MattM

There should be a link near the start of the thread to the site. Not sure how well it is updated though.

Unfortunately, they usually are a little slow on the website posts.

I'd think those results would be worth getting the Indy Star to write an article on Indiana's achievements down there.

One other thing I neglected to mention before stems from this comment. Growing wrestling opportunities at the college level throughout the state. Yeah it's an up hill battle at this point but also the larger number of college options has aided other states development from what I've seen. This peaks more interest which develops the cultural and community aspect of the sport. Allows for more opportunities for youth development through camp and other programs. It gives the high school guys more post high school wrestling options close to home, which means a greater chance of some continuing to wrestle in college. It also attracts out of state wrestlers to the state for college, which means more may stay in area and join coaching ranks.

They have a club and wrestler registration process similar to other organizations like USA Wrestling. Information should still be listed on there website.

Wright regional finals at 215 as a sophomore. He Lost in the round to go of semi-state by a point or two to Knight of Terra Haute North.

They actually lost a few semi-state qualifying seniors. But they have some proven wrestlers left such as Goebel, Lannert, and Wright. After this season they would be considered state hopefuls next season. Plus, some other solid underclassman and a few JV that couldnt crack the upperclassman heavy line up that will strengthen the team side of things.

Here are some areas the newer coaching staff in our program have pinpointed to try and focus on improving. Though some are hard to find a fix too, we have noticed program that have integrated many of these items have steadily improved over the last several years. I believe some of the other states have done a better job hitting many of these point too allowing their average level of wrestling remain above ours. Coaching wise: More coaches per team that are at practice on a regular basis and give a multi-year commitment. More coaches, especially at the youth level, with a clear understanding of the fundamentals and how to teach them. Youth wise: Developing a solid youth program, alongside the freestyle/greco season, so more kids have knowledge and experience before middle school. Ensuring the wrestlers at the middle school level are learning the logic behind the moves are drilling and practice them correctly. Getting more matches for MS wrestlers, especially JV. High School wise: Getting more matches for wrestlers, especially JV. Getting wrestlers to have a more well-rounded appreciation for the sport and its history. Other Getting more school and community awareness and acceptance of the program. Getting more numbers to participate in some type of off season practice or wrestling program. We need to do a better job of looking into what other improvements have occurred in state that have shown a large surge in wrestler development within the last 10 years.

Team state finalist would fix that issue then.

I believe at least 3, but that's without sifting through last years results.

Indiana Teams Participating Community Div. 1 Avon Gold Bloomington South Purple Columbus East Falcon Blue (Perry Meridian) Falcon Silver (Perry Meridian) Hamilton Southeastern Mater Dei Red Mishawaka Maroon Penn X Treme Gold Community Div. 2 Avon Black Bloomington South White Mater Dei Gold Mishawaka White Penn Xtreme Bronze Penn Xtreme Copper Penn Xtreme Silver The Bilka Experience (I believe Lowell) Yorktown Tigers District/All-Star HOOSIER ELITE (based out of Bloomington)

This may be of some help. They may not have the hour to hour schedules up until the competition starts. http://image.aausports.org/sports/wrestling/entry_kits/11/11WR_ScholasticDuals.pdf http://aauwrestling.net/Results/NationalResults/ScholasticDuals.aspx

You should be able to search trackwrestling.com for any of the team and individual results.

Congrats. That's a huge accomplishment, especially coming off just her freshman year. She has had A busy but successful. I hope it continues through the summer. I wouldn't be surprised if a few other Indiana females found there way onto the list, as well.

Yeah I noticed they had a few. Most of HYWA is currently located in far north of state. Was trying to figure out a way to incorporate most of state into something they could easily jump into. HYWA is growing but by sure now long there timeline is for taking a larger role in central and southern Indiana more coaches comfortable with it. But hey if HYWA want to try and start this type of event Im all for it. Just think it's could be a good option to add.

Beat Michigan Blue 53-20 In Consolation Brackets Lost to Florida Blue first round 43-31

FYI: For those not aware these were the undefeated Indiana wrestlers at the Cadet National Dual. This puts them on the All Tournament Team. By the way Travis Gooding also accomplished this in the Schoolboy Freestyle division of the National Duals.

If we like it or not it seems that the IHSAA team dual tournament will be removed after this coming season. While the IHSWCA is working on some alternative plans for their own version of this event I was thinking maybe we could have another type of dual tournament at some point. Is it possibility with the current way age divisions are split to incorporate incoming freshman through outgoing seniors? This would be the easiest way to get enough participation at the HS level. If not obviously we would have to leave out the incoming freshman since they wouldn't qualify for the junior division which all other ages could. Depending on when it would occur this could be a great preparation for events like the Disney Duals or just a end of summer team builder right before school starts. Though some national freestyle events are occurring it may be more realistic to organize this around folkstyle if it would help prep for Disney Duals or the next high school season. Plus may help encourage some coaches to get their kids to participate in it. At first there would probably need to be just a one then maybe a two day event. I'm guessing we wouldn't have most of the teams participate, but could build to have a decent number where every team gets several matches. However, after that their may be a way to divide up the competition into a few groups based. Obviously some would like to see a competition based on school size. But participation for the small division may be hurt by other summer activities and I'm not sure how much you could connect it with the actual high school under the IHSAA rules. However, we could eventually divide the divisions by some type of talent level sort of like Disney Duals tries to do with two district divisions (basically a large school/talented varsity and a small school/inexperienced varsity/JV group) and even a mixed All-Star division. I wouldn't think this would need to be a rival system to show the IHSAA we know who the true Team Champions. But it could be a way to keep the wrestlers active, get them energized for the high school season, and provide a good team bonding experience.

Kids would still cut in the way I describe above if we had matside weigh-in's. It' would still be about maintaining your weight in a healthy way and that is something most teenage kids do not know much about and haven't developed the the patience to do correctly. It's going to take more athlete training, parent education, and some support from peers to improve this aspect of the sport. Though wrestling that close to weigh-ins may help show a percentage of them that taking this unhealthy route has an even greater effect on their wrestling.

Well if you already meet Rowdy Roddy Piper then I'm not sure how your trip could improve after that point. Hope you enjoy the sites of NZ it's a very unique geographic area. Don't be fooled if there light weight looks a little funny. I wouldn't be surprised if they threw in a sheep just to fill a weight class down there.

Lost to Utah 44-27 Beat Maryland 39-37 Lost to Missouri 42-32 Up next Michigan Blue then bracket rounds.

It not so much about how much weight is lost, as it is how the weight is lost and over how long of time shoud it take. As HWT who for some readonpacks on weight over the summer and during football season will shead a ton of weight and his body fat % will change at a faster rate than a lightweight who is naturally skinny, eats decently healthy, andesd active override same time period. Thus for most wrestlers it may not be about the weight cutting numbers as much as how it's accomplished. If you are correctly eating during the preseason and season that in most cases regular weight cutting to make your ideal weigh class (as body fat would indicate) will not be an issue. Obviously it will take a person with more body fat longer to get to their optimal weight but that just means starting the process early and continuing it ar a more rigerous level If the end goal is important then the process is worth doing unfortunately too many people want to cut corners to make those end goals faster and bt using less long term control of their habits. That is the much larger issue under the old system and still one the current weight management program doesn't have an answer for. Tooany wrestlers are continuing to eating improper foods (sometimes in large quantities) and then restricting food and liquid from there body later on during the week to make up for it. Heck many times even replenishment items after weigh in are not helpful and sometimes hindering. They are still within their weekly weight lose limits yet this is far from the best way of maintaining or losing weight. In many cases these wrestlers have plenty of extra body fat and are not near their minimum weight class, yet they are still crash dieting. Why is this? It's not because they have tried everything and just can't get the last few pounds off. It's because they feel like taking the easy road to the results they want thinking that will work. This is a similar problem to when wrestlers dont want to work on technique and then as soon as they feel outclasses rely on the one big "Whammy" move that worked well in middle school. The move wasn't done because it was perfect timing or because all other options were exhausted. It was done put of despitation because they thought it was there only chance to win since they didn't know enough technique to compete. Likewise, these crash diets are done out of desperation because the wrestler didn't want to take advantage of other options for making weight. Health wise it is bad since you are consuming large amounts ofunhealthy foods, as well as, deprivation it of nutrition afterward to make up the difference. This large fluctuation in eating habits not only messes with your body during a time of development, not to mention athletic activity. This leads to more physical and mental stress, muscle growth issues, sleep problems, irritability, and/or other short and long term health issues. It also is bad for your sports preformance. By not building up of essential suppliments early in the week and then drain many that were already stored up in your system later in the week you are essentially running on a reserve tank. While this may carry you through to a win in one good match the effects wi show in your performance and your post match actions. It will also carry on with you through most of the day. Meaning even if you try to replenish your body afterward any additional matches you have will show residual effects from the actions you took during the earlier part of the week. Psychologically wrestlers do this because they think the drain won't effect them. The idea they did it before and still won is enough to try it again. Or they don't have the self control to eat certain food while avoiding others. Yet, the result of this is a crash diet which everyone hates later in the week. This should be resolved by providing a better nutrition education to wrestlers and getting a parent and peer support system for these efforts Or they feel the weight cut is essential tigons them a size advantage. Yet you are the same weight as your opponent and your muscle depletion from losing weight makes up for the strength advantage you would have had. Sometimes the only reason these theories even work out for wrestlers is because there opponent was dumb enough to follow similar habits causing them to also have a disadvantage. Thus falsely giving the winner the feeling that this method was worth doing. Thus, in most cases during the preseason and season a regular structured diet, the skipping of major gorging episodes, and a regular exercise routine will be enough to get an athlete to his optimal performance weight while still retaining the stamina and strength needed to preform well throughout a day of wrestling. Anything else is just playing roulette with your health, preformance on the mat, and your win/lose record.

In Freestyle Pool C competition so far. Lost to Illinois 54-20 Beat Arizona 36-32 Bye Still to come: Utah Maryland Missouri Michigan Blue From the results so far the outcome for many of these teams is still well up in the air.

Pritlaff and Overtime coach Sean Bormet end up at Michigan. I'm assuming they may be grooming Bormet to take over eventually and Pritzlaff to help them for a few years until he gets a head coaching positions. They just got a heck of a lot better with adding this tandem, especially if Pritzlaff sticks around until a really desirable head job presents itself. http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/061711aaa.html

I think it really comes down to training judges specifically for MMA events. I still think many of the current ones are still just transfers over from Boxing and other sports who are only now gaining a decent understanding of MMA. To get a truly well judges fight I think we have to wait until more former MMA fighters, refs, or trainers becomes judges. Since they will have enough insight into the details of the sport to understand which fighter is attempting true moves from all positions and which ones just look like they to the average viewer based on appearance. Even then you are taking a chance taking it to the judges if you haven't sent a clear statement throughout the entire fight.