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I have no issue paying for content I like 200 a year is cheap compared to any cable package. That being said, its BS i pay that money and get ads before everything. web content makes their money of ads, if I give them a direct payment to support thier content it should be an ad free experience.../rant

The last time Gable lost was when Nixon was president.

Congratulations to Graham Rooks from Columbus East for signing with Indiana University. He is projected to wrestle 133, 141.

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Congratulations to Cayden Rooks from Columbus East for signing with Indiana. He is projected to wrestle 125, 133.

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Completely makes sense.  Thanks for the response.  Wherever you guys decide it's best for him to land next year, I look forward to following him & good luck at Ironman.

I signed Jesse up for Middle School before he had a qualifier for the high school division. To be truthful I did not think he was ready, until after he wrestled in the Grappler. I then attempted to switch him to High School, but they said he couldn't switch divisions because high school was sold out. I sent quite a few emails, but they are strict with their rules. Jesse was bummed when he saw kids he has beaten getting all American honors and in this case winning, but he also enjoyed winning a belt in MS. 
In reference to Crookham's age, I thought it said he turned 15 at the beginning of this month which doesn't make him much older then most 8th graders. I showed Jesse the negative comments about Ryan and he was upset that people would not just give Ryan props and respect how hard of an accomplishment it is to win Super32(HS) at any age level. 

You may be getting two different story lines crossed since the thread got on a side tangent.
 
Jesse Mendez won the MS Division at Super 32.
 
One of the wrestlers Jesse will be facing during the upcoming Ironman MS Showcase is Crookham.  He just won the Super32 HS Division as an 8th grader, though he maybe a slightly older one. That is the age discussion that we were having in some of the last few posts.  

Solid win by 170- Carson Brewer knocking off 19th in the county Zach Glazier of Minnesota 3-0. That kid was the Flo darkhorse pick and beat Peyton Robb last week. #TheCounty 

Season starts next week. You can’t go to club and workout with other kids from other schools once that starts (Ihsaa rules). You seem to want to get better and that is awesome. For now you need to go to your practices as much as possible. Hit your weight room. Ask your coaches to work with you extra (if they have time). Most importantly... hit the books. Wrestling means nothing if you don’t make the grades. Once your season is over... get back on this thread. There are some great people on here that will be more than happy to help a great student athlete to achieve their goals. I actually used to be the kids director at the iswa. If you are serious and are making the grades, I will help you find resources to get better (call if you would like). But.. until then put your faith and time into your high school program. 
Good Luck
Matt Brewer
317-201-0644

No 113lbs and above, you can't make 106lbs any way.

IndianaMat is proud to announce for the VERY first time Wrestling USA will bring the Dream Team Classic to Indiana. The best seniors from the USA will take on our top seniors on April 14th at Brownsburg High School. Wrestling is scheduled to start at 6pm with some very good matches in store.
Look for more information soon on tickets and everything else that will be going on.

This is very sad to say the least. Being from Putnam county we all know each other very well. He touched a lot of people. Peyton and I will always have good thoughts of this man! He fought the good fight like we all would hope we could. Prayers go out to a big Pingleton family and especially the boys. This is a huge loss. 

Just saw on Facebook that former state runner-up, DII All-American and NAIA champ Charlie Pingleton has passed away. He fought a multi-year battle with a brain tumor. He was a fighter until the end and leaves a young family behind. Prayers to his loved ones.

Brickfor6, great post and I hope the best for the 2 wrestlers you are referring to both academically and athletically !!!!
but the # at end was personal and over the top !!!!  (LOL)

I am not mad at B.Lee OR meant any disrespect to him. 
I probably should have said, This ACT test was very important to our 2 wrestlers that they were studying non stop all last week and the week before. Again, I probably should have clarified why these 2 guys were not there. 1 of them is #1 in their class and the other is top 15.
I respect joe a ton, and he knows that. Also, can't be mad at the kids for putting school work first. 
#DaRegion

It is my understanding that Keith Davison is the new ISWA chairman.  I first want  to congratulate Keith on his new position and wish him the best of luck.
I would like to thank Louis Rosbottom for everything he, and his wife Sharon, have done for the ISWA over the years.  Their dedication and devotion to Indiana wrestling is immeasurable.   I had the privilege of sitting on the ISWA board of directors for roughly 8 years (a number of years ago) with the Rosbottom's.  When you start looking at the ISWA's annual budget meeting, services, programs, the ISWA office, trips, coaches, tournament management, etc, etc, etc, the ISWA is a HUGE undertaking and the Rosbottom's have been a positive influence and driving force behind all of these operations for many years. 
Thank you Louis for your servant leadership style of management.  Indiana wrestling wouldn't be where it is today without everything you and Sharon have done with the ISWA.
Regards,
Trent McCormick
Yorktown Wrestling

Heck, you could probably change it to Middle Schoolers Who Could Win State!

I didn't think it was a dumb post then I doubt it less today 

Just as a side note, current chairman Louis Rosbottom has been sent the same questions and has not responded. 
Here is the live hangout with Keith Davison and his written responses to the questions.
Davison ISWA Chairman.pdf

It’s sensible that people who only know me as a coach might think that I might be biting off more than I could chew with the ISWA Chairman role.  I’ve also picked up vibes that some of the existing board members are bothered that my supporters and I believe that I could come in with no ISWA board experience and be an effective leader.
Please know that I have a lot of respect and appreciation for our existing board for the countless and often thankless hours of work that they continue to put into the organization to help keep it going.
On the other hand know that I have extensive volunteer leadership experience and would allocate the time that’s needed to get acclimated to the role and its responsibilities as well as assess what we do and how we do it  before trying to prioritize what we should focus our efforts on improving.  I’m not aiming to or promising that I’d fix “all of the problems.” 
I am not concerned about commitment significant amounts of my time to our cause.  I have served the board as a coach of national teams for the past 6 years and have been generous with my time preparing for and traveling to these tournaments.  My cumulative time that I’ve committed to these exceeds three months.  I am currently president of our wrestling club and plan to reduce my involvement on that front to offset the added responsibilities of ISWA chair.
From my vantage point it seems we have many capable board members in place and I wouldn’t intend to take effective people and processes and change them.  However I do expect that feathers will be ruffled as we re-focus and make changes to our board as we move to being more wrestling centric as we work to be national wrestling power.
Should I be voted in I will actively solicit and welcome thoughts and suggestions as to how we can improve as an organization.

No one thinks you would be punking out, sometimes things just don't work out but with that said you should research all options to fund raise and or ride share if its something you want to do as there are people out there that are always willing to help out.  Good Luck to you this season and like Grappleapple  said this thread has made the board interesting at least !!!!

Great kids, great parents, great people. Whatever they decided is going to be the best for all of them (as all people should). Look forward to seeing all of those kids kick butt. 

As long as they both lose - we would all be winners.

The Indiana Wrestling League is getting ready for the second season to begin.   This is a developmental league to help promote the sport of wrestling for your top wrestlers and for your new wrestlers.  Our goal is to have dual meets throughout the week if schools are able to host them.  Last year we had 11 teams signup for the league and were able to put on an amazing tournament at the end of the "season".  We have teams from Madison to Indy, that participated last year.  Our final tournament had over 300 wrestlers from 11 schools compete.  We keep the Varsity dual kids in one division and also have a JV division which each team is allowed to enter 2 kids per weight.  If you are interested please email me at indianawrestlingleague@gmail.com.  We are only accepting a few more teams this year.  Teams currently signed up for next season are.
Beech Grove WC
Center Grove WC
New Palestine WC
Greenfield Central WC
Jennings County WC
Madison WC
Columbus North WC
Emma Donna WC
Seymour WC
Franklin Central WC
I am waiting on the final teams from last season to confirm.  Again if you are interested please let me know ASAP, we will have a cutoff.
 
 
 
 

The 170 pound soon be Danville junior recieved one of the only 4 Black Hats given at J Robs 28 day intensive camp out of hundreds of wrestlers...He graduated with over a perfect score gaining 10 positive ratings during camp and ran his 15 miles in 2 hours and 6 minutes...very proud of this young man who is like a nephew to me and glad he represented Indiana so well during a challenging but life changing experience!  Look for big things the next 2 years and beyond out of this fine young man!  He's had a very productive off season winning Nuway and Indy nationals while wrestling on dual national teams and gaining valuable knowledge for the future.