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Hoosier Heritage Conference
Had 14 total State Finalists,
9 total state placers,4 being Semi finalists with 1 State champ!!! Not too shabby at all! 
 
 
@106 /3rd,6th,SQ
@120 /4th,8th,SQ
@126/ State champ
@138/ 6th
@145/4th, SQ, SQ
@170/8th
@220/5th, SQ, 

Coach Rolland Beckham passed away - long time Calumet Coach. RIP Coach
 
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nwitimes/name/rolland-beckham-obituary?id=48713553

Mr. Gorilla: Sam Goin- Crown Point
1st Runner-up: Aidan Torres- Chesterton
2nd Runner-up: Orlando Cruz- Crown Point
 
Miss Gorilla: Aulani Davis- Kokomo
1st Runner-up: Mackenzie Konanz- Penn
2nd Runner-up: Chrissy True- Jeffersonville
 
Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year: Center Grove
4A Coach of the Year: Maurice Swain- Center Grove
3A Coach of the Year: Steve Sandefer- Mishawaka
2A Coach of the Year: Chad Shepherd- Western
1A Coach of the Year: Joe Litherland- Tell City
Girls Coach of the Year: Nick Skinner- Southport
 
4A Wrestler of the Year: Joey Buttler- Whiteland
3A Wrestler of the Year: Cole Solomey- Kankakee Valley
2A Wrestler of the Year: Tylin Thrine- New Castle
1A Wrestler of the Year: Tyce DuPont- Tell City
 
Past Award Winners
1A Coach
2015- Tony Currie
2016- Brett Smith
2017- Gary Black
2018- Chuck Fleshman
2019- Tony Currie
2020- Cody Moll
2021- Neal Stahly
2022- Clint Gard
 
1A Wrestler
2015- Sawyer Miller
2016- Evan Ellis
2017- Eli Stock
2018- Noah Cressell
2019- Silas Allred
2020- Isiah Levitz
2021- Hayden Filipovich
2022- Marshall Fishback
 
2A Coach
2015- Trent McCormick
2016- Mark Kerrn
2017- Trent McCormick
2018- Frank Bumgardner
2019- Chad Shepherd
2020- Paul Gunsett
2021- Nick Kraus
2022- Tim Myers
 
2A Wrestler
2015- Brock Hudkins
2016- Brock Hudkins
2017- Mason Parris
2018- Brayden Curtis
2019- AJ Fowler
2020- Clayton Fielden
2021- Isaac Ruble
2022- Christian Carroll
 
3A Coach
2015- Brad Harper
2016- Darrick Snyder
2017- Chris Johl
2018- Matt Schoettle
2019- Sean McGinley
2020- Sean McGinley
2021- Adam Wolf
2022- Chris Cooper
 
3A Wrestler
2015- Chad Red
2016- Blake Rypel
2017- Joe Lee
2018- Asa Garcia
2019- Jordan Slivka
2020- Eli Dickens
2021- J Conway
2022- J Conway
 
4A Coach
2021- Greg Schaefer
2022- Brandon Lorek-
 
4A Wrestler
2021- Jesse Mendez
2022- Gabe Sollars
 
Girls Coach of the Year
2021- Jeremy Goodlett
2022- Brad Harper
 
Assistant Coaching Staff of the Year
2022- Crown Point
 
Mr. Gorilla
2015- Tommy Forte
2016- Chad Red
2017- Andrew Davison
2018- Brayton Lee and Mason Parris
2019- Asa Garcia
2020- Silas Allred
2021- Alex Cottey
2022- Jesse Mendez
 
Miss Gorilla
2021- Sarah Huse
2022- Catie Campbell

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Just want to congratulate everyone on their awards, and thank Joe, Mike, and everyone else on team IndianaMat for the amazing coverage you provide for our sport.
 
Thank You
Coach Lorek

I've always had the belief that there are more factors than just how many times you placed high. An argument that holds the most weight to me is how many wins you have over the State Champs, especially in the season that they earned the title... Again, this is just my opinion, but Ty Mills would be easily #1 with multiple wins, in multiple seasons, over that season's weight class champion.
 
Other notables using my criteria would be Rickie Elkins and Randy Baker
 
Elkins was runner-up as a junior, Nationally-Ranked as a senior, was upset first round in a come-from-behind pin. Had wins over both of the wrestlers who wrestled in the finals that year, including an 8-3 win the following weekend at team state over the champ.
 
Baker was a 4X placer (3,3,6,7). Finished 7th his senior season, beating that season's state champ three times, including Regional and Semi-State. Baker was heavily favored his Junior and Senior seasons, but I believe was dealing with some lingering injuries and was upset in the quarter-finals both years.
 
And yes, a little bit of my "Early-2000's" bias is showing here...

Well as @Y2CJ41  would say there is a website for that ... but I'll save everyone sometime. I liked the idea of a Final score that @purdue02 came up with. I kept this list to people who finished with a final of 30 or less. State Qualifier = 16
 
Starting with the Original best to not win
 
Ralph Clark- East Chicago Roosevelt 2,3,2,3 
final score (10)
 
Shannon Stout- Delta 6,5,2,3
Final score (16)
 
Damon Hummel- Rochester
SQ,2,2,3
Final score (23)
 
Mac Taylor- New Castle
6,5,3,3
Final score (17)
 
Tim Maldonado- 
East Chicago Central
4,SQ,6,2
Final score (28)
 
Robert Maldonado- 
East Chicago Central
4,SQ,2,3
Final score (25)
 
Randy Baker- Bellmont
3,3,6,7
Final score (19)
 
Andy Uhl- East Noble
SQ,4,3,2
Final score (25)
 
Matt Jaggers- New Castle
SQ,5,7,2
Final score (30)
 
Craig Macke- Evansville Mater Dei
4,2,2,3
Final score (11)
 
Tyler Goble- Bloomington South
4,5,5,SQ
Final score (30)
 
Kyle Mosier- Yorktown
SQ,4,4,3
Final score (27)
 
Justin Brooks- Warsaw 
5,4,4,5
Final score (18)
 
Derek Bevans- Yorktown
SQ,5,6,3
Final score (30)
 
Justin Kieffer- Roncalli
7,7,4,3
Final score (21)
 
Josh Kieffer- Roncalli
5,2,4,2
Final score (13)
 
John Sims- Evansville Mater Dei
6,4,5,2
Final score (17)
 
Tyler Willis- 
Indianapolis Cathedral
7,2,3,4
Final score (16)
 
Connor Mullins- New Castle
5,3,2,8
Final score (18)
 
Luke Welch- Castle
SQ,5,5,2
Final score (28)
 
Zachary Davis- Penn
SQ,6,2,2
Final score (26)
 
Vincent Corsaro- Indianapolis Cathedral
6,2,2,2
Final score (12)
 
Chandler Carroll- Yorktown
3,5,4,5
Final score (17)
 
Ben Harvey- Indianapolis Cathedral
7,3,SQ,2
Final score (28)
 
Brandon James- Perry Meridian
3,5,2,3
Final score (13)
 
Connor Knapp- East Noble
SQ,4,3,4
Final score (27)
 
Gunnar Larson- Avon
SQ,5,2,3
Final score (26)
 
Tristen Tonte- Warren Central
SQ,2,2,2
Final score (22)
 
Skylour Turner- Warren Central
8,7,5,5
Final score (25)
 
Gleason Mappes- Center Grove
SQ,4,4,2
Final score (26)
 
Kasper McIntosh- Portage
8,2,5,6
Final score (21)
 
Christian Hunt- Yorktown
6,SQ,2,2
Final score (26)
 
Ty Mills- Brownsburg
2,3,2,3
Final score (10)
 
Nathan Walton- Brownsburg
8,3,3,2
Final score (16)
 
Alex Mosconi- 
Indianapolis Cathedral
SQ,7,2,2
Final score (27)
 
Logan Boe- Danville
8,5,7,3
Final score (23)
 
Mason Winner- 
Jay County
7,8,5,5
Final score (25)
 
Drake Campbell- 
Brownsburg
5,5,6,5
Final score (21)
 
Raymond Rioux- Avon
6,3,2,2
Final score (13)
 
David Pierson- 
Warren Central
4,5,4,4
Final score (17)
 
Ian Heath- Leo
SQ,5,6,3
Final score (30)
 
Brock Ellis- Chesterton
SQ,4,5,2
Final score (27)
 
Aiden Warren- Perry Meridian
SQ,3,3,3
Final score (25)
 
Isaac Ruble- Bellmont
SQ,2,2,5
Final score (25)
 
Delaney Ruhlman- 
Bloomington South
SQ,2,2,2
Final score (22)
 
Cheaney Schoeff- Avon
2,2,3,3
Final score (10)
 
This list should (mathematically at least) bring some light to the conversation. I loved going through the old records and reliving some of these moments/ careers.

You're right it might've been the year before, Your brother was a hammer too. 

He lost it the conference Finals when he was very sick but no excuse he was beaten by Huntington Norths Nick/logan Randle at the NCC championships keeping BC from being a four-time conference champion! BC had beaten him pretty handily earlier in the season for losing to him at conference. What's even crazier is that was Randall's only loss going into State at 41-1 and he would lose a heartbreaker 4-3 to Mason Todd in the first round... That 112 bracket is one of the most loaded brackets I've ever seen in the state finals history... What's even more wild is semi state that year Campbell won, the top four were Campbell, Todd, McKinley and Harvey. That is three state champs and a two-time runner-up all in the same semi state LOL.. Campbell lost to the state champ back 2-0, but that bracket had so many legendary guys that I'm going to have to post it. 
 
 

Yes here there are 
https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1677278216501&pageName=%2Fpredefinedtournaments%2FBracketViewer.jsp&twSessionId=mxtnwepuye
 
 
 

Yes here there are 
https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1677278216501&pageName=%2Fpredefinedtournaments%2FBracketViewer.jsp&twSessionId=mxtnwepuye
 
 
 

Yes here there are 
https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1677278216501&pageName=%2Fpredefinedtournaments%2FBracketViewer.jsp&twSessionId=mxtnwepuye
 
 
 

On top of being a 🔨 he was enjoying himself and did it with style, class and a big smile on his face! 

Yes here there are 
https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1677278216501&pageName=%2Fpredefinedtournaments%2FBracketViewer.jsp&twSessionId=mxtnwepuye
 
 
 

Whomever is blessed to aquire you, will be very happy, I see the 1 common train all great coaches have, The unwaivering ability to always keep the Kids and their best interest #1.

Whomever is blessed to aquire you, will be very happy, I see the 1 common train all great coaches have, The unwaivering ability to always keep the Kids and their best interest #1.

Whomever is blessed to aquire you, will be very happy, I see the 1 common train all great coaches have, The unwaivering ability to always keep the Kids and their best interest #1.

Good luck coach!
 
I have been impressed with the Cascade wrestlers I have seen the last 2 years at Evansville SS.

As a part of the Cascade community and having a son on the team we are saddened by this news.  We wish Quinn all the best and are thankful for what he has done to help propel our program forward.  He will be missed and someone will get a great coach in their program ... I have no doubt it wont take long!!
 
The cupboard isn't empty, lots of solid underclassmen back and some 8th graders coming up to fill in some spots!  

Loved watching you bring some hammers down to Evansville for semi state!

Hey everyone.
 
I made an announcement on Facebook but wanted to share here as well because I want a great coach to come take this over.
 
Yesterday I resigned as the Head Wrestling Coach at Cascade High School.
 
To many this will come as a shock and it has absolutely nothing to do with Cascade or the state of the program as both of those are in amazing shape.
 
I had to make a decision for myself and do what was best for me professionally to pursue other opportunities.
 
Thank you to everyone who has supported me the past 2 seasons!!
 
I can promise you will see me in a corner next season I just don’t know what colors I will be wearing!
 
Anyone interested in the job at Cascade please reach out I would love to get you in contact with the right people!

Saw it early in this thread, but I give the nod to Jason Tsirtsis.... Tshirts beating Cashe in the semis as a freshy was epic. Still my favorite match I've watched in person. Sure, Mendez beat a former state champ, too. But let's be real Watts was never on Quiroga's level. Cashe was a frickin AA at Purdue. 

Although Tylin's freshman campaign may or may not be in the top couple campaigns ever, what made his state finals so captivating was the "surprise" element of it to so many of us. I think we'd far underestimated his ability for 3 reasons:
 
1. He took losses at his own grade level in the offseason, finishing as clearly the 3rd best kid at Middle School state, for example. 
 
2. Although NC certainly has a great history, more recent history says eastern Indiana kids with good records will flop at semi-state or state eventually because they (according to perception) didn't face much during the season. (I'd compare this element to what caught us off guard with Parris. ..."Lawrenceburg?..ok, we'll see at semi-state" ...and then by state, "Holy crap, this kid's going to be a national-level star.")
 
3. He just had a brother come through at roughly his weight range that is very good, but not national caliber.
 
In retrospect, we should have seen the signs, but these details whispered to us that it might be a fluke or that he might fold under pressure.
 
He was amazing to watch last weekend. I LOVE it when a truly gifted kid breaks out like that, and you realize he's one of those special ones that is ascending on a much sharper trajectory from the "normal" good wrestlers.

Totally agree!!! Only points given up were by escapes. Beyond the tournament, Bryce didn’t allow a takedown, back points, reversal all year… any points scored were by escape. 

Bryce Lowery deserves to be mentioned in the discussion as well

I'd Like to toss Lil Rev in there as well.  Just because it was "expected" doesn't mean it was any less impressive.