TheOne

Im trying to look up a guy that wrestled for Ball State, Mike Ferguson. Has anyone ever heard the name? He wrestled for Arsenal Tech high school as well.

If you're kid wants to compete all over the US, it's possible, regardless of your financial capabilities. Motivate them to find sponsors, do raffles, or other fundraising activities. Have them get help from their high school club and do a group fundraiser. Don't have time to take them? Find a parent that is going and see if they can ride with them. If they want to compete or take advantage of other training opportunities out there, they need to work for it. If you couldn't get approved for a loan to buy a house would you give up or figure out a solution?

Congratulations to those wrestlers, outstanding job! So now the question is, what do we need to do as a state to get more of our kids on the podium at Fargo? Is it coaching? Is it the commitment of the kids? Everyone wants to argue about wether or not we should class Indiana wrestling, but the truth is, their performance at national tournaments will be what gets them recruited. If it's coaching, how do we recruit more D1 wrestlers to our state to coach? How do we keep the guys that wrestle for Purdue and IU in the state? We have dedicated coaches in the state, there is no question, but it is obvious that higher level coaching has been key in the success of other states. If it's the commitment of the kids, why are we not stressing to them to take advantage of the opportunities provided to them? The IU staff ran Hoosier elite, how many kids attended these practices? Boiler elite is another opportunity that runs most of the year that I don't think we are taking full advantage of. How do we create more quality opportunities for our kids to train? Are our kids even willing to pay for these opportunities? How do we motivate them to make the sacrifice? I think I am venting more than anything, but we ask our kids to push themselves to improve, so maybe it's time for us, as a state, to push ourselves?

does anyone have any results to post?

Does anyone know what the estimated cost for wrestling one style at Junior Duals is?

People run around the last 1-2 seconds of matches all the time when the victory is in hand. Metcalf just lost his cool. Too bad he did not have that intensity during the match because he may have actually given Caldwell a good match. Just because they do it, doesn't make it right. He should have showed some class and acted like he had been there before. Isn't that what you coach your kids to do?