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You are forgetting Mr. Stevan Micic and Ashton Mutawa who also qualified for the Olympics.

Mason Parris, Sarah Hildebrandt and Kayla Miracle all make the U.S. Olympic team.  Great job gentleman and ladies.   
 
A few other Indiana natives also has a solid showing at the Olympic trials. 

Derek Blubaugh will run Franklin's RTC this week. Enter door 21.  6-7:30pm.  Also, coming with Derek will be All American teammate heavyweight Cale Gray.  Cale will be there to roll around with any big kids.
  Derek Blub2024 National Champion at 197 ... Earned 2024 Outstanding Wrestler at the DII National Championship ... A two-time NCAA Division II National Runner-up at 197 (2021-22, 2022-23) … Back-to-back GLVC Wrestler of the Year honoree in 2022-23 and 2023-24 …  Captured his first Midwest Classic title at 197 in 2023-24 ... First Team All-GLVC in 2022, 2023, 2024 and a second team nod in 2021 … Two- time NWCA Scholar All-Academic and three-time Academic All-GLVC honoree … Led the Greyhounds in victories in 22-23 with 33, while capturing 12 falls … helped lead the Greyhounds to their first GLVC Championship in 2022-23


Four-year letterwinner in wrestling for Bloomington South...two-time state placer, 6th as a junior, 4th as a senior...career record of 153-26...four-time sectional and regional champ...Conference champ as a senior...two-time Team MVP...team captain as a senior...84 pins as a prep.

Engineering major...National Honor society member...National art Honor Society member...son of Rene and Dana Blubaugh... Grandson of the Olympic Gold Medalist Doug Blubaugh, winner of the 1960 Olympic gold medal ... Doug Blubaugh was also the 1957 NCAA DI National Champion for Oklahoma State at 157lbs.
 

Today.com contacted me and picked up my story.😳
https://www.today.com/health/men-s-health/dad-mystery-brain-illness-rcna147984

He was a semi state qualifier for Indian Creek beating freshman Tristan Ruhlman at sectional.

Thursday March 28th.  7 pm.   Come learn and be seen
 
https://goheels.com/sports/wrestling/roster/coaches/tony-ramos/4180

Ramos did a clinic for The Fort last year. Good stuff and a good dude. Highly recommend.

Clinician: Nick Hull
ISWA Olympic Developmental Director
USAW National Developmental COY
UWW International Freestyle Certified
UWW Masters Bronze Medalist
US Open Masters Champion
Collegiate All-American
IHSAA State Champion 3x placer
Has developed and trained numerous men's and womens state and national champions at all levels.
 
enter door 21. 6-7:30 pm this Wednesday. 
 
 
lots of great freestyle technique and freestyle live. The rooms been popping. Let’s keep it going. 

Prayers from the Tonte family and Franklin wrestling. 

Coach Brown used to help out with the Humphrey family wrestling clinics - he was a wonderful person and the kids really gravitated to his gentle, laughing personality.  We would run into him years later at wrestling meets and he was always quick with a greeting and would want to know how things were going for our wrestlers. To read that he was caught up in such a senseless act of violence is just so heartbreaking.  I am glad they have caught the perpetrator although no justice can offset this loss.  Rest in Heaven coach Brown - you were a great man!

We will kick off our first Mondays at Mooresville RTC March 4, 6pm - 7:30pm.  Our first clinician will be Briar Runyon.  State champ and former head coach at Martinsville High school.  It will be a folkstyle RTC to prep for ISWA folkstyle state.  Last year we averaged 40 + kids and had more than 10 schools represented during the RTC season. 
 
Come get better and remember it is FREE just have to have USA wrestling card. 
 
Coach Mikesell 

Rest in peace Coach Tim Brown. He was ALL IN ALL a good man and gave a ton to YOUNG wrestlers and the sport of wrestling in general. Tim gave all he could (willingly). 
 
Lots of good memories for a ton of people. A reminder to be present in the everlasting now.
 
SS

This past weekend I attended the ISWA event at Warren Central.  I wasn't gonna do a review, but I had more than a few denizens of the Indiana wrestling scene ask me to do one.  So, here I am.  First, I'm not sure if these are the hot dogs that Warren usually sells, or if these are from an ISWA contracted vendor.  Anyways, at first glance, the hot dog did not look appealing.  It looked plucked right out of the movie "Nothing but Trouble" that starred Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and the late, great John Candy(who pulled double duty).  I was ready to put buying this hot dog into my worst decisions of my life category, which includes getting married, accepting the Clockwork Orange therapy to avoid a curfew ticket, and eating a hot dog from Hanover Central.  Fortunately, it wasn't that bad.  It wasn't good, but, it was at least two steps above Alpo.  3 slices of pizza outta 8
Next weekend I'm going to Iowa, and on St Patrick's day, I'll be at Mooresville highschool.  Hopefully the luck o' Irish will strike and the hot dog gods will gift me another outstanding experience at the home of the Pioneers.  Thank you for reading.

The first annual IndianaMat MessageBoard Hall of Fame class has been announced. Since this Hall of Fame is run by crooked media members we modified the rules right before the announcement. We are inducting three people posthumously and four via the vote-in process. Don’t be surprised if we change the rules again next year. Before we get into the inductees here are some of the general guidelines we have for this honor.
1. No admins or staff
2. Can only go in under ONE name
3. Been an active member for 5 years
4. Innovative and fun
5. All in fun
 
We start the inductees with three people who left an impact on the board and have unfortunately passed away. The first one is grecoref aka Tom Clark. He came to Indiana from his native Ohio and became a full blown Hoosier. On the mat he was a very accomplished referee making his way to the state finals and also to a little tournament called the Olympics. On the board he was known to provide valuable information, sarcasm, wit, and humor. He was a friend to all and a great personality to have on the board.
 
Our second inductee is The Ancient Elder aka Dick Neal. Mr. Neal was likely the greatest Indiana wrestling historian ever. In the days of paper brackets and snail mail, he acquired everything he could possibly get his hands on to incorporate into his Indiana wrestling book. On the board he always answered the historical questions and reminded us of the best wrestlers and matches of the years gone by.
 
The last one to be inducted posthumously is Perseverance aka Eric Allred. Allred has a great story of overcoming adversity and making his life right. He was a huge fan of his son Silas and very knowledgeable about the sport and the kids Silas wrestled with. His passion for the sport and supporting others is very much missed.
 
The currently active members are characters to say the least and have had a fun and important impact on our lively messageboard. It is only fitting that MattyB and Team Garcia are inducted at the same time. Both came on the board at the same time to wreak havoc and promote #TheCounty and mainly the “young guns” of Avon. They have continued to this day due to having sons still involved in wrestling or in the case of Garcia, just loving to stir the pot.
 
The steel factory in da region kept RegionRat1 off the board for a few years, but he made a comeback this season. While he has stayed relatively anonymous he always loves to promote da region in his very unique regioneese. Most outside of da region likely believe the way he types is how they speak there, and they aren’t wrong. 
 
Last, but not least is the lightning rod they call General Heavy Handz. Of the current inductees he leads the league in most “vacations” from IndianaMat. Luckily for him, Mike talks Joe into letting him come back EVERY SINGLE TIME! He is never shy about promoting the SAC and his beloved Snider Panthers.

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Glad to see you guys were able to get a few of our departed brethren added in.  We may not get their post anymore, but those guys are definitely not forgotten. 

Congrats fellas, great bunch right there!!!

Congrats fellas, great bunch right there!!!

Congratulations to this year's inductees
 
 

Congratulations to Josiah Dedeaux Congratulations to from Terre Haute South for signing with Indianapolis. Projected to wrestle 141.
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Likewise, New Castle is from central Indiana and in fact slightly north.  That is who FCFighter170 is usually touting.
 
Based on his posts, I would assume WrestlingScholar is from the north.
 
And of course General Heavy Handz and Regionrat1 are from the north. 
 
So if you are making this a north vs. south thing, then there are at least 6 from the north nominated.  (Don’t know where Grecoref was from.)

Tell me you are married to a high school coach without telling me you are married to a high school coach 

@GenHeavyHandz @Mattyb
@TeamGarcia @Caleb Spires 
@blueandgold are all HOF material

Mr. Gorilla: Wyatt Krejsa- Center Grove
1st Runner-up: Will Clark- Crown Point
2nd Runner-up: Kyrel Leavell- Warren Central
 
Miss Gorilla: Rose Kaplan- West Lafayette
1st Runner-up: Varzidy Batchelor- Northview
2nd Runner-up: Elly Janovsky- Lake Central
 
Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year: Brownsburg
4A Coach of the Year: Darrick Snyder- Brownsburg
3A Coach of the Year: Brandon Sisson- Floyd Central
2A Coach of the Year: Cody LeCount- Delta
1A Coach of the Year: Tony Abbott- Cown
Girls Coach of the Year: James Linn- New Haven
 
4A Wrestler of the Year: Jake Hockaday- Brownsburg
3A Wrestler of the Year: Easton Doster- New Haven
2A Wrestler of the Year: Mitchell Betz- Western
1A Wrestler of the Year: Noah Weaver- Rossville
 
Past Award Winners
1A Coach
2015- Tony Currie- Adams Central
2016- Brett Smith- Prairie Heights
2017- Gary Black- Shenandoah
2018- Chuck Fleshman- Central Noble
2019- Tony Currie- Adams Central
2020- Cody Moll- North Posey
2021- Neal Stahly- Tell City
2022- Clint Gard- Rochester
2023- Joe Litherland- Tell City
 
1A Wrestler
2015- Sawyer Miller- South Adams
2016- Evan Ellis- Eastern
2017- Eli Stock- Monrovia
2018- Noah Cressell- Wabash
2019- Silas Allred- Shenandoah
2020- Isiah Levitz- Prairie Heights
2021- Hayden Filipovich- Indianapolis Lutheran
2022- Marshall Fishback- Rochester
2023- Tyce DuPont- Tell City
 
2A Coach
2015- Trent McCormick- Yorktown
2016- Mark Kerrn- Jimtown
2017- Trent McCormick- Yorktown
2018- Frank Bumgardner- Wawasee
2019- Chad Shepherd- Western
2020- Paul Gunsett- Bellmont
2021- Nick Kraus- Garrett
2022- Tim Myers- Bellmont
2023- Chad Shepherd- Western
 
2A Wrestler
2015- Brock Hudkins- Danville
2016- Brock Hudkins- Danville
2017- Mason Parris- Lawrenceburg
2018- Brayden Curtis- Yorktown
2019- AJ Fowler- Calumet
2020- Clayton Fielden- Garrett
2021- Isaac Ruble- Bellmont
2022- Christian Carroll- New Prairie
2023- Tylin Thrine- New Castle
 
3A Coach
2015- Brad Harper- Penn
2016- Darrick Snyder- Brownsburg
2017- Chris Johl- Chesterton
2018- Matt Schoettle- Perry Meridian
2019- Sean McGinley- Cathedral
2020- Sean McGinley- Cathedral
2021- Adam Wolf- East Central
2022- Chris Cooper- Columbus East
2023- Steve Sandefer- Mishawaka
 
3A Wrestler
2015- Chad Red- New Palestine
2016- Blake Rypel- Cathedral
2017- Joe Lee- Mater Dei
2018- Asa Garcia- Avon
2019- Jordan Slivka- Cathedral
2020- Eli Dickens- Mater Dei
2021- J Conway- Floyd Central
2022- J Conway- Floyd Central
2023- Cole Solomey- Kankakee Valley
 
4A Coach
2021- Greg Schaefer- Mater Dei
2022- Brandon Lorek- Crown Point
2023- Maurice Swain- Center Grove
 
4A Wrestler
2021- Jesse Mendez- Crown Point
2022- Gabe Sollars- Mater Dei
2023- Joey Buttler- Whiteland
 
Girls Coach of the Year
2021- Jeremy Goodlett- Lebanon
2022- Brad Harper- Penn
2023- Nick Skinner- Southport
 
Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year
2022- Crown Point
2023- Center Grove
 
Mr. Gorilla
2015- Tommy Forte- Mishawaka
2016- Chad Red- New Palestine
2017- Andrew Davison- Chesteron 
2018- Brayton Lee- Brownsburg and Mason Parris- Lawrenceburg
2019- Asa Garcia- Avon
2020- Silas Allred- Shenandoah
2021- Alex Cottey- Perry Meridian
2022- Jesse Mendez- Crown Point
2023- Sam Goin- Crown Point
 
Miss Gorilla
2021- Sarah Huse- Lebanon
2022- Catie Campbell- North Montgomery
2023- Aulani Davis- Kokomo

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@GenHeavyHandz @Mattyb
@TeamGarcia @Caleb Spires 
@blueandgold are all HOF material