samaj

From a local guy who is a foodie.
 
Two words.....FRANKLIN STREET.
Take the free trolley and go there.
 
Gerst Haus - Authentic German food
 
Franklin Street Pizza Factory - It's pizza, so it good right?
 
Chasers Bar and Grill - Owned by a wrestling family and they support local wrestling.  Great food.
 
Buds - Most unique menu on Franklin Street - awesome food.
 
Noche - new taco and tequila place, just opened.
 
Smitty's Italian Steakhouse - Great Pastas, Steaks, and Sammiches. 
 
Other Great Places Downtown but may be packed due to proximity to Ford Center.
Samuels
Bru Burger
Comfort
 
 

From a local guy who is a foodie.
 
Two words.....FRANKLIN STREET.
Take the free trolley and go there.
 
Gerst Haus - Authentic German food
 
Franklin Street Pizza Factory - It's pizza, so it good right?
 
Chasers Bar and Grill - Owned by a wrestling family and they support local wrestling.  Great food.
 
Buds - Most unique menu on Franklin Street - awesome food.
 
Noche - new taco and tequila place, just opened.
 
Smitty's Italian Steakhouse - Great Pastas, Steaks, and Sammiches. 
 
Other Great Places Downtown but may be packed due to proximity to Ford Center.
Samuels
Bru Burger
Comfort
 
 

From a local guy who is a foodie.
 
Two words.....FRANKLIN STREET.
Take the free trolley and go there.
 
Gerst Haus - Authentic German food
 
Franklin Street Pizza Factory - It's pizza, so it good right?
 
Chasers Bar and Grill - Owned by a wrestling family and they support local wrestling.  Great food.
 
Buds - Most unique menu on Franklin Street - awesome food.
 
Noche - new taco and tequila place, just opened.
 
Smitty's Italian Steakhouse - Great Pastas, Steaks, and Sammiches. 
 
Other Great Places Downtown but may be packed due to proximity to Ford Center.
Samuels
Bru Burger
Comfort
 
 

I would like to congratulate Larry Mattingly on his retirement and on an awesome career.  I never met another coach or athlete who didn't think he was a great person.   If you ever met him him you know he is the best joke teller on the planet.  He is the definition of a great mentor to Memorial HS Wrestlers and fellow coaches for 36 years!  I feel fortunate to say I was his assistant for most of them.  Congrats Larry!  
 
Link to local news story-
https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/memorial-wrestling-coach-larry-mattingly-stepping-away-after-36-years/70112761007/

Congratulations Coach.  Thank you for helping develop great men!

Congrats coach Mattingly!!! Wonderful person. 

Great read. GREAT coach! 
 
Enjoy retirement coach!

I have enjoyed all I my interactions across the mat, walking down the hall, and especially the seeding meetings.  Larry will always be remembered and talked about with a smile for years to come!  
 
Thanks for the great memories.
 
Randy

What a fantastic human being!  I wish I had the opportunity to be around him more other than just in passing at meets and events.  One of the most genuine people I’ve had the opportunity to meet through wrestling.  

I would like to congratulate Larry Mattingly on his retirement and on an awesome career.  I never met another coach or athlete who didn't think he was a great person.   If you ever met him him you know he is the best joke teller on the planet.  He is the definition of a great mentor to Memorial HS Wrestlers and fellow coaches for 36 years!  I feel fortunate to say I was his assistant for most of them.  Congrats Larry!  
 
Link to local news story-
https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/memorial-wrestling-coach-larry-mattingly-stepping-away-after-36-years/70112761007/

I would like to congratulate Larry Mattingly on his retirement and on an awesome career.  I never met another coach or athlete who didn't think he was a great person.   If you ever met him him you know he is the best joke teller on the planet.  He is the definition of a great mentor to Memorial HS Wrestlers and fellow coaches for 36 years!  I feel fortunate to say I was his assistant for most of them.  Congrats Larry!  
 
Link to local news story-
https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/memorial-wrestling-coach-larry-mattingly-stepping-away-after-36-years/70112761007/

I would like to congratulate Larry Mattingly on his retirement and on an awesome career.  I never met another coach or athlete who didn't think he was a great person.   If you ever met him him you know he is the best joke teller on the planet.  He is the definition of a great mentor to Memorial HS Wrestlers and fellow coaches for 36 years!  I feel fortunate to say I was his assistant for most of them.  Congrats Larry!  
 
Link to local news story-
https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/memorial-wrestling-coach-larry-mattingly-stepping-away-after-36-years/70112761007/

I would like to congratulate Larry Mattingly on his retirement and on an awesome career.  I never met another coach or athlete who didn't think he was a great person.   If you ever met him him you know he is the best joke teller on the planet.  He is the definition of a great mentor to Memorial HS Wrestlers and fellow coaches for 36 years!  I feel fortunate to say I was his assistant for most of them.  Congrats Larry!  
 
Link to local news story-
https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/memorial-wrestling-coach-larry-mattingly-stepping-away-after-36-years/70112761007/

I would like to congratulate Larry Mattingly on his retirement and on an awesome career.  I never met another coach or athlete who didn't think he was a great person.   If you ever met him him you know he is the best joke teller on the planet.  He is the definition of a great mentor to Memorial HS Wrestlers and fellow coaches for 36 years!  I feel fortunate to say I was his assistant for most of them.  Congrats Larry!  
 
Link to local news story-
https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/memorial-wrestling-coach-larry-mattingly-stepping-away-after-36-years/70112761007/

I would like to congratulate Larry Mattingly on his retirement and on an awesome career.  I never met another coach or athlete who didn't think he was a great person.   If you ever met him him you know he is the best joke teller on the planet.  He is the definition of a great mentor to Memorial HS Wrestlers and fellow coaches for 36 years!  I feel fortunate to say I was his assistant for most of them.  Congrats Larry!  
 
Link to local news story-
https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/memorial-wrestling-coach-larry-mattingly-stepping-away-after-36-years/70112761007/

Teams Committed for 2023 so far...
 
Cathedral
Avon
Bloomington South
Columbus East
Tell City
Evansville Memorial
Evansville North
Terre Haute North
Lafayette Jeff
Owen Valley
 
The best summer duals in the State.  We have room for 10 more teams.

Teams Committed for 2023 so far...
 
Cathedral
Avon
Bloomington South
Columbus East
Tell City
Evansville Memorial
Evansville North
Terre Haute North
Lafayette Jeff
Owen Valley
 
The best summer duals in the State.  We have room for 10 more teams.

Teams Committed for 2023 so far...
 
Cathedral
Avon
Bloomington South
Columbus East
Tell City
Evansville Memorial
Evansville North
Terre Haute North
Lafayette Jeff
Owen Valley
 
The best summer duals in the State.  We have room for 10 more teams.

Teams Committed for 2023 so far...
 
Cathedral
Avon
Bloomington South
Columbus East
Tell City
Evansville Memorial
Evansville North
Terre Haute North
Lafayette Jeff
Owen Valley
 
The best summer duals in the State.  We have room for 10 more teams.

Teams Committed for 2023 so far...
 
Cathedral
Avon
Bloomington South
Columbus East
Tell City
Evansville Memorial
Evansville North
Terre Haute North
Lafayette Jeff
Owen Valley
 
The best summer duals in the State.  We have room for 10 more teams.

Bumping this to the top.  Info for the 2023 event was just posted on the Tournament Forum page.  Please take a look and consider sending your full and competitive team to this years event for outstanding competition.  We have Several commitments from last years teams already.  

June 10-12 2022
 
Host schools are Evansville Memorial and Evansville North.  
Event will be held at Evansville North.  (Amazing Facilities!!)
Union County was invited.  They have a camp that same weekend and cannot attend.
 
As mentioned, full information on this event is posted in the "Tournament Information" forum. or at this link
 
 

There is a new summer tournament on the block and it's the real deal!!  The event information is listed in the Tournament Information Forum, where it should be.  I am hoping Joe leaves this post here as it becomes a discussion.
 
After many years of consideration and thought of trying to make this event happen, We finally jumped in feet first and made it a reality.  We contacted Adidas Wrestling and they jumped at the chance to be the title sponsor of this new event.  I am wondering what everyone's thoughts are.  This event strives to much more than a typical high school hosted Summer Duals. (You know, the summer events that unorganized teams verbally commit to and then cancel 2 weeks prior to the event, leaving the host school with the mess filling the spot and everything that goes with it.)
 
We want an event that is full every single year, with great programs, who show up ready to compete at a high level.  We want a waiting list of hammer teams.  We want an event, that quite honestly, is not for everybody.  This event has been "copied" after the Disney Duals.  We want it to be a smaller version of the Disney Duals, right here in Indiana.  We had a "soft opening" so that we could reach out to specific programs and get a wide representation state wide.  We also reached out to other states hoping to get a much different flavor, but have had little or no luck.
 
We have had some outstanding programs commit for this year. (see the list below) and we still have a few openings.  This should be a great event.  So tell us, what can we do to make it grow from 16 to 36 teams from all over the Midwest in the next 2-3 years?  What are the little things that make an event like this something everyone wants to do?  What separates an event like this from the others?  Talk to us.  Help us make this something Indiana can be proud of.
 
Here are the teams entered so far-
 
Team List (verbally committed 100%)
1. Cathedral
2. Lafayette Jefferson
3. Evansville Memorial
4. Evansville North
5. Mt. Vernon (Posey)
6. Westfield
7. Avon
8. Mater Dei
9. Edgewood
10. Carmel
11. Columbus East
12. ??
13. ??
14. ??
15. ??
16. ??

 
 
Jeff Schaefer
Evansville Memorial HS
E.I. Sports and Apparel.
 
 

There is a new summer tournament on the block and it's the real deal!!  The event information is listed in the Tournament Information Forum, where it should be.  I am hoping Joe leaves this post here as it becomes a discussion.
 
After many years of consideration and thought of trying to make this event happen, We finally jumped in feet first and made it a reality.  We contacted Adidas Wrestling and they jumped at the chance to be the title sponsor of this new event.  I am wondering what everyone's thoughts are.  This event strives to much more than a typical high school hosted Summer Duals. (You know, the summer events that unorganized teams verbally commit to and then cancel 2 weeks prior to the event, leaving the host school with the mess filling the spot and everything that goes with it.)
 
We want an event that is full every single year, with great programs, who show up ready to compete at a high level.  We want a waiting list of hammer teams.  We want an event, that quite honestly, is not for everybody.  This event has been "copied" after the Disney Duals.  We want it to be a smaller version of the Disney Duals, right here in Indiana.  We had a "soft opening" so that we could reach out to specific programs and get a wide representation state wide.  We also reached out to other states hoping to get a much different flavor, but have had little or no luck.
 
We have had some outstanding programs commit for this year. (see the list below) and we still have a few openings.  This should be a great event.  So tell us, what can we do to make it grow from 16 to 36 teams from all over the Midwest in the next 2-3 years?  What are the little things that make an event like this something everyone wants to do?  What separates an event like this from the others?  Talk to us.  Help us make this something Indiana can be proud of.
 
Here are the teams entered so far-
 
Team List (verbally committed 100%)
1. Cathedral
2. Lafayette Jefferson
3. Evansville Memorial
4. Evansville North
5. Mt. Vernon (Posey)
6. Westfield
7. Avon
8. Mater Dei
9. Edgewood
10. Carmel
11. Columbus East
12. ??
13. ??
14. ??
15. ??
16. ??

 
 
Jeff Schaefer
Evansville Memorial HS
E.I. Sports and Apparel.
 
 

June 10-12 2022
 
Host schools are Evansville Memorial and Evansville North.  
Event will be held at Evansville North.  (Amazing Facilities!!)
Union County was invited.  They have a camp that same weekend and cannot attend.
 
As mentioned, full information on this event is posted in the "Tournament Information" forum. or at this link