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All, Here we go again! As football season winds down, it is time to once again lace up the wrestling shoes. I am looking for a 100 and 130 (two pound allowance) for an early season national dual tournament. We will be taking a solid team. The cost of the tourney will be $20.00 (if we fill the team). You can not beat that! You can go the night before and weigh in or morning of. The venue is 1 hour 45 mins from Avon. If you get up super early, you will not need a hotel. YOU WILL NEVER GET GOOD MATCHES LIKE THESE IN NOVEMEBER FOR $20! We will not have gear, just wear cool Indiana stuff. Wrestlers will get 4 to 6 duals. Contact Matt Brewer at 317-201-0644.

Need solid kids for this tournament. Taking solid teams. Need Middle School 155, 175, and HWT (2pound allowance). Need Elementary 100, 110, 120, and 130 (2pound allowance). Contact Matt Brewer 317-201-0644

Not worth much..... just give me $1000 and I will come clear that stuff out for you. hehehehe Just kidding..... Not sure what your money situation is like around there...... but there are a lot of struggling clubs and communities that could use those mats. You may find it more rewarding to help some kids out for cheap or free? Anyone know of a good cause?

SOME NFL PLAYERS THAT WRESTLED Nick Leckey - TX State Champ Gregory Walker - State Finalist Luis Castillo, DT, San Diego Chargers (First Round Pick) Lincoln "Drew" Hodgdon, C, Houston Texans - CA St. Champ Nick Hardwick- State Runner Up (Lawrence North HS) Fred Weary, C, Houston Texans - AL State Champ Coy Wire, SS, Buffalo Bills - PA State Champ Kevin Breedlove - SC State Finalist Kevin Sampson - NJ State Champ Benjamin Claxton - GA State Finalist Leon Robinson - GA State Runner-Up Pick Roddy White, WR, Falcons - 2x SC St Champ Eric Ghiaciuc, C, Cincinatti Bengals - MI State Champ Adam Seward, ILB, Carolina Panthers - NV State Champ Marques Harris - CO State Champ Andrew "Tyler" Lenda - District Champ Tim Anderson - OH State Champ Matt Roth - IA State Champ Mike Patterson, DT, Philadelphia Eagles (First Round Pick) Tom Covert*, OT, Chicago Bears Chris Cooley, WR, Washington Redskins Roger Craig*, RB, San Francisco 49'ers Damien Covington, LB, Buffalo Bills Curley Culp*, DL, Kansas City Chiefs NCAA Champ Larry Czonka, NFL Hall of Fame Rob Davis, ST, Green Bay Packers Dan Dierdorff**, OT, St. Louis Cardinals Donnie Edwards, OLB, San Diego Chargers Carl Edwards, San Diego Chargers 3x MD State Champ Rob Essink, Seattle Seahawks NCAA DII Champ Jim Everett, QB, New Orleans Saints DeMarco Farr, St. Louis Rams Doug France*, LT, Los Angeles Rams OH State Runner-Up Frank Garcia, C, St. Louis Rams 2x AZ State Champ William George, Chicago Bears 2x PA State Champ Charlie Getty, RG, Kansas City Chiefs 2x NCAA All-American Kevin Glover*, C, Detroit Lions La'Roi Glover*, DE, Dallas Cowboys Mike Goff, G, Cincinnati Bengals Bob Golic*, DT, Cleveland Browns OH State Champ Mike Golic, DE, Philadelphia Eagles Kelly Gregg, NT, Baltimore Ravens, 3x KS State Champ Archie Griffin, HB, Cincinnati Bengals Nick Griesen, LB, New York Giants Randy Grossman, TE, Pittsburgh Steelers John Hannah**, G, New England Patriots Carlton Haselrig*, Pittsburgh Steelers, 3x NCAA Champ Chad Hennings, DT, Dallas Cowboys IA State Champ Jay Hilgenberg*, C, Chicago Bears IA State Runner-Up Orlando Huff, MLB, Seattle Seahawks Corey Hulsy, G, Oakland Raiders Bo Jackson*, RB, Oakland Raiders Dahanie Jones, LB, New York Giants John Jurkovich*, DT, Cleveland Browns Alex Karras, Detroit Lions Tim Krumrie*, DL, Cincinnati Bengals WI State Champ Ernie Ladd, DL, Kansas City Chiefs Nick Lecky, C, - KS State Champ (in 2004 NFL Draft) Ray Lewis, Pro Bowl Linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens, Florida 4A State Wrestling Champ 189 lbs Ronnie Lott**, DB, San Francisco 49'ers Kirk Lowdermilk*, OL, Minnesota Vikings Napolean McCallum, RB, Oakland Raiders Randle McDaniel*, G, Minnesota Vikings Bryant McKinnie, T. Minnesota Vikings Randall McDaniel was a wrestler named to 12 NFL Pro Bowls Matt Millen*, LB, Oakland Raiders Ronald Moore, RB, Cleveland Browns James Mungro, HB, Indianapolis Colts Jim Nance, FB, New England Patriots NCAA Champ Lorenzo Neal, FB, Tennessee Titans - NCAA Champ Stephen Neal, OL, New England Patriots NCAA Champ Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh Steelers PA State Champ Leo Nomellini*, T, San Francisco 49'ers Big 10 Champ Jonathan Ogden*, OT, Baltimore Ravens Irv Pankey, Los Angeles Rams 2x MD State Champ Jim Plunkett*, QB, Oakland Raiders Mike Pyle, C, Chicago Bears IA State Champ Eric Rhett, RB, Cleveland Browns FL State Champ Willie Roaf*, OT, New Orleans Saints Warren Sapp*, DT Tampa Bay Buccaneers FL State Champ Mark Schlereth*, OL, Washington Redskins -Alaska St Champ Cory Schlesinger, LB, Detroit Lions - NE State Champ Steve Sefter, DT, Eagles, 2x PA State Champ &NCAA All-American Tony Siragusa*, DT, Baltimore Ravens NJ State Champ Warren Sapp -FL St Champion wrestler Fred Smerlas*, Buffalo Bills - MA State Champ Bruce Smith**, DE, Buffalo Bills Matt Suhey, RB, Chicago Bears Bill Szott, OL, Washington Redskins NJ State Champ Dave Szott, Kansas City Chiefs NJ State Champ Woody Thompson, RB, Atlanta Falcons PA State Champ Jim Thorpe**, HB, New York Giants Mike Trgovac, DC, Carolina Panthers OH State Champ Kyle Turley*, T, St. Louis Rams Ryan Turnbull, RB, Cleveland Browns Tommy Vardell, RB, San Francisco 49'ers Adam Vinatieri*, K, Indianapolis Colts John Ward, OL, New York Jets NCAA All-American Fred Weary, DB, St. Louis Rams Charles White*, HB, Los Angeles Rams Randy White*, DT, Dallas Cowboys Cory Widmer, LB, New York Giants Leo Wisniewski, NT, Indianapolis Colts - PA State Champ Steve Wisniewski, G, Oakland Raiders - CA State Champ Ricky Williams*, RB, Miami Dolphins Coy Wire, LB, Buffalo Bills PA State Runner-Up Greg Wojochowski, St. Louis Rams-Pro Bowl, Hall of Fame Tim Burrough - OK State Champ Antoineo Harris - IL State Champ Scott Wells - TN State Champ Alex Lewis - District Champ Ronnie Brown, RB, Miami Dolphins (#2 Pick) Josh Minkins - District Runner-up Andrew Tidwell-Neal - MN State Champ Patrick "Bucky" Babcock - IL State Champ Art Baker, RB, Buffalo Bills Rhonde Barber, SS, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tiki Barber, RB, New York Giants Walter Barnes, DL, Washington Redskins - SEC Champ Eric Bateman, OL, New York Jets Brad Benson, New York Giants PA State Champ

How Wrestling Makes Better Football Players Physical Skills: Wrestling is a very physically demanding sport. It is a total body sport requiring athletes to be flexible, strong, explosive, agile and have a great sense of balance. Wrestling requires a level of conditioning that matches or exceeds any other endurance sport. Wrestlers, through the course of their training and competition, often compete while being subjected to physical discomfort and pain at a level that far exceeds most other sports. Wrestlers are required to control the movements of their opponent in order to be victorious. Lateral Movement - keep your opponent in front of you Explosiveness - close distances quickly and initiate contact Agility/Balance - take on blockers or tacklers while remaining on feet and running to perform tackle/block/run Strength - wrestling requires strength through a wide range of motion, this allows the athlete to perform football tasks in unusual positions. Control - control of your opponent when blocking or tackling. When a wrestling trained football player tackles a ball carrier they stay tackled. Proprioception is the ability to sense the position, location, orientation and movement of the body and its parts.” Understanding one’s body position in space without having to look by using the bodies other senses. An example of this occurs when a wrestler is in a scramble and his head is stuck underneath his opponent. Without looking he is able to move his whole body and all four limbs in different directions at the same time. All while simultaneously keeping track of his opponent’s entire body and staying in-bounds to finish the takedown. On a football field, an offensive lineman has to keep track of the man in front of him, his body, the bodies to his right and left and the quarterback behind him all at the same time. A wrestler is forced to hone this skill everyday in a competitive practice environment. This repetitive practice can only benefit a football player. Anaerobic conditioning is defined as your ability to physically perform at a rate faster than can be met by incoming oxygen. Aerobic conditioning relies on your body having enough oxygen to support high levels of activity for long periods. Wrestling relies heavily on anaerobic conditioning as the extreme physical demands of wrestling often exceed the amount of oxygen your body is able to intake. This anaerobic conditioning is reinforced in wrestling practices and competitions. Superior anaerobic conditioning is beneficial to a football player because it allows for quick, explosive actions even in a state of aerobic exhaustion. Football players who wrestle will train their bodies to push beyond normal and comfortable limits to make the play. Mental Skills: Wrestling requires discipline to train and maintain proper weight and conditioning throughout the season. Wresting most importantly requires mental toughness. A wrestler competes as an individual and must defeat his opponent without help. He relies on his skill, training, conditioning and determination alone. A wrestler has teammates as well and must remain accountable for his actions to his team. When he loses he blames only himself and when he wins he shares the victory with his team. Wrestling makes tough, disciplined, conditioned and dedicated football players.

In our Youth league, all coaches are required to take a Heads Up course through USA football. Also in this league, we have gotten rid of all outdated helmets and equipment. A few kids on my team have the new helmet made by Simpson racing. The Indiana Elementary Football Assoc., which is headed up by a wrestling parent (Mr. Obst from Westfield) has adopted rules that limit the amount of contact by the players during practices. And... there must be a trainer at all games. Also high schools and most middle schools have adopted new concussion guidelines. It will never be perfect but, there have been many recent steps by many people to make football and wrestling much safer. By the way........ The NFL has just agreed to pay players $765,000,000 for concussion lawsuits! I am sure that they will do everything in there power to make sure that this doesn't happen again. Wrestling and football can be brutal for the participants we as coaches and parents need to educate our kids and lose the win at all cost mentality. Both sports can be safe, if we go about it the right way.

I coach a rec 2nd grade team and my best 2 players are wrestlers (one ISWA state champ and one runner up). I also coach a travel (IEFA) team that finished state runner up last year. Some of my best players were wrestlers. I have a couple of ISWA state champs on this years team. I have some really good recruiting info, that I have handed out at football camps. It highlights how both sports benefit each other and gives many names of wrestlers that have played in the NFL. If anyone would like me to forward you this info, please message me. By the way Avon Head football coach (Mark Bless) was an undefeated state HWT champ for Greenwood back in the day. Get out to the football fields and get those kids wrestling! Matthew Brewer ISWA Developmental Director

Right on Gill. From what I have seen, the kids are good kids. You know that I am always around. If I can help you or these boys in any way, please let me know.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/mom-faces-charges-after-lying-about-sons-cancer NOT COOL............... I am just thankful that this young man is not ill! It broke my heart every time I saw him.

Yep

His brother in law is my dentist (Dr. Bailey in Avon). Does a good job on my chicklets. He will have a hook up when he finishes school. I know this is supposed to be recent, but Jon McClain from Webo was and still is a beast. He has to be in the conversation. He came up just short a few times.

Our teams are now full

Looking to help Carr Wrestling Academy (OH), to fill a 110 spot. Great guys. It will be a great experience. Please call me if interested.

Still looking for a solid 125 or HWT (no weight limit) entering the 7th grade or younger! You will get several good matches in! Only $35 to be on a team! Should have fun. Lets go people.

I did see Coach Russ Cozart and the Brandon (Tampa) team down there. They looked really tough. I took a group of Indiana kids to coach Cozart for a workout over spring break. It was eye opening. He hit on a lot of things. He is a good dude and was really good to our kids. Not hard to see why he has had so much success.

Avon done for the day. 4 and 2 in pool. Just one pool dual left (against Columbus East). The Indiana battle takes place tomorrow at 8 am. Should be a good dual. Brackets start at 4:00 pm (for Div 1).

Don't worry Lee I am holding $100 dollars of your money for your son......... and I have no intention of giving it to him (he keeps asking for it). Payback for annoying all of you, all these years!!!! So you will be getting some money back! Just kidding .............he is a good kid! But still not getting the 100 bucks!

We had a new friend join us at a workout down here. Check this out! Good source of protein.

OK....... did I miss something? Whats up with the 7 point TF in freestyle! Please explain to me why? 10 that tourney 7 this tourney. Is there not set rules?

Need a 125 or HWT (no weight limit). Can do individual tourney on Saturday and duals on Sunday. Or just duals on Sunday. Battle Creek Michigan. Fee is only $35.00 to be on the team! This is for the elementary division (entering the 7th grade next year or younger). Teams are VERY solid..... just need a couple more hammers. Get a .9 allowance. Matt Brewer mbrewer@eliteindy.com 317-201-0644

OOOPS! they just changed the Washington vs. Florida results: Florida squeaks it out. Owell......... just beat California!

Indiana has beat the two teams going for third and fourth in their pool (TN and Wash). With this said, they have secured a top 2 finish in their pool, a spot in the Gold / Silver pool, and a top 8 finish! With this said, lets not take our foot off the gas........ beat California! Great job boys!

Went to check out the camp at U of I last night. What an awesome chance to workout with a top notch D2 program and team. For 5 bucks! UNREAL. Coach Warthan has been making the rounds to all of the RTCs of late. He really cares about our school age wrestlers and does a great job with them. I would HIGHLY recommend these workouts! Below is the details from the camps posting section. My schoolboy 105 will be there tomorrow. He needs a partner. Send me a message if you have a workout partner that would like to workout with him there tomorrow. Every Tuesday and Thursday this summer UIndy will be holding wrestling camp from 6-7:30 PM. Starts May 28. Coaches plus former and current Greyhound wrestlers will be running the sessions. Cost is $5 each session. If younger than high school, please bring a partner. http://athletics.uindy.edu/documents/2013/5/23/WRESCamp13.pdf?id=2232 Email warthanjc@uindy.edu 2 program. For 5 bucks! Matthew Brewer

Avon RTC tonight 7:00!

Is anyone holding one?