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We often think of the typical big jump in quality as being from freshman to sophomore year (me included), but the leap in quality for bigger guys is often the sophomore to junior year where the needed big-guy strength is catching up to the experience level. With Penola's breakout performance at the Al Smith, going from a first-round semi-state loser with double-digit losses as a sophomore to beating 4 straight top-12 guys and winning the Al Smith as a junior, it got me thinking about other bigger weight guys that were tough as sophomores last year.  (We also miss the bigger guys in rankings sometimes because they don't compete in the off-season as much due to other sports, and because they can sneak up on us from less-regarded schools since strength and speed alone can translate to needed skills more easily with big fellas.)
 
A couple I've seen that aren't state or semi-state ranked and could be overlooked because of emphasis on last year's results when there's a good chance there's that ability leap we're talking about:
 
Sisk at 220 from Pike Central (37-8 last year)...should be at least top 3 coming out of Castle regional
Kiave Guerrier at 182 from Evansville Central (32-11 last year)...just rolled through everyone except for a respectable 8-2 loss to #1 Walton (who's only gone the distance a couple times this year) in taking 3rd at Mooresville. 

Whiteland - 132 ? Deven Williams
Danville - 170 Trizton Carson
Danville - 106 Logan Boe
Plainfields - 138 LJ Burdon
Avon - 126 Roy Reynolds
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A few I'll be watching

I was toying with putting Bethel ahead of Clark he is such a dangerous wrestler but in the end Jacob is a returning Placer.
 
Also starting to get info I am working on a routine to get these updated onews a quickerror schedule so hopefully we can get more updates. A thanksmall to everyone who sent me info it will be a big help.

Who cares if they made a thread..good for these wrestlers...it makes me laugh that you took time to put this thread down...if it's a waste of time then why are wasting time posting in this thread..this is a wrestling site so idk what your deal is...most parent,coaches and wrestlers wouldn't take time to talk smack either..you're entitled to your opinion but 102-9 is pretty damn impressive...I guess being proud is wrong now...

Hunter Reed won at 152 and looked very good. Chris Schuller from Woodlan was runner up at 113, Zach Burrell was runner up at 126 and beat a Michigan d2 #7 ranked kid along the way. I did some quick checking and these are the ranked kids I found, only one from Indiana and that's Hunter Reed.
Michigan103 #2 Vince Perez, 119 #1 Spencer Good, #5 Andrew Flick, #8 Kellen Patton, 125 #7 Cade Stephenson, 130 #1 Drew Marten, 135 #4 Brenden Hall, 145 #4 Mitch Findieson , 152 #9 Gabe Bechtol.  Ohio 120 #11 Joe Wright, #13 Kobe Cunningham, 126 #5 Danny Assaf, 138 # 2 Gage Grunden, 160 #5 Luciano Mendicino, 170 # 1 Robbie Bowers, # 14 Patrick Keown, 182 # 4 Tre Terry, #7 Matthew Holt, 195 #11 Alex Eckles.

You have to be a pretty good 3 year starter to break 100 wins. I would guess only about 5-8% of high school wrestlers earn over 100 wins. I went to state twice and didn't reach 100 wins.

Thank you to all of the people who left positive comments about my 102nd career win and also congrats to Myles on getting he his 100th win as well!

Congratulations to both Austin Moore and Myles Krinz for getting their 100th W and continued success the rest of the year.

Who cares if they made a thread..good for these wrestlers...it makes me laugh that you took time to put this thread down...if it's a waste of time then why are wasting time posting in this thread..this is a wrestling site so idk what your deal is...most parent,coaches and wrestlers wouldn't take time to talk smack either..you're entitled to your opinion but 102-9 is pretty damn impressive...I guess being proud is wrong now...

Welcome to the club!

Although many of the top guys clear that mark, in the whole scheme of HS wrestling not a lot of wrestlers ever actually get there. Good for him.

I'm not trying be a jerk and text doesn't have tone so I might be out of line but it just came across as you were belittling the guy for congratulating his kids..Gratitude>attitude

Being a coach foe 27 years at a small school and knowing coaches from large schools. We do know what kids records are. Most kids have a pretty good idea of their wins and losses.

Who cares if they made a thread..good for these wrestlers...it makes me laugh that you took time to put this thread down...if it's a waste of time then why are wasting time posting in this thread..this is a wrestling site so idk what your deal is...most parent,coaches and wrestlers wouldn't take time to talk smack either..you're entitled to your opinion but 102-9 is pretty damn impressive...I guess being proud is wrong now...

Who cares if they made a thread..good for these wrestlers...it makes me laugh that you took time to put this thread down...if it's a waste of time then why are wasting time posting in this thread..this is a wrestling site so idk what your deal is...most parent,coaches and wrestlers wouldn't take time to talk smack either..you're entitled to your opinion but 102-9 is pretty damn impressive...I guess being proud is wrong now...

Allred is a man child..Black is my pick to win it and Pugsley is a undefeated beast that's gonna Make a run at being at bankers life...I wanted to see Allred vs Hardcastle and black vs JC...big wins for both young men

Chesterton gave up 12 per round also. Was kind of shocked to see that. They have some really good kids. Look for them to be a top team in February.

Hated seeing Doah forfeit 12 points and lose by 12...congrats to PH they are Champs and much respect to Doah they repped to the fullest

Dayuum...that's a murderers Row...Rutherford has really developed into a hammer that has put himself ahead of the pack..Hope lil T shirts comes out on fire and has had time to mourne and regained that focus and tenacity...When he's on he can beat anybody and I firmly believe that a change of scenery and a different look will great for him..Losing my little brother to a being electrocuted was the worst pain I've ever felt.. I couldn't imagine having that hole in my heart and trying to compete at such a high level...It's hard enough just staying physically and mentally sharp The entire Season a tragedy like he's faced took a toll on him...I'm looking forward to seeing his journey this year and hopefully he ruins Rutherfords plans on repeating

4 Champs and 3 Runner-ups at the Indiana Little State this past weekend. All of the Indiana schools that are DIII, DII, NAIA or Juco were in attendance except for Trine. Lots of familiar names were in the brackets.
 
Here is the article on the weekend: http://sports.wabash.edu/news/2016/12/4/wrestling-wabash-places-18-with-four-champs-at-little-state.aspx?path=wrestling 
 
 
New NWCA Coaches Rankings came out today with Wabash Wrestling coming in at #2 Nationally
 
http://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/d3/Team
 
 
We travel to North Central College this weekend for their team scored invite.
 
Looking forward to seeing many of you in the weeks to come at all the different Holiday tournaments!
 
Coach Irwin

Sounds like some impressive teams!

New Castle Duals
 
New Castle
Carroll
Connersville
Lawrence North
Elkhart Memorial
Mount Vernon(Fortville)

A front head isn't always "defensive" it can be worked offensively especially from the feet. Shooting isn't always offensive either especially with a good head snap.

The person taking down offensively would probably get hit with taunting for being to aggressive. That's what they do now if someone takes someone down and works them up. They should hit the wrestler on bottom for not moving. We have something in place to make things more exciting, calling the person that is not being aggressive for stalling. Instead every year it is the same story, I watch double stalling calls in heavy weight, stalling called on kids out shooting kids 5-1 and other silliness like the above taunting calls. We don't need new rules, just a consistency of the old ones. Sorry, vent over.  

As a coach for this years schoolboy duals teams, it was extremely frustrating forfeiting in so many weight classes. There were a number of duals that we were very competitive in and had we not given up so many weight classes we absolutley could have won them. However, i think it would be a shame if we let our frustration at the fact that we struggled to fill teams stop us from recognizing how well our young men wrestled in this tournament and the fact that our teams won quite a few tough matches despite the fact that we started in such a big hole due to forfeits. We can discuss the merits of the olympic styles, the causes for the low participation, ways to increase participation, etc. but we should applaud the young men who made the decision to compete and recognize them for their effort and the way they represented the state of Indiana. Yes, its frustrating to not field a full team, but we can be proud of our kids for the way the competed. We had an outstanding group of young men on the duals teams this year and after spending a week with this group in camp and competition I'm very encouraged about the future of Indiana wrestling. So while we may not have had the type of showing that we had hoped for, know that our future is bright with this next group of kids we are sending up to the high school level.
 
Be encouraged at the progress we are making, and remain committed to continuing to improve the sport of wrestling in our state.