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West Liberty University cordially invites female and male wrestling teams to our holiday classic December 21st (male) and December 23rd (female). Compete against teams from multiple states on a college campus with a finals presentation and experience unlike any other high school tournament. We welcome teams for the female division as well individual entries. Contact Coach Irwin to reserve your spot today! SAVE THE DATE xmas tournament (1).docx

I don't disagree that returning medalist &/or team members shouldn't get such a huge advantage with byes. Just seed the tournament but then use normal brackets. Make even returning medalists earn their spot every year. But I would hate the idea of replacing an individual who earned their spot with someone else simply because the powers that be think they are better, more experienced or match up better.

Ton of rumors are starting to heat up in the FW semi-state

OK thanks. Why am I not surprised. So even though Russia is banned as a team & their athletes must compete as individuals, they still hold spots as a team.

It's always true that the draw matters. For a variety of reasons, but especially if there's an opponent who is a bad match up for your wrestler getting knocked out before you have to face them. So many times that path to the finals makes a big difference in who makes it to the gold medal match. I feel like all of our gents can potentially beat nearly every opponent in each's respective weight class. Obviously it's very unlikely they will each beat every opponent but as Maligned said, the floor is high with this sextet. No one is a gold favorite, again mentioned by Maligned, but they are all capable of gold or silver, in my opinion. Lee and Dake would be my favorites to win it all, but Parris, Retherford, Snyder and Brooks are SOOO good too. Having 6 weight classes just creates a surfeit of talent at each weight. In this case, the end result is a loaded US team. I can't wait for this to start. There is nothing like the Olympics. Hope Kayla and Sarah bring home some hardware. Pretty crazy that one out of every 4 wrestlers on the men's and women's teams is a Hoosier. Very nearly 1 out of 3 wrestlers from Indiana if Nick Lee beat Zain.

It is with a heavy heart that we must say goodbye to, not only a Beech Grove legend, but a legend in the sport of wrestling throughout the entire state of Indiana. Steve Nontell passed away this morning and if you knew Steve, you know how much he loved and advocated for our great sport. I know he’s up there sporting his orange pants as we speak. Rest In Peace, Coach!

We need a team for the Zionsville Eagle. The current teams are Zionsville, Chesterton Senior High School, Floyd Central, Center Grove, Franklin Central, Lawrence North, Edgewood. It is an individual tournament. Your wrestlers are guaranteed to get 4 matches. Please reach out to me if interested. dwelch@zcs.k12.in.us

Yea … I only see (5) . (106, 113, 126, 132, 138) 285, was probably only one that caught fire in the State Series . Should he been ranked earlier ? Idk, gotta beat ranked kids to get ranked .

Transfer Portal update below now has Logan Frazier committed (Transferring To) Indiana University. Welcome home Logan! Excited to watch him wrestle in front of the home crowd 125? 133? Weight WS Rank Athlete 2024-25 Year Hometown Transferring From Transferring To 197 1 Massoma Endene Junior Arlington, TX Wartburg 197 2 Jacob Cardenas Graduate Kearny, NJ Cornell Michigan 285 2 Wyatt Hendrickson Graduate Newton, KS Air Force 141 3 Andrew Alirez Graduate Greeley, CO Northern Colorado 149 3 Kyle Parco Graduate Danville, CA Arizona State 174 3 Dean Hamiti Senior Joliet, IL Wisconsin Oklahoma State 285 5 Cohlton Schultz Graduate Parker, CO Arizona State Will not transfer 174 6 Lennox Wolak Graduate Columbus, OH Columbia Virginia Tech 165 7 Terrell Barraclough Graduate Kaysville, OH Penn State 285 7 Yaraslau Slavikouski Graduate Rechitsa, BY Rutgers Will not transfer 165 7 Cam Amine Graduate Brighton, MI Michigan 157 10 Tommy Askey Graduate Pine Bush, NY App State Minnesota 165 10 Caleb Fish Graduate Eaton Rapids, MI Michigan State Oklahoma State 133 11 Connor McGonagle Graduate Danville, NH Lehigh Virginia Tech 174 13 Gaven Sax Graduate St. Robert, MO NDSU Oklahoma 141 13 Cleveland Belton Graduate Corona, CA Oregon State 157 15 Chase Saldate Senior Gilroy, CA Michigan State Michigan 125 17 Cooper Flynn Junior Seymour, TN Virginia Tech Minnesota 174 17 Clayton Whiting Sophomore Oconto Falls, WI Missouri Minnesota 285 17 Dorian Crosby Graduate Erie, PA Bucknell Gannon 141 19 Isaiah Powe Sophomore Mount Olive, AL Chattanooga 133 21 Ethan Oakley Junior Trinity, NC App State North Carolina 184 21 Brock Delsignore Junior Ballston Lake, NY NC State Little Rock 197 22 Evan Bockman Graduate Anchorage, AK Utah Valley Iowa State 133 23 Chris Cannon Graduate Oceanport, NJ Michigan 285 24 Seth Nitzel Senior Stilwell, FL Missouri 165 24 Connor Brady Graduate Powell, OH Virginia Tech Will not transfer 149 26 Jaivon Jones Graduate Shaker Heights, OH Northern Illinois 174 26 Josh Ogunsanya Graduate River Forest, IL Columbia North Carolina 125 27 Ramazan Attasauov Junior Nalchik, RU Iowa State Illinois 165 27 Kyle Mosher Graduate Rockville Centre, NY Columbia 157 30 Jason Kraisser Graduate Ellicott City, MD Iowa State Illinois 157 31 Jared Hill Junior Broken Arrow, OK Oklahoma 184 31 Maximus Hale Graduate West Chester, PA Penn 149 32 Sammy Alvarez Graduate Garfield, NJ Oklahoma State Rider 285 32 Devon Dawson Senior Brooklyn Park, MN NDSU 125 34 Colton Camacho Graduate Delmont, PA Pitt Edinboro 133 34 Sydney Flores Graduate West Covina, CA Air Force 157 34 Clayton Ulrey Graduate Grantville, PA Virginia Tech Northern Colorado 174 35 Gerrit Nijenhuis Graduate Canonsburg, PA Oklahoma 125 37 Nick Babin Graduate Westwood, NJ Columbia Pitt 133 37 Kyle Burwick Graduate Hettinger, ND Nebraska NDSU 157 37 Nick Stampoulos Sophomore Newark, NJ Buffalo Lock Haven 197 37 Spencer Mooberry Junior Osage, IA NDSU Northern Illinois 133 38 Angelo Rini Senior Mayfield Heights, OH Columbia Indiana 184 38 Rylan Rogers Sophomore Coeur d'Alene, ID Michigan Lehigh 165 39 Charlie Darracott Graduate Flowery Branch, GA Stanford 285 39 Sam Mitchell Graduate Marshfield, WI Buffalo Wyoming 149 42 Nathan Higley Sophomore Sullivan County, PA George Mason 157 44 Brock McMillen Junior Coalport, PA Pitt 285 44 Nolan Neves Sophomore Sidney, OH Columbia 285 45 Peter Ming Graduate Elk Grove, CA Stanford 125 46 Markel Baker Sophomore Freeport, IL George Mason Northern Illinois 197 47 Carter Blough Sophomore Lowell, MI Michigan State 184 48 James Lledo Graduate Lower Merrion, PA Pitt 125 49 Evan Tallmadge Freshman Brick NJ Navy Pitt 133 50 Logan Frazier Freshman Crown Point, IN Virginia Tech Indiana 149 54 Justin Rivera Graduate Orlando, FL Campbell 184 55 Chase Kranitz Sophomore Irwin, PA Buffalo Pitt 165 57 Carter Schubert Freshman Marion, NY Cal Baptist Oklahoma

I assume someone remembers hearing about this at the time: Cael Sanderson had very few of the matches of his 159-0 career where he didn't earn bonus points--and most were TFs or Falls. In his 40-match junior year in 2000-01, only 2 opponents held him to regular 3-team-point decisions--the legendary wrestler and fighter Daniel Cormier...and Penn true freshman and Lowell HS grad Marcus Schontube. In their match, Schontube took him down in the first period and got some decent riding time. He actually led 4-2 in the second period before the match went the direction of many Sanderson matches: with a lot of takedowns and opponent escapes. But because Schontube had built a little lead and shortened the match, he got away with only a 16-10 loss. A slightly annoyed Sanderson commented later about how the kid was "a funky dude" who scored "some goofy points." Ha! Interestingly, in Sanderson's freshman year, when he was still mortal and had seven regular decisions, he only beat Evansville Central grad James Brimm, 5-0. Also of note, the same year as the Schontube match, Sanderson owned a win over FW Dwenger grad Anton Talamantes. Talamantes, too, competed much better than the average Sanderson opponent by that time in his career, and "only" lost by major decision.

Seems like a D1-Big Ten scenario for a lot of one or two-time state champs who get scholarships, but seldom or never see the starting lineup.

I know this is from last year, but ending off the season we (Avon) had 7-8 ranked wrestlers, not 5. 106 - Mason Goelz (5th at state) 113 - Nate Rioux (2x Runner-up) 120 - Chase Kline (not sure what he ended at but I know he was ranked at one point during season) 126 - Luke Rioux (Champ) 132 - Quinten Shoeff (Qualified) 138 - Seth Syra 144 - Jaxon Davis (never got ranked but he consistently beat top 20s and few top 10s) 285 - Joseph (Oluwebenga) Orisadare (ranked top 20 but dethroned brownsburgs #5 in semi finals at sectionals) We also beat HSE for #4 placement in state. And went 18-1 up until team state, where we had some miss weight and it was just a terrible day for wrestling for Avon. But overall we definitely earned our placement.

Purdue's best shot to not be a mid to bottom tier Big Ten team is to make a hire like Oklahoma State did with David Taylor. Now Purdue isn't OK State, and has nowhere near the resources for wrestling, but they can still go hire an unproven young guy that has had collegiate and international success. I wish Purdue would go after someone like James Green and give him the keys and let him bring in his proven guys.

Great analysis Spencer Lee is the best on the team at transitioning from his takedowns to his par terre. If he get on top, he's likely going to turn people multiple times. I thought he was a little cautious against Zou and got hit with a 4 pt move. From there, Spencer controlled him and the match. I'm very much looking forward to seeing him vs the top guys at 57 kg. He appears healthy and his gas tank seems good enough. A healthy spencer lee is a clear gold medal favorite. I'm of the opinion that just because Brooks beat Taylor, it doesn't make him the gold medal favorite. But he is a medal favorite. I think 86 is probably the "easiest" of the 6 weights as there were 2 guys (now 1) that were head and shoulders above everybody else. Zain will have his work cut out for him His draw will be a determining factor if he medals or not. Parris can and likely will medal, but Zare has taken over this weight and will be a huge roadblock to gold for Mason. Can he beat him, yes. Will he beat him? I'll say no. I think Snyder's gold medal days are behind him. He should medal, but I don't think it will be gold. Dake and Sidakov should meet in the finals. I think we get 5 medals, but maybe only 1 gold.

Had a team drop out. Any teams looking to get ready for Virginia Beach wanna fill the spot?

This is certainly correct. Spencer Lee 57 kg - while Lee is only ranked #26 by the UWW, he is clearly a medal contender Zain Retherford 65 kg - while unranked at 65 kg, he is ranked #2 at 70 kg Kyle Dake 74 kg - is the #1 ranked freestyle wrestler in the world at this weight Aaron Brooks 84 kg - while unranked, he beat the 'Magic Man' David Taylor who is ranked #2 in the world for his spot on the team Kyle Snyder 97 kg - #2 ranked wrestler at this weight Mason Parris 125 kg - #3 ranked wrestler at this weight

Matt Ramos Purdue University Franklin Community RTC Wednesday 6-7:30 pm. Enter door 21. 2018 U17 World Champion -2019 IHSA State Champion -3x NCAA D1 Qualifier -2022 U.S Senior Open Champion - 2023 NCAA D1 National Finalist 2024 Outstanding Senior for Purdue University Also selling shirts here as well.

VERY impressed by both of them. Lee was dominant except against the guy from China. Rutherford had to win 4 matches this morning to storm through repechage. Both have good medal chances. The whole men's team seems very, very capable of doing serious damage in Paris.

Fishers RTC - Wednesday, May 15, 6-7:30 PM - Enter Door FH6, Walk Straight Down Long Hallway, Wrestling Room is in Auxiliary Gymnasium on the Right Clinician: Hunter Bates - NCAA National Qualifier For Wabash College - IHSAA State Placer - 3rd Year as Varsity Assistant Coach at Fishers High School

Both Spencer Lee & Zane Retherford qualified for the 2024 Olympics to give the US men's freestyle team a full lineup in Paris. Lee went undefeated in impressive fashion to qualify. Retherford lost in the round of 16 to the Mongolian Ochir who then pulled him into repechage where Zane went 4-0 to qualify. Let's go USA!

I forgot about Valizadeh, he's probably the most promising given his age and will have to do until Khateri is old/good enough Khateri competed at 45kg around 10 months ago and he doesn't seem as big as Amouzad so I think he should be able to make 57kg (maybe with a big cut) Hopefully Sina Khalili can be our guy at 74kg. Khateri-Amouzad-Khalili-Yazdani/Ghasempour-Azarpira-Zare could be a solid 2028 FS team (let me dream lol).

Date September 8, 2024 Registration Registration will start in late July Petition Information Petitions are closed Brackets and Streaming Coming Soon Stud List Coming Soon Location: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 4000 Parnell Ave Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Event Schedule (Tentative) Saturday September 7th Weigh-ins VIP Weigh-ins 2-3pm Normal Weigh-ins 5-7pm Sunday September 8th Wrestling Session 1 9:00 am pm EST Weights: 109, 123, 141, 147, 168, 193, 288 Wrestling Session 2 2:00 pm EST Weights: 116, 129, 135, 153, 160, 178, 218 Weigh-In Information Saturday September 7th VIP Weigh-ins 2-3pm Normal Weigh-ins 5-7pm No Satellite Weigh-ins Weigh-ins will be in a singlet or NFHS approved two-piece uniform No weight change fee Weigh-ins are WHOLE pounds, tenths will count! For example if you weigh 153.3 you will NOT wrestle the 153lbs weight class! VIP Weigh-In Information Saturday September 7th VIP Weigh-ins 2-3pm $20 cash only paid at the door No limit to number of VIP weigh-in athletes Entry Fee $40 Registration by September 4th at 10:00pm EST or 850 paid entries, whichever comes first. No membership card is required to wrestle You must pay online by credit card ONLY! There will be no refunds of paid entries. Online registration ONLY will be accepted this year. Registration will be cut off at the first 850 paid entries or September 4th at 10pm ET whichever comes first. Please note we have sold out the past four years. The Tournament Committee will retain the right to add up to an additional 25 wrestlers, at their discretion, via a petition process, after the entry cutoff. Information about the petition process will be posted within a day after registration closes. Once we reach the entry limit registration will be shut down. After that point the ONLY way to enter is through a petition. Memorial Coliseum Procedures No charge for parking on Saturday for weigh-ins. Please tell the attendant you are there for wrestling weigh-ins Coolers will be allowed in the athlete lunch area only. Athletes can bring coolers in through the Athlete Entrance ONLY! Tournament Gear and Apparel 3X Gear is the official gear distributor for the IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open. They will be on hand with a full selection of tournament apparel and other wrestling apparel and supplies. Spectators $20 per person can be purchased at the door Sunday morning or before session 2. Age Groups Students currently enrolled in 7th-12th grades will be wrestling in one division. Awards Top 4 will receive medals and the top 4 will qualify for Super 32 early entry Contact Joe Caprino joe@Indianamat.com Wrestling Information -Wrestling will take place on Sunday September 8th, 2024 -Weight Classes: 109, 116, 123, 129, 135, 141, 147, 153, 160, 168, 178, 193, 218, 288 -Wrestlers in 7th-12th grade may participate -Double elimination wrestle-backs to 4th place -Period lengths Championship 2:00-1:30-1:30 Consolation 2:00-1:00-1:00 -Overtime will be 1 minute sudden victory neutral and 30 second ride-out -We will seed all wrestlers with specific criteria so please include your state or national credentials when registering -2024/2025 NFHS rules will be utilized, except the overtime modification -Wrestling will be on full mats -Singlet or approved NFHS uniform is required -College out of bounds rules will be utilized. -Headgear is not required, but recommended -Mouthpieces are required if you have braces -NFHS hair rules will apply Seeding Information MatScouts Willie Saylor will seed up to 16 in each weight class. All others with criteria below will be separated beyond the seeded wrestlers. Each wrestler that qualifies will be given a "Separation Criteria" from the list below. The criteria are ranked in order. 1. Nationally ranked in FloWrestling or MatScouts rankings 2. State Champion/IHPO Champion 3. State 2-3/IHPO 2-4 4. State 4-5 5. State 6-8 6. State Qualifier/IHPO Top 6 or 8 7. Other Credentialed athletes that deserve separation With these groups we will determine seeds. Here is an example If we have 2 wrestlers with #1 criteria, 4 with #2, 2 with #3, 2 with #4 and 5 with #5 this is how it will work. The top two seeds will be the two wrestlers with #1 criteria in a random order Seeds 3-6 will be the wrestlers with #2 criteria in a random order Seeds 7-8 wrestlers with #3 criteria in a random order Seeds 9-10 wrestlers with #4 criteria in a random order Seeds 11-14 wrestlers with #5 criteria in a random order The seeds will be determined randomly by TrackWrestling. Host Hotel Information coming soon College Coaches We will offer a special college coaches package for $50. You may pay in advance or pay if you are not attending the event and want the entry database using this button Click here to purchase The package will include: Registration list of all high school aged wrestlers with name, address, grade, weight, accomplishments, GPA, and college test scores* Preliminary entry list sent after registration closes Note: Due to coliseum policies you will need to purchase a ticket separately. *Tournament entry information with addresses and contact information will be sent the week after the event and will have all high school aged wrestlers that opted to have information released to coaches. 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Students may participate in non-school contests as individuals or as members of a non-school team in non-school contests provided that participation during school time is approved by the school principal or his/her designee. b. Coaches, from a member school coaching staff, may coach students in that sport if NOT under the organization, supervision and operation of the member school. c. Member schools may not organize, supervise or operate athletic practices or interschool athletic contests. d. Member schools may not provide school-owned uniforms (jerseys, shirts, shorts, pants, singlets, or swimsuits, etc.) worn by the student in non-school contests. Estimated Future Event Dates *We try our best to be the weekend after Labor Day September 7-8, 2024 September 6-7, 2025 September 12-13, 2026 View full article

Feels weird not seeing a Rooks in the IU lineup. They both had nice careers and were generally very reliable. Graham really turned it on later in his IU career. It's improbable for either state school to ever get a topnotch recruiting class. Money, the high talent level in topnotch programs' 'rooms', exposure...there isn't a lot of incentive to snub the big boys in favor of IU or Purdue, even if you're an Indiana native. IU and Purdue aren't getting our state's elite level recruits, which I realize isn't a new thing, but imagine if Angel Escobedo was a senior in HS right now. I highly doubt he hitches his wagon to IU in that scenario. I know I'm preaching to the choir--all of us Indiana/PU wrestling fans would love to field stronger teams, ideally with a majority of the very best high school guys from Indiana. Interesting to see if Taylor's hire impacts Carroll's performance next season. I could see the room at OSU overflowing with topnotch senior level talent in the next few years and steel sharpens steel.