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Peyton Schoettle. Great composure,desire,and will to win every position.  Impressive performance the entire weekend. Congrats!!

4 hours ago, Clint Gard said:

Which means it ain’t random…

Not sure its random but it changes in New Castle. Same weight got same place out of Perry Regional 2 years in a row, and drew North Mongomery regional one year & Richmond the next. 

Kody Glithero over Alex Cottey at Perry Meridian in OT at 113 2020 has to be up there. Cottey a 4X state finalist 2X state champ.

18 hours ago, ZZ TOP said:

Who are as old as me that remember this? I want to take you back to the 1900’s on a cold winter afternoon inside Market Square Arena on a Friday night I was watching Eric Keith major decision Cassidy Willson going into the 3rd .. when out of no where Willson hits a spladdle for the fall.. and Market Square Arena goes nuts!!!! 

you are misremembering a little. Wilson up the enitre match. Up 7-2 when he hit the 2nd spladle.  Never down in that match

5 minutes ago, aoberlin said:

Word. It requires much more now if you want to compete at the upper levels. Yes the casual may be different. But the elites are a whole different story.

Also some kids used to wrestle to stay active & be involved. It didn't require the sport to be their entire identity. Some still do, and I hear the "he has no heart" or comments similar. Well maybe you don't know what that kid has going on in his life, or maybe this isnt as important to him as you want it to be. Thats on you not him. This forum is an example of that. Grown adults get online & critique the performances of youth & adolescents match by match. I'm not knocking that as much as saying I for sure didnt have to deal with that.  I got an "atta boy" when I won things, but certainly didnt get micro analyzed when I lost. I love the passion in this sport btw, and the attention this forum brings to the sport. Kudos IndianaMat...sincerely.  I don't want my comments to be taken as a negative to forums like this, more to spotlight that they have it tougher in some ways than we did.

I find this topic interesting. My kid worked 2x as hard as I did. My youth was spent playing baseball, soccer, basketball, etc. In Middle school I ran XC, played basketball, wrestled, baseball, & ran track.  Local wrestling club was 2x a week for freestyle in spring. When not doing that I was playing pickup basketball with friends, organizing a baseball game in the local field with soda cans & paper plates as bases with ghost runners, doing the same for football games etc. I cant remember the last time I saw ANY kids doing any of this. The reason?...we have monetized youth sports & make them practice 24/7, and we call them soft.  These kids we call soft are going to club practices, RTCs, and academies all week every week starting at early ages. How many are single sport athletes at ages younger than 12?  Many. Kids arent softer, just different & burnout is real. 

On 8/31/2023 at 1:57 PM, maligned said:

Wow! I did not remember that. So Ester puts out following-season state champ Requejo in the ticket round in 1991 and #1-ranked Wilson of Warsaw in the ticket round in 1992. Who kept beating him at regional to create those matches?!?

Tony Elkins maybe...who I beat ticket round 93. That Ft Wayne semi state was brutal at 119 those 2 years. A young Tim Myers got 2nd to Derek Crousere that year, went on to take the state title, and a Fargo Cadet FS title to put the cherry on top of the sundae

I have a really good friend in media. In his spare time he does PA for major sports for a D1 university.  He accompanied me to the IHSAA State Finals many years ago & we had press passes.  While taking everything in early Saturday he said "this guy on the mic is really da** good!". After we capped off the final that night he couldn't stop talking about how good the announcer was, and he still makes comments about this 30 years later.  Legend.

On 1/7/2023 at 10:30 AM, FC118 said:

Roncalli just pulled off the biggest choke job in program history!

Grown adults talking disparagingly about kids on a public forum tells us all we need to know about you as a person.

22 hours ago, M109R said:

Maybe the original title should say the City of Fort Wayne . Most people apparently don't read all the posts and assume he's wanting FW SS . 

Yeah I assumed FW semi state.  My bad. disregard & carry on.

I believe Josh Hutchens from Plymouth won FW 3x & was 2x State Champ. Has to be on the list somewhere.

10 hours ago, JORVILLE said:

Ok but was told today that they don’t see any Criteria any different. A 1 is the same as a 4 . In a Cadet bracket they had two Returning  State champs and both put on the same side with the 2 on opposite side. 

Fair enough & that would also make sense in this instance. I know it's hard to do that many weight classes, and age diviions for the ISWA.

1 hour ago, JORVILLE said:

This weight was just an example. The one previous and only Champion Rinehart never showed for either division after weighing in. So it left both previous 3rd place finisher on opposite sides. Interesting to know that Junior 3rd place finisher gets higher criteria according to you over Cadet Champion. That’s the first I’ve heard of that

Thats not what I'm saying.  I'm saying Junior(3rd) gets it over the Cadet 3rd place finisher who lost to someone with no criteria.  Rinehart never weighed in is what you are missing. There is no weight reference.  Every other competitor has weight recognized from scale.  Rinehart should have never been in the bracket. If you want major discrepancies though you can look at the freetsyle brackets from last year.  Particularly Junior 145 and 182.

22 hours ago, JORVILLE said:

Looking at Brackets and listed are multiple kids who claim state champions or placers and obviously not checked right. Also looking at brackets in Junior Division and can notice mistakes. Example at 152 Junior you have Returning State Champ and two other kids who finished 3rd. Bracket is made and State Champ and 3rd place are on top of bracket while other 3rd is on bottom of bracket. This is throughout every age division.

At Junior 152 the one on the bottom won, and was 3rd at Junior previous year while others were Cadet so that takes criteria. The previous champion(cadet) didnt weigh in or show so a non factor & have no clue why he was even in the bracket.  There were 2 other state qualifiers who had no criteria.  I'm curious where your complaint is with this weight?

On 2/16/2022 at 2:01 AM, IndianaWrestlingGuy said:

If anyone wants action on Lone vs Euson, I'll take all of it. DM me. Euson -2.5. 

Yeah not sure why hes still being slept on? Dominated post season up to this point with no losses, and proven wins over opponents ranked much higher.  I would also house that bet.  

On 2/1/2022 at 10:12 AM, headlockking said:

I like these picks... I'm taking Euson at 160. Kid is a sleeper, and I really think he is a contender for the NC SS title.

Some of us knew. The rest are finding out. Underrated by everyone. Tough draw with Lone & Boe in his quarter bracket, but he will be a tough out.

Awesome stuff

14 hours ago, bigballerb said:

Didn’t Zach beat Miller this spring  at ISWA state?

Beat many in front of him then & over the summer.  This is for fun & things shake out.

1 hour ago, bigballerb said:

Confused on why/how Dillon Graham jumped Arthur

There are many confusing things at that weight. 

2020

Braydon Lowery(Sr) 126 - 1st

Bryce Lowery(Fr) 106 - 4th

Coach King is a great human being, and I learned as much about life as I did wrestling competing for him,  He was always the guy who taught you to take the hard right instead of the easy wrong. Always there to pump you up for a tough match, as well as pick you up after a bad loss. His positive influence outside the wrestling room with his student athletes cannot be overstated. His contributions to the sport over the past 37 years I hope put him in contention for Indiana Wrestling Hall of Fame. He is deserving.  I could not be more happy for Andrew & the team. Good luck.

Sincerely

Dustin Wilson

Shoey out of curiosity where did you go to med school?

43 minutes ago, doctorWrestling said:

You are lucky to have a reasonable governor.  I am rooting for Indiana to prove the rest of these states wrong so we can get back at it.  It appears clear to me that it can be done if they follow reality instead of theoretical models or "science".

I hope we can get through the season, but the thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

Coleman twice in NC