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Here is the 2024 Team State Qualification Procedures doc, which includes injury reporting instructions and Category levels for all sectional and regional sites. Additionally, two significant changes to qualification are outlined in the document: 1. Class 3A will now permanently have 12 participants rather than its previous total of 8. 2. Classes 3A, 2A, and 1A will now have its final 4 wildcards (slots 9 through 12) determined by IN-SEASON voting in December. Previously only the final 2 wildcards were chosen by in-season voting. (note: 4A will continue to have 8 participants and 2 vote-in spots from its much smaller class of about 32 to 34 teams.) IHSWCA Team State Duals Qualification Procedures 2024.pdf Finally, here are links to all of the most common questions about the process: General Qualification and Scoring Process: Team Classification: Controlling for Sectional and Regional Difficulty: Injuries and "Those scores don't seem fair" situations:

The deadline to accept invitations has passed, so I am filling teams with people who I've contacted or ones that have contacted me. I went through and contacted all seniors who qualified for state and then went to semi-states ticket rounders. If I did not hear back within a reasonable time, I went to next wrestler. We are still looking for 113 and 120. 106: Mason Jones - Lake Central (Accepted) Gold Brady Byrd- Washington (Accepted) Blue 113: Jalen Sawyer- Kokomo (Accepted)Gold Logan Schnarr- Cascade (Accepted) Blue 120: Cameron Fogle-- Southridge (Accepted) Gold Brandon Didat-- Floyd Central (Accepted) Blue 126: Luke Rioux -- Avon (accepted) Gold Josiah Dedeaux -- Terre Haute South (accepted) Blue 132: Tye Linser Western (accepted) Gold Isaac Kuhn-- Hamilton Heights (accepted) Blue 138: Tony Wood-- Jay County (accepted) Gold Gavyn Whitehead -- New Castle (accepted) Blue 144: Colt Bollenbacher-- South Adams (accepted) Gold Griffin Sanders -- Mooresville (accepted) Blue 150: Christopher Bohn-- Munster (accepted) Gold Carson Fettig -- Hamilton Heights (accepted)Blue 157: Mitchell Betz-- Western (accepted) Gold 165: Duke Myers-- Bellmont (accepted) Gold Jesse Derringer -- Brownsburg (accepted) Blue 175: Chase Leech-- Garrett (accepted) Gold Bray Emerine -- Floyde Central (accepted) Blue 190: Elias Cressell-- Wabash (accepted) Gold Collin Casad -- Terre Haute South (accepted) Blue 215: Brandon Johnson Lawrence North (accepted) Gold Keegan Marting - Bellmont (accepted) Blue 285: Oluwagbe Orisadare -- Avon (accepted) Gold Tyler Schott -- Center Grove (accepted) Blue I attached all the information you'll need to know. Girls Roster Committed so far: 100 Kyleigh Honaker -- East Noble 105 Jacki Shackleford -- Ft Wayne Northside 110 Kylie Smith-Foster -- Greenfield Central 115 Tola Aluka -- Ben Davis 120 Sophia Buechner Terre Haute North 125 Rose Kaplan West Lafayette 130 Kyra Tomlison Noblesville 135 Alexes Spaulding -- Columbia City 140 Kaylea Beauchamp Jeffersonville 145 Josie Hause Monrovia 155 Leila Thomas Whiteland 170 Jaiah ONeal Brownsburg 190 Michela Clifford -- Columbia City 235 Portia Weaver - Monrovia Boys All-Stars 2024.docx

Brandon Wright Wednesday night at Franklin Community. 6-7:30 pm enter door 21. Head coach of Wright Way Wrestling. 2x Indiana State Champion (Cathedral-Warren Central) Cadet Freestyle National Champion 08’ 4x Collegiate All-American 2x National Champion For Grand View University 3x World Team Trail Qualifier US Open Finalist 2018 National Team Member 61kg

If you have a kid that meets the three criteria below, please follow the instructions on Page 6 in the attached pdf to submit injury or transfer information by THURSDAY for credit to your Team State qualifying score: --Out for the whole state series this year --Coming back next year --Made it to Semi-State last year (in 2A, 3A, 4A) or to Regional last year (1A) IHSWCA Team State Duals Qualification Procedures 2024.pdf

Here is Team State qualifying through regional. Results are verified, but enrollment numbers are still unofficial. Some DOE numbers need verified, and we will only use the DOE enrollment numbers we're currently using if the IHSAA does not do its annual enrollment/classification release before the state finals. Remember, with changes this year: 4A: 3 best semi-state high scores, plus next best 3 scores are automatic. 2 vote-ins in December. 1A-3A: All 4 best semi-state scores plus next 4 best scores are automatic. 4 vote-ins in December. Rankings in 1A will see very little movement from here on out. Injury info still hasn't been processed and enrollment numbers are unofficial, so nothing is official. But assuming this board is on target, only the top 9 teams are involved for automatic bids at this point. In 2A, the top 6 scores here will probably get in for either SS reasons or wildcard reasons (again, assuming no big injury or classification changes). Some intrigue for the final automatic wildcard and the 1 v. 1 New Castle SS bid. In 3A, big points are still up for grabs and we'll still see considerable movement. In 4A, this is the week to get fed. Nothing's decided if you don't win a lot--and huge moves can still be made even by teams far down the board that have a lot of wrestlers left. Link to regional & sectional week leaderboards and classification numbers: Team State Classification & Leaderboard 2024.xlsx Click multiple times to zoom in on this image to see only the Regional Leaderboard:

This is a topic I originally posted on the InterMat board and I wanted to bring it here. You can see the original post and responses in this link: https://intermatwrestle.com/forums/topic/4384-is-goat-talk-in-wrestling-only-centered-around-championships/#comment-147755 With all of the recent media coverage of Caitlin Clark in Women's Basketball and what she's done during her tenure at Iowa despite never winning an NCAA Championship, I am curious if the same kind of conversations can be held in wrestling even if they rarely are. As a Hawkeye, Caitlin Clark has been a three-time NCAA season scoring leader, named player of the year twice by three different publications, a Sullivan Award winner, Big Ten player of the year three times, first-team All-Big Ten four times, a three-time unanimous first-team All-American, and the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer among other accolades. Despite her elite résumé, she is a two-time national runner-up. Now, I understand basketball is a team sport, but take a career like Daton Fix's into consideration; he is a five-time Big 12 champion, a four-time NCAA runner-up, a U.S. Open champion, Pan Am and Pan Am Games champion, and UWW world silver medalist while part of the Cowboys. Is he considered to be in GOAT/All-Time Great talks the same way athletes from other sports are, or is it negated due to his lack of NCAA championships? For a hypothetical, let's say a wrestler in the Big Ten won everything imaginable minus the Hodge and NCAA title (ex.: Fix), could he still be in contention with a résumé like this? Fictional Career (For Post) 131-4 career record Four-time NCAA Finalist Four-time Big Ten Champion Three-time Most Dominant Wrestler Three-time Gorriaran Award NCAA season takedowns leader NCAA season escapes leader NCAA Division I all-time takedowns leader Three-time Big Ten Wrestler of the Year Big Ten Freshman of the Year NWCA All-Rookie Team If this were an Indiana high school wrestler, take someone like Delaney Ruhlman, Vinny Corsaro, Tristen Tonte, or even Brandon James who are frequently mentioned amongst the greats or for a fictional example, say a wrestler won four semi-state, regional, sectional, conference, county, and holiday tournament titles but always got beat every season by the same person like a Jesse Mendez or Andrew Howe, can he still be in GOAT contention?

Elite Athletic Club is currently building for NHSCA Virginia Beach National Duals 2024 - E.A.C. High School Team Has made the top 32 two years running and this year we plan to break the top 8! See Flyer for details, or Text 219-841-1906 www.EliteAthleticClub.net

Team Indiana Heartland Duals Both the middle school and elementary teams were pre-selected by the Heartland Committee. The pre-selected members can be challenged to a wrestle off. Wrestle off will be held March 1st (Evening) or March 2nd(Morning). In order to challenge you must be able to make both days. You will be notified which day your wrestle off is, it is at the discretion of the committee. Challenges will be held at Contenders Wrestling Academy in Brownsburg, IN. Anyone challenging must beat the blue team member in a best 2 of 3 series, unless there are multiple challenges in which a bracket will be formed. If you would like to challenge, a request must be submitted VIA EMAIL to ryan@contenderswrestling.com by February 23 at 6:00pm EST. The tournament will be held March 28-30th in Council Bluffs, Iowa. If challenging you must be able to register and attend the tournament on the challenge date. The trip cost is $300 Weight Gold Blue 50 Landon Childers Wyatt Schoettle 55 Leyton Marsh Suncera Dickman 60 Roman Howe Silas Sanderson 65 D’Angelo Chavez Henry Reisen 70 Colton Wiseman Josh Mussleman 75 Parker Staniz Jeremiah Maldanado 80 Luke Pipito Max Kessinger 85 Jace Largent Brady Ramirez 90 Dron Scott Rocco Cartilino 95 Max Cantu Maverick Smith 100 Camden Hook Maddox Stultz 105 Carson Planer Will Carney 112 Newt Randol Raidon Gonzalez 120 William Smith Landon Bauman 130 Landon Lukeman Eric Barr 140 Noah Fitzgerald Ellis Jones 160 Mason Heidelberger Austin Fouty Middle School 75 Mason Bayor Wyatt Melchi 80 Haedyn Cochran Henry Antrobus 85 Hunter Pierson Deacon Gibbs 90 Kellen Schoeff Karson Kahlekomo 95 Ty Whitten Cruz Orueta 102 Trae Ducking Sebastian Gracia 110 Anthony Zuranski Daniel Brown 117 Collin Stayer Noel Verduzco 125 Lincoln Underwood Gavyn Kemp 132 Lincoln Hinchman Bo Jackson 140 Brendan Bentz Ezra Olster 150 Darrel Hicks Connor Haines 160 Jackson Smith James Scruggs 175 Mj Staples Garret Deuser 195 Kalvin Grose Bradley Rivera 220 Cesar Salas Austin Oakley 275 Kameron Hazellt Levi Parrish

The New Palestine Girls wrestling program is in search of 2 wrestling coaches to focus on the girls wrestling team. Both of these positions are paid positions. The girls team will have 12 wrestlers returning and currently have five 8th grade girls coming up. Of the returners 2 of them are returning state placers. This is a growing program full of potential. We are looking for motivated coaches to help our continued success. This is a position we look to fill very soon. There may be some teaching/jobs in the building as well. Please reach out to Coach Andrew Frey for more details: afrey@newpal.k12.in.us

Mishawaka royalty made a surprise appearance at RTC tonight. State champion & University of Michigan wrestler Joseph Walker, state runner-up & Michigan commit Zar Walker, and West Liberty’s Christian Chavez were all back in the room! Excited to get some of our college alumni back in Mishawaka this summer

It's difficult to compare domestic match ups with international match ups given familiarity etc. And that Amine result is a bit of an anomaly because Yazdani was injured. But fair enough. I probably got a bit too carried away though still stand by the fact I think healthy Yaz techs everyone in the US below DT and Brooks. Hopefully we see the best Yazdani and the best Brooks (and everyone else) and the rest will take care of itself. The US team looks weaker than I can remember for a long time but I am sure you will find a way to beat us anyway lol

In Arizona, the girl had to petition the state to allow her to compete in the boys state tournament. With the skill rapidly increasing i doubt we'll see much of it since the competition will level out pretty soon.

Fishers RTC - Wednesday, April 24, 6-7:30 PM - Enter Door FH6, Walk Straight Down Long Hallway, Wrestling Room is in Auxiliary Gymnasium on the Right Clinician: Jimmy Miller - 2x Pennsylvania State Placer - Wrestled Division 1 at Clarion University - Represented Team Pennsylvania at Adidas Nationals - Varsity Assistant Coach at Fishers HS Requirements: - Must Have a USA Wrestling Card - Must Be a Schoolboy (14U), Cadet (16U), or Junior

By Adrian Troyer March 8 to 10 is conference tournament weekend in NCAA Division 1 college wrestling. This is intense in terms of medals and bragging rights--but it is arguably an even bigger deal in the national context. Every one of the 750+ college kids that takes the mat gets a shot to qualify for the biggest wrestling show in America—the NCAA Division 1 National Championships. Here is a full rundown by conference of each seed, weight class context, and advancement possibility for the 18 participants who were Indiana high school wrestlers: Atlantic Coast Conference Sunday, March 10, on ACCN and ACCN Extra (access through ESPN+) Brackets: here Connor Barket, 285, Duke (West Lafayette), redshirt freshman Seed: 5 of 6, NCAA Allocations: 2, Rank: 42 (WrestleStat, starters only) Connor has made huge strides this year as the full-time Duke starter, but he will struggle in a weight class that boasts 4 guys ranked in the Top 33 by InterMat with only 2 NCAA allocation spots available. He’ll need to first upset #13 Dayton Pitzer of Pitt (whose injury the past 2 months explains one of the missing allocation spots) in the quarterfinals before he’d also need to upset the 1-seed, #14 Owen Trephan of NC State, to reach the final and an NCAA bid. NCAA Prospectus: Not likely. Southern Conference Saturday, March 9, on ESPN+ Brackets: here Blake Boarman, 133, Tennessee-Chattanooga (Ev. Mater Dei), redshirt sophomore Seed: 3 of 8, NCAA Allocations: 3, Rank: 31 (InterMat) Blake has burst onto the scene this year in his move down from 141 to 133. He’s ranked in all the national services and earned one of his conference’s allocation spots. He’ll start his tournament against the 6-seed, George Rosas of The Citadel, who he beat, 9-1, in the dual. He’d then likely see the 2-seed, Ethan Oakley of App State, who he upset by fall in the dual in his biggest win of the year. A win there would earn an automatic NCAA bid. A loss would put him into the wrestle-backs needing to get 3rd for an automatic bid. Awaiting him there could be a potential matchup with the 5-seed Dyson Dunham of VMI, who handed Blake his only unranked loss of the season, 7-4. Even if Blake were to place 4th or 5th at this tournament, his regular season and current ranking would give him a good chance of an at-large NCAA berth. NCAA Prospectus: Very likely Brodie Porter, 174, The Citadel (Eastern-Greentown), sophomore Seed: 5 of 8, NCAA Allocations: 1, Rank: 61 (WrestleStat, starters only) Brodie has become a very solid Division 1 competitor in his second year as the starter. Sadly, he’s had two bad losses in-conference—one by Technical Fall to the 4-seed, Uliano of App State, and the other 17-4 to the 1-seed, #19 Murphy of Campbell—and those are the exact two guys he needs to beat to make the final and a shot at the 1st Place that an NCAA bid demands here. He’s got a winning record and only tight losses in his other conference matches, so he could legitimately fight for a top 3 spot in the league. NCAA Prospectus: Not likely Hayden Watson, 157, The Citadel (Center Grove), redshirt freshman Seed: 4 of 8, NCAA Allocations: 1, Rank: 48 (WrestleStat, starters only) Hayden is a sleeper to get to the NCAA tournament. Like his teammate Porter, he has won about half of his D1 matches this year. However, Hayden’s beaten or been very close with every guy in the bracket—including losing only 12-9 in sudden victory to the 1-seed, #22 Askey of App State. To get to that semifinal, he first needs to knock off the 5-seed, Heck of Chattanooga, who he beat 7-4 during the regular season. NCAA Prospectus: Dark horse longshot Andrew Wilson, 165, Gardner-Webb (Cathedral), redshirt sophomore Seed: 6 of 8, NCAA Allocations: 2, Rank: 72 (WrestleStat, starters only) Andrew has struggled to string together very many wins in his second year as the G-W starter. He’ll open with the 3-seed, Haubert of The Citadel, who majored him 13-1 during the year. Sadly, Wilson isn’t quite on the level of the top several guys here, so he’ll be looking to make some noise in terms of placement and improvement. NCAA Prospectus: Very unlikely Big Ten Conference Saturday/Sunday, March 9-10, on the Big Ten Network and BTN+ Brackets: here Silas Allred, 197, Nebraska (Shenandoah), redshirt sophomore Seed: 4 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 7, Rank: 13 (InterMat) With a good seed, a high ranking ensuring an at-large fallback berth, and plenty of slots available; Silas obviously has his sights set higher than an NCAA berth this weekend. He’ll be looking to generate some of that Big 10 magic he produced during a title run last year, while building confidence for an All-American run at nationals. He’ll start this tournament against Striggow of Michigan, who he dominated this season, before a potential matchup with #20 Garrett Joles of Minnesota in the quarterfinals. Silas beat Joles, 4-1 in sudden victory, during the season. NCAA Prospectus: Certain, barring injury Evan Bates, 197, Northwestern (Chesterton), redshirt sophomore Seed: 8 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 7, Rank: 34 (WrestleStat, starters only) In terms of seed, Evan is right outside the cut line for getting an automatic bid at this weight. He would be clearly in the conversation for an at-large bid with his Coaches’ Rank and RPI numbers being in the Top 33, but it sure would be nice to place in the Top 7 here and seal it. He’ll start with 9-seed Vanadia of Purdue, who he beat, 11-4, in the dual. Even though he’d almost certainly fall then to #1 Brooks of Penn St. in the quarterfinals, that first round win would go a long way in keeping him in a good bracketed spot to eventually face 6-seed Geog of Ohio St. and 7-seed Poznanski of Rutgers in potential NCAA bid-winning matches. NCAA Prospectus: Fifty-fifty Brody Baumann, 174, Purdue (Ev. Mater Dei), redshirt freshman Seed: 10 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 8, Rank: 32 (InterMat) Brody has become a solid starter in his first year in the spot, but he’s got work to do to claim an NCAA bid. He’ll need to win one or two above his 10 seed depending on how the bracket and true finisher matchups come out. He lost during the year to seeds 7, 8, and 9 above him, but he gets a gigantic rematch right out of the gate with 7-seed, #15 Max Maylor of Wisconsin, who beat Brody, 19-16, in a crazy one in the dual. NCAA Prospectus: Possible, but work to do Lucas Davison, 285, Michigan (Chesterton), senior Seed: 3 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 7, Rank: 6 (InterMat) Lucas is one of a few basically automatic qualifiers from Indiana. He would need a season-ending injury not to get a berth, one way or another. He starts with Hayden Filipovich of Purdue in Round 1 and is probably hoping for a shot to avenge his loss to 2-seed Feldman of Ohio State eventually, and to meet #1 Kerkvliet in the final. NCAA Prospectus: Certain Hayden Filipovich, 285, Purdue (Indy Lutheran), redshirt sophomore Seed: 14 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 7, Rank: 37 (WrestleStat, starters only) Hayden actually made great strides at 184 this year and picked up a couple of very nice wins as the backup. However, stepping into Big 10s as the backup way up at 285, having only had one previous match at the weight, will be a crazy endeavor. He’ll start with fellow Indiana native, 3-seed Davison of Michigan. I’m sure Hayden’s main goal for this tournament will be continuing to build for the future. NCAA Prospectus: Far longshot Brayton Lee, 157, Indiana (Brownsburg), senior Seed: 3 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 9, Rank: 15 (InterMat) Brayton has had a fantastic comeback run here. Certainly all of Indiana will be pulling for the former Mr. Gorilla to make one final attempt at All-American glory. He starts this tournament against 14-seed Swaw of Illinois before he’d probably see the 6-seed, #20 Saldate of Michigan St. If he gets past those two, he’s most likely back at nationals. The only iffy thing here is always Lee’s health. If he has any issues and stumbles to a 12th place or something in a very deep weight class, he could get left out of the NCAA field with his very limited late-season résumé. NCAA Prospectus: Probable Diego Lemley, 141, Michigan (Chesterton), freshman Seed: 5 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 11, Rank: 10 (InterMat) We’ll give Diego honorary Indiana status here for the great one-season run he had in our tournament during the covid year (and for being from here!!). Diego is one of the breakout stars of NCAA wrestling. He’ll have many eyes on him for his style and his ability to beat anybody in the country at nationals. He starts out here versus 12-seed Clark of Purdue before a potential rematch of a high-flying, super-tight loss to 4-seed Brock Hardy of Nebraska. NCAA Prospectus: Almost certain Jesse Mendez, 141, Ohio St. (Crown Point), sophomore Seed: 2 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 11, Rank: 2 (InterMat) Jesse has evolved into a true title contender this year. He’ll be happy with nothing less than a championship in a couple of weeks. He gets a shot here at his first Big 10 title, and to resume the wars at this brutal Big 10 weight class. He’ll probably get 7-seed Moore of Rutgers in the quarterfinals after his first-round bye. NCAA Prospectus: Certain Cayden Rooks, 133, Indiana (Columbus East), senior Seed: 10 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 7, Rank: 57 (WrestleStat, starters only) Cayden has held down the fort admirably for a long time now, so he’ll be hoping to go out with a bang. He’ll most likely need two clear upsets to get an automatic spot. An at-large spot won’t be possible. He starts with the 7-seed, #17 Braxton Brown, who beat him handily during the year. An upset would be put him clearly in the conversation. If he loses that one, it will be a serious uphill climb. NCAA Prospectus: Unlikely Graham Rooks, 149, Indiana (Columbus East), senior Seed: 8 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 9, Rank: 13 (InterMat) Graham’s back, hoping to make another run and to get over the hump to All-American status at nationals. For this tournament, he’ll be aiming to at least hold serve and get one of the 9 automatic berths. He starts with the 9-seed, Roberts of Minnesota, before a potential matchup with the very tough 1-seed, Ridge Lovett of Nebraska. NCAA Prospectus: Almost certain Gabe Sollars, 197, Indiana, (Ev. Mater Dei), sophomore Seed: 10 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 7, Rank: 33 (InterMat) Gabe put himself on the map this year, basically pinning everyone in sight for the first half of the season. He still sits near the top of the national pin leaderboard. In terms of wins and losses, he’s been impressive, but this weight is another stacked one. He’s right on that cut line with Evan Bates and a couple other guys. His first match against 7-seed Poznanski of Rutgers feels like a must-win toward getting one of those 7 automatic berths, or to at least come very close so he can be in the at-large conversation. If he won he’d face the 2-seed, #4 Jaxon Smith of Maryland, in the quarterfinals. NCAA Prospectus: Fifty-fifty DJ Washington, 174, Indiana (Portage), redshirt junior Seed: 8 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 8, Rank: 25 (InterMat) DJ started the season as strong as ever and looking like an All-American candidate. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been himself lately, so he’ll be looking to right the ship off of the long pre-tournament layoff. He’s right on the cut line for the automatic bid, but he probably has a small bit of cord to play with because of his ranking numbers if he falls outside the Top 8 here. He’ll look to wrap up the bid here, though, starting with the 9-seed, #30 Sparks of Minnesota. He'd then have #1-ranked Starocci in an exciting potential quarterfinal matchup. NCAA Prospectus: Probable Nick Willham, 285, Indiana (Greenwood), senior Seed: 6 of 14, NCAA Allocations: 7, Rank: 36 (WrestleStat, starters only) Nick has stepped up admirably into the 285 slot at IU. He’s flirted with the edge of the rankings, but he’s just outside at the moment. It will be a war for those number 5 to 12 placements at this weight, where anyone involved could go to nationals or be biting their fingernails hoping for an at-large bid. Nick starts off with 11-seed Jessen of Northwester, who he just edged in a very tight one, 2-1, a couple of weeks ago. If he wins, he’ll be breathing slightly more easily and head to a likely matchup with Lucas Davison. NCAA Prospectus: Fifty-fifty View full article

Those aren't random matches. They're all the matches involving a matchup between Taylor, Yazdani, Brooks, Valencia, and Amine since 2022. I didn't leave any out from that time, so they're not random. I included Amine and I keep mentioning Amine because he's exactly the same level as Kurugliev (1-3, 3-2, 1-2 last two seasons) and because a guy like Valencia beats Amine just as badly as Yazdani. I wrote out the scores so we can take away bias and see that past scores would clearly predict not only a very tight match between Brooks and Yazdani--but also not 10-0 results very often between Yazdani and the other guys Brooks wrestled at US Trials. Not believing the young, improving guy can beat a healthy Yazdani is like if I didn't believe Massoumi could give Steveson a very good match and possibly beat him--just because Massoumi is the new guy. The evidence is there and he looks fantastic. I think Steveson would beat him, but the results are there to say it would be a great match. Anyway, I didn't mean to get so far into this topic. I love watching Yazdani. He is a great champion, and I mention my admiration of him to Iranians I meet any chance I get. If Brooks doesn't win, I hope it will be Yazdani in Paris. Peace, brother

As an emerging sport that was the option we had as coaches. We may not get clarification until the winter bulletin since girls state will be managed by the IHSAA now.

There was a couple of years in the 80's when a tech scored 6 team points just like a pin. That was when there was also a Superior decision for a difference of 12 or more points. So, decisions counted 3, majors counted 4 and superiors counted 5. They had to make a tech worth more than a superior, but they didn't want to increase the points for a pin.

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I coached their stud coach Jake Oniel in high school. Dude had some hips. Also might have coached his assistants Riley Mcclurg state champ and Chico Adams 2xer:)And yes I know the kids well. Except Waylon. I’m so excited to talk to this young man. Awesome on the mat and off the mat. everyone get here tonight and scrap.

Franklin RTC Wednesday. Excited to have: Waylon Cressell Warren Central 2x state champ IHSAA State Champion NDHSAA State Champion 2X Fargo All American Marion Co Champ, MIC Champ, Sectional, Regional and Semi State Champ, Rumble on the Red Champ its state week. Let’s be deep and get after. Lots of live. East side bringing a crew.

In the sequence they happened: Taylor over Valencia, 4-2 (when fresh...and 10-0 in match 2 an hour later) Taylor over Yazdani, 7-1 Valencia over Amine, 6-0 Taylor over Brooks, 4-0 & 5-4 Yazdani over Amine, 7-2 Taylor over Yazdani by fall after leading 9-3 Brooks over Mirasola 11-5, Dieringer 8-4, Valencia 7-6 Brooks over Taylor 4-1, 3-1 Then Yazdani 10-0 in 3 or 4 minutes over the phenom Mirasola & Dieringer?? ...and Kurugliev over Brooks?? Come on. Kurugliev has been a 1 or 2-pt match with Amine the last three times in 2 years, with Amine winning one. I think you didn't watch the U.S. Trials matches. Dieringer has fully adjusted to 86kg, weight-wise now. He and the super dynamic young Mirasola would be clear favorites over Amine, for example. We know the American-born Amine very well in the U.S. No American would put their money on him over Brooks, Valencia, Dieringer, or Mirasola. Look at the scores above!! You're way over-valuing the imaginary separation between Taylor and Yazdani and the top guys that can't compete at worlds because of the 1-country limit. If Yazdani is healthy, he deserves to be considered the Olympic favorite. Brooks is inexperienced, and I admit he could make a naive mistake and lose a match to someone other than Yazdani. But he has evolved into a monster that you're way undervaluing. If he's wrestling smart at the Olympics, Yazdani is the only one capable of beating him.

I am torn as the three points at the high school level may not change the wrestling so much. Defensive wrestlers are still going to wait and try to capitalize on the active wrestler taking the risks to score three points. It will hopefully change the wrestling in the long term to focus on shooting. It will definitely create more separation between top tier wrestlers and those that are middling. Will not be able to wrestle defensively and expect to win against the top kids in the state. Maybe it pushes the middle kids to open up. Will be interesting to watch.

One small devil's advocate counterpoint to the idea that a tech is now too easy: Making techs and majors easier moves team scoring closer to representing actual difficulty of earning each type of win. Pins have always been rightfully worth more team points than a tech. However, tech falls have always been much better indicators of the superior wrestler. Upsets by tech don't exist. Rematch victories by someone who previously got teched are very, very rare. However, pins can happen in a variety of circumstances and are not always earned by the season-long best wrestler. What we saw in college was that tech falls were way up, but that a rematch could be a good match despite the first match having been a tech. This was not the case before. Related...close duals will now have points more accurately assigned to the deserving team. Before, a team could have 3 dominant wins totalling only 9 or 10 team points, while their opponent had 3 close wins but also got 9 points. Now, those dominant wins can rightfully be 12 or 13 points compared to the 9 for the close wins.