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  1. Greg Ratliff
    No there was never a survey sent out. That is being discussed as we speak. I can't speak with other people's direct conversations, but I do not know where the "the coaches wanted that" came from. I do think that the idea of being open to having Gainbridge all day Friday meant the possibility of expanding the tournament down the road. But I am not sure specifically where "the coaches wanted that" came from.
  2. Greg Ratliff
    Sleeper pick... Roudebush over Mendez? Also, joking. No disrespect to a very good wrestler from Bloomington South!
  3. Greg Ratliff
    Yo… this
  4. Greg Ratliff
    It’s my favorite time of year! I don’t know if everyone knows what goes into this, but it’s a lot… it starts with Adrian Troyer making a formula to predict the best teams. A committee to decide a vote-in team in the spring. Chuck Barnett arranging world class officials. JD Minch getting contracts and working out specifics of each site. Pat Culp doing EVERYTHING. She got 2 girls regionals sites, 3 team state sites, and elementary duals ready this weekend. The Team State Committee picking another team each class to get in. Dane Fuellling studying for hours to rank teams (which he did very accurately). Joe Caprino helping to be a big time promoter of this event, which is amazing. Briar Runyan, Darrick Snyder, and Jim Tonte (and their AD’s) for offering their venues to host the best wrestling in the state. It’s a lot of work to host!! COVID has made this even trickier, because we have needed help at 3 sites. But I am telling you, the wrestling community is special. This event was awesome because of awesome Indiana wrestlers, but made possible because of awesome Indiana wrestling volunteers.
  5. Greg Ratliff
    Are you referencing the “no class meme state?”
  6. Greg Ratliff
    Cash at the door.
  7. Greg Ratliff
    2014- Gabe Koontz Edgewood vs Jordan Partee Madison 3/4 state Damien Chambers Edgewood vs Blake Rypel Cathedral state finals Damien Chambers vs Brian Wagner New Pal (Columbus North Invitational) Greg Wagner vs Jason Fryar Whiteland (State Finals) 2000 Dan Jankowski EMD vs Frank Debusk Team State 1999? Weinzapfel vs Woodson forget the year. Weinzapfel ended on his back.
  8. Greg Ratliff
    Bob Harmon?
  9. Greg Ratliff
    Well… not to take this a wrong direction, but how cool is it that a Team State tournament has led to this much discussion over a 1 A and 2A vote-in team? Not many 1A and 2A individuals are getting this much discussion. The team aspect is what makes wrestling great.
  10. Greg Ratliff
    so dumb... sleep deprived.
  11. Greg Ratliff
    Didn't this used to be 16 teams?
  12. Greg Ratliff
    She is always intense! She's been fun to see wrestle over the years.
  13. Greg Ratliff
    Al money raised goes directly to my medical bills.
  14. Greg Ratliff
    In full rodeo terminology, not sure he could last 8 seconds with his coach before getting pinned!
  15. Greg Ratliff
    Guy is a hammer. No fear of anything. Cool part too is seeing his dad standing on the fence watching him.
  16. Greg Ratliff
    Show us the glow in the dar uniform preview!
  17. Greg Ratliff
    Man, am I alone in saying our numbers are lower than normal this year? I do feel good that we have 70 in our youth club, but the high school is lower than we have been since I have been here.
  18. Greg Ratliff
    They wrestled one week before season with eerily similar results. Both the match at starlet and before season both ended regulation tied 8-8. With Blake winning the preseason OT battle. They were both so exciting to watch!
  19. Greg Ratliff
    No Edgewood?
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  21. Greg Ratliff
    Reece and Angel wrestled Friday night freshman year I think.
  22. Greg Ratliff
    Wednesday evening the Team State committee met and voted on 1 of the final 2 teams for each class. These were some very thought out discussions and very tough decisions. The teams picked (and have all accepted already) are: 4A: Center Grove 3A: Terre Haute South 2A: Tippecanoe Valley 1A: Tell City AS A REMINDER, THERE WILL BE 1 MORE TEAM PICKED PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS BASED ON IN SEASON RESULTS. This was sort of a spill over from a COVID season where we had to make some lat minute changes. We felt that it was best to pick 1 team that may have outperformed computer rankings. The date for next year's tournament is Jan 8th 2022.
  23. Greg Ratliff
    The date is set for January 8th 2022. 1 more team will be picked early May from the list of vote-in candidates. 1 team will be picked in December based on in season results. Accepted teams so far: 4A: Brownsburg Crown Point Indianapolis Cathedral Mater Dei Penn Perry Meridian 3A: Columbia City Columbus East East Central* Franklin Community Floyd Central Mishawaka* 2A: Bellmont Garrett Charlestown Hamilton Heights Jay County Peru New Prairie Oak Hill Wawasee Western 1A: Adams Central Daleville Centerville Cowan North Posey Rochester Prairie Heights Rensselear Central Southridge Southmont
  24. Greg Ratliff
    I think the second part to it is that you need all your coaches to be in agreement. 2 years ago I sent a survey out to all the head coaches about interest in class tournament. Results were divided up amongst different size schools, and no groups were strongly in favor. Overall it was about 50% and it was the same percentage for the small schools too. When proposals are taken to the state, they are typically looking for around 80% agreement. I understand that your proposal is not a true class system so results of that could be different.
  25. Greg Ratliff
    Obviously a lot of work was put into this. I think the number one thing is that the IHSAA doesn't think it's their issue to grow the sport. They also think of wrestling as an individual sport, and think that a cross country runner, swimmer or tennis player have the same opportunities no matter the school size. So convincing them to class wrestling would mean convincing them to class every individual sport.
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