to that the legwork you'll also be putting into finding ways to help those types of wrestlers out so they can "shrink the talent gap."

  3. 59 minutes ago, formercollegekid said:

    Looks like Indiana will finish with 3 teams ranked in the top 25 in the country.

     

    Big congratulations to Brownsburg, Center Grove , Crown Point. 

     

    For context has Cali has 5 and Pa has 4

    I wasn't sure which team rankings you are pulling this from.  Does that list include only the public and private schools that participate in state competitions or does it include the major prep national teams, as well?

  4. If those are the defined rules then you have the be cautious with them.  That being said Brooks seems to have the worst luck when it comes to his few MMA losses.  First a controversial split decision in a fight where he had control of a lot of the action against a guy that would go on to be a 2x UFC champion.  Then he knocks himself out while he was slamming his opponent in what was a very good performance before that moment.  Get released by the UFC following a win as they were attempting to cut ties with most of the light weight division.  And now this.  The dude is still finding tons of success but he's having to get through some hard luck to do it.  Definitely deserves a rematch.

  5. While these other guys sure are entertaining and keep us on our toes I'm sticking with my original nomination for this first round and honoring those who had or have continued to bring a wealth of Indiana Wrestling knowledge and history this this board.  As Team Garcia said @grecoref and @TheAncientElder deserve a ton of credit in that department.  Plus, @hook and half continues to be a wealth of historical information for one of Indiana's best programs and the competition they faced.  I'll cast my vote for the entertainment portion of the crowd next year, as you guys really liven up this place way more than I do.

  6. Lots of solid posters throughout the years.  Many are still very active today and continue to bring great content.  I’m especially appreciate to those who in recent years have helped grow the College Board from its basement dwelling to the useful resource it has become.  

     

    But, as a historian at heart I have to give my original shoutout for great posters past posters like  @TheAncientElder and current posters wrestling historians like @hook and half, as well as, elder statesmen like @Coach Peck.  And @Y2CJ41 over the years has taken to collection and preserve many pieces of historic information, much which has became searchable on this website.  feel it’s essential to show acknowledgement to those great individuals, teams, and moments that have made Indiana wrestling what it is today and those guys have been here to help ensure we keep that alive. I’m sure I’ve missed several other like them who have contributed a lot to the historical knowledge of this site, so hopefully some other posters can put them up as nominees. 

  7. 1 hour ago, Bulldog89 said:

    .... just eating better....

    And that is part about managing your weight that I think many HS kids and their parents don't get or at least aren't willing to fully buy into.  Some kids can eat 3 decent meals regularly, have occasional cheat meals, and even get stronger as the season progresses all while maintaining or even losing weight. But that's because they and their parents have made the effort to ensure they are eating better and continue to work hard during practice.   But, that's the off-the-mat dedication and mental game that some kids and parents have made the choice to buy into. 

     

    We all hear about kids who say they can't make the weight though, but in some cases, I don't see that as a cutting issue, its poor off-the-mat decisions and lack of a buy-in to themselves, their team, and the sport.  We all have some kids who are choosing to routinely make poor food choice decisions, sometimes overindulge, and then trying to over-exercise and starve a day or two before weigh-ins.  We then often hear that same kid or parents say as the season progresses that they can't make the weight cut with most pointing out they are barely eating the last couple of days. To me, that is not a cutting weight issue it is a poor weight management issue.  We often have to concede this routine isn't going to change and tell the kid and parent they will need to move up a weight class.  But then low and behold most of those kids will balloon up close to the top of that new weight too and are still sluggish on the mat due to more bad eating habits. 

     

    You can throw all sorts of nutrition talks and guides at them to help show that making better eating choices will improve their performance on the mat and make maintaining their weight all season possible.  You can even point out that this isn't about eating small portions or only choosing to eat "twigs and leaves" every meal, but about pre-planning food decisions to ensure you have good options available on a routine basis.  However, until the kids and parents (since they do provide some of those food choices to their kids have a better buy-in on the value of nutritious eating we will still hear some kids and parents talking about cutting too much weight and/or eating little days before the meet.   I also believe there are some effective ways to promote healthy eating habits and removing some of the extreme cutting, but part of that also comes from developing a culture where the other teammates and family understand what supporting each other really means.  

  8. 18 hours ago, SunDevils said:

    Steven Bradley (people forget how dominant he actually was) 

    I have a first hand experience of it. I’m not sure how much he sucked down or how he even managed it, but he felt every bit of a  a 150lber in a 125lb weight class.   Definitely wouldn’t meet todays weight certification requirements. 

  9. The Not Top 10 as ESPN portrays it generally consider to be embarrassing blooper and ridiculous errors of well paid adult professional athletes. Most of yours is call out kids who already had an off day and give no credit to their opponents rising to the occasion and finding their own moment. Just because top CP wrestlers, and a few others,  didn’t win a tough match doesn’t mean it should fall into this type of Not Top 10 embarrassing type call out.  In my view most of your 10 are not good takes.  Heck some of them aren’t even big upsets ranking wise. Your own picks may not have been Top 10 calls but no need to call any of these kids to task just because they didn’t live up to your picks. If this was a joke it was done way too poorly in taste.  Get some sleep, you’ve had a long day. 

     

    The following take (posted below) is more along the lines of the type of Not Top 10 criticism of this years state event that is worth pointing out.  I can at least respect those thoughts cause it’s about the process and someone could actually consider those ideas when planning future events.  

     

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