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As the Head Coach of Evansville Central, I just wanted to let everyone know how proud I was of our boys effort today. This was the most fun I’ve ever had as a coach at the Regionals. Everyone wrestled to expectations and a few exceeded them. They practiced hard this past week and wrestled even harder. Even though one didn’t make it out, he wrestled hard against a superior opponent. That’s all anyone could ask. ALL five boys represented their school, family, program and themselves with class and dignity. Well done and you all deserved everything you’ve accomplished so far this year. Keep believing in yourselves and good luck this Saturday in the semi state. Coach Lapadat

FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY Greg Warren's Stall Camp is definitely the best "mockumentary" I've ever seen about wrestling. Great job Flute Man

Evansville Central 54 Pike Central 18 (1-0) Evansville Central 51 South Spencer 30 (2-0) Evansville Central 39 Evansville North 33 (3-0) Evansville Central 56 Forrest Park 15 (4-0) Evansville Central 70 Tecumseh 6 (5-0) Evansville Central 65 Princeton 18 (6-0) Evansville Central 78 Wood Memorial 6 (7-0) Evansville Central 49 Evansville Harrison 22 (8-0) Union County, Ky 52 Evansville Central 24 (8-1) Evansville Central 66 Vincennes Lincoln 18 (9-1) Evansville Central 72 Evansville Bosse 9 (10-1) Evansville Central 39 Evansville Reitz 38 (11-1) Evansville Central 54 Evansville North 24 (12-1) Jasper 50 Evansville Central 24 (12-2) Evansville Central 48 Evansville Harrison 27 (13-2) Evansville Central 76 University Heights, Ky 6 (14-2) Evansville Central 58 Anderson County, Ky 21 (15-2) Evansville Central 68 Bourbon, County,Ky 9 (16-2) Campbell County, Ky 47 Evansville Central 27 (16-3) Evansville Central 53 Lafeyette, Ky 24 (17-3) Union County and Campbell County are ranked 1 & 2 in Kentucky

Congratulations to all the UIndy wrestlers who did so well at the Michigan State Open this past weekend. I'm sure coach Warthan very proud of you. Evansville Central High School is proud to call Austin Chamberalin one of its own. What a way to start a career. Go Hounds, and good luck at Purdue on Friday night and Campbellsville on Saturday. Mike Lapadat Head Coach Evansville Central High School

Jeff, Will you be using the old weight classes or the new ones. I am interested but our football linemen are going to I.U. linemen camp on Saturday and I will have trouble filling all the heavier weight classes. The fewer at the top, i.e the old weight classes, the better for me. Thanks, let me know!!!!!!!!!!!! Michael Lapadat Head Wrestling Coach Evansville Central High School Evansville Central Wrestling Academy (ECWA) michael.lapadat@evsc.k12.in.us www.ecwabears.com © 812-589-5691 (s) 812-435-8295 Fax 812-435-8564

I want to offer my congratulations as well. These two kids have been class acts all four years. Good luck on a great season and it would it would be fantastic to see them both end their high school careers as state champions. This is proof that good things really do happen to good people. Also, congratulations to their mom and dad for raisng two outstanding young men!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike Lapadat Head Wrestling Coach Evansville Central High School

I am looking for some individual folkstyle tournaments to go to. If you know of any please post. I have looked at themat.com and trackwrestling.com. Thanks, Mike Lapadat

Where were all you guys the last two years? I ran a Purler Wrestling Academy, Foundations of Wrestling, weekly practice in Evansville, IN from October 2007 to December 2009. I stopped at the end of 2009 due to low attendance. When Nick Purler and I decided to close it down it was down to one student. This Foundations of Wrestling weekly practice was supplemental to your school or club practices and ran year round. I taught the Purler system and also had numerous one day Purler Takedown Camps as well as one day Purler Leg-Riding Camps. Nick Purler would e-mailed me the weekly practices. They were identical to the one's he and his brother Tony did at their weekly Foundations of Wrestling practices. It was for elementary, middle, and high school wrestlers. While Nick and Tony have waiting lists, I was struggling to have two, three, or four kids come consistently. We thought Southern Indiana would be a hot bed for wrestling also, and that this weekly, year long academy would succeed. I advertised it on this web site, Indianamat.com, for the whole two years. I set out fliers and talked to hundreds of parents who liked the idea, but when push came to shove they did not come. If I had a dollar for every parent who called me and then did not show up, I could retire to sunny Florida. I would like to have a Regional Training Site here in Evansville, IN also, but when I asked around someone told me they tried it and nobody came. Funny, this sounds familiar. Good luck to you guys. I hope you figure it out. I would be more than willing to reopen if there is enough interest. Contact Nick Purler at www.purlerwrestling.com if you would like the Evansville, IN site to reopen.

117 Brenden Kelley 5th, grade 8, and 132 Isaiah Kemper 4th, grade 7, are from ECWA (Evansville Central Wrestling Academy), and will wrestle at Evansville Central High School!!!!!!!!

This camp will be held at Evansville Central High School and will be well worth the time and money to attend. It caters to middle school and elementary wrestlers. We are on cst. Come sign-up at the door from 8-9 am cst, and the camp starts at 9:15 am. We will go until 3:30 pm. cst. and it will be held in the main gymnasium. We have over 35 kids pre-registered so please e-mail me at michael.lapadat@evsc.k12.in.us if you plan to attend. Nick Purler himself will be here to run all sessions!!!!!!

Austin Chamberalin of Evansville Central is undefeated this year (15-0) so far. He has wrestled in the Mt. Vernon Turkey Classic and the Evansville Reitz Hill Classic against some very good teams. He won the 2009 ISWA Folkstyle State Tournament at 140 beating Evan Weinzapfel from Evansville Mater Dei in the finals (6-1) and King from Evansville Reitz in the semi's (3-2). He pinned Johnson from Perry Meridian in the first period on day one of this same tournament. He was second at Lawrence Central's USA tournament in October 2009. He was beat by someone from Illinois.

We are buying a new Dollamur Flexi-roll mat and have this Mat Rack storage and moving system to sell. It is about 5-years old. New, they cost $4,850.00. We are selling it for only $1,500.00. It is already assembled and we will bring it to you fully assembled with payment on delivery. There is nothing wrong with it, we just don't need it anymore. To see a picture and read up on it go to www.resilite.com. We still use it, but our new mat will be here in January. If interested, please call me, Mike Lapadat, @ 812-589-5691. I am the assistant coach at Evansville Central High School, and have the authority from our athletic director to sell it. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!