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As my old coach use to say. Sometimes it's not about the points you score it's about the points you don't give up.

As my old coach use to say. Sometimes it's not about the points you score it's about the points you don't give up.

As my old coach use to say. Sometimes it's not about the points you score it's about the points you don't give up.

As my old coach use to say. Sometimes it's not about the points you score it's about the points you don't give up.

As my old coach use to say. Sometimes it's not about the points you score it's about the points you don't give up.

I get that we all love conspiracies these days, but if you've paid attention to these situations for the last...oh, 25-30 years...you know the IHSAA could give two poops about this site or any site or media outlet being able to get its info right. Joe was just telling us all what he read on Track--the same as all of us. 

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The Coliseum also hosted IHPO this year and it was great!

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The Coliseum also hosted IHPO this year and it was great!

The Coliseum also hosted IHPO this year and it was great!

The Coliseum also hosted IHPO this year and it was great!

I would be way willing to help out in anyway possible.

Get Faulkens to commit to Fort Wayne. We need to get Komet's Hockey to blank that date out.

Get Faulkens to commit to Fort Wayne. We need to get Komet's Hockey to blank that date out.

Get Faulkens to commit to Fort Wayne. We need to get Komet's Hockey to blank that date out.

Bring the State Tournament to Fort "Mini Indy" Wayne!!!
 
They are willing to change the hockey game!!!!

Get Faulkens to commit to Fort Wayne. We need to get Komet's Hockey to blank that date out.

It was a complete accident. Keegan went for a mat return at the end of the second. Braylon put his knees to his chest to land on all fours and the way the two boys moved at the same time landed Braylon on his forehead. It was scary being his coach but was a COMPLETE accident and nothing intentional or dirty. Braylon was taken to the hospital and released a few hours later. Hoping if Braylon is healthy for Saturday to see the rematch that safely goes the entire 6 mins. 

I will stand up for Ethan here. Ethan's 145 is very solid and has proven himself by winning the SAC. The sectional seeds did not play out in his favor because of a loss he had against us early in the season but we then lost to Snider. He has passion for his wrestler which is what a coach should have. So much so he gave me and my coach the what for at the seeding meeting and I totally understood.

I will say this. In the offseason Ethan has constantly contacted me and recommend his wrestlers to go do offseason training. His youth club has about 40 in it this year and last year I believe around the same. He had a little beginner tournament last year for all FWCS schools and local clubs and it went well.
 
Coaching at North Side, Wayne, and Northrop are very tough to get the numbers and keep them and it will need to be from the ground up. We came close to getting middle school wrestling going this year but logistically it just doesn't seem to work. I don't think we have a wrestler shortage all the time we have a huge coaching shortage. Not just at the high school level but also in at the youth and middle school level. Look at what Blackhawk middle school ran into this year. Snider has an established culture that is back on the rise with a very good full coaching staff and support from the top down.
 
I think a possible answer can be recruiting local college grads from Manchester, Indiana Tech, Wabash, and Trine to come back and be willing to sacrifice their time to invest in the youth and middle school. A single High School coach can't do it by themselves. I personally have 2 coaches on my staff that are young and graduated from Indiana Tech. Lost a great one last year to a job change.  It's awesome to see them out on the mat wrestling the kids and doing what they love. Let's bring those graduated college wrestlers into our rooms and mentor them for a year or 2 and get them involved in the youth and middle school side of things.
 
I know I am not saying anything you don't know General. Just wanted to give a shout out to Ethan because coaching can be a thankless job especially in some of the schools that just aren't quite there yet. Ethan is passionate about his wrestler and that I totally understand. I am pretty upset at my 138 pounders seed but we lost a close match at the end that cost us. Tis wrestling.
 

106.Juliana"Many Jewels"Ocampo
113. Karrington"Bentley Coupe" Cooper
120. Linkin"Go Harder" Carter
126. Hayden"The Beard" Brady
132. Easton"Super Duck" Doster
138. Camron "Killah Cam" Lapsley
145. Luke"Twenty Techniques" Teusch
152. Jackson "Rep My Squad" Todd
160. Chase "LunchPail"Leech
170. Easton "The Mat Genie" Arsini
182. D'Alcapon "T'Challa" Veazy
195. Mickey"David Banner" Daring
220. Julante''Da Hintman" Hinton
285. Parker"Gimme Mo" Hennessey
 

West Noble 113. The top 3 seeds are a combined 73-1, with the one loss being amongst each other.
 
#4/#17 Kamaron Straw 30-0
#3/#7 Blake Byerley 18-0
#5/#15 Drew Waldon 25-1

My family is praying for the Eastside/Butler community as a whole.