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Just a little extra info on the Hobart job Middle school record in duals 64-0 in the last 5 years Hobart Wrestling Club is one of the longest and largest running (78’) non academy clubs with typically 50-60 wrestlers and several state placers at the ISWA levels. As well as wrestlers Training with RWA,Elite,and Bulldog Elite Hobart Wrestling Club also acts as a booster for ALL of Hobart wrestling. This year a beautiful new mat was purchased...new singlets. HwC hosts 2 open tournaments drawing a combined 800 wrestlers plus Golf outings and other fundraising events. The Hs is less than 10 years...old great wrestling room,fieldhouse, and gymnasium...already expanding weight and cardio rooms and building a new pool. New Athletic Director that seems to really have his eyes on what the program could be. Former wrestler and CP coach Jake Rodriguez as an Assistant Pricipal which is nice to have understanding people in the Administration. RTC host as well as IHSAA regionals host..To go along with a great tradition...and community support...could be a great job for someone who wants to pump some new energy into this program and take it up to yet another level!! we have some young hungry Brickies coming up !!

The hardest part about that is many club tournaments fall after HS state so. A long time ago you had to place top 3 at a tournament to qualify for state....but lets be honest...there are almost 2000 wrestlers there this weekend....Thats a lot of money to put the piggy bank. My biggest concern is some of the start times. Peewees starting at 2pm is a nightmare..These kids have a hard time staying into it after round 2 in a 4 man bracket and 2 hours into a tournament...now 4 and 5 year olds get to run around for hours before they even wrestle...Those who are gonna be on the podium are those who can fight through the adversity of naptime...lol

Hobart's Fattore loses controversial semifinal at state wrestling finals Feb 17, 2018 at 7:30 PMJim Peters jim.peters@nwi.com, 219-548-4363 INDIANAPOLIS — A questionable final-minute pin call abruptly ended Zack Fattore's undefeated season and a run at the 170-pound state championship in Saturday's semifinals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. He sat on the mat stunned by the outcome, while an equally surprised Jordan Rader of Peru celebrated. Upon further review, it shouldn't have happened. Advertisement: Story Continues Below Fattore showed a video taken from the video of the match that his shoulders were not secured against the mat, so the pin call was wrong. "I wasn't pinned, 100 percent," Fattore said. "That doesn't mean I would have won for sure, but in the moment, I wasn't pinned. My coaches asked the other ref if he could see a different angle, but it was indisputable. I asked another ref and he said it was bogus. It sucked that my only loss was on a controversial call, but things happen. I fully accept the ref's call. I'm not going to be a crybaby about it." The irony for Fattore was he could've eased through the final minute and won a match he was leading 3-0. "I took a risk," he said. "I've been holding back on my technique. My whole goal the whole tournament was to wrestle my full potential. I told myself I wasn't going to lay on the mat." Fattore was scheduled to wrestle Munster's Cody Crary for third place but Crary defaulted after a leg injury sustained in his semifinal match. "I didn't get a chance to prove to myself that I could beat Crary by more," Fattore said. "It was a pride thing for me. I just get to focus on school more now.

That’s just Zack. As we all fight for him... he just carries on as a great human being. Good luck Rader!!

Good luck to the 170lbers the finals. From what I was told Crary isn’t wrestling in the 3rd place match. So Fattore outscored opponents 34-0 and got 3rd. No matter what you think of the call that has got to be a first. Unscored upon.... and didn’t win

Watched the video. Wow

Yes it was. Lots of refs today in matches wanting to be involved.

At best it was a touch fall. At worst they robbed a kid from a title match.

Man. I’ve never seen a defensive pin called that fast. Not saying it didn’t happen I couldn’t see his shoulders from the side I was on. But mat 3 refs are certainly making their presence felt in big matches today. Unusual calls.

Hobart guy here too. Brock is an awesome kid. It was a big win for him. Maybe didn’t love it but it’s okay. Portage has a bunch of good kids. It’s all good.

He had a great tournament. Both in the semis against Peele and then again against Triana he was getting controlled and both matches down 6-1 going into the 3rd. Went takedown crazy and cutting against peels to send it to it and the eventual takedown win. Then with a minute left hit a TD and back points on Triana to tie it and send it to OT then he again got the takedown for the win. He doesn’t panic.. just gets to work. To be honest he looked Big at 120.. didn’t look undersized at all. It’ll be interesting.

One more comment like this and New Castle is OUT of Da Region!

There are many ways to look at it...not sure it's fair to say Hobart dropped the ball though. Great guy, going to a great program with some awesome guys that are going to be mat side. We'll miss you Bren.. Best of luck at CP and at Elite Athletic Club.

He's not my son..just an awesome kid in our club..he didn't complain went about his business. I just was really puzzled..one of our other coaches handled it an he said they were not having it. Just seems like there would be a better way to make sure everyone is where they need to be when it is brought to there attention.

How about when the iswa doesn't fix their mistakes like entering a kid weighing 81 lbs as 87 so he has to bump up to 90..ridiculous..our boy even went back on the scale for them to see and they wouldn't change it. He got 4 th at the bumped up weight but got muscled his last couple rounds. It just makes no sense to me.

Chris Rumph is going to be scary good by the time he is a senior. The kid has only wrestled for 2 years. Once he learns how to wrestle the sky is the limit. He was battling with Red but he put his head down for 1 second...just like Lee..and got cradled and put away. You see those losses and don't realize he was losing to Hatch and Crary very close matches with less that 30 career matches. Then 4 losses to Black , which other than kinda pinning himself defending a takedown against Molloy while winning would have been undefeated going into his match with Lee which he hung in there with for the most part. I don't know if Rumph can stay under 145( and Lee just looks like he will be bigger by then) , but next year I wouldn't be shocked if at 138 you see Rumph and Black all the way through the tournament against one another then under the lights in Indy.

Hobart advanced 10!

You are right on all accounts, now explain that to the Ihsaa and see how they feel about it when top teams in the state often draw each other in sectionals in other sports. Forget logic..forget the absolute best thing for the sport to see the for sure best teams. You have to do i like the other sports. yep

Well I agree, that is a problem but lets face it some teams are still finishing up football when wrestling starts. I agree Y2 but pleasing the IHSAA is kind of tough and they march the banner of everything the same although its not really the same as other sports. I have changed my mind a bit on the individual side as far as classing goes but...I hate that I have haha. My preference is single class individual, but I think I'd enjoy a 2 class (no more) if that came about ever.

Seems to me if you make it "like" other sports then the IHSAA is more apt. to do it. If they would extend season by two weeks it could be done nice and organized and in 4 classes how they like it. Example each sectional say has 8 teams thereabout some may only have 7 (blind draw like all other sports...someone may get a bye).. 2 weeks before individual sectionals start round one of 4 team sectional on a Weds. night....next week, same thing..gets you to 8 teams per class that have a semi-state somewhere on Saturday after individual state then the next week you get 4 state championships..You could get creative on how you do it to keep the crowd. you could potentially do a final 4 in all 4 classes and shorten the semi-state idea... I like the coaches thing going on but just spit-balling. If you want it recognized you have to play by their rules and figure out how to get attendance there which is ultimately why team state went away in the first place. Now obviously you may have some say that we won't get a true champion because the best teams may beat each other in sectional or semi-state, and while true if you want something recognized you have to do it within the small box of imagination that the IHSAA provides. Other than that go to the old format but have 4 states in 4 different gyms like Bend Davis, Warren Central, North Central and Tech or something or 1A,3A in one and 2 and 4A in another site. Hell you could implement the success factor even and make the tournament more compelling I suppose.

crazy things happen! There is gonna be 14 other kids that will still probably show up anyway, and darnitall if they don't go ahead and wrestle if they get a shot at Red and Lee...haha...It is huge though no doubt. Has there been a more hyped possible match-up? Recently anyway probably Lee v.s Micic.

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I think everyone gets this is a huge potential match-up..Historic some have said..I agree. I would like to see a rematch from Al Smith between Molloy and Black..That was shaping up to be a great finish then Black put his shoulders on the mat fending off molloy coming out the back door to try and take the lead late. Certainly Lee, and Red are the favorites but I don't think anyone is conceding just yet. Even after Molloy and Black there is some real quality that in another year the depth of the weight might be the topic. Much work to be done though before anyone even punches their ticket. Should be a lot of fun.

If the developers stop going bankrupt there were plans to build an expo center/ arena civic center with hotels and a sports dome in Hobart off of rt 30 and I65.. It would be in Merrillville school district but in Hobart city limits so perhaps if that happens anytime soon it could potentially be a great fit. The infrastructure is in...just need buildings.

Genesis center I too have said for years would be great venue wise. But the down side is there is nothing around it anyone could go to to eat and the city of Gary whether it be school or government can't do anything right. Don't think they could pull off a semi state. Shame 6,500 capacity.