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Very impressive group of kids. Only one close match against a very tough kid at 138. I felt bad for Winfield. He lost his focus for a second and his opponent capitalized. Otherwise all 9 would have advanced. Can't wait for round Two.

Hell! I'll Be smiling if my son just gets on the floor. Under the lights? WOW !! Hope it happens. It is GO time. Only 12 hours until it all begins. Good Luck Boys!! Wrestle fair and square and may the best man win! I think Vince Lombardi said something like that.

This wt class has a large number of freshmen. It seems it has replaced 106 as the freshman wt class. I would like to see Brooks test his metal at 119 or higher but genetics is what it is. IMO this is not a weak wt class. Just lacks a lot of experienced kids. Do not insult kids. They are all working their tails off. Ok Stud.

Didn't schottle beat davis 8-4 with 4 take downs. Lahue is very quick off the whistle with a single leg shot and pretty good on top. I don't think schottle was over matched in every way. Lahues second takedown was questionable call as time ran out off schottle headlock. Lahue was a couple of seconds off schottles timing from getting pinned. Final score should have been 4-3 Lahue. I do not remember for sure but I think Schottle scored one late takedown then cut Lahue because he was down 5-3. If not for the, What I believe was a bad call, in the first period this match would have gone in to OT. Also schottle scored 1 point for Lahue stalling. Lahue wrestled very smart and benifitted from an officials questionable call. So the cookie crumbles . Schottle wrestled fairly well and he can wrestle better. Good luck to both boys @ State !!

Perry will have 3. Maybe 4

MD looked awful tough this weekend. Mauer is the real deal. Great athlete !!

Coach McCormick IHSWCA Board Members Semi-State Qualifier Cool Points: 10 [wahoo] [boo] Posts: 189 Re: Team State Debate ? Reply #7 on: October 11, 2010, 04:39:01 PM ? Quote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I certainly agree with most everything that has been brought up on this thread regarding Team State. The reality is that the IHSAA has already made up their mind. I base this comment on conversations I have had with administrators who have recently attended IHSAA regional meetings across Indiana. The IHSAA has handed out a spread sheet which documents the decline in revenue (and interest) in our Team State format. The last e-mail that I saw from the IHSAA several days ago said, "2010-11 will be the last year for the Team State. The new format will go into affect 2011-12." There are several variables that must be considered on this topic, and I don't think we will ever get all parties involved to agree on one solution. I truly believe that if the Team State Duals series were "classed"; we would see an explosion of excitement, increased revenue and increased interest in our duals series. As mentioned in another post, the current Team State series is really a race between about 6 schools year in and year out. All you need to do is look at the results since the inception of this event to support this statement. Again, as mentioned earlier, someone said, "the same set of schools vie for the 5A football title every year." The difference is that there are 4 other classes where there is tremendous excitement and many, many schools get a shot at winning the 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A football titles each year. The classed football system works as it offers hope and equitable opportunity for schools of all sizes across our state. There are a number of other variables that will impact our sport in the near future. Things such as increased budget cuts, more lay coaches, the cutting of middle school wrestling programs are just a few that come to mind. I am not going to say that any one person is wrong for the way they feel about our post season structure. I see some value in everyone's comments. I, personally, have seen this topic from many angles too. I was part of Delta's 1985 team state title when we won it with 3 placers (a 1st, 3rd and 4th). I have been a varsity coach for 22 years with 18 of those as a lay coach. I, and my coaching staff, work 365 days a year to keep our dreams alive of winning a team title some day. Wrestling in the Team State finals was a great experience this past season, but with 700 students in our school, I can tell you right up front that achieving this feat on a regular basis will be difficult as we just don't have the numbers to "reload" every year like bigger schools. In the end the tournament is "owned" by the IHSAA. They don't seem to care what those in the trenches have to say on the matter. I wish our state AD association would step up and take more of a stand on issues of this nature, but it seems to me that the IHSAA has a "checks and balances" system that, let's just say, favors the IHSAA's decisions at the end of every meeting. I have had some great conversations of late with coaches about other "controllables" in our sport. I would also like to point out that Cale Hoover has done a nice job of walking the tight rope with regard to the IHSAA during his tenure as president of the IHSWCA. He is not to blame for the direction in which our post season tournament is headed. The IHSWCA officers have made presentations and suggestions to the IHSAA, but again, in the end the IHSAA has the final say so. As the next president of our coaches' association, I plan to focus on the "controllables" in an attempt to strengthen wrestling in Indiana as a whole.

Joe, Give yourself 1000 wahoos for this affirmation. I wish all coaches followed your code of ethics. Unfortunetly, they do not. You have just outline one of the ways these "winning" coaches get it done. There are a few others I dare not mention for fear of being stoned to death. I am serius about the Wahoos.

This is were team and individual get a little blurred.

??? ??? What is this? Are you saying someone has gained an unfair advantage somehow?

Very Impresive indeed !! If they all place at state this would be 25% of Saturday comp. WOW!! It could be higher . This will be interesting to follow at Conseco.

Any Information ????? Schedule of matches ???

37 out of 311 is about 12% so he is close to right on that. 12 out of 311 is about 4%. This is were he is off. You would have to look at averages to be more accurate. I would venture to say that on average "less than 10% " get a chance to participate. This is why team state has lost its drawing power. Without parity sports just gets boring. Just ask the NFL and NBA. Team state is great if you are one of the Less than 10% .Coach Snyder said it best. It is not fair in its present form and needs to be classed. You need to convince the other 94 % that we need to keep it until we can get it classed. As the IHSAA goes that could take a long time. The majority could rule here. Wrestling does not get a lot of respect in most schools. In other words it is not one of the glamorous sports that people just love to watch. You 8 teams better start working your fans. You better hope one of them is Mater Dei. Which, by the way, is not a 5A team and would not be in your Class. Kinda makes for a messy situation. Just not as easy as it seems. Who wants to host a 16 team dual invitational. That is what it seems we have. The other 95 + % can come if they want. Those would be true wrestling fans. And yes I would be there. Because I love Wrestling!!!

You sound a little nervous to me. Should you be?? Jealeous of what? Winning through cheating and bending the rules?? Is that what I am suppose to be jealous of?? We are really off topic. Which is to do away with team state or not. Sounds like somebody is worried they are going to lose their play thing. Boo Hoo :'( What will we do??? ???

Sorry coach I just see the next level as helping kids beyond 4 years of high school. Did you happen to know the true story behind the current movie "Blindside" Now that is real success, not stocking shelves at a Dilly Mart. Seems we have a different view of success too. My story is about none of what or who you mentioned. It is about a system that "always" puts the kids first . I just do not think team state does that.